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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 99 133
Rank change year-on-year -30 +34 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 704 924 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.54% 2.73% 2.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.91% 8.28% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 393 527 973
10th Percentile £39,050 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £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 £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -4.94%

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 14,324 11,165 17,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.28% 33.02% 35.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,154 6,140 14,413
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 4 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 4 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 +4 246 £50,000 -23.08% 106
Scotland +55 170 £57,000 +3.64% 21
North of England -44 104 £55,000 -18.19% 76
Midlands -64 76 £60,000 -7.69% 37
South West -72 68 £47,500 -26.92% 26
West Midlands -51 55 £58,000 -10.77% 25
Yorkshire -33 40 £53,750 -21.66% 21
North West -27 35 £65,000 - 47
North East +5 29 £50,000 -27.27% 8
Wales -8 23 £55,000 -15.38% 15
East Midlands -2 18 £65,000 - 12
East of England -43 14 £65,000 +30.00% 19
Northern Ireland -15 3 £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 (4.12%) Confluence
2 25 (3.55%) IIS
3 17 (2.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 13 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Appian
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (9.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
3 30 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 635 (90.20%) Azure
2 224 (31.82%) GitHub
3 126 (17.90%) Power Platform
4 105 (14.91%) AWS
5 93 (13.21%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (9.23%) GitHub Copilot
7 58 (8.24%) Entra ID
8 57 (8.10%) Snowflake
9 49 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
10 46 (6.53%) Azure Monitor
11 45 (6.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 45 (6.39%) dbt
12 44 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 40 (5.68%) Serverless
14 38 (5.40%) SaaS
15 37 (5.26%) OCI
16 36 (5.11%) Power Automate
17 35 (4.97%) PaaS
18 32 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
19 31 (4.40%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.11%) Firewall
2 33 (4.69%) DNS
3 12 (1.70%) HTTP
3 12 (1.70%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.70%) VPN
4 6 (0.85%) WAN
5 5 (0.71%) BGP
5 5 (0.71%) VLAN
6 4 (0.57%) DHCP
6 4 (0.57%) Network Security
6 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) IPsec
7 3 (0.43%) OSPF
7 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.43%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.28%) 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 79 (11.22%) Power BI
2 77 (10.94%) SQL Server
3 47 (6.68%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.12%) Tableau
5 22 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (2.70%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.99%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.99%) Snowflake Schema
9 13 (1.85%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.14%) Metadata
11 7 (0.99%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.99%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.71%) Power Query
13 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.43%) Airbyte
14 3 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 159 (22.59%) JIRA
2 98 (13.92%) Git
3 84 (11.93%) Jenkins
4 69 (9.80%) eCATT
5 38 (5.40%) NeoLoad
6 37 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
7 36 (5.11%) Selenium
8 20 (2.84%) Robot Framework
9 19 (2.70%) Snyk
10 17 (2.41%) Cypress.io
11 15 (2.13%) GitLab
12 8 (1.14%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (0.85%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.71%) Postman
16 4 (0.57%) NUnit
17 3 (0.43%) MLflow
17 3 (0.43%) MSTest
17 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 330 (46.88%) Finance
2 154 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 121 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (12.93%) Marketing
5 72 (10.23%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.39%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (2.98%) Billing
9 20 (2.84%) Law
9 20 (2.84%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.85%) Banking
12 6 (0.85%) Retail
13 5 (0.71%) Legal
14 4 (0.57%) Advertising
14 4 (0.57%) Front Office
14 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 161 (22.87%) Senior
2 131 (18.61%) Developer
3 103 (14.63%) Analyst
4 88 (12.50%) Lead
5 70 (9.94%) Azure Engineer
5 70 (9.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 70 (9.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 44 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
7 37 (5.26%) Software Engineer
8 32 (4.55%) Test Leader
9 27 (3.84%) .NET Developer
9 27 (3.84%) Platform Engineer
10 26 (3.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 25 (3.55%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.55%) Test Analyst
12 24 (3.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.27%) Power Platform Developer
14 20 (2.84%) Applications Developer
14 20 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (2.70%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (24.01%) .NET
2 83 (11.79%) RESTful
3 67 (9.52%) React
4 51 (7.24%) ASP.NET
5 49 (6.96%) OAuth
6 47 (6.68%) SOAP
7 42 (5.97%) .NET Framework
7 42 (5.97%) JSON
8 41 (5.82%) REST
9 40 (5.68%) .NET Core
10 36 (5.11%) OAuth2
11 35 (4.97%) YAML
12 32 (4.55%) CSS
12 32 (4.55%) HTML
13 28 (3.98%) AngularJS
14 26 (3.69%) ASP.NET Core
14 26 (3.69%) Lightning Web Components
15 25 (3.55%) Blazor
16 23 (3.27%) ARM Templates
17 22 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 119 (16.90%) Cloud Native
2 97 (13.78%) Product Ownership
3 50 (7.10%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (3.98%) Low-Code
5 24 (3.41%) Mobile App
6 22 (3.13%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.14%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.85%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (0.57%) AI Agents
15 4 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.39%) Windows
2 35 (4.97%) Linux
3 12 (1.70%) VMS
4 10 (1.42%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.85%) Android
6 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.28%) Unix
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 635 (90.20%) DevOps
2 387 (54.97%) CI/CD
3 375 (53.27%) Agile
4 195 (27.70%) Test Automation
5 186 (26.42%) Coaching
6 183 (25.99%) Infrastructure as Code
7 175 (24.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 157 (22.30%) Asset Management
9 145 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
10 133 (18.89%) AI
11 126 (17.90%) Mentoring
12 106 (15.06%) Roadmaps
13 95 (13.49%) ERP
14 91 (12.93%) Test Management
15 89 (12.64%) Clean Code
16 86 (12.22%) Data Modelling
17 84 (11.93%) Software Engineering
18 82 (11.65%) Containerisation
18 82 (11.65%) Observability
19 81 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 233 (33.10%) SQL
2 168 (23.86%) Python
3 149 (21.16%) C#
4 107 (15.20%) PowerShell
5 67 (9.52%) JavaScript
6 65 (9.23%) Bash
7 54 (7.67%) Bicep
8 46 (6.53%) Java
9 38 (5.40%) Shell Script
10 37 (5.26%) PL/SQL
10 37 (5.26%) TypeScript
11 26 (3.69%) Apex Code
12 19 (2.70%) T-SQL
13 15 (2.13%) Go
14 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.57%) C++
15 4 (0.57%) VB
16 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.28%) Delphi
17 2 (0.28%) VB6
Qualifications
1 65 (9.23%) Degree
2 41 (5.82%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (3.55%) Azure Certification
4 25 (3.55%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.70%) ISTQB
6 15 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.70%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.56%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (1.42%) HND
10 10 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 9 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.28%) PMP
12 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.43%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.43%) CCNP
13 3 (0.43%) ISEB
14 2 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.79%) QA
2 42 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.84%) GDPR
4 14 (1.99%) PMO
5 13 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.28%) SLA
7 6 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.71%) NCSC
8 5 (0.71%) NIST
9 3 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.28%) 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 (11.36%) Docker
2 39 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.57%) 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
1 231 (32.81%) Terraform
2 70 (9.94%) Kubernetes
3 69 (9.80%) HP ALM
4 49 (6.96%) Ansible
5 37 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 21 (2.98%) Grafana
8 12 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.28%) Argo
10 2 (0.28%) Nessus
10 2 (0.28%) Puppet
11 1 (0.14%) CASB
11 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 196 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.80%) HP
2 69 (9.80%) SAP
3 40 (5.68%) Oracle
4 29 (4.12%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.98%) Okta
6 18 (2.56%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.56%) Coverity
7 16 (2.27%) Databricks
8 14 (1.99%) Ab Initio
9 13 (1.85%) Xamarin
10 12 (1.70%) Sage
11 10 (1.42%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.28%) Adobe
12 9 (1.28%) Freshdesk
12 9 (1.28%) Nintex
12 9 (1.28%) VMware
13 8 (1.14%) Google
14 7 (0.99%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.85%) ServiceNow