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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 164 120
Rank change year-on-year +4 -44 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 943 628 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.09% 1.81% 1.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.53% 6.82% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 748 372 597
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,942
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 17,063 9,203 14,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.69% 26.52% 27.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,906 6,161 8,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%

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 October 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 October 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 +77 277 £60,000 - 251
South East -41 227 £64,500 +6.61% 247
Midlands +24 173 £62,000 +3.33% 141
North West +64 161 £62,000 -4.62% 116
West Midlands +2 106 £65,000 +8.33% 84
Wales -18 89 £53,171 -3.33% 33
South West -25 89 £57,500 +9.52% 88
East of England +1 73 £55,000 -12.00% 85
East Midlands +17 67 £55,000 +0.92% 57
Yorkshire +1 67 £65,000 +13.04% 103
North East -26 49 £52,250 +4.50% 35
Scotland -61 18 £55,000 -15.06% 60
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 19
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 63 (6.68%) SharePoint
2 45 (4.77%) Confluence
3 24 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.70%) IIS
5 10 (1.06%) nginx
6 7 (0.74%) CICS
6 7 (0.74%) CMS
6 7 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.53%) Apache
9 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.32%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
11 2 (0.21%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.38%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.95%) Trello
5 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.64%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.42%) Shopify
4 3 (0.32%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 943 (100.00%) Azure
2 147 (15.59%) Power Platform
3 143 (15.16%) GitHub
4 109 (11.56%) AWS
5 82 (8.70%) Azure AI
5 82 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
6 77 (8.17%) GitHub Actions
7 74 (7.85%) Serverless
8 66 (7.00%) Azure Functions
9 65 (6.89%) Azure Monitor
10 63 (6.68%) Power Automate
11 60 (6.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 59 (6.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 57 (6.04%) PaaS
14 55 (5.83%) Azure Key Vault
15 52 (5.51%) Entra ID
16 51 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
17 50 (5.30%) Azure AKS
18 46 (4.88%) PowerApps
19 42 (4.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.33%) VPN
2 19 (2.01%) Firewall
3 11 (1.17%) Internet
4 8 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.74%) Network Security
6 6 (0.64%) HTTP
6 6 (0.64%) MQTT
6 6 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.64%) Wireless
6 6 (0.64%) ZigBee
7 5 (0.53%) DNS
7 5 (0.53%) SAN
8 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.32%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.21%) VLAN
10 2 (0.21%) WAN
11 1 (0.11%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (20.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 159 (16.86%) MongoDB
3 130 (13.79%) SQL Server
4 64 (6.79%) Power BI
5 39 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
6 37 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (3.71%) Relational Database
8 34 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (2.55%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.23%) Metadata
11 20 (2.12%) Data Lake
12 16 (1.70%) MySQL
13 13 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (1.27%) Delta Lake
14 12 (1.27%) Redis
14 12 (1.27%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.17%) NonStop SQL
16 9 (0.95%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (0.95%) DynamoDB
16 9 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 192 (20.36%) Git
2 132 (14.00%) JIRA
3 84 (8.91%) Jenkins
4 62 (6.57%) GitLab
5 33 (3.50%) Selenium
6 27 (2.86%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.44%) Postman
8 15 (1.59%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.38%) JMeter
10 11 (1.17%) fastlane
11 10 (1.06%) NUnit
11 10 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
11 10 (1.06%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.95%) MSI
12 9 (0.95%) Zephyr
13 7 (0.74%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.74%) JUnit
13 7 (0.74%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.64%) GDB
General
1 251 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 146 (15.48%) Finance
3 104 (11.03%) Public Sector
4 98 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (3.82%) Retail
7 33 (3.50%) Marketing
8 28 (2.97%) Advertising
9 20 (2.12%) Games
10 19 (2.01%) Law
11 18 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (0.95%) Legal
14 8 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.74%) Aviation
16 6 (0.64%) Banking
16 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 367 (38.92%) Developer
2 194 (20.57%) .NET Developer
3 189 (20.04%) Senior
4 139 (14.74%) DevOps Engineer
5 111 (11.77%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (8.17%) Lead
7 72 (7.64%) Analyst
8 62 (6.57%) Senior Developer
9 58 (6.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 47 (4.98%) Data Engineer
10 47 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
11 46 (4.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 43 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
13 39 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
13 39 (4.14%) Software Engineer
14 35 (3.71%) Software Developer
15 30 (3.18%) Business Analyst
16 26 (2.76%) Lead Developer
17 25 (2.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
18 24 (2.55%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 351 (37.22%) .NET
2 212 (22.48%) ASP.NET
2 212 (22.48%) Terraform
3 189 (20.04%) .NET Core
4 188 (19.94%) ASP.NET Core
5 128 (13.57%) HTML
6 126 (13.36%) CSS
7 124 (13.15%) React
8 122 (12.94%) RESTful
9 107 (11.35%) Entity Framework
10 97 (10.29%) Blazor
11 84 (8.91%) REST
12 77 (8.17%) ML.NET
13 72 (7.64%) Node.js
14 42 (4.45%) .NET Framework
15 40 (4.24%) ARM Templates
16 39 (4.14%) Playwright
17 36 (3.82%) LINQ
18 35 (3.71%) YAML
19 34 (3.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 94 (9.97%) Product Ownership
2 74 (7.85%) Cloud Native
3 60 (6.36%) Enterprise Software
4 51 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
5 41 (4.35%) Mobile App
6 33 (3.50%) Onboarding
7 32 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (3.08%) Legacy Applications
9 26 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (2.23%) Mainframe
11 17 (1.80%) iPhone
12 16 (1.70%) BBC
12 16 (1.70%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.70%) Social Media
13 15 (1.59%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.27%) Podcast
14 12 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.17%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 82 (8.70%) Windows
2 79 (8.38%) Linux
3 23 (2.44%) Android
4 21 (2.23%) Unix
5 12 (1.27%) VMS
6 11 (1.17%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.17%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Solaris
10 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 2 (0.21%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 943 (100.00%) DevOps
2 503 (53.34%) Agile
3 495 (52.49%) CI/CD
4 234 (24.81%) AI
5 217 (23.01%) Full-Stack Development
6 210 (22.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 183 (19.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 175 (18.56%) Scrum
9 174 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
10 142 (15.06%) Test Automation
11 138 (14.63%) Mentoring
12 111 (11.77%) Machine Learning
13 109 (11.56%) Analytics
14 107 (11.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 102 (10.82%) SDLC
16 97 (10.29%) Software Engineering
17 96 (10.18%) Platform Engineering
18 94 (9.97%) Microservices
19 87 (9.23%) Multithreading
20 84 (8.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 367 (38.92%) C#
2 355 (37.65%) SQL
3 186 (19.72%) JavaScript
4 168 (17.82%) Python
5 101 (10.71%) PowerShell
6 88 (9.33%) Bash
7 84 (8.91%) Bicep
8 75 (7.95%) Java
9 39 (4.14%) TypeScript
10 32 (3.39%) T-SQL
11 20 (2.12%) C++
12 17 (1.80%) COBOL
12 17 (1.80%) JCL
13 13 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.74%) C
14 7 (0.74%) Go
14 7 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.74%) Ruby
15 6 (0.64%) Swift
15 6 (0.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 96 (10.18%) Degree
2 79 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 70 (7.42%) SC Cleared
4 53 (5.62%) Azure Certification
5 33 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.44%) PMI Certification
8 21 (2.23%) ISTQB
9 17 (1.80%) PMP
10 10 (1.06%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.74%) CBAP
12 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.74%) ISEB
13 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.42%) CSPO
13 4 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.32%) IIBA
14 3 (0.32%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (12.41%) QA
2 42 (4.45%) Accessibility
3 40 (4.24%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.71%) WCAG
5 31 (3.29%) GDPR
6 14 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.17%) PMO
8 9 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (0.85%) TickIT
10 7 (0.74%) NCSC
11 6 (0.64%) JTAG
12 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.42%) SLA
13 3 (0.32%) NIST
14 2 (0.21%) IFRS
14 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (11.56%) Docker
2 46 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.27%) vSphere
6 11 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.32%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Xen
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 90 (9.54%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.82%) Ansible
3 34 (3.61%) Grafana
4 29 (3.08%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.01%) Argo
6 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.06%) Puppet
8 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.32%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.21%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.21%) Nessus
10 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.21%) Rancher
10 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.11%) Istio
11 1 (0.11%) linkerd
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 446 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.20%) Google
3 37 (3.92%) Facebook
4 36 (3.82%) Databricks
5 22 (2.33%) Apple
5 22 (2.33%) VMware
5 22 (2.33%) YouTube
6 16 (1.70%) Sony
6 16 (1.70%) Yahoo!
7 15 (1.59%) Red Hat
7 15 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.27%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.17%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.06%) Broadcom
10 10 (1.06%) HP
11 9 (0.95%) Informatica
11 9 (0.95%) Oracle
11 9 (0.95%) Pega
11 9 (0.95%) Talend
12 8 (0.85%) ServiceNow