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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 109 128
Rank change year-on-year -29 +19 -8
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 683 819 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.32% 2.73% 2.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.33% 8.01% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 396 507 1,083
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,874 £51,250 £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 £69,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%

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 15,787 10,222 19,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.56% 34.11% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,818 6,312 15,862
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,980 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +4 247 £50,000 -25.93% 109
Scotland +54 142 £58,500 +11.43% 31
North of England -35 110 £52,500 -23.64% 89
Midlands -48 80 £60,000 -7.69% 59
South West -75 75 £47,500 -28.30% 39
West Midlands -46 56 £60,000 -11.11% 40
Yorkshire -51 41 £52,500 -25.00% 24
North West -32 38 £64,000 -1.54% 54
North East +7 31 £50,000 -27.27% 12
East Midlands -14 21 £65,250 +0.38% 19
Wales -22 13 £55,000 -15.38% 10
East of England -41 13 £65,000 +23.81% 32
Northern Ireland -30 3 £56,250 +12.50% 1
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 (3.66%) IIS
2 20 (2.93%) Confluence
3 13 (1.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (1.61%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.44%) Appian
8 2 (0.29%) CICS
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (2.64%) MS Visio
2 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (10.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (4.25%) Oracle ERP
3 21 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) Primavera
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 614 (89.90%) Azure
2 221 (32.36%) GitHub
3 121 (17.72%) Power Platform
4 110 (16.11%) AWS
5 107 (15.67%) GitHub Actions
6 57 (8.35%) GitHub Copilot
6 57 (8.35%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (7.61%) Entra ID
8 49 (7.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 46 (6.73%) Snowflake
10 41 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 41 (6.00%) dbt
11 40 (5.86%) Azure Monitor
12 39 (5.71%) GCP
12 39 (5.71%) Serverless
13 38 (5.56%) SaaS
14 37 (5.42%) PaaS
15 33 (4.83%) Power Automate
16 29 (4.25%) IaaS
16 29 (4.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.71%) Firewall
2 35 (5.12%) DNS
3 20 (2.93%) HTTP
3 20 (2.93%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.02%) VPN
5 4 (0.59%) BGP
5 4 (0.59%) Network Security
5 4 (0.59%) VLAN
5 4 (0.59%) WAN
6 3 (0.44%) DHCP
6 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.29%) IPsec
7 2 (0.29%) OSPF
7 2 (0.29%) SSL
7 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.29%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.15%) AMQP
8 1 (0.15%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.40%) SQL Server
2 69 (10.10%) Power BI
3 36 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (2.93%) NoSQL
5 18 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (2.49%) Tableau
7 15 (2.20%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.90%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
11 8 (1.17%) Metadata
12 7 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.88%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.88%) Power Query
14 4 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.44%) Airbyte
15 3 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 144 (21.08%) JIRA
2 98 (14.35%) Git
3 89 (13.03%) Jenkins
4 69 (10.10%) eCATT
5 42 (6.15%) Selenium
6 38 (5.56%) NeoLoad
7 29 (4.25%) Oracle Forms
8 24 (3.51%) Cypress.io
9 21 (3.07%) GitLab
10 20 (2.93%) Robot Framework
11 19 (2.78%) Snyk
12 7 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.02%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.59%) NUnit
13 4 (0.59%) Postman
13 4 (0.59%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.44%) git-flow
14 3 (0.44%) MLflow
14 3 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
14 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
General
1 301 (44.07%) Finance
2 151 (22.11%) Social Skills
3 119 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (12.01%) Marketing
5 75 (10.98%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (6.88%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (4.54%) Law
9 24 (3.51%) Billing
10 22 (3.22%) Public Sector
11 19 (2.78%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.61%) Legal
12 11 (1.61%) Retail
13 10 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.17%) Banking
14 8 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.59%) Advertising
15 4 (0.59%) Front Office
16 3 (0.44%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (20.94%) Senior
2 129 (18.89%) Developer
3 95 (13.91%) Analyst
4 91 (13.32%) Lead
5 76 (11.13%) DevOps Engineer
6 70 (10.25%) Azure Engineer
7 60 (8.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 37 (5.42%) Test Leader
9 36 (5.27%) Applications Engineer
10 33 (4.83%) Software Engineer
11 27 (3.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (3.81%) .NET Developer
13 23 (3.37%) Power Platform Developer
13 23 (3.37%) Test Analyst
14 22 (3.22%) Architect
14 22 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
15 21 (3.07%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.93%) Applications Developer
17 18 (2.64%) Full-Stack Developer
17 18 (2.64%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (21.52%) .NET
2 74 (10.83%) RESTful
3 62 (9.08%) React
4 50 (7.32%) ASP.NET
4 50 (7.32%) OAuth
5 48 (7.03%) SOAP
6 43 (6.30%) .NET Core
7 40 (5.86%) REST
8 38 (5.56%) JSON
9 37 (5.42%) CSS
9 37 (5.42%) HTML
10 35 (5.12%) .NET Framework
11 33 (4.83%) YAML
12 32 (4.69%) OAuth2
13 28 (4.10%) Playwright
14 26 (3.81%) ASP.NET Core
15 25 (3.66%) Lightning Web Components
16 23 (3.37%) AngularJS
17 21 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
18 19 (2.78%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 99 (14.49%) Cloud Native
2 76 (11.13%) Product Ownership
3 46 (6.73%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (4.54%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.37%) Mobile App
6 20 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.88%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.59%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.44%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.44%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.61%) Windows
2 38 (5.56%) Linux
3 11 (1.61%) Ubuntu
4 6 (0.88%) VMS
5 3 (0.44%) Android
5 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Unix
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (89.90%) DevOps
2 375 (54.90%) CI/CD
3 339 (49.63%) Agile
4 189 (27.67%) Test Automation
5 179 (26.21%) Infrastructure as Code
6 159 (23.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (21.96%) Coaching
8 135 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
9 128 (18.74%) Asset Management
10 109 (15.96%) Mentoring
11 107 (15.67%) AI
12 105 (15.37%) Roadmaps
13 91 (13.32%) ERP
13 91 (13.32%) Test Management
14 89 (13.03%) Containerisation
15 85 (12.45%) Data Modelling
16 79 (11.57%) Observability
17 77 (11.27%) Clean Code
18 76 (11.13%) Software Engineering
19 71 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 210 (30.75%) SQL
2 147 (21.52%) Python
3 135 (19.77%) C#
4 87 (12.74%) PowerShell
5 72 (10.54%) JavaScript
6 68 (9.96%) Bash
7 44 (6.44%) Bicep
8 40 (5.86%) Java
9 34 (4.98%) TypeScript
10 32 (4.69%) PL/SQL
11 30 (4.39%) Shell Script
12 25 (3.66%) Apex Code
13 22 (3.22%) Go
14 20 (2.93%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.73%) C++
17 4 (0.59%) VB
18 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
19 2 (0.29%) Delphi
19 2 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (9.66%) Degree
2 45 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 33 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.78%) ISTQB
7 15 (2.20%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.90%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.90%) HND
10 11 (1.61%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (1.32%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.73%) PMP
14 4 (0.59%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (12.88%) QA
2 43 (6.30%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.07%) GDPR
4 14 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.76%) SLA
6 10 (1.46%) PMO
7 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.73%) NCSC
8 5 (0.73%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) GRC
9 2 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.29%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) HL7
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 75 (10.98%) Docker
2 36 (5.27%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.44%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 212 (31.04%) Terraform
2 69 (10.10%) HP ALM
3 61 (8.93%) Ansible
3 61 (8.93%) Kubernetes
4 33 (4.83%) Grafana
4 33 (4.83%) Prometheus
5 30 (4.39%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.29%) Nessus
7 2 (0.29%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.15%) CASB
8 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 199 (29.14%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.10%) HP
2 69 (10.10%) SAP
3 34 (4.98%) Oracle
4 29 (4.25%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.64%) Black Duck
5 18 (2.64%) Coverity
6 17 (2.49%) Okta
7 16 (2.34%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.05%) Ab Initio
9 12 (1.76%) Adobe
9 12 (1.76%) Databricks
9 12 (1.76%) Freshdesk
9 12 (1.76%) Nintex
9 12 (1.76%) Sage
9 12 (1.76%) Xamarin
10 8 (1.17%) VMware
11 7 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.02%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.02%) Google