Azure DevOps Contracts

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 72 67
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 827 1,226 1,970
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.83% 2.81% 3.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.52% 8.70% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 828 1,424
10th Percentile £363 £400 £413
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £501 £539
% change year-on-year -1.45% -7.01% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile £29.75 £60.25 £49.65
25th Percentile £39.25 £64.50 £60.00
Median hourly rate £76.25 £65.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.41% -6.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £87.50 £65.75 £73.42
90th Percentile - £67.95 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -51.91% -6.43% +23.89%

All Cloud 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 10,997 14,094 22,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.61% 32.33% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,640 10,005 15,924
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 348 350
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £48.56 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.53 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.47% -28.03% +31.31%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps.

Daily rate trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps.

Hourly rate trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 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
England -24 659 £525 - 587
London -25 389 £525 - 203
Work from Home -10 353 £518 -1.43% 386
UK excluding London -2 296 £494 -1.45% 425
South East +15 102 £500 -6.98% 112
Scotland +19 58 £425 -7.10% 37
Midlands +19 51 £525 +16.67% 71
North of England -11 51 £500 - 128
West Midlands -1 27 £525 +10.53% 49
East Midlands +24 24 £500 +19.33% 22
South West +11 24 £525 - 40
Yorkshire +1 23 £438 -7.89% 31
North West -17 23 £525 +2.44% 85
Wales 0 7 £425 -20.93% 15
East of England +15 6 £475 -5.00% 20
North East -1 4 £538 +13.76% 12
Northern Ireland -10 1 £550 - 4

