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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 156 119
Rank change year-on-year -18 -37 +5
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 626 503 1,568
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.00% 1.91% 2.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.36% 5.93% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 437 436 1,184
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +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 18,640 8,486 22,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.90% 32.15% 33.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,792 6,313 17,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,633 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -48 163 £50,000 -28.57% 79
North of England -19 142 £60,000 -11.11% 72
Scotland +45 103 £62,500 +8.70% 28
Midlands -56 93 £64,000 -1.54% 38
South West -25 81 £52,500 -19.23% 26
North West -2 66 £70,000 +7.69% 44
West Midlands -55 54 £58,750 -12.96% 21
Yorkshire -55 45 £60,000 -14.29% 17
East Midlands -21 36 £67,000 +3.08% 17
North East -16 31 £50,000 -23.08% 11
East of England -34 24 £70,000 +32.08% 27
Wales -31 20 £53,100 -9.69% 14
Northern Ireland -37 2 £50,000 -
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 25 (3.99%) Confluence
2 19 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.88%) IIS
4 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.48%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.48%) Apache
6 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.80%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.64%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.32%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.16%) Primavera
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 626 (100.00%) Azure
2 198 (31.63%) GitHub
3 110 (17.57%) AWS
4 108 (17.25%) Power Platform
5 106 (16.93%) GitHub Actions
6 59 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (7.99%) Entra ID
8 49 (7.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 46 (7.35%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (7.19%) Serverless
11 44 (7.03%) GitHub Copilot
12 37 (5.91%) Azure Monitor
13 36 (5.75%) GCP
13 36 (5.75%) SaaS
14 35 (5.59%) Snowflake
15 33 (5.27%) dbt
16 30 (4.79%) PaaS
17 28 (4.47%) Azure AKS
17 28 (4.47%) Azure Service Bus
17 28 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.75%) Firewall
2 26 (4.15%) DNS
3 19 (3.04%) HTTP
3 19 (3.04%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.28%) Network Security
5 3 (0.48%) BGP
6 2 (0.32%) SSL
7 1 (0.16%) DHCP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.16%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.16%) LTE
7 1 (0.16%) MPLS
7 1 (0.16%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 63 (10.06%) Power BI
3 29 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 29 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (3.67%) NoSQL
4 23 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.72%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.08%) DynamoDB
7 12 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.44%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.44%) Tableau
10 8 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.28%) Metadata
11 7 (1.12%) Spark SQL
12 6 (0.96%) Power Query
12 6 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (0.64%) MySQL
14 3 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 97 (15.50%) JIRA
2 95 (15.18%) Git
3 77 (12.30%) Jenkins
4 41 (6.55%) Selenium
5 31 (4.95%) GitLab
6 27 (4.31%) Cypress.io
7 17 (2.72%) Postman
8 16 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (1.76%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.44%) Robot Framework
11 8 (1.28%) TestRail
11 8 (1.28%) Zephyr
12 7 (1.12%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.12%) Snyk
13 6 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.96%) JMeter
13 6 (0.96%) NUnit
14 5 (0.80%) XCUITest
15 4 (0.64%) MLflow
15 4 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 188 (30.03%) Finance
2 146 (23.32%) Social Skills
3 117 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.31%) Law
6 26 (4.15%) Marketing
6 26 (4.15%) Retail
7 24 (3.83%) Billing
8 21 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.24%) Legal
11 11 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.28%) Automotive
12 8 (1.28%) Banking
13 7 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.96%) Games
15 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.48%) Advertising
17 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 150 (23.96%) Developer
2 131 (20.93%) Senior
3 97 (15.50%) Azure Engineer
3 97 (15.50%) DevOps Engineer
4 79 (12.62%) Lead
5 47 (7.51%) Cloud Engineer
6 43 (6.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 40 (6.39%) Analyst
8 32 (5.11%) .NET Developer
9 30 (4.79%) Senior Developer
10 26 (4.15%) Architect
