Hybrid/Remote Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 62 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 346 399 608
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.40% 3.29% 3.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.93% 8.50% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 274 476
10th Percentile £363 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £624 £615
90th Percentile £656 £693 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £55.05 - -
25th Percentile £68.63 £66.25 £57.50
Median hourly rate £92.50 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% +12.50% +3.00%
75th Percentile £93.75 £68.75 £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.69% +18.95% -5.76%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,362 4,693 6,830
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.83% 38.68% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,956 3,149 4,943
10th Percentile £325 £331 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 51 88
10th Percentile £17.73 £19.30 £15.42
25th Percentile £20.50 £26.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £36.69 £46.78
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% -21.56% +33.65%
75th Percentile £65.22 £63.50 £74.06
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.00 £88.23
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
% change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure DevOps and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Azure DevOps daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Azure DevOps hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 18 (5.20%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.18%) Confluence
3 5 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.45%) IIS
4 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.87%) Apache
6 2 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.45%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.16%) Endur
4 3 (0.87%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.58%) Primavera
5 2 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.29%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 345 (99.71%) Azure
2 84 (24.28%) GitHub
3 59 (17.05%) Power Platform
4 57 (16.47%) GitHub Actions
5 40 (11.56%) AWS
6 32 (9.25%) Azure AKS
7 30 (8.67%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (8.09%) Entra ID
8 28 (8.09%) Serverless
9 24 (6.94%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (6.94%) PowerApps
10 23 (6.65%) Power Automate
11 22 (6.36%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (6.36%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (4.62%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (4.05%) Azure Functions
13 14 (4.05%) GCP
13 14 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (3.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.18%) Firewall
2 7 (2.02%) VPN
3 5 (1.45%) HTTP
3 5 (1.45%) Network Security
4 4 (1.16%) DNS
4 4 (1.16%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.87%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) NGFW
7 1 (0.29%) BGP
7 1 (0.29%) IPsec
7 1 (0.29%) LAN
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) VLAN
7 1 (0.29%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.96%) Power BI
2 23 (6.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (6.36%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (5.20%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.18%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.60%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.60%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.31%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.31%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.02%) Delta Lake
8 7 (2.02%) MySQL
8 7 (2.02%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.45%) Redis
10 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.16%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.16%) Tableau
11 3 (0.87%) Big Data
11 3 (0.87%) Metadata
11 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (18.50%) JIRA
2 51 (14.74%) Git
3 43 (12.43%) Jenkins
4 31 (8.96%) Selenium
5 26 (7.51%) GitLab
6 19 (5.49%) JMeter
7 17 (4.91%) Postman
8 13 (3.76%) Cucumber
8 13 (3.76%) JUnit
9 12 (3.47%) SpecFlow
10 10 (2.89%) Mockito
10 10 (2.89%) SonarQube
10 10 (2.89%) Visual Studio
11 9 (2.60%) MSTest
11 9 (2.60%) Zephyr
12 7 (2.02%) TestRail
13 6 (1.73%) Bitbucket
13 6 (1.73%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.73%) WebDriver
14 5 (1.45%) Gatling
General
1 108 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.23%) Finance
3 53 (15.32%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (5.49%) Banking
7 10 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.89%) Investment Banking
7 10 (2.89%) Retail
8 8 (2.31%) Back Office
9 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.87%) Billing
11 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.87%) Front Office
11 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.58%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 92 (26.59%) Developer
2 51 (14.74%) DevOps Engineer
3 49 (14.16%) Azure Engineer
4 45 (13.01%) Senior
