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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 104 97
Rank change year-on-year -25 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 680 1,060 931
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.74% 2.44% 3.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.70% 7.97% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 393 621 790
10th Percentile £38,800 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £74,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -

All Cloud 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 11,928 13,303 11,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.52% 30.67% 39.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,828 7,495 9,609
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £69,539 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -2.56%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +2 233 £60,000 -11.11% 151
Scotland +65 155 £64,750 +20.47% 19
North of England -49 97 £60,000 -4.38% 81
Midlands -53 79 £60,000 -7.69% 61
West Midlands -33 65 £60,000 -7.69% 37
South West -62 56 £52,500 -19.23% 41
North West -22 39 £65,000 +7.00% 40
Yorkshire -38 32 £55,000 -18.19% 25
Wales +2 31 £55,000 -2.22% 18
East of England -20 27 £65,000 +30.00% 34
North East +3 26 £50,000 -9.09% 16
East Midlands -5 13 £57,500 +21.05% 22
Northern Ireland -4 2 £56,250 - 4
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 (4.26%) Confluence
2 25 (3.68%) IIS
3 15 (2.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 10 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.88%) Apache
6 6 (0.88%) Appian
7 5 (0.74%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (10.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (5.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (4.85%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 611 (89.85%) Azure
2 211 (31.03%) GitHub
3 115 (16.91%) Power Platform
4 96 (14.12%) GitHub Actions
5 95 (13.97%) AWS
6 59 (8.68%) GitHub Copilot
7 57 (8.38%) Snowflake
8 50 (7.35%) Power Automate
9 48 (7.06%) Azure Monitor
10 47 (6.91%) Entra ID
11 45 (6.62%) Azure Data Factory
12 43 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
13 42 (6.18%) dbt
14 40 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
14 40 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (5.59%) SaaS
16 35 (5.15%) Serverless
17 34 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
18 33 (4.85%) OCI
19 32 (4.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.53%) DNS
2 21 (3.09%) Firewall
3 13 (1.91%) VPN
4 5 (0.74%) HTTP
4 5 (0.74%) VLAN
4 5 (0.74%) WAN
5 4 (0.59%) Network Security
5 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.44%) BGP
6 3 (0.44%) DHCP
6 3 (0.44%) IPsec
6 3 (0.44%) OSPF
6 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.44%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.29%) SSL
8 1 (0.15%) AMQP
8 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (12.79%) SQL Server
2 67 (9.85%) Power BI
3 50 (7.35%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (5.00%) Tableau
5 26 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (2.21%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.47%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (1.32%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.18%) MySQL
13 7 (1.03%) Metadata
14 5 (0.74%) Airbyte
14 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.59%) Looker
Development Applications
1 156 (22.94%) JIRA
2 94 (13.82%) Git
3 70 (10.29%) Jenkins
4 69 (10.15%) eCATT
5 38 (5.59%) NeoLoad
6 33 (4.85%) Oracle Forms
6 33 (4.85%) Selenium
7 24 (3.53%) Octopus Deploy
8 22 (3.24%) Robot Framework
9 21 (3.09%) Snyk
10 15 (2.21%) GitLab
10 15 (2.21%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.32%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.18%) NUnit
12 8 (1.18%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.88%) MSTest
14 5 (0.74%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.74%) Postman
14 5 (0.74%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.74%) Storybook
General
1 316 (46.47%) Finance
2 153 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 93 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (13.68%) Marketing
4 71 (10.44%) Manufacturing
5 52 (7.65%) Presentation Skills
6 42 (6.18%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (3.38%) Law
8 17 (2.50%) Retail
9 14 (2.06%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.32%) Legal
11 8 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.74%) Back Office
13 5 (0.74%) Banking
13 5 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.59%) Advertising
14 4 (0.59%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.59%) Automotive
14 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (22.06%) Senior
2 107 (15.74%) Analyst
3 102 (15.00%) Developer
4 101 (14.85%) Lead
5 73 (10.74%) DevOps Engineer
6 64 (9.41%) Azure Engineer
7 58 (8.53%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
9 38 (5.59%) Software Engineer
10 32 (4.71%) Test Leader
11 30 (4.41%) Test Analyst
12 29 (4.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 29 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.82%) Business Analyst
14 25 (3.68%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 22 (3.24%) Automation Test Lead
16 20 (2.94%) Architect
16 20 (2.94%) Software Developer
17 19 (2.79%) .NET Developer
17 19 (2.79%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (26.62%) .NET
2 75 (11.03%) RESTful
3 53 (7.79%) React
4 51 (7.50%) .NET Framework
5 44 (6.47%) OAuth
6 42 (6.18%) SOAP
7 41 (6.03%) JSON
7 41 (6.03%) REST
8 38 (5.59%) ASP.NET
9 36 (5.29%) .NET Core
10 32 (4.71%) ARM Templates
11 31 (4.56%) OAuth2
11 31 (4.56%) YAML
12 30 (4.41%) AngularJS
13 27 (3.97%) Entity Framework
14 26 (3.82%) Blazor
15 25 (3.68%) XML
16 23 (3.38%) CSS
16 23 (3.38%) HTML
17 22 (3.24%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 130 (19.12%) Cloud Native
2 100 (14.71%) Product Ownership
3 50 (7.35%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.09%) Low-Code
6 17 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.06%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.91%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.91%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.18%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.38%) Windows
2 28 (4.12%) Linux
3 14 (2.06%) VMS
4 7 (1.03%) Android
5 6 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.59%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.29%) AIX
8 2 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 611 (89.85%) DevOps
2 382 (56.18%) CI/CD
3 364 (53.53%) Agile
4 195 (28.68%) Test Automation
5 180 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 172 (25.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 164 (24.12%) Coaching
8 142 (20.88%) Asset Management
9 141 (20.74%) Mentoring
10 135 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (19.41%) AI
12 106 (15.59%) Roadmaps
13 100 (14.71%) ERP
14 95 (13.97%) Test Management
15 86 (12.65%) Software Engineering
16 85 (12.50%) Analytics
17 82 (12.06%) Observability
18 79 (11.62%) Clean Code
19 77 (11.32%) Containerisation
19 77 (11.32%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 230 (33.82%) SQL
2 162 (23.82%) C#
3 157 (23.09%) Python
4 122 (17.94%) PowerShell
5 68 (10.00%) Bicep
6 62 (9.12%) JavaScript
7 57 (8.38%) Bash
8 42 (6.18%) Java
9 39 (5.74%) TypeScript
10 35 (5.15%) Shell Script
11 33 (4.85%) PL/SQL
12 22 (3.24%) Apex Code
13 20 (2.94%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.32%) Go
15 6 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.74%) C++
17 4 (0.59%) VB
18 3 (0.44%) Korn
18 3 (0.44%) Scala
18 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 51 (7.50%) Degree
2 45 (6.62%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.29%) Azure Certification
4 30 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (4.26%) ISTQB
6 23 (3.38%) DV Cleared
7 22 (3.24%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.62%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.62%) ISEB
10 9 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.18%) PMP
12 7 (1.03%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.44%) CCNA
14 3 (0.44%) CCNP
15 2 (0.29%) BC Cleared
15 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.50%) QA
2 27 (3.97%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.38%) GDPR
4 15 (2.21%) PMO
5 8 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
6 5 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.74%) NCSC
6 5 (0.74%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) COBIT
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
7 1 (0.15%) P3O
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
7 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (14.56%) Docker
2 36 (5.29%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.44%) Firmware
6 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 220 (32.35%) Terraform
2 90 (13.24%) Kubernetes
3 69 (10.15%) HP ALM
4 40 (5.88%) Ansible
5 33 (4.85%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (2.94%) Grafana
6 20 (2.94%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.29%) Argo
9 2 (0.29%) Nessus
9 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 189 (27.79%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.59%) SAP
3 69 (10.15%) HP
4 38 (5.59%) Oracle
5 28 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.94%) Black Duck
7 19 (2.79%) Coverity
7 19 (2.79%) Okta
8 16 (2.35%) VMware
9 14 (2.06%) Xamarin
10 13 (1.91%) Databricks
10 13 (1.91%) Google
11 12 (1.76%) Ab Initio
11 12 (1.76%) Sage
12 9 (1.32%) Zoho
13 8 (1.18%) Rackspace
14 7 (1.03%) OpenAI
14 7 (1.03%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.88%) BiZZdesign
15 6 (0.88%) UiPath