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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 196 108
Rank change year-on-year +71 -88 -47
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 289 95 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.21% 1.01% 2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.58% 3.87% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 246 74 177
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,563 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +4.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% - +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 5,182 2,456 4,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.65% 26.15% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,704 1,707 2,580
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,500 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -
75th Percentile £79,336 £70,000 £69,850
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £84,964
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.51% -2.31%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +80 173 £63,750 -1.92% 104
Yorkshire -2 68 £67,750 +12.92% 61
North East -26 48 £52,000 +4.00% 25
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 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.15%) Confluence
2 12 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.42%) IIS
4 6 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.73%) CMS
6 3 (1.04%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.04%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.69%) nginx
7 2 (0.69%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.69%) WordPress
8 1 (0.35%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (2.42%) Trello
2 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.04%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 289 (100.00%) Azure
2 59 (20.42%) GitHub
3 58 (20.07%) Power Platform
4 49 (16.96%) AWS
5 47 (16.26%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (13.49%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (9.69%) Power Automate
8 22 (7.61%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (7.27%) Azure AKS
10 20 (6.92%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (6.57%) Azure AI
11 19 (6.57%) Serverless
12 17 (5.88%) Azure Functions
13 16 (5.54%) Entra ID
13 16 (5.54%) PowerApps
14 15 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (5.19%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (4.15%) Boomi
16 11 (3.81%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.42%) Firewall
2 5 (1.73%) SAN
2 5 (1.73%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.38%) Internet
4 3 (1.04%) DNS
4 3 (1.04%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.69%) HTTP
6 1 (0.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.65%) MongoDB
2 40 (13.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (8.65%) SQL Server
4 24 (8.30%) Power BI
5 19 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.77%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.42%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.08%) NonStop SQL
10 6 (2.08%) Redis
11 5 (1.73%) MySQL
12 4 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.38%) GIS
12 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.69%) Metadata
14 2 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 54 (18.69%) JIRA
2 41 (14.19%) Git
3 24 (8.30%) GitLab
3 24 (8.30%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.81%) fastlane
4 11 (3.81%) Postman
5 7 (2.42%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.08%) Android Studio
6 6 (2.08%) Xcode
7 5 (1.73%) Crashlytics
7 5 (1.73%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.73%) Gradle
8 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.69%) NUnit
8 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.69%) Selenium
8 2 (0.69%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.69%) TestRail
9 1 (0.35%) MLflow
9 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 74 (25.61%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.49%) Finance
3 36 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.88%) Retail
7 14 (4.84%) Marketing
8 10 (3.46%) Games
9 6 (2.08%) Legal
10 5 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.38%) Banking
12 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Advertising
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Law
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
14 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.35%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 111 (38.41%) Developer
2 74 (25.61%) Senior
3 38 (13.15%) .NET Developer
3 38 (13.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 29 (10.03%) Senior Developer
5 27 (9.34%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (7.96%) Lead
7 22 (7.61%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (7.27%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.88%) Analyst
9 17 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
9 17 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.81%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 11 (3.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 11 (3.81%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (3.81%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 11 (3.81%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.46%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (32.87%) .NET
2 69 (23.88%) Terraform
3 48 (16.61%) ASP.NET
4 44 (15.22%) REST
5 43 (14.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 42 (14.53%) .NET Core
7 39 (13.49%) CSS
7 39 (13.49%) HTML
8 37 (12.80%) RESTful
9 33 (11.42%) Entity Framework
9 33 (11.42%) React
10 27 (9.34%) ARM Templates
10 27 (9.34%) Node.js
11 23 (7.96%) Blazor
12 19 (6.57%) Middleware
12 19 (6.57%) ML.NET
13 17 (5.88%) JSON
14 16 (5.54%) SOAP
15 15 (5.19%) EDI
15 15 (5.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.38%) Product Ownership
2 21 (7.27%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.57%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.46%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.77%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.42%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.08%) BBC
8 6 (2.08%) Social Media
9 5 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.38%) iPhone
10 4 (1.38%) PMI
10 4 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.38%) Social Network
11 3 (1.04%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.04%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.57%) Linux
2 14 (4.84%) Windows
3 13 (4.50%) Unix
4 10 (3.46%) Android
5 6 (2.08%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (100.00%) DevOps
2 175 (60.55%) Agile
3 173 (59.86%) CI/CD
4 70 (24.22%) AI
5 68 (23.53%) Scrum
6 62 (21.45%) Test Automation
7 59 (20.42%) Full-Stack Development
7 59 (20.42%) Infrastructure as Code
8 57 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (17.30%) Mentoring
10 42 (14.53%) Analytics
11 41 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
12 40 (13.84%) Kanban
12 40 (13.84%) Observability
13 39 (13.49%) Coaching
14 37 (12.80%) Platform Engineering
15 35 (12.11%) SDLC
15 35 (12.11%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (11.76%) Software Engineering
17 33 (11.42%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (38.75%) SQL
2 100 (34.60%) C#
3 65 (22.49%) JavaScript
4 60 (20.76%) Python
5 34 (11.76%) PowerShell
6 30 (10.38%) Bash
6 30 (10.38%) Bicep
7 29 (10.03%) Java
8 13 (4.50%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.42%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.08%) C++
10 6 (2.08%) Swift
11 5 (1.73%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.38%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.04%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.04%) SOQL
13 3 (1.04%) SOSL
14 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.69%) Go
14 2 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (7.96%) Degree
2 11 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.11%) PMI Certification
3 9 (3.11%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.11%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.42%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.73%) PMP
7 4 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CSPO
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.35%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.38%) QA
2 13 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.15%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.15%) TickIT
4 11 (3.81%) WCAG
5 8 (2.77%) GDPR
6 6 (2.08%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (9.00%) Docker
2 11 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.84%) Argo
3 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.73%) Grafana
4 5 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.04%) Ansible
6 1 (0.35%) Istio
6 1 (0.35%) linkerd
Vendors
1 130 (44.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.19%) Google
3 13 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.15%) Apple
5 11 (3.81%) Databricks
5 11 (3.81%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.42%) VMware
7 6 (2.08%) Facebook
7 6 (2.08%) Sony
7 6 (2.08%) Yahoo!
8 5 (1.73%) Cisco
9 4 (1.38%) Splunk
10 3 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.04%) webMethods
11 2 (0.69%) HP
12 1 (0.35%) DevExpress
12 1 (0.35%) IBM
12 1 (0.35%) Oracle
12 1 (0.35%) Progress
12 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow