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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 104 124
Rank change year-on-year -45 +20 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 674 711 1,432
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 2.63% 2.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.07% 7.78% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 400 486 1,166
10th Percentile £38,400 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £69,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £87,500
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 16,549 9,137 21,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.17% 33.82% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 8,084 6,292 16,732
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
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 £66,650
90th Percentile £86,253 £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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +4 251 £50,000 -28.57% 102
Scotland +51 123 £62,500 +13.64% 29
North of England -47 110 £52,500 -22.22% 77
Midlands -62 83 £62,500 -3.85% 67
South West -86 72 £47,500 -26.92% 40
West Midlands -47 52 £58,750 -12.96% 40
Yorkshire -46 39 £53,750 -23.21% 22
North West -34 38 £63,000 -3.08% 45
North East -4 33 £50,000 -23.08% 10
East Midlands -22 28 £64,525 -0.73% 27
East of England -47 21 £70,000 +32.08% 33
Wales -36 11 £54,085 -16.79% 16
Northern Ireland -37 3 £56,250 +12.50%
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 24 (3.56%) IIS
2 23 (3.41%) Confluence
3 13 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.59%) Apache
7 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.30%) Appian
7 2 (0.30%) CICS
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.15%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (2.67%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.30%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 69 (10.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (3.26%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) Magento
5 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.15%) Primavera
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 605 (89.76%) Azure
2 202 (29.97%) GitHub
3 112 (16.62%) Power Platform
4 110 (16.32%) AWS
5 105 (15.58%) GitHub Actions
6 59 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (7.42%) GitHub Copilot
8 47 (6.97%) Entra ID
9 45 (6.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 42 (6.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 40 (5.93%) GCP
11 40 (5.93%) Snowflake
12 39 (5.79%) Serverless
13 37 (5.49%) dbt
14 36 (5.34%) Azure Monitor
14 36 (5.34%) SaaS
15 33 (4.90%) PaaS
16 28 (4.15%) Power Automate
17 26 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
17 26 (3.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.19%) Firewall
2 32 (4.75%) DNS
3 20 (2.97%) HTTP
3 20 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.59%) Network Security
4 4 (0.59%) VPN
5 3 (0.45%) BGP
6 2 (0.30%) SSL
6 2 (0.30%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) AMQP
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.15%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) VSAN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 66 (9.79%) Power BI
3 31 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (3.26%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (2.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.93%) DynamoDB
8 13 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.78%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.78%) Tableau
10 8 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.89%) Metadata
12 6 (0.89%) Power Query
13 3 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.45%) MySQL
13 3 (0.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 147 (21.81%) JIRA
2 96 (14.24%) Git
3 82 (12.17%) Jenkins
4 69 (10.24%) eCATT
5 46 (6.82%) Selenium
6 38 (5.64%) NeoLoad
7 27 (4.01%) Cypress.io
8 24 (3.56%) GitLab
9 22 (3.26%) Oracle Forms
10 19 (2.82%) Robot Framework
11 18 (2.67%) Snyk
12 11 (1.63%) Postman
12 11 (1.63%) Visual Studio
13 7 (1.04%) NUnit
13 7 (1.04%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.74%) JMeter
15 5 (0.74%) Zephyr
16 4 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
16 4 (0.59%) TestRail
General
1 280 (41.54%) Finance
2 140 (20.77%) Social Skills
3 123 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (12.91%) Marketing
5 76 (11.28%) Manufacturing
6 52 (7.72%) Presentation Skills
7 49 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (4.30%) Public Sector
9 27 (4.01%) Law
10 24 (3.56%) Billing
11 19 (2.82%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.93%) Legal
14 12 (1.78%) Retail
15 8 (1.19%) Banking
16 5 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.59%) Advertising
17 4 (0.59%) Automotive
18 3 (0.45%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 143 (21.22%) Senior
2 136 (20.18%) Developer
3 95 (14.09%) Lead
4 93 (13.80%) Analyst
5 78 (11.57%) DevOps Engineer
6 77 (11.42%) Azure Engineer
7 50 (7.42%) Cloud Engineer
8 37 (5.49%) Test Leader
9 31 (4.60%) .NET Developer
9 31 (4.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 29 (4.30%) Applications Engineer
11 28 (4.15%) Software Engineer
12 23 (3.41%) Test Analyst
13 22 (3.26%) Architect
13 22 (3.26%) Power Platform Developer
14 19 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (2.67%) Senior Developer
15 18 (2.67%) Software Developer
16 17 (2.52%) Applications Support
16 17 (2.52%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (20.62%) .NET
2 75 (11.13%) RESTful
3 65 (9.64%) React
4 61 (9.05%) ASP.NET
5 50 (7.42%) OAuth
6 48 (7.12%) .NET Core
7 45 (6.68%) REST
8 44 (6.53%) CSS
8 44 (6.53%) HTML
8 44 (6.53%) SOAP
9 36 (5.34%) ASP.NET Core
10 35 (5.19%) JSON
10 35 (5.19%) YAML
11 32 (4.75%) Playwright
12 29 (4.30%) .NET Framework
12 29 (4.30%) OAuth2
13 24 (3.56%) Blazor
14 23 (3.41%) Node.js
15 21 (3.12%) Elastic Stack
15 21 (3.12%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.46%) Cloud Native
2 79 (11.72%) Product Ownership
3 38 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (4.30%) Low-Code
4 29 (4.30%) Mobile App
5 22 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.48%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.59%) Social Network
12 3 (0.45%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.45%) Life Science
12 3 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.45%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.45%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.27%) Windows
2 44 (6.53%) Linux
3 11 (1.63%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.59%) Android
6 3 (0.45%) VMS
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (89.76%) DevOps
2 372 (55.19%) CI/CD
3 334 (49.55%) Agile
4 191 (28.34%) Test Automation
5 184 (27.30%) Infrastructure as Code
6 159 (23.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 130 (19.29%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (19.14%) Coaching
9 108 (16.02%) Asset Management
10 107 (15.88%) Roadmaps
11 103 (15.28%) Mentoring
12 102 (15.13%) AI
13 96 (14.24%) Test Management
14 86 (12.76%) Containerisation
15 85 (12.61%) ERP
16 81 (12.02%) Data Modelling
17 78 (11.57%) Scrum
18 77 (11.42%) Observability
19 72 (10.68%) Software Engineering
20 70 (10.39%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 198 (29.38%) SQL
2 138 (20.47%) Python
3 132 (19.58%) C#
4 81 (12.02%) JavaScript
5 80 (11.87%) PowerShell
6 68 (10.09%) Bash
7 43 (6.38%) Bicep
8 39 (5.79%) Java
9 29 (4.30%) TypeScript
10 26 (3.86%) PL/SQL
11 23 (3.41%) Shell Script
12 21 (3.12%) Apex Code
12 21 (3.12%) Go
13 18 (2.67%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.89%) Swift
16 5 (0.74%) C++
17 4 (0.59%) VB
18 3 (0.45%) VB.NET
19 2 (0.30%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 65 (9.64%) Degree
2 46 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.82%) ISTQB
6 17 (2.52%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.23%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.93%) HND
10 11 (1.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (1.34%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (1.04%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.74%) PMP
15 4 (0.59%) BC Cleared
16 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 2 (0.30%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (13.50%) QA
2 50 (7.42%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.97%) GDPR
4 15 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.78%) SLA
6 10 (1.48%) PMO
7 7 (1.04%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.89%) NCSC
9 5 (0.74%) NIST
9 5 (0.74%) WCAG
10 2 (0.30%) GRC
10 2 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) HL7
11 1 (0.15%) P3O
11 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 79 (11.72%) Docker
2 30 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 200 (29.67%) Terraform
2 70 (10.39%) HP ALM
3 60 (8.90%) Ansible
4 59 (8.75%) Kubernetes
5 39 (5.79%) Grafana
6 36 (5.34%) Prometheus
7 23 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.30%) MIIS
9 2 (0.30%) Nessus
9 2 (0.30%) Puppet
9 2 (0.30%) Scalr
10 1 (0.15%) CASB
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.15%) Packer
10 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 205 (30.42%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.39%) HP
3 69 (10.24%) SAP
4 29 (4.30%) Oracle
5 26 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.67%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.52%) Black Duck
7 17 (2.52%) Coverity
8 13 (1.93%) Adobe
8 13 (1.93%) Databricks
8 13 (1.93%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.78%) Ab Initio
9 12 (1.78%) Freshdesk
9 12 (1.78%) Nintex
9 12 (1.78%) Okta
10 10 (1.48%) Sage
10 10 (1.48%) Xamarin
11 9 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (1.34%) Google
12 7 (1.04%) Apple