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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 130 76
Rank change year-on-year +26 -54 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 82 36 183
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.31% 1.53% 3.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.66% 3.76% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 61 22 132
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £59,375 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £72,500 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +19.34% -17.63%
75th Percentile £86,250 £86,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,250 £90,000
North West median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -8.19%

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 1,758 958 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 27.98% 40.80% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,382 620 1,660
10th Percentile £33,800 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,938 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,503 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 - 1 £35,500 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £51,000 -
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 15 (18.29%) Confluence
2 5 (6.10%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.44%) CICS
4 2 (2.44%) CMS
4 2 (2.44%) nginx
4 2 (2.44%) Umbraco
4 2 (2.44%) WordPress
5 1 (1.22%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Trello
2 1 (1.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (28.05%) GitHub
3 21 (25.61%) AWS
4 19 (23.17%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (18.29%) Power Platform
6 9 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (8.54%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
9 5 (6.10%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.10%) Serverless
9 5 (6.10%) Snowflake
10 4 (4.88%) Azure AKS
10 4 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (4.88%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (4.88%) GCP
10 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (3.66%) Azure Functions
11 3 (3.66%) PowerApps
11 3 (3.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) Firewall
1 4 (4.88%) SAN
2 2 (2.44%) DNS
3 1 (1.22%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (8.54%) MongoDB
3 5 (6.10%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (6.10%) Power BI
3 5 (6.10%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.66%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.66%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.44%) Db2
5 2 (2.44%) Hazelcast
5 2 (2.44%) MySQL
6 1 (1.22%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.22%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.22%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (25.61%) JIRA
2 15 (18.29%) Git
3 9 (10.98%) Jenkins
4 8 (9.76%) Postman
5 3 (3.66%) Eclipse
5 3 (3.66%) IntelliJ
6 2 (2.44%) Terragrunt
7 1 (1.22%) GDB
7 1 (1.22%) GitLab
7 1 (1.22%) MLflow
7 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.22%) WinDbg
General
1 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Finance
3 7 (8.54%) Games
3 7 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (7.32%) Banking
4 6 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Retail
7 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Legal
7 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 24 (29.27%) Developer
2 17 (20.73%) Senior
3 10 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) .NET Developer
4 7 (8.54%) Delivery Manager
4 7 (8.54%) Head of Testing
4 7 (8.54%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Scrum Master
5 6 (7.32%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Software Delivery Manager
5 6 (7.32%) Software Manager
6 5 (6.10%) Data Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Senior Data Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.10%) Snowflake Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Power Platform Developer
7 4 (4.88%) Senior Automation Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.51%) .NET
2 13 (15.85%) CSS
2 13 (15.85%) HTML
3 11 (13.41%) React
3 11 (13.41%) REST
4 8 (9.76%) ASP.NET
5 7 (8.54%) .NET Core
5 7 (8.54%) ARM Templates
5 7 (8.54%) ASP.NET Core
5 7 (8.54%) Entity Framework
5 7 (8.54%) Node.js
6 6 (7.32%) AngularJS
6 6 (7.32%) SOAP
7 5 (6.10%) Middleware
8 4 (4.88%) RESTful
9 3 (3.66%) CSS3
9 3 (3.66%) HTML5
9 3 (3.66%) J2EE
9 3 (3.66%) Kafka
9 3 (3.66%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.32%) PMI
4 5 (6.10%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.44%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.22%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.22%) BBC
7 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Linux
2 1 (1.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (100.00%) DevOps
2 64 (78.05%) CI/CD
3 57 (69.51%) Agile
4 21 (25.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (24.39%) Scrum
6 18 (21.95%) AI
6 18 (21.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (20.73%) Mentoring
7 17 (20.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (19.51%) Roadmaps
9 15 (18.29%) Analytics
9 15 (18.29%) Software Delivery
10 14 (17.07%) Full-Stack Development
10 14 (17.07%) Kanban
10 14 (17.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 14 (17.07%) Sprint Planning
11 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (14.63%) Decision-Making
12 12 (14.63%) Observability
12 12 (14.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.49%) SQL
2 21 (25.61%) Python
3 17 (20.73%) C#
4 13 (15.85%) PowerShell
5 11 (13.41%) Bash
5 11 (13.41%) JavaScript
6 7 (8.54%) Bicep
7 5 (6.10%) Java
8 4 (4.88%) TypeScript
9 3 (3.66%) Apex Code
9 3 (3.66%) PL/SQL
9 3 (3.66%) SOQL
9 3 (3.66%) SOSL
9 3 (3.66%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.44%) PHP
11 1 (1.22%) C++
11 1 (1.22%) Scala
11 1 (1.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (8.54%) PMI Certification
2 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.44%) SAFe Agilist
3 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.22%) Degree
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.88%) QA
2 1 (1.22%) GRC
2 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (10.98%) Docker
2 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (24.39%) Terraform
2 7 (8.54%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.88%) Grafana
3 4 (4.88%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.22%) Ansible
5 1 (1.22%) Argo
5 1 (1.22%) Istio
5 1 (1.22%) linkerd
Vendors
1 33 (40.24%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) Salesforce
3 5 (6.10%) VMware
4 3 (3.66%) Oracle
4 3 (3.66%) Pega
5 2 (2.44%) Databricks
6 1 (1.22%) Apple
6 1 (1.22%) Facebook
6 1 (1.22%) Google
6 1 (1.22%) Sony
6 1 (1.22%) Yahoo!