Azure DevOps Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The median DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the Midlands is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 210 294
Rank change year-on-year -11 +84 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure DevOps Engineer 31 5 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.25% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 15
10th Percentile £65,225 £58,500 £50,250
25th Percentile £66,313 £67,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +47.83% -25.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £98,750 £78,125
90th Percentile - £105,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -15.15%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,480 4,385 10,730
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 89.64% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7,203 2,794 8,209
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%

Azure DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Azure DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Azure DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps Engineer in the Midlands

Azure DevOps Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
East Midlands -36 24 £70,000 - 6
West Midlands -12 7 £85,000 - 2
Azure DevOps Engineer
England

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 April 2026, Azure DevOps Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Azure DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Azure
1 31 (100.00%) DevOps
2 19 (61.29%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (51.61%) Terraform
4 15 (48.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 12 (38.71%) CI/CD
6 10 (32.26%) DevSecOps
6 10 (32.26%) Docker
7 9 (29.03%) .NET
7 9 (29.03%) Bash
7 9 (29.03%) Kubernetes
7 9 (29.03%) Node.js
7 9 (29.03%) PowerShell
7 9 (29.03%) React
8 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (22.58%) C#
9 7 (22.58%) Containerisation
9 7 (22.58%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (22.58%) IIS
9 7 (22.58%) Linux
9 7 (22.58%) Microservices
9 7 (22.58%) Migration
9 7 (22.58%) NoSQL
9 7 (22.58%) npm
9 7 (22.58%) NuGet
9 7 (22.58%) SonarCloud
9 7 (22.58%) SQL Server
9 7 (22.58%) Test Automation
9 7 (22.58%) Windows
9 7 (22.58%) YAML

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (22.58%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 31 (100.00%) Azure
2 19 (61.29%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (22.58%) npm
3 7 (22.58%) NuGet
3 7 (22.58%) SonarCloud
4 5 (16.13%) AWS
5 4 (12.90%) Azure App Service
5 4 (12.90%) PaaS
6 3 (9.68%) Azure AKS
7 2 (6.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (6.45%) Datadog
7 2 (6.45%) GCP
7 2 (6.45%) GitHub
7 2 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) NoSQL
1 7 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.90%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (12.90%) Retail
2 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) .NET
1 9 (29.03%) Node.js
1 9 (29.03%) React
2 7 (22.58%) YAML
3 5 (16.13%) .NET Core
3 5 (16.13%) .NET Framework
4 2 (6.45%) ASP.NET
4 2 (6.45%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (6.45%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (9.68%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Linux
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) DevOps
2 15 (48.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 12 (38.71%) CI/CD
4 10 (32.26%) DevSecOps
5 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (22.58%) Containerisation
6 7 (22.58%) Microservices
6 7 (22.58%) Migration
6 7 (22.58%) Test Automation
7 5 (16.13%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (12.90%) API Management
8 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (12.90%) E-Commerce
8 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Automation
8 4 (12.90%) Observability
9 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
9 3 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
9 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
10 2 (6.45%) Continuous Delivery
10 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) Bash
1 9 (29.03%) PowerShell
2 7 (22.58%) C#
3 4 (12.90%) SQL
4 3 (9.68%) Bicep
5 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (51.61%) Terraform
2 9 (29.03%) Kubernetes
3 4 (12.90%) Grafana
4 1 (3.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (6.45%) Dynatrace
2 2 (6.45%) LogicMonitor
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds