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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 166 121
Rank change year-on-year +14 -45 -26
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,313 947 2,176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.93% 2.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.86% 5.96% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 722 1,617
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,313 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 27,041 15,883 33,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.37% 32.32% 33.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17,570 11,064 25,443
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

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 15 July 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 15 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 +20 1,170 £65,000 -7.14% 494
UK excluding London +59 877 £60,000 -4.00% 434
Work from Home +28 542 £60,000 -10.45% 372
London -31 365 £80,000 +4.58% 153
North of England +80 252 £62,500 -3.85% 106
South East +4 226 £60,000 -5.51% 139
North West +69 136 £65,500 +0.77% 64
Midlands +16 133 £63,750 +6.25% 60
South West -7 100 £55,000 -4.35% 36
East of England +12 75 £56,750 -3.40% 45
East Midlands +30 72 £61,750 +12.27% 22
Wales -8 66 £53,171 -11.38% 19
Yorkshire -11 63 £69,310 -0.99% 31
West Midlands -29 61 £65,000 +8.33% 38
North East -12 53 £51,000 -7.27% 12
Scotland +17 25 £61,250 -5.04% 27
Northern Ireland -57 2 £72,500 +45.00% 12

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 59 (4.49%) Confluence
1 59 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.68%) IIS
4 14 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.69%) CMS
6 8 (0.61%) nginx
6 8 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.53%) Anypoint
7 7 (0.53%) Apache
8 6 (0.46%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.38%) Camunda
10 3 (0.23%) WordPress
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) CICS
11 2 (0.15%) Luigi
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.076%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 19 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.61%) Trello
5 7 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.076%) Notion
8 1 (0.076%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.38%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.15%) Magento
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.076%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.076%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.076%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,312 (99.92%) Azure
2 223 (16.98%) GitHub
3 202 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 166 (12.64%) AWS
5 136 (10.36%) GitHub Actions
6 119 (9.06%) Serverless
7 110 (8.38%) Azure AKS
8 102 (7.77%) Azure Service Bus
9 101 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
10 96 (7.31%) Azure AI
10 96 (7.31%) PaaS
11 93 (7.08%) Azure Functions
12 90 (6.85%) Azure Logic Apps
13 85 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
14 81 (6.17%) Entra ID
15 72 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
16 71 (5.41%) SaaS
17 70 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
18 64 (4.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 64 (4.87%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.50%) Firewall
2 22 (1.68%) VPN
3 21 (1.60%) DNS
4 14 (1.07%) HTTP
5 12 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.84%) Internet
6 11 (0.84%) Network Security
7 6 (0.46%) MQTT
7 6 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.46%) Wireless
7 6 (0.46%) ZigBee
8 5 (0.38%) SAN
9 4 (0.30%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.23%) BGP
10 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.23%) WAN
11 2 (0.15%) DHCP
11 2 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.15%) VLAN
12 1 (0.076%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (18.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 169 (12.87%) MongoDB
3 138 (10.51%) SQL Server
4 94 (7.16%) Power BI
5 49 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (2.28%) Relational Database
9 28 (2.13%) NoSQL
10 24 (1.83%) Delta Lake
11 23 (1.75%) Data Lake
12 20 (1.52%) Redis
13 19 (1.45%) MySQL
13 19 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 17 (1.29%) Spark SQL
15 14 (1.07%) Metadata
16 13 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 13 (0.99%) Star Schema
17 11 (0.84%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 190 (14.47%) Git
2 164 (12.49%) JIRA
3 118 (8.99%) Jenkins
4 80 (6.09%) GitLab
5 50 (3.81%) Selenium
6 42 (3.20%) Cypress.io
7 38 (2.89%) Postman
8 19 (1.45%) Eclipse
9 18 (1.37%) REST Assured
10 15 (1.14%) JMeter
11 14 (1.07%) fastlane
11 14 (1.07%) TestRail
11 14 (1.07%) Visual Studio
11 14 (1.07%) Zephyr
12 13 (0.99%) JUnit
13 12 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.69%) Mockito
14 9 (0.69%) Xcode
15 8 (0.61%) NUnit
16 7 (0.53%) MSI
General
1 305 (23.23%) Social Skills
2 287 (21.86%) Finance
3 118 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 92 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.11%) Law
6 54 (4.11%) Retail
7 44 (3.35%) Marketing
8 34 (2.59%) Legal
9 30 (2.28%) Banking
10 29 (2.21%) Advertising
11 24 (1.83%) Games
11 24 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.07%) Billing
15 13 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.99%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.76%) Automotive
