Azure DevOps Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 156 114
Rank change year-on-year -19 -42 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 935 839 2,040
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.15% 2.15% 2.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.91% 6.11% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 762 658 1,561
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +13.82% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -5.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure DevOps falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,920 13,726 29,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.55% 35.23% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,662 9,766 24,157
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in England

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -21 336 £77,500 +3.33% 153
South East -26 178 £52,500 -25.00% 105
North of England +33 177 £65,000 -7.14% 90
Midlands -10 109 £65,000 - 46
North West +37 89 £70,000 +3.70% 48
South West -34 74 £52,500 -19.23% 23
West Midlands -40 57 £61,000 -6.15% 25
Yorkshire -46 50 £69,305 -0.99% 21
East Midlands +14 49 £67,250 +22.27% 21
East of England -2 42 £60,000 +9.09% 31
North East -6 38 £50,000 -23.08% 21
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 35 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.64%) Confluence
3 21 (2.25%) IIS
4 18 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.75%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.64%) Apache
8 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.53%) CMS
9 4 (0.43%) Moodle
9 4 (0.43%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.32%) WordPress
11 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.21%) CICS
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) nginx
12 1 (0.11%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.53%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.32%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.21%) Magento
5 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 934 (99.89%) Azure
2 201 (21.50%) GitHub
3 147 (15.72%) Power Platform
4 136 (14.55%) AWS
5 128 (13.69%) GitHub Actions
6 83 (8.88%) Azure Monitor
7 82 (8.77%) Azure AKS
8 73 (7.81%) Serverless
9 65 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
10 64 (6.84%) Azure Data Factory
11 63 (6.74%) Entra ID
12 62 (6.63%) Azure Logic Apps
13 60 (6.42%) PaaS
14 55 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
15 50 (5.35%) SaaS
16 49 (5.24%) Azure Service Bus
17 48 (5.13%) Azure Functions
17 48 (5.13%) GCP
18 39 (4.17%) IaaS
19 33 (3.53%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.56%) Firewall
2 27 (2.89%) DNS
3 16 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.60%) HTTP
5 13 (1.39%) Network Security
5 13 (1.39%) VPN
6 12 (1.28%) WAN
7 3 (0.32%) BGP
7 3 (0.32%) DHCP
8 2 (0.21%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.21%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.21%) Internet
8 2 (0.21%) MQTT
8 2 (0.21%) SAN
8 2 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.21%) Wireless
8 2 (0.21%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.11%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.11%) LTE
9 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (12.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 107 (11.44%) SQL Server
3 73 (7.81%) MongoDB
3 73 (7.81%) Power BI
4 37 (3.96%) Data Lake
4 37 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (2.89%) NoSQL
7 22 (2.35%) Delta Lake
7 22 (2.35%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.71%) Spark SQL
10 13 (1.39%) Star Schema
11 12 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.07%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.96%) Metadata
14 9 (0.96%) MySQL
14 9 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 151 (16.15%) Git
2 124 (13.26%) JIRA
3 94 (10.05%) Jenkins
4 64 (6.84%) GitLab
5 48 (5.13%) Selenium
6 34 (3.64%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.32%) Postman
8 22 (2.35%) Eclipse
9 16 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
10 15 (1.60%) Visual Studio
11 12 (1.28%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.18%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.07%) JMeter
14 9 (0.96%) TestRail
15 8 (0.86%) Zephyr
16 7 (0.75%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.75%) LoadRunner
17 6 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 6 (0.64%) MLflow
17 6 (0.64%) NUnit
General
1 244 (26.10%) Finance
2 196 (20.96%) Social Skills
3 122 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (5.35%) Public Sector
5 40 (4.28%) Law
6 36 (3.85%) Retail
7 29 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (2.89%) Legal
9 25 (2.67%) Marketing
10 21 (2.25%) Banking
11 20 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.71%) Billing
14 14 (1.50%) Games
15 12 (1.28%) Advertising
16 11 (1.18%) Automotive
16 11 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.96%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.64%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 232 (24.81%) Developer
2 176 (18.82%) DevOps Engineer
3 169 (18.07%) Senior
4 156 (16.68%) Azure Engineer
5 147 (15.72%) Lead
