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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 220 83
Rank change year-on-year +93 -137 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 272 96 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.27% 1.01% 2.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.12% 3.74% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 238 73 297
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,125 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% +8.33% -1.93%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,850 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

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 5,317 2,567 4,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.76% 26.95% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,700 1,783 3,737
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £79,336 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +86 153 £65,500 +0.77% 50
Yorkshire -5 66 £69,308 +2.68% 26
North East -3 53 £51,619 -6.15% 10
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 18 (6.62%) Confluence
2 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.31%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.21%) IIS
4 6 (2.21%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.84%) CMS
6 3 (1.10%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.10%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.74%) CICS
7 2 (0.74%) nginx
7 2 (0.74%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.74%) WordPress
8 1 (0.37%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Trello
2 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.47%) Shopify
3 3 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.37%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 272 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (23.16%) GitHub
3 59 (21.69%) AWS
4 53 (19.49%) Power Platform
5 44 (16.18%) GitHub Actions
6 40 (14.71%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (9.19%) Power Automate
8 22 (8.09%) Serverless
9 21 (7.72%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (7.35%) Azure AI
10 20 (7.35%) Azure Functions
10 20 (7.35%) Azure Monitor
11 18 (6.62%) Azure AKS
11 18 (6.62%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (6.25%) GCP
13 14 (5.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (4.41%) Boomi
14 12 (4.41%) PowerApps
15 11 (4.04%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.51%) Firewall
2 10 (3.68%) DNS
2 10 (3.68%) HTTP
3 8 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.84%) SAN
5 4 (1.47%) Internet
6 3 (1.10%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.37%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (19.12%) MongoDB
2 41 (15.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (9.56%) SQL Server
4 25 (9.19%) Power BI
5 18 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.31%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.31%) Spark SQL
9 6 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.21%) NonStop SQL
9 6 (2.21%) Redis
10 5 (1.84%) MySQL
11 4 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.10%) GIS
12 3 (1.10%) Power Query
13 2 (0.74%) Db2
13 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (19.12%) JIRA
2 43 (15.81%) Git
3 37 (13.60%) Jenkins
4 21 (7.72%) GitLab
5 12 (4.41%) Postman
6 11 (4.04%) fastlane
7 7 (2.57%) Visual Studio
8 6 (2.21%) Xcode
9 5 (1.84%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.84%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.84%) Gradle
10 3 (1.10%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.10%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.10%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.10%) NUnit
10 3 (1.10%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.74%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.74%) TestRail
12 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (23.16%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.24%) Finance
3 34 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.25%) Retail
7 14 (5.15%) Marketing
8 11 (4.04%) Games
9 9 (3.31%) Banking
10 8 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.94%) Law
10 8 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.84%) Legal
12 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.74%) Advertising
13 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Local Government
14 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 113 (41.54%) Developer
2 69 (25.37%) Senior
3 39 (14.34%) .NET Developer
4 38 (13.97%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (11.03%) Senior Developer
6 23 (8.46%) Lead
7 20 (7.35%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (6.62%) Data Engineer
8 18 (6.62%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (6.25%) Senior DevOps
9 17 (6.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (4.78%) Software Engineer
12 11 (4.04%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.68%) Automation Engineer
13 10 (3.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 10 (3.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 9 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
14 9 (3.31%) Lead Data Engineer
14 9 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (35.66%) .NET
2 51 (18.75%) ASP.NET
3 45 (16.54%) ASP.NET Core
4 44 (16.18%) .NET Core
4 44 (16.18%) REST
5 41 (15.07%) RESTful
6 39 (14.34%) CSS
6 39 (14.34%) HTML
7 37 (13.60%) React
8 34 (12.50%) Entity Framework
9 27 (9.93%) ARM Templates
9 27 (9.93%) Node.js
10 25 (9.19%) Blazor
11 21 (7.72%) Middleware
11 21 (7.72%) SOAP
12 20 (7.35%) ML.NET
13 17 (6.25%) JSON
14 15 (5.51%) .NET Framework
14 15 (5.51%) EDI
15 12 (4.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.40%) Product Ownership
2 20 (7.35%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.62%) Mobile App
4 11 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.68%) Enterprise Cloud
6 8 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.21%) BBC
7 6 (2.21%) Social Media
8 5 (1.84%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.84%) PMI
8 5 (1.84%) Social Network
9 4 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.47%) iPhone
10 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.10%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.72%) Linux
2 14 (5.15%) Windows
3 13 (4.78%) Unix
4 9 (3.31%) Android
5 6 (2.21%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (100.00%) DevOps
2 182 (66.91%) CI/CD
3 167 (61.40%) Agile
4 74 (27.21%) Scrum
5 67 (24.63%) AI
6 63 (23.16%) Full-Stack Development
7 60 (22.06%) Infrastructure as Code
8 58 (21.32%) Test Automation
9 47 (17.28%) Kanban
9 47 (17.28%) Mentoring
10 46 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (12.87%) Coaching
12 35 (12.87%) Roadmaps
13 34 (12.50%) Analytics
13 34 (12.50%) Observability
14 33 (12.13%) Continuous Integration
14 33 (12.13%) Software Engineering
15 32 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
15 32 (11.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 108 (39.71%) SQL
2 97 (35.66%) C#
3 68 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 62 (22.79%) Python
5 33 (12.13%) Java
6 31 (11.40%) Bash
7 28 (10.29%) PowerShell
8 24 (8.82%) Bicep
9 13 (4.78%) TypeScript
10 12 (4.41%) Go
11 8 (2.94%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.57%) C++
13 6 (2.21%) Swift
14 5 (1.84%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.47%) Apex Code
16 3 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (1.10%) DataWeave
16 3 (1.10%) PL/SQL
16 3 (1.10%) SOQL
16 3 (1.10%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 19 (6.99%) Degree
2 12 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.68%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.57%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.21%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.21%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.84%) PMP
7 3 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CSPO
8 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.37%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.09%) QA
2 12 (4.41%) TickIT
3 11 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.04%) WCAG
4 10 (3.68%) GDPR
5 3 (1.10%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (7.72%) Docker
2 5 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 72 (26.47%) Terraform
2 26 (9.56%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.15%) Argo
4 12 (4.41%) Grafana
4 12 (4.41%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.68%) Ansible
6 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.37%) Istio
7 1 (0.37%) linkerd
Vendors
1 117 (43.01%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.51%) Google
3 14 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.41%) Apple
4 12 (4.41%) Databricks
5 11 (4.04%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.57%) VMware
7 6 (2.21%) Facebook
7 6 (2.21%) Sony
7 6 (2.21%) Yahoo!
8 3 (1.10%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.10%) Oracle
8 3 (1.10%) Pega
8 3 (1.10%) Splunk
8 3 (1.10%) webMethods
9 2 (0.74%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.37%) Progress
10 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.37%) WooCommerce