Azure DevOps Engineer Job Trends

DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median DevOps Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 596 732
Rank change year-on-year +26 +136 -144
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure DevOps Engineer 193 77 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 149 40 119
10th Percentile £46,750 £47,125 £53,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £73,750 £78,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,983 44,278 92,243
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 89.92% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 64,514 26,221 65,394
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,596
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Azure DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Azure DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Azure DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps Engineer over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps Engineer in the UK

Azure DevOps Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 July 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
England +31 171 £75,000 +15.38% 21
UK excluding London -16 119 £75,000 +15.38% 10
London +1 60 £90,000 +33.33% 14
Midlands +19 52 £85,000 +39.92% 4
East Midlands +19 37 £70,000 +29.63% 3
Work from Home +4 31 £70,000 +5.66% 10
South East -29 28 £75,000 +7.14% 2
South West -46 18 £75,000 -
West Midlands -3 15 £90,000 +33.33% 1
Wales -46 9 £45,000 -25.00%
Scotland +22 5 - - 1
North of England -40 4 £41,750 -30.99% 3
East of England -24 3 £70,000 +7.69%
North West -16 2 £48,500 -25.38%
North East - 2 £35,000 - 2

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 July 2026, Azure DevOps Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Azure DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 193 (100.00%) Azure
1 193 (100.00%) DevOps
2 110 (56.99%) Azure DevOps
3 93 (48.19%) Terraform
4 80 (41.45%) Infrastructure as Code
5 77 (39.90%) CI/CD
6 37 (19.17%) Kubernetes
7 33 (17.10%) SQL
8 31 (16.06%) PowerShell
9 29 (15.03%) Microsoft
10 27 (13.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (13.47%) Platform Engineering
12 24 (12.44%) YAML
13 23 (11.92%) Docker
14 22 (11.40%) Azure AKS
15 21 (10.88%) Analytics
15 21 (10.88%) Azure Monitor
16 20 (10.36%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
17 19 (9.84%) Azure Key Vault
17 19 (9.84%) Infrastructure Automation
18 18 (9.33%) Linux
18 18 (9.33%) Security Cleared
19 17 (8.81%) Azure Certification
19 17 (8.81%) DevSecOps
19 17 (8.81%) Microservices
19 17 (8.81%) Windows
20 16 (8.29%) Ansible
20 16 (8.29%) AWS
20 16 (8.29%) Containerisation

Azure DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (5.70%) IIS
2 6 (3.11%) nginx
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Drupal
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 193 (100.00%) Azure
2 110 (56.99%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (11.40%) Azure AKS
4 21 (10.88%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (10.36%) Azure Service Bus
6 19 (9.84%) Azure Key Vault
7 16 (8.29%) AWS
8 15 (7.77%) PaaS
9 14 (7.25%) GitHub
10 12 (6.22%) Azure App Service
10 12 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (5.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (5.18%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.63%) Azure Pipelines
13 6 (3.11%) Azure API Management
13 6 (3.11%) GCP
13 6 (3.11%) SaaS
14 5 (2.59%) Cloudflare
14 5 (2.59%) npm
14 5 (2.59%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.25%) Firewall
2 5 (2.59%) DNS
2 5 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.55%) DHCP
3 3 (1.55%) VPN
4 2 (1.04%) BGP
4 2 (1.04%) HTTP
4 2 (1.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.59%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.07%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.55%) Redis
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 7 (3.63%) GitLab
2 6 (3.11%) Git
3 5 (2.59%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.52%) Gatling
5 1 (0.52%) JIRA
5 1 (0.52%) JMeter
5 1 (0.52%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (15.54%) Finance
2 10 (5.18%) Social Skills
3 7 (3.63%) Retail
4 4 (2.07%) Health Technology
5 3 (1.55%) Banking
5 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.04%) Aviation
6 2 (1.04%) Law
6 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.44%) YAML
2 15 (7.77%) .NET
2 15 (7.77%) ADO
3 13 (6.74%) ARM Templates
3 13 (6.74%) Node.js
4 8 (4.15%) React
5 5 (2.59%) Loki
6 4 (2.07%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.55%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.04%) JSON
8 2 (1.04%) OAuth
8 2 (1.04%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.04%) SAML
8 2 (1.04%) WAMP
9 1 (0.52%) Kafka
9 1 (0.52%) Memcached
9 1 (0.52%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.77%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.18%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.33%) Linux
2 17 (8.81%) Windows
3 12 (6.22%) VMS
4 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.04%) Debian
5 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (100.00%) DevOps
2 80 (41.45%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (39.90%) CI/CD
4 26 (13.47%) Platform Engineering
5 21 (10.88%) Analytics
6 20 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (9.84%) Infrastructure Automation
8 17 (8.81%) DevSecOps
8 17 (8.81%) Microservices
9 16 (8.29%) Containerisation
9 16 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (7.77%) API Management
11 14 (7.25%) Agile
11 14 (7.25%) Cloud Security
12 13 (6.74%) Observability
13 12 (6.22%) Log Analytics
13 12 (6.22%) Migration
14 11 (5.70%) Deployment Automation
15 10 (5.18%) Mentoring
16 9 (4.66%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.10%) SQL
2 31 (16.06%) PowerShell
3 15 (7.77%) C#
4 12 (6.22%) Bicep
5 10 (5.18%) Bash
6 9 (4.66%) Python
7 4 (2.07%) Java
8 3 (1.55%) Go
9 2 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (9.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.81%) Azure Certification
3 13 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.11%) QA
2 2 (1.04%) GDPR
2 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.04%) SOC 2
3 1 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (11.92%) Docker
2 13 (6.74%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (48.19%) Terraform
2 37 (19.17%) Kubernetes
3 16 (8.29%) Ansible
4 15 (7.77%) Grafana
5 12 (6.22%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.07%) Argo
7 3 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.52%) Consul
9 1 (0.52%) Packer
9 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (2.07%) Okta
3 4 (2.07%) Palo Alto
4 3 (1.55%) OneLogin
4 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.04%) Cisco
5 2 (1.04%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.04%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.04%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.52%) Databricks
6 1 (0.52%) Google
6 1 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (0.52%) SAP
6 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.52%) Splunk
6 1 (0.52%) TOWER Software