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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 207 118
Rank change year-on-year +66 -89 -14
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 921 498 1,267
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.45% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.13% 5.33% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 777 373 867
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 17,958 9,345 17,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.90% 27.15% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,775 6,516 12,145
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,738 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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
North of England +95 274 £60,000 -7.69% 91
South East +1 222 £60,000 -4.38% 131
North West +85 156 £65,000 - 51
Midlands +17 146 £63,500 +5.83% 61
South West +3 101 £55,000 -4.35% 36
East of England +12 79 £55,500 -11.20% 29
Wales +1 78 £53,171 -5.47% 16
West Midlands -19 74 £65,000 +6.12% 37
East Midlands +33 72 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Yorkshire -7 64 £69,310 +6.63% 30
North East -6 54 £51,310 -6.71% 11
Scotland +6 22 £57,500 -10.85% 17
Northern Ireland -77 1 £72,500 +45.00% 2
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 47 (5.10%) Confluence
2 46 (4.99%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.17%) IIS
5 9 (0.98%) nginx
6 7 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.65%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.54%) Apache
8 5 (0.54%) CMS
9 4 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.43%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.43%) CICS
10 3 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) Luigi
11 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.87%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.87%) Trello
3 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.65%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.54%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.43%) Shopify
5 2 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 921 (100.00%) Azure
2 151 (16.40%) GitHub
3 131 (14.22%) Power Platform
4 125 (13.57%) AWS
5 94 (10.21%) GitHub Actions
6 84 (9.12%) Azure AI
7 68 (7.38%) Serverless
8 62 (6.73%) Azure Monitor
9 60 (6.51%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
11 57 (6.19%) Azure Functions
12 56 (6.08%) Azure Service Bus
12 56 (6.08%) PaaS
13 52 (5.65%) Azure AKS
13 52 (5.65%) Power Automate
14 48 (5.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 46 (4.99%) Entra ID
16 43 (4.67%) SaaS
17 39 (4.23%) Azure Key Vault
17 39 (4.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.71%) Firewall
2 19 (2.06%) VPN
3 13 (1.41%) HTTP
4 12 (1.30%) DNS
4 12 (1.30%) Network Security
5 11 (1.19%) Internet
6 9 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.65%) MQTT
7 6 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.65%) Wireless
7 6 (0.65%) ZigBee
8 5 (0.54%) SAN
9 4 (0.43%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.33%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.22%) VLAN
12 1 (0.11%) BGP
12 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (20.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 157 (17.05%) MongoDB
3 108 (11.73%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.65%) Power BI
5 37 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (2.82%) Relational Database
8 25 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (1.85%) MySQL
9 17 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.52%) Redis
11 12 (1.30%) NoSQL
12 11 (1.19%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.09%) Metadata
14 9 (0.98%) Spark SQL
14 9 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.76%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.65%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 155 (16.83%) Git
2 126 (13.68%) JIRA
3 86 (9.34%) Jenkins
4 62 (6.73%) GitLab
5 43 (4.67%) Selenium
6 36 (3.91%) Cypress.io
7 33 (3.58%) Postman
8 17 (1.85%) Visual Studio
9 16 (1.74%) REST Assured
10 15 (1.63%) NUnit
11 14 (1.52%) fastlane
11 14 (1.52%) JMeter
12 12 (1.30%) Zephyr
13 10 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.98%) MSI
14 9 (0.98%) TestRail
14 9 (0.98%) Xcode
15 8 (0.87%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.76%) GDB
16 7 (0.76%) Gradle
General
1 212 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 132 (14.33%) Finance
3 93 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 83 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (4.89%) Marketing
6 45 (4.89%) Retail
7 29 (3.15%) Advertising
8 28 (3.04%) Law
9 22 (2.39%) Games
10 17 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.52%) Legal
12 11 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.09%) Automotive
13 10 (1.09%) Banking
13 10 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.87%) Aviation
14 8 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 364 (39.52%) Developer
2 184 (19.98%) .NET Developer
3 171 (18.57%) Senior
4 141 (15.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 100 (10.86%) Azure Engineer
6 97 (10.53%) Lead
7 65 (7.06%) Senior Developer
8 54 (5.86%) Analyst
8 54 (5.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 41 (4.45%) Platform Engineer
10 40 (4.34%) Senior DevOps
10 40 (4.34%) Software Engineer
11 39 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
11 39 (4.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 36 (3.91%) Software Developer
13 34 (3.69%) Data Engineer
14 29 (3.15%) Architect
15 23 (2.50%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (2.39%) Lead Developer
17 21 (2.28%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 344 (37.35%) .NET
2 211 (22.91%) ASP.NET
3 196 (21.28%) .NET Core
4 187 (20.30%) ASP.NET Core
5 140 (15.20%) React
6 136 (14.77%) HTML
7 135 (14.66%) RESTful
8 134 (14.55%) CSS
9 106 (11.51%) Entity Framework
10 99 (10.75%) Blazor
11 90 (9.77%) REST
12 82 (8.90%) Node.js
13 81 (8.79%) ML.NET
14 49 (5.32%) Playwright
15 47 (5.10%) ARM Templates
16 42 (4.56%) .NET Framework
17 40 (4.34%) YAML
18 35 (3.80%) LINQ
19 31 (3.37%) Middleware
20 30 (3.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 92 (9.99%) Product Ownership
2 71 (7.71%) Cloud Native
3 49 (5.32%) Mobile App
4 44 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
5 41 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
7 27 (2.93%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.85%) BBC
9 17 (1.85%) iPhone
9 17 (1.85%) Social Media
10 15 (1.63%) Low-Code
10 15 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
12 13 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.30%) Podcast
13 12 (1.30%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.30%) Social Network
14 11 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 84 (9.12%) Linux
2 73 (7.93%) Windows
3 24 (2.61%) Android
4 18 (1.95%) Unix
5 13 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.41%) Ubuntu
5 13 (1.41%) VMS
6 9 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.43%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Debian
9 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (100.00%) DevOps
2 510 (55.37%) CI/CD
3 493 (53.53%) Agile
4 225 (24.43%) AI
5 223 (24.21%) Full-Stack Development
6 203 (22.04%) Infrastructure as Code
7 190 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 180 (19.54%) Scrum
9 167 (18.13%) Test Automation
10 151 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
11 125 (13.57%) Mentoring
12 117 (12.70%) Machine Learning
13 103 (11.18%) SDLC
14 99 (10.75%) Software Engineering
15 96 (10.42%) Observability
16 95 (10.31%) Microservices
17 92 (9.99%) Analytics
18 87 (9.45%) Multithreading
19 85 (9.23%) Platform Engineering
20 83 (9.01%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 347 (37.68%) SQL
2 344 (37.35%) C#
3 193 (20.96%) JavaScript
4 162 (17.59%) Python
5 107 (11.62%) PowerShell
6 106 (11.51%) Bash
7 79 (8.58%) Bicep
8 62 (6.73%) Java
9 41 (4.45%) TypeScript
10 32 (3.47%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.74%) C++
11 16 (1.74%) Go
12 13 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.30%) Swift
14 8 (0.87%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.76%) C
15 7 (0.76%) Ruby
16 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.65%) DataWeave
16 6 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 73 (7.93%) Security Cleared
2 70 (7.60%) Degree
3 61 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.34%) Azure Certification
5 30 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.50%) ISTQB
7 22 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.76%) PMP
13 5 (0.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.43%) CBAP
15 3 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.33%) CSPO
15 3 (0.33%) ISEB
15 3 (0.33%) OCP
15 3 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
16 2 (0.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (12.92%) QA
2 52 (5.65%) Accessibility
3 31 (3.37%) WCAG
4 18 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.74%) GDPR
7 12 (1.30%) TickIT
8 9 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (0.87%) NCSC
10 7 (0.76%) PMO
11 6 (0.65%) JTAG
12 5 (0.54%) SLA
13 4 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.33%) IFRS
14 3 (0.33%) NIST
14 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.22%) GRC
15 2 (0.22%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.22%) Solvency II
16 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 117 (12.70%) Docker
2 46 (4.99%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.30%) vSphere
6 9 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.33%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 227 (24.65%) Terraform
2 101 (10.97%) Kubernetes
3 55 (5.97%) Grafana
4 48 (5.21%) Prometheus
5 47 (5.10%) Ansible
6 19 (2.06%) Argo
7 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.76%) Puppet
9 4 (0.43%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.33%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.33%) Scalr
11 2 (0.22%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.22%) MIIS
11 2 (0.22%) Nessus
11 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.22%) Rancher
11 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.22%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.11%) Consul
12 1 (0.11%) Packer
Vendors
1 423 (45.93%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.43%) Google
3 38 (4.13%) Facebook
4 30 (3.26%) Databricks
5 28 (3.04%) Apple
6 24 (2.61%) Red Hat
7 22 (2.39%) Dynatrace
7 22 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.28%) VMware
8 21 (2.28%) YouTube
9 17 (1.85%) Sony
9 17 (1.85%) Yahoo!
10 13 (1.41%) Oracle
11 12 (1.30%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.19%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.98%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.87%) Foundry
15 7 (0.76%) SAP
16 6 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
17 5 (0.54%) Veracode