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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 154 122
Rank change year-on-year -19 -32 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 629 502 1,562
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.00% 1.90% 2.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.37% 5.92% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 440 435 1,180
10th Percentile £40,975 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £66,750 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.11% +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 18,681 8,481 22,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.75% 32.10% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8,825 6,316 17,458
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -45 162 £50,000 -28.57% 88
North of England -20 145 £60,000 -12.73% 81
Scotland +47 103 £62,500 +8.70% 28
Midlands -39 93 £64,000 -1.54% 47
South West -29 81 £52,500 -19.23% 31
North West -4 68 £70,000 +7.69% 48
West Midlands -53 54 £58,750 -11.32% 23
Yorkshire -63 46 £60,000 -14.29% 19
East Midlands -23 36 £67,000 +3.08% 24
North East -10 31 £50,000 -23.08% 14
East of England -43 24 £70,000 +32.08% 32
Wales -27 21 £53,050 +0.87% 15
Northern Ireland -41 2 £50,000 - 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 26 (4.13%) Confluence
2 20 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.86%) IIS
4 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.48%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.48%) Apache
6 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.54%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.79%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
6 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.54%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.64%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.32%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.16%) Primavera
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 629 (100.00%) Azure
2 199 (31.64%) GitHub
3 110 (17.49%) AWS
3 110 (17.49%) Power Platform
4 106 (16.85%) GitHub Actions
5 59 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (7.95%) Entra ID
7 49 (7.79%) Azure Logic Apps
8 46 (7.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (7.15%) Serverless
10 44 (7.00%) GitHub Copilot
11 37 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
12 36 (5.72%) GCP
12 36 (5.72%) SaaS
13 35 (5.56%) Snowflake
14 33 (5.25%) dbt
15 30 (4.77%) Dynamics 365
15 30 (4.77%) PaaS
16 28 (4.45%) Azure AKS
16 28 (4.45%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.56%) Firewall
2 26 (4.13%) DNS
3 19 (3.02%) HTTP
3 19 (3.02%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.27%) Network Security
5 3 (0.48%) BGP
6 2 (0.32%) SSL
7 1 (0.16%) DHCP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.16%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.16%) LTE
7 1 (0.16%) MPLS
7 1 (0.16%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (11.45%) SQL Server
2 65 (10.33%) Power BI
3 30 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (3.66%) NoSQL
5 23 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.70%) MongoDB
7 13 (2.07%) DynamoDB
7 13 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.91%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.43%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.43%) Tableau
11 8 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.27%) Metadata
12 7 (1.11%) Power Query
12 7 (1.11%) Spark SQL
13 6 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.64%) MySQL
15 3 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 99 (15.74%) JIRA
2 95 (15.10%) Git
3 78 (12.40%) Jenkins
4 42 (6.68%) Selenium
5 32 (5.09%) GitLab
6 28 (4.45%) Cypress.io
7 18 (2.86%) Postman
8 16 (2.54%) Oracle Forms
9 12 (1.91%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.43%) Robot Framework
11 8 (1.27%) REST Assured
11 8 (1.27%) TestRail
11 8 (1.27%) Zephyr
12 7 (1.11%) JMeter
12 7 (1.11%) Snyk
13 6 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.95%) NUnit
14 5 (0.79%) XCUITest
15 4 (0.64%) Gatling
15 4 (0.64%) MLflow
General
1 188 (29.89%) Finance
2 146 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 117 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.29%) Law
5 27 (4.29%) Marketing
5 27 (4.29%) Retail
6 24 (3.82%) Billing
7 21 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.23%) Legal
10 11 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.27%) Automotive
11 8 (1.27%) Banking
12 7 (1.11%) Games
13 6 (0.95%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.79%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Advertising
16 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (24.17%) Developer
2 131 (20.83%) Senior
3 98 (15.58%) DevOps Engineer
4 97 (15.42%) Azure Engineer
5 79 (12.56%) Lead
6 47 (7.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 44 (7.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 39 (6.20%) Analyst
