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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 213 82
Rank change year-on-year +81 -131 -20
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 283 89 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.23% 0.95% 2.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.45% 3.62% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 246 67 221
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £74,987 £71,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% 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 5,190 2,460 4,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.49% 26.30% 29.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,718 1,714 2,838
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,675 £84,964
England median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% -4.00% -3.85%

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 5 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 5 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 +90 169 £65,000 - 61
Yorkshire -12 67 £68,653 +14.42% 36
North East -24 47 £52,500 +5.00% 16
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 (4.95%) Confluence
1 14 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.12%) IIS
3 6 (2.12%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (1.77%) CMS
5 3 (1.06%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.06%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.71%) nginx
6 2 (0.71%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.71%) WordPress
7 1 (0.35%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (2.47%) Trello
2 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.06%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 283 (100.00%) Azure
2 57 (20.14%) GitHub
3 53 (18.73%) Power Platform
4 48 (16.96%) AWS
5 43 (15.19%) Dynamics 365
6 38 (13.43%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (9.19%) Power Automate
8 22 (7.77%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (7.07%) Azure AI
9 20 (7.07%) Azure AKS
9 20 (7.07%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (7.07%) Serverless
10 19 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (6.36%) Azure Functions
12 16 (5.65%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (4.24%) Boomi
14 12 (4.24%) PowerApps
15 11 (3.89%) Entra ID
15 11 (3.89%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.47%) Firewall
2 5 (1.77%) SAN
3 4 (1.41%) Internet
3 4 (1.41%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.06%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.71%) DNS
5 2 (0.71%) HTTP
6 1 (0.35%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.37%) MongoDB
2 41 (14.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (8.83%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.42%) Power BI
5 19 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.18%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.47%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.12%) NonStop SQL
10 6 (2.12%) Redis
11 5 (1.77%) MySQL
12 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.41%) GIS
12 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.71%) Metadata
14 2 (0.71%) Power Query
14 2 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 56 (19.79%) JIRA
2 40 (14.13%) Git
3 24 (8.48%) Jenkins
4 23 (8.13%) GitLab
5 11 (3.89%) fastlane
5 11 (3.89%) Postman
6 7 (2.47%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.12%) Xcode
8 5 (1.77%) Android Studio
8 5 (1.77%) Crashlytics
8 5 (1.77%) Gradle
9 4 (1.41%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.06%) NUnit
10 3 (1.06%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.71%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.71%) TestRail
12 1 (0.35%) MLflow
12 1 (0.35%) Selenium
12 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (24.38%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.78%) Finance
3 37 (13.07%) Public Sector
4 29 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.01%) Retail
7 14 (4.95%) Marketing
8 10 (3.53%) Games
9 6 (2.12%) Banking
9 6 (2.12%) Legal
10 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Advertising
12 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Law
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
13 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 112 (39.58%) Developer
2 74 (26.15%) Senior
3 39 (13.78%) .NET Developer
4 35 (12.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (10.60%) Senior Developer
6 26 (9.19%) Lead
7 23 (8.13%) Azure Engineer
8 22 (7.77%) Data Engineer
9 21 (7.42%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (6.01%) Senior DevOps
10 17 (6.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 15 (5.30%) Analyst
12 13 (4.59%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Software Engineer
14 11 (3.89%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (3.89%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.89%) Software Developer
15 10 (3.53%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 10 (3.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (34.28%) .NET
2 68 (24.03%) Terraform
3 51 (18.02%) ASP.NET
4 45 (15.90%) ASP.NET Core
5 44 (15.55%) .NET Core
5 44 (15.55%) REST
6 40 (14.13%) CSS
6 40 (14.13%) HTML
7 39 (13.78%) RESTful
8 34 (12.01%) Entity Framework
8 34 (12.01%) React
9 27 (9.54%) ARM Templates
9 27 (9.54%) Node.js
10 24 (8.48%) Blazor
11 20 (7.07%) ML.NET
12 19 (6.71%) Middleware
13 17 (6.01%) JSON
14 16 (5.65%) SOAP
15 15 (5.30%) EDI
16 14 (4.95%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.31%) Product Ownership
2 20 (7.07%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.71%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.53%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.83%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (2.12%) BBC
7 6 (2.12%) Social Media
8 5 (1.77%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.77%) Social Network
9 4 (1.41%) iPhone
9 4 (1.41%) PMI
9 4 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.06%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.06%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.71%) Linux
2 14 (4.95%) Windows
3 13 (4.59%) Unix
4 9 (3.18%) Android
5 6 (2.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (100.00%) DevOps
2 175 (61.84%) CI/CD
3 174 (61.48%) Agile
4 70 (24.73%) Scrum
5 68 (24.03%) AI
6 63 (22.26%) Test Automation
7 62 (21.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 57 (20.14%) Infrastructure as Code
9 53 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (17.67%) Mentoring
11 43 (15.19%) Kanban
12 40 (14.13%) Analytics
12 40 (14.13%) Observability
13 39 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (13.78%) SDLC
14 38 (13.43%) Coaching
15 37 (13.07%) Software Engineering
16 36 (12.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (12.37%) Platform Engineering
18 33 (11.66%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (39.58%) SQL
2 99 (34.98%) C#
3 67 (23.67%) JavaScript
4 59 (20.85%) Python
5 30 (10.60%) Java
5 30 (10.60%) PowerShell
6 28 (9.89%) Bash
7 27 (9.54%) Bicep
8 13 (4.59%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.47%) C++
9 7 (2.47%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.12%) Swift
11 5 (1.77%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.41%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.06%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.06%) SOQL
13 3 (1.06%) SOSL
14 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.71%) Go
14 2 (0.71%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (8.13%) Degree
2 12 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.18%) PMI Certification
3 9 (3.18%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.18%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.12%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.77%) PMP
6 4 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft 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 28 (9.89%) QA
2 12 (4.24%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.24%) TickIT
3 11 (3.89%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.89%) WCAG
4 9 (3.18%) GDPR
5 6 (2.12%) PMO
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 24 (8.48%) Docker
2 9 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (9.54%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.95%) Argo
3 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.41%) Grafana
4 4 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.71%) Ansible
6 1 (0.35%) Istio
6 1 (0.35%) linkerd
Vendors
1 124 (43.82%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.30%) Google
3 13 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.24%) Apple
4 12 (4.24%) Databricks
5 11 (3.89%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.47%) VMware
7 6 (2.12%) Facebook
7 6 (2.12%) Sony
7 6 (2.12%) Yahoo!
8 4 (1.41%) Cisco
9 3 (1.06%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.06%) Splunk
9 3 (1.06%) webMethods
10 2 (0.71%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.35%) IBM
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle
11 1 (0.35%) Progress
11 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow