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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 203 125
Rank change year-on-year +31 -78 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 684 460 1,543
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.02% 1.61% 2.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.76% 5.58% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 532 345 1,145
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,813 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £84,900
UK median annual salary £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +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 18,191 8,246 22,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.22% 28.92% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,571 5,567 17,425
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,750 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +8.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 22 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 22 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
North of England +42 184 £65,500 -6.43% 83
South East -28 182 £50,000 -28.57% 85
Midlands -1 109 £65,000 +1.96% 38
North West +46 97 £70,000 +3.70% 45
South West -35 73 £52,373 -19.43% 17
Scotland +38 61 £62,500 - 23
West Midlands -25 57 £62,000 -2.75% 22
East Midlands +2 50 £67,250 +12.08% 16
Yorkshire -35 48 £69,310 -0.99% 21
East of England -12 40 £60,000 +4.35% 29
North East -2 39 £50,000 -9.09% 18
Wales -15 35 £53,050 -18.38% 12
Northern Ireland -36 2 £72,500 +45.00% 7
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 25 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.07%) Confluence
3 18 (2.63%) IIS
4 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.02%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.73%) Apache
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.44%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 2 (0.29%) CICS
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Luigi
9 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 14 (2.05%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.02%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.29%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.73%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.29%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 684 (100.00%) Azure
2 153 (22.37%) GitHub
3 120 (17.54%) Power Platform
4 116 (16.96%) AWS
5 89 (13.01%) GitHub Actions
6 67 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (7.16%) Entra ID
8 46 (6.73%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (6.29%) Azure AKS
10 41 (5.99%) Serverless
11 40 (5.85%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (5.56%) GCP
12 38 (5.56%) SaaS
13 34 (4.97%) Azure Data Factory
14 32 (4.68%) PaaS
15 29 (4.24%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (4.09%) Azure AI
16 28 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
17 25 (3.65%) Azure Functions
18 23 (3.36%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.41%) Firewall
2 22 (3.22%) DNS
3 16 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.19%) HTTP
5 11 (1.61%) Network Security
6 3 (0.44%) BGP
6 3 (0.44%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.44%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.44%) MQTT
6 3 (0.44%) SAN
6 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 3 (0.44%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.29%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) DHCP
8 1 (0.15%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.15%) MPLS
8 1 (0.15%) VLAN
8 1 (0.15%) VPN
8 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (11.55%) SQL Server
2 76 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 69 (10.09%) Power BI
4 63 (9.21%) MongoDB
5 30 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (3.07%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.46%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.46%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.17%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.17%) Metadata
13 7 (1.02%) Power Query
14 6 (0.88%) MySQL
14 6 (0.88%) Tableau
15 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 109 (15.94%) Git
2 87 (12.72%) JIRA
3 80 (11.70%) Jenkins
4 48 (7.02%) GitLab
5 40 (5.85%) Selenium
6 29 (4.24%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.92%) Postman
8 11 (1.61%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (1.46%) REST Assured
9 10 (1.46%) Zephyr
10 9 (1.32%) fastlane
10 9 (1.32%) JMeter
11 6 (0.88%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.88%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.88%) TestRail
11 6 (0.88%) Xcode
12 5 (0.73%) Gatling
12 5 (0.73%) MLflow
12 5 (0.73%) SonarQube
General
1 144 (21.05%) Finance
2 132 (19.30%) Social Skills
3 92 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.68%) Retail
7 29 (4.24%) Marketing
8 23 (3.36%) Billing
9 20 (2.92%) Law
10 15 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.05%) Legal
12 12 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.61%) Automotive
13 11 (1.61%) Games
14 10 (1.46%) Advertising
14 10 (1.46%) Banking
15 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.44%) Aviation
18 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 206 (30.12%) Developer
2 151 (22.08%) Senior
3 129 (18.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 106 (15.50%) Azure Engineer
5 80 (11.70%) Lead
6 69 (10.09%) .NET Developer
7 51 (7.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 46 (6.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (6.73%) Senior Developer
9 36 (5.26%) Senior DevOps
10 35 (5.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 34 (4.97%) Analyst
12 30 (4.39%) Software Engineer
13 28 (4.09%) Data Engineer
14 27 (3.95%) Architect
15 24 (3.51%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (3.22%) Power Platform Developer
16 22 (3.22%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.22%) Systems Engineer
17 19 (2.78%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (28.36%) .NET
2 99 (14.47%) ASP.NET
3 92 (13.45%) React
4 85 (12.43%) .NET Core
5 81 (11.84%) HTML
6 80 (11.70%) ASP.NET Core
7 79 (11.55%) CSS
8 78 (11.40%) RESTful
9 65 (9.50%) REST
10 57 (8.33%) Node.js
11 41 (5.99%) Blazor
12 40 (5.85%) SOAP
13 38 (5.56%) Playwright
14 37 (5.41%) Entity Framework
15 35 (5.12%) YAML
16 33 (4.82%) JSON
17 31 (4.53%) OAuth
18 30 (4.39%) Middleware
19 29 (4.24%) ARM Templates
20 27 (3.95%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 58 (8.48%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.41%) Mobile App
4 31 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.36%) Low-Code
6 22 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.02%) iPhone
11 7 (1.02%) Social Network
12 6 (0.88%) BBC
12 6 (0.88%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.88%) Social Media
13 5 (0.73%) PMI
14 4 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 72 (10.53%) Linux
2 39 (5.70%) Windows
3 18 (2.63%) Unix
4 15 (2.19%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.75%) Android
6 11 (1.61%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.58%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.44%) VMS
8 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 684 (100.00%) DevOps
2 405 (59.21%) CI/CD
3 325 (47.51%) Agile
4 174 (25.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 165 (24.12%) Test Automation
6 127 (18.57%) AI
7 113 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
8 112 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 112 (16.37%) Scrum
9 103 (15.06%) Full-Stack Development
10 102 (14.91%) Mentoring
11 93 (13.60%) Coaching
12 79 (11.55%) Data Modelling
13 77 (11.26%) Observability
14 72 (10.53%) Containerisation
15 68 (9.94%) SDLC
15 68 (9.94%) Software Engineering
16 66 (9.65%) Analytics
17 65 (9.50%) Continuous Integration
17 65 (9.50%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 224 (32.75%) SQL
2 181 (26.46%) C#
3 153 (22.37%) Python
4 116 (16.96%) JavaScript
5 92 (13.45%) Bash
6 77 (11.26%) PowerShell
7 56 (8.19%) Java
8 36 (5.26%) Bicep
9 28 (4.09%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.63%) Go
11 14 (2.05%) C++
11 14 (2.05%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.90%) Apex Code
13 12 (1.75%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.46%) Swift
14 10 (1.46%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.88%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.58%) Scala
18 3 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 63 (9.21%) Degree
2 45 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.05%) ISTQB
7 13 (1.90%) HND
8 11 (1.61%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.46%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.58%) BC Cleared
12 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.15%) CISSP
15 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.23%) QA
2 57 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.36%) GDPR
4 14 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.05%) WCAG
5 12 (1.75%) SLA
5 12 (1.75%) TickIT
6 11 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.44%) GRC
7 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.44%) IFRS
7 3 (0.44%) JTAG
7 3 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.29%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (12.87%) Docker
2 30 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 209 (30.56%) Terraform
2 63 (9.21%) Kubernetes
3 50 (7.31%) Ansible
4 46 (6.73%) Grafana
5 39 (5.70%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.49%) Argo
7 11 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.58%) Puppet
9 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.44%) Scalr
10 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.29%) 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%) Packer
11 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 265 (38.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.53%) Salesforce
3 27 (3.95%) Databricks
4 24 (3.51%) Red Hat
5 19 (2.78%) Dynatrace
5 19 (2.78%) Oracle
6 18 (2.63%) Google
7 15 (2.19%) Apple
8 13 (1.90%) Adobe
9 12 (1.75%) Facebook
9 12 (1.75%) Freshdesk
9 12 (1.75%) Nintex
10 11 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.46%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.88%) Sony
12 6 (0.88%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.88%) YouTube
13 5 (0.73%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.73%) VMware