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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 93 129
Rank change year-on-year -33 +36 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 694 939 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 2.72% 2.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.90% 8.24% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 383 527 958
10th Percentile £38,800 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,623 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +9.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £67,625 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -5.30%

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 14,163 11,400 16,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.30% 33.06% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,072 6,185 13,980
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,499
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% -6.37%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%

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 1 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 1 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 +1 239 £50,000 -23.08% 102
Scotland +72 170 £57,000 +3.64% 22
North of England -46 103 £55,000 -18.19% 79
Midlands -56 76 £60,000 -7.69% 43
South West -75 67 £47,500 -26.92% 28
West Midlands -51 55 £58,000 -10.77% 27
Yorkshire -35 38 £55,000 -19.84% 24
North West -13 36 £65,000 - 48
North East +6 29 £50,000 -27.27% 7
Wales -4 23 £55,000 -15.38% 13
East Midlands -7 18 £65,000 - 15
East of England -40 14 £65,000 +30.00% 20
Northern Ireland -15 2 £56,250 - 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 29 (4.18%) Confluence
2 25 (3.60%) IIS
3 17 (2.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.86%) 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 24 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.02%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.29%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (9.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (5.33%) Oracle ERP
3 30 (4.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 625 (90.06%) Azure
2 221 (31.84%) GitHub
3 125 (18.01%) Power Platform
4 104 (14.99%) AWS
5 91 (13.11%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (9.37%) GitHub Copilot
7 57 (8.21%) Snowflake
8 56 (8.07%) Entra ID
9 48 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
10 45 (6.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 45 (6.48%) dbt
11 44 (6.34%) Azure Data Factory
11 44 (6.34%) Azure Monitor
12 39 (5.62%) SaaS
12 39 (5.62%) Serverless
13 37 (5.33%) OCI
14 36 (5.19%) Power Automate
15 34 (4.90%) PaaS
16 32 (4.61%) Azure Key Vault
17 30 (4.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.90%) Firewall
2 33 (4.76%) DNS
3 12 (1.73%) HTTP
3 12 (1.73%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.73%) VPN
4 6 (0.86%) WAN
5 5 (0.72%) VLAN
6 4 (0.58%) DHCP
6 4 (0.58%) Network Security
6 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) BGP
7 3 (0.43%) IPsec
7 3 (0.43%) OSPF
7 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.43%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.29%) SSL
9 1 (0.14%) AMQP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.24%) Power BI
2 76 (10.95%) SQL Server
3 47 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.18%) Tableau
5 23 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (2.74%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.02%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (1.87%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.15%) Metadata
12 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.01%) 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
1 158 (22.77%) JIRA
2 97 (13.98%) Git
3 82 (11.82%) Jenkins
4 69 (9.94%) eCATT
5 38 (5.48%) NeoLoad
6 37 (5.33%) Oracle Forms
7 36 (5.19%) Selenium
8 20 (2.88%) Robot Framework
9 19 (2.74%) Snyk
10 17 (2.45%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.02%) GitLab
12 8 (1.15%) TeamCity
13 7 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.72%) Postman
14 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.58%) NUnit
16 3 (0.43%) MLflow
16 3 (0.43%) MSTest
16 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 330 (47.55%) Finance
2 152 (21.90%) Social Skills
3 119 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (13.11%) Marketing
5 72 (10.37%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.49%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (6.34%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (2.88%) Law
9 19 (2.74%) Billing
9 19 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.86%) Banking
12 6 (0.86%) Retail
13 5 (0.72%) Legal
14 4 (0.58%) Advertising
14 4 (0.58%) Front Office
14 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 161 (23.20%) Senior
2 129 (18.59%) Developer
3 102 (14.70%) Analyst
4 87 (12.54%) Lead
5 67 (9.65%) Cloud Engineer
5 67 (9.65%) DevOps Engineer
6 66 (9.51%) Azure Engineer
7 44 (6.34%) Applications Engineer
8 36 (5.19%) Software Engineer
9 32 (4.61%) Test Leader
10 28 (4.03%) .NET Developer
11 27 (3.89%) Platform Engineer
12 26 (3.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 25 (3.60%) Test Analyst
14 24 (3.46%) Business Analyst
15 23 (3.31%) Power Platform Developer
16 22 (3.17%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 21 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
18 20 (2.88%) Applications Developer
19 18 (2.59%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (24.06%) .NET
2 84 (12.10%) RESTful
3 65 (9.37%) React
4 50 (7.20%) ASP.NET
5 49 (7.06%) OAuth
6 47 (6.77%) SOAP
7 42 (6.05%) .NET Framework
8 41 (5.91%) REST
9 40 (5.76%) .NET Core
9 40 (5.76%) JSON
10 36 (5.19%) OAuth2
11 35 (5.04%) YAML
12 31 (4.47%) CSS
12 31 (4.47%) HTML
13 27 (3.89%) AngularJS
14 26 (3.75%) Blazor
14 26 (3.75%) Lightning Web Components
15 25 (3.60%) ASP.NET Core
16 23 (3.31%) ARM Templates
17 22 (3.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (17.00%) Cloud Native
2 97 (13.98%) Product Ownership
3 50 (7.20%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (4.03%) Low-Code
5 24 (3.46%) Mobile App
6 22 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.86%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.58%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.49%) Windows
2 35 (5.04%) Linux
3 12 (1.73%) VMS
4 10 (1.44%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.01%) Android
6 6 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Unix
7 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (90.06%) DevOps
2 384 (55.33%) CI/CD
3 371 (53.46%) Agile
4 195 (28.10%) Test Automation
5 186 (26.80%) Coaching
6 177 (25.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 174 (25.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 157 (22.62%) Asset Management
9 143 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
10 133 (19.16%) AI
11 125 (18.01%) Mentoring
12 106 (15.27%) Roadmaps
13 95 (13.69%) ERP
14 91 (13.11%) Test Management
15 88 (12.68%) Clean Code
16 85 (12.25%) Data Modelling
17 82 (11.82%) Observability
17 82 (11.82%) Software Engineering
18 81 (11.67%) Containerisation
19 80 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 230 (33.14%) SQL
2 167 (24.06%) Python
3 148 (21.33%) C#
4 105 (15.13%) PowerShell
5 65 (9.37%) Bash
5 65 (9.37%) JavaScript
6 52 (7.49%) Bicep
7 46 (6.63%) Java
8 38 (5.48%) Shell Script
9 37 (5.33%) PL/SQL
10 36 (5.19%) TypeScript
11 26 (3.75%) Apex Code
12 19 (2.74%) T-SQL
13 14 (2.02%) Go
14 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.58%) C++
15 4 (0.58%) VB
16 2 (0.29%) Delphi
16 2 (0.29%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 64 (9.22%) Degree
2 40 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (3.60%) Azure Certification
5 24 (3.46%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.74%) ISTQB
7 15 (2.16%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.73%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.30%) HND
12 9 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.30%) PMP
13 4 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.43%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.43%) CCNP
14 3 (0.43%) ISEB
15 2 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.96%) QA
2 42 (6.05%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.03%) GDPR
4 14 (2.02%) PMO
5 13 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.30%) SLA
7 6 (0.86%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.72%) NCSC
8 5 (0.72%) NIST
9 3 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.29%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (11.53%) Docker
2 39 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.58%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 228 (32.85%) Terraform
2 69 (9.94%) HP ALM
2 69 (9.94%) Kubernetes
3 49 (7.06%) Ansible
4 37 (5.33%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (3.17%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.03%) Grafana
7 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.29%) Argo
9 2 (0.29%) Nessus
9 2 (0.29%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 192 (27.67%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.94%) HP
2 69 (9.94%) SAP
3 40 (5.76%) Oracle
4 29 (4.18%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.03%) Okta
6 18 (2.59%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.59%) Coverity
7 16 (2.31%) Databricks
8 14 (2.02%) Ab Initio
8 14 (2.02%) Xamarin
9 12 (1.73%) Sage
10 10 (1.44%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.30%) Adobe
11 9 (1.30%) Freshdesk
11 9 (1.30%) Nintex
11 9 (1.30%) VMware
12 8 (1.15%) Google
13 7 (1.01%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.86%) ServiceNow