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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 141 111
Rank change year-on-year -39 -30 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,035 931 2,339
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.18% 2.22% 2.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.75% 6.14% 6.83%
Number of salaries quoted 752 774 1,823
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% +0.80%

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 27,632 15,168 34,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 36.17% 36.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,281 11,124 26,785
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,225 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +8.22% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,450 £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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -43 868 £67,500 - 308
UK excluding London -11 631 £56,000 -13.85% 255
Work from Home -3