11 23 (3.67%) Applications Engineer
12 21 (3.35%) Power Platform Developer
12 21 (3.35%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
13 20 (3.19%) Senior DevOps
13 20 (3.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.04%) Data Engineer
14 19 (3.04%) Software Engineer
14 19 (3.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (22.68%) .NET
2 73 (11.66%) React
3 71 (11.34%) RESTful
4 61 (9.74%) ASP.NET
5 59 (9.42%) REST
6 50 (7.99%) .NET Core
7 49 (7.83%) CSS
7 49 (7.83%) HTML
8 47 (7.51%) SOAP
9 46 (7.35%) OAuth
10 39 (6.23%) ASP.NET Core
11 36 (5.75%) Playwright
12 35 (5.59%) JSON
13 34 (5.43%) Node.js
14 30 (4.79%) YAML
15 25 (3.99%) ARM Templates
15 25 (3.99%) Blazor
15 25 (3.99%) OAuth2
16 23 (3.67%) .NET Framework
17 22 (3.51%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.98%) Cloud Native
2 71 (11.34%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (4.47%) Mobile App
5 26 (4.15%) Low-Code
6 23 (3.67%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.64%) PMI
13 4 (0.64%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.64%) Social Network
14 3 (0.48%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.48%) Life Science
14 3 (0.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.31%) Linux
2 40 (6.39%) Windows
3 11 (1.76%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.28%) Unix
5 3 (0.48%) Android
5 3 (0.48%) VMS
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (100.00%) DevOps
2 384 (61.34%) CI/CD
3 323 (51.60%) Agile
4 188 (30.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 169 (27.00%) Test Automation
6 130 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (17.73%) Coaching
9 101 (16.13%) AI
10 96 (15.34%) Mentoring
11 89 (14.22%) Asset Management
11 89 (14.22%) Scrum
12 86 (13.74%) Containerisation
12 86 (13.74%) Data Modelling
13 81 (12.94%) Observability
14 74 (11.82%) Software Engineering
15 72 (11.50%) SDLC
16 65 (10.38%) Deployment Automation
17 64 (10.22%) Analytics
17 64 (10.22%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 191 (30.51%) SQL
2 143 (22.84%) Python
3 133 (21.25%) C#
4 85 (13.58%) JavaScript
5 80 (12.78%) PowerShell
6 78 (12.46%) Bash
7 42 (6.71%) Bicep
8 38 (6.07%) Java
9 30 (4.79%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.35%) Go
11 20 (3.19%) PL/SQL
12 19 (3.04%) Apex Code
13 18 (2.88%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.92%) T-SQL
15 8 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (1.12%) Swift
17 5 (0.80%) C++
18 4 (0.64%) VB
18 4 (0.64%) VB.NET
19 3 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (9.90%) Degree
2 45 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 23 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.35%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.88%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.88%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.24%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.08%) HND
8 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.76%) AWS Certified Developer
10 7 (1.12%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.64%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.48%) PMP
14 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.16%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.86%) QA
2 51 (8.15%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.83%) GDPR
4 12 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.92%) SLA
5 9 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.28%) TickIT
7 7 (1.12%) WCAG
8 3 (0.48%) GRC
8 3 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS
9 2 (0.32%) NCSC
9 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) PMO
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 90 (14.38%) Docker
2 31 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 202 (32.27%) Terraform
2 58 (9.27%) Kubernetes
3 52 (8.31%) Ansible
4 45 (7.19%) Grafana
5 40 (6.39%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.80%) Argo
8 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.48%) Puppet
8 3 (0.48%) Scalr
9 2 (0.32%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.32%) MIIS
9 2 (0.32%) Nessus
10 1 (0.16%) CASB
10 1 (0.16%) Consul
10 1 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 222 (35.46%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.79%) Salesforce
3 25 (3.99%) Oracle
4 20 (3.19%) Databricks
4 20 (3.19%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.08%) Adobe
5 13 (2.08%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.92%) Freshdesk
6 12 (1.92%) Nintex
7 10 (1.60%) Ab Initio
7 10 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (1.44%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.28%) Apple
9 8 (1.28%) Okta
10 7 (1.12%) Black Duck
10 7 (1.12%) Coverity
11 5 (0.80%) Google
12 4 (0.64%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.64%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (0.64%) ServiceNow