5 32 (9.25%) Analyst
6 30 (8.67%) Lead
7 23 (6.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 21 (6.07%) Architect
9 19 (5.49%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.49%) Tester
10 17 (4.91%) .NET Developer
11 15 (4.34%) Java Developer
12 14 (4.05%) Automation Tester
12 14 (4.05%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.76%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (3.76%) Azure Data Engineer
13 13 (3.76%) C# Developer
13 13 (3.76%) Test Analyst
14 11 (3.18%) Azure Architect
14 11 (3.18%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (19.08%) .NET
2 36 (10.40%) REST
3 22 (6.36%) .NET Framework
3 22 (6.36%) RESTful
4 20 (5.78%) ADO
4 20 (5.78%) JSON
4 20 (5.78%) React
5 19 (5.49%) HTML
6 18 (5.20%) ARM Templates
6 18 (5.20%) Playwright
7 17 (4.91%) Kafka
7 17 (4.91%) SOAP
8 16 (4.62%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (3.76%) .NET Core
9 13 (3.76%) Node.js
10 12 (3.47%) CSS
10 12 (3.47%) Web Services
11 11 (3.18%) Entity Framework
11 11 (3.18%) Microsoft Graph
11 11 (3.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.23%) Cloud Native
1 25 (7.23%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.02%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.45%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.16%) Derivative
8 4 (1.16%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.16%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.16%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.16%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.16%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.87%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.49%) Windows
2 18 (5.20%) Linux
3 7 (2.02%) VMS
4 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.16%) Unix
6 2 (0.58%) Android
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (99.71%) DevOps
2 179 (51.73%) CI/CD
3 159 (45.95%) Agile
4 82 (23.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 74 (21.39%) Test Automation
6 59 (17.05%) Scrum
7 57 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (11.56%) Containerisation
9 39 (11.27%) Migration
10 34 (9.83%) Analytics
10 34 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
11 32 (9.25%) User Acceptance Testing
12 30 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (8.67%) Microservices
12 30 (8.67%) SDLC
12 30 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (8.38%) AI
13 29 (8.38%) Validation
14 28 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (8.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.90%) SQL
2 85 (24.57%) Python
3 83 (23.99%) C#
4 56 (16.18%) JavaScript
5 53 (15.32%) PowerShell
6 43 (12.43%) Java
7 24 (6.94%) Bash
7 24 (6.94%) Bicep
8 15 (4.34%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.02%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.16%) Groovy
11 4 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.16%) XPath
12 3 (0.87%) Scala
12 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.87%) VBA
12 3 (0.87%) X++
13 2 (0.58%) Korn
13 2 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 82 (23.70%) Security Cleared
2 69 (19.94%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.38%) Azure Certification
4 27 (7.80%) Degree
5 19 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.47%) ISTQB
7 7 (2.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.87%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.58%) MBA
11 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.58%) PMP
12 1 (0.29%) CISSP
12 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.27%) QA
2 15 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.76%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.89%) GDPR
6 7 (2.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (1.16%) NIST
8 3 (0.87%) PMO
8 3 (0.87%) WCAG
9 2 (0.58%) GRC
9 2 (0.58%) NCSC
9 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 59 (17.05%) Docker
2 20 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) Squid
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 94 (27.17%) Terraform
2 47 (13.58%) Kubernetes
3 26 (7.51%) Ansible
4 15 (4.34%) Grafana
5 8 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.45%) Argo
6 5 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.16%) Istio
7 4 (1.16%) Puppet
8 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.87%) Podman
9 2 (0.58%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.58%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.58%) Packer
9 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.29%) linkerd
10 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.29%) SCCM
10 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 100 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.80%) Databricks
3 21 (6.07%) Oracle
4 12 (3.47%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.47%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.73%) Google
5 6 (1.73%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.45%) Splunk
7 4 (1.16%) Murex
8 3 (0.87%) Cisco
8 3 (0.87%) Citrix
8 3 (0.87%) InterSystems
8 3 (0.87%) NEC
8 3 (0.87%) NetApp
8 3 (0.87%) OpenLink
8 3 (0.87%) SAP
8 3 (0.87%) VMware
9 2 (0.58%) Adobe
9 2 (0.58%) HP
9 2 (0.58%) Sitecore