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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 193 133
Rank change year-on-year +37 -60 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 737 476 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.11% 1.61% 2.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.58% 5.59% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 617 353 1,149
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £84,250 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 16,099 8,514 23,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.15% 28.75% 30.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,225 5,848 17,944
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,840 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +53 215 £62,500 -10.71% 58
South East -9 193 £57,500 -11.54% 97
Midlands +18 123 £65,000 +8.33% 51
North West +72 119 £69,310 +2.68% 31
South West -22 78 £55,000 -4.35% 24
West Midlands -24 62 £65,000 +8.33% 30
East Midlands +21 59 £65,000 +13.04% 21
East of England +7 57 £56,000 -2.61% 34
Yorkshire -34 51 £69,305 -0.99% 18
North East 0 45 £47,500 -13.64% 9
Wales -20 40 £53,135 -18.25% 9
Scotland +29 31 £62,500 - 19
Northern Ireland -30 2 £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 33 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.21%) Confluence
3 18 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (2.31%) IIS
5 7 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.68%) Apache
7 4 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.54%) nginx
8 3 (0.41%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.41%) WordPress
9 2 (0.27%) CICS
9 2 (0.27%) CMS
9 2 (0.27%) Luigi
9 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 15 (2.04%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.95%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.68%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.27%) Magento
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 737 (100.00%) Azure
2 143 (19.40%) GitHub
3 122 (16.55%) Power Platform
4 114 (15.47%) AWS
5 89 (12.08%) GitHub Actions
6 59 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (6.78%) Azure AKS
8 49 (6.65%) Azure AI
9 48 (6.51%) Serverless
10 47 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
11 46 (6.24%) PaaS
12 45 (6.11%) Entra ID
13 44 (5.97%) SaaS
14 43 (5.83%) Azure Logic Apps
15 37 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
16 36 (4.88%) Azure Functions
16 36 (4.88%) GCP
17 34 (4.61%) Azure Service Bus
18 31 (4.21%) IaaS
19 28 (3.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.61%) Firewall
2 19 (2.58%) DNS
3 17 (2.31%) HTTP
4 15 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.36%) Network Security
6 7 (0.95%) VPN
7 4 (0.54%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.54%) Internet
7 4 (0.54%) MQTT
7 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.54%) Wireless
7 4 (0.54%) ZigBee
8 3 (0.41%) BGP
8 3 (0.41%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.41%) SAN
9 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.14%) LTE
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
9 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (16.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 95 (12.89%) MongoDB
3 84 (11.40%) SQL Server
4 67 (9.09%) Power BI
5 30 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (2.17%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.36%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.22%) Metadata
11 9 (1.22%) MySQL
12 7 (0.95%) Power Query
12 7 (0.95%) Redis
13 5 (0.68%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 108 (14.65%) Git
2 89 (12.08%) JIRA
3 77 (10.45%) Jenkins
4 50 (6.78%) GitLab
5 39 (5.29%) Selenium
6 32 (4.34%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.85%) Postman
8 14 (1.90%) fastlane
9 12 (1.63%) REST Assured
9 12 (1.63%) Visual Studio
10 11 (1.49%) Zephyr
11 10 (1.36%) JMeter
12 9 (1.22%) Xcode
13 7 (0.95%) TestRail
14 6 (0.81%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.81%) Crashlytics
14 6 (0.81%) Gradle
14 6 (0.81%) NUnit
15 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.68%) GDB
General
1 137 (18.59%) Social Skills
2 115 (15.60%) Finance
3 83 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (9.63%) Public Sector
5 54 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.88%) Retail
7 32 (4.34%) Marketing
8 24 (3.26%) Law
9 20 (2.71%) Billing
10 16 (2.17%) Games
11 15 (2.04%) Advertising
11 15 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.63%) Legal
13 10 (1.36%) Automotive
13 10 (1.36%) Banking
14 9 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.22%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.81%) Aviation
17 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 257 (34.87%) Developer
2 139 (18.86%) DevOps Engineer
2 139 (18.86%) Senior
3 107 (14.52%) Azure Engineer
4 106 (14.38%) .NET Developer
5 82 (11.13%) Lead
6 55 (7.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 50 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 42 (5.70%) Analyst
9 40 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
10 37 (5.02%) Senior DevOps
11 36 (4.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 33 (4.48%) Software Engineer
13 32 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
14 29 (3.93%) Data Engineer
15 27 (3.66%) Architect
15 27 (3.66%) Software Developer
16 23 (3.12%) Systems Engineer
17 20 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
17 20 (2.71%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (31.89%) .NET
2 135 (18.32%) ASP.NET
3 116 (15.74%) .NET Core
4 114 (15.47%) ASP.NET Core
5 102 (13.84%) React
6 98 (13.30%) HTML
7 96 (13.03%) CSS
8 86 (11.67%) RESTful
9 68 (9.23%) REST
10 65 (8.82%) Node.js
11 60 (8.14%) Entity Framework
12 57 (7.73%) Blazor
13 46 (6.24%) ML.NET
14 41 (5.56%) Playwright
15 38 (5.16%) YAML
16 36 (4.88%) ARM Templates
17 31 (4.21%) Middleware
18 27 (3.66%) SOAP
19 26 (3.53%) JSON
20 24 (3.26%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 51 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 46 (6.24%) Mobile App
4 25 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.31%) Low-Code
6 17 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (1.76%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.49%) BBC
9 11 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.49%) Social Media
10 10 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.36%) iPhone
11 9 (1.22%) Social Network
12 7 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.81%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 80 (10.85%) Linux
2 41 (5.56%) Windows
3 17 (2.31%) Android
3 17 (2.31%) Ubuntu
3 17 (2.31%) Unix
4 14 (1.90%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.68%) VMS
6 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (100.00%) DevOps
2 426 (57.80%) CI/CD
3 355 (48.17%) Agile
4 174 (23.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 149 (20.22%) Test Automation
6 144 (19.54%) Full-Stack Development
7 143 (19.40%) AI
8 136 (18.45%) Scrum
9 131 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 117 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (13.70%) Mentoring
12 79 (10.72%) SDLC
13 78 (10.58%) Analytics
14 77 (10.45%) Observability
15 76 (10.31%) Machine Learning
16 75 (10.18%) Kanban
17 71 (9.63%) Coaching
18 69 (9.36%) Containerisation
19 67 (9.09%) Microservices
20 66 (8.96%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 249 (33.79%) SQL
2 232 (31.48%) C#
3 147 (19.95%) Python
4 138 (18.72%) JavaScript
5 102 (13.84%) Bash
6 84 (11.40%) PowerShell
7 51 (6.92%) Java
8 50 (6.78%) Bicep
9 30 (4.07%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.44%) Go
11 14 (1.90%) C++
11 14 (1.90%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.76%) Swift
13 8 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.68%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.54%) Scala
16 4 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 65 (8.82%) Degree
2 46 (6.24%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.12%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.90%) ISTQB
6 14 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.49%) HND
8 8 (1.09%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.09%) PMI Certification
9 7 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.27%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.27%) PMP
11 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.14%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.99%) QA
2 59 (8.01%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.99%) WCAG
4 17 (2.31%) GDPR
5 13 (1.76%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.63%) TickIT
7 11 (1.49%) SLA
8 9 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.54%) JTAG
10 3 (0.41%) GRC
10 3 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.41%) IFRS
10 3 (0.41%) PMO
10 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.27%) NCSC
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (11.53%) Docker
2 32 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 200 (27.14%) Terraform
2 67 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 51 (6.92%) Grafana
4 46 (6.24%) Ansible
5 43 (5.83%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.58%) Argo
7 4 (0.54%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.54%) Puppet
8 3 (0.41%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.41%) Scalr
8 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) MIIS
10 1 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.14%) Consul
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) linkerd
10 1 (0.14%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 314 (42.61%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.93%) Databricks
2 29 (3.93%) Google
3 24 (3.26%) Red Hat
4 23 (3.12%) Apple
4 23 (3.12%) Dynatrace
4 23 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.99%) Facebook
6 11 (1.49%) Adobe
6 11 (1.49%) Sony
6 11 (1.49%) VMware
6 11 (1.49%) Yahoo!
6 11 (1.49%) YouTube
7 10 (1.36%) Freshdesk
7 10 (1.36%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.36%) Nintex
7 10 (1.36%) Oracle
8 9 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.54%) Veracode