Azure DevOps Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 106 134
Rank change year-on-year -27 +28 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 691 839 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.38% 2.73% 2.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.48% 8.10% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 399 503 1,011
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +11.11% -2.50%
75th Percentile £69,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,437 10,358 18,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.91% 33.70% 35.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,666 6,086 14,883
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,738
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,588 £85,900 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
South East -2 246 £50,000 -24.53% 105
Scotland +59 149 £57,000 +8.57% 24
North of England -33 107 £53,500 -20.74% 80
Midlands -51 81 £60,000 -7.69% 44
South West -74 75 £47,500 -28.30% 34
West Midlands -45 57 £60,000 -11.11% 29
Yorkshire -45 39 £52,500 -25.00% 24
North West -33 38 £63,000 -3.08% 48
North East +11 30 £50,000 -23.08% 10
East Midlands -20 21 £65,000 - 15
Wales -13 16 £55,000 -15.38% 4
East of England -45 14 £65,000 +30.00% 15
Northern Ireland -27 3 £56,250 +12.50%
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (3.47%) IIS
2 22 (3.18%) Confluence
3 14 (2.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.58%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Appian
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (2.60%) MS Visio
2 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (9.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (4.49%) Oracle ERP
3 26 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 622 (90.01%) Azure
2 222 (32.13%) GitHub
3 128 (18.52%) Power Platform
4 107 (15.48%) AWS
5 104 (15.05%) GitHub Actions
6 59 (8.54%) GitHub Copilot
7 58 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (7.81%) Entra ID
9 49 (7.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 49 (7.09%) Snowflake
10 42 (6.08%) dbt
11 41 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
13 39 (5.64%) Serverless
14 38 (5.50%) PaaS
14 38 (5.50%) SaaS
15 37 (5.35%) Power Automate
16 34 (4.92%) GCP
17 31 (4.49%) OCI
18 29 (4.20%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.50%) Firewall
2 35 (5.07%) DNS
3 18 (2.60%) HTTP
3 18 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.16%) VPN
5 5 (0.72%) WAN
6 4 (0.58%) BGP
6 4 (0.58%) VLAN
7 3 (0.43%) DHCP
7 3 (0.43%) Network Security
7 3 (0.43%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.29%) IPsec
8 2 (0.29%) OSPF
8 2 (0.29%) SSL
8 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.29%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.14%) AMQP
9 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
9 1 (0.14%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.27%) Power BI
2 69 (9.99%) SQL Server
3 38 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (2.89%) Tableau
5 19 (2.75%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.88%) DynamoDB
8 13 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.16%) Metadata
11 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.72%) Power Query
14 4 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.43%) Airbyte
15 3 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 147 (21.27%) JIRA
2 93 (13.46%) Git
3 86 (12.45%) Jenkins
4 69 (9.99%) eCATT
5 40 (5.79%) Selenium
6 38 (5.50%) NeoLoad
7 31 (4.49%) Oracle Forms
8 23 (3.33%) Cypress.io
9 20 (2.89%) GitLab
9 20 (2.89%) Robot Framework
10 19 (2.75%) Snyk
11 7 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.01%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.72%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.58%) Postman
14 3 (0.43%) git-flow
14 3 (0.43%) MLflow
14 3 (0.43%) NUnit
14 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 310 (44.86%) Finance
2 151 (21.85%) Social Skills
3 121 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (12.30%) Marketing
5 75 (10.85%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
7 46 (6.66%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (4.20%) Law
9 24 (3.47%) Billing
10 23 (3.33%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.46%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.59%) Legal
12 11 (1.59%) Retail
13 10 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.16%) Banking
14 8 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.58%) Advertising
15 4 (0.58%) Front Office
15 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 147 (21.27%) Senior
2 131 (18.96%) Developer
3 97 (14.04%) Analyst
4 92 (13.31%) Lead
5 74 (10.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 69 (9.99%) Azure Engineer
7 63 (9.12%) Cloud Engineer
8 38 (5.50%) Applications Engineer
9 36 (5.21%) Test Leader
10 35 (5.07%) Software Engineer
11 28 (4.05%) Power Platform Developer
12 26 (3.76%) .NET Developer
13 25 (3.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.33%) Test Analyst
15 22 (3.18%) Architect
15 22 (3.18%) Business Analyst
15 22 (3.18%) Platform Engineer
16 20 (2.89%) Applications Developer
16 20 (2.89%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 17 (2.46%) Automation Test Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (22.14%) .NET
2 74 (10.71%) RESTful
3 60 (8.68%) React
4 50 (7.24%) ASP.NET
4 50 (7.24%) OAuth
5 44 (6.37%) SOAP
6 41 (5.93%) .NET Core
7 39 (5.64%) JSON
8 37 (5.35%) REST
9 33 (4.78%) .NET Framework
9 33 (4.78%) CSS
9 33 (4.78%) HTML
9 33 (4.78%) OAuth2
10 32 (4.63%) YAML
11 26 (3.76%) ASP.NET Core
11 26 (3.76%) Lightning Web Components
11 26 (3.76%) Playwright
12 22 (3.18%) AngularJS
13 19 (2.75%) Blazor
13 19 (2.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (14.76%) Cloud Native
2 85 (12.30%) Product Ownership
3 47 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (4.49%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.33%) Mobile App
6 22 (3.18%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.01%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.72%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.58%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
15 3 (0.43%) AI Agents
15 3 (0.43%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.38%) Windows
2 36 (5.21%) Linux
3 11 (1.59%) Ubuntu
4 7 (1.01%) VMS
5 4 (0.58%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Unix
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (90.01%) DevOps
2 374 (54.12%) CI/CD
3 352 (50.94%) Agile
4 194 (28.08%) Test Automation
5 178 (25.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 163 (23.59%) Coaching
6 163 (23.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 142 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
8 136 (19.68%) Asset Management
9 117 (16.93%) Mentoring
10 114 (16.50%) AI
11 105 (15.20%) Roadmaps
12 92 (13.31%) ERP
13 91 (13.17%) Test Management
14 89 (12.88%) Containerisation
15 84 (12.16%) Data Modelling
15 84 (12.16%) Software Engineering
16 80 (11.58%) Clean Code
17 79 (11.43%) Observability
18 73 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 210 (30.39%) SQL
2 153 (22.14%) Python
3 139 (20.12%) C#
4 93 (13.46%) PowerShell
5 69 (9.99%) JavaScript
6 65 (9.41%) Bash
7 47 (6.80%) Bicep
8 39 (5.64%) Java
9 35 (5.07%) TypeScript
10 32 (4.63%) Shell Script
11 31 (4.49%) PL/SQL
12 26 (3.76%) Apex Code
13 20 (2.89%) Go
14 18 (2.60%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.72%) C++
17 4 (0.58%) VB
18 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
19 2 (0.29%) Delphi
19 2 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 66 (9.55%) Degree
2 45 (6.51%) Security Cleared
3 33 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.33%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.75%) ISTQB
7 15 (2.17%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.88%) HND
8 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.72%) PMP
13 4 (0.58%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.29%) CCNP
15 2 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (12.59%) QA
2 45 (6.51%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.75%) GDPR
4 14 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.74%) SLA
6 10 (1.45%) PMO
7 6 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.72%) NCSC
8 5 (0.72%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.29%) WCAG
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (10.85%) Docker
2 38 (5.50%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 214 (30.97%) Terraform
2 69 (9.99%) HP ALM
3 60 (8.68%) Kubernetes
4 59 (8.54%) Ansible
5 32 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (4.34%) Grafana
6 30 (4.34%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.29%) Nessus
8 2 (0.29%) Puppet
9 1 (0.14%) Argo
9 1 (0.14%) CASB
9 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 200 (28.94%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.99%) HP
2 69 (9.99%) SAP
3 34 (4.92%) Oracle
4 30 (4.34%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.60%) Black Duck
5 18 (2.60%) Coverity
5 18 (2.60%) Okta
6 15 (2.17%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.03%) Ab Initio
7 14 (2.03%) Databricks
8 12 (1.74%) Adobe
8 12 (1.74%) Freshdesk
8 12 (1.74%) Nintex
8 12 (1.74%) Sage
8 12 (1.74%) Xamarin
9 8 (1.16%) VMware
10 7 (1.01%) Google
11 6 (0.87%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.87%) SolarWinds