Azure DevOps Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 90 70
Rank change year-on-year -59 -20 +21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 76 190 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.97% 2.98% 3.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.67% 9.26% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 61 138 189
10th Percentile £46,750 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -2.50%
75th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,844 2,051 2,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.36% 32.14% 36.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 1,177 1,881
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +6.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,925 £79,540 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the Midlands

Azure DevOps
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
West Midlands -52 58 £60,000 -7.69% 28
East Midlands -15 15 £60,000 - 21
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
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 3 (3.95%) IIS
1 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.63%) Trello
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (21.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (100.00%) Azure
2 27 (35.53%) Power Platform
3 20 (26.32%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (19.74%) Power Automate
5 13 (17.11%) GitHub
5 13 (17.11%) PowerApps
6 11 (14.47%) AWS
6 11 (14.47%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (10.53%) IaaS
8 8 (10.53%) PaaS
9 7 (9.21%) Azure AKS
9 7 (9.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (9.21%) Serverless
10 6 (7.89%) Azure Functions
10 6 (7.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (6.58%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (6.58%) Datadog
11 5 (6.58%) Entra ID
12 4 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) Firewall
2 4 (5.26%) VPN
3 3 (3.95%) BGP
3 3 (3.95%) DHCP
3 3 (3.95%) DNS
3 3 (3.95%) IPsec
3 3 (3.95%) Network Security
3 3 (3.95%) OSPF
3 3 (3.95%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.95%) VLAN
3 3 (3.95%) WAN
3 3 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (9.21%) Power BI
4 6 (7.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (7.89%) Data Lake
5 4 (5.26%) Power Query
6 3 (3.95%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.63%) Metadata
7 2 (2.63%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (17.11%) Git
2 7 (9.21%) JIRA
3 6 (7.89%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.95%) GitLab
4 3 (3.95%) MSTest
4 3 (3.95%) NUnit
5 2 (2.63%) Selenium
6 1 (1.32%) Appium
6 1 (1.32%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.32%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.32%) JMeter
6 1 (1.32%) JUnit
6 1 (1.32%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (1.32%) Moq
6 1 (1.32%) NSubstitute
6 1 (1.32%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.32%) TestNG
6 1 (1.32%) XCUITest
General
1 24 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.74%) Finance
3 7 (9.21%) Law
4 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.58%) Legal
4 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Automotive
7 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (39.47%) Developer
2 17 (22.37%) Senior
3 13 (17.11%) Lead
4 10 (13.16%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 9 (11.84%) CRM Developer
5 9 (11.84%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 8 (10.53%) Architect
6 8 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (10.53%) Lead Developer
7 7 (9.21%) C# Developer
7 7 (9.21%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (6.58%) Agile Scrum Master
9 5 (6.58%) Applications Developer
9 5 (6.58%) Automation Developer
9 5 (6.58%) C# Application Developer
9 5 (6.58%) Power Apps Developer
9 5 (6.58%) Scrum Master
10 4 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
10 4 (5.26%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (44.74%) .NET
2 14 (18.42%) .NET Framework
3 10 (13.16%) ARM Templates
4 8 (10.53%) React
5 6 (7.89%) YAML
6 5 (6.58%) .NET Core
6 5 (6.58%) AngularJS
6 5 (6.58%) Node.js
7 4 (5.26%) ASP.NET
7 4 (5.26%) Entity Framework
7 4 (5.26%) REST
7 4 (5.26%) RESTful
8 3 (3.95%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (2.63%) JSON
10 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (1.32%) Middleware
10 1 (1.32%) Next.js
10 1 (1.32%) SOAP
10 1 (1.32%) SwiftUI
10 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.11%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (15.79%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.89%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.95%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.21%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (100.00%) DevOps
2 45 (59.21%) Agile
2 45 (59.21%) CI/CD
3 23 (30.26%) CRM
4 19 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (19.74%) Scrum
6 13 (17.11%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (17.11%) Migration
7 12 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (14.47%) Data Migration
8 11 (14.47%) SDLC
9 10 (13.16%) Code Quality
9 10 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (11.84%) Data Protection
10 9 (11.84%) SOA
10 9 (11.84%) TDD
11 8 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (10.53%) Kanban
11 8 (10.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (42.11%) C#
2 17 (22.37%) SQL
3 13 (17.11%) Bicep
3 13 (17.11%) TypeScript
4 11 (14.47%) JavaScript
4 11 (14.47%) PowerShell
5 9 (11.84%) Python
6 7 (9.21%) Bash
7 4 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (2.63%) Scala
8 2 (2.63%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.32%) Go
9 1 (1.32%) Groovy
9 1 (1.32%) Java
9 1 (1.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (14.47%) Azure Certification
2 9 (11.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.58%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.95%) CCNP
5 2 (2.63%) CCNA
5 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.63%) PMP
5 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.32%) CISSP
6 1 (1.32%) Degree
6 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (30.26%) QA
2 4 (5.26%) GDPR
3 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.32%) PMO
4 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) Docker
2 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.95%) Firmware
3 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (30.26%) Terraform
2 8 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.95%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (2.63%) Ansible
5 1 (1.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 31 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.21%) SolarWinds
3 5 (6.58%) LogicMonitor
4 3 (3.95%) Cisco
4 3 (3.95%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (3.95%) Dell
4 3 (3.95%) Meraki
4 3 (3.95%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.95%) VMware
4 3 (3.95%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.63%) Databricks
6 1 (1.32%) Apple
6 1 (1.32%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.32%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.32%) Salesforce