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 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 593 650
Rank change year-on-year -30 +57 -146
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure DevOps Engineer 188 74 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 118 36 81
10th Percentile £56,750 £53,375 £56,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,375 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile - £82,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

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 109,503 44,040 68,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,366 25,685 38,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

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 13 October 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 13 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
England -40 167 £75,000 +15.38% 80
UK excluding London -83 120 £70,000 +7.69% 53
London -12 57 £90,000 +12.50% 31
Midlands -12 44 £90,000 +48.15% 6
Work from Home -35 37 £70,000 +1.82% 36
East Midlands 0 33 £55,000 +1.85% 3
South East -42 26 £72,500 +3.57% 17
North of England -56 18 £70,000 +15.70% 20
North West -25 14 £70,000 +7.69% 10
West Midlands -32 11 £90,000 +33.33% 3
South West -64 11 £75,000 +15.38% 1
Wales -64 9 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland +6 6 £65,000 -7.14% 4
East of England -40 6 - - 2
North East - 4 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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.

1 188 (100.00%) Azure
1 188 (100.00%) DevOps
2 108 (57.45%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (40.96%) Terraform
4 65 (34.57%) CI/CD
4 65 (34.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (17.02%) SQL
6 30 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (14.89%) Kubernetes
7 28 (14.89%) PowerShell
8 27 (14.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 26 (13.83%) Microsoft
10 23 (12.23%) Platform Engineering
11 22 (11.70%) Azure Certification
11 22 (11.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (11.17%) Infrastructure Automation
13 20 (10.64%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (9.57%) Azure AKS
14 18 (9.57%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (9.57%) Docker
15 17 (9.04%) Analytics
16 16 (8.51%) SC Cleared
16 16 (8.51%) Security Cleared
16 16 (8.51%) YAML
17 15 (7.98%) Agile
17 15 (7.98%) Cloud Security
17 15 (7.98%) Deployment Automation
17 15 (7.98%) PaaS
18 13 (6.91%) Ansible
18 13 (6.91%) API Management

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 6 (3.19%) nginx
2 5 (2.66%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 188 (100.00%) Azure
2 108 (57.45%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (11.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 20 (10.64%) Azure Key Vault
5 18 (9.57%) Azure AKS
5 18 (9.57%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (7.98%) PaaS
7 12 (6.38%) Azure App Service
8 10 (5.32%) AWS
8 10 (5.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (4.26%) GitHub
10 7 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.72%) IaaS
11 6 (3.19%) Azure API Management
11 6 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (3.19%) Azure Pipelines
11 6 (3.19%) Entra ID
11 6 (3.19%) SaaS
12 5 (2.66%) Cloudflare
13 4 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.19%) Firewall
2 1 (0.53%) DHCP
2 1 (0.53%) DNS
2 1 (0.53%) HTTP
2 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.13%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.06%) Db2
5 2 (1.06%) Redis
6 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.53%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.72%) GitLab
2 5 (2.66%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.06%) Git
5 1 (0.53%) Snyk
5 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 23 (12.23%) Finance
2 12 (6.38%) Social Skills
3 6 (3.19%) Public Sector
4 3 (1.60%) Health Technology
4 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (1.60%) Retail
5 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.06%) Aviation
6 1 (0.53%) Banking
6 1 (0.53%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (40.96%) Terraform
2 16 (8.51%) YAML
3 12 (6.38%) ARM Templates
4 11 (5.85%) ADO
5 8 (4.26%) Node.js
6 6 (3.19%) .NET
7 5 (2.66%) Loki
8 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.53%) Java SE
8 1 (0.53%) Kafka
8 1 (0.53%) OpenLayers
8 1 (0.53%) React
8 1 (0.53%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.91%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.32%) Linux
1 10 (5.32%) VMS
2 7 (3.72%) Windows
3 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Solaris
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (100.00%) DevOps
2 65 (34.57%) CI/CD
2 65 (34.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 30 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (12.23%) Platform Engineering
5 21 (11.17%) Infrastructure Automation
6 17 (9.04%) Analytics
7 15 (7.98%) Agile
7 15 (7.98%) Cloud Security
7 15 (7.98%) Deployment Automation
8 13 (6.91%) API Management
9 12 (6.38%) Microservices
10 10 (5.32%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (5.32%) Log Analytics
10 10 (5.32%) Migration
10 10 (5.32%) SDLC
11 9 (4.79%) Containerisation
12 8 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (4.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.02%) SQL
2 28 (14.89%) PowerShell
3 12 (6.38%) Bicep
4 10 (5.32%) Python
5 8 (4.26%) C#
6 5 (2.66%) Bash
6 5 (2.66%) Java
7 3 (1.60%) Go
8 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (11.70%) Azure Certification
2 16 (8.51%) SC Cleared
2 16 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.66%) QA
System Software
1 18 (9.57%) Docker
2 7 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (14.89%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.91%) Ansible
3 9 (4.79%) Grafana
4 8 (4.26%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.66%) Progress Chef
6 4 (2.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 26 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.60%) Oracle
2 3 (1.60%) Red Hat
2 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
2 3 (1.60%) VMware
3 2 (1.06%) Okta
4 1 (0.53%) Databricks
4 1 (0.53%) OneLogin
4 1 (0.53%) SAP