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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 118 65
Rank change year-on-year +30 -53 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 112 41 140
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.56% 1.70% 3.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.94% 4.69% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 84 28 87
10th Percentile £43,250 £51,925 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £57,000 £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 £74,750 £79,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,500 £84,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1,885 874 1,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 26.21% 36.31% 35.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 585 928
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,750
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% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £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 5 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 5 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 -
Oldham +5 3 £54,250 -5.65%
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 10 (8.93%) Confluence
2 8 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.79%) CMS
4 2 (1.79%) nginx
4 2 (1.79%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Trello
2 2 (1.79%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.68%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 112 (100.00%) Azure
2 30 (26.79%) GitHub
3 26 (23.21%) GitHub Actions
4 24 (21.43%) Power Platform
5 19 (16.96%) AWS
6 16 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (11.61%) Power Automate
8 9 (8.04%) Snowflake
9 8 (7.14%) PowerApps
10 7 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (5.36%) SaaS
12 5 (4.46%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (4.46%) Serverless
13 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
14 3 (2.68%) Azure AKS
14 3 (2.68%) Azure Functions
14 3 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (2.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.46%) Firewall
1 5 (4.46%) SAN
2 2 (1.79%) DNS
3 1 (0.89%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.93%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (8.04%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.36%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.57%) Power BI
6 3 (2.68%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.79%) MySQL
7 2 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.89%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.89%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.89%) Metadata
8 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (25.89%) JIRA
2 14 (12.50%) Git
3 8 (7.14%) Postman
4 7 (6.25%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.79%) GitLab
5 2 (1.79%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.89%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.89%) GDB
6 1 (0.89%) MLflow
6 1 (0.89%) NUnit
6 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.89%) WinDbg
General
1 33 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.32%) Finance
3 10 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.46%) Games
5 5 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.57%) Legal
7 3 (2.68%) Banking
7 3 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Retail
8 2 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.79%) Marketing
8 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Law
9 1 (0.89%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 31 (27.68%) Developer
2 20 (17.86%) Senior
3 12 (10.71%) Platform Engineer
4 11 (9.82%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (9.82%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 10 (8.93%) Analyst
5 10 (8.93%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (8.04%) .NET Developer
6 9 (8.04%) Data Engineer
6 9 (8.04%) Senior Data Engineer
6 9 (8.04%) Snowflake Engineer
7 8 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (6.25%) Head of Testing
8 7 (6.25%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Lead
9 6 (5.36%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 5 (4.46%) Coordinator
10 5 (4.46%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.21%) Terraform
2 22 (19.64%) .NET
3 15 (13.39%) CSS
3 15 (13.39%) HTML
3 15 (13.39%) REST
4 11 (9.82%) ASP.NET
5 10 (8.93%) .NET Core
5 10 (8.93%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (8.93%) Entity Framework
6 9 (8.04%) React
7 8 (7.14%) Node.js
8 7 (6.25%) ARM Templates
9 5 (4.46%) HTML5 Canvas
10 4 (3.57%) Blazor
10 4 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
10 4 (3.57%) Middleware
10 4 (3.57%) SOAP
10 4 (3.57%) Visualforce
11 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (2.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.93%) Onboarding
1 10 (8.93%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.57%) PMI
5 3 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.68%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.79%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.89%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.89%) BBC
7 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.89%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.46%) Linux
2 1 (0.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (100.00%) DevOps
2 72 (64.29%) Agile
3 67 (59.82%) CI/CD
4 29 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (23.21%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (21.43%) AI
7 23 (20.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (16.96%) Analytics
8 19 (16.96%) Mentoring
9 18 (16.07%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (16.07%) Scrum
10 17 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (15.18%) Software Delivery
10 17 (15.18%) Software Engineering
11 16 (14.29%) Observability
12 15 (13.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 15 (13.39%) SDLC
12 15 (13.39%) Sprint Planning
13 14 (12.50%) Business Analysis
13 14 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (29.46%) SQL
2 27 (24.11%) C#
3 26 (23.21%) Python
4 16 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 15 (13.39%) Bash
6 14 (12.50%) PowerShell
7 8 (7.14%) Bicep
8 4 (3.57%) Apex Code
8 4 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.68%) SOQL
9 3 (2.68%) SOSL
9 3 (2.68%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.79%) Java
10 2 (1.79%) PHP
11 1 (0.89%) C++
11 1 (0.89%) Scala
11 1 (0.89%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (8.04%) PMI Certification
2 7 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.46%) Degree
3 5 (4.46%) PMP
4 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.89%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.04%) QA
2 8 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.46%) PMO
4 1 (0.89%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (8.93%) Docker
2 5 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.57%) Grafana
2 4 (3.57%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.89%) Ansible
4 1 (0.89%) Argo
4 1 (0.89%) Istio
4 1 (0.89%) linkerd
Vendors
1 43 (38.39%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.61%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.36%) VMware
4 1 (0.89%) Apple
4 1 (0.89%) Databricks
4 1 (0.89%) Facebook
4 1 (0.89%) Google
4 1 (0.89%) Oracle
4 1 (0.89%) Sony
4 1 (0.89%) Yahoo!