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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 106 90
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 -47
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 113 43 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.48% 1.81% 2.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.97% 5.05% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 88 31 54
10th Percentile £44,250 £52,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,938 £57,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,750 £78,125 £74,375
90th Percentile £85,750 £90,000 £86,800
North West median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.38% +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 1,892 851 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.77% 35.80% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 569 760
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +0.42% -0.42%
75th Percentile £80,500 £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 9 October 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 9 October 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% 1
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 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.19%) Confluence
3 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.77%) CMS
4 2 (1.77%) nginx
4 2 (1.77%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.77%) WordPress
5 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Trello
2 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.65%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 113 (100.00%) Azure
2 28 (24.78%) GitHub
2 28 (24.78%) Power Platform
3 23 (20.35%) GitHub Actions
4 20 (17.70%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (15.04%) AWS
6 15 (13.27%) Power Automate
7 13 (11.50%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (10.62%) PowerApps
9 9 (7.96%) Snowflake
10 8 (7.08%) Entra ID
11 7 (6.19%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (6.19%) Copilot Studio
11 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (5.31%) SaaS
13 5 (4.42%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (3.54%) Serverless
15 3 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (2.65%) Azure AKS
15 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.42%) Firewall
1 5 (4.42%) SAN
2 3 (2.65%) DNS
3 1 (0.88%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (7.96%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.19%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.31%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (5.31%) Power BI
5 3 (2.65%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.77%) MySQL
6 2 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.88%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.88%) Metadata
7 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (22.12%) JIRA
2 15 (13.27%) Git
3 5 (4.42%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.54%) Postman
5 3 (2.65%) GitLab
6 2 (1.77%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.77%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.88%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.88%) MLflow
7 1 (0.88%) NUnit
7 1 (0.88%) Selenium
7 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.93%) Finance
3 10 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.54%) Games
4 4 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (3.54%) Legal
5 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.65%) Retail
6 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.77%) Marketing
6 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 33 (29.20%) Developer
2 20 (17.70%) Azure Engineer
2 20 (17.70%) Senior
3 15 (13.27%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (12.39%) Platform Engineer
5 11 (9.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 11 (9.73%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (7.96%) .NET Developer
7 9 (7.96%) Analyst
7 9 (7.96%) Data Engineer
7 9 (7.96%) Senior Data Engineer
7 9 (7.96%) Snowflake Engineer
8 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 7 (6.19%) Power Platform Developer
10 6 (5.31%) Consultant
10 6 (5.31%) Lead
10 6 (5.31%) Project Manager
11 5 (4.42%) Project Coordinator
11 5 (4.42%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (22.12%) Terraform
2 22 (19.47%) .NET
3 15 (13.27%) CSS
3 15 (13.27%) HTML
3 15 (13.27%) REST
4 11 (9.73%) ASP.NET
5 10 (8.85%) .NET Core
5 10 (8.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (8.85%) Entity Framework
6 9 (7.96%) React
7 8 (7.08%) Node.js
8 5 (4.42%) ARM Templates
8 5 (4.42%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (3.54%) Blazor
9 4 (3.54%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (3.54%) Middleware
9 4 (3.54%) SOAP
9 4 (3.54%) Visualforce
10 3 (2.65%) .NET Framework
10 3 (2.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Onboarding
2 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.31%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.42%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.65%) PMI
6 2 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.77%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) BBC
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.31%) Linux
2 1 (0.88%) Android
2 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.88%) Unix
2 1 (0.88%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (100.00%) DevOps
2 65 (57.52%) Agile
3 58 (51.33%) CI/CD
4 29 (25.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (23.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (21.24%) AI
7 20 (17.70%) Mentoring
7 20 (17.70%) Requirements Gathering
8 19 (16.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (15.93%) Analytics
10 17 (15.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 17 (15.04%) SDLC
11 16 (14.16%) Platform Engineering
12 15 (13.27%) Business Analysis
12 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (13.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (12.39%) Scrum
13 14 (12.39%) Software Engineering
14 13 (11.50%) Observability
14 13 (11.50%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (30.97%) SQL
2 29 (25.66%) C#
3 24 (21.24%) Python
4 17 (15.04%) JavaScript
5 15 (13.27%) Bash
5 15 (13.27%) PowerShell
6 10 (8.85%) Bicep
7 4 (3.54%) Apex Code
7 4 (3.54%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.65%) SOQL
8 3 (2.65%) SOSL
8 3 (2.65%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.77%) Java
9 2 (1.77%) PHP
10 1 (0.88%) Scala
10 1 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (7.08%) PMI Certification
2 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.42%) Degree
4 5 (4.42%) PMP
5 3 (2.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.85%) QA
2 9 (7.96%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.42%) PMO
4 1 (0.88%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (7.96%) Docker
2 5 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.65%) Grafana
2 3 (2.65%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.77%) Ansible
3 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.88%) Argo
4 1 (0.88%) Istio
4 1 (0.88%) linkerd
Vendors
1 44 (38.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.19%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.31%) VMware
4 2 (1.77%) HP
5 1 (0.88%) Apple
5 1 (0.88%) Databricks
5 1 (0.88%) Facebook
5 1 (0.88%) Google
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle
5 1 (0.88%) Sony
5 1 (0.88%) Yahoo!
5 1 (0.88%) YouTube