Azure DevOps Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 68 57
Rank change year-on-year -26 -11 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 49 12 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.36% 1.22% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.24% 5.38% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 43 12 17
10th Percentile £45,750 £40,138 -
25th Percentile £47,000 £44,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £61,750 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.26% -1.48% +3.85%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 677 223 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 18.72% 22.69% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 530 152 218
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £29,938 £40,247
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £78,661 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,740 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.57% -7.69% +4.00%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the North East

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the North East over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the North East

Azure DevOps
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 within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Tyne and Wear -39 36 £51,500 +3.00% 23
Durham -3 13 £56,500 +29.89% 3
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 49 (100.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.45%) Firebase
3 10 (20.41%) AWS
3 10 (20.41%) GitHub
4 8 (16.33%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (10.20%) Azure Service Bus
5 5 (10.20%) Google Play
6 4 (8.16%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (8.16%) Azure AKS
7 3 (6.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (6.12%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (6.12%) GCP
7 3 (6.12%) OpenShift
8 2 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (4.08%) Amazon S3
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (4.08%) npm
8 2 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) MongoDB
2 7 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (12.24%) NonStop SQL
3 6 (12.24%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
5 4 (8.16%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (8.16%) GIS
6 3 (6.12%) Redis
7 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
7 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (30.61%) Jenkins
2 11 (22.45%) fastlane
3 7 (14.29%) Git
4 6 (12.24%) GitLab
4 6 (12.24%) Xcode
5 5 (10.20%) Android Studio
5 5 (10.20%) Crashlytics
5 5 (10.20%) Gradle
General
1 14 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 11 (22.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (18.37%) Finance
4 4 (8.16%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (48.98%) Developer
2 18 (36.73%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (20.41%) Senior
4 6 (12.24%) .NET Developer
4 6 (12.24%) iOS Developer
4 6 (12.24%) Senior Developer
5 5 (10.20%) Android Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Python Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior DevOps
7 2 (4.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Python Developer
8 1 (2.04%) QA Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Senior Android Developer
8 1 (2.04%) Senior iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (57.14%) .NET
2 16 (32.65%) Terraform
3 11 (22.45%) RESTful
4 10 (20.41%) .NET Core
4 10 (20.41%) CSS
4 10 (20.41%) Entity Framework
4 10 (20.41%) HTML
4 10 (20.41%) YAML
5 8 (16.33%) ARM Templates
6 7 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 7 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (14.29%) Node.js
7 6 (12.24%) Core Data
7 6 (12.24%) iOS SDK
7 6 (12.24%) LINQ
7 6 (12.24%) SwiftUI
7 6 (12.24%) UIKit
8 5 (10.20%) Android Jetpack
8 5 (10.20%) Jetpack Compose
8 5 (10.20%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) Product Ownership
2 11 (22.45%) Mobile App
3 9 (18.37%) Cloud Native
4 4 (8.16%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (8.16%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (6.12%) Algorithms
5 3 (6.12%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (4.08%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Apple iOS
2 5 (10.20%) Android
3 3 (6.12%) Linux
4 2 (4.08%) Unix
4 2 (4.08%) Windows
5 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) DevOps
2 35 (71.43%) Agile
2 35 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 21 (42.86%) Scrum
4 19 (38.78%) Kanban
5 16 (32.65%) User Experience
6 15 (30.61%) AI
6 15 (30.61%) Full-Stack Development
6 15 (30.61%) Test Automation
7 14 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
7 14 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (26.53%) Observability
8 13 (26.53%) Platform Engineering
8 13 (26.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 12 (24.49%) API Integration
10 11 (22.45%) API Development
10 11 (22.45%) Architectural Patterns
10 11 (22.45%) Clean Code
10 11 (22.45%) Secure Coding
10 11 (22.45%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (48.98%) C#
2 17 (34.69%) Python
3 14 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 13 (26.53%) Bash
4 13 (26.53%) Bicep
5 9 (18.37%) Java
5 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
6 8 (16.33%) SQL
7 6 (12.24%) Swift
7 6 (12.24%) TypeScript
8 5 (10.20%) Kotlin
9 1 (2.04%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) AWS Certification
1 4 (8.16%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.45%) Accessibility
1 11 (22.45%) WCAG
2 2 (4.08%) QA
System Software
1 11 (22.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (34.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.12%) Grafana
2 3 (6.12%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.08%) Argo
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) Dynatrace
3 6 (12.24%) Apple
4 5 (10.20%) Google
5 3 (6.12%) Splunk