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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 181 120
Rank change year-on-year +3 -61 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 657 498 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.99% 1.74% 2.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 5.68% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 480 406 1,164
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,938 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,813 £78,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,925
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year - +9.76% -5.38%

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 19,227 8,767 22,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.01% 30.71% 33.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,167 6,257 17,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £38,375 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,875 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +5.87% -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 7 May 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 7 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
South East -32 165 £50,000 -25.93% 102
North of England -4 160 £65,000 -7.14% 77
Midlands -8 102 £65,000 - 40
Scotland +52 91 £62,500 +8.70% 15
North West +12 78 £70,000 +3.70% 36
South West -38 76 £52,373 -19.43% 17
West Midlands -36 56 £61,000 -6.15% 20
Yorkshire -49 49 £64,655 -7.64% 19
East Midlands -1 43 £67,500 +35.00% 20
North East -3 33 £50,000 -16.67% 22
Wales -17 32 £53,100 +0.97% 19
East of England -15 31 £62,500 +13.64% 29
Northern Ireland -38 2 £72,500 +45.00% 3
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 (3.65%) Confluence
2 21 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.59%) IIS
4 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.76%) Apache
6 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.46%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.30%) CICS
8 2 (0.30%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.76%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.30%) Trello
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.76%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 657 (100.00%) Azure
2 176 (26.79%) GitHub
3 116 (17.66%) Power Platform
4 115 (17.50%) AWS
5 93 (14.16%) GitHub Actions
6 63 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (7.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 49 (7.46%) Entra ID
9 43 (6.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 42 (6.39%) Serverless
11 39 (5.94%) GCP
12 38 (5.78%) Azure AKS
13 37 (5.63%) GitHub Copilot
14 35 (5.33%) Azure Monitor
14 35 (5.33%) SaaS
15 33 (5.02%) Azure Service Bus
16 31 (4.72%) Snowflake
17 29 (4.41%) dbt
18 28 (4.26%) PaaS
19 27 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.63%) Firewall
2 22 (3.35%) DNS
3 19 (2.89%) HTTP
3 19 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.67%) Network Security
5 3 (0.46%) BGP
6 2 (0.30%) SSL
7 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 67 (10.20%) Power BI
3 40 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (5.48%) MongoDB
5 32 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (3.20%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.67%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.52%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.52%) Metadata
10 10 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.37%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.37%) Tableau
12 7 (1.07%) Power Query
12 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 103 (15.68%) JIRA
2 94 (14.31%) Git
3 82 (12.48%) Jenkins
4 44 (6.70%) GitLab
5 38 (5.78%) Selenium
6 27 (4.11%) Cypress.io
7 19 (2.89%) Postman
8 16 (2.44%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (1.52%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.37%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.37%) Zephyr
11 8 (1.22%) JMeter
12 7 (1.07%) TestRail
13 6 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.91%) NUnit
14 5 (0.76%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.76%) Gatling
14 5 (0.76%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.76%) Robot Framework
14 5 (0.76%) SonarQube
General
1 173 (26.33%) Finance
2 144 (21.92%) Social Skills
3 110 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.87%) Retail
6 29 (4.41%) Marketing
7 28 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.81%) Law
9 24 (3.65%) Billing
10 18 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.28%) Legal
12 12 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.67%) Automotive
14 9 (1.37%) Advertising
14 9 (1.37%) Games
15 8 (1.22%) Banking
15 8 (1.22%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.46%) Aerospace
18 2 (0.30%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 166 (25.27%) Developer
2 148 (22.53%) Senior
3 125 (19.03%) DevOps Engineer
4 105 (15.98%) Azure Engineer
5 85 (12.94%) Lead
6 50 (7.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 49 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 42 (6.39%) .NET Developer
9 41 (6.24%) Analyst
10 38 (5.78%) Senior Developer
11 34 (5.18%) Senior DevOps
12 33 (5.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 27 (4.11%) Architect
14 24 (3.65%) Data Engineer
14 24 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
15 21 (3.20%) Power Platform Developer
15 21 (3.20%) Software Developer
15 21 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
16 20 (3.04%) Applications Support
16 20 (3.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (22.98%) .NET
2 77 (11.72%) React
3 70 (10.65%) RESTful
4 68 (10.35%) ASP.NET
5 65 (9.89%) REST
6 57 (8.68%) .NET Core
7 56 (8.52%) CSS
7 56 (8.52%) HTML
8 51 (7.76%) ASP.NET Core
9 50 (7.61%) SOAP
10 48 (7.31%) Node.js
11 41 (6.24%) OAuth
12 36 (5.48%) JSON
12 36 (5.48%) Playwright
13 28 (4.26%) YAML
14 27 (4.11%) ARM Templates
14 27 (4.11%) Blazor
15 26 (3.96%) Middleware
16 23 (3.50%) OAuth2
17 22 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.35%) Cloud Native
1 68 (10.35%) Product Ownership
2 35 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (4.11%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.96%) Low-Code
5 22 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.76%) PMI
11 5 (0.76%) Social Network
12 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.61%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.46%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.46%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (10.20%) Linux
2 41 (6.24%) Windows
3 18 (2.74%) Unix
4 14 (2.13%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.61%) Android
6 4 (0.61%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.46%) VMS
7 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 657 (100.00%) DevOps
2 399 (60.73%) CI/CD
3 324 (49.32%) Agile
4 182 (27.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 174 (26.48%) Test Automation
6 128 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 121 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (17.20%) AI
9 112 (17.05%) Coaching
10 104 (15.83%) Scrum
11 102 (15.53%) Mentoring
12 92 (14.00%) Data Modelling
13 84 (12.79%) Observability
14 80 (12.18%) Containerisation
15 75 (11.42%) Asset Management
16 74 (11.26%) SDLC
17 71 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
18 67 (10.20%) Microservices
19 64 (9.74%) Deployment Automation
20 63 (9.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 201 (30.59%) SQL
2 155 (23.59%) Python
3 137 (20.85%) C#
4 88 (13.39%) JavaScript
5 85 (12.94%) Bash
6 78 (11.87%) PowerShell
7 48 (7.31%) Java
8 36 (5.48%) Bicep
9 27 (4.11%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.20%) Go
11 20 (3.04%) PL/SQL
12 18 (2.74%) Apex Code
12 18 (2.74%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.52%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.07%) Swift
16 5 (0.76%) C++
17 4 (0.61%) Scala
17 4 (0.61%) VB
18 3 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (8.98%) Degree
2 45 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 27 (4.11%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.28%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.28%) ISTQB
6 13 (1.98%) HND
7 12 (1.83%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.22%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.07%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.61%) BC Cleared
12 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.30%) PMP
13 2 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.15%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.20%) QA
2 51 (7.76%) Accessibility
3 26 (3.96%) GDPR
4 12 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.83%) SLA
4 12 (1.83%) TickIT
5 11 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.91%) WCAG
7 3 (0.46%) GRC
7 3 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.46%) IFRS
7 3 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.30%) PMO
8 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) JTAG
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (13.39%) Docker
2 32 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 217 (33.03%) Terraform
2 60 (9.13%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.76%) Ansible
4 48 (7.31%) Grafana
5 41 (6.24%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (2.28%) Argo
8 4 (0.61%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.61%) Puppet
9 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.46%) Scalr
10 2 (0.30%) MIIS
11 1 (0.15%) CASB
11 1 (0.15%) Consul
11 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.15%) Nessus
11 1 (0.15%) Packer
11 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 237 (36.07%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.57%) Salesforce
3 26 (3.96%) Databricks
4 25 (3.81%) Oracle
5 23 (3.50%) Red Hat
6 13 (1.98%) Adobe
6 13 (1.98%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.83%) Freshdesk
7 12 (1.83%) Nintex
8 11 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.52%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.37%) Apple
11 8 (1.22%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.22%) Okta
12 7 (1.07%) Google
13 6 (0.91%) Facebook
14 5 (0.76%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.61%) Fortinet
15 4 (0.61%) Veracode
16 3 (0.46%) Yahoo!