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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 194 93
Rank change year-on-year +24 -101 +22
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 180 102 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.95% 1.29% 2.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.20% 4.04% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 156 81 326
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,250 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £69,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -2.88% +13.01% -5.38%

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 5,633 2,527 5,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.64% 32.04% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,970 1,675 4,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,438
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +49 91 £70,000 +15.70% 51
Yorkshire -36 50 £69,305 -0.99% 22
North East -5 39 £50,000 -23.08% 20
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 13 (7.22%) Confluence
2 12 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.89%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.78%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.67%) IIS
6 2 (1.11%) CICS
6 2 (1.11%) CMS
6 2 (1.11%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.11%) WordPress
7 1 (0.56%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.11%) Trello
2 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.56%) Magento
3 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 180 (100.00%) Azure
2 62 (34.44%) GitHub
3 57 (31.67%) AWS
4 46 (25.56%) GitHub Actions
5 28 (15.56%) Power Platform
6 22 (12.22%) Serverless
7 21 (11.67%) GCP
8 18 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (8.89%) Azure AKS
9 16 (8.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (7.78%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (7.22%) Azure Functions
13 12 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (6.67%) Boomi
13 12 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (5.00%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.56%) Firewall
2 17 (9.44%) DNS
3 16 (8.89%) TCP/IP
4 15 (8.33%) HTTP
5 2 (1.11%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.11%) SAN
6 1 (0.56%) DHCP
6 1 (0.56%) LTE
6 1 (0.56%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
6 1 (0.56%) VPN
6 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.89%) MongoDB
2 23 (12.78%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (11.67%) SQL Server
4 19 (10.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (10.56%) Power BI
5 14 (7.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (6.11%) NoSQL
8 9 (5.00%) DynamoDB
8 9 (5.00%) Spark SQL
9 6 (3.33%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.67%) Power Query
11 2 (1.11%) DB2
11 2 (1.11%) Hazelcast
11 2 (1.11%) MySQL
11 2 (1.11%) NonStop SQL
12 1 (0.56%) GIS
12 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (20.00%) JIRA
2 35 (19.44%) Git
3 32 (17.78%) Jenkins
4 17 (9.44%) GitLab
5 13 (7.22%) Postman
6 4 (2.22%) fastlane
6 4 (2.22%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.67%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.67%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.67%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.11%) Android Studio
8 2 (1.11%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.11%) Crashlytics
8 2 (1.11%) Gradle
8 2 (1.11%) NUnit
8 2 (1.11%) Selenium
8 2 (1.11%) TestRail
8 2 (1.11%) Xcode
9 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.56%) GDB
General
1 40 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.56%) Public Sector
3 23 (12.78%) Finance
4 21 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.33%) Law
5 15 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 13 (7.22%) Retail
7 12 (6.67%) Marketing
8 11 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.44%) Banking
10 8 (4.44%) Games
11 4 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.11%) Legal
13 1 (0.56%) Advertising
13 1 (0.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 65 (36.11%) Developer
2 52 (28.89%) Senior
3 34 (18.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (12.22%) .NET Developer
4 22 (12.22%) Senior Developer
5 20 (11.11%) Lead
6 15 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 15 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (7.78%) Senior DevOps
7 14 (7.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 13 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (6.11%) Software Engineer
10 9 (5.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (5.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.00%) Lead Data Engineer
11 8 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
12 7 (3.89%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.89%) Head of Testing
12 7 (3.89%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (31.11%) .NET
2 31 (17.22%) REST
3 30 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 29 (16.11%) .NET Core
5 25 (13.89%) React
6 23 (12.78%) ASP.NET Core
6 23 (12.78%) RESTful
7 20 (11.11%) SOAP
8 19 (10.56%) ARM Templates
8 19 (10.56%) CSS
8 19 (10.56%) HTML
8 19 (10.56%) Middleware
8 19 (10.56%) Node.js
9 17 (9.44%) Blazor
10 16 (8.89%) JSON
11 15 (8.33%) Elastic Stack
12 12 (6.67%) EDI
12 12 (6.67%) Entity Framework
12 12 (6.67%) XML
13 11 (6.11%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.56%) Cloud Native
2 17 (9.44%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.33%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.78%) PMI
6 4 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.67%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.67%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.67%) Social Network
8 2 (1.11%) BBC
8 2 (1.11%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.11%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.11%) Social Media
9 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.89%) Linux
2 14 (7.78%) Windows
3 13 (7.22%) Unix
4 2 (1.11%) Android
4 2 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (100.00%) DevOps
2 125 (69.44%) CI/CD
3 87 (48.33%) Agile
4 58 (32.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 43 (23.89%) Scrum
5 43 (23.89%) Test Automation
6 38 (21.11%) Continuous Integration
6 38 (21.11%) Mentoring
7 35 (19.44%) Containerisation
8 34 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (18.89%) Roadmaps
9 29 (16.11%) Full-Stack Development
10 28 (15.56%) Release Management
11 27 (15.00%) Coaching
11 27 (15.00%) Kanban
11 27 (15.00%) Microservices
12 25 (13.89%) AI
12 25 (13.89%) Deployment Automation
13 24 (13.33%) Observability
14 22 (12.22%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 74 (41.11%) SQL
2 47 (26.11%) Python
3 41 (22.78%) C#
4 34 (18.89%) JavaScript
5 30 (16.67%) Bash
6 28 (15.56%) Java
7 18 (10.00%) Go
8 14 (7.78%) PowerShell
9 11 (6.11%) Bicep
10 10 (5.56%) TypeScript
11 8 (4.44%) T-SQL
12 6 (3.33%) C++
13 3 (1.67%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.67%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.67%) SOQL
13 3 (1.67%) SOSL
14 2 (1.11%) Kotlin
14 2 (1.11%) Swift
15 1 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (6.11%) Degree
2 9 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.44%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.89%) AWS Certified Developer
5 5 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.78%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.67%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.67%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.56%) MCITP
8 1 (0.56%) MCSE
8 1 (0.56%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.67%) TickIT
2 10 (5.56%) GDPR
3 6 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.33%) QA
4 4 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.22%) WCAG
5 1 (0.56%) GRC
System Software
1 22 (12.22%) Docker
2 3 (1.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) Firmware
4 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 69 (38.33%) Terraform
2 19 (10.56%) Grafana
2 19 (10.56%) Prometheus
3 16 (8.89%) Ansible
3 16 (8.89%) Kubernetes
4 13 (7.22%) Argo
5 1 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 59 (32.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 11 (6.11%) Databricks
4 5 (2.78%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.22%) Apple
5 4 (2.22%) Google
6 3 (1.67%) Oracle
6 3 (1.67%) Pega
6 3 (1.67%) Sparx
7 2 (1.11%) DevExpress
7 2 (1.11%) Facebook
7 2 (1.11%) Sony
7 2 (1.11%) Splunk
7 2 (1.11%) VMware
7 2 (1.11%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.56%) Foundry
8 1 (0.56%) WooCommerce