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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 195 117
Rank change year-on-year +37 -78 -16
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 943 514 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.50% 1.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 5.64% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 767 357 653
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,625 £50,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 17,547 9,112 15,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.01% 26.63% 27.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,980 6,128 9,296
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,675 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £41,250
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,375 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +88 286 £60,000 -7.69% 222
South East -1 220 £62,500 - 178
North West +80 171 £63,750 -1.92% 123
Midlands +24 168 £62,500 +5.04% 117
West Midlands -7 97 £65,000 +8.33% 61
South West -24 92 £57,500 +9.52% 69
Wales -18 91 £53,171 -3.33% 15
East of England +3 73 £55,000 -12.00% 73
East Midlands +24 71 £57,500 +5.50% 56
Yorkshire -7 69 £68,000 +13.33% 71
North East -26 46 £52,250 +7.18% 29
Scotland -41 18 £55,000 -14.73% 58
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 33
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 59 (6.26%) SharePoint
2 46 (4.88%) Confluence
3 28 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (2.01%) IIS
5 11 (1.17%) nginx
6 7 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.53%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.53%) Apache
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.53%) CICS
7 5 (0.53%) CMS
8 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.32%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) Luigi
10 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.85%) Trello
3 7 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.64%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.53%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.32%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 943 (100.00%) Azure
2 145 (15.38%) GitHub
2 145 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 118 (12.51%) AWS
4 83 (8.80%) Azure AI
5 81 (8.59%) GitHub Actions
6 79 (8.38%) Dynamics 365
7 77 (8.17%) Serverless
8 68 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
9 66 (7.00%) Azure Functions
10 61 (6.47%) Power Automate
11 60 (6.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 59 (6.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 54 (5.73%) PaaS
14 53 (5.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 53 (5.62%) Entra ID
14 53 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
15 50 (5.30%) Azure AKS
16 45 (4.77%) PowerApps
17 43 (4.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.23%) VPN
2 18 (1.91%) Firewall
3 11 (1.17%) Internet
4 10 (1.06%) Network Security
5 6 (0.64%) HTTP
5 6 (0.64%) MQTT
5 6 (0.64%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.64%) Wireless
5 6 (0.64%) ZigBee
6 5 (0.53%) SAN
7 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.42%) DNS
8 3 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.21%) VLAN
9 2 (0.21%) WAN
10 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (20.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 158 (16.76%) MongoDB
3 128 (13.57%) SQL Server
4 64 (6.79%) Power BI
5 40 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
6 37 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (3.39%) Relational Database
9 20 (2.12%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.12%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.91%) Metadata
11 17 (1.80%) MySQL
11 17 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (1.48%) Redis
13 12 (1.27%) Delta Lake
14 11 (1.17%) NonStop SQL
14 11 (1.17%) Star Schema
15 10 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (0.95%) Spark SQL
17 8 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 187 (19.83%) Git
2 133 (14.10%) JIRA
3 79 (8.38%) Jenkins
4 57 (6.04%) GitLab
5 36 (3.82%) Selenium
6 30 (3.18%) Postman
7 28 (2.97%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.59%) JMeter
8 15 (1.59%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.38%) REST Assured
10 12 (1.27%) NUnit
10 12 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (1.17%) fastlane
11 11 (1.17%) Zephyr
12 9 (0.95%) MSI
13 8 (0.85%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.85%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.74%) GDB
14 7 (0.74%) TestRail
14 7 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 246 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 142 (15.06%) Finance
3 100 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 99 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (4.45%) Retail
7 38 (4.03%) Marketing
8 29 (3.08%) Advertising
9 20 (2.12%) Games
10 18 (1.91%) Law
11 16 (1.70%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.17%) Legal
13 9 (0.95%) Automotive
14 8 (0.85%) Aviation
14 8 (0.85%) Banking
14 8 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 376 (39.87%) Developer
2 190 (20.15%) .NET Developer
2 190 (20.15%) Senior
3 135 (14.32%) DevOps Engineer
4 104 (11.03%) Azure Engineer
5 92 (9.76%) Lead
6 66 (7.00%) Senior Developer
7 61 (6.47%) Analyst
8 51 (5.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 48 (5.09%) Senior DevOps
10 47 (4.98%) Data Engineer