16 10 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 404 (30.77%) Developer
2 262 (19.95%) Senior
3 221 (16.83%) DevOps Engineer
4 197 (15.00%) .NET Developer
5 194 (14.78%) Azure Engineer
6 173 (13.18%) Lead
7 113 (8.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 83 (6.32%) Senior Developer
9 69 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
10 67 (5.10%) Data Engineer
11 65 (4.95%) Analyst
12 61 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
13 58 (4.42%) Architect
14 57 (4.34%) Senior DevOps
15 55 (4.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 48 (3.66%) Software Engineer
17 38 (2.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.67%) Software Developer
19 30 (2.28%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 428 (32.60%) .NET
2 238 (18.13%) ASP.NET
3 207 (15.77%) .NET Core
4 195 (14.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 163 (12.41%) React
6 154 (11.73%) HTML
7 152 (11.58%) CSS
8 139 (10.59%) RESTful
9 131 (9.98%) REST
10 111 (8.45%) Blazor
10 111 (8.45%) Entity Framework
11 87 (6.63%) Node.js
12 81 (6.17%) ML.NET
13 66 (5.03%) Playwright
14 59 (4.49%) YAML
15 55 (4.19%) ARM Templates
16 47 (3.58%) .NET Framework
16 47 (3.58%) OAuth
17 46 (3.50%) JSON
18 39 (2.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 130 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 123 (9.37%) Cloud Native
3 56 (4.27%) Mobile App
4 48 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
5 44 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 19 (1.45%) Podcast
10 19 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.29%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.29%) BBC
11 17 (1.29%) iPhone
11 17 (1.29%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.29%) Social Media
12 12 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.69%) Linux
2 79 (6.02%) Windows
3 26 (1.98%) Android
3 26 (1.98%) VMS
4 18 (1.37%) Unix
5 16 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.99%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.076%) SUSE
11 1 (0.076%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,312 (99.92%) DevOps
2 771 (58.72%) CI/CD
3 617 (46.99%) Agile
4 317 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 280 (21.33%) AI
6 263 (20.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 243 (18.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 242 (18.43%) Test Automation
9 210 (15.99%) Scrum
10 196 (14.93%) Mentoring
11 186 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
12 163 (12.41%) Microservices
13 155 (11.81%) Analytics
14 151 (11.50%) Observability
15 134 (10.21%) Machine Learning
16 129 (9.82%) Platform Engineering
17 120 (9.14%) Roadmaps
17 120 (9.14%) SDLC
18 118 (8.99%) Containerisation
19 115 (8.76%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 459 (34.96%) SQL
2 424 (32.29%) C#
3 247 (18.81%) Python
4 241 (18.35%) JavaScript
5 152 (11.58%) PowerShell
6 129 (9.82%) Bash
7 110 (8.38%) Bicep
8 78 (5.94%) Java
9 66 (5.03%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.60%) Go
12 19 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.29%) C++
14 13 (0.99%) Scala
15 12 (0.91%) Swift
16 8 (0.61%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.61%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.53%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 100 (7.62%) Security Cleared
2 89 (6.78%) Degree
3 82 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 66 (5.03%) Azure Certification
5 38 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.84%) PMP
11 7 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.53%) HND
12 6 (0.46%) CISSP
13 5 (0.38%) ISEB
13 5 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (12.34%) QA
2 90 (6.85%) Accessibility
3 48 (3.66%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.82%) GDPR
5 31 (2.36%) WCAG
6 26 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.91%) PMO
7 12 (0.91%) TickIT
8 11 (0.84%) GRC
9 9 (0.69%) SLA
10 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 6 (0.46%) JTAG
12 6 (0.46%) NCSC
12 6 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.46%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS
14 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 157 (11.96%) Docker
2 64 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.91%) vSphere
7 5 (0.38%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 325 (24.75%) Terraform
2 151 (11.50%) Kubernetes
3 70 (5.33%) Ansible
4 66 (5.03%) Grafana
5 58 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.21%) Argo
7 6 (0.46%) Puppet
8 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.30%) Kibana
9 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.23%) Nagios
9 3 (0.23%) Scalr
10 2 (0.15%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.15%) Istio
10 2 (0.15%) MIIS
10 2 (0.15%) Rancher
10 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 559 (42.57%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.95%) Databricks
3 58 (4.42%) Google
4 41 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.89%) Facebook
6 35 (2.67%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.28%) Apple
8 26 (1.98%) VMware
9 25 (1.90%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.75%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.60%) YouTube
12 19 (1.45%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.29%) Sony
13 17 (1.29%) Yahoo!
14 14 (1.07%) Guidewire
14 14 (1.07%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.99%) Oracle
16 12 (0.91%) Foundry
16 12 (0.91%) SAP
16 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic