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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 204 112
Rank change year-on-year +65 -92 -54
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 275 93 253
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.15% 0.97% 1.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.67% 3.78% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 235 75 149
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £41,221
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £74,867 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 4,852 2,460 3,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.21% 25.67% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,570 1,692 2,217
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £92,613 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +3.17%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +71 160 £61,500 -5.38% 100
Yorkshire 0 66 £65,000 +18.18% 83
North East -27 49 £52,000 +4.00% 27
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 12 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.00%) Confluence
3 10 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.55%) IIS
5 6 (2.18%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.82%) CMS
7 3 (1.09%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.73%) nginx
8 2 (0.73%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.73%) WordPress
9 1 (0.36%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Trello
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 275 (100.00%) Azure
2 53 (19.27%) Power Platform
3 52 (18.91%) GitHub
4 47 (17.09%) AWS
5 42 (15.27%) Dynamics 365
6 36 (13.09%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (10.18%) Power Automate
8 22 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (7.27%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (6.91%) Azure AKS
11 18 (6.55%) Azure AI
11 18 (6.55%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (5.82%) Entra ID
12 16 (5.82%) PowerApps
12 16 (5.82%) Serverless
13 13 (4.73%) Azure Functions
14 12 (4.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (4.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (4.00%) Firebase
16 9 (3.27%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.55%) Firewall
1 7 (2.55%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.82%) SAN
3 4 (1.45%) Internet
4 3 (1.09%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.73%) HTTP
6 1 (0.36%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (17.82%) MongoDB
2 39 (14.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 24 (8.73%) SQL Server
4 19 (6.91%) Power BI
5 18 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.55%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.18%) NonStop SQL
9 6 (2.18%) Redis
10 5 (1.82%) MySQL
10 5 (1.82%) Spark SQL
11 4 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.45%) GIS
11 4 (1.45%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.73%) Metadata
13 2 (0.73%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (16.36%) JIRA
2 39 (14.18%) Git
3 25 (9.09%) GitLab
4 24 (8.73%) Jenkins
5 11 (4.00%) fastlane
6 6 (2.18%) Android Studio
6 6 (2.18%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.18%) Xcode
7 5 (1.82%) Crashlytics
7 5 (1.82%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.82%) Gradle
8 4 (1.45%) Postman
9 2 (0.73%) Selenium
9 2 (0.73%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.36%) MLflow
10 1 (0.36%) NUnit
10 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 35 (12.73%) Public Sector
3 32 (11.64%) Finance
4 26 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.73%) Retail
7 9 (3.27%) Games
7 9 (3.27%) Marketing
8 6 (2.18%) Legal
9 4 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.09%) Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Advertising
11 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Local Government
12 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.36%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 104 (37.82%) Developer
2 67 (24.36%) Senior
3 46 (16.73%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (13.45%) .NET Developer
5 32 (11.64%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (8.73%) Senior Developer
7 19 (6.91%) Analyst
7 19 (6.91%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (6.55%) Data Engineer
9 17 (6.18%) Lead
10 15 (5.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 15 (5.45%) Senior DevOps
10 15 (5.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 14 (5.09%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Software Engineer
14 9 (3.27%) Snowflake Engineer
14 9 (3.27%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (33.09%) .NET
2 64 (23.27%) Terraform
3 46 (16.73%) ASP.NET
4 41 (14.91%) .NET Core
4 41 (14.91%) ASP.NET Core
5 38 (13.82%) CSS
5 38 (13.82%) HTML
6 36 (13.09%) REST
7 35 (12.73%) RESTful
8 32 (11.64%) Entity Framework
8 32 (11.64%) React
9 27 (9.82%) Node.js
10 22 (8.00%) Blazor
11 21 (7.64%) ARM Templates
12 18 (6.55%) ML.NET
13 14 (5.09%) Middleware
14 12 (4.36%) .NET Framework
15 11 (4.00%) JSON
15 11 (4.00%) SOAP
15 11 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.55%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.91%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.91%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.91%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (2.55%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.18%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (1.82%) BBC
8 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.82%) Social Media
9 4 (1.45%) iPhone
9 4 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.45%) Social Network
10 3 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.09%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.91%) Linux
2 13 (4.73%) Unix
2 13 (4.73%) Windows
3 10 (3.64%) Android
4 6 (2.18%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.73%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (100.00%) DevOps
2 163 (59.27%) Agile
3 156 (56.73%) CI/CD
4 65 (23.64%) AI
5 61 (22.18%) Scrum
6 57 (20.73%) Full-Stack Development
7 54 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (19.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 49 (17.82%) Mentoring
8 49 (17.82%) Test Automation
9 40 (14.55%) Analytics
10 38 (13.82%) Coaching
10 38 (13.82%) SDLC
11 35 (12.73%) Platform Engineering
12 34 (12.36%) Kanban
12 34 (12.36%) Observability
12 34 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (11.27%) Software Engineering
13 31 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (10.91%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (37.45%) SQL
2 97 (35.27%) C#
3 62 (22.55%) JavaScript
4 55 (20.00%) Python
5 33 (12.00%) PowerShell
6 30 (10.91%) Bash
7 29 (10.55%) Bicep
8 26 (9.45%) Java
9 13 (4.73%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.18%) C++
10 6 (2.18%) Swift
10 6 (2.18%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.82%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.45%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.09%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.09%) SOQL
13 3 (1.09%) SOSL
14 2 (0.73%) Go
14 2 (0.73%) PHP
14 2 (0.73%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (7.27%) Degree
2 8 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (2.91%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.55%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.55%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.18%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.82%) PMP
6 4 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.36%) CSPO
7 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.18%) QA
2 12 (4.36%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.00%) WCAG
4 7 (2.55%) PMO
4 7 (2.55%) TickIT
5 5 (1.82%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 25 (9.09%) Docker
2 12 (4.36%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (9.82%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.73%) Argo
3 11 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.82%) Grafana
4 5 (1.82%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.09%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) Istio
6 1 (0.36%) linkerd
Vendors
1 118 (42.91%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.09%) Google
3 11 (4.00%) Apple
3 11 (4.00%) Dynatrace
4 8 (2.91%) Databricks
5 7 (2.55%) Cisco
5 7 (2.55%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.55%) VMware
6 5 (1.82%) Facebook
6 5 (1.82%) Sony
6 5 (1.82%) Splunk
6 5 (1.82%) Yahoo!
7 3 (1.09%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.09%) webMethods
8 2 (0.73%) HP
9 1 (0.36%) IBM
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle
9 1 (0.36%) Progress
9 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.36%) YouTube