Azure DevOps Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 105 69
Rank change year-on-year -3 -36 +23
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 289 419 747
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.26% 2.07% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.10% 7.95% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 306 604
10th Percentile £360 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £505 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% -7.43% +9.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £550
% change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
10th Percentile £29.35 £64.50 £57.70
25th Percentile £29.50 £65.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £30.38 £65.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.63% -6.43% +26.13%
75th Percentile £31.88 £65.75 £79.19
90th Percentile £32.40 £68.50 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +29.77% -6.43% +21.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

Azure DevOps falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,073 5,271 7,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.86% 26.03% 33.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,856 3,742 5,594
10th Percentile £235 £213 £250
25th Percentile £380 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 260 219
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.38
Median hourly rate £21.28 £17.72 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.09% -29.12% +29.89%
75th Percentile £34.50 £29.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £71.50 £65.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.51 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.39% -38.94% +59.09%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +6 85 £500 -3.61% 814
Scotland +15 60 £450 - 180
Midlands +19 57 £516 +11.62% 546
North of England -19 48 £488 -2.50% 748
West Midlands +1 32 £525 +10.53% 307
South West +3 26 £550 +4.76% 332
East Midlands +22 25 £500 +22.10% 207
North West -15 23 £513 -1.20% 368
Yorkshire -1 22 £425 -12.82% 294
Wales +8 10 £405 +11.72% 99
East of England +10 7 £475 -9.52% 387
North East +1 3 £550 +16.40% 88
Northern Ireland -16 1 £550 -8.33% 41
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.11%) Confluence
1 9 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle Service Bus
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.04%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.04%) WordPress
4 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.35%) Camunda
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) Mule
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.04%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.04%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 289 (100.00%) Azure
2 40 (13.84%) Power Platform
3 36 (12.46%) GitHub
4 33 (11.42%) AWS
5 24 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (7.96%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (6.92%) Azure AKS
7 20 (6.92%) Serverless
8 19 (6.57%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (6.57%) Azure Service Bus
8 19 (6.57%) SaaS
9 18 (6.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 17 (5.88%) PowerApps
11 15 (5.19%) Azure API Management
11 15 (5.19%) IaaS
11 15 (5.19%) PaaS
12 14 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (4.50%) Power Automate
14 10 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (3.46%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.42%) Firewall
2 3 (1.04%) DNS
3 2 (0.69%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.35%) 2G
4 1 (0.35%) 3G
4 1 (0.35%) 4G
4 1 (0.35%) 5G
4 1 (0.35%) Intranet
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
4 1 (0.35%) RS-232
4 1 (0.35%) SMS
4 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 25 (8.65%) Power BI
3 23 (7.96%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.46%) Big Data
5 8 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.08%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.73%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.73%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.73%) MySQL
7 5 (1.73%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.73%) Power Query
8 4 (1.38%) GIS
8 4 (1.38%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.04%) DB2
9 3 (1.04%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.04%) Metadata
9 3 (1.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (17.65%) Git
2 43 (14.88%) JIRA
3 29 (10.03%) Selenium
4 28 (9.69%) Jenkins
5 14 (4.84%) GitLab
5 14 (4.84%) Postman
6 12 (4.15%) Visual Studio
7 11 (3.81%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.77%) JUnit
9 6 (2.08%) Cucumber
9 6 (2.08%) Subversion
9 6 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (1.73%) Appium
10 5 (1.73%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.73%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.73%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.73%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (1.73%) TeamCity
10 5 (1.73%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 65 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.03%) Finance
3 47 (16.26%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.19%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.19%) Retail
5 15 (5.19%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.81%) Electronics
6 11 (3.81%) Marketing
7 10 (3.46%) Banking
8 6 (2.08%) Military
9 5 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Billing
11 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Law
12 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.69%) Games
Job Titles
1 65 (22.49%) Developer
2 54 (18.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 35 (12.11%) Azure Engineer
4 33 (11.42%) Analyst
5 29 (10.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 27 (9.34%) Senior
7 20 (6.92%) Architect
7 20 (6.92%) Lead
8 19 (6.57%) Azure Developer
9 18 (6.23%) .NET Developer
10 17 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (4.15%) Consultant
12 12 (4.15%) Senior Developer
13 10 (3.46%) Data Architect
14 9 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
14 9 (3.11%) React Developer
14 9 (3.11%) Site Engineer
14 9 (3.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 9 (3.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (20.76%) .NET
2 26 (9.00%) ADO
3 17 (5.88%) RESTful
4 16 (5.54%) AngularJS
4 16 (5.54%) YAML
5 14 (4.84%) ARM Templates
5 14 (4.84%) CSS
5 14 (4.84%) HTML
5 14 (4.84%) React
6 12 (4.15%) Web Services
7 10 (3.46%) .NET Core
8 9 (3.11%) JSON
8 9 (3.11%) Playwright
9 8 (2.77%) .NET Framework
9 8 (2.77%) Kafka
10 7 (2.42%) ASP.NET
10 7 (2.42%) REST
10 7 (2.42%) XML
11 6 (2.08%) HTML5 Canvas
11 6 (2.08%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.96%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.81%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.46%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.42%) Client/Server
4 7 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (2.42%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.42%) Wiki
5 5 (1.73%) IoT
5 5 (1.73%) PKI
5 5 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.73%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.38%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.38%) NHS
7 3 (1.04%) EPoS
7 3 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.04%) Replication
7 3 (1.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.00%) Windows
2 22 (7.61%) Linux
3 9 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.42%) Android
4 7 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.73%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) VMS
6 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (99.31%) DevOps
2 133 (46.02%) Agile
3 102 (35.29%) CI/CD
4 69 (23.88%) Test Automation
5 51 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (12.80%) Scrum
7 36 (12.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 31 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
9 28 (9.69%) Analytics
9 28 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (8.65%) Migration
11 22 (7.61%) Project Management
12 20 (6.92%) ETL
12 20 (6.92%) Mentoring
13 19 (6.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (6.57%) TDD
13 19 (6.57%) Test Strategy
13 19 (6.57%) Unit Testing
14 18 (6.23%) SDLC
14 18 (6.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 71 (24.57%) Python
2 69 (23.88%) SQL
3 62 (21.45%) C#
4 48 (16.61%) PowerShell
5 28 (9.69%) Java
6 27 (9.34%) JavaScript
7 25 (8.65%) Bicep
8 21 (7.27%) Bash
9 20 (6.92%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.42%) VBScript
11 6 (2.08%) Kotlin
11 6 (2.08%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.73%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.04%) C++
13 3 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.04%) VBA
13 3 (1.04%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
14 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (13.15%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.81%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.46%) Degree
4 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.73%) ISEB
6 5 (1.73%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.35%) CISA
8 1 (0.35%) CISM
8 1 (0.35%) CITP
8 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.65%) QA
2 7 (2.42%) GDPR
3 6 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.73%) PMO
5 4 (1.38%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.04%) PERC
6 3 (1.04%) WCAG
7 2 (0.69%) HL7
7 2 (0.69%) NIST
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (8.30%) Docker
2 7 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 67 (23.18%) Terraform
2 39 (13.49%) Kubernetes
3 34 (11.76%) Ansible
4 12 (4.15%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.46%) Grafana
6 6 (2.08%) Puppet
7 4 (1.38%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.69%) Control-M
8 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.35%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.35%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.35%) linkerd
Vendors
1 81 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.57%) Oracle
3 17 (5.88%) Databricks
4 15 (5.19%) SAP
5 9 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.11%) VMware
6 5 (1.73%) Google
7 4 (1.38%) Fujitsu
7 4 (1.38%) Informatica
8 3 (1.04%) Citrix
8 3 (1.04%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.04%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.69%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.69%) Perforce
10 1 (0.35%) Pega
10 1 (0.35%) RedGate
10 1 (0.35%) Splunk
10 1 (0.35%) Talend
10 1 (0.35%) Wind River