Azure DevOps Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 158 76
Rank change year-on-year +8 -82 +49
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 76 47 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.72% 1.11% 2.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.09% 3.63% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 62 37 210
10th Percentile £47,875 £39,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £83,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £69,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +12.20% -5.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,632 1,293 3,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.58% 30.57% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 908 2,624
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.54%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the North West

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the North West

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Manchester -16 45 £70,400 -2.90% 32
Cheshire -11 15 £73,500 +36.74% 2
Lancashire +6 10 £61,250 +53.13% 15
Merseyside -20 4 £70,000 +30.23% 2
Cumbria - 2 £57,500 -
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (17.11%) Confluence
2 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.63%) CICS
5 1 (1.32%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (100.00%) Azure
2 30 (39.47%) GitHub
3 18 (23.68%) GitHub Actions
4 16 (21.05%) AWS
5 15 (19.74%) Power Platform
6 13 (17.11%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (15.79%) Boomi
8 7 (9.21%) Azure AKS
8 7 (9.21%) Entra ID
9 6 (7.89%) GCP
10 4 (5.26%) Azure Functions
10 4 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (5.26%) Serverless
11 3 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (3.95%) Datadog
11 3 (3.95%) Power Automate
11 3 (3.95%) Snowflake
12 2 (2.63%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) Firewall
2 4 (5.26%) DNS
2 4 (5.26%) HTTP
2 4 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.32%) DHCP
3 1 (1.32%) LTE
3 1 (1.32%) Network Security
3 1 (1.32%) SAN
3 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.32%) VLAN
3 1 (1.32%) VPN
3 1 (1.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.11%) Power BI
2 12 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.89%) MongoDB
4 5 (6.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
6 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.63%) DB2
7 2 (2.63%) Hazelcast
7 2 (2.63%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (38.16%) JIRA
2 10 (13.16%) Jenkins
3 9 (11.84%) Postman
4 8 (10.53%) Git
5 3 (3.95%) Eclipse
5 3 (3.95%) GitLab
5 3 (3.95%) IntelliJ
5 3 (3.95%) NUnit
6 2 (2.63%) Bitbucket
6 2 (2.63%) Selenium
6 2 (2.63%) TestRail
7 1 (1.32%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.32%) GDB
7 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.32%) WinDbg
General
1 19 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.37%) Finance
3 14 (18.42%) Retail
4 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (15.79%) Marketing
6 7 (9.21%) Games
6 7 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.89%) Banking
7 6 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.26%) Law
8 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.95%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (34.21%) Developer
2 25 (32.89%) Senior
3 13 (17.11%) Senior Developer
4 8 (10.53%) Lead
5 7 (9.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Head of Testing
6 6 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (7.89%) Scrum Master
7 5 (6.58%) .NET Developer
7 5 (6.58%) Software Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.58%) Software Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Senior DevOps
8 4 (5.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) CloudOps Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Pega Developer
9 3 (3.95%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (19.74%) SOAP
2 14 (18.42%) .NET
2 14 (18.42%) Middleware
2 14 (18.42%) REST
3 12 (15.79%) EDI
3 12 (15.79%) JSON
3 12 (15.79%) XML
4 9 (11.84%) React
5 8 (10.53%) RESTful
6 7 (9.21%) AngularJS
7 6 (7.89%) .NET Core
7 6 (7.89%) ARM Templates
7 6 (7.89%) ASP.NET
7 6 (7.89%) CSS
7 6 (7.89%) HTML
8 5 (6.58%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (5.26%) .NET Framework
9 4 (5.26%) Entity Framework
10 3 (3.95%) HTML5
10 3 (3.95%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.58%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.58%) PMI
4 3 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.63%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.63%) Social Network
6 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.32%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Linux
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (100.00%) DevOps
2 51 (67.11%) CI/CD
3 39 (51.32%) Agile
4 25 (32.89%) Roadmaps
5 20 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
6 19 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (25.00%) Scrum
7 17 (22.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
8 16 (21.05%) Release Management
9 15 (19.74%) CRM
10 14 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (18.42%) Test Automation
11 13 (17.11%) API Integration
11 13 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (17.11%) Kanban
11 13 (17.11%) SDLC
12 12 (15.79%) B2B
12 12 (15.79%) ERP
12 12 (15.79%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 28 (36.84%) SQL
2 14 (18.42%) Python
3 11 (14.47%) Bash
4 10 (13.16%) C#
5 9 (11.84%) PowerShell
6 7 (9.21%) Bicep
6 7 (9.21%) JavaScript
7 6 (7.89%) Java
7 6 (7.89%) TypeScript
8 3 (3.95%) Go
8 3 (3.95%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.32%) C++
9 1 (1.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (6.58%) Azure Certification
1 5 (6.58%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.32%) Degree
3 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.79%) TickIT
2 3 (3.95%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.32%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) Docker
2 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.32%) Firmware
3 1 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (23.68%) Terraform
2 8 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.89%) Grafana
3 6 (7.89%) Prometheus
4 4 (5.26%) Ansible
5 3 (3.95%) Argo
6 1 (1.32%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (43.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.84%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.95%) Oracle
3 3 (3.95%) Pega
4 2 (2.63%) DevExpress
5 1 (1.32%) Databricks
5 1 (1.32%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.32%) VMware