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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 181 107
Rank change year-on-year +64 -74 -55
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 161 51 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.24% 0.97% 1.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.85% 3.58% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 136 37 84
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,500 £38,400
25th Percentile £48,438 £57,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,200 £104,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +3.85%

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 2,754 1,425 2,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.29% 27.17% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,067 872 1,248
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,625 £80,000
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +4.00%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +19 114 £60,000 -7.69% 90
Lancashire +27 17 £65,000 +44.44% 19
Merseyside -3 15 £60,000 -15.79% 11
Cheshire - 9 £73,500 - 10
Cumbria - 6 £47,500 - 4
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 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.35%) Confluence
3 4 (2.48%) IIS
4 3 (1.86%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.86%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (1.86%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.24%) CMS
5 2 (1.24%) nginx
5 2 (1.24%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Trello
2 2 (1.24%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.86%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 161 (100.00%) Azure
2 41 (25.47%) GitHub
2 41 (25.47%) Power Platform
3 33 (20.50%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (17.39%) AWS
5 27 (16.77%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (12.42%) Power Automate
7 13 (8.07%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (7.45%) PowerApps
9 9 (5.59%) Azure AKS
9 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
9 9 (5.59%) Snowflake
10 8 (4.97%) Boomi
10 8 (4.97%) Serverless
11 7 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (4.35%) Copilot Studio
11 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (3.73%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) Firewall
1 5 (3.11%) SAN
2 3 (1.86%) DNS
2 3 (1.86%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.62%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 21 (13.04%) MongoDB
3 14 (8.70%) Power BI
4 12 (7.45%) SQL Server
5 11 (6.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (3.73%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.11%) MySQL
7 5 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.62%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.62%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.62%) Metadata
10 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (22.98%) JIRA
2 24 (14.91%) Git
3 11 (6.83%) GitLab
4 5 (3.11%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.48%) Postman
6 2 (1.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.24%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.62%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.62%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.62%) MLflow
7 1 (0.62%) NUnit
7 1 (0.62%) Selenium
7 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.18%) Finance
4 13 (8.07%) Retail
5 10 (6.21%) Marketing
5 10 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.59%) Games
7 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.48%) Legal
9 3 (1.86%) Banking
9 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 63 (39.13%) Developer
2 42 (26.09%) Senior
3 20 (12.42%) Azure Engineer
3 20 (12.42%) DevOps Engineer
4 19 (11.80%) .NET Developer
4 19 (11.80%) Senior Developer
5 14 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (7.45%) Analyst
7 11 (6.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.83%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 10 (6.21%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (6.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Data Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Lead
9 9 (5.59%) Senior Data Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Snowflake Engineer
10 8 (4.97%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 8 (4.97%) Software Developer
11 7 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
11 7 (4.35%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (23.60%) .NET
2 31 (19.25%) Terraform
3 29 (18.01%) REST
4 24 (14.91%) ASP.NET
4 24 (14.91%) CSS
4 24 (14.91%) HTML
5 23 (14.29%) .NET Core
6 19 (11.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 19 (11.80%) Entity Framework
7 15 (9.32%) Middleware
8 13 (8.07%) React
9 12 (7.45%) SOAP
10 11 (6.83%) EDI
10 11 (6.83%) JSON
10 11 (6.83%) Node.js
11 10 (6.21%) RESTful
12 9 (5.59%) Blazor
13 8 (4.97%) XML
14 7 (4.35%) .NET Framework
15 6 (3.73%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.21%) Onboarding
1 10 (6.21%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.73%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.11%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.48%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.48%) Social Network
5 3 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.86%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.86%) PMI
6 2 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.62%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.62%) BBC
7 1 (0.62%) Social Media
7 1 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.59%) Linux
2 4 (2.48%) Unix
2 4 (2.48%) Windows
3 1 (0.62%) Android
3 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (100.00%) DevOps
2 87 (54.04%) Agile
2 87 (54.04%) CI/CD
3 38 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (18.63%) AI
4 30 (18.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (18.63%) Mentoring
5 26 (16.15%) Analytics
5 26 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (16.15%) SDLC
6 24 (14.91%) Full-Stack Development
7 22 (13.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 22 (13.66%) Software Engineering
7 22 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (13.04%) Coaching
8 21 (13.04%) CRM
8 21 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
9 19 (11.80%) Roadmaps
9 19 (11.80%) Scrum
10 18 (11.18%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 63 (39.13%) SQL
2 46 (28.57%) C#
3 30 (18.63%) JavaScript
4 28 (17.39%) Python
5 18 (11.18%) PowerShell
6 17 (10.56%) Bash
7 13 (8.07%) Bicep
8 8 (4.97%) Java
9 5 (3.11%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.48%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.86%) C++
11 3 (1.86%) DataWeave
11 3 (1.86%) SOQL
11 3 (1.86%) SOSL
11 3 (1.86%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.24%) PHP
12 2 (1.24%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (4.97%) PMI Certification
2 7 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 7 (4.35%) Degree
2 7 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 7 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.11%) PMP
5 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.62%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.42%) QA
2 9 (5.59%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.97%) TickIT
4 6 (3.73%) PMO
5 1 (0.62%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (9.94%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.48%) Argo
2 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.86%) Grafana
3 3 (1.86%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.24%) Ansible
5 1 (0.62%) Istio
5 1 (0.62%) linkerd
Vendors
1 74 (45.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.73%) VMware
4 3 (1.86%) MuleSoft
4 3 (1.86%) Splunk
4 3 (1.86%) webMethods
5 2 (1.24%) HP
6 1 (0.62%) Apple
6 1 (0.62%) Databricks
6 1 (0.62%) Facebook
6 1 (0.62%) Google
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle
6 1 (0.62%) Sony
6 1 (0.62%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.62%) YouTube