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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 179 120
Rank change year-on-year +7 -59 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 691 507 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.06% 1.76% 2.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.81% 5.66% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 526 400 1,154
10th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,375 £52,188 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £63,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +5.42% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,875 £84,450
UK median annual salary £65,500 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 18,129 8,961 22,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.71% 31.10% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,364 6,250 17,433
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.73% +4.78% -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 11 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 11 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
North of England +14 174 £60,000 -14.29% 76
South East -24 173 £50,000 -28.57% 99
Midlands -16 109 £65,000 - 44
North West +26 85 £70,000 +3.70% 36
Scotland +54 81 £62,500 +8.70% 18
South West -32 76 £52,373 -19.43% 19
West Midlands -36 58 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Yorkshire -46 49 £60,000 -14.29% 19
East Midlands +7 48 £67,250 +34.50% 22
East of England -2 43 £60,000 +9.09% 31
North East -11 40 £50,000 -23.08% 21
Wales -15 35 £53,135 +1.03% 19
Northern Ireland -35 2 £72,500 +45.00% 3
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 23 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.18%) Confluence
3 19 (2.75%) IIS
4 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.72%) Apache
8 3 (0.43%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.43%) WordPress
9 2 (0.29%) CICS
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Luigi
9 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 16 (2.32%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.29%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 691 (100.00%) Azure
2 169 (24.46%) GitHub
3 120 (17.37%) AWS
4 119 (17.22%) Power Platform
5 92 (13.31%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (7.09%) Azure Logic Apps
8 48 (6.95%) Entra ID
9 42 (6.08%) Serverless
10 41 (5.93%) GCP
11 40 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 39 (5.64%) Azure AKS
13 35 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
14 33 (4.78%) SaaS
15 32 (4.63%) Azure Service Bus
16 30 (4.34%) GitHub Copilot
17 28 (4.05%) Azure AI
17 28 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
18 27 (3.91%) PaaS
19 25 (3.62%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.35%) Firewall
2 22 (3.18%) DNS
3 19 (2.75%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.60%) HTTP
5 11 (1.59%) Network Security
6 3 (0.43%) BGP
6 3 (0.43%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.29%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.29%) Internet
7 2 (0.29%) MQTT
7 2 (0.29%) SSL
7 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.29%) Wireless
7 2 (0.29%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.14%) LTE
8 1 (0.14%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.14%) VLAN
8 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.14%) SQL Server
2 69 (9.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 69 (9.99%) Power BI
3 63 (9.12%) MongoDB
4 30 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.33%) NoSQL
7 14 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.74%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.45%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.45%) Metadata
11 9 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.30%) Spark SQL
12 8 (1.16%) Tableau
13 7 (1.01%) Power Query
13 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.72%) MySQL
15 4 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 102 (14.76%) Git
2 95 (13.75%) JIRA
3 86 (12.45%) Jenkins
4 48 (6.95%) GitLab
5 38 (5.50%) Selenium
6 27 (3.91%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.89%) Postman
8 14 (2.03%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (1.45%) REST Assured
9 10 (1.45%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.30%) JMeter
10 9 (1.30%) Zephyr
11 7 (1.01%) fastlane
12 6 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.87%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.87%) TestRail
13 5 (0.72%) Gatling
13 5 (0.72%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.72%) NUnit
13 5 (0.72%) Xcode
General
1 165 (23.88%) Finance
2 137 (19.83%) Social Skills
3 105 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.67%) Public Sector
5 33 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.63%) Retail
7 31 (4.49%) Marketing
8 24 (3.47%) Billing
8 24 (3.47%) Law
9 18 (2.60%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.17%) Legal
11 12 (1.74%) Advertising
11 12 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.59%) Automotive
12 11 (1.59%) Games
13 10 (1.45%) Banking
14 8 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.29%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 206 (29.81%) Developer
2 145 (20.98%) Senior
3 127 (18.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 105 (15.20%) Azure Engineer
5 82 (11.87%) Lead
6 71 (10.27%) .NET Developer
7 51 (7.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 47 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (6.22%) Senior Developer
10 40 (5.79%) Analyst
11 34 (4.92%) Senior DevOps
12 33 (4.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 27 (3.91%) Architect
14 26 (3.76%) Data Engineer
15 25 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
16 24 (3.47%) Software Developer
17 21 (3.04%) Power Platform Developer
17 21 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
18 20 (2.89%) Applications Support
18 20 (2.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (27.21%) .NET
2 101 (14.62%) ASP.NET
3 95 (13.75%) React
4 86 (12.45%) .NET Core
5 84 (12.16%) RESTful
6 82 (11.87%) ASP.NET Core
7 76 (11.00%) CSS
7 76 (11.00%) HTML
8 68 (9.84%) REST
9 55 (7.96%) Node.js
10 48 (6.95%) SOAP
11 43 (6.22%) Blazor
12 39 (5.64%) OAuth
13 37 (5.35%) JSON
14 36 (5.21%) Entity Framework
14 36 (5.21%) Playwright
15 30 (4.34%) YAML
16 29 (4.20%) Middleware
17 27 (3.91%) ML.NET
18 26 (3.76%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.42%) Product Ownership
2 66 (9.55%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (5.21%) Mobile App
4 25 (3.62%) Low-Code
5 22 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.01%) iPhone
10 7 (1.01%) Social Network
11 6 (0.87%) BBC
11 6 (0.87%) Social Media
12 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.72%) PMI
13 4 (0.58%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
14 3 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 68 (9.84%) Linux
2 41 (5.93%) Windows
3 18 (2.60%) Unix
4 14 (2.03%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.59%) Android
6 10 (1.45%) 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
1 691 (100.00%) DevOps
2 413 (59.77%) CI/CD
3 350 (50.65%) Agile
4 178 (25.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 173 (25.04%) Test Automation
6 129 (18.67%) AI
7 122 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (15.92%) Scrum
10 104 (15.05%) Coaching
11 101 (14.62%) Mentoring
12 94 (13.60%) Full-Stack Development
13 89 (12.88%) Data Modelling
14 80 (11.58%) Observability
15 78 (11.29%) Containerisation
16 75 (10.85%) SDLC
17 70 (10.13%) Continuous Integration
18 69 (9.99%) Microservices
19 68 (9.84%) Deployment Automation
20 66 (9.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 228 (33.00%) SQL
2 172 (24.89%) C#
3 155 (22.43%) Python
4 109 (15.77%) JavaScript
5 86 (12.45%) Bash
6 76 (11.00%) PowerShell
7 52 (7.53%) Java
8 35 (5.07%) Bicep
9 28 (4.05%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.04%) Go
11 18 (2.60%) PL/SQL
12 17 (2.46%) Apex Code
13 16 (2.32%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.59%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (1.30%) Swift
16 6 (0.87%) C++
17 5 (0.72%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.72%) Scala
18 4 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (8.68%) Degree
2 43 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.76%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.03%) ISTQB
7 13 (1.88%) HND
7 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.58%) BC Cleared
11 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.14%) CISSP
14 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.13%) QA
2 55 (7.96%) Accessibility
3 25 (3.62%) GDPR
4 13 (1.88%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.74%) SLA
5 12 (1.74%) TickIT
6 11 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.45%) WCAG
8 3 (0.43%) GRC
8 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.43%) IFRS
8 3 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.29%) JTAG
9 2 (0.29%) PMO
9 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 89 (12.88%) Docker
2 31 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 212 (30.68%) Terraform
2 59 (8.54%) Kubernetes
3 50 (7.24%) Ansible
4 47 (6.80%) Grafana
5 40 (5.79%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.17%) Argo
6 15 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.58%) Puppet
8 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.43%) Scalr
9 2 (0.29%) MIIS
10 1 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.14%) Consul
10 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 268 (38.78%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.49%) Salesforce
3 27 (3.91%) Databricks
4 23 (3.33%) Oracle
4 23 (3.33%) Red Hat
5 17 (2.46%) Dynatrace
5 17 (2.46%) Google
6 14 (2.03%) Apple
7 13 (1.88%) Adobe
8 12 (1.74%) Facebook
8 12 (1.74%) Freshdesk
8 12 (1.74%) Nintex
9 11 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.45%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.01%) Ab Initio
11 7 (1.01%) Okta
12 6 (0.87%) Sony
12 6 (0.87%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.87%) YouTube
13 5 (0.72%) ServiceNow