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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 104 96
Rank change year-on-year -26 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 676 1,083 940
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.80% 2.34% 3.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.12% 7.90% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 398 630 803
10th Percentile £39,175 £42,500 £41,414
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 £70,000 £73,750 £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 11,050 13,706 11,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.44% 29.63% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,891 7,700 9,730
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,936
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,301
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -0.79%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 -3 228 £60,000 -11.11% 148
Scotland +65 151 £64,750 +20.47% 24
North of England -43 99 £60,000 -4.38% 49
Midlands -31 83 £58,000 -10.77% 52
West Midlands -9 71 £60,000 -7.69% 32
South West -68 53 £53,750 -17.31% 34
North West -16 41 £65,000 +7.44% 20
Yorkshire -37 34 £55,000 -18.35% 12
Wales +5 32 £55,000 - 15
East of England -16 28 £65,000 +30.00% 17
North East +6 24 £50,000 -9.09% 17
East Midlands +2 11 £55,000 +15.79% 19
Northern Ireland +2 2 £56,250 - 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 28 (4.14%) Confluence
2 24 (3.55%) IIS
3 14 (2.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (1.18%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.89%) Apache
6 6 (0.89%) Appian
7 5 (0.74%) nginx
8 3 (0.44%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (10.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (5.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (4.59%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.30%) Shopify
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 607 (89.79%) Azure
2 208 (30.77%) GitHub
3 116 (17.16%) Power Platform
4 97 (14.35%) GitHub Actions
5 91 (13.46%) AWS
6 56 (8.28%) GitHub Copilot
7 54 (7.99%) Snowflake
8 51 (7.54%) Power Automate
9 49 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
10 46 (6.80%) Azure Monitor
11 45 (6.66%) Entra ID
12 43 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 42 (6.21%) SaaS
14 41 (6.07%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (5.92%) dbt
16 37 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
17 34 (5.03%) Serverless
18 33 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
19 32 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
20 31 (4.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.40%) DNS
2 22 (3.25%) Firewall
3 13 (1.92%) VPN
4 7 (1.04%) Network Security
5 5 (0.74%) HTTP
5 5 (0.74%) VLAN
5 5 (0.74%) WAN
6 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.44%) BGP
7 3 (0.44%) DHCP
7 3 (0.44%) IPsec
7 3 (0.44%) OSPF
7 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.44%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.30%) SSL
9 1 (0.15%) AMQP
9 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (13.02%) SQL Server
2 67 (9.91%) Power BI
3 49 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.88%) Tableau
5 27 (3.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (2.51%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.07%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.18%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.04%) Metadata
12 7 (1.04%) MySQL
12 7 (1.04%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.74%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.59%) Looker
Development Applications
1 153 (22.63%) JIRA
2 90 (13.31%) Git
3 69 (10.21%) eCATT
3 69 (10.21%) Jenkins
4 38 (5.62%) NeoLoad
5 31 (4.59%) Oracle Forms
5 31 (4.59%) Selenium
6 25 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
7 20 (2.96%) Robot Framework
8 19 (2.81%) Snyk
9 15 (2.22%) GitLab
9 15 (2.22%) TeamCity
10 9 (1.33%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.18%) NUnit
11 8 (1.18%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.89%) MSTest
13 5 (0.74%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.74%) MSBuild
13 5 (0.74%) Postman
13 5 (0.74%) REST Assured
General
1 306 (45.27%) Finance
2 148 (21.89%) Social Skills
3 92 (13.61%) Marketing
4 90 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (10.65%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (4.14%) Law
9 18 (2.66%) Retail
10 13 (1.92%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.18%) Legal
11 8 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.89%) Documentation 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%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 145 (21.45%) Senior
2 106 (15.68%) Analyst
2 106 (15.68%) Developer
3 104 (15.38%) Lead
4 76 (11.24%) DevOps Engineer
