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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 202 92
Rank change year-on-year +80 -110 -27
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 290 94 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.22% 1.00% 2.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.61% 3.84% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 248 72 179
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,221
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,063 £47,500
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,875 £78,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £66,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +1.50% +2.31%

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 5,165 2,448 4,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.76% 26.09% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,701 1,696 2,584
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -
75th Percentile £79,336 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £84,964
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.76% -3.08%

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 17 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 17 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 +77 174 £65,000 - 118
Yorkshire -6 68 £67,750 +12.92% 66
North East -28 48 £52,000 +4.00% 24
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 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.48%) Confluence
3 12 (4.14%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.41%) IIS
5 6 (2.07%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.72%) CMS
7 3 (1.03%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.03%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.69%) nginx
8 2 (0.69%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.69%) WordPress
9 1 (0.34%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Trello
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 290 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (20.69%) GitHub
3 58 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 49 (16.90%) AWS
5 47 (16.21%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (13.79%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (9.66%) Power Automate
8 22 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (7.24%) Azure AKS
10 20 (6.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (6.55%) Azure AI
11 19 (6.55%) Serverless
12 17 (5.86%) Azure Functions
13 16 (5.52%) PowerApps
14 15 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (5.17%) Entra ID
15 14 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (4.14%) Boomi
17 11 (3.79%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.41%) Firewall
2 5 (1.72%) SAN
2 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.38%) Internet
4 3 (1.03%) DNS
4 3 (1.03%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.69%) HTTP
6 1 (0.34%) DHCP
6 1 (0.34%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.59%) MongoDB
2 40 (13.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (8.62%) SQL Server
4 24 (8.28%) Power BI
5 19 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.76%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.07%) NonStop SQL
10 6 (2.07%) Redis
11 5 (1.72%) MySQL
12 4 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.38%) GIS
12 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.69%) Metadata
14 2 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 55 (18.97%) JIRA
2 41 (14.14%) Git
3 25 (8.62%) Jenkins
4 24 (8.28%) GitLab
5 11 (3.79%) fastlane
5 11 (3.79%) Postman
6 8 (2.76%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.07%) Android Studio
7 6 (2.07%) Xcode
8 5 (1.72%) Crashlytics
8 5 (1.72%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.72%) Gradle
9 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.69%) NUnit
9 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.69%) Selenium
9 2 (0.69%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.69%) TestRail
10 1 (0.34%) MLflow
10 1 (0.34%) WinDbg
General
1 74 (25.52%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.14%) Finance
3 36 (12.41%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.86%) Retail
7 14 (4.83%) Marketing
8 10 (3.45%) Games
9 6 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.07%) Legal
10 5 (1.72%) Banking
11 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Advertising
12 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Local Government
13 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.34%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 112 (38.62%) Developer
2 76 (26.21%) Senior
3 38 (13.10%) .NET Developer
4 37 (12.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (10.34%) Senior Developer
6 25 (8.62%) Azure Engineer
7 24 (8.28%) Lead
8 21 (7.24%) Data Engineer
8 21 (7.24%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (5.86%) Analyst
9 17 (5.86%) Senior DevOps
9 17 (5.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.83%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (4.14%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.79%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (3.79%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.45%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.45%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (33.10%) .NET
2 69 (23.79%) Terraform
3 49 (16.90%) ASP.NET
4 44 (15.17%) REST
5 43 (14.83%) .NET Core
5 43 (14.83%) ASP.NET Core
6 40 (13.79%) CSS
6 40 (13.79%) HTML
7 37 (12.76%) RESTful
8 33 (11.38%) Entity Framework
8 33 (11.38%) React
9 28 (9.66%) Node.js
10 27 (9.31%) ARM Templates
11 23 (7.93%) Blazor
12 19 (6.55%) Middleware
12 19 (6.55%) ML.NET
13 17 (5.86%) JSON
14 16 (5.52%) SOAP
15 15 (5.17%) EDI
15 15 (5.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.69%) Product Ownership
2 21 (7.24%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.55%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.41%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.07%) BBC
8 6 (2.07%) Social Media
9 5 (1.72%) 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 (1.03%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.03%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.90%) Linux
2 15 (5.17%) Windows
3 13 (4.48%) Unix
4 10 (3.45%) Android
5 6 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (100.00%) DevOps
2 177 (61.03%) Agile
3 174 (60.00%) CI/CD
4 70 (24.14%) AI
5 69 (23.79%) Scrum
6 62 (21.38%) Test Automation
7 60 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 58 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 57 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (17.93%) Mentoring
11 42 (14.48%) Analytics
12 41 (14.14%) Kanban
12 41 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (13.79%) Observability
14 39 (13.45%) Coaching
15 37 (12.76%) SDLC
16 36 (12.41%) Platform Engineering
16 36 (12.41%) Software Engineering
16 36 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 33 (11.38%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 111 (38.28%) SQL
2 101 (34.83%) C#
3 66 (22.76%) JavaScript
4 60 (20.69%) Python
5 33 (11.38%) PowerShell
6 30 (10.34%) Bash
7 29 (10.00%) Bicep
7 29 (10.00%) Java
8 13 (4.48%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.41%) C++
9 7 (2.41%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.07%) Swift
11 5 (1.72%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.38%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.03%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.03%) SOQL
13 3 (1.03%) SOSL
14 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.69%) Go
14 2 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (7.93%) Degree
2 11 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.10%) PMI Certification
3 9 (3.10%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.10%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.41%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.72%) PMP
7 4 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CSPO
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.34%) QA
2 13 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.14%) TickIT
4 11 (3.79%) WCAG
5 8 (2.76%) GDPR
6 6 (2.07%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (8.97%) Docker
2 11 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.83%) Argo
3 9 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.72%) Grafana
4 5 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.03%) Ansible
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) linkerd
Vendors
1 129 (44.48%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.17%) Google
3 13 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.14%) Apple
5 11 (3.79%) Databricks
5 11 (3.79%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.41%) VMware
7 6 (2.07%) Facebook
7 6 (2.07%) Sony
7 6 (2.07%) Yahoo!
8 5 (1.72%) Cisco
9 4 (1.38%) Splunk
10 3 (1.03%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.03%) webMethods
11 2 (0.69%) HP
12 1 (0.34%) DevExpress
12 1 (0.34%) IBM
12 1 (0.34%) Oracle
12 1 (0.34%) Progress
12 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow