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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 100 102
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 685 1,003 904
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.65% 2.55% 3.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.02% 8.02% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 387 592 772
10th Percentile £38,900 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +7.92% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -1.52%

All Cloud 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 13,636 12,509 11,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.88% 31.77% 39.78%
Number of salaries quoted 6,877 7,023 9,364
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £39,348
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,121 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -3.85%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -3 234 £60,000 -11.11% 184
Scotland +67 162 £64,500 +20.00% 28
North of England -43 100 £60,000 -7.69% 119
Midlands -47 75 £60,000 -7.69% 89
West Midlands -45 63 £60,000 -7.69% 47
South West -71 56 £51,250 -21.15% 58
North West -25 41 £65,000 +6.56% 61
Yorkshire -48 33 £60,000 -7.69% 42
Wales +7 31 £55,000 -15.38% 14
North East 0 26 £50,000 -9.09% 17
East of England -28 25 £65,000 +30.00% 56
East Midlands -16 11 £60,000 +4.35% 39
Northern Ireland -2 2 £56,250 - 11
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 29 (4.23%) Confluence
2 24 (3.50%) IIS
3 16 (2.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (1.61%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.88%) Apache
6 6 (0.88%) Appian
7 4 (0.58%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (10.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (5.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (5.11%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 616 (89.93%) Azure
2 217 (31.68%) GitHub
3 121 (17.66%) Power Platform
4 100 (14.60%) AWS
5 98 (14.31%) GitHub Actions
6 62 (9.05%) GitHub Copilot
7 59 (8.61%) Snowflake
8 50 (7.30%) Power Automate
9 49 (7.15%) Azure Monitor
9 49 (7.15%) Entra ID
10 48 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
11 47 (6.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 45 (6.57%) dbt
13 41 (5.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 38 (5.55%) Dynamics 365
15 37 (5.40%) Serverless
16 36 (5.26%) SaaS
17 35 (5.11%) OCI
18 33 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
19 30 (4.38%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.80%) DNS
2 22 (3.21%) Firewall
3 14 (2.04%) VPN
4 6 (0.88%) VLAN
4 6 (0.88%) WAN
5 5 (0.73%) HTTP
5 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.58%) DHCP
6 4 (0.58%) Network Security
6 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.44%) BGP
7 3 (0.44%) IPsec
7 3 (0.44%) OSPF
7 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.44%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.29%) SSL
9 1 (0.15%) AMQP
9 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 69 (10.07%) Power BI
3 51 (7.45%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (5.11%) Tableau
5 26 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (1.90%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.75%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.17%) Metadata
12 8 (1.17%) MySQL
13 5 (0.73%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.73%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.73%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.58%) Looker
Development Applications
1 159 (23.21%) JIRA
2 96 (14.01%) Git
3 74 (10.80%) Jenkins
4 69 (10.07%) eCATT
5 38 (5.55%) NeoLoad
6 35 (5.11%) Oracle Forms
7 32 (4.67%) Selenium
8 23 (3.36%) Robot Framework
9 22 (3.21%) Snyk
10 21 (3.07%) Octopus Deploy
11 17 (2.48%) GitLab
12 15 (2.19%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.31%) Cypress.io
14 8 (1.17%) NUnit
15 7 (1.02%) Visual Studio
16 6 (0.88%) MSTest
17 5 (0.73%) Cucumber
17 5 (0.73%) Storybook
18 4 (0.58%) Postman
18 4 (0.58%) REST Assured
General
1 325 (47.45%) Finance
2 160 (23.36%) Social Skills
3 97 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (13.72%) Marketing
5 71 (10.36%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
7 43 (6.28%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (3.07%) Law
9 15 (2.19%) Public Sector
10 14 (2.04%) Retail
11 9 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.31%) Legal
12 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.73%) Automotive
13 5 (0.73%) Back Office
13 5 (0.73%) Banking
13 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.58%) Billing
14 4 (0.58%) Front Office
14 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 158 (23.07%) Senior
2 106 (15.47%) Analyst
2 106 (15.47%) Developer
3 97 (14.16%) Lead
4 71 (10.36%) DevOps Engineer
5 64 (9.34%) Azure Engineer
6 61 (8.91%) Cloud Engineer
7 42 (6.13%) Applications Engineer
8 36 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 31 (4.53%) Test Leader
10 29 (4.23%) Test Analyst
11 28 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
12 26 (3.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (3.80%) Business Analyst
12 26 (3.80%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 21 (3.07%) .NET Developer
13 21 (3.07%) Architect
13 21 (3.07%) Automation Test Lead
14 19 (2.77%) Software Developer
15 17 (2.48%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (25.99%) .NET
2 80 (11.68%) RESTful
3 56 (8.18%) React
4 48 (7.01%) .NET Framework
5 47 (6.86%) OAuth
6 44 (6.42%) SOAP
7 42 (6.13%) JSON
8 41 (5.99%) REST
9 38 (5.55%) ASP.NET
10 37 (5.40%) .NET Core
11 33 (4.82%) ARM Templates
11 33 (4.82%) OAuth2
12 32 (4.67%) YAML
13 29 (4.23%) AngularJS
14 26 (3.80%) Blazor
15 25 (3.65%) Entity Framework
15 25 (3.65%) XML
16 24 (3.50%) CSS
16 24 (3.50%) HTML
16 24 (3.50%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 136 (19.85%) Cloud Native
2 100 (14.60%) Product Ownership
3 53 (7.74%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.21%) Low-Code
6 21 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (2.34%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.19%) Management Information System
10 14 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.90%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.31%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.02%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
16 5 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.18%) Windows
2 26 (3.80%) Linux
3 14 (2.04%) VMS
4 7 (1.02%) Android
5 6 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 616 (89.93%) DevOps
2 393 (57.37%) CI/CD
3 373 (54.45%) Agile
4 197 (28.76%) Test Automation
5 180 (26.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 178 (25.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 171 (24.96%) Coaching
8 149 (21.75%) Asset Management
9 143 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
10 140 (20.44%) Mentoring
11 136 (19.85%) AI
12 108 (15.77%) Roadmaps
13 102 (14.89%) ERP
14 95 (13.87%) Test Management
15 86 (12.55%) Analytics
15 86 (12.55%) Software Engineering
16 85 (12.41%) Observability
17 82 (11.97%) Clean Code
18 81 (11.82%) Containerisation
19 78 (11.39%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 235 (34.31%) SQL
2 166 (24.23%) Python
3 154 (22.48%) C#
4 123 (17.96%) PowerShell
5 68 (9.93%) Bicep
6 60 (8.76%) JavaScript
7 55 (8.03%) Bash
8 44 (6.42%) Java
9 39 (5.69%) TypeScript
10 35 (5.11%) PL/SQL
10 35 (5.11%) Shell Script
11 24 (3.50%) Apex Code
12 19 (2.77%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.31%) Go
14 6 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.73%) C++
16 4 (0.58%) Scala
17 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.29%) Perl
18 2 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (7.59%) Degree
2 45 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.26%) Azure Certification
4 30 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.80%) ISTQB
6 24 (3.50%) DV Cleared
7 21 (3.07%) SC Cleared
8 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (1.31%) ISEB
11 9 (1.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (1.17%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.17%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.17%) PMP
13 6 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.44%) CCNA
14 3 (0.44%) CCNP
14 3 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (12.26%) QA
2 29 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.50%) GDPR
4 14 (2.04%) PMO
5 9 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
7 5 (0.73%) NCSC
7 5 (0.73%) NIST
8 2 (0.29%) SLA
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (14.45%) Docker
2 39 (5.69%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.58%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 228 (33.28%) Terraform
2 87 (12.70%) Kubernetes
3 69 (10.07%) HP ALM
4 40 (5.84%) Ansible
5 35 (5.11%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (2.77%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.48%) Grafana
8 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.29%) Argo
10 2 (0.29%) Nessus
11 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.15%) Puppet
11 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 191 (27.88%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.07%) HP
2 69 (10.07%) SAP
3 41 (5.99%) Oracle
4 31 (4.53%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.07%) Black Duck
6 20 (2.92%) Coverity
6 20 (2.92%) Okta
7 17 (2.48%) Databricks
8 14 (2.04%) VMware
8 14 (2.04%) Xamarin
9 13 (1.90%) Ab Initio
9 13 (1.90%) Google
10 12 (1.75%) Sage
11 9 (1.31%) Zoho
12 8 (1.17%) Rackspace
12 8 (1.17%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.02%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.88%) LogicMonitor
14 6 (0.88%) UiPath