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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 206 112
Rank change year-on-year +61 -94 -10
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 953 491 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.41% 2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 5.24% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 791 354 827
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

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 17,748 9,364 16,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.34% 26.94% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,939 6,453 11,364
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.99%

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 25 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 25 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 +86 287 £60,000 -7.69% 73
South East -2 227 £62,500 - 98
North West +80 170 £65,000 - 47
Midlands +41 159 £62,500 +4.17% 56
South West -6 97 £55,000 -3.51% 34
Wales -10 89 £53,171 -3.33% 15
West Midlands -8 88 £63,750 +6.25% 28
East of England +12 79 £55,000 -12.00% 24
East Midlands +26 71 £58,750 +6.82% 28
Yorkshire -10 68 £68,653 +14.42% 21
North East -12 49 £52,000 -5.45% 5
Scotland -14 20 £55,000 -14.73% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 5
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 50 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 48 (5.04%) Confluence
3 28 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.10%) IIS
5 11 (1.15%) nginx
6 7 (0.73%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.63%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.63%) CICS
8 5 (0.52%) Apache
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.52%) CMS
9 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.31%) WordPress
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
11 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.10%) Drupal
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.10%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.84%) Trello
3 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.63%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.42%) Shopify
5 2 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.21%) Magento
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 953 (100.00%) Azure
2 148 (15.53%) GitHub
3 134 (14.06%) Power Platform
4 121 (12.70%) AWS
5 87 (9.13%) GitHub Actions
6 86 (9.02%) Azure AI
7 73 (7.66%) Serverless
8 66 (6.93%) Azure Monitor
8 66 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
9 61 (6.40%) Azure Functions
9 61 (6.40%) Azure Service Bus
10 56 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 56 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
11 55 (5.77%) PaaS
11 55 (5.77%) Power Automate
12 51 (5.35%) Azure AKS
13 49 (5.14%) Entra ID
14 48 (5.04%) Azure Key Vault
15 43 (4.51%) SaaS
16 40 (4.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.99%) Firewall
1 19 (1.99%) VPN
2 12 (1.26%) Network Security
3 11 (1.15%) Internet
4 8 (0.84%) HTTP
5 6 (0.63%) DNS
5 6 (0.63%) MQTT
5 6 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.63%) Wireless
5 6 (0.63%) ZigBee
6 5 (0.52%) SAN
7 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.31%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.21%) VLAN
10 1 (0.10%) BGP
10 1 (0.10%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (20.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 160 (16.79%) MongoDB
3 120 (12.59%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.09%) Power BI
5 41 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
6 37 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (3.25%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.78%) MySQL
8 17 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.68%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.47%) Metadata
10 14 (1.47%) Redis
11 11 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.15%) NonStop SQL
12 9 (0.94%) Spark SQL
12 9 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.73%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 178 (18.68%) Git
2 136 (14.27%) JIRA
3 83 (8.71%) Jenkins
4 59 (6.19%) GitLab
5 42 (4.41%) Selenium
6 34 (3.57%) Postman
7 33 (3.46%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.78%) REST Assured
9 16 (1.68%) JMeter
9 16 (1.68%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.57%) NUnit
11 14 (1.47%) fastlane
12 13 (1.36%) Zephyr
13 10 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.94%) MSI
14 9 (0.94%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.94%) TestRail
14 9 (0.94%) Xcode
15 8 (0.84%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 232 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 135 (14.17%) Finance
3 94 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 90 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (4.51%) Retail
7 42 (4.41%) Marketing
8 29 (3.04%) Advertising
9 21 (2.20%) Games
9 21 (2.20%) Law
10 15 (1.57%) Legal
10 15 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.05%) Automotive
12 10 (1.05%) Banking
13 8 (0.84%) Aviation
13 8 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 382 (40.08%) Developer
2 193 (20.25%) .NET Developer
3 188 (19.73%) Senior
4 140 (14.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 104 (10.91%) Azure Engineer
6 95 (9.97%) Lead
7 67 (7.03%) Senior Developer
8 62 (6.51%) Analyst
9 55 (5.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 46 (4.83%) Senior DevOps
11 45 (4.72%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (4.72%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 40 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
