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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 208 128
Rank change year-on-year +62 -80 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 881 509 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.51% 2.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.03% 5.50% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 752 385 1,058
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
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 17,509 9,259 22,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.52% 27.40% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11,375 6,458 16,551
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £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 13 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 13 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 +80 254 £62,500 -3.85% 88
South East +6 229 £60,000 -6.25% 115
North West +65 136 £67,500 +3.85% 52
Midlands +14 133 £63,750 +6.25% 54
South West -5 101 £55,000 -4.35% 35
East of England +15 75 £56,750 +3.18% 30
East Midlands +23 72 £61,750 +12.27% 21
Wales -8 64 £53,171 -11.38% 12
Yorkshire -11 64 £69,310 -0.99% 26
West Midlands -27 61 £65,000 +6.12% 32
North East -5 54 £50,500 -8.18% 11
Scotland +7 25 £61,250 -5.04% 15
Northern Ireland -58 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 43 (4.88%) Confluence
2 42 (4.77%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (2.50%) IIS
5 8 (0.91%) nginx
6 7 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.57%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.34%) CMS
9 3 (0.34%) WordPress
10 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.23%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) Luigi
10 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.36%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.79%) Trello
4 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) SAP IBP
2 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.57%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 881 (100.00%) Azure
2 146 (16.57%) GitHub
3 129 (14.64%) Power Platform
4 123 (13.96%) AWS
5 92 (10.44%) GitHub Actions
6 83 (9.42%) Azure AI
7 63 (7.15%) Serverless
8 61 (6.92%) Azure Monitor
9 58 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
10 55 (6.24%) Azure AKS
10 55 (6.24%) PaaS
11 53 (6.02%) Azure Functions
12 50 (5.68%) Azure Service Bus
13 47 (5.33%) Dynamics 365
14 46 (5.22%) Entra ID
15 45 (5.11%) Power Automate
16 44 (4.99%) Azure Logic Apps
17 42 (4.77%) GCP
18 41 (4.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 38 (4.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.86%) Firewall
2 18 (2.04%) DNS
3 16 (1.82%) HTTP
3 16 (1.82%) VPN
4 14 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.14%) Internet
5 10 (1.14%) Network Security
6 6 (0.68%) MQTT
6 6 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.68%) Wireless
6 6 (0.68%) ZigBee
7 5 (0.57%) SAN
8 4 (0.45%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.34%) BGP
9 3 (0.34%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.23%) VLAN
11 1 (0.11%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (21.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 156 (17.71%) MongoDB
3 99 (11.24%) SQL Server
4 56 (6.36%) Power BI
5 32 (3.63%) Elasticsearch
6 30 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.59%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.48%) MySQL
12 11 (1.25%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (1.14%) Redis
14 9 (1.02%) Metadata
14 9 (1.02%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.68%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.68%) Delta Lake
17 5 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 129 (14.64%) Git
2 114 (12.94%) JIRA
3 84 (9.53%) Jenkins
4 59 (6.70%) GitLab
5 40 (4.54%) Selenium
6 34 (3.86%) Cypress.io
7 26 (2.95%) Postman
8 15 (1.70%) REST Assured
9 14 (1.59%) fastlane
9 14 (1.59%) Visual Studio
10 13 (1.48%) JMeter
10 13 (1.48%) Zephyr
11 10 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (1.02%) TestRail
12 9 (1.02%) Xcode
13 7 (0.79%) GDB
13 7 (0.79%) MSI
13 7 (0.79%) NUnit
14 6 (0.68%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.68%) Gradle
General
1 182 (20.66%) Social Skills
2 128 (14.53%) Finance
3 86 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (9.19%) Public Sector
5 77 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.11%) Retail
7 43 (4.88%) Marketing
8 31 (3.52%) Law
9 27 (3.06%) Advertising
10 23 (2.61%) Games
11 15 (1.70%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.59%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.36%) Legal
14 10 (1.14%) Automotive
14 10 (1.14%) Banking
14 10 (1.14%) Billing
15 9 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.68%) Aviation
17 4 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 344 (39.05%) Developer
2 176 (19.98%) .NET Developer
3 160 (18.16%) Senior
4 153 (17.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 105 (11.92%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (10.56%) Lead
7 61 (6.92%) Senior Developer
8 60 (6.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 56 (6.36%) Analyst
10 40 (4.54%) Cloud Engineer
10 40 (4.54%) Senior DevOps
11 39 (4.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 39 (4.43%) Software Engineer
12 37 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
13 30 (3.41%) Architect
13 30 (3.41%) Data Engineer
13 30 (3.41%) Software Developer
14 23 (2.61%) Systems Engineer
15 19 (2.16%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 19 (2.16%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 323 (36.66%) .NET
2 207 (23.50%) ASP.NET
3 184 (20.89%) ASP.NET Core
4 182 (20.66%) .NET Core
5 134 (15.21%) HTML
6 132 (14.98%) CSS
7 131 (14.87%) React
8 121 (13.73%) RESTful
9 98 (11.12%) Entity Framework
10 93 (10.56%) Blazor
11 80 (9.08%) ML.NET
12 76 (8.63%) Node.js
13 75 (8.51%) REST
14 46 (5.22%) ARM Templates
15 45 (5.11%) Playwright
16 40 (4.54%) YAML
17 35 (3.97%) LINQ
18 33 (3.75%) .NET Framework
19 32 (3.63%) Middleware
20 28 (3.18%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.31%) Product Ownership
2 60 (6.81%) Cloud Native
3 53 (6.02%) Mobile App
4 36 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (3.63%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.93%) BBC
9 17 (1.93%) iPhone
9 17 (1.93%) Social Media
10 16 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.82%) Low-Code
11 13 (1.48%) Management Information System
12 12 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.36%) Podcast
12 12 (1.36%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.36%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.36%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 87 (9.88%) Linux
2 65 (7.38%) Windows
3 24 (2.72%) Android
4 19 (2.16%) Unix
5 16 (1.82%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.48%) VMS
7 6 (0.68%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.45%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.23%) Debian
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.23%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 881 (100.00%) DevOps
2 490 (55.62%) CI/CD
3 464 (52.67%) Agile
4 214 (24.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 207 (23.50%) AI
6 203 (23.04%) Infrastructure as Code
7 171 (19.41%) Scrum
8 166 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 156 (17.71%) Test Automation
10 132 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
11 116 (13.17%) Mentoring
12 113 (12.83%) Machine Learning
13 91 (10.33%) SDLC
14 90 (10.22%) Observability
15 89 (10.10%) Analytics
16 84 (9.53%) Multithreading
17 82 (9.31%) Kanban
17 82 (9.31%) Microservices
18 80 (9.08%) Software Engineering
19 79 (8.97%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 330 (37.46%) C#
2 326 (37.00%) SQL
3 188 (21.34%) JavaScript
4 161 (18.27%) Python
5 115 (13.05%) Bash
6 104 (11.80%) PowerShell
7 76 (8.63%) Bicep
8 53 (6.02%) Java
9 40 (4.54%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.61%) T-SQL
11 20 (2.27%) Go
12 16 (1.82%) C++
13 13 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (1.36%) Swift
15 8 (0.91%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.79%) VB.NET
17 6 (0.68%) C
18 5 (0.57%) DataWeave
18 5 (0.57%) Ruby
19 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 66 (7.49%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.26%) Degree
3 51 (5.79%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.09%) Azure Certification
5 28 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.38%) ISTQB
7 20 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.36%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.79%) HND
12 6 (0.68%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.68%) PMP
13 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.34%) ISEB
14 3 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
15 2 (0.23%) CISSP
15 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.35%) QA
2 58 (6.58%) Accessibility
3 30 (3.41%) WCAG
4 17 (1.93%) GDPR
5 14 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.48%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.36%) TickIT
8 8 (0.91%) SLA
9 7 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (0.68%) JTAG
10 6 (0.68%) NCSC
11 4 (0.45%) PMO
12 3 (0.34%) GRC
12 3 (0.34%) IFRS
12 3 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 101 (11.46%) Docker
2 45 (5.11%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.36%) vSphere
6 9 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.34%) Firmware
8 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 223 (25.31%) Terraform
2 92 (10.44%) Kubernetes
3 61 (6.92%) Grafana
4 53 (6.02%) Ansible
5 52 (5.90%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.16%) Argo
7 6 (0.68%) Puppet
8 4 (0.45%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.34%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.34%) Scalr
10 2 (0.23%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.23%) MIIS
10 2 (0.23%) Rancher
10 2 (0.23%) ZABBIX
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
Vendors
1 412 (46.77%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.33%) Google
3 38 (4.31%) Facebook
4 28 (3.18%) Apple
4 28 (3.18%) Databricks
5 23 (2.61%) Dynatrace
5 23 (2.61%) Red Hat
6 21 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.38%) VMware
6 21 (2.38%) YouTube
7 17 (1.93%) Sony
7 17 (1.93%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.36%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.36%) ScienceLogic
9 9 (1.02%) Oracle
10 8 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.91%) Foundry
10 8 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.79%) Adobe
12 6 (0.68%) SAP