Azure DevOps Engineer Job Trends in the North East

DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure
England > North East

The median DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the North East is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 87 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure DevOps Engineer 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.20% 0.36% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £78,250 - -
25th Percentile £79,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - -
75th Percentile £84,375 - -
90th Percentile £84,750 - -
England median annual salary £67,750 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.21% -3.45% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 916 1,049 494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 94.00% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 602 534 422
10th Percentile £25,300 £30,000 £28,025
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £61,396
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Azure DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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 North East.

Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Azure DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Azure DevOps Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 7 December 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear +8 2 £82,500 -17.50%
Azure DevOps Engineer
England

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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 North East region featuring Azure DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) FinOps
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) FinOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft