Azure DevOps Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Azure DevOps
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 112 78
Rank change year-on-year +24 -34 -38
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 118 43 114
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.57% 1.83% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.17% 5.09% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 88 30 64
10th Percentile £44,250 £52,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,938 £57,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,438 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £84,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,913 844 1,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.48% 35.95% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 559 830
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in Manchester

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in Manchester

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Altrincham - 5 £35,500 - 1
Oldham +4 3 £54,250 -5.65% 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £51,000 - 2
Azure DevOps
North West

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 10 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.78%) Confluence
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.69%) CMS
4 2 (1.69%) nginx
4 2 (1.69%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.69%) WordPress
5 1 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Trello
2 2 (1.69%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.54%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 118 (100.00%) Azure
2 30 (25.42%) GitHub
3 28 (23.73%) Power Platform
4 26 (22.03%) GitHub Actions
5 20 (16.95%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (16.10%) AWS
7 15 (12.71%) Power Automate
8 13 (11.02%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (10.17%) PowerApps
10 9 (7.63%) Entra ID
10 9 (7.63%) Snowflake
11 8 (6.78%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (5.93%) Copilot Studio
12 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (5.08%) SaaS
14 5 (4.24%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (4.24%) Serverless
15 4 (3.39%) Azure AKS
16 3 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) Firewall
1 5 (4.24%) SAN
2 3 (2.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (7.63%) MongoDB
3 7 (5.93%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.08%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (5.08%) Power BI
5 3 (2.54%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.69%) MySQL
6 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.85%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.85%) Metadata
7 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (22.88%) JIRA
2 16 (13.56%) Git
3 8 (6.78%) Postman
4 6 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.69%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.69%) GitLab
5 2 (1.69%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.85%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.85%) MLflow
6 1 (0.85%) NUnit
6 1 (0.85%) Selenium
6 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.34%) Finance
3 10 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.24%) Games
5 5 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.39%) Legal
7 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.54%) Retail
8 2 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.69%) Marketing
8 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Developer
2 20 (16.95%) Senior
3 16 (13.56%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (11.86%) Platform Engineer
5 12 (10.17%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (9.32%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Analyst
7 10 (8.47%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) .NET Developer
8 9 (7.63%) Data Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Senior Data Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Snowflake Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 7 (5.93%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (5.08%) Consultant
11 6 (5.08%) Head of Testing
11 6 (5.08%) Lead
11 6 (5.08%) Project Manager
12 5 (4.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (22.88%) Terraform
2 22 (18.64%) .NET
3 15 (12.71%) CSS
3 15 (12.71%) HTML
3 15 (12.71%) REST
4 11 (9.32%) ASP.NET
5 10 (8.47%) .NET Core
5 10 (8.47%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (8.47%) Entity Framework
6 9 (7.63%) React
7 8 (6.78%) ARM Templates
7 8 (6.78%) Node.js
8 5 (4.24%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (3.39%) Blazor
9 4 (3.39%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (3.39%) Middleware
9 4 (3.39%) SOAP
9 4 (3.39%) Visualforce
10 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (2.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.78%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.78%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.24%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.39%) PMI
5 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.69%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.85%) BBC
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) Android
2 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (100.00%) DevOps
2 71 (60.17%) Agile
3 65 (55.08%) CI/CD
4 32 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (24.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (22.03%) AI
7 21 (17.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (16.95%) Analytics
8 20 (16.95%) Mentoring
8 20 (16.95%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (14.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 16 (13.56%) Observability
11 16 (13.56%) Platform Engineering
11 16 (13.56%) Scrum
11 16 (13.56%) Software Engineering
12 15 (12.71%) Cost Optimisation
12 15 (12.71%) Software Delivery
12 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (11.86%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.66%) SQL
2 29 (24.58%) C#
3 27 (22.88%) Python
4 17 (14.41%) JavaScript
4 17 (14.41%) PowerShell
5 16 (13.56%) Bash
6 11 (9.32%) Bicep
7 4 (3.39%) Apex Code
7 4 (3.39%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.54%) SOQL
8 3 (2.54%) SOSL
8 3 (2.54%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.69%) Java
9 2 (1.69%) PHP
10 1 (0.85%) Scala
10 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (7.63%) PMI Certification
2 7 (5.93%) SC Cleared
2 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.24%) Degree
4 5 (4.24%) PMP
5 4 (3.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.85%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.47%) Data Quality
1 10 (8.47%) QA
2 5 (4.24%) PMO
3 1 (0.85%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (9.32%) Docker
2 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.39%) Grafana
2 4 (3.39%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.69%) Ansible
3 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.85%) Argo
4 1 (0.85%) Istio
4 1 (0.85%) linkerd
Vendors
1 49 (41.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.17%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.08%) VMware
4 2 (1.69%) HP
5 1 (0.85%) Apple
5 1 (0.85%) Databricks
5 1 (0.85%) Facebook
5 1 (0.85%) Google
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle
5 1 (0.85%) Sony
5 1 (0.85%) Yahoo!