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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 98 120
Rank change year-on-year -33 +22 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 693 949 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.57% 2.67% 2.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.97% 8.21% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 383 540 903
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,875 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +9.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £69,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,050 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -6.02%

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 13,952 11,555 15,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.55% 32.55% 35.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,015 6,300 12,600
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,070
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 +4 235 £50,000 -23.08% 147
Scotland +65 167 £56,000 +6.67% 22
North of England -40 101 £55,000 -18.19% 103
Midlands -64 78 £60,000 -7.69% 60
South West -65 68 £47,500 -26.92% 58
West Midlands -43 59 £60,000 -7.69% 31
Yorkshire -43 38 £55,000 -21.43% 35
North West -24 35 £65,000 - 54
North East +7 28 £50,000 -27.27% 14
Wales +3 25 £55,000 -15.38% 27
East of England -33 17 £65,000 +30.00% 57
East Midlands -7 16 £65,000 - 27
Northern Ireland -13 2 £56,250 - 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 29 (4.18%) Confluence
2 23 (3.32%) IIS
3 17 (2.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.58%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) Appian
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (9.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (5.34%) Oracle ERP
3 36 (5.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 624 (90.04%) Azure
2 225 (32.47%) GitHub
3 130 (18.76%) Power Platform
4 103 (14.86%) AWS
5 96 (13.85%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (9.38%) GitHub Copilot
7 61 (8.80%) Snowflake
8 57 (8.23%) Entra ID
9 49 (7.07%) dbt
10 47 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
11 45 (6.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 44 (6.35%) Azure Monitor
13 43 (6.20%) Azure Data Factory
14 42 (6.06%) SaaS
15 40 (5.77%) Power Automate
16 38 (5.48%) Serverless
17 37 (5.34%) OCI
18 36 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
19 35 (5.05%) PaaS
20 32 (4.62%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.76%) Firewall
2 31 (4.47%) DNS
3 13 (1.88%) VPN
4 10 (1.44%) HTTP
4 10 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.87%) WAN
6 5 (0.72%) VLAN
7 4 (0.58%) DHCP
7 4 (0.58%) Network Security
7 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.43%) BGP
8 3 (0.43%) IPsec
8 3 (0.43%) OSPF
8 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.43%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.29%) SSL
10 1 (0.14%) AMQP
10 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (11.54%) Power BI
2 77 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 51 (7.36%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.76%) Tableau
5 23 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (2.45%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.02%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (1.88%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.15%) Metadata
12 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.01%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.72%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.72%) Power Query
14 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.58%) Looker
Development Applications
1 157 (22.66%) JIRA
2 100 (14.43%) Git
3 79 (11.40%) Jenkins
4 69 (9.96%) eCATT
5 38 (5.48%) NeoLoad
6 37 (5.34%) Oracle Forms
7 35 (5.05%) Selenium
8 20 (2.89%) Robot Framework
9 19 (2.74%) Snyk
10 16 (2.31%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.02%) GitLab
12 9 (1.30%) TeamCity
13 8 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.72%) Postman
14 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.58%) NUnit
16 3 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 3 (0.43%) MLflow
16 3 (0.43%) MSTest
16 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 336 (48.48%) Finance
2 158 (22.80%) Social Skills
3 117 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (13.71%) Marketing
5 72 (10.39%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (3.03%) Law
9 18 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.45%) Billing
11 10 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.30%) Retail
12 9 (1.30%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.87%) Banking
14 6 (0.87%) Legal
15 5 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Advertising
16 4 (0.58%) Front Office
17 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 159 (22.94%) Senior
2 127 (18.33%) Developer
3 106 (15.30%) Analyst
4 91 (13.13%) Lead
5 67 (9.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 65 (9.38%) Azure Engineer
7 64 (9.24%) DevOps Engineer
8 44 (6.35%) Applications Engineer
9 35 (5.05%) Software Engineer
10 32 (4.62%) Test Leader
11 28 (4.04%) .NET Developer
12 27 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 26 (3.75%) Test Analyst
14 25 (3.61%) Business Analyst
15 22 (3.17%) Power Platform Developer
16 21 (3.03%) Applications Developer
17 20 (2.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 20 (2.89%) Full-Stack Developer
18 18 (2.60%) Automation Test Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (24.10%) .NET
2 85 (12.27%) RESTful
3 63 (9.09%) React
4 49 (7.07%) OAuth
5 47 (6.78%) ASP.NET
5 47 (6.78%) SOAP
6 44 (6.35%) .NET Framework
7 40 (5.77%) JSON
8 39 (5.63%) REST
9 38 (5.48%) .NET Core
10 36 (5.19%) OAuth2
11 33 (4.76%) YAML
12 29 (4.18%) CSS
12 29 (4.18%) HTML
13 26 (3.75%) AngularJS
13 26 (3.75%) Blazor
13 26 (3.75%) Lightning Web Components
14 24 (3.46%) ASP.NET Core
15 23 (3.32%) ARM Templates
16 22 (3.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (16.74%) Cloud Native
2 95 (13.71%) Product Ownership
3 53 (7.65%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (3.90%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.32%) Mobile App
6 22 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.89%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.59%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.30%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.87%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
15 4 (0.58%) AI Agents
15 4 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.36%) Windows
2 32 (4.62%) Linux
3 12 (1.73%) VMS
4 9 (1.30%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.01%) Android
6 6 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Unix
7 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (90.04%) DevOps
2 389 (56.13%) CI/CD
3 373 (53.82%) Agile
4 195 (28.14%) Test Automation
5 185 (26.70%) Coaching
6 178 (25.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 174 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 157 (22.66%) Asset Management
9 145 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
10 137 (19.77%) AI
11 124 (17.89%) Mentoring
12 106 (15.30%) Roadmaps
13 95 (13.71%) ERP
14 91 (13.13%) Test Management
15 87 (12.55%) Clean Code
16 83 (11.98%) Analytics
17 82 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
17 82 (11.83%) Data Modelling
17 82 (11.83%) Observability
17 82 (11.83%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 234 (33.77%) SQL
2 172 (24.82%) Python
3 148 (21.36%) C#
4 107 (15.44%) PowerShell
5 67 (9.67%) JavaScript
6 60 (8.66%) Bash
7 56 (8.08%) Bicep
8 46 (6.64%) Java
9 38 (5.48%) Shell Script
9 38 (5.48%) TypeScript
10 37 (5.34%) PL/SQL
11 26 (3.75%) Apex Code
12 19 (2.74%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.88%) Go
14 10 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.58%) C++
15 4 (0.58%) VB
16 2 (0.29%) Delphi
16 2 (0.29%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (8.95%) Degree
2 40 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (4.18%) Azure Certification
5 24 (3.46%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.74%) ISTQB
7 16 (2.31%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.73%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.30%) PMP
13 7 (1.01%) HND
14 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.58%) ISEB
16 3 (0.43%) CCNP
17 2 (0.29%) BC Cleared
17 2 (0.29%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.98%) QA
2 39 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.03%) GDPR
4 14 (2.02%) PMO
5 12 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.01%) SLA
7 6 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.72%) NCSC
8 5 (0.72%) NIST
9 4 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.29%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (11.83%) Docker
2 40 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.58%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 228 (32.90%) Terraform
2 71 (10.25%) Kubernetes
3 69 (9.96%) HP ALM
4 46 (6.64%) Ansible
5 37 (5.34%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (2.89%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.60%) Grafana
8 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.29%) Argo
10 2 (0.29%) Nessus
10 2 (0.29%) Puppet
11 1 (0.14%) CASB
11 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 192 (27.71%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.96%) HP
2 69 (9.96%) SAP
3 40 (5.77%) Oracle
4 33 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.03%) Okta
6 18 (2.60%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.60%) Coverity
7 15 (2.16%) Databricks
8 14 (2.02%) Ab Initio
8 14 (2.02%) Xamarin
9 12 (1.73%) Google
9 12 (1.73%) Sage
10 9 (1.30%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.30%) VMware
10 9 (1.30%) Zoho
11 7 (1.01%) Adobe
11 7 (1.01%) Freshdesk
11 7 (1.01%) Nintex
11 7 (1.01%) SolarWinds