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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 163 77
Rank change year-on-year +10 -86 +51
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 79 49 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.76% 1.13% 2.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.31% 3.49% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 65 38 212
10th Percentile £45,500 £40,125 £38,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,813 £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 £83,438 £84,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £68,250 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.10% +10.98% -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 3,419 1,404 3,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.09% 32.31% 34.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,590 900 2,636
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £29,125
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 £77,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.63% +6.96% -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 8 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 8 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 0 47 £70,400 -2.90% 29
Cheshire 0 15 £73,500 +36.74% 1
Lancashire +13 12 £61,250 +53.13% 15
Merseyside -18 4 £70,000 +21.74% 1
Cumbria - 1 £45,000 -
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 (16.46%) Confluence
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.53%) CICS
5 1 (1.27%) CMS
5 1 (1.27%) IIS
5 1 (1.27%) PegaRULES
5 1 (1.27%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (100.00%) Azure
2 28 (35.44%) GitHub
3 17 (21.52%) AWS
4 16 (20.25%) GitHub Actions
4 16 (20.25%) Power Platform
5 13 (16.46%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (15.19%) Boomi
7 6 (7.59%) Azure AKS
7 6 (7.59%) Entra ID
7 6 (7.59%) GCP
8 5 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (5.06%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (3.80%) Azure AI
10 3 (3.80%) Azure Functions
10 3 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (3.80%) Datadog
10 3 (3.80%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.80%) Serverless
10 3 (3.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) Firewall
2 4 (5.06%) DNS
2 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.80%) HTTP
4 1 (1.27%) DHCP
4 1 (1.27%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.27%) LTE
4 1 (1.27%) Network Security
4 1 (1.27%) SAN
4 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.27%) VLAN
4 1 (1.27%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) Power BI
2 12 (15.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (8.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (8.86%) MongoDB
4 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.53%) DB2
6 2 (2.53%) Hazelcast
7 1 (1.27%) MySQL
7 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (37.97%) JIRA
2 10 (12.66%) Jenkins
2 10 (12.66%) Postman
3 9 (11.39%) Git
4 4 (5.06%) GitLab
5 3 (3.80%) Eclipse
5 3 (3.80%) IntelliJ
6 2 (2.53%) Bitbucket
6 2 (2.53%) NUnit
6 2 (2.53%) Selenium
6 2 (2.53%) TestRail
7 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.27%) GDB
7 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.27%) WinDbg
General
1 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.25%) Finance
3 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (16.46%) Retail
5 12 (15.19%) Marketing
6 7 (8.86%) Banking
6 7 (8.86%) Games
6 7 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.59%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.06%) Law
9 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (37.97%) Developer
2 27 (34.18%) Senior
3 15 (18.99%) Senior Developer
4 7 (8.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Head of Testing
4 7 (8.86%) Lead
5 6 (7.59%) .NET Developer
5 6 (7.59%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (7.59%) Scrum Master
5 6 (7.59%) Software Developer
6 5 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Software Delivery Manager
6 5 (6.33%) Software Manager
7 4 (5.06%) Senior DevOps
7 4 (5.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Pega Developer
8 3 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.52%) REST
2 16 (20.25%) .NET
2 16 (20.25%) Middleware
2 16 (20.25%) SOAP
3 13 (16.46%) JSON
4 12 (15.19%) EDI
4 12 (15.19%) XML
5 11 (13.92%) React
6 8 (10.13%) ASP.NET
6 8 (10.13%) RESTful
7 7 (8.86%) .NET Core
7 7 (8.86%) AngularJS
7 7 (8.86%) CSS
7 7 (8.86%) HTML
8 6 (7.59%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (6.33%) ARM Templates
9 5 (6.33%) Entity Framework
10 4 (5.06%) .NET Framework
10 4 (5.06%) CSS3
10 4 (5.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Enterprise Cloud
2 8 (10.13%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.33%) PMI
4 3 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Social Network
5 2 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.53%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.27%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Linux
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 3 (3.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) DevOps
2 51 (64.56%) CI/CD
3 43 (54.43%) Agile
4 25 (31.65%) Roadmaps
5 20 (25.32%) Collaborative Working
6 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (24.05%) Scrum
7 17 (21.52%) Release Management
8 16 (20.25%) Continuous Integration
8 16 (20.25%) CRM
9 15 (18.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (18.99%) Test Automation
10 14 (17.72%) API Integration
10 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (17.72%) SDLC
10 14 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (16.46%) Kanban
11 13 (16.46%) Mentoring
12 12 (15.19%) B2B
12 12 (15.19%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 31 (39.24%) SQL
2 13 (16.46%) Python
3 11 (13.92%) C#
4 10 (12.66%) Bash
5 9 (11.39%) JavaScript
6 7 (8.86%) PowerShell
6 7 (8.86%) TypeScript
7 6 (7.59%) Java
8 5 (6.33%) Bicep
9 3 (3.80%) Go
9 3 (3.80%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.27%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.27%) C++
10 1 (1.27%) SOQL
10 1 (1.27%) SOSL
10 1 (1.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (6.33%) PMI Certification
2 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.27%) Degree
3 1 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) TickIT
2 5 (6.33%) QA
3 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (10.13%) Docker
2 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.27%) Firmware
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (20.25%) Terraform
2 7 (8.86%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.59%) Grafana
3 6 (7.59%) Prometheus
4 4 (5.06%) Ansible
5 3 (3.80%) Argo
6 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (41.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.66%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.80%) Oracle
3 3 (3.80%) Pega
4 2 (2.53%) DevExpress
5 1 (1.27%) Databricks
5 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.27%) Splunk
5 1 (1.27%) VMware