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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 206 97
Rank change year-on-year +60 -109 +18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 211 98 447
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 1.22% 2.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.32% 4.11% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 184 73 337
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -2.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,250 £61,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.98% -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 4,885 2,382 6,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.75% 29.67% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,297 1,601 5,136
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £68,938
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 12 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 12 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 +79 117 £69,310 +2.68% 31
Yorkshire -34 50 £68,403 -2.28% 16
North East -1 44 £48,750 -11.36% 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 17 (8.06%) Confluence
2 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.79%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.84%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.42%) IIS
6 2 (0.95%) CICS
6 2 (0.95%) CMS
6 2 (0.95%) nginx
6 2 (0.95%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.95%) WordPress
7 1 (0.47%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.95%) Trello
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.47%) Magento
2 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 211 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (30.33%) GitHub
3 59 (27.96%) AWS
4 45 (21.33%) GitHub Actions
5 37 (17.54%) Power Platform
6 23 (10.90%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (10.43%) GCP
8 21 (9.95%) Serverless
9 19 (9.00%) Azure Logic Apps
10 18 (8.53%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (8.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 17 (8.06%) Azure Functions
12 16 (7.58%) Azure AKS
13 14 (6.64%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (6.16%) Power Automate
15 12 (5.69%) Boomi
16 11 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (4.74%) Azure AI
17 10 (4.74%) Firebase
18 9 (4.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.48%) Firewall
2 17 (8.06%) DNS
2 17 (8.06%) HTTP
3 15 (7.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.42%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.42%) SAN
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.47%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (16.59%) MongoDB
2 28 (13.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (11.85%) Power BI
4 19 (9.00%) SQL Server
5 18 (8.53%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (7.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (4.27%) Spark SQL
9 8 (3.79%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.84%) NoSQL
11 5 (2.37%) MySQL
12 3 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.42%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (1.42%) Power Query
13 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.95%) Db2
13 2 (0.95%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.95%) Hazelcast
13 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (19.91%) JIRA
2 40 (18.96%) Jenkins
3 37 (17.54%) Git
4 20 (9.48%) GitLab
5 13 (6.16%) Postman
6 10 (4.74%) fastlane
7 5 (2.37%) Android Studio
7 5 (2.37%) Crashlytics
7 5 (2.37%) Gradle
7 5 (2.37%) Xcode
8 4 (1.90%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.42%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.42%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.42%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.42%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.95%) NUnit
10 2 (0.95%) Selenium
10 2 (0.95%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.95%) TestRail
General
1 42 (19.91%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.17%) Public Sector
3 23 (10.90%) Finance
4 22 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (7.11%) Law
6 15 (7.11%) Retail
6 15 (7.11%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.69%) Marketing
8 11 (5.21%) Games
9 9 (4.27%) Banking
10 6 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.42%) Legal
12 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 81 (38.39%) Developer
2 60 (28.44%) Senior
3 36 (17.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (12.80%) Senior Developer
5 25 (11.85%) .NET Developer
6 20 (9.48%) Lead
7 18 (8.53%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (8.06%) Data Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (6.64%) Senior DevOps
10 14 (6.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 13 (6.16%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (6.16%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) Software Developer
13 9 (4.27%) Lead Data Engineer
13 9 (4.27%) Scrum Master
13 9 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
14 7 (3.32%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (30.81%) .NET
2 41 (19.43%) REST
3 32 (15.17%) ASP.NET
4 31 (14.69%) .NET Core
5 28 (13.27%) RESTful
6 27 (12.80%) CSS
6 27 (12.80%) HTML
7 26 (12.32%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (11.37%) React
9 23 (10.90%) ARM Templates
10 21 (9.95%) Node.js
11 20 (9.48%) Entity Framework
11 20 (9.48%) Middleware
11 20 (9.48%) SOAP
12 17 (8.06%) JSON
13 16 (7.58%) Blazor
14 15 (7.11%) Elastic Stack
15 12 (5.69%) EDI
15 12 (5.69%) XML
16 11 (5.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.32%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.11%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.64%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.74%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.84%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.84%) PMI
9 4 (1.90%) BBC
9 4 (1.90%) Social Media
10 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.42%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.42%) Social Network
11 2 (0.95%) iPhone
11 2 (0.95%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.48%) Linux
2 14 (6.64%) Windows
3 13 (6.16%) Unix
4 7 (3.32%) Android
5 5 (2.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) DevOps
2 153 (72.51%) CI/CD
3 113 (53.55%) Agile
4 61 (28.91%) Scrum
5 56 (26.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 53 (25.12%) Test Automation
7 44 (20.85%) Kanban
8 43 (20.38%) Mentoring
9 41 (19.43%) Full-Stack Development
10 40 (18.96%) AI
11 38 (18.01%) Continuous Integration
12 36 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (16.11%) Coaching
14 31 (14.69%) Analytics
14 31 (14.69%) Roadmaps
15 30 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (13.74%) Containerisation
17 28 (13.27%) API Integration
17 28 (13.27%) Deployment Automation
18 27 (12.80%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 84 (39.81%) SQL
2 61 (28.91%) C#
3 57 (27.01%) Python
4 48 (22.75%) JavaScript
5 33 (15.64%) Java
6 31 (14.69%) Bash
7 19 (9.00%) PowerShell
8 18 (8.53%) Go
9 15 (7.11%) Bicep
10 12 (5.69%) TypeScript
11 8 (3.79%) T-SQL
12 7 (3.32%) C++
13 5 (2.37%) Kotlin
13 5 (2.37%) Swift
14 3 (1.42%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.42%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.42%) SOQL
14 3 (1.42%) SOSL
15 2 (0.95%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (8.06%) Degree
2 12 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.84%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.42%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.47%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.69%) QA
1 12 (5.69%) TickIT
2 10 (4.74%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.74%) GDPR
2 10 (4.74%) WCAG
3 8 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.47%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (8.53%) Docker
2 4 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (32.70%) Terraform
2 18 (8.53%) Grafana
2 18 (8.53%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.53%) Prometheus
3 16 (7.58%) Ansible
4 13 (6.16%) Argo
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 80 (37.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.16%) Databricks
3 12 (5.69%) Salesforce
4 11 (5.21%) Google
5 10 (4.74%) Dynatrace
6 9 (4.27%) Apple
7 5 (2.37%) VMware
8 4 (1.90%) Facebook
8 4 (1.90%) Sony
8 4 (1.90%) Yahoo!
9 3 (1.42%) Oracle
9 3 (1.42%) Pega
9 3 (1.42%) Splunk
10 2 (0.95%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.47%) Progress
11 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.47%) WooCommerce