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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 100 134
Rank change year-on-year -31 +34 -22
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 706 898 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.48% 2.75% 2.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.73% 8.21% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 400 519 994
10th Percentile £38,975 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,938 £50,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% -1.67%
75th Percentile £69,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,475 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -4.58%

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 14,912 10,943 17,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.17% 33.53% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,442 6,098 14,677
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £36,500
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 £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -4 250 £50,000 -23.08% 101
Scotland +63 164 £57,000 +8.57% 24
North of England -38 108 £53,500 -20.42% 79
Midlands -56 78 £60,000 -7.69% 55
South West -73 71 £47,500 -26.92% 31
West Midlands -44 56 £58,000 -14.07% 34
Yorkshire -43 40 £53,750 -23.21% 26
North West -29 36 £63,000 -3.08% 45
North East +13 32 £50,000 -27.27% 9
East Midlands -6 19 £65,000 - 22
Wales -7 19 £55,000 -15.38% 11
East of England -42 13 £65,000 +30.00% 19
Northern Ireland -22 3 £56,250 +12.50% 2
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 (3.68%) Confluence
2 25 (3.54%) IIS
3 16 (2.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 13 (1.84%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.42%) Appian
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (9.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (4.96%) Oracle ERP
3 29 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 637 (90.23%) Azure
2 224 (31.73%) GitHub
3 130 (18.41%) Power Platform
4 109 (15.44%) AWS
5 97 (13.74%) GitHub Actions
6 63 (8.92%) GitHub Copilot
7 56 (7.93%) Entra ID
8 55 (7.79%) Snowflake
9 53 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
10 49 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 44 (6.23%) Azure Monitor
11 44 (6.23%) dbt
12 43 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
13 40 (5.67%) Serverless
14 39 (5.52%) SaaS
15 38 (5.38%) Power Automate
16 35 (4.96%) OCI
17 34 (4.82%) PaaS
18 32 (4.53%) GCP
19 30 (4.25%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.52%) Firewall
2 36 (5.10%) DNS
3 16 (2.27%) HTTP
3 16 (2.27%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.56%) VPN
5 6 (0.85%) WAN
6 5 (0.71%) BGP
6 5 (0.71%) VLAN
7 4 (0.57%) DHCP
7 4 (0.57%) Network Security
7 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.42%) IPsec
8 3 (0.42%) OSPF
8 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.42%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.28%) SSL
10 1 (0.14%) AMQP
10 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.14%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.05%) Power BI
2 75 (10.62%) SQL Server
3 44 (6.23%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (3.68%) Tableau
5 20 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (2.69%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.84%) DynamoDB
9 13 (1.84%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.84%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.13%) Metadata
11 7 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.71%) Power Query
14 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.42%) Airbyte
15 3 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 155 (21.95%) JIRA
2 94 (13.31%) Git
3 87 (12.32%) Jenkins
4 69 (9.77%) eCATT
5 38 (5.38%) NeoLoad
6 37 (5.24%) Selenium
7 35 (4.96%) Oracle Forms
8 20 (2.83%) Robot Framework
9 19 (2.69%) Cypress.io
9 19 (2.69%) Snyk
10 17 (2.41%) GitLab
11 6 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.85%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.85%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.57%) NUnit
13 4 (0.57%) Postman
14 3 (0.42%) MLflow
14 3 (0.42%) MSTest
14 3 (0.42%) Storybook
General
1 325 (46.03%) Finance
2 156 (22.10%) Social Skills
3 124 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (12.61%) Marketing
5 73 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.37%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (6.23%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (3.54%) Law
9 23 (3.26%) Billing
10 22 (3.12%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.12%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.13%) Retail
14 6 (0.85%) Banking
14 6 (0.85%) Legal
15 4 (0.57%) Advertising
15 4 (0.57%) Front Office
15 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 155 (21.95%) Senior
2 133 (18.84%) Developer
3 101 (14.31%) Analyst
4 92 (13.03%) Lead
5 73 (10.34%) DevOps Engineer
6 70 (9.92%) Azure Engineer
7 69 (9.77%) Cloud Engineer
8 42 (5.95%) Applications Engineer
9 37 (5.24%) Software Engineer
10 34 (4.82%) Test Leader
11 27 (3.82%) Power Platform Developer
12 25 (3.54%) .NET Developer
13 24 (3.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 24 (3.40%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
13 24 (3.40%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 23 (3.26%) Test Analyst
15 20 (2.83%) Applications Developer
16 19 (2.69%) Software Developer
17 18 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (23.23%) .NET
2 79 (11.19%) RESTful
3 63 (8.92%) React
4 51 (7.22%) ASP.NET
5 49 (6.94%) OAuth
6 46 (6.52%) SOAP
7 41 (5.81%) JSON
8 40 (5.67%) .NET Core
8 40 (5.67%) .NET Framework
9 39 (5.52%) REST
10 35 (4.96%) OAuth2
10 35 (4.96%) YAML
11 32 (4.53%) CSS
11 32 (4.53%) HTML
12 26 (3.68%) AngularJS
12 26 (3.68%) ASP.NET Core
12 26 (3.68%) Lightning Web Components
13 22 (3.12%) ARM Templates
13 22 (3.12%) Blazor
13 22 (3.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 112 (15.86%) Cloud Native
2 92 (13.03%) Product Ownership
3 48 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (4.39%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.26%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.56%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.85%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (0.85%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.57%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.08%) Windows
2 36 (5.10%) Linux
3 11 (1.56%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.42%) VMS
5 5 (0.71%) Android
6 4 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.28%) Unix
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 637 (90.23%) DevOps
2 385 (54.53%) CI/CD
3 368 (52.12%) Agile
4 193 (27.34%) Test Automation
5 184 (26.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 179 (25.35%) Coaching
7 174 (24.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 150 (21.25%) Asset Management
9 146 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
10 125 (17.71%) AI
11 123 (17.42%) Mentoring
12 106 (15.01%) Roadmaps
13 94 (13.31%) ERP
14 91 (12.89%) Test Management
15 87 (12.32%) Clean Code
16 86 (12.18%) Containerisation
16 86 (12.18%) Data Modelling
17 85 (12.04%) Software Engineering
18 80 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
19 78 (11.05%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 223 (31.59%) SQL
2 168 (23.80%) Python
3 148 (20.96%) C#
4 103 (14.59%) PowerShell
5 69 (9.77%) JavaScript
6 67 (9.49%) Bash
7 54 (7.65%) Bicep
8 44 (6.23%) Java
9 36 (5.10%) Shell Script
10 35 (4.96%) PL/SQL
10 35 (4.96%) TypeScript
11 26 (3.68%) Apex Code
12 18 (2.55%) Go
12 18 (2.55%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.71%) C++
15 4 (0.57%) VB
16 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.28%) Delphi
17 2 (0.28%) VB6
Qualifications
1 67 (9.49%) Degree
2 44 (6.23%) Security Cleared
3 32 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (3.68%) Azure Certification
4 26 (3.68%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.55%) ISTQB
6 15 (2.12%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.84%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.70%) HND
10 11 (1.56%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (1.42%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (1.27%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.13%) PMP
14 4 (0.57%) BC Cleared
14 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.42%) CCNP
16 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.90%) QA
2 45 (6.37%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.69%) GDPR
4 14 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.84%) PMO
6 11 (1.56%) SLA
7 6 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.71%) NCSC
8 5 (0.71%) NIST
9 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.28%) WCAG
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 76 (10.76%) Docker
2 37 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.57%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 227 (32.15%) Terraform
2 69 (9.77%) HP ALM
3 65 (9.21%) Kubernetes
4 55 (7.79%) Ansible
5 35 (4.96%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (3.68%) Prometheus
7 25 (3.54%) Grafana
8 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.28%) Nessus
10 2 (0.28%) Puppet
11 1 (0.14%) Argo
11 1 (0.14%) CASB
11 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 202 (28.61%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.77%) HP
2 69 (9.77%) SAP
3 38 (5.38%) Oracle
4 29 (4.11%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.83%) Okta
6 18 (2.55%) Black Duck
6 18 (2.55%) Coverity
7 15 (2.12%) Databricks
8 14 (1.98%) Ab Initio
9 12 (1.70%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.70%) Sage
9 12 (1.70%) Xamarin
10 11 (1.56%) Adobe
10 11 (1.56%) Freshdesk
10 11 (1.56%) Nintex
11 9 (1.27%) VMware
12 8 (1.13%) SolarWinds
13 7 (0.99%) Google
14 6 (0.85%) Cisco