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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 193 124
Rank change year-on-year +20 -69 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 693 502 1,539
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.71% 2.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.83% 5.78% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 532 391 1,141
10th Percentile £42,050 £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 £74,188 £77,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +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 18,110 8,686 22,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.20% 29.65% 32.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,507 6,015 17,431
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,750 £36,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
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% -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 19 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 19 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 -24 181 £52,500 -19.23% 98
North of England +37 180 £65,500 -2.96% 85
Midlands -5 109 £65,000 - 45
North West +48 93 £70,000 +15.70% 46
South West -39 74 £52,500 -19.23% 24
Scotland +47 71 £62,500 +8.70% 19
West Midlands -29 56 £62,000 -4.62% 26
East Midlands +10 50 £67,250 +22.27% 19
Yorkshire -43 50 £69,305 -0.99% 23
East of England -12 43 £60,000 +4.35% 28
North East -8 37 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Wales -15 35 £53,050 -9.77% 20
Northern Ireland -38 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 24 (3.46%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.89%) Confluence
3 19 (2.74%) IIS
4 14 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.72%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.43%) WordPress
8 2 (0.29%) CICS
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) Luigi
8 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 14 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.01%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.29%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.73%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.29%) Magento
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
1 693 (100.00%) Azure
2 160 (23.09%) GitHub
3 121 (17.46%) Power Platform
4 117 (16.88%) AWS
5 90 (12.99%) GitHub Actions
6 67 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (7.07%) Entra ID
8 47 (6.78%) Azure Logic Apps
9 42 (6.06%) Serverless
10 41 (5.92%) Azure AKS
11 39 (5.63%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (5.48%) GCP
13 37 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 36 (5.19%) SaaS
15 31 (4.47%) PaaS
16 30 (4.33%) Azure Service Bus
17 28 (4.04%) Azure AI
17 28 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
18 24 (3.46%) Azure Functions
18 24 (3.46%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.05%) Firewall
2 21 (3.03%) DNS
3 16 (2.31%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.16%) HTTP
5 11 (1.59%) Network Security
6 3 (0.43%) BGP
6 3 (0.43%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.43%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.43%) MQTT
6 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.43%) Wireless
6 3 (0.43%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.29%) Internet
7 2 (0.29%) SAN
8 1 (0.14%) DHCP
8 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.14%) MPLS
8 1 (0.14%) VLAN
8 1 (0.14%) VPN
8 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 75 (10.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 71 (10.25%) Power BI
4 63 (9.09%) MongoDB
5 30 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (3.17%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.16%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.44%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.44%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.30%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.15%) Metadata
13 7 (1.01%) Power Query
13 7 (1.01%) Tableau
14 6 (0.87%) MySQL
15 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 108 (15.58%) Git
2 89 (12.84%) JIRA
3 82 (11.83%) Jenkins
4 50 (7.22%) GitLab
5 40 (5.77%) Selenium
6 28 (4.04%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.89%) Postman
8 12 (1.73%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (1.59%) Visual Studio
10 10 (1.44%) REST Assured
10 10 (1.44%) Zephyr
11 9 (1.30%) JMeter
12 7 (1.01%) fastlane
13 6 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.87%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.87%) Robot Framework
13 6 (0.87%) TestRail
14 5 (0.72%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.72%) NUnit
14 5 (0.72%) Xcode
General
1 156 (22.51%) Finance
2 135 (19.48%) Social Skills
3 96 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 34 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.62%) Retail
7 30 (4.33%) Marketing
8 24 (3.46%) Billing
9 20 (2.89%) Law
10 15 (2.16%) Legal
10 15 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.59%) Automotive
12 11 (1.59%) Games
13 10 (1.44%) Advertising
13 10 (1.44%) Banking
14 7 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.43%) Aviation
