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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 205 117
Rank change year-on-year +62 -88 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 905 495 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.45% 2.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.05% 5.33% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 772 370 925
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,175 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -

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 17,911 9,283 18,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.32% 27.20% 29.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,670 6,476 13,464
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +88 268 £60,000 -7.69% 90
South East +12 228 £60,000 -4.76% 107
North West +86 148 £65,500 +0.77% 53
Midlands +15 133 £63,500 +5.83% 55
South West +1 99 £55,000 -4.35% 29
East of England +21 77 £56,000 -10.40% 30
Wales -6 76 £53,171 -7.53% 9
East Midlands +26 69 £57,500 +4.55% 19
Yorkshire -11 66 £69,308 +2.68% 26
West Midlands -9 64 £65,000 +8.33% 36
North East -1 54 £51,310 -6.71% 12
Scotland +13 24 £60,000 -6.98% 13
Northern Ireland -68 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 46 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 43 (4.75%) Confluence
3 28 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.21%) IIS
5 8 (0.88%) nginx
6 7 (0.77%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.66%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.55%) Apache
8 5 (0.55%) CMS
9 4 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.44%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.33%) CICS
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) Luigi
11 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 12 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.88%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.88%) Trello
4 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.66%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.55%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.44%) Shopify
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.22%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 905 (100.00%) Azure
2 145 (16.02%) GitHub
3 130 (14.36%) Power Platform
4 122 (13.48%) AWS
5 91 (10.06%) GitHub Actions
6 83 (9.17%) Azure AI
7 63 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
8 61 (6.74%) Serverless
9 59 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
10 57 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (5.97%) Azure AKS
11 54 (5.97%) PaaS
12 52 (5.75%) Azure Service Bus
13 51 (5.64%) Azure Functions
14 49 (5.41%) Power Automate
15 46 (5.08%) Entra ID
16 44 (4.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 40 (4.42%) SaaS
18 39 (4.31%) GCP
19 37 (4.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.09%) Firewall
2 18 (1.99%) VPN
3 14 (1.55%) DNS
3 14 (1.55%) HTTP
4 11 (1.22%) Internet
4 11 (1.22%) Network Security
4 11 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.66%) MQTT
5 6 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.66%) Wireless
5 6 (0.66%) ZigBee
6 5 (0.55%) SAN
7 4 (0.44%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.33%) BGP
8 3 (0.33%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.22%) VLAN
10 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (20.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 156 (17.24%) MongoDB
3 102 (11.27%) SQL Server
4 54 (5.97%) Power BI
5 35 (3.87%) Elasticsearch
5 35 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.10%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.77%) MySQL
10 14 (1.55%) Redis
11 11 (1.22%) NonStop SQL
11 11 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.10%) Metadata
13 9 (0.99%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.77%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.66%) Delta Lake
16 6 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 143 (15.80%) Git
2 121 (13.37%) JIRA
3 85 (9.39%) Jenkins
4 61 (6.74%) GitLab
5 43 (4.75%) Selenium
6 34 (3.76%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.43%) Postman
8 18 (1.99%) Visual Studio
9 16 (1.77%) REST Assured
10 14 (1.55%) fastlane
10 14 (1.55%) JMeter
11 13 (1.44%) Zephyr
12 10 (1.10%) NUnit
12 10 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.99%) TestRail
13 9 (0.99%) Xcode
14 8 (0.88%) MSI
15 7 (0.77%) GDB
15 7 (0.77%) Gradle
16 6 (0.66%) Android Studio
General
1 202 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 129 (14.25%) Finance
3 90 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.50%) Public Sector
5 81 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.08%) Retail
7 44 (4.86%) Marketing
8 28 (3.09%) Advertising
8 28 (3.09%) Law
9 22 (2.43%) Games
10 16 (1.77%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.44%) Legal
12 11 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.10%) Automotive
13 10 (1.10%) Banking
13 10 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.77%) Aviation
16 5 (0.55%) Billing
16 5 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 355 (39.23%) Developer
2 179 (19.78%) .NET Developer
3 164 (18.12%) Senior
4 144 (15.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 101 (11.16%) Azure Engineer
6 96 (10.61%) Lead
7 62 (6.85%) Senior Developer
8 56 (6.19%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 55 (6.08%) Analyst
10 41 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
11 40 (4.42%) Platform Engineer
12 39 (4.31%) Senior DevOps
13 38 (4.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 38 (4.20%) Software Engineer
14 34 (3.76%) Software Developer
15 33 (3.65%) Data Engineer
16 29 (3.20%) Architect
17 22 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
18 21 (2.32%) Lead Developer
18 21 (2.32%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (36.69%) .NET
2 209 (23.09%) ASP.NET
3 187 (20.66%) .NET Core
4 184 (20.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 134 (14.81%) HTML
5 134 (14.81%) React
6 132 (14.59%) CSS
7 128 (14.14%) RESTful
8 102 (11.27%) Entity Framework
9 97 (10.72%) Blazor
10 82 (9.06%) REST
11 80 (8.84%) ML.NET
12 79 (8.73%) Node.js
13 50 (5.52%) Playwright
14 47 (5.19%) ARM Templates
15 38 (4.20%) YAML
16 35 (3.87%) .NET Framework
16 35 (3.87%) LINQ
17 31 (3.43%) Middleware
18 30 (3.31%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.72%) Product Ownership
2 66 (7.29%) Cloud Native
3 50 (5.52%) Mobile App
4 40 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.88%) BBC
10 17 (1.88%) iPhone
10 17 (1.88%) Social Media
11 15 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.44%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.44%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.33%) Podcast
13 12 (1.33%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.33%) Social Network
14 10 (1.10%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 84 (9.28%) Linux
2 69 (7.62%) Windows
3 24 (2.65%) Android
4 18 (1.99%) Unix
5 14 (1.55%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.44%) VMS
7 8 (0.88%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.44%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.22%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 905 (100.00%) DevOps
2 499 (55.14%) CI/CD
3 480 (53.04%) Agile
4 219 (24.20%) AI
5 217 (23.98%) Full-Stack Development
6 203 (22.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 179 (19.78%) Scrum
8 177 (19.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 161 (17.79%) Test Automation
10 143 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
11 124 (13.70%) Mentoring
12 116 (12.82%) Machine Learning
13 101 (11.16%) SDLC
14 92 (10.17%) Analytics
14 92 (10.17%) Observability
15 90 (9.94%) Software Engineering
16 89 (9.83%) Microservices
17 85 (9.39%) Multithreading
18 83 (9.17%) Platform Engineering
19 81 (8.95%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 340 (37.57%) SQL
2 336 (37.13%) C#
3 190 (20.99%) JavaScript
4 160 (17.68%) Python
5 106 (11.71%) Bash
6 105 (11.60%) PowerShell
7 80 (8.84%) Bicep
8 57 (6.30%) Java
9 39 (4.31%) TypeScript
10 29 (3.20%) T-SQL
11 17 (1.88%) Go
12 16 (1.77%) C++
13 13 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (1.33%) Swift
15 8 (0.88%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.77%) Ruby
16 7 (0.77%) VB.NET
17 6 (0.66%) C
17 6 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.66%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 67 (7.40%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.07%) Degree
3 55 (6.08%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.31%) Azure Certification
5 29 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.65%) ISTQB
7 21 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.66%) PMP
13 5 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.44%) HND
15 3 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.33%) CBAP
15 3 (0.33%) CSPO
15 3 (0.33%) ISEB
16 2 (0.22%) CISSP
16 2 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (12.60%) QA
2 54 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 30 (3.31%) WCAG
4 17 (1.88%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.77%) GDPR
6 15 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.33%) TickIT
8 8 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (0.77%) NCSC
10 6 (0.66%) JTAG
10 6 (0.66%) PMO
10 6 (0.66%) SLA
11 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.33%) IFRS
11 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.22%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.22%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.11%) NIST
13 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 107 (11.82%) Docker
2 44 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.33%) vSphere
6 9 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.33%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 222 (24.53%) Terraform
2 97 (10.72%) Kubernetes
3 55 (6.08%) Grafana
4 49 (5.41%) Ansible
5 48 (5.30%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.10%) Argo
7 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.66%) Puppet
9 4 (0.44%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.33%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.33%) Scalr
11 2 (0.22%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.22%) MIIS
11 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.22%) Rancher
11 2 (0.22%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.11%) Consul
12 1 (0.11%) Nessus
12 1 (0.11%) Packer
12 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 418 (46.19%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.52%) Google
3 38 (4.20%) Facebook
4 31 (3.43%) Databricks
5 28 (3.09%) Apple
6 22 (2.43%) Dynatrace
6 22 (2.43%) Red Hat
7 21 (2.32%) VMware
7 21 (2.32%) YouTube
8 20 (2.21%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.88%) Sony
9 17 (1.88%) Yahoo!
10 12 (1.33%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.33%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.22%) Oracle
12 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.88%) Foundry
14 7 (0.77%) SAP
15 5 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (0.44%) Adobe