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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 203 116
Rank change year-on-year +55 -87 -16
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 967 494 1,118
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.18% 1.44% 2.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.45% 5.44% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 794 347 679
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,625 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

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 17,758 9,082 15,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.71% 26.52% 27.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12,076 6,154 9,617
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,000
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 £91,250 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 +87 285 £60,500 -6.92% 141
South East +4 232 £62,500 - 134
Midlands +44 171 £62,500 +5.93% 77
North West +77 170 £65,000 - 79
West Midlands +3 98 £62,500 +4.17% 42
South West -20 94 £57,500 +9.52% 61
Wales -16 91 £53,171 -3.33% 9
East of England +6 79 £55,000 -12.00% 54
East Midlands +20 73 £57,500 +4.55% 35
Yorkshire -3 68 £68,000 +13.33% 42
North East -23 47 £52,500 +5.00% 20
Scotland -31 20 £55,000 -14.73% 35
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 18
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 58 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.96%) Confluence
3 28 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.96%) IIS
5 11 (1.14%) nginx
6 7 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.62%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.52%) Apache
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.52%) CICS
8 5 (0.52%) CMS
9 4 (0.41%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.31%) WordPress
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
11 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.10%) Drupal
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.83%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.83%) Trello
3 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.62%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.31%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
7 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 967 (100.00%) Azure
2 148 (15.31%) GitHub
3 143 (14.79%) Power Platform
4 121 (12.51%) AWS
5 86 (8.89%) Azure AI
6 85 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
7 76 (7.86%) Dynamics 365
7 76 (7.86%) Serverless
8 67 (6.93%) Azure Monitor
9 64 (6.62%) Azure Functions
10 60 (6.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 60 (6.20%) Azure Service Bus
11 57 (5.89%) Power Automate
12 54 (5.58%) Azure Key Vault
12 54 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
13 53 (5.48%) Entra ID
13 53 (5.48%) PaaS
14 52 (5.38%) Azure AKS
15 43 (4.45%) PowerApps
15 43 (4.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.07%) VPN
2 17 (1.76%) Firewall
3 11 (1.14%) Internet
4 10 (1.03%) Network Security
5 6 (0.62%) HTTP
5 6 (0.62%) MQTT
5 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.62%) Wireless
5 6 (0.62%) ZigBee
6 5 (0.52%) SAN
7 4 (0.41%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.41%) DNS
8 3 (0.31%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.21%) VLAN
10 1 (0.10%) BGP
10 1 (0.10%) LTE
10 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (20.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 164 (16.96%) MongoDB
3 128 (13.24%) SQL Server
4 65 (6.72%) Power BI
5 41 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
6 37 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (3.21%) Relational Database
9 20 (2.07%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.86%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.86%) Metadata
11 17 (1.76%) MySQL
11 17 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (1.45%) Redis
13 11 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.14%) NonStop SQL
13 11 (1.14%) Star Schema
14 10 (1.03%) Delta Lake
15 9 (0.93%) Spark SQL
16 8 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 190 (19.65%) Git
2 138 (14.27%) JIRA
3 83 (8.58%) Jenkins
4 62 (6.41%) GitLab
5 40 (4.14%) Selenium
6 35 (3.62%) Postman
7 30 (3.10%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.76%) JMeter
8 17 (1.76%) REST Assured
9 16 (1.65%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.45%) fastlane
10 14 (1.45%) NUnit
10 14 (1.45%) Zephyr
11 12 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.93%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.93%) MSI
12 9 (0.93%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.93%) TestRail
13 8 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.83%) Xcode
General
1 240 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 143 (14.79%) Finance
3 102 (10.55%) Public Sector
4 99 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (4.45%) Retail
7 42 (4.34%) Marketing
8 29 (3.00%) Advertising
9 21 (2.17%) Games
10 19 (1.96%) Law
11 16 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.24%) Legal
13 11 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.93%) Automotive
14 9 (0.93%) Banking
15 8 (0.83%) Aviation
16 7 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
19 4 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 387 (40.02%) Developer
2 198 (20.48%) Senior
3 195 (20.17%) .NET Developer
4 139 (14.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 104 (10.75%) Azure Engineer
6 98 (10.13%) Lead
7 70 (7.24%) Senior Developer
8 63 (6.51%) Analyst
9 52 (5.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 48 (4.96%) Senior DevOps
11 47 (4.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 46 (4.76%) Data Engineer
13 45 (4.65%) Platform Engineer
14 42 (4.34%) Cloud Engineer
15 40 (4.14%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.93%) Software Engineer
17 28 (2.90%) Lead Developer
18 25 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
19 23 (2.38%) Senior Data Engineer
20 22 (2.28%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (37.44%) .NET
2 228 (23.58%) Terraform
3 222 (22.96%) ASP.NET
4 196 (20.27%) .NET Core
5 195 (20.17%) ASP.NET Core
6 137 (14.17%) HTML
6 137 (14.17%) React
7 135 (13.96%) CSS
8 134 (13.86%) RESTful
9 110 (11.38%) Entity Framework
10 102 (10.55%) Blazor
11 97 (10.03%) REST
12 83 (8.58%) Node.js
13 81 (8.38%) ML.NET
14 46 (4.76%) ARM Templates
14 46 (4.76%) Playwright
15 44 (4.55%) .NET Framework
16 40 (4.14%) YAML
17 37 (3.83%) JSON
18 35 (3.62%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.75%) Product Ownership
2 74 (7.65%) Cloud Native
3 53 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
5 48 (4.96%) Mobile App
6 33 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (3.10%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
9 17 (1.76%) BBC
9 17 (1.76%) iPhone
9 17 (1.76%) Social Media
10 16 (1.65%) Mainframe
10 16 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.55%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.24%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.24%) Podcast
12 12 (1.24%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.24%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 85 (8.79%) Linux
2 81 (8.38%) Windows
3 24 (2.48%) Android
4 19 (1.96%) Unix
5 13 (1.34%) VMS
6 12 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.03%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.52%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Solaris
10 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 2 (0.21%) Rocky
11 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 967 (100.00%) DevOps
2 525 (54.29%) CI/CD
3 515 (53.26%) Agile
4 237 (24.51%) AI
5 226 (23.37%) Full-Stack Development
6 208 (21.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 200 (20.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 186 (19.23%) Scrum
9 173 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
10 170 (17.58%) Test Automation
11 139 (14.37%) Mentoring
12 119 (12.31%) Machine Learning
13 106 (10.96%) Analytics
13 106 (10.96%) SDLC
14 103 (10.65%) Software Engineering
15 99 (10.24%) Microservices
15 99 (10.24%) Observability
16 95 (9.82%) Platform Engineering
16 95 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
17 88 (9.10%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 374 (38.68%) C#
2 367 (37.95%) SQL
3 195 (20.17%) JavaScript
4 175 (18.10%) Python
5 107 (11.07%) PowerShell
6 99 (10.24%) Bash
7 82 (8.48%) Bicep
8 71 (7.34%) Java
9 39 (4.03%) TypeScript
10 32 (3.31%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.65%) C++
12 13 (1.34%) JCL
12 13 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.24%) COBOL
14 11 (1.14%) Swift
15 8 (0.83%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.72%) C
16 7 (0.72%) Go
16 7 (0.72%) Ruby
17 6 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 84 (8.69%) Degree
2 77 (7.96%) Security Cleared
3 68 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 45 (4.65%) Azure Certification
5 31 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.48%) ISTQB
7 23 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.83%) PMP
12 7 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.72%) ISEB
13 6 (0.62%) CBAP
14 5 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) IIBA
16 3 (0.31%) OCP
16 3 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (13.13%) QA
2 49 (5.07%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.62%) WCAG
4 31 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 25 (2.59%) GDPR
6 15 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.24%) TickIT
8 9 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.93%) PMO
9 8 (0.83%) NCSC
10 7 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.62%) JTAG
12 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.41%) SLA
12 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.31%) IFRS
13 3 (0.31%) NIST
14 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 122 (12.62%) Docker
2 47 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.24%) vSphere
6 10 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.31%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Xen
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 99 (10.24%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.45%) Grafana
3 39 (4.03%) Ansible
4 35 (3.62%) Prometheus
5 19 (1.96%) Argo
6 15 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.03%) Puppet
8 5 (0.52%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.31%) Scalr
9 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.21%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.21%) MIIS
10 2 (0.21%) Nessus
10 2 (0.21%) Rancher
10 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.10%) Consul
11 1 (0.10%) Istio
Vendors
1 447 (46.23%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.27%) Google
3 38 (3.93%) Facebook
4 35 (3.62%) Databricks
5 28 (2.90%) Apple
6 22 (2.28%) VMware
7 21 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.17%) YouTube
8 20 (2.07%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.76%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.76%) Sony
9 17 (1.76%) Yahoo!
10 12 (1.24%) Oracle
10 12 (1.24%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.14%) HP
12 10 (1.03%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.93%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.93%) SAP
14 8 (0.83%) Foundry
15 7 (0.72%) Talend