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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 134 67
Rank change year-on-year +20 -67 +31
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 68 29 175
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.16% 1.36% 3.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.79% 3.13% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51 16 133
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,750 £55,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,400 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +20.83% -13.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,625 £90,000
North West median annual salary £69,310 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.04% +0.42% -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 1,794 928 1,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 30.51% 43.38% 38.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 588 1,625
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -3.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £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 28 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in Manchester

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 14 (20.59%) Confluence
2 5 (7.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.94%) CICS
4 2 (2.94%) CMS
4 2 (2.94%) Umbraco
4 2 (2.94%) WordPress
5 1 (1.47%) nginx
5 1 (1.47%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Trello
2 1 (1.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (100.00%) Azure
2 20 (29.41%) GitHub
3 16 (23.53%) AWS
3 16 (23.53%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (11.76%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.82%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
6 5 (7.35%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (7.35%) Snowflake
7 4 (5.88%) Power Automate
7 4 (5.88%) Serverless
8 3 (4.41%) Azure AKS
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Functions
8 3 (4.41%) Datadog
8 3 (4.41%) GCP
8 3 (4.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (4.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.94%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.88%) Firewall
2 3 (4.41%) DNS
2 3 (4.41%) SAN
3 1 (1.47%) DHCP
3 1 (1.47%) LTE
3 1 (1.47%) Network Security
3 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.47%) VLAN
3 1 (1.47%) VPN
3 1 (1.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (4.41%) MongoDB
3 3 (4.41%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.94%) DB2
4 2 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.94%) Hazelcast
4 2 (2.94%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.94%) Power BI
5 1 (1.47%) MySQL
5 1 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (26.47%) JIRA
2 13 (19.12%) Git
3 9 (13.24%) Jenkins
3 9 (13.24%) Postman
4 3 (4.41%) Eclipse
4 3 (4.41%) IntelliJ
5 2 (2.94%) Terragrunt
6 1 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.47%) GDB
6 1 (1.47%) GitLab
6 1 (1.47%) Selenium
6 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.47%) WinDbg
General
1 17 (25.00%) Finance
2 16 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.82%) Banking
4 6 (8.82%) Games
4 6 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (27.94%) Developer
2 17 (25.00%) Senior
3 10 (14.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) Head of Testing
5 6 (8.82%) Scrum Master
6 5 (7.35%) Data Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.35%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Senior Data Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Senior Developer
6 5 (7.35%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Snowflake Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Software Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.35%) Software Manager
7 4 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Software Developer
7 4 (5.88%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Business Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Java Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.18%) .NET
2 10 (14.71%) React
3 9 (13.24%) CSS
3 9 (13.24%) HTML
4 8 (11.76%) REST
5 6 (8.82%) AngularJS
5 6 (8.82%) ARM Templates
5 6 (8.82%) SOAP
6 5 (7.35%) Middleware
7 4 (5.88%) ASP.NET
7 4 (5.88%) Entity Framework
8 3 (4.41%) .NET Core
8 3 (4.41%) CSS3
8 3 (4.41%) HTML5
8 3 (4.41%) J2EE
8 3 (4.41%) Kafka
8 3 (4.41%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (4.41%) Node.js
8 3 (4.41%) RESTful
8 3 (4.41%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.82%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.35%) PMI
4 4 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.94%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.94%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.47%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Linux
2 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) DevOps
2 52 (76.47%) CI/CD
3 44 (64.71%) Agile
4 17 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 17 (25.00%) Scrum
5 16 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (22.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 15 (22.06%) Roadmaps
7 13 (19.12%) Analytics
7 13 (19.12%) Kanban
8 12 (17.65%) AI
8 12 (17.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 12 (17.65%) Software Delivery
8 12 (17.65%) Test Automation
9 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (16.18%) Sprint Planning
9 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (14.71%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (14.71%) Observability
10 10 (14.71%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 20 (29.41%) SQL
2 17 (25.00%) Python
3 12 (17.65%) PowerShell
4 10 (14.71%) Bash
5 9 (13.24%) C#
6 8 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 5 (7.35%) Bicep
7 5 (7.35%) Java
7 5 (7.35%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.41%) Apex Code
8 3 (4.41%) PL/SQL
8 3 (4.41%) SOQL
8 3 (4.41%) SOSL
8 3 (4.41%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.47%) C++
9 1 (1.47%) PHP
9 1 (1.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (7.35%) PMI Certification
2 4 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.47%) Degree
3 1 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.47%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.41%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (13.24%) Docker
2 5 (7.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.35%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.47%) Firmware
4 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (25.00%) Terraform
2 7 (10.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.41%) Grafana
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.41%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.47%) Ansible
4 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.65%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.88%) Oracle
3 4 (5.88%) VMware
4 3 (4.41%) Pega
5 1 (1.47%) Databricks
5 1 (1.47%) Fortinet