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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 199 93
Rank change year-on-year +54 -106 +21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 220 98 457
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 1.19% 2.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.43% 4.12% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 193 74 343
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,550 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,125 £45,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,688 £78,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +13.82% -5.38%

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 4,964 2,380 6,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.80% 28.88% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,368 1,606 5,198
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +76 122 £69,305 +2.67% 43
Yorkshire -32 50 £69,305 -0.99% 15
North East -6 48 £48,750 -11.36% 13
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 (7.73%) Confluence
2 12 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.64%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.73%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.36%) IIS
6 2 (0.91%) CICS
6 2 (0.91%) CMS
6 2 (0.91%) nginx
6 2 (0.91%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.91%) WordPress
7 1 (0.45%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.91%) Trello
2 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.45%) Magento
2 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 220 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (28.64%) GitHub
3 57 (25.91%) AWS
4 44 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
5 40 (18.18%) Power Platform
6 26 (11.82%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (10.00%) GCP
8 20 (9.09%) Serverless
9 19 (8.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 19 (8.64%) Azure Monitor
9 19 (8.64%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (8.18%) Azure AKS
10 18 (8.18%) Azure Functions
11 16 (7.27%) Power Automate
12 14 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (5.45%) Boomi
14 11 (5.00%) Azure AI
14 11 (5.00%) Firebase
14 11 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (4.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.09%) Firewall
2 17 (7.73%) DNS
2 17 (7.73%) HTTP
3 15 (6.82%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.36%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.36%) SAN
5 1 (0.45%) Internet
5 1 (0.45%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.36%) MongoDB
2 29 (13.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (11.36%) Power BI
4 19 (8.64%) SQL Server
5 16 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (6.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (4.09%) Spark SQL
9 8 (3.64%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.27%) MySQL
11 4 (1.82%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.36%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (1.36%) Power Query
13 2 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.91%) Db2
13 2 (0.91%) Hazelcast
13 2 (0.91%) Redis
13 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.91%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (19.55%) JIRA
2 41 (18.64%) Jenkins
3 36 (16.36%) Git
4 20 (9.09%) GitLab
5 13 (5.91%) Postman
6 11 (5.00%) fastlane
7 6 (2.73%) Xcode
8 5 (2.27%) Android Studio
8 5 (2.27%) Crashlytics
8 5 (2.27%) Gradle
9 4 (1.82%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.36%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.36%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.36%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.36%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.91%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.91%) NUnit
11 2 (0.91%) Selenium
11 2 (0.91%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.91%) TestRail
General
1 41 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 24 (10.91%) Finance
4 22 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.82%) Law
6 15 (6.82%) Retail
6 15 (6.82%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.45%) Marketing
8 11 (5.00%) Games
9 9 (4.09%) Banking
10 6 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Legal
12 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 83 (37.73%) Developer
2 61 (27.73%) Senior
3 39 (17.73%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (12.27%) Senior Developer
5 24 (10.91%) .NET Developer
6 20 (9.09%) Lead
7 19 (8.64%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (7.73%) Data Engineer
9 15 (6.82%) Platform Engineer
9 15 (6.82%) Senior DevOps
9 15 (6.82%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (6.36%) Software Engineer
11 13 (5.91%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (4.55%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.55%) Software Developer
13 9 (4.09%) Lead Data Engineer
13 9 (4.09%) Scrum Master
13 9 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
14 7 (3.18%) Head of Testing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (30.45%) .NET
2 41 (18.64%) REST
3 31 (14.09%) ASP.NET
4 30 (13.64%) .NET Core
5 28 (12.73%) RESTful
6 27 (12.27%) CSS
6 27 (12.27%) HTML
7 25 (11.36%) ARM Templates
7 25 (11.36%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (10.91%) React
9 21 (9.55%) Entity Framework
9 21 (9.55%) Node.js
10 20 (9.09%) Middleware
10 20 (9.09%) SOAP
11 17 (7.73%) JSON
12 15 (6.82%) Blazor
12 15 (6.82%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (5.45%) EDI
13 12 (5.45%) XML
14 11 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.27%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.82%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.73%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.73%) PMI
7 4 (1.82%) BBC
7 4 (1.82%) Social Media
7 4 (1.82%) Social Network
8 3 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.55%) Linux
2 14 (6.36%) Windows
3 13 (5.91%) Unix
4 7 (3.18%) Android
5 6 (2.73%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (100.00%) DevOps
2 159 (72.27%) CI/CD
3 118 (53.64%) Agile
4 63 (28.64%) Scrum
5 57 (25.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 54 (24.55%) Test Automation
7 46 (20.91%) Kanban
8 44 (20.00%) AI
9 43 (19.55%) Full-Stack Development
9 43 (19.55%) Mentoring
10 38 (17.27%) Continuous Integration
11 36 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (15.45%) Coaching
13 33 (15.00%) Analytics
13 33 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (14.09%) Roadmaps
15 30 (13.64%) Observability
16 29 (13.18%) API Integration
17 28 (12.73%) Containerisation
17 28 (12.73%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 83 (37.73%) SQL
2 66 (30.00%) C#
3 60 (27.27%) Python
4 50 (22.73%) JavaScript
5 34 (15.45%) Bash
6 33 (15.00%) Java
7 22 (10.00%) PowerShell
8 18 (8.18%) Bicep
8 18 (8.18%) Go
9 13 (5.91%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.64%) T-SQL
11 7 (3.18%) C++
12 6 (2.73%) Swift
13 5 (2.27%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.36%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.36%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.36%) SOQL
14 3 (1.36%) SOSL
15 2 (0.91%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (7.73%) Degree
2 12 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.73%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.27%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.36%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.36%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.45%) QA
1 12 (5.45%) TickIT
2 11 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.00%) WCAG
3 10 (4.55%) GDPR
4 8 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) GRC
5 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (8.18%) Docker
2 4 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (31.82%) Terraform
2 21 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 19 (8.64%) Grafana
3 19 (8.64%) Prometheus
4 16 (7.27%) Ansible
5 14 (6.36%) Argo
6 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) Istio
7 1 (0.45%) linkerd
Vendors
1 85 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.91%) Databricks
3 12 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 11 (5.00%) Dynatrace
4 11 (5.00%) Google
5 10 (4.55%) Apple
6 5 (2.27%) VMware
7 4 (1.82%) Facebook
7 4 (1.82%) Sony
7 4 (1.82%) Yahoo!
8 3 (1.36%) Oracle
8 3 (1.36%) Pega
8 3 (1.36%) Splunk
9 2 (0.91%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.45%) Progress
10 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.45%) WooCommerce