6 85 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 75 (8.02%) .NET Developer
8 59 (6.31%) Data Engineer
9 58 (6.20%) Cloud Engineer
10 54 (5.78%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (4.81%) Senior DevOps
12 44 (4.71%) Senior Developer
13 43 (4.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 42 (4.49%) Architect
15 40 (4.28%) Analyst
16 36 (3.85%) Software Engineer
17 32 (3.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 27 (2.89%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 27 (2.89%) Software Developer
19 26 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (29.73%) .NET
2 118 (12.62%) ASP.NET
3 109 (11.66%) React
4 108 (11.55%) .NET Core
5 90 (9.63%) CSS
5 90 (9.63%) HTML
6 84 (8.98%) ASP.NET Core
7 83 (8.88%) REST
8 64 (6.84%) RESTful
9 63 (6.74%) Node.js
10 50 (5.35%) Blazor
11 46 (4.92%) Playwright
11 46 (4.92%) YAML
12 45 (4.81%) Entity Framework
13 42 (4.49%) OAuth
14 38 (4.06%) PySpark
15 36 (3.85%) ARM Templates
16 34 (3.64%) Middleware
17 33 (3.53%) .NET Framework
17 33 (3.53%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 82 (8.77%) Product Ownership
2 70 (7.49%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.64%) Mobile App
4 28 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (2.67%) Low-Code
7 23 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.82%) Reinsurance
11 14 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.28%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.18%) Virtual Team
15 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
16 8 (0.86%) PMI
17 7 (0.75%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 87 (9.30%) Linux
2 62 (6.63%) Windows
3 19 (2.03%) VMS
4 18 (1.93%) Unix
5 15 (1.60%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.18%) Android
7 10 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.07%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.43%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 934 (99.89%) DevOps
2 573 (61.28%) CI/CD
3 375 (40.11%) Agile
4 267 (28.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 193 (20.64%) Test Automation
6 163 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 160 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (15.83%) AI
9 136 (14.55%) Analytics
10 121 (12.94%) Full-Stack Development
10 121 (12.94%) Mentoring
11 119 (12.73%) Observability
11 119 (12.73%) Scrum
12 116 (12.41%) Containerisation
13 103 (11.02%) Data Modelling
14 102 (10.91%) Microservices
15 93 (9.95%) SDLC
16 89 (9.52%) Roadmaps
17 76 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
17 76 (8.13%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 324 (34.65%) SQL
2 244 (26.10%) C#
3 211 (22.57%) Python
4 139 (14.87%) JavaScript
5 106 (11.34%) PowerShell
6 99 (10.59%) Bash
7 71 (7.59%) Bicep
8 59 (6.31%) Java
9 46 (4.92%) TypeScript
10 20 (2.14%) Go
11 18 (1.93%) Scala
12 13 (1.39%) C++
12 13 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.86%) Swift
15 7 (0.75%) DataWeave
16 6 (0.64%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.43%) PHP
17 4 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 66 (7.06%) Degree
2 58 (6.20%) Security Cleared
3 46 (4.92%) Azure Certification
4 38 (4.06%) SC Cleared
5 33 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.67%) ISTQB
7 21 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.60%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.96%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.43%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.32%) CBAP
15 2 (0.21%) CISSP
15 2 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (10.91%) QA
2 46 (4.92%) Accessibility
3 40 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.74%) GDPR
5 22 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.28%) SOC 2
6 12 (1.28%) TickIT
7 8 (0.86%) WCAG
8 6 (0.64%) PMO
8 6 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
8 6 (0.64%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.53%) IFRS
9 5 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.21%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.21%) JTAG
10 2 (0.21%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 132 (14.12%) Docker
2 49 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 279 (29.84%) Terraform
2 106 (11.34%) Kubernetes
3 75 (8.02%) Ansible
4 63 (6.74%) Grafana
5 51 (5.45%) Prometheus
6 23 (2.46%) Argo
7 9 (0.96%) Kibana
8 4 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.43%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.43%) logstash
8 4 (0.43%) Puppet
9 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.32%) Scalr
10 2 (0.21%) MIIS
10 2 (0.21%) Nagios
10 2 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.11%) CASB
11 1 (0.11%) Istio
Vendors
1 344 (36.79%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.95%) Databricks
3 33 (3.53%) Salesforce
4 32 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.57%) Red Hat
6 17 (1.82%) Google
7 16 (1.71%) Dynatrace
7 16 (1.71%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.50%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.50%) Zscaler
9 13 (1.39%) Apple
10 11 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.07%) Facebook
11 10 (1.07%) Guidewire
11 10 (1.07%) Oracle
11 10 (1.07%) VMware
12 9 (0.96%) Splunk
13 7 (0.75%) SAP
14 6 (0.64%) YouTube
15 5 (0.53%) Pega