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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 211 105
Rank change year-on-year +77 -106 -44
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 277 92 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.15% 0.96% 1.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.59% 3.76% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 237 74 151
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,125 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £74,985 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £78,000 £78,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £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 4,951 2,450 3,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.53% 25.53% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,607 1,683 2,265
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,192 £83,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +4.00%

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 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 6 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 +64 161 £62,000 -4.62% 107
Yorkshire +1 67 £65,000 +13.04% 102
North East -26 49 £52,250 +4.50% 30
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 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.97%) Confluence
3 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.53%) IIS
5 6 (2.17%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.81%) CMS
7 3 (1.08%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.72%) nginx
8 2 (0.72%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.72%) WordPress
9 1 (0.36%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (2.53%) Trello
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.08%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 277 (100.00%) Azure
2 54 (19.49%) Power Platform
3 53 (19.13%) GitHub
4 47 (16.97%) AWS
5 43 (15.52%) Dynamics 365
6 36 (13.00%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (10.11%) Power Automate
8 22 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (7.58%) Azure AKS
10 20 (7.22%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (7.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 18 (6.50%) Azure AI
12 17 (6.14%) Entra ID
12 17 (6.14%) Serverless
13 16 (5.78%) PowerApps
14 15 (5.42%) Azure Functions
15 13 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (4.69%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (3.97%) Firebase
17 9 (3.25%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.53%) Firewall
1 7 (2.53%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.81%) SAN
3 4 (1.44%) Internet
4 3 (1.08%) DNS
4 3 (1.08%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.72%) HTTP
6 1 (0.36%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.05%) MongoDB
2 39 (14.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (9.03%) SQL Server
4 20 (7.22%) Power BI
5 19 (6.86%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.53%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.17%) NonStop SQL
9 6 (2.17%) Redis
9 6 (2.17%) Spark SQL
10 5 (1.81%) MySQL
11 4 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.44%) GIS
11 4 (1.44%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.72%) Metadata
13 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (16.61%) JIRA
2 40 (14.44%) Git
3 25 (9.03%) GitLab
4 23 (8.30%) Jenkins
5 11 (3.97%) fastlane
6 7 (2.53%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.17%) Android Studio
7 6 (2.17%) Xcode
8 5 (1.81%) Crashlytics
8 5 (1.81%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.81%) Gradle
9 4 (1.44%) Postman
10 2 (0.72%) Selenium
10 2 (0.72%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.36%) MLflow
11 1 (0.36%) NUnit
11 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.27%) Public Sector
3 32 (11.55%) Finance
4 27 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (5.05%) Retail
7 10 (3.61%) Marketing
8 9 (3.25%) Games
9 6 (2.17%) Legal
10 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Banking
11 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Advertising
12 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Law
13 1 (0.36%) Local Government
13 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.36%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 105 (37.91%) Developer
2 69 (24.91%) Senior
3 46 (16.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (13.36%) .NET Developer
5 33 (11.91%) Azure Engineer
6 25 (9.03%) Senior Developer
7 20 (7.22%) Analyst
7 20 (7.22%) Platform Engineer
8 19 (6.86%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.50%) Lead
10 16 (5.78%) Senior DevOps
10 16 (5.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 15 (5.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 14 (5.05%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (3.97%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.97%) Software Engineer
15 9 (3.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 9 (3.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (32.85%) .NET
2 66 (23.83%) Terraform
3 46 (16.61%) ASP.NET
4 41 (14.80%) .NET Core
4 41 (14.80%) ASP.NET Core
5 39 (14.08%) CSS
5 39 (14.08%) HTML
6 38 (13.72%) REST
7 35 (12.64%) RESTful
8 32 (11.55%) Entity Framework
8 32 (11.55%) React
9 27 (9.75%) Node.js
10 23 (8.30%) ARM Templates
11 22 (7.94%) Blazor
12 18 (6.50%) ML.NET
13 15 (5.42%) Middleware
14 13 (4.69%) JSON
15 12 (4.33%) .NET Framework
15 12 (4.33%) SOAP
16 11 (3.97%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.47%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.86%) Mobile App
3 18 (6.50%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.89%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.53%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.81%) BBC
9 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.81%) Social Media
10 4 (1.44%) iPhone
10 4 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.44%) Social Network
11 3 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.08%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.08%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.22%) Linux
2 14 (5.05%) Unix
2 14 (5.05%) Windows
3 10 (3.61%) Android
4 6 (2.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (100.00%) DevOps
2 164 (59.21%) Agile
3 158 (57.04%) CI/CD
4 66 (23.83%) AI
5 63 (22.74%) Scrum
6 57 (20.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 55 (19.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 52 (18.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (18.41%) Test Automation
10 50 (18.05%) Mentoring
11 41 (14.80%) Analytics
12 39 (14.08%) Coaching
13 38 (13.72%) SDLC
14 36 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
15 35 (12.64%) Kanban
15 35 (12.64%) Observability
15 35 (12.64%) Platform Engineering
16 31 (11.19%) Software Engineering
17 30 (10.83%) Deployment Automation
17 30 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (38.27%) SQL
2 97 (35.02%) C#
3 62 (22.38%) JavaScript
4 56 (20.22%) Python
5 33 (11.91%) PowerShell
6 29 (10.47%) Bash
6 29 (10.47%) Bicep
7 27 (9.75%) Java
8 12 (4.33%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.53%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.17%) C++
10 6 (2.17%) Swift
11 5 (1.81%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.44%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.08%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.08%) SOQL
13 3 (1.08%) SOSL
14 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.72%) Go
14 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (7.58%) Degree
2 9 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.89%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.53%) Azure Certification
4 7 (2.53%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.81%) PMP
7 4 (1.44%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CSPO
8 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.11%) QA
2 12 (4.33%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.97%) WCAG
4 8 (2.89%) TickIT
5 6 (2.17%) GDPR
5 6 (2.17%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 25 (9.03%) Docker
2 13 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (9.75%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.05%) Argo
3 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.44%) Grafana
4 4 (1.44%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.08%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) Istio
6 1 (0.36%) linkerd
Vendors
1 120 (43.32%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.05%) Google
3 11 (3.97%) Apple
3 11 (3.97%) Dynatrace
4 9 (3.25%) Databricks
5 7 (2.53%) Cisco
5 7 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.53%) VMware
6 5 (1.81%) Facebook
6 5 (1.81%) Sony
6 5 (1.81%) Yahoo!
7 4 (1.44%) Splunk
8 3 (1.08%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.08%) webMethods
9 2 (0.72%) HP
10 1 (0.36%) IBM
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle
10 1 (0.36%) Progress
10 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.36%) YouTube