Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 155 113
Rank change year-on-year -21 -42 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,052 911 2,320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 2.10% 2.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.80% 6.00% 6.74%
Number of salaries quoted 782 735 1,799
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,300 £41,846
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27,680 15,182 34,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.54% 34.96% 35.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,644 10,852 26,766
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 May 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 -27 894 £67,500 -1.10% 378
UK excluding London +8 650 £60,000 -4.00% 300
Work from Home +7 405 £65,000 -3.70% 225
London -10 337 £77,500 +3.33% 146
South East -37 166 £50,000 -28.57% 100
North of England -2 161 £65,000 -5.45% 79
Midlands -9 103 £65,000 - 41
Scotland +50 80 £62,500 +8.70% 16
North West +10 79 £70,000 +3.70% 37
South West -32 76 £52,373 -19.43% 18
West Midlands -36 55 £61,000 -6.15% 20
Yorkshire -44 49 £64,655 -7.64% 19
East Midlands +4 45 £67,500 +35.00% 21
North East -10 33 £50,000 -16.67% 23
East of England -13 32 £62,500 +13.64% 29
Wales -19 32 £53,100 +0.97% 19
Northern Ireland -36 2 £72,500 +45.00% 3

Azure DevOps
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 38 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.52%) Confluence
3 20 (1.90%) IIS
3 20 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 7 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.57%) Apache
6 6 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.38%) CMS
7 4 (0.38%) Moodle
8 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CICS
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.095%) Drupal
10 1 (0.095%) Luigi
10 1 (0.095%) nginx
10 1 (0.095%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (2.00%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.19%) Trello
7 1 (0.095%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.48%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.095%) Endur
7 1 (0.095%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.095%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.095%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.095%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.095%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,051 (99.90%) Azure
2 263 (25.00%) GitHub
3 179 (17.02%) Power Platform
4 157 (14.92%) AWS
5 150 (14.26%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (9.22%) Serverless
7 88 (8.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 87 (8.27%) Entra ID
9 86 (8.17%) Azure Monitor
10 83 (7.89%) Azure AKS
11 80 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
12 70 (6.65%) Azure Logic Apps
13 67 (6.37%) PaaS
14 61 (5.80%) Azure Functions
14 61 (5.80%) GCP
15 59 (5.61%) SaaS
16 58 (5.51%) Azure Service Bus
16 58 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
17 48 (4.56%) Azure Key Vault
18 40 (3.80%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.80%) Firewall
2 30 (2.85%) DNS
3 19 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.71%) HTTP
5 15 (1.43%) Network Security
6 14 (1.33%) VPN
7 13 (1.24%) WAN
8 3 (0.29%) BGP
8 3 (0.29%) DHCP
9 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.19%) SSL
10 1 (0.095%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.095%) Internet
10 1 (0.095%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.095%) MPLS
10 1 (0.095%) SAN
10 1 (0.095%) VLAN
10 1 (0.095%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.095%) Wireless
10 1 (0.095%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (11.12%) SQL Server
2 97 (9.22%) Power BI
3 91 (8.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 53 (5.04%) MongoDB
5 46 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (3.61%) Data Lake
8 34 (3.23%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.28%) Delta Lake
10 20 (1.90%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.43%) Spark SQL
13 14 (1.33%) Tableau
14 12 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (1.14%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.05%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.95%) Metadata
17 9 (0.86%) MySQL
17 9 (0.86%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 168 (15.97%) Git
2 146 (13.88%) JIRA
3 111 (10.55%) Jenkins
4 62 (5.89%) GitLab
5 51 (4.85%) Selenium
6 37 (3.52%) Cypress.io
7 33 (3.14%) Postman
8 22 (2.09%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.62%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (1.33%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (1.14%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.14%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.14%) TestRail
13 11 (1.05%) JMeter
14 10 (0.95%) Zephyr
15 7 (0.67%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.67%) LoadRunner
16 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (0.57%) NUnit
General
1 298 (28.33%) Finance
2 245 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 140 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (5.23%) Public Sector
5 51 (4.85%) Law
6 43 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (3.71%) Retail
8 34 (3.23%) Legal
9 30 (2.85%) Marketing
10 28 (2.66%) Billing
11 21 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.90%) Banking
12 20 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.14%) Advertising
13 12 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.05%) Automotive
14 11 (1.05%) Games
14 11 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.95%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.48%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 237 (22.53%) Developer
