Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 86 73
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,493 852 1,223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.23% 2.89% 2.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.89% 7.63% 8.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 626 834
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £694 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £501
% change year-on-year -5.00% -0.20% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile - £29.85 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £49.25 £80.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.44% +22.14% -6.43%
75th Percentile £73.82 £87.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.23 - £67.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £49.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -48.73% -24.43% -6.43%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,800 11,168 14,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.32% 37.93% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,444 7,781 10,031
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +0.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 477 248 345
10th Percentile £15.15 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.68 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.50 £27.63 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.58% +31.57% -35.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.50 £75.15 £61.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year +106.52% +29.94% -24.03%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. 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
England +18 1,262 £500 -4.76% 405
London +21 707 £500 -4.76% 152
UK excluding London +21 620 £475 -5.00% 322
Work from Home -13 398 £500 -4.03% 228
South East -17 165 £505 +1.00% 86
North of England +6 129 £500 - 81
Midlands -13 117 £450 -14.29% 51
South West +27 88 £475 -9.52% 34
Scotland +12 73 £513 +20.59% 26
West Midlands -25 67 £450 -14.29% 22
North West -4 64 £492 -6.29% 47
Yorkshire -29 51 £509 +16.29% 20
East Midlands -7 48 £488 -2.50% 29
Wales +13 27 £424 +4.57% 14
East of England -16 22 £425 -5.56% 34
North East -7 14 £488 -9.30% 14
Northern Ireland +7 6 £475 -13.64% 4
Channel Islands - 3 £450 -

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 93 (6.23%) Confluence
2 90 (6.03%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.61%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.81%) Apache
5 20 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.74%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.67%) Mendix
9 6 (0.40%) IIS
10 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) CMS
12 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.067%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.067%) IBM HTTP Server
13 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.067%) Umbraco
Applications
1 41 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
2 34 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.27%) Trello
7 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.20%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.067%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 50 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.54%) Maximo
2 8 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.27%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.067%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.067%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.067%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.067%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,493 (100.00%) Azure
2 367 (24.58%) GitHub
3 252 (16.88%) GitHub Actions
4 236 (15.81%) Power Platform
5 177 (11.86%) AWS
6 169 (11.32%) Serverless
7 152 (10.18%) Azure AKS
8 148 (9.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (8.84%) Azure Monitor
9 132 (8.84%) Entra ID
10 113 (7.57%) Azure Functions
11 110 (7.37%) Azure Key Vault
12 109 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
13 96 (6.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 95 (6.36%) Power Automate
15 94 (6.30%) Azure Service Bus
16 83 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
17 79 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
18 72 (4.82%) PowerApps
19 67 (4.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.22%) Firewall
2 28 (1.88%) Network Security
3 23 (1.54%) DNS
4 18 (1.21%) VPN
5 14 (0.94%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.87%) WAN
7 9 (0.60%) DHCP
7 9 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.54%) HTTP
9 7 (0.47%) LAN
10 6 (0.40%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) IPsec
11 5 (0.33%) SSL
11 5 (0.33%) VLAN
12 4 (0.27%) MQTT
13 3 (0.20%) FTP
13 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.20%) SSH
14 2 (0.13%) MPLS
14 2 (0.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (9.51%) Power BI
2 129 (8.64%) SQL Server
3 99 (6.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 87 (5.83%) Data Lake
5 65 (4.35%) Delta Lake
6 61 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
7 48 (3.22%) NoSQL
8 43 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.88%) Oracle Database
10 25 (1.67%) Metadata
10 25 (1.67%) MongoDB
11 24 (1.61%) Relational Database
12 22 (1.47%) DynamoDB
13 21 (1.41%) Spark SQL
13 21 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (1.21%) Tableau
15 16 (1.07%) Big Data
16 15 (1.00%) Redis
16 15 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
17 14 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 292 (19.56%) JIRA
2 206 (13.80%) Git
3 153 (10.25%) Jenkins
4 99 (6.63%) GitLab
5 66 (4.42%) Selenium
6 41 (2.75%) Postman
7 33 (2.21%) Oracle APEX
8 26 (1.74%) TestRail
9 24 (1.61%) Visual Studio
10 23 (1.54%) Cypress.io
11 22 (1.47%) Cucumber
11 22 (1.47%) REST Assured
12 21 (1.41%) SonarQube
12 21 (1.41%) Zephyr
13 19 (1.27%) JUnit
14 18 (1.21%) NUnit
15 17 (1.14%) JMeter
15 17 (1.14%) SpecFlow
16 14 (0.94%) MSTest
17 13 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 373 (24.98%) Social Skills
2 287 (19.22%) Finance
3 194 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 139 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (4.49%) Banking
6 33 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (1.54%) Legal
9 21 (1.41%) Retail
10 20 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 17 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.07%) Front Office
14 13 (0.87%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.74%) Law
16 10 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.54%) Billing
17 8 (0.54%) Local Government
17 8 (0.54%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.47%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 305 (20.43%) Developer
2 237 (15.87%) Azure Engineer
3 227 (15.20%) DevOps Engineer
4 211 (14.13%) Senior
5 135 (9.04%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 133 (8.91%) Lead
7 122 (8.17%) Analyst
8 116 (7.77%) Data Engineer
9 98 (6.56%) Architect
10 60 (4.02%) Senior Developer
11 58 (3.88%) Platform Engineer
12 52 (3.48%) Tester
13 48 (3.22%) Azure Developer
13 48 (3.22%) Test Analyst
14 45 (3.01%) .NET Developer
14 45 (3.01%) Business Analyst
15 43 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
15 43 (2.88%) Test Engineer
16 39 (2.61%) Senior DevOps
16 39 (2.61%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (16.88%) .NET
2 129 (8.64%) REST
3 86 (5.76%) React
4 83 (5.56%) PySpark
5 76 (5.09%) Node.js
6 71 (4.76%) ARM Templates
7 70 (4.69%) RESTful
8 69 (4.62%) .NET Core
9 65 (4.35%) Playwright
10 62 (4.15%) ADO
10 62 (4.15%) YAML
11 58 (3.88%) Kafka
12 53 (3.55%) .NET Framework
13 50 (3.35%) OAuth
14 43 (2.88%) JSON
15 36 (2.41%) AngularJS
16 34 (2.28%) CSS
17 33 (2.21%) SOAP
18 31 (2.08%) HTML
18 31 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 164 (10.98%) Cloud Native
2 105 (7.03%) Product Ownership
3 43 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 29 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 26 (1.74%) Low-Code
8 21 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.34%) Reinsurance
10 19 (1.27%) AI Agents
11 18 (1.21%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.21%) NHS
12 17 (1.14%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.80%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (0.74%) Public Cloud
16 11 (0.74%) Security Posture
17 10 (0.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 73 (4.89%) Windows
2 66 (4.42%) Linux
3 22 (1.47%) VMS
4 13 (0.87%) Unix
5 11 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.13%) Android
8 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.067%) Rocky
9 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,485 (99.46%) DevOps
2 817 (54.72%) CI/CD
3 575 (38.51%) Agile
4 360 (24.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 259 (17.35%) Test Automation
6 246 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
7 237 (15.87%) Analytics
8 208 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 208 (13.93%) Scrum
9 191 (12.79%) Containerisation
10 184 (12.32%) Migration
11 163 (10.92%) Data Modelling
12 158 (10.58%) Microservices
13 156 (10.45%) AI
13 156 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
14 150 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 146 (9.78%) Observability
16 141 (9.44%) Validation
17 132 (8.84%) ETL
18 125 (8.37%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 473 (31.68%) SQL
2 392 (26.26%) Python
3 303 (20.29%) C#
4 189 (12.66%) JavaScript
5 149 (9.98%) PowerShell
6 131 (8.77%) Bicep
7 100 (6.70%) Java
8 97 (6.50%) Bash
9 92 (6.16%) TypeScript
10 54 (3.62%) PL/SQL
11 30 (2.01%) T-SQL
12 28 (1.88%) Scala
13 22 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.07%) Go
15 12 (0.80%) C++
15 12 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.80%) Shell Script
16 11 (0.74%) Formula Language
16 11 (0.74%) LotusScript
17 7 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 403 (26.99%) Security Cleared
2 343 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 114 (7.64%) Azure Certification
4 96 (6.43%) Degree
5 45 (3.01%) ISTQB
6 41 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 35 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (2.08%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 18 (1.21%) PMP
12 15 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 14 (0.94%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.67%) CISSP
14 10 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.60%) CISM
16 7 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 5 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 5 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 4 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (11.25%) QA
2 100 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 40 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 32 (2.14%) GDPR
5 23 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.34%) NIST
6 20 (1.34%) PMO
7 17 (1.14%) NCSC
7 17 (1.14%) WCAG
8 9 (0.60%) NIST 800
8 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.60%) SLA
9 7 (0.47%) HL7
9 7 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.40%) GRC
10 6 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.13%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 229 (15.34%) Docker
2 84 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.13%) Postfix
7 1 (0.067%) HDFS
7 1 (0.067%) iptables
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.067%) NFS
7 1 (0.067%) Samba
7 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 416 (27.86%) Terraform
2 267 (17.88%) Kubernetes
3 72 (4.82%) Ansible
4 58 (3.88%) Grafana
5 48 (3.22%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.34%) HP ALM
7 17 (1.14%) Argo
8 16 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.94%) Istio
10 13 (0.87%) Puppet
11 9 (0.60%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (0.54%) Packer
13 4 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
13 4 (0.27%) linkerd
14 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.20%) Icinga
14 3 (0.20%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.20%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 447 (29.94%) Microsoft
2 178 (11.92%) Databricks
3 132 (8.84%) Oracle
4 58 (3.88%) ServiceNow
5 41 (2.75%) OpenAI
6 38 (2.55%) SAP
7 37 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.61%) Google
8 24 (1.61%) Splunk
9 21 (1.41%) HP
10 19 (1.27%) Informatica
10 19 (1.27%) VMware
11 12 (0.80%) Citrix
11 12 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 12 (0.80%) Foundry
12 11 (0.74%) Lotus
12 11 (0.74%) NEC
13 10 (0.67%) IBM
13 10 (0.67%) Kofax
14 9 (0.60%) Red Hat