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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 108 96
Rank change year-on-year -26 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 650 1,051 980
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.77% 2.22% 3.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.91% 7.76% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 401 590 831
10th Percentile £39,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.42% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -

All Cloud 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 11,004 13,536 11,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.94% 28.63% 39.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,916 7,515 9,864
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 +4 233 £60,000 -11.11% 132
Scotland +49 125 £65,000 +13.04% 47
North of England -54 95 £60,000 -6.25% 89
Midlands -14 84 £58,500 -10.00% 68
West Midlands -19 71 £60,000 -7.69% 50
South West -66 51 £55,000 -15.38% 60
North West -29 43 £65,000 +7.00% 49
Wales +8 31 £55,000 -6.78% 18
Yorkshire -39 31 £55,000 -18.52% 23
East of England -23 28 £65,000 +30.00% 28
North East -5 21 £50,000 -9.09% 17
East Midlands 0 13 £55,000 +15.79% 18
Northern Ireland +5 2 £56,250 - 12
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 -
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 28 (4.31%) Confluence
2 23 (3.54%) IIS
3 11 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.23%) Appian
5 8 (1.23%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.92%) Apache
7 5 (0.77%) nginx
8 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (10.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (6.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.31%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 581 (89.38%) Azure
2 184 (28.31%) GitHub
3 111 (17.08%) Power Platform
4 89 (13.69%) GitHub Actions
5 88 (13.54%) AWS
6 52 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
7 49 (7.54%) Power Automate
8 44 (6.77%) SaaS
8 44 (6.77%) Snowflake
9 42 (6.46%) Azure Monitor
10 41 (6.31%) Azure Logic Apps
10 41 (6.31%) GitHub Copilot
11 39 (6.00%) Entra ID
12 35 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 34 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
14 33 (5.08%) Azure Service Bus
15 32 (4.92%) PaaS
16 30 (4.62%) dbt
17 29 (4.46%) Serverless
18 26 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.38%) DNS
1 22 (3.38%) Firewall
2 13 (2.00%) VPN
3 7 (1.08%) Network Security
4 5 (0.77%) HTTP
4 5 (0.77%) VLAN
4 5 (0.77%) WAN
5 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.46%) BGP
6 3 (0.46%) DHCP
6 3 (0.46%) IPsec
6 3 (0.46%) OSPF
6 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.46%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.31%) SSL
8 1 (0.15%) AMQP
8 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (14.00%) SQL Server
2 62 (9.54%) Power BI
3 42 (6.46%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (4.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (4.62%) Tableau
6 21 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (3.08%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (1.85%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.08%) Metadata
11 7 (1.08%) MySQL
11 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.77%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 146 (22.46%) JIRA
2 92 (14.15%) Git
3 69 (10.62%) eCATT
4 61 (9.38%) Jenkins
5 38 (5.85%) NeoLoad
6 35 (5.38%) Selenium
7 30 (4.62%) Octopus Deploy
8 25 (3.85%) Oracle Forms
9 22 (3.38%) Robot Framework
9 22 (3.38%) Snyk
10 16 (2.46%) TeamCity
11 13 (2.00%) GitLab
12 10 (1.54%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.23%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.23%) NUnit
14 7 (1.08%) Cucumber
14 7 (1.08%) MSBuild
14 7 (1.08%) Postman
14 7 (1.08%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.92%) MSTest
General
1 280 (43.08%) Finance
2 140 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 89 (13.69%) Marketing
4 85 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (11.38%) Manufacturing
6 52 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (4.62%) Law
9 23 (3.54%) Retail
10 13 (2.00%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.23%) Legal
11 8 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.77%) Banking
12 5 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.62%) Advertising
13 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.62%) Automotive
13 4 (0.62%) Back Office
13 4 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 133 (20.46%) Senior
2 108 (16.62%) Developer
3 106 (16.31%) Lead
4 105 (16.15%) Analyst
5 74 (11.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 53 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
7 49 (7.54%) Cloud Engineer
8 38 (5.85%) Software Engineer
9 33 (5.08%) Test Leader
10 32 (4.92%) Test Analyst
11 30 (4.62%) Applications Engineer
12 29 (4.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 27 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (3.69%) Business Analyst
15 23 (3.54%) Automation Test Lead
16 21 (3.23%) Architect
16 21 (3.23%) Software Developer
17 20 (3.08%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 20 (3.08%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 18 (2.77%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (30.00%) .NET
2 61 (9.38%) RESTful
3 51 (7.85%) .NET Framework
4 46 (7.08%) React
5 40 (6.15%) ASP.NET
5 40 (6.15%) REST
6 35 (5.38%) JSON
7 32 (4.92%) ARM Templates
8 31 (4.77%) .NET Core
8 31 (4.77%) AngularJS
8 31 (4.77%) OAuth
8 31 (4.77%) SOAP
9 29 (4.46%) YAML
10 27 (4.15%) Entity Framework
11 25 (3.85%) Blazor
12 23 (3.54%) XML
13 22 (3.38%) OAuth2
14 21 (3.23%) CSS
14 21 (3.23%) HTML
15 18 (2.77%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 112 (17.23%) Cloud Native
2 94 (14.46%) Product Ownership
3 39 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (2.46%) Low-Code
7 13 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.85%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.69%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.54%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.77%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 59 (9.08%) Windows
2 23 (3.54%) Linux
3 12 (1.85%) VMS
4 7 (1.08%) Android
5 6 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.77%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.31%) AIX
9 2 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.15%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (89.38%) DevOps
2 340 (52.31%) CI/CD
3 326 (50.15%) Agile
4 172 (26.46%) Test Automation
5 167 (25.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 149 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 133 (20.46%) Coaching
8 131 (20.15%) Mentoring
9 126 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
10 110 (16.92%) AI
11 108 (16.62%) Asset Management
12 99 (15.23%) Roadmaps
13 93 (14.31%) Test Management
14 92 (14.15%) ERP
15 82 (12.62%) Software Engineering
16 78 (12.00%) Microservices
17 73 (11.23%) Containerisation
18 71 (10.92%) Analytics
19 69 (10.62%) Source to Pay
20 65 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 220 (33.85%) SQL
2 174 (26.77%) C#
3 144 (22.15%) Python
4 115 (17.69%) PowerShell
5 64 (9.85%) JavaScript
6 63 (9.69%) Bicep
7 53 (8.15%) Bash
8 38 (5.85%) TypeScript
9 35 (5.38%) Java
10 27 (4.15%) Shell Script
11 25 (3.85%) PL/SQL
12 22 (3.38%) T-SQL
13 14 (2.15%) Apex Code
14 9 (1.38%) Go
15 6 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.62%) C++
16 4 (0.62%) VB
16 4 (0.62%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.46%) Korn
17 3 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (8.46%) Degree
2 42 (6.46%) Security Cleared
3 38 (5.85%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.00%) ISTQB
6 22 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.85%) ISEB
9 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.23%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.23%) PMP
10 7 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.46%) CCNA
13 3 (0.46%) CCNP
13 3 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (12.77%) QA
2 23 (3.54%) GDPR
3 22 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.62%) PMO
5 9 (1.38%) Software Quality Assurance
6 8 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.08%) NCSC
7 7 (1.08%) NIST
8 5 (0.77%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 94 (14.46%) Docker
2 29 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.46%) Firmware
6 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 193 (29.69%) Terraform
2 90 (13.85%) Kubernetes
3 69 (10.62%) HP ALM
4 38 (5.85%) Ansible
5 25 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (2.77%) Grafana
6 18 (2.77%) Prometheus
7 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.31%) Argo
9 2 (0.31%) Nessus
9 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.31%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 181 (27.85%) Microsoft
2 72 (11.08%) SAP
3 69 (10.62%) HP
4 30 (4.62%) Oracle
5 22 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.08%) Black Duck
7 19 (2.92%) VMware
8 17 (2.62%) Coverity
9 15 (2.31%) Databricks
9 15 (2.31%) Okta
10 14 (2.15%) Xamarin
11 13 (2.00%) Google
12 12 (1.85%) Sage
13 9 (1.38%) Rackspace
13 9 (1.38%) Zoho
14 8 (1.23%) Ab Initio
14 8 (1.23%) BiZZdesign
14 8 (1.23%) UiPath
15 7 (1.08%) OpenAI
15 7 (1.08%) SolarWinds