10 47 (4.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 46 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
12 43 (4.56%) Cloud Engineer
13 37 (3.92%) Software Developer
13 37 (3.92%) Software Engineer
14 28 (2.97%) Lead Developer
15 25 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (2.33%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 22 (2.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (37.65%) .NET
2 222 (23.54%) Terraform
3 214 (22.69%) ASP.NET
4 191 (20.25%) .NET Core
5 188 (19.94%) ASP.NET Core
6 133 (14.10%) HTML
6 133 (14.10%) React
7 131 (13.89%) CSS
8 125 (13.26%) RESTful
9 107 (11.35%) Entity Framework
10 99 (10.50%) Blazor
11 92 (9.76%) REST
12 81 (8.59%) Node.js
13 78 (8.27%) ML.NET
14 45 (4.77%) ARM Templates
15 43 (4.56%) .NET Framework
15 43 (4.56%) Playwright
16 39 (4.14%) YAML
17 37 (3.92%) JSON
18 35 (3.71%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 75 (7.95%) Cloud Native
3 51 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (5.20%) Legacy Systems
5 43 (4.56%) Mobile App
6 33 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (3.18%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
10 17 (1.80%) BBC
10 17 (1.80%) iPhone
10 17 (1.80%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.80%) Social Media
11 16 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.59%) Public Cloud
13 14 (1.48%) Low-Code
14 12 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (1.27%) Podcast
14 12 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 84 (8.91%) Linux
2 81 (8.59%) Windows
3 22 (2.33%) Android
4 19 (2.01%) Unix
5 13 (1.38%) VMS
6 12 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.42%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.32%) Solaris
11 2 (0.21%) Debian
11 2 (0.21%) Rocky
12 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 943 (100.00%) DevOps
2 508 (53.87%) CI/CD
3 499 (52.92%) Agile
4 237 (25.13%) AI
5 220 (23.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 207 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 192 (20.36%) Infrastructure as Code
8 174 (18.45%) Scrum
9 173 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
10 159 (16.86%) Test Automation
11 140 (14.85%) Mentoring
12 115 (12.20%) Machine Learning
13 102 (10.82%) Analytics
14 100 (10.60%) SDLC
14 100 (10.60%) Software Engineering
15 96 (10.18%) Microservices
15 96 (10.18%) Platform Engineering
16 95 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
17 93 (9.86%) Observability
18 86 (9.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 368 (39.02%) C#
2 362 (38.39%) SQL
3 189 (20.04%) JavaScript
4 175 (18.56%) Python
5 106 (11.24%) PowerShell
6 96 (10.18%) Bash
7 81 (8.59%) Bicep
8 68 (7.21%) Java
9 38 (4.03%) TypeScript
10 32 (3.39%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.70%) C++
12 13 (1.38%) COBOL
12 13 (1.38%) JCL
12 13 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (0.85%) Swift
14 7 (0.74%) C
14 7 (0.74%) Go
14 7 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.74%) Ruby
15 6 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 85 (9.01%) Degree
2 76 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 67 (7.10%) SC Cleared
4 49 (5.20%) Azure Certification
5 32 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.44%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.85%) PMP
12 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.74%) ISEB
13 6 (0.64%) CBAP
14 5 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.32%) CSPO
16 3 (0.32%) IIBA
16 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.32%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.83%) QA
2 44 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.71%) Data Quality
4 34 (3.61%) WCAG
5 27 (2.86%) GDPR
6 15 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.27%) TickIT
8 9 (0.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.95%) PMO
9 8 (0.85%) NCSC
10 7 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.64%) JTAG
12 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.42%) SLA
13 3 (0.32%) IFRS
13 3 (0.32%) NIST
13 3 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 118 (12.51%) Docker
2 47 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.27%) vSphere
6 10 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.32%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Xen
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 96 (10.18%) Kubernetes
2 39 (4.14%) Grafana
3 38 (4.03%) Ansible
4 32 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.01%) Argo
6 16 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.06%) Puppet
8 4 (0.42%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.21%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.21%) Nessus
10 2 (0.21%) Rancher
10 2 (0.21%) Scalr
10 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.11%) Istio
11 1 (0.11%) MIIS
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 446 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.30%) Google
3 38 (4.03%) Facebook
4 37 (3.92%) Databricks
5 25 (2.65%) Apple
6 22 (2.33%) VMware
7 21 (2.23%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.23%) YouTube
8 18 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.80%) Sony
9 17 (1.80%) Yahoo!
10 13 (1.38%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.27%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.06%) HP
12 10 (1.06%) Oracle
13 9 (0.95%) SAP
13 9 (0.95%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.85%) Broadcom
14 8 (0.85%) Foundry
14 8 (0.85%) MuleSoft