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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 117 | 170 | 120 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | -50 | -68 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps | 160 | 47 | 118 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 1.24% | 0.99% | 1.67% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.89% | 3.30% | 5.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 133 | 34 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £50,825 | £40,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £57,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +8.33% | -8.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,750 | £77,500 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,050 | £89,100 | £110,000 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,750 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.14% | -2.59% | +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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 2,716 | 1,425 | 2,021 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 21.02% | 30.16% | 28.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,061 | 879 | 1,142 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,250 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,000 | £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 | £78,312 | £70,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £82,500 | £82,090 |
| England median annual salary | £63,076 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.70% | -11.54% | +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 Salary Trend in the North West
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 20 October 2026.
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 20 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 | +12 | 115 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 73 |
| Lancashire | +16 | 18 | £65,000 | +44.44% | 7 |
| Merseyside | -4 | 16 | £60,000 | -15.79% | 2 |
| Cheshire | - | 6 | £64,250 | - | 6 |
| Cumbria | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | |
| Azure DevOps England |
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Azure DevOps Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 160 |
| 2 | Power Platform | 24.4% | 39 |
| 3 | GitHub | 20.0% | 32 |
| 4 | Dynamics 365 | 19.4% | 31 |
| 5 | AWS | 17.5% | 28 |
| 6 | GitHub Actions | 14.4% | 23 |
| 7 | Power Automate | 13.8% | 22 |
| 8 | PowerApps | 8.8% | 14 |
| 9 | Microsoft 365 | 8.1% | 13 |
| 10 | Azure Monitor | 6.9% | 11 |
| 11 | Azure AI | 5.6% | 9 |
| 12 | Azure Service Bus | 5.0% | 8 |
| 12 | Copilot Studio | 5.0% | 8 |
| 12 | Microsoft Copilot | 5.0% | 8 |
| 12 | Serverless | 5.0% | 8 |
| 12 | Snowflake | 5.0% | 8 |
| 17 | Azure AKS | 4.4% | 7 |
| 17 | Azure Key Vault | 4.4% | 7 |
| 17 | Entra ID | 4.4% | 7 |
| 20 | Amazon CloudWatch | 3.8% | 6 |