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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 179 122
Rank change year-on-year +3 -57 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 653 494 1,559
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.99% 1.74% 2.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.41% 5.65% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 478 404 1,158
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,740 £78,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,825
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year - +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 19,164 8,748 22,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.95% 30.87% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 9,119 6,242 17,397
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £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 £71,622 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 6 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 6 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
South East -35 162 £50,000 -25.93% 105
North of England 0 160 £65,000 -7.14% 85
Midlands -19 101 £65,000 - 43
Scotland +49 90 £62,500 +8.70% 17
South West -32 79 £52,500 -19.23% 19
North West +7 78 £70,000 +3.70% 40
West Midlands -35 56 £60,000 -7.69% 20
Yorkshire -44 49 £64,655 -7.64% 21
East Midlands -10 42 £67,500 +35.00% 23
North East -5 33 £50,000 -16.67% 24
Wales -19 31 £53,135 +1.03% 20
East of England -13 30 £67,500 +27.36% 29
Northern Ireland -38 2 £72,500 +45.00% 5
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 24 (3.68%) Confluence
2 21 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.60%) IIS
4 13 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.77%) Apache
6 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.46%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.31%) CICS
8 2 (0.31%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (2.45%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.77%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.31%) Trello
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (2.45%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.77%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.31%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 653 (100.00%) Azure
2 179 (27.41%) GitHub
3 115 (17.61%) AWS
3 115 (17.61%) Power Platform
4 97 (14.85%) GitHub Actions
5 63 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (7.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 50 (7.66%) Entra ID
8 43 (6.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 43 (6.58%) Serverless
9 39 (5.97%) GCP
10 38 (5.82%) Azure AKS
11 37 (5.67%) GitHub Copilot
12 36 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (5.36%) SaaS
14 33 (5.05%) Azure Service Bus
15 31 (4.75%) Snowflake
16 29 (4.44%) dbt
17 28 (4.29%) PaaS
18 27 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.67%) Firewall
2 22 (3.37%) DNS
3 19 (2.91%) HTTP
3 19 (2.91%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.68%) Network Security
5 3 (0.46%) BGP
6 2 (0.31%) SSL
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 66 (10.11%) Power BI
3 34 (5.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (4.90%) MongoDB
5 29 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (3.22%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.53%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.53%) Metadata
9 10 (1.53%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.38%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.38%) Tableau
11 7 (1.07%) Power Query
11 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.46%) MySQL
13 3 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 103 (15.77%) JIRA
2 93 (14.24%) Git
3 80 (12.25%) Jenkins
4 43 (6.58%) GitLab
5 38 (5.82%) Selenium
6 28 (4.29%) Cypress.io
7 19 (2.91%) Postman
8 16 (2.45%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (1.53%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.38%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.38%) Zephyr
11 8 (1.23%) JMeter
12 7 (1.07%) TestRail
13 6 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.92%) NUnit
14 5 (0.77%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.77%) Gatling
14 5 (0.77%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.77%) MLflow
14 5 (0.77%) XCUITest
General
1 172 (26.34%) Finance
2 143 (21.90%) Social Skills
3 110 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.05%) Retail
6 29 (4.44%) Marketing
7 28 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.83%) Law
9 24 (3.68%) Billing
10 18 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.14%) Legal
12 12 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.68%) Automotive
14 8 (1.23%) Banking
14 8 (1.23%) Games
14 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.92%) Advertising
15 6 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.46%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.31%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 160 (24.50%) Developer
2 149 (22.82%) Senior
3 126 (19.30%) DevOps Engineer
4 108 (16.54%) Azure Engineer
5 86 (13.17%) Lead
6 52 (7.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 49 (7.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (6.13%) Analyst
9 38 (5.82%) Senior Developer
10 36 (5.51%) .NET Developer
11 34 (5.21%) Senior DevOps
12 33 (5.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 27 (4.13%) Architect
14 24 (3.68%) Data Engineer
14 24 (3.68%) Full-Stack Developer
15 21 (3.22%) Power Platform Developer
15 21 (3.22%) Software Developer
15 21 (3.22%) Systems Engineer
16 20 (3.06%) Applications Support
16 20 (3.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (22.36%) .NET
2 76 (11.64%) React
3 69 (10.57%) RESTful
4 65 (9.95%) REST
5 62 (9.49%) ASP.NET
6 51 (7.81%) .NET Core
6 51 (7.81%) CSS
6 51 (7.81%) HTML
7 50 (7.66%) SOAP
8 46 (7.04%) Node.js
9 45 (6.89%) ASP.NET Core
10 41 (6.28%) OAuth
11 37 (5.67%) Playwright
12 36 (5.51%) JSON
13 30 (4.59%) YAML
14 28 (4.29%) ARM Templates
15 26 (3.98%) Blazor
15 26 (3.98%) Middleware
16 23 (3.52%) OAuth2
17 22 (3.37%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.57%) Cloud Native
2 68 (10.41%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.13%) Mobile App
5 26 (3.98%) Low-Code
6 22 (3.37%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.77%) PMI
12 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.61%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.61%) Social Network
13 3 (0.46%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (0.46%) Life Science
13 3 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.11%) Linux
2 41 (6.28%) Windows
3 18 (2.76%) Unix
4 14 (2.14%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.61%) Android
6 4 (0.61%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.46%) VMS
7 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (100.00%) DevOps
2 396 (60.64%) CI/CD
3 316 (48.39%) Agile
4 184 (28.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 174 (26.65%) Test Automation
6 128 (19.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 121 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
8 112 (17.15%) Coaching
9 111 (17.00%) AI
10 104 (15.93%) Scrum
11 102 (15.62%) Mentoring
12 92 (14.09%) Data Modelling
13 85 (13.02%) Observability
14 82 (12.56%) Containerisation
15 75 (11.49%) Asset Management
16 73 (11.18%) SDLC
17 71 (10.87%) Continuous Integration
18 67 (10.26%) Microservices
19 64 (9.80%) Deployment Automation
20 63 (9.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 195 (29.86%) SQL
2 155 (23.74%) Python
3 133 (20.37%) C#
4 89 (13.63%) JavaScript
5 84 (12.86%) Bash
6 79 (12.10%) PowerShell
7 48 (7.35%) Java
8 39 (5.97%) Bicep
9 29 (4.44%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.22%) Go
11 20 (3.06%) PL/SQL
12 18 (2.76%) Apex Code
12 18 (2.76%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.53%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.07%) Swift
16 4 (0.61%) C++
16 4 (0.61%) Scala
16 4 (0.61%) VB
17 3 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (9.04%) Degree
2 44 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.98%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.45%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.45%) ISTQB
6 13 (1.99%) HND
7 12 (1.84%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.84%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.23%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.07%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.61%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.31%) PMP
14 2 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.15%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.41%) QA
2 50 (7.66%) Accessibility
3 26 (3.98%) GDPR
4 12 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.84%) SLA
4 12 (1.84%) TickIT
5 11 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.92%) WCAG
7 3 (0.46%) GRC
7 3 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.46%) IFRS
7 3 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.31%) PMO
8 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 90 (13.78%) Docker
2 33 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 217 (33.23%) Terraform
2 62 (9.49%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.81%) Ansible
4 48 (7.35%) Grafana
5 41 (6.28%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (2.30%) Argo
8 4 (0.61%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.61%) Puppet
9 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.46%) Scalr
10 2 (0.31%) MIIS
11 1 (0.15%) CASB
11 1 (0.15%) Consul
11 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.15%) Nessus
11 1 (0.15%) Packer
11 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 232 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.59%) Salesforce
3 26 (3.98%) Databricks
4 25 (3.83%) Oracle
5 23 (3.52%) Red Hat
6 13 (1.99%) Adobe
6 13 (1.99%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.84%) Freshdesk
7 12 (1.84%) Nintex
8 11 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.53%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.38%) Apple
11 8 (1.23%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.23%) Okta
12 7 (1.07%) Google
13 5 (0.77%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.61%) Facebook
14 4 (0.61%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.61%) Veracode
15 3 (0.46%) Yahoo!