Azure DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in Watford

DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in Watford is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure DevOps Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Watford with a recognized job title 73 31 112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.90% 100.00% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 23 86
10th Percentile £219 £306 £276
25th Percentile £325 £419 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.46% -30.27%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £547
90th Percentile £650 - £719
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £538 £425
% change year-on-year -5.12% +26.47% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 £46.31 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.95 £47.44 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.27% +227.17% -34.09%
75th Percentile £18.90 £48.57 £14.75
90th Percentile £21.38 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -20.00%

Azure DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Watford

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 24 April 2026, Azure DevOps Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Watford region featuring Azure DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
25 Azure DevOps Engineer jobs in England