12 40 (4.20%) Data Engineer
13 39 (4.09%) Software Developer
14 38 (3.99%) Software Engineer
15 26 (2.73%) Lead Developer
16 25 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
17 23 (2.41%) Architect
18 22 (2.31%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 363 (38.09%) .NET
2 228 (23.92%) Terraform
3 220 (23.08%) ASP.NET
4 198 (20.78%) .NET Core
5 193 (20.25%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (15.01%) React
7 140 (14.69%) HTML
8 138 (14.48%) CSS
9 136 (14.27%) RESTful
10 108 (11.33%) Entity Framework
11 102 (10.70%) Blazor
12 99 (10.39%) REST
13 84 (8.81%) Node.js
14 81 (8.50%) ML.NET
15 49 (5.14%) Playwright
16 46 (4.83%) ARM Templates
17 44 (4.62%) .NET Framework
18 41 (4.30%) YAML
19 35 (3.67%) LINQ
20 32 (3.36%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 100 (10.49%) Product Ownership
2 74 (7.76%) Cloud Native
3 50 (5.25%) Mobile App
4 49 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
10 17 (1.78%) BBC
10 17 (1.78%) iPhone
10 17 (1.78%) Social Media
11 16 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.57%) Mainframe
13 14 (1.47%) Public Cloud
14 13 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.26%) Low-Code
15 12 (1.26%) Podcast
15 12 (1.26%) Security Posture
15 12 (1.26%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 86 (9.02%) Linux
2 80 (8.39%) Windows
3 24 (2.52%) Android
4 18 (1.89%) Unix
5 13 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.36%) VMS
6 12 (1.26%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.05%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.52%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Solaris
10 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 2 (0.21%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 953 (100.00%) DevOps
2 521 (54.67%) CI/CD
3 509 (53.41%) Agile
4 229 (24.03%) AI
5 227 (23.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 200 (20.99%) Infrastructure as Code
7 199 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 184 (19.31%) Scrum
9 169 (17.73%) Test Automation
10 165 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
11 131 (13.75%) Mentoring
12 119 (12.49%) Machine Learning
13 104 (10.91%) SDLC
14 102 (10.70%) Software Engineering
15 98 (10.28%) Analytics
15 98 (10.28%) Microservices
16 97 (10.18%) Observability
17 90 (9.44%) Platform Engineering
18 88 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
19 87 (9.13%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 364 (38.20%) C#
2 362 (37.99%) SQL
3 193 (20.25%) JavaScript
4 166 (17.42%) Python
5 107 (11.23%) PowerShell
6 101 (10.60%) Bash
7 80 (8.39%) Bicep
8 70 (7.35%) Java
9 40 (4.20%) TypeScript
10 34 (3.57%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.57%) C++
12 13 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.26%) Swift
14 10 (1.05%) JCL
15 9 (0.94%) COBOL
15 9 (0.94%) Go
16 8 (0.84%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.73%) C
17 7 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.73%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 77 (8.08%) Degree
2 75 (7.87%) Security Cleared
3 66 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 30 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.41%) ISTQB
7 20 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.57%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.84%) PMP
12 7 (0.73%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.63%) CBAP
14 5 (0.52%) ISEB
14 5 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) IIBA
16 3 (0.31%) OCP
16 3 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (13.33%) QA
2 46 (4.83%) Accessibility
3 31 (3.25%) WCAG
4 25 (2.62%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.99%) GDPR
6 16 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.26%) TickIT
8 9 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.94%) PMO
9 8 (0.84%) NCSC
10 6 (0.63%) JTAG
11 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.42%) SLA
11 4 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.31%) IFRS
12 3 (0.31%) NIST
13 2 (0.21%) GRC
13 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 122 (12.80%) Docker
2 48 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.26%) vSphere
6 10 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.31%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Xen
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 99 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.72%) Grafana
3 40 (4.20%) Ansible
4 37 (3.88%) Prometheus
5 19 (1.99%) Argo
6 12 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.94%) Puppet
8 5 (0.52%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.31%) Scalr
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.21%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.21%) MIIS
10 2 (0.21%) Nessus
10 2 (0.21%) Rancher
10 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.10%) Consul
11 1 (0.10%) Istio
Vendors
1 430 (45.12%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.35%) Google
3 38 (3.99%) Facebook
4 32 (3.36%) Databricks
5 28 (2.94%) Apple
6 22 (2.31%) VMware
7 21 (2.20%) Red Hat
7 21 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.20%) YouTube
8 18 (1.89%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.78%) Sony
9 17 (1.78%) Yahoo!
10 14 (1.47%) Oracle
11 12 (1.26%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.05%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.94%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.84%) Foundry
14 8 (0.84%) SAP
15 7 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.73%) Veracode