2 219 (20.82%) Senior
3 190 (18.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 176 (16.73%) Azure Engineer
5 157 (14.92%) Lead
6 93 (8.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.84%) Cloud Engineer
8 63 (5.99%) .NET Developer
8 63 (5.99%) Data Engineer
9 57 (5.42%) Analyst
10 56 (5.32%) Senior Developer
11 52 (4.94%) Architect
12 51 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
13 48 (4.56%) Senior DevOps
14 46 (4.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 30 (2.85%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 29 (2.76%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.57%) Applications Support
17 27 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
18 25 (2.38%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (24.90%) .NET
2 116 (11.03%) React
3 102 (9.70%) REST
4 90 (8.56%) ASP.NET
5 88 (8.37%) RESTful
6 87 (8.27%) .NET Core
7 86 (8.17%) CSS
8 85 (8.08%) HTML
9 64 (6.08%) OAuth
10 61 (5.80%) Node.js
11 60 (5.70%) ASP.NET Core
12 55 (5.23%) SOAP
13 52 (4.94%) Playwright
14 46 (4.37%) JSON
14 46 (4.37%) YAML
15 42 (3.99%) .NET Framework
15 42 (3.99%) PySpark
16 37 (3.52%) Entity Framework
17 36 (3.42%) ARM Templates
17 36 (3.42%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 113 (10.74%) Product Ownership
2 99 (9.41%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (3.04%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.95%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.76%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.71%) Reinsurance
11 15 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.33%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
17 8 (0.76%) PMI
18 7 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 84 (7.98%) Linux
2 67 (6.37%) Windows
3 19 (1.81%) Unix
3 19 (1.81%) VMS
4 14 (1.33%) Ubuntu
5 13 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.76%) Android
8 4 (0.38%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.095%) SUSE
10 1 (0.095%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,051 (99.90%) DevOps
2 650 (61.79%) CI/CD
3 467 (44.39%) Agile
4 295 (28.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 260 (24.71%) Test Automation
6 216 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 193 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
8 184 (17.49%) AI
9 157 (14.92%) Mentoring
10 152 (14.45%) Analytics
10 152 (14.45%) Observability
11 148 (14.07%) Scrum
12 141 (13.40%) Data Modelling
13 131 (12.45%) Containerisation
14 129 (12.26%) Coaching
15 121 (11.50%) Microservices
16 102 (9.70%) Full-Stack Development
17 101 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (9.41%) Roadmaps
19 98 (9.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 353 (33.56%) SQL
2 257 (24.43%) Python
3 221 (21.01%) C#
4 142 (13.50%) JavaScript
5 122 (11.60%) PowerShell
6 100 (9.51%) Bash
7 77 (7.32%) Bicep
8 66 (6.27%) Java
9 60 (5.70%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.19%) Go
11 22 (2.09%) Apex Code
12 20 (1.90%) Scala
13 18 (1.71%) PL/SQL
14 16 (1.52%) Shell Script
15 14 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (1.24%) T-SQL
17 12 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 8 (0.76%) Swift
19 7 (0.67%) DataWeave
20 5 (0.48%) C++
Qualifications
1 85 (8.08%) Degree
2 68 (6.46%) Security Cleared
3 48 (4.56%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.85%) ISTQB
7 20 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.43%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.24%) HND
10 12 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (0.86%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.38%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.29%) CBAP
16 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (11.31%) QA
2 72 (6.84%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.47%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.47%) GDPR
4 30 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.33%) SOC 2
6 13 (1.24%) SLA
7 12 (1.14%) TickIT
8 10 (0.95%) GRC
9 6 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
9 6 (0.57%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.57%) WCAG
10 5 (0.48%) IFRS
10 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.19%) NCSC
12 2 (0.19%) PMO
13 1 (0.095%) PERC
System Software
1 145 (13.78%) Docker
2 63 (5.99%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.095%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 320 (30.42%) Terraform
2 119 (11.31%) Kubernetes
3 79 (7.51%) Ansible
4 66 (6.27%) Grafana
5 54 (5.13%) Prometheus
6 22 (2.09%) Argo
7 16 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.86%) Kibana
9 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.38%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.38%) logstash
9 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.38%) Puppet
10 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.29%) Scalr
11 2 (0.19%) MIIS
11 2 (0.19%) Nagios
11 2 (0.19%) SCCM
12 1 (0.095%) CASB
12 1 (0.095%) Nessus
Vendors
1 386 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.75%) Databricks
3 44 (4.18%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.47%) Oracle
6 23 (2.19%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.52%) MuleSoft
8 15 (1.43%) Adobe
8 15 (1.43%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.43%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.14%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.14%) Nintex
11 11 (1.05%) Apple
11 11 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.05%) Google
12 10 (0.95%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.95%) Okta
12 10 (0.95%) VMware
13 8 (0.76%) Splunk