9 32 (5.09%) .NET Developer
10 31 (4.93%) Senior Developer
11 26 (4.13%) Architect
12 23 (3.66%) Applications Engineer
13 22 (3.50%) Power Platform Developer
14 21 (3.34%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.18%) Full-Stack Developer
15 20 (3.18%) Senior DevOps
15 20 (3.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 19 (3.02%) Data Engineer
16 19 (3.02%) Software Engineer
16 19 (3.02%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (22.58%) .NET
2 73 (11.61%) React
3 71 (11.29%) RESTful
4 61 (9.70%) ASP.NET
5 60 (9.54%) REST
6 50 (7.95%) .NET Core
6 50 (7.95%) CSS
6 50 (7.95%) HTML
7 48 (7.63%) SOAP
8 46 (7.31%) OAuth
9 39 (6.20%) ASP.NET Core
10 37 (5.88%) JSON
10 37 (5.88%) Playwright
11 34 (5.41%) Node.js
12 30 (4.77%) YAML
13 25 (3.97%) ARM Templates
13 25 (3.97%) Blazor
13 25 (3.97%) OAuth2
14 23 (3.66%) .NET Framework
15 22 (3.50%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 70 (11.13%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (4.45%) Mobile App
5 26 (4.13%) Low-Code
6 23 (3.66%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.79%) PMI
13 4 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.64%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.64%) Social Network
14 3 (0.48%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (0.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.43%) Linux
2 40 (6.36%) Windows
3 11 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.27%) Unix
5 3 (0.48%) Android
5 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.48%) VMS
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (100.00%) DevOps
2 385 (61.21%) CI/CD
3 324 (51.51%) Agile
4 187 (29.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 170 (27.03%) Test Automation
6 130 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 112 (17.81%) Coaching
9 101 (16.06%) AI
10 97 (15.42%) Mentoring
11 90 (14.31%) Scrum
12 89 (14.15%) Asset Management
13 86 (13.67%) Containerisation
13 86 (13.67%) Data Modelling
14 80 (12.72%) Observability
15 74 (11.76%) Software Engineering
16 72 (11.45%) SDLC
17 65 (10.33%) Deployment Automation
18 64 (10.17%) Analytics
18 64 (10.17%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 194 (30.84%) SQL
2 144 (22.89%) Python
3 134 (21.30%) C#
4 86 (13.67%) JavaScript
5 80 (12.72%) PowerShell
6 78 (12.40%) Bash
7 41 (6.52%) Bicep
8 39 (6.20%) Java
9 30 (4.77%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.34%) Go
11 20 (3.18%) PL/SQL
12 19 (3.02%) Apex Code
13 18 (2.86%) Shell Script
14 13 (2.07%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (1.11%) Swift
17 5 (0.79%) C++
18 4 (0.64%) VB
18 4 (0.64%) VB.NET
19 3 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (10.02%) Degree
2 45 (7.15%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.34%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.86%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.86%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.23%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.07%) HND
8 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.75%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.64%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.48%) PMP
15 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 1 (0.16%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.81%) QA
2 51 (8.11%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.82%) GDPR
4 12 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.91%) SLA
5 9 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.43%) TickIT
6 7 (1.11%) WCAG
7 3 (0.48%) GRC
7 3 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.32%) IFRS
8 2 (0.32%) NCSC
8 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.16%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) PMO
9 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 90 (14.31%) Docker
2 31 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 201 (31.96%) Terraform
2 58 (9.22%) Kubernetes
3 52 (8.27%) Ansible
4 46 (7.31%) Grafana
5 40 (6.36%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.79%) Argo
8 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.48%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.48%) Puppet
8 3 (0.48%) Scalr
9 2 (0.32%) MIIS
9 2 (0.32%) Nessus
10 1 (0.16%) CASB
10 1 (0.16%) Consul
10 1 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 224 (35.61%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.77%) Salesforce
3 25 (3.97%) Oracle
4 20 (3.18%) Databricks
4 20 (3.18%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.07%) Adobe
5 13 (2.07%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.91%) Freshdesk
6 12 (1.91%) Nintex
7 10 (1.59%) Ab Initio
7 10 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (1.43%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.27%) Apple
9 8 (1.27%) Okta
10 7 (1.11%) Black Duck
10 7 (1.11%) Coverity
11 5 (0.79%) Google
12 4 (0.64%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.64%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (0.64%) ServiceNow