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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 208 97
Rank change year-on-year +67 -111 +14
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 227 99 452
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.13% 1.19% 2.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.52% 4.12% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 199 75 338
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,650 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -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 5,027 2,401 6,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.98% 28.75% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,426 1,626 5,191
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
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 21 June 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 21 June 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 +80 126 £69,305 +4.61% 41
Yorkshire -32 52 £69,305 -0.99% 18
North East -5 49 £50,000 -9.09% 11
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 18 (7.93%) Confluence
2 12 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.52%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.64%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.32%) IIS
6 2 (0.88%) CICS
6 2 (0.88%) CMS
6 2 (0.88%) nginx
6 2 (0.88%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.88%) WordPress
7 1 (0.44%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Trello
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.44%) Magento
2 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 227 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (26.87%) GitHub
3 56 (24.67%) AWS
4 42 (18.50%) GitHub Actions
5 41 (18.06%) Power Platform
6 27 (11.89%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (8.81%) GCP
7 20 (8.81%) Serverless
8 19 (8.37%) Azure AKS
8 19 (8.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (8.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 18 (7.93%) Azure Functions
10 16 (7.05%) Power Automate
11 14 (6.17%) Azure AI
11 14 (6.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (5.29%) Boomi
13 11 (4.85%) Firebase
13 11 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (3.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.37%) Firewall
2 16 (7.05%) DNS
2 16 (7.05%) HTTP
3 14 (6.17%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.32%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.32%) SAN
5 2 (0.88%) Internet
6 1 (0.44%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (18.50%) MongoDB
2 34 (14.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (11.01%) Power BI
4 19 (8.37%) SQL Server
5 16 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (6.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.96%) Spark SQL
9 8 (3.52%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.20%) MySQL
11 4 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.76%) NonStop SQL
11 4 (1.76%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.32%) Power Query
13 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.88%) Db2
13 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
13 2 (0.88%) Redis
13 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (19.38%) JIRA
2 39 (17.18%) Jenkins
3 36 (15.86%) Git
4 20 (8.81%) GitLab
5 13 (5.73%) Postman
6 11 (4.85%) fastlane
7 6 (2.64%) Xcode
8 5 (2.20%) Android Studio
8 5 (2.20%) Crashlytics
8 5 (2.20%) Gradle
9 4 (1.76%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.32%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.32%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.32%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.88%) NUnit
11 2 (0.88%) Selenium
11 2 (0.88%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.88%) TestRail
General
1 42 (18.50%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.54%) Public Sector
3 26 (11.45%) Finance
4 21 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.05%) Retail
7 14 (6.17%) Law
7 14 (6.17%) Telecoms
8 12 (5.29%) Games
8 12 (5.29%) Marketing
9 9 (3.96%) Banking
10 6 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Legal
12 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 89 (39.21%) Developer
2 61 (26.87%) Senior
3 38 (16.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 30 (13.22%) .NET Developer
5 27 (11.89%) Senior Developer
6 20 (8.81%) Lead
7 19 (8.37%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (7.49%) Data Engineer
9 15 (6.61%) Platform Engineer
9 15 (6.61%) Senior DevOps
9 15 (6.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (6.17%) Software Engineer
11 12 (5.29%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (4.41%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.41%) Software Developer
13 9 (3.96%) Lead Data Engineer
13 9 (3.96%) Scrum Master
13 9 (3.96%) Senior Software Engineer
14 8 (3.52%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (32.60%) .NET
2 41 (18.06%) REST
3 37 (16.30%) ASP.NET
4 35 (15.42%) .NET Core
5 31 (13.66%) ASP.NET Core
5 31 (13.66%) RESTful
6 30 (13.22%) CSS
6 30 (13.22%) HTML
7 27 (11.89%) React
8 25 (11.01%) ARM Templates
9 24 (10.57%) Entity Framework
10 22 (9.69%) Node.js
11 20 (8.81%) Middleware
11 20 (8.81%) SOAP
12 18 (7.93%) Blazor
13 17 (7.49%) JSON
14 14 (6.17%) Elastic Stack
14 14 (6.17%) ML.NET
15 12 (5.29%) EDI
15 12 (5.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.89%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.05%) Mobile App
3 14 (6.17%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.41%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.64%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (2.64%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.64%) PMI
8 5 (2.20%) BBC
8 5 (2.20%) Social Media
9 4 (1.76%) Social Network
10 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.32%) iPhone
10 3 (1.32%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.25%) Linux
2 14 (6.17%) Windows
3 13 (5.73%) Unix
4 8 (3.52%) Android
5 6 (2.64%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (100.00%) DevOps
2 162 (71.37%) CI/CD
3 126 (55.51%) Agile
4 64 (28.19%) Scrum
5 56 (24.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 54 (23.79%) Test Automation
7 49 (21.59%) Full-Stack Development
8 48 (21.15%) AI
9 46 (20.26%) Kanban
10 43 (18.94%) Mentoring
11 37 (16.30%) Continuous Integration
12 35 (15.42%) Coaching
12 35 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (14.98%) Analytics
14 32 (14.10%) Roadmaps
15 31 (13.66%) Observability
16 29 (12.78%) API Integration
17 28 (12.33%) Deployment Automation
18 27 (11.89%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (38.77%) SQL
2 73 (32.16%) C#
3 59 (25.99%) Python
4 52 (22.91%) JavaScript
5 34 (14.98%) Bash
6 33 (14.54%) Java
7 23 (10.13%) PowerShell
8 19 (8.37%) Bicep
9 16 (7.05%) Go
10 13 (5.73%) TypeScript
11 8 (3.52%) T-SQL
12 7 (3.08%) C++
13 6 (2.64%) Swift
14 5 (2.20%) Kotlin
15 3 (1.32%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.32%) PL/SQL
15 3 (1.32%) SOQL
15 3 (1.32%) SOSL
16 2 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (7.49%) Degree
2 12 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.64%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.20%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.76%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.76%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.29%) QA
1 12 (5.29%) TickIT
2 11 (4.85%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.85%) WCAG
3 10 (4.41%) GDPR
4 8 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.44%) GRC
5 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (7.93%) Docker
2 4 (1.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (30.40%) Terraform
2 21 (9.25%) Kubernetes
3 18 (7.93%) Grafana
3 18 (7.93%) Prometheus
4 15 (6.61%) Ansible
5 14 (6.17%) Argo
6 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.44%) Istio
7 1 (0.44%) linkerd
Vendors
1 92 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.73%) Databricks
2 13 (5.73%) Google
3 12 (5.29%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.85%) Apple
4 11 (4.85%) Dynatrace
5 5 (2.20%) Facebook
5 5 (2.20%) Sony
5 5 (2.20%) VMware
5 5 (2.20%) Yahoo!
6 3 (1.32%) Oracle
6 3 (1.32%) Pega
6 3 (1.32%) Splunk
7 2 (0.88%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.44%) Progress
8 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.44%) WooCommerce