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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 208 97
Rank change year-on-year +75 -111 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 253 103 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.22% 1.13% 2.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.86% 4.08% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 223 78 321
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,950 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £78,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 5,201 2,525 6,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.16% 27.61% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,576 1,735 4,919
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,759
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 6 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 6 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 +60 136 £65,500 -1.13% 50
Yorkshire -7 64 £69,310 -0.99% 25
North East -1 53 £50,000 -9.09% 12
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 19 (7.51%) Confluence
2 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.16%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.37%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (1.58%) IIS
6 3 (1.19%) CMS
7 2 (0.79%) CICS
7 2 (0.79%) nginx
7 2 (0.79%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.79%) WordPress
8 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.40%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Trello
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.79%) Shopify
4 1 (0.40%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 253 (100.00%) Azure
2 66 (26.09%) GitHub
3 62 (24.51%) AWS
4 47 (18.58%) GitHub Actions
5 46 (18.18%) Power Platform
6 32 (12.65%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (9.09%) GCP
7 23 (9.09%) Serverless
8 21 (8.30%) Azure Functions
8 21 (8.30%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (7.91%) Azure AI
9 20 (7.91%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (7.51%) Azure AKS
10 19 (7.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (7.51%) Power Automate
11 15 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (4.74%) Boomi
14 11 (4.35%) Firebase
15 9 (3.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.30%) Firewall
2 16 (6.32%) DNS
2 16 (6.32%) HTTP
3 14 (5.53%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.98%) SAN
5 4 (1.58%) Internet
6 3 (1.19%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.40%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (20.55%) MongoDB
2 42 (16.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (9.88%) Power BI
4 23 (9.09%) SQL Server
5 16 (6.32%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.56%) Spark SQL
9 8 (3.16%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.37%) NonStop SQL
11 5 (1.98%) MySQL
12 4 (1.58%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.58%) Redis
12 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.19%) Power Query
14 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.79%) Db2
14 2 (0.79%) Hazelcast
14 2 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (18.97%) JIRA
2 42 (16.60%) Jenkins
3 39 (15.42%) Git
4 20 (7.91%) GitLab
5 12 (4.74%) Postman
6 11 (4.35%) fastlane
7 6 (2.37%) Xcode
8 5 (1.98%) Android Studio
8 5 (1.98%) Crashlytics
8 5 (1.98%) Gradle
8 5 (1.98%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.19%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.19%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.19%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.79%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.79%) NUnit
10 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.79%) TestRail
11 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 32 (12.65%) Finance
4 23 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.72%) Retail
7 14 (5.53%) Law
7 14 (5.53%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.74%) Games
8 12 (4.74%) Marketing
9 9 (3.56%) Banking
10 6 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Legal
12 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 104 (41.11%) Developer
2 65 (25.69%) Senior
3 41 (16.21%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (15.81%) .NET Developer
5 28 (11.07%) Senior Developer
6 22 (8.70%) Lead
7 19 (7.51%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) Data Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) Platform Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) Senior DevOps
8 17 (6.72%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 14 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (5.53%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.35%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.95%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 10 (3.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (3.56%) Lead Data Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Scrum Master
12 9 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (35.18%) .NET
2 48 (18.97%) ASP.NET
3 43 (17.00%) .NET Core
4 42 (16.60%) ASP.NET Core
5 41 (16.21%) REST
6 38 (15.02%) RESTful
7 35 (13.83%) CSS
7 35 (13.83%) HTML
8 34 (13.44%) React
9 30 (11.86%) Entity Framework
10 25 (9.88%) ARM Templates
10 25 (9.88%) Node.js
11 24 (9.49%) Blazor
12 20 (7.91%) Middleware
12 20 (7.91%) ML.NET
12 20 (7.91%) SOAP
13 17 (6.72%) JSON
14 14 (5.53%) Elastic Stack
15 13 (5.14%) EDI
16 12 (4.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.46%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.72%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.95%) Enterprise Cloud
4 10 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.37%) BBC
5 6 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.37%) PMI
5 6 (2.37%) Social Media
5 6 (2.37%) Social Network
6 4 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.58%) iPhone
7 3 (1.19%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.30%) Linux
2 14 (5.53%) Windows
3 13 (5.14%) Unix
4 9 (3.56%) Android
5 6 (2.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (100.00%) DevOps
2 176 (69.57%) CI/CD
3 147 (58.10%) Agile
4 68 (26.88%) Scrum
5 61 (24.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (24.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 60 (23.72%) AI
7 54 (21.34%) Test Automation
8 48 (18.97%) Mentoring
9 46 (18.18%) Kanban
10 38 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (14.62%) Continuous Integration
12 35 (13.83%) Coaching
13 34 (13.44%) Analytics
13 34 (13.44%) Roadmaps
14 31 (12.25%) Deployment Automation
14 31 (12.25%) Observability
15 29 (11.46%) API Integration
15 29 (11.46%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 99 (39.13%) SQL
2 89 (35.18%) C#
3 64 (25.30%) Python
4 63 (24.90%) JavaScript
5 34 (13.44%) Bash
6 33 (13.04%) Java
7 26 (10.28%) PowerShell
8 22 (8.70%) Bicep
9 18 (7.11%) Go
10 14 (5.53%) TypeScript
11 8 (3.16%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.77%) C++
13 6 (2.37%) Swift
14 5 (1.98%) Kotlin
15 3 (1.19%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.19%) PL/SQL
15 3 (1.19%) SOQL
15 3 (1.19%) SOSL
16 2 (0.79%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (6.72%) Degree
2 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.16%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.37%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.58%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.58%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.79%) PMP
7 2 (0.79%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.40%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.53%) QA
2 12 (4.74%) TickIT
3 11 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.35%) WCAG
4 10 (3.95%) GDPR
5 8 (3.16%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (7.51%) Docker
2 5 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (29.25%) Terraform
2 23 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 18 (7.11%) Grafana
3 18 (7.11%) Prometheus
4 16 (6.32%) Ansible
5 14 (5.53%) Argo
6 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.40%) Istio
7 1 (0.40%) linkerd
Vendors
1 105 (41.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.93%) Google
3 13 (5.14%) Databricks
4 12 (4.74%) Apple
4 12 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 11 (4.35%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.77%) VMware
7 6 (2.37%) Facebook
7 6 (2.37%) Sony
7 6 (2.37%) Yahoo!
8 3 (1.19%) Oracle
8 3 (1.19%) Pega
8 3 (1.19%) Splunk
9 2 (0.79%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.40%) Progress
10 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.40%) webMethods
10 1 (0.40%) WooCommerce