Azure DevOps Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > North of England

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 213 78
Rank change year-on-year +94 -135 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 281 92 376
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.27% 0.96% 2.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.33% 3.56% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 243 69 274
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £75,938
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,100 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.15% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,269 2,583 4,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 23.75% 26.83% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,689 1,803 3,355
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £84,964
England median annual salary £64,025 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% - -7.69%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the North of England

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
North West +87 165 £65,000 - 79
Yorkshire -1 65 £69,305 +10.89% 42
North East -16 51 £52,000 -5.45% 19
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (6.05%) Confluence
2 14 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.56%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.14%) IIS
4 6 (2.14%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.78%) CMS
6 3 (1.07%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.07%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.71%) CICS
7 2 (0.71%) nginx
7 2 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.71%) WordPress
8 1 (0.36%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (2.49%) Trello
2 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.42%) Shopify
3 3 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.36%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 281 (100.00%) Azure
2 58 (20.64%) GitHub
3 55 (19.57%) Power Platform
4 54 (19.22%) AWS
5 43 (15.30%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (13.88%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (9.61%) Power Automate
8 21 (7.47%) Azure Service Bus
8 21 (7.47%) Serverless
9 20 (7.12%) Azure AI
9 20 (7.12%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (6.76%) Azure Functions
11 18 (6.41%) Azure AKS
12 17 (6.05%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (4.63%) PowerApps
16 12 (4.27%) Boomi
17 11 (3.91%) Firebase
17 11 (3.91%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.91%) Firewall
2 6 (2.14%) DNS
2 6 (2.14%) HTTP
3 5 (1.78%) SAN
3 5 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.42%) Internet
5 3 (1.07%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.36%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.51%) MongoDB
2 41 (14.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 27 (9.61%) SQL Server
4 24 (8.54%) Power BI
5 19 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.20%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.20%) Spark SQL
9 6 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.14%) NonStop SQL
9 6 (2.14%) Redis
10 5 (1.78%) MySQL
11 4 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.42%) GIS
11 4 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.07%) Power Query
13 2 (0.71%) Hazelcast
13 2 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 57 (20.28%) JIRA
2 43 (15.30%) Git
3 31 (11.03%) Jenkins
4 21 (7.47%) GitLab
5 12 (4.27%) Postman
6 11 (3.91%) fastlane
7 7 (2.49%) Visual Studio
8 6 (2.14%) Xcode
9 5 (1.78%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.78%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.78%) Gradle
10 3 (1.07%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.07%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.07%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.07%) NUnit
10 3 (1.07%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.71%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.71%) TestRail
12 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.88%) Finance
3 35 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.05%) Retail
7 14 (4.98%) Marketing
8 10 (3.56%) Games
9 9 (3.20%) Banking
10 8 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.14%) Legal
12 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.42%) Law
12 4 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Advertising
13 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Local Government
14 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 116 (41.28%) Developer
2 72 (25.62%) Senior
3 39 (13.88%) .NET Developer
4 34 (12.10%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (10.68%) Senior Developer
6 23 (8.19%) Lead
7 22 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (7.12%) Data Engineer
9 19 (6.76%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (6.05%) Senior DevOps
10 17 (6.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 13 (4.63%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (4.27%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.91%) Software Developer
14 10 (3.56%) Analyst
14 10 (3.56%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
15 9 (3.20%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (34.88%) .NET
2 51 (18.15%) ASP.NET
3 46 (16.37%) REST
4 45 (16.01%) .NET Core
4 45 (16.01%) ASP.NET Core
5 42 (14.95%) CSS
5 42 (14.95%) HTML
6 41 (14.59%) RESTful
7 36 (12.81%) React
8 34 (12.10%) Entity Framework
9 27 (9.61%) ARM Templates
9 27 (9.61%) Node.js
10 25 (8.90%) Blazor
11 21 (7.47%) Middleware
11 21 (7.47%) SOAP
12 20 (7.12%) ML.NET
13 17 (6.05%) JSON
14 15 (5.34%) .NET Framework
14 15 (5.34%) EDI
15 13 (4.63%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.74%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.76%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.76%) Mobile App
3 11 (3.91%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.56%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.85%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (2.14%) BBC
7 6 (2.14%) Social Media
8 5 (1.78%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.78%) Social Network
9 4 (1.42%) iPhone
9 4 (1.42%) PMI
9 4 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.07%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.47%) Linux
2 14 (4.98%) Windows
3 13 (4.63%) Unix
4 9 (3.20%) Android
5 6 (2.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (100.00%) DevOps
2 183 (65.12%) CI/CD
3 176 (62.63%) Agile
4 75 (26.69%) Scrum
5 68 (24.20%) AI
6 64 (22.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 61 (21.71%) Test Automation
8 57 (20.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 51 (18.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (16.73%) Mentoring
11 46 (16.37%) Kanban
12 36 (12.81%) Analytics
12 36 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (12.81%) SDLC
12 36 (12.81%) Software Engineering
13 35 (12.46%) Coaching
13 35 (12.46%) Observability
13 35 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (12.10%) Roadmaps
15 33 (11.74%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (39.86%) SQL
2 99 (35.23%) C#
3 69 (24.56%) JavaScript
4 59 (21.00%) Python
5 33 (11.74%) Java
6 28 (9.96%) Bash
6 28 (9.96%) PowerShell
7 25 (8.90%) Bicep
8 12 (4.27%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.49%) C++
11 6 (2.14%) Go
11 6 (2.14%) Swift
12 5 (1.78%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.42%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.07%) DataWeave
14 3 (1.07%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.07%) SOQL
14 3 (1.07%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 22 (7.83%) Degree
2 12 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.20%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.85%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.85%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.78%) PMP
7 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CSPO
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.25%) QA
2 12 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.27%) TickIT
3 11 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.91%) WCAG
4 10 (3.56%) GDPR
5 6 (2.14%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 22 (7.83%) Docker
2 6 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (24.20%) Terraform
2 25 (8.90%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.98%) Argo
4 8 (2.85%) Grafana
4 8 (2.85%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.14%) Ansible
6 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.36%) Istio
7 1 (0.36%) linkerd
Vendors
1 122 (43.42%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.34%) Google
3 14 (4.98%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.27%) Apple
4 12 (4.27%) Databricks
5 11 (3.91%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.49%) VMware
7 6 (2.14%) Facebook
7 6 (2.14%) Sony
7 6 (2.14%) Yahoo!
8 3 (1.07%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.07%) Oracle
8 3 (1.07%) Pega
8 3 (1.07%) Splunk
8 3 (1.07%) webMethods
9 2 (0.71%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco
10 1 (0.36%) Progress
10 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.36%) WooCommerce