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 41 (4.96%) Confluence
2 31 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.97%) Apache
5 4 (0.48%) nginx
6 3 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.36%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.36%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.24%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Mule
8 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.21%) Trello
4 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 14 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.24%) Kondor
4 2 (0.24%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 826 (99.88%) Azure
2 112 (13.54%) GitHub
3 105 (12.70%) Power Platform
4 91 (11.00%) AWS
5 89 (10.76%) Dynamics 365
6 72 (8.71%) Azure AKS
7 71 (8.59%) Azure Monitor
8 68 (8.22%) Azure Data Factory
9 67 (8.10%) Serverless
10 54 (6.53%) PowerApps
11 53 (6.41%) PaaS
11 53 (6.41%) Power Automate
12 52 (6.29%) GitHub Actions
13 47 (5.68%) SaaS
14 45 (5.44%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (5.08%) IaaS
16 35 (4.23%) Azure Functions
17 31 (3.75%) GCP
18 30 (3.63%) Entra ID
19 29 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.08%) Firewall
2 20 (2.42%) DNS
3 19 (2.30%) VPN
4 18 (2.18%) HTTP
5 14 (1.69%) SMTP
6 11 (1.33%) SSL
7 10 (1.21%) Network Security
7 10 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.85%) FTP
9 6 (0.73%) POP3
10 3 (0.36%) LAN
10 3 (0.36%) WAN
11 2 (0.24%) DHCP
11 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.12%) 4G
12 1 (0.12%) 5G
12 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.38%) Power BI
2 47 (5.68%) SQL Server
3 44 (5.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (4.11%) Relational Database
5 28 (3.39%) Big Data
6 27 (3.26%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (2.54%) NoSQL
9 18 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.18%) Redis
10 10 (1.21%) MySQL
11 9 (1.09%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.85%) Apache Hive
12 7 (0.85%) Metadata
13 5 (0.60%) Parquet
13 5 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (0.48%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 136 (16.44%) Git
2 133 (16.08%) JIRA
3 89 (10.76%) Jenkins
4 63 (7.62%) GitLab
5 51 (6.17%) Selenium
6 34 (4.11%) Postman
7 25 (3.02%) JMeter
8 23 (2.78%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.81%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.69%) TeamCity
11 13 (1.57%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
11 13 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
12 12 (1.45%) JUnit
12 12 (1.45%) SonarQube
12 12 (1.45%) SpecFlow
13 11 (1.33%) Cucumber
13 11 (1.33%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.21%) Appium
14 10 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 206 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 179 (21.64%) Finance
3 93 (11.25%) Public Sector
4 85 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (7.62%) Banking
6 31 (3.75%) Marketing
6 31 (3.75%) Retail
7 27 (3.26%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.30%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.06%) Back Office
10 17 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.69%) Electronics
12 13 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.21%) Front Office
16 7 (0.85%) Local Government
17 6 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 182 (22.01%) Developer
2 144 (17.41%) Azure Engineer
3 134 (16.20%) DevOps Engineer
4 94 (11.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 79 (9.55%) Lead
6 69 (8.34%) Senior
7 58 (7.01%) Analyst
8 53 (6.41%) Architect
9 36 (4.35%) Consultant
10 34 (4.11%) .NET Developer
11 33 (3.99%) Data Engineer
12 28 (3.39%) Business Analyst
12 28 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
12 28 (3.39%) Senior Developer
13 27 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (2.90%) Azure Architect
14 24 (2.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 24 (2.90%) Power Platform Developer
15 23 (2.78%) Azure Developer
15 23 (2.78%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (18.02%) .NET
2 57 (6.89%) REST
3 49 (5.93%) ADO
4 40 (4.84%) AngularJS
4 40 (4.84%) HTML
5 39 (4.72%) CSS
6 37 (4.47%) SOAP
6 37 (4.47%) YAML
7 35 (4.23%) ARM Templates
8 34 (4.11%) .NET Core
8 34 (4.11%) JSON
9 32 (3.87%) Kafka
10 29 (3.51%) RESTful
11 27 (3.26%) Playwright
12 26 (3.14%) React
13 22 (2.66%) PySpark
14 20 (2.42%) .NET Framework
15 18 (2.18%) OAuth
15 18 (2.18%) Web Services
16 14 (1.69%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 74 (8.95%) Product Ownership
2 40 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 14 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (1.57%) Mobile App
5 11 (1.33%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.21%) Client/Server
6 10 (1.21%) Derivative
6 10 (1.21%) Low-Code
7 9 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
7 9 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (1.09%) Wiki
8 8 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.85%) Algorithms
9 7 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (0.85%) Market Risk
10 6 (0.73%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.05%) Linux
2 49 (5.93%) Windows
3 21 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.21%) Android
6 7 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.85%) Unix
7 5 (0.60%) VMS
8 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 822 (99.40%) DevOps
2 383 (46.31%) Agile
3 323 (39.06%) CI/CD
4 154 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (18.02%) Test Automation
6 143 (17.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 118 (14.27%) Scrum
8 87 (10.52%) Analytics
9 76 (9.19%) Containerisation
9 76 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
11 70 (8.46%) Migration
12 63 (7.62%) TDD
13 61 (7.38%) Project Management
13 61 (7.38%) Software Engineering
14 60 (7.26%) Continuous Integration
15 59 (7.13%) Microservices
16 55 (6.65%) SDLC
17 54 (6.53%) Mentoring
18 51 (6.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 198 (23.94%) C#
2 196 (23.70%) Python
3 189 (22.85%) SQL
4 170 (20.56%) PowerShell
5 119 (14.39%) JavaScript
6 97 (11.73%) Java
7 67 (8.10%) Bicep
8 56 (6.77%) Bash
9 40 (4.84%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.69%) Scala
11 12 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.33%) C++
13 10 (1.21%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.21%) VBScript
14 8 (0.97%) PHP
15 7 (0.85%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.60%) Perl
16 5 (0.60%) Ruby
16 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 132 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 107 (12.94%) SC Cleared
3 70 (8.46%) Degree
4 36 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
7 12 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.09%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.60%) ISEB
9 5 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.24%) PhD
11 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.24%) PMP
11 2 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.62%) QA
2 18 (2.18%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.45%) GDPR
5 11 (1.33%) PMO
6 9 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.73%) WCAG
8 3 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.36%) NIST
8 3 (0.36%) PERC
9 1 (0.12%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.12%) EMIR
9 1 (0.12%) GxP
9 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.12%) MiFID
9 1 (0.12%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 99 (11.97%) Docker
2 31 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.24%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.24%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.24%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 209 (25.27%) Terraform
2 148 (17.90%) Kubernetes
3 55 (6.65%) Ansible
4 25 (3.02%) Grafana
4 25 (3.02%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.81%) Puppet
7 9 (1.09%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.73%) Istio
9 4 (0.48%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.48%) Perfmon
9 4 (0.48%) SCCM
10 3 (0.36%) Control-M
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.36%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.24%) Packer
11 2 (0.24%) SCOM
12 1 (0.12%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.12%) linkerd
Vendors
1 201 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 63 (7.62%) Databricks
3 27 (3.26%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.02%) SAP
5 24 (2.90%) Oracle
6 17 (2.06%) VMware
7 16 (1.93%) Google
8 12 (1.45%) Cloudera
8 12 (1.45%) Workday
9 10 (1.21%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.97%) Dynatrace
10 8 (0.97%) Fujitsu
11 7 (0.85%) Citrix
11 7 (0.85%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.73%) Cisco
13 5 (0.60%) HP
13 5 (0.60%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.48%) New Relic