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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 206 126
Rank change year-on-year +32 -80 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 704 469 1,550
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.60% 2.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.83% 5.54% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 568 349 1,141
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £52,097 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,813 £78,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 18,389 8,468 23,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.22% 28.94% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,941 5,754 17,683
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,650
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +54 203 £65,000 -7.14% 91
South East -12 194 £55,000 -18.52% 83
Midlands +2 110 £65,000 +8.33% 54
North West +54 109 £69,310 +8.30% 53
South West -31 70 £52,500 -8.70% 25
West Midlands -25 58 £62,000 +3.33% 30
Yorkshire -42 52 £69,310 -0.99% 19
East Midlands -1 50 £67,500 +22.73% 24
East of England -8 48 £56,000 -2.61% 31
Scotland +26 45 £62,500 - 25
North East -7 42 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Wales -16 34 £53,000 -18.46% 10
Northern Ireland -37 2 £72,500 +45.00% 6
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 28 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.55%) Confluence
3 17 (2.41%) IIS
4 15 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.71%) Apache
8 3 (0.43%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.43%) WordPress
9 2 (0.28%) CICS
9 2 (0.28%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) Luigi
9 2 (0.28%) nginx
9 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 14 (1.99%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.99%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.71%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.28%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 704 (100.00%) Azure
2 143 (20.31%) GitHub
3 123 (17.47%) Power Platform
4 116 (16.48%) AWS
5 87 (12.36%) GitHub Actions
6 67 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (6.68%) Entra ID
8 46 (6.53%) Azure AKS
8 46 (6.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 42 (5.97%) Serverless
10 40 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
10 40 (5.68%) SaaS
11 36 (5.11%) GCP
11 36 (5.11%) PaaS
12 34 (4.83%) Azure AI
13 32 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
14 30 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
15 29 (4.12%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (3.98%) Azure Functions
17 25 (3.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.97%) Firewall
2 22 (3.13%) DNS
3 17 (2.41%) HTTP
4 16 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.56%) Network Security
6 4 (0.57%) Bluetooth
6 4 (0.57%) MQTT
6 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.57%) Wireless
6 4 (0.57%) ZigBee
7 3 (0.43%) BGP
7 3 (0.43%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.43%) SAN
7 3 (0.43%) VPN
8 2 (0.28%) Internet
9 1 (0.14%) DHCP
9 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
9 1 (0.14%) VLAN
9 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 86 (12.22%) SQL Server
3 73 (10.37%) MongoDB
4 70 (9.94%) Power BI
5 32 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.70%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.99%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.56%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.42%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (1.28%) Metadata
14 8 (1.14%) MySQL
15 7 (0.99%) Power Query
16 6 (0.85%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 5 (0.71%) Redis
17 5 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 109 (15.48%) Git
2 88 (12.50%) JIRA
3 79 (11.22%) Jenkins
4 50 (7.10%) GitLab
5 40 (5.68%) Selenium
6 30 (4.26%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.84%) Postman
8 12 (1.70%) Visual Studio
9 11 (1.56%) fastlane
9 11 (1.56%) Zephyr
10 10 (1.42%) REST Assured
11 9 (1.28%) JMeter
12 7 (0.99%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.99%) Xcode
13 6 (0.85%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
13 6 (0.85%) TestRail
14 5 (0.71%) GDB
14 5 (0.71%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.71%) NUnit
General
1 135 (19.18%) Social Skills
2 130 (18.47%) Finance
3 90 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.97%) Retail
7 30 (4.26%) Marketing
8 23 (3.27%) Billing
9 20 (2.84%) Law
10 15 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.85%) Legal
12 12 (1.70%) Advertising
12 12 (1.70%) Games
12 12 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.56%) Automotive
14 10 (1.42%) Banking
15 8 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.99%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.71%) Aviation
18 2 (0.28%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 229 (32.53%) Developer
2 145 (20.60%) Senior
3 131 (18.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 105 (14.91%) Azure Engineer
5 83 (11.79%) .NET Developer
6 80 (11.36%) Lead
7 50 (7.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 49 (6.96%) Senior Developer
9 44 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
10 36 (5.11%) Analyst
10 36 (5.11%) Senior DevOps
11 35 (4.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 32 (4.55%) Software Engineer
13 29 (4.12%) Data Engineer
14 27 (3.84%) Architect
14 27 (3.84%) Software Developer
15 22 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
15 22 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
15 22 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
16 21 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (30.26%) .NET
2 112 (15.91%) ASP.NET
3 97 (13.78%) .NET Core
4 95 (13.49%) React
5 92 (13.07%) ASP.NET Core
6 90 (12.78%) HTML
7 88 (12.50%) CSS
8 79 (11.22%) RESTful
9 66 (9.38%) REST
10 60 (8.52%) Node.js
11 46 (6.53%) Blazor
11 46 (6.53%) Entity Framework
12 39 (5.54%) Playwright
13 38 (5.40%) YAML
14 33 (4.69%) ARM Templates
14 33 (4.69%) ML.NET
14 33 (4.69%) SOAP
15 30 (4.26%) Middleware
16 29 (4.12%) JSON
17 24 (3.41%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.65%) Product Ownership
2 50 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.68%) Mobile App
4 27 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.13%) Low-Code
5 22 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.14%) iPhone
10 8 (1.14%) Social Network
11 7 (0.99%) BBC
11 7 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (0.99%) Social Media
12 6 (0.85%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 75 (10.65%) Linux
2 37 (5.26%) Windows
3 17 (2.41%) Unix
4 16 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 14 (1.99%) Android
6 12 (1.70%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.57%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.14%) VMS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (100.00%) DevOps
2 411 (58.38%) CI/CD
3 335 (47.59%) Agile
4 170 (24.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 158 (22.44%) Test Automation
6 128 (18.18%) AI
7 123 (17.47%) Scrum
8 122 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
9 120 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 118 (16.76%) Full-Stack Development
11 103 (14.63%) Mentoring
12 80 (11.36%) Coaching
13 76 (10.80%) SDLC
14 73 (10.37%) Observability
15 71 (10.09%) Containerisation
15 71 (10.09%) Data Modelling
16 67 (9.52%) Analytics
17 66 (9.38%) Deployment Automation
17 66 (9.38%) Kanban
17 66 (9.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 233 (33.10%) SQL
2 204 (28.98%) C#
3 155 (22.02%) Python
4 128 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 94 (13.35%) Bash
6 79 (11.22%) PowerShell
7 54 (7.67%) Java
8 39 (5.54%) Bicep
9 29 (4.12%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.56%) Go
11 15 (2.13%) C++
12 14 (1.99%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.56%) Swift
14 10 (1.42%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.28%) Apex Code
16 8 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (1.14%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.99%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.57%) Scala
18 4 (0.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 67 (9.52%) Degree
2 45 (6.39%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.12%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.85%) HND
7 11 (1.56%) ISTQB
7 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.57%) BC Cleared
12 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.14%) CCNA
14 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.51%) QA
2 57 (8.10%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.98%) GDPR
4 16 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.27%) WCAG
5 12 (1.70%) SLA
5 12 (1.70%) TickIT
6 11 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.57%) JTAG
8 3 (0.43%) GRC
8 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.43%) IFRS
8 3 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.28%) PMO
9 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 85 (12.07%) Docker
2 29 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 203 (28.84%) Terraform
2 63 (8.95%) Kubernetes
3 47 (6.68%) Ansible
4 45 (6.39%) Grafana
5 38 (5.40%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.41%) Argo
7 7 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.57%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.57%) Puppet
9 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.43%) Scalr
10 2 (0.28%) MIIS
11 1 (0.14%) CASB
11 1 (0.14%) Consul
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Packer
11 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 287 (40.77%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.98%) Databricks
2 28 (3.98%) Salesforce
3 23 (3.27%) Red Hat
4 21 (2.98%) Google
5 20 (2.84%) Dynatrace
6 17 (2.41%) Apple
7 16 (2.27%) Oracle
8 15 (2.13%) Facebook
9 13 (1.85%) Adobe
10 12 (1.70%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.70%) Nintex
11 10 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.42%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.14%) YouTube
13 7 (0.99%) Sony
13 7 (0.99%) Yahoo!
14 5 (0.71%) VMware
15 4 (0.57%) Fortinet