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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 71 68
Rank change year-on-year -17 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 826 1,229 1,957
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.82% 2.83% 3.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.50% 8.75% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 833 1,413
10th Percentile £363 £400 £413
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £509 £538
% change year-on-year -1.67% -5.40% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 12
10th Percentile £29.75 £64.50 £49.65
25th Percentile £39.25 £65.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £76.25 £65.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.41% -6.43% +21.33%
75th Percentile £87.50 £65.75 £73.42
90th Percentile - £68.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -51.91% -6.43% +26.13%

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 11,009 14,039 21,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.57% 32.34% 36.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,641 9,976 15,834
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 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 343 346
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £20.97 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.78% -40.09% +62.79%
75th Percentile £46.30 £33.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £61.60 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.31% -28.15% +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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 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
England -22 657 £525 - 794
London -28 398 £535 +1.90% 264
Work from Home -8 355 £513 -1.44% 499
UK excluding London -1 286 £500 -1.67% 655
South East +5 96 £500 -6.98% 194
Scotland +20 56 £428 -4.89% 53
Midlands +16 50 £525 +20.00% 103
North of England -25 49 £500 - 179
West Midlands -2 26 £525 +10.53% 63
South West -4 25 £525 - 64
East Midlands +27 24 £500 +19.33% 35
North West -17 23 £525 +2.44% 107
Yorkshire -4 22 £450 -5.26% 53
Wales +2 7 £425 -20.93% 24
East of England +20 6 £475 -5.00% 45
North East -5 4 £538 +13.76% 20
Northern Ireland -9 1 £550 - 8

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 42 (5.08%) Confluence
2 31 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.91%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.85%) Apache
5 4 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.36%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) nginx
6 3 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.36%) WordPress
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%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Camunda
8 1 (0.12%) Mule
8 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.21%) Trello
5 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 16 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.24%) Endur
4 2 (0.24%) Kondor
4 2 (0.24%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
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 HR
Cloud Services
1 825 (99.88%) Azure
2 113 (13.68%) GitHub
3 106 (12.83%) Power Platform
4 94 (11.38%) AWS
5 88 (10.65%) Dynamics 365
6 73 (8.84%) Azure AKS
7 72 (8.72%) Azure Monitor
8 70 (8.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 67 (8.11%) Serverless
10 55 (6.66%) Power Automate
11 54 (6.54%) PowerApps
12 53 (6.42%) GitHub Actions
13 52 (6.30%) PaaS
14 46 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (5.33%) SaaS
16 42 (5.08%) IaaS
17 34 (4.12%) Azure Functions
18 31 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
19 30 (3.63%) Entra ID
19 30 (3.63%) GCP
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 10 (1.21%) Network Security
6 10 (1.21%) SSL
6 10 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.85%) FTP
8 6 (0.73%) POP3
9 3 (0.36%) LAN
9 3 (0.36%) WAN
10 2 (0.24%) DHCP
10 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.12%) 2G
11 1 (0.12%) 5G
11 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (7.26%) Power BI
2 50 (6.05%) SQL Server
3 44 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.27%) Big Data
6 26 (3.15%) Data Lake
7 24 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (2.66%) NoSQL
9 19 (2.30%) Redis
10 18 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.21%) MySQL
12 9 (1.09%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.85%) Apache Hive
13 7 (0.85%) Metadata
14 6 (0.73%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.61%) Parquet
15 5 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 137 (16.59%) Git
2 132 (15.98%) JIRA
3 91 (11.02%) Jenkins
4 64 (7.75%) GitLab
5 52 (6.30%) Selenium
6 33 (4.00%) Postman
7 25 (3.03%) JMeter
8 23 (2.78%) Cypress.io
9 16 (1.94%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.69%) TeamCity
11 13 (1.57%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
11 13 (1.57%) SpecFlow
11 13 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
12 12 (1.45%) JUnit
13 11 (1.33%) Cucumber
13 11 (1.33%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.33%) SonarQube
14 10 (1.21%) Appium
14 10 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 209 (25.30%) Social Skills
2 176 (21.31%) Finance
3 94 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 85 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (7.75%) Banking
6 31 (3.75%) Marketing
7 28 (3.39%) Investment Banking
7 28 (3.39%) Retail
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
13 12 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.21%) Front Office
14 10 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.85%) Billing
16 6 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 187 (22.64%) Developer
2 142 (17.19%) Azure Engineer
3 134 (16.22%) DevOps Engineer
4 93 (11.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 82 (9.93%) Lead
6 69 (8.35%) Senior
7 57 (6.90%) Analyst
8 53 (6.42%) Architect
9 38 (4.60%) .NET Developer
10 36 (4.36%) Consultant
11 33 (4.00%) Data Engineer
12 30 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
13 29 (3.51%) Senior Developer
14 28 (3.39%) Business Analyst
15 26 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
16 25 (3.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 24 (2.91%) Azure Architect
17 24 (2.91%) Azure Developer
17 24 (2.91%) Power Platform Developer
18 22 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (18.52%) .NET
2 59 (7.14%) REST
3 46 (5.57%) ADO
4 42 (5.08%) HTML
5 41 (4.96%) AngularJS
5 41 (4.96%) CSS
6 37 (4.48%) SOAP
6 37 (4.48%) YAML
7 36 (4.36%) .NET Core
7 36 (4.36%) JSON
8 34 (4.12%) Kafka
9 33 (4.00%) ARM Templates
10 30 (3.63%) RESTful
11 27 (3.27%) Playwright
11 27 (3.27%) React
12 22 (2.66%) .NET Framework
12 22 (2.66%) PySpark
13 18 (2.18%) Web Services
14 17 (2.06%) OAuth
15 14 (1.69%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.84%) Product Ownership
2 40 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 14 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (1.45%) Mobile App
5 11 (1.33%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.21%) Derivative
6 10 (1.21%) Low-Code
7 9 (1.09%) Client/Server
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%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.85%) Algorithms
9 7 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 7 (0.85%) Market Risk
10 6 (0.73%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.93%) Linux
2 48 (5.81%) Windows
3 20 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.21%) Android
6 7 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.85%) Unix
7 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.61%) VMS
8 2 (0.24%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 821 (99.39%) DevOps
2 383 (46.37%) Agile
3 326 (39.47%) CI/CD
4 152 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (17.92%) Test Automation
6 142 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 118 (14.29%) Scrum
8 85 (10.29%) Analytics
9 78 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 72 (8.72%) Containerisation
12 70 (8.47%) Migration
13 66 (7.99%) TDD
14 62 (7.51%) Project Management
15 61 (7.38%) Microservices
15 61 (7.38%) Software Engineering
16 60 (7.26%) Continuous Integration
17 54 (6.54%) SDLC
18 50 (6.05%) Mentoring
18 50 (6.05%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 202 (24.46%) C#
2 192 (23.24%) Python
2 192 (23.24%) SQL
3 171 (20.70%) PowerShell
4 121 (14.65%) JavaScript
5 99 (11.99%) Java
6 70 (8.47%) Bicep
7 55 (6.66%) Bash
8 41 (4.96%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.57%) Scala
10 12 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (1.33%) C++
12 10 (1.21%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.09%) VBScript
14 8 (0.97%) PHP
15 7 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.73%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.61%) Perl
17 5 (0.61%) Ruby
17 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (15.74%) Security Cleared
2 106 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 71 (8.60%) Degree
4 34 (4.12%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
7 14 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.33%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.09%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.61%) ISEB
10 5 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.36%) PMP
11 3 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.24%) PhD
12 2 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.75%) QA
2 18 (2.18%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.45%) GDPR
5 9 (1.09%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.85%) PMO
7 6 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.61%) WCAG
9 3 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.36%) NIST
9 3 (0.36%) PERC
10 1 (0.12%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.12%) EMIR
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 97 (11.74%) Docker
2 32 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.85%) 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
1 204 (24.70%) Terraform
2 147 (17.80%) Kubernetes
3 53 (6.42%) Ansible
4 25 (3.03%) Grafana
4 25 (3.03%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.69%) Puppet
7 9 (1.09%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.48%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.48%) Istio
8 4 (0.48%) Perfmon
8 4 (0.48%) SCCM
9 3 (0.36%) Control-M
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.36%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.24%) Packer
10 2 (0.24%) SCOM
11 1 (0.12%) linkerd
Vendors
1 203 (24.58%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.75%) Databricks
3 27 (3.27%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.03%) Oracle
5 23 (2.78%) SAP
6 16 (1.94%) Google
6 16 (1.94%) VMware
7 12 (1.45%) Cloudera
8 11 (1.33%) Workday
9 10 (1.21%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.97%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.85%) Citrix
11 7 (0.85%) Fujitsu
11 7 (0.85%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.73%) Cisco
13 5 (0.61%) HP
13 5 (0.61%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.48%) New Relic