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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 173 122
Rank change year-on-year +15 -51 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 952 590 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.10% 1.72% 1.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.50% 6.48% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 759 373 602
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,251
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
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 17,312 9,102 14,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.08% 26.57% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 12,007 6,129 8,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £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 £90,000 £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 29 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 29 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 +74 285 £60,000 -0.41% 160
South East -33 226 £64,000 +2.40% 129
North West +76 171 £62,500 -3.85% 83
Midlands +20 171 £62,500 +4.17% 88
West Midlands -11 101 £65,000 +8.33% 49
Wales -18 93 £53,171 -3.33% 22
South West -25 92 £57,500 +9.52% 51
East of England 0 73 £55,000 -12.00% 42
East Midlands +8 70 £55,000 +0.92% 39
Yorkshire +3 67 £67,500 +12.50% 64
North East -31 47 £52,250 +4.50% 14
Scotland -50 17 £55,000 -14.73% 30
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 20
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 62 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 45 (4.73%) Confluence
3 28 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.68%) IIS
5 10 (1.05%) nginx
6 7 (0.74%) CMS
6 7 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.63%) CICS
8 5 (0.53%) Apache
9 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.32%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
11 2 (0.21%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.84%) Trello
4 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.63%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.42%) Shopify
3 4 (0.42%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 952 (100.00%) Azure
2 150 (15.76%) Power Platform
3 149 (15.65%) GitHub
4 114 (11.97%) AWS
5 86 (9.03%) Dynamics 365
6 82 (8.61%) Azure AI
7 80 (8.40%) GitHub Actions
8 75 (7.88%) Serverless
9 67 (7.04%) Azure Monitor
10 66 (6.93%) Azure Functions
11 63 (6.62%) Power Automate
12 61 (6.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 59 (6.20%) Azure Service Bus
14 55 (5.78%) Azure Key Vault
14 55 (5.78%) PaaS
15 54 (5.67%) Entra ID
16 52 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
17 50 (5.25%) Azure AKS
18 46 (4.83%) PowerApps
19 44 (4.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.21%) VPN
2 19 (2.00%) Firewall
3 11 (1.16%) Internet
4 8 (0.84%) Network Security
5 7 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.63%) HTTP
6 6 (0.63%) MQTT
6 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.63%) Wireless
6 6 (0.63%) ZigBee
7 5 (0.53%) DNS
7 5 (0.53%) SAN
8 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.32%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.21%) VLAN
10 2 (0.21%) WAN
11 1 (0.11%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (20.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 159 (16.70%) MongoDB
3 130 (13.66%) SQL Server
4 67 (7.04%) Power BI
5 39 (4.10%) Elasticsearch
6 38 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (3.68%) Relational Database
8 23 (2.42%) NoSQL
9 21 (2.21%) Metadata
10 20 (2.10%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.68%) MySQL
13 13 (1.37%) Redis
14 12 (1.26%) Delta Lake
14 12 (1.26%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.16%) NonStop SQL
16 9 (0.95%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (0.95%) DynamoDB
16 9 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 196 (20.59%) Git
2 137 (14.39%) JIRA
3 84 (8.82%) Jenkins
4 61 (6.41%) GitLab
5 36 (3.78%) Selenium
6 27 (2.84%) Cypress.io
7 26 (2.73%) Postman
8 15 (1.58%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.37%) JMeter
10 11 (1.16%) fastlane
10 11 (1.16%) NUnit
10 11 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
11 10 (1.05%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.05%) Zephyr
12 9 (0.95%) MSI
13 7 (0.74%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.74%) JUnit
13 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.74%) TestRail
13 7 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 257 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.76%) Finance
3 104 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 101 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (4.20%) Retail
7 37 (3.89%) Marketing
8 29 (3.05%) Advertising
9 20 (2.10%) Games
10 18 (1.89%) Law
11 17 (1.79%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.05%) Legal
14 8 (0.84%) Aviation
14 8 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.63%) Automotive
15 6 (0.63%) Banking
15 6 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 374 (39.29%) Developer
2 194 (20.38%) Senior
3 192 (20.17%) .NET Developer
4 135 (14.18%) DevOps Engineer
5 103 (10.82%) Azure Engineer
6 87 (9.14%) Lead
7 71 (7.46%) Analyst
8 66 (6.93%) Senior Developer
9 51 (5.36%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 48 (5.04%) Data Engineer
10 48 (5.04%) Senior DevOps
11 47 (4.94%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 44 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
13 42 (4.41%) Cloud Engineer
14 39 (4.10%) Software Engineer
15 36 (3.78%) Software Developer
16 28 (2.94%) Business Analyst
16 28 (2.94%) Lead Developer
17 25 (2.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
18 24 (2.52%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (37.29%) .NET
2 216 (22.69%) Terraform
3 213 (22.37%) ASP.NET
4 190 (19.96%) .NET Core
5 188 (19.75%) ASP.NET Core
6 129 (13.55%) HTML
7 128 (13.45%) React
8 127 (13.34%) CSS
9 125 (13.13%) RESTful
10 108 (11.34%) Entity Framework
11 97 (10.19%) Blazor
12 89 (9.35%) REST
13 77 (8.09%) ML.NET
14 75 (7.88%) Node.js
15 43 (4.52%) .NET Framework
15 43 (4.52%) ARM Templates
15 43 (4.52%) Playwright
16 38 (3.99%) JSON
17 36 (3.78%) YAML
18 35 (3.68%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 94 (9.87%) Product Ownership
2 77 (8.09%) Cloud Native
3 58 (6.09%) Enterprise Software
4 51 (5.36%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (4.41%) Mobile App
6 32 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.84%) Legacy Applications
8 26 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (2.00%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.79%) iPhone
11 16 (1.68%) BBC
11 16 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.68%) Social Media
12 15 (1.58%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.58%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
13 12 (1.26%) Podcast
13 12 (1.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (8.61%) Windows
2 80 (8.40%) Linux
3 23 (2.42%) Android
4 21 (2.21%) Unix
5 12 (1.26%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.26%) VMS
6 11 (1.16%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Solaris
10 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 2 (0.21%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 952 (100.00%) DevOps
2 510 (53.57%) Agile
3 508 (53.36%) CI/CD
4 240 (25.21%) AI
5 219 (23.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 216 (22.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 190 (19.96%) Infrastructure as Code
8 178 (18.70%) Scrum
9 177 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
10 154 (16.18%) Test Automation
11 140 (14.71%) Mentoring
12 113 (11.87%) Machine Learning
13 107 (11.24%) Analytics
14 106 (11.13%) Stakeholder Management
15 102 (10.71%) SDLC
16 101 (10.61%) Software Engineering
17 98 (10.29%) Platform Engineering
18 97 (10.19%) Microservices
19 89 (9.35%) Observability
20 88 (9.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 370 (38.87%) C#
2 362 (38.03%) SQL
3 187 (19.64%) JavaScript
4 174 (18.28%) Python
5 105 (11.03%) PowerShell
6 93 (9.77%) Bash
7 84 (8.82%) Bicep
8 72 (7.56%) Java
9 41 (4.31%) TypeScript
10 32 (3.36%) T-SQL
11 19 (2.00%) C++
12 15 (1.58%) COBOL
12 15 (1.58%) JCL
13 13 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.74%) C
14 7 (0.74%) Go
14 7 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.74%) Ruby
14 7 (0.74%) Swift
15 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 95 (9.98%) Degree
2 80 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 71 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.36%) Azure Certification
5 33 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (2.31%) ISTQB
8 21 (2.21%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.58%) PMP
10 10 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.74%) CBAP
12 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.74%) ISEB
13 5 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.32%) CSPO
15 3 (0.32%) IIBA
15 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.32%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (12.82%) QA
2 44 (4.62%) Accessibility
3 39 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.78%) WCAG
5 33 (3.47%) GDPR
6 15 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.26%) TickIT
8 11 (1.16%) PMO
9 9 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (0.74%) NCSC
11 6 (0.63%) 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%) SOC 2
System Software
1 116 (12.18%) Docker
2 46 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.26%) vSphere
6 11 (1.16%) 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 94 (9.87%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.89%) Ansible
2 37 (3.89%) Grafana
3 32 (3.36%) Prometheus
4 19 (2.00%) Argo
5 17 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.05%) Puppet
7 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.32%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.21%) FlexNet
9 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.21%) Nessus
9 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.21%) Rancher
9 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.11%) Istio
10 1 (0.11%) linkerd
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.11%) Scalr
Vendors
1 454 (47.69%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.15%) Google
3 37 (3.89%) Facebook
4 36 (3.78%) Databricks
5 23 (2.42%) Apple
6 22 (2.31%) VMware
6 22 (2.31%) YouTube
7 18 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 16 (1.68%) Sony
8 16 (1.68%) Yahoo!
9 12 (1.26%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.16%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.16%) HP
11 10 (1.05%) Oracle
12 9 (0.95%) Broadcom
12 9 (0.95%) Informatica
12 9 (0.95%) Talend
13 8 (0.84%) Foundry
13 8 (0.84%) ServiceNow