16 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 202 (29.15%) Developer
2 151 (21.79%) Senior
3 128 (18.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 109 (15.73%) Azure Engineer
5 83 (11.98%) Lead
6 70 (10.10%) .NET Developer
7 52 (7.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 46 (6.64%) Cloud Engineer
9 44 (6.35%) Senior Developer
10 36 (5.19%) Analyst
11 35 (5.05%) Senior DevOps
12 34 (4.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.18%) Data Engineer
13 29 (4.18%) Software Engineer
14 27 (3.90%) Architect
15 23 (3.32%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (3.17%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.17%) Systems Engineer
17 21 (3.03%) Power Platform Developer
18 20 (2.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (27.85%) .NET
2 100 (14.43%) ASP.NET
3 93 (13.42%) React
4 85 (12.27%) .NET Core
5 81 (11.69%) ASP.NET Core
6 80 (11.54%) RESTful
7 78 (11.26%) HTML
8 77 (11.11%) CSS
9 67 (9.67%) REST
10 55 (7.94%) Node.js
11 43 (6.20%) SOAP
12 42 (6.06%) Blazor
13 37 (5.34%) Entity Framework
13 37 (5.34%) Playwright
14 35 (5.05%) JSON
15 34 (4.91%) OAuth
15 34 (4.91%) YAML
16 30 (4.33%) Middleware
17 29 (4.18%) ARM Templates
18 27 (3.90%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 61 (8.80%) Cloud Native
3 35 (5.05%) Mobile App
4 34 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.32%) Low-Code
6 22 (3.17%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.01%) iPhone
11 7 (1.01%) Social Network
12 6 (0.87%) BBC
12 6 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.87%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.87%) Social Media
13 5 (0.72%) PMI
14 4 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 71 (10.25%) Linux
2 40 (5.77%) Windows
3 18 (2.60%) Unix
4 15 (2.16%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.59%) Android
6 10 (1.44%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.58%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.43%) VMS
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 693 (100.00%) DevOps
2 410 (59.16%) CI/CD
3 336 (48.48%) Agile
4 177 (25.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 168 (24.24%) Test Automation
6 132 (19.05%) AI
7 120 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 117 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
9 111 (16.02%) Scrum
10 103 (14.86%) Mentoring
11 101 (14.57%) Coaching
11 101 (14.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 85 (12.27%) Data Modelling
13 81 (11.69%) Observability
14 73 (10.53%) Containerisation
15 70 (10.10%) SDLC
16 69 (9.96%) Software Engineering
17 68 (9.81%) Analytics
18 67 (9.67%) Continuous Integration
19 66 (9.52%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 230 (33.19%) SQL
2 180 (25.97%) C#
3 155 (22.37%) Python
4 113 (16.31%) JavaScript
5 90 (12.99%) Bash
6 77 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 56 (8.08%) Java
8 35 (5.05%) Bicep
9 27 (3.90%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.60%) Go
11 16 (2.31%) PL/SQL
12 15 (2.16%) Apex Code
13 14 (2.02%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.88%) C++
15 11 (1.59%) T-SQL
16 9 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (1.30%) Swift
17 5 (0.72%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.58%) Scala
19 3 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (8.66%) Degree
2 48 (6.93%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.02%) ISTQB
7 13 (1.88%) HND
7 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.58%) BC Cleared
13 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 1 (0.14%) CISSP
16 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.25%) QA
2 55 (7.94%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.46%) GDPR
4 14 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.73%) SLA
5 12 (1.73%) TickIT
6 11 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.59%) WCAG
7 3 (0.43%) GRC
7 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.43%) IFRS
7 3 (0.43%) JTAG
7 3 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.29%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (12.70%) Docker
2 31 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 212 (30.59%) Terraform
2 61 (8.80%) Kubernetes
3 49 (7.07%) Ansible
4 45 (6.49%) Grafana
5 38 (5.48%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.31%) Argo
7 13 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.58%) Puppet
9 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.43%) Scalr
10 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.29%) MIIS
11 1 (0.14%) CASB
11 1 (0.14%) Consul
11 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Packer
11 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 269 (38.82%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 28 (4.04%) Databricks
4 24 (3.46%) Red Hat
5 20 (2.89%) Oracle
6 17 (2.45%) Dynatrace
6 17 (2.45%) Google
7 14 (2.02%) Apple
8 13 (1.88%) Adobe
9 12 (1.73%) Facebook
9 12 (1.73%) Freshdesk
9 12 (1.73%) Nintex
10 11 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.87%) Ab Initio
12 6 (0.87%) Okta
12 6 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.87%) Sony
12 6 (0.87%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.87%) YouTube