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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 206 102
Rank change year-on-year +80 -104 -39
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 288 93 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.20% 1.00% 2.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.59% 3.82% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 245 73 165
10th Percentile £43,500 £41,500 £41,162
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.26% -1.48% +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 5,148 2,433 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.51% 26.06% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,700 1,690 2,452
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £79,813 £70,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £84,964
England median annual salary £64,169 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.95% -7.69% +0.78%

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 23 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 23 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 +78 174 £65,000 - 106
Yorkshire -4 68 £67,750 +12.92% 77
North East -34 46 £52,250 +4.50% 21
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 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.51%) Confluence
3 12 (4.17%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.43%) IIS
5 6 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.74%) CMS
7 3 (1.04%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.04%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.69%) nginx
8 2 (0.69%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.69%) WordPress
9 1 (0.35%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (2.43%) 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 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.04%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 288 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (20.83%) GitHub
3 58 (20.14%) Power Platform
4 50 (17.36%) AWS
5 47 (16.32%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (13.54%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (9.72%) Power Automate
8 22 (7.64%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (7.29%) Azure AKS
9 21 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (6.94%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (6.60%) Serverless
12 18 (6.25%) Azure AI
13 17 (5.90%) Azure Functions
13 17 (5.90%) Entra ID
14 16 (5.56%) PowerApps
15 15 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (4.17%) Boomi
17 11 (3.82%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.43%) Firewall
2 6 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.74%) SAN
4 4 (1.39%) Internet
5 3 (1.04%) DNS
5 3 (1.04%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.69%) HTTP
7 1 (0.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.36%) MongoDB
2 39 (13.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (8.68%) SQL Server
4 24 (8.33%) Power BI
5 19 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.78%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.43%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.08%) NonStop SQL
10 6 (2.08%) Redis
11 5 (1.74%) MySQL
12 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.39%) GIS
12 4 (1.39%) 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 53 (18.40%) JIRA
2 41 (14.24%) Git
3 25 (8.68%) GitLab
3 25 (8.68%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.82%) fastlane
5 8 (2.78%) Postman
6 7 (2.43%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.08%) Android Studio
7 6 (2.08%) Xcode
8 5 (1.74%) Crashlytics
8 5 (1.74%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.74%) Gradle
9 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.69%) NUnit
9 2 (0.69%) Selenium
9 2 (0.69%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.69%) TestRail
10 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.35%) MLflow
10 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 74 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.19%) Finance
3 34 (11.81%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.90%) Retail
7 14 (4.86%) Marketing
8 10 (3.47%) Games
9 6 (2.08%) Legal
10 5 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.39%) 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
1 110 (38.19%) Developer
2 74 (25.69%) Senior
3 40 (13.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (12.85%) .NET Developer
5 29 (10.07%) Senior Developer
6 28 (9.72%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (7.99%) Lead
8 22 (7.64%) Platform Engineer
9 21 (7.29%) Data Engineer
10 18 (6.25%) Analyst
11 17 (5.90%) Senior DevOps
11 17 (5.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (3.82%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (3.82%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.82%) Software Engineer
14 10 (3.47%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (32.64%) .NET
2 70 (24.31%) Terraform
3 47 (16.32%) ASP.NET
4 44 (15.28%) REST
5 42 (14.58%) ASP.NET Core
6 41 (14.24%) .NET Core
7 39 (13.54%) CSS
7 39 (13.54%) HTML
8 36 (12.50%) RESTful
9 33 (11.46%) Entity Framework
10 32 (11.11%) React
11 27 (9.38%) ARM Templates
11 27 (9.38%) Node.js
12 22 (7.64%) Blazor
13 19 (6.60%) Middleware
14 18 (6.25%) ML.NET
15 17 (5.90%) JSON
16 16 (5.56%) SOAP
17 15 (5.21%) EDI
18 13 (4.51%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.42%) Product Ownership
2 21 (7.29%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.60%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.47%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.43%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.74%) BBC
8 5 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.74%) Social Media
9 4 (1.39%) iPhone
9 4 (1.39%) PMI
9 4 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.39%) Social Network
10 3 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.04%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.94%) Linux
2 14 (4.86%) Unix
2 14 (4.86%) Windows
3 10 (3.47%) Android
4 6 (2.08%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (100.00%) DevOps
2 172 (59.72%) Agile
3 171 (59.38%) CI/CD
4 70 (24.31%) AI
5 66 (22.92%) Scrum
6 60 (20.83%) Infrastructure as Code
7 59 (20.49%) Test Automation
8 58 (20.14%) Full-Stack Development
9 57 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (17.36%) Mentoring
11 42 (14.58%) Analytics
12 41 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (13.89%) Coaching
13 40 (13.89%) Observability
14 38 (13.19%) Kanban
15 37 (12.85%) Platform Engineering
16 36 (12.50%) SDLC
17 35 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
18 34 (11.81%) Deployment Automation
18 34 (11.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (38.89%) SQL
2 99 (34.38%) C#
3 62 (21.53%) JavaScript
4 61 (21.18%) Python
5 35 (12.15%) PowerShell
6 31 (10.76%) Bash
7 30 (10.42%) Bicep
8 27 (9.38%) Java
9 13 (4.51%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.43%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.08%) C++
11 6 (2.08%) Swift
12 5 (1.74%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.39%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.04%) DataWeave
14 3 (1.04%) SOQL
14 3 (1.04%) SOSL
15 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.69%) Go
15 2 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (7.99%) Degree
2 11 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.43%) Azure Certification
4 7 (2.43%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.43%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.74%) PMP
7 4 (1.39%) 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 (10.42%) QA
2 13 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.17%) TickIT
4 11 (3.82%) WCAG
5 8 (2.78%) GDPR
6 6 (2.08%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (9.38%) Docker
2 12 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.86%) Argo
3 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.08%) Grafana
4 6 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.04%) Ansible
6 1 (0.35%) Istio
6 1 (0.35%) linkerd
Vendors
1 128 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.86%) Google
3 12 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.82%) Apple
4 11 (3.82%) Databricks
4 11 (3.82%) Dynatrace
5 7 (2.43%) VMware
6 6 (2.08%) Cisco
7 5 (1.74%) Facebook
7 5 (1.74%) Sony
7 5 (1.74%) Yahoo!
8 4 (1.39%) Splunk
9 3 (1.04%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.04%) webMethods
10 2 (0.69%) HP
11 1 (0.35%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.35%) IBM
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle
11 1 (0.35%) Progress
11 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow