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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 201 131
Rank change year-on-year +58 -70 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 873 497 1,519
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.24% 1.52% 2.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.07% 5.50% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 746 374 1,086
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,725 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.20% -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 17,203 9,029 22,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.46% 27.59% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,173 6,307 17,291
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.34% -6.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 July 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 6 July 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 +75 253 £62,500 -9.09% 86
South East +2 230 £60,000 -7.69% 122
North West +60 136 £65,500 -1.13% 50
Midlands +24 132 £63,750 +6.25% 47
South West -4 99 £55,000 -8.33% 26
East of England +21 75 £56,000 -6.67% 37
East Midlands +28 71 £63,500 +15.45% 23
Yorkshire -7 64 £69,310 -0.99% 25
West Midlands -23 61 £65,000 +1.96% 24
Wales -13 58 £53,171 -14.93% 15
North East -1 53 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Scotland +17 26 £61,250 -5.04% 17
Northern Ireland -48 2 £72,500 +45.00% 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 42 (4.81%) Confluence
1 42 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.41%) IIS
4 7 (0.80%) nginx
4 7 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.46%) Apache
5 4 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.34%) CMS
6 3 (0.34%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) CICS
7 2 (0.23%) Luigi
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 13 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.69%) Trello
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.34%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.23%) Magento
5 2 (0.23%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 873 (100.00%) Azure
2 147 (16.84%) GitHub
3 133 (15.23%) Power Platform
4 124 (14.20%) AWS
5 92 (10.54%) GitHub Actions
6 84 (9.62%) Azure AI
7 62 (7.10%) Azure Monitor
8 61 (6.99%) Serverless
9 58 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
10 57 (6.53%) PaaS
11 55 (6.30%) Azure AKS
12 52 (5.96%) Azure Functions
13 48 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
14 47 (5.38%) Azure Service Bus
15 46 (5.27%) Entra ID
16 44 (5.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 44 (5.04%) Power Automate
17 41 (4.70%) GCP
18 40 (4.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 40 (4.58%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.89%) Firewall
2 18 (2.06%) DNS
3 16 (1.83%) HTTP
3 16 (1.83%) VPN
4 14 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.15%) Internet
5 10 (1.15%) Network Security
6 5 (0.57%) SAN
7 4 (0.46%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.46%) MQTT
7 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.46%) Wireless
7 4 (0.46%) ZigBee
8 3 (0.34%) BGP
8 3 (0.34%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
10 1 (0.11%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (21.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 155 (17.75%) MongoDB
3 99 (11.34%) SQL Server
4 59 (6.76%) Power BI
5 33 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
6 30 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.60%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.49%) MySQL
12 11 (1.26%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (1.15%) Metadata
13 10 (1.15%) Redis
13 10 (1.15%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.69%) Delta Lake
17 4 (0.46%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 126 (14.43%) Git
2 108 (12.37%) JIRA
3 79 (9.05%) Jenkins
4 56 (6.41%) GitLab
5 38 (4.35%) Selenium
6 33 (3.78%) Cypress.io
7 24 (2.75%) Postman
8 14 (1.60%) fastlane
8 14 (1.60%) REST Assured
8 14 (1.60%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.49%) JMeter
10 12 (1.37%) Zephyr
11 9 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (1.03%) Xcode
12 8 (0.92%) TestRail
13 7 (0.80%) NUnit
14 6 (0.69%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.69%) Crashlytics
14 6 (0.69%) LoadRunner
14 6 (0.69%) MSI
General
1 177 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 129 (14.78%) Finance
3 88 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 77 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (4.81%) Marketing
6 42 (4.81%) Retail
7 31 (3.55%) Law
8 25 (2.86%) Advertising
9 21 (2.41%) Games
10 15 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.49%) Billing
13 12 (1.37%) Legal
14 10 (1.15%) Automotive
14 10 (1.15%) Banking
15 9 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.69%) Aviation
17 4 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 344 (39.40%) Developer
2 175 (20.05%) .NET Developer
3 157 (17.98%) Senior
4 152 (17.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 105 (12.03%) Azure Engineer
6 90 (10.31%) Lead
7 58 (6.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 58 (6.64%) Senior Developer
8 55 (6.30%) Analyst
9 40 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (4.58%) Senior DevOps
10 39 (4.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 39 (4.47%) Software Engineer
11 37 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
12 31 (3.55%) Data Engineer
13 30 (3.44%) Architect
13 30 (3.44%) Software Developer
14 25 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
15 21 (2.41%) Power Platform Developer
16 20 (2.29%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 323 (37.00%) .NET
2 207 (23.71%) ASP.NET
3 183 (20.96%) ASP.NET Core
4 181 (20.73%) .NET Core
5 135 (15.46%) React
6 132 (15.12%) HTML
7 130 (14.89%) CSS
8 121 (13.86%) RESTful
9 96 (11.00%) Entity Framework
10 95 (10.88%) Blazor
11 81 (9.28%) ML.NET
12 76 (8.71%) Node.js
13 74 (8.48%) REST
14 44 (5.04%) ARM Templates
15 43 (4.93%) Playwright
16 39 (4.47%) YAML
17 34 (3.89%) LINQ
18 32 (3.67%) .NET Framework
18 32 (3.67%) Middleware
19 28 (3.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.05%) Product Ownership
2 57 (6.53%) Cloud Native
3 54 (6.19%) Mobile App
4 33 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 32 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (2.06%) Low-Code
9 17 (1.95%) BBC
9 17 (1.95%) iPhone
9 17 (1.95%) Social Media
10 15 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.60%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.60%) Social Network
12 12 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.37%) Podcast
12 12 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.37%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 84 (9.62%) Linux
2 59 (6.76%) Windows
3 24 (2.75%) Android
4 19 (2.18%) Unix
5 16 (1.83%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.49%) VMS
7 4 (0.46%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (100.00%) DevOps
2 486 (55.67%) CI/CD
3 459 (52.58%) Agile
4 215 (24.63%) Full-Stack Development
5 207 (23.71%) AI
6 199 (22.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 167 (19.13%) Scrum
8 160 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 151 (17.30%) Test Automation
10 131 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
11 118 (13.52%) Mentoring
12 114 (13.06%) Machine Learning
13 92 (10.54%) SDLC
14 88 (10.08%) Analytics
15 87 (9.97%) Observability
16 85 (9.74%) Multithreading
17 81 (9.28%) Kanban
17 81 (9.28%) Microservices
18 78 (8.93%) Platform Engineering
18 78 (8.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 329 (37.69%) C#
2 325 (37.23%) SQL
3 190 (21.76%) JavaScript
4 156 (17.87%) Python
5 114 (13.06%) Bash
6 102 (11.68%) PowerShell
7 72 (8.25%) Bicep
8 52 (5.96%) Java
9 39 (4.47%) TypeScript
10 24 (2.75%) T-SQL
11 20 (2.29%) Go
12 14 (1.60%) C++
13 13 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (1.37%) Swift
15 8 (0.92%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.80%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 4 (0.46%) C
18 4 (0.46%) DataWeave
18 4 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 65 (7.45%) Security Cleared
2 63 (7.22%) Degree
3 50 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.24%) Azure Certification
5 26 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.18%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.26%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.92%) HND
10 7 (0.80%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.69%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.57%) PMP
13 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.34%) ISEB
13 3 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
14 2 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.23%) CSPO
14 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.11%) QA
2 58 (6.64%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.21%) WCAG
4 17 (1.95%) GDPR
5 13 (1.49%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.37%) TickIT
7 9 (1.03%) SLA
8 6 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.57%) NCSC
10 4 (0.46%) JTAG
10 4 (0.46%) PMO
11 3 (0.34%) GRC
11 3 (0.34%) IFRS
11 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 100 (11.45%) Docker
2 43 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.37%) vSphere
6 8 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 220 (25.20%) Terraform
2 87 (9.97%) Kubernetes
3 58 (6.64%) Grafana
4 51 (5.84%) Ansible
5 49 (5.61%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.18%) Argo
7 6 (0.69%) Puppet
8 4 (0.46%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.34%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.34%) Scalr
10 2 (0.23%) MIIS
11 1 (0.11%) Consul
11 1 (0.11%) Istio
11 1 (0.11%) linkerd
11 1 (0.11%) Packer
11 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 409 (46.85%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.15%) Google
3 37 (4.24%) Facebook
4 28 (3.21%) Apple
4 28 (3.21%) Databricks
5 23 (2.63%) Dynatrace
5 23 (2.63%) Red Hat
6 21 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.41%) VMware
7 20 (2.29%) YouTube
8 17 (1.95%) Sony
8 17 (1.95%) Yahoo!
9 12 (1.37%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.26%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.03%) Oracle
12 8 (0.92%) Adobe
12 8 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (0.92%) Foundry
12 8 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.80%) Freshdesk