5 62 (9.17%) Azure Engineer
6 55 (8.14%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (5.77%) Software Engineer
8 38 (5.62%) Applications Engineer
9 32 (4.73%) Test Leader
10 31 (4.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 31 (4.59%) Test Analyst
11 29 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
12 25 (3.70%) Business Analyst
13 23 (3.40%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 22 (3.25%) Automation Test Lead
15 20 (2.96%) Software Developer
16 19 (2.81%) Architect
17 18 (2.66%) .NET Developer
17 18 (2.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (27.66%) .NET
2 72 (10.65%) RESTful
3 52 (7.69%) .NET Framework
4 50 (7.40%) React
5 42 (6.21%) REST
6 41 (6.07%) OAuth
7 40 (5.92%) SOAP
8 39 (5.77%) JSON
9 37 (5.47%) ASP.NET
10 34 (5.03%) .NET Core
11 33 (4.88%) ARM Templates
12 30 (4.44%) AngularJS
12 30 (4.44%) YAML
13 29 (4.29%) OAuth2
14 27 (3.99%) Blazor
14 27 (3.99%) Entity Framework
15 24 (3.55%) XML
16 20 (2.96%) Lightning Web Components
17 19 (2.81%) CSS
17 19 (2.81%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (18.49%) Cloud Native
2 98 (14.50%) Product Ownership
3 46 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.37%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.92%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.78%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.48%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.48%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.48%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
15 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 58 (8.58%) Windows
2 24 (3.55%) Linux
3 13 (1.92%) VMS
4 7 (1.04%) Android
5 6 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.30%) AIX
8 2 (0.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (89.79%) DevOps
2 373 (55.18%) CI/CD
3 353 (52.22%) Agile
4 187 (27.66%) Test Automation
5 178 (26.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 164 (24.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 158 (23.37%) Coaching
8 138 (20.41%) Mentoring
9 135 (19.97%) Asset Management
10 131 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
11 128 (18.93%) AI
12 100 (14.79%) Roadmaps
13 98 (14.50%) ERP
14 93 (13.76%) Test Management
15 87 (12.87%) Software Engineering
16 82 (12.13%) Analytics
17 78 (11.54%) Microservices
18 77 (11.39%) Observability
19 76 (11.24%) Containerisation
20 75 (11.09%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 228 (33.73%) SQL
2 166 (24.56%) C#
3 151 (22.34%) Python
4 121 (17.90%) PowerShell
5 66 (9.76%) Bicep
6 58 (8.58%) JavaScript
7 56 (8.28%) Bash
8 39 (5.77%) Java
8 39 (5.77%) TypeScript
9 33 (4.88%) Shell Script
10 31 (4.59%) PL/SQL
11 20 (2.96%) Apex Code
11 20 (2.96%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.33%) Go
13 7 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.59%) C++
14 4 (0.59%) VB
15 3 (0.44%) Korn
15 3 (0.44%) Scala
15 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 52 (7.69%) Degree
2 44 (6.51%) Security Cleared
3 37 (5.47%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (4.29%) ISTQB
6 24 (3.55%) SC Cleared
7 21 (3.11%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.78%) ISEB
10 10 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.18%) PMP
12 7 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (1.04%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.44%) CCNA
14 3 (0.44%) CCNP
15 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 2 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.57%) QA
2 25 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.40%) GDPR
4 16 (2.37%) PMO
5 9 (1.33%) Software Quality Assurance
6 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.89%) NCSC
7 6 (0.89%) NIST
8 5 (0.74%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 98 (14.50%) Docker
2 34 (5.03%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.63%) 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
1 210 (31.07%) Terraform
2 91 (13.46%) Kubernetes
3 69 (10.21%) HP ALM
4 36 (5.33%) Ansible
5 31 (4.59%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (2.96%) Grafana
6 20 (2.96%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.30%) Argo
9 2 (0.30%) Nessus
9 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.30%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 187 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.65%) SAP
3 69 (10.21%) HP
4 35 (5.18%) Oracle
5 28 (4.14%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.66%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.66%) Okta
7 17 (2.51%) Coverity
8 16 (2.37%) VMware
9 15 (2.22%) Databricks
10 14 (2.07%) Xamarin
11 13 (1.92%) Google
12 12 (1.78%) Sage
13 11 (1.63%) Ab Initio
14 9 (1.33%) Rackspace
14 9 (1.33%) Zoho
15 7 (1.04%) OpenAI
15 7 (1.04%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.89%) BiZZdesign
16 6 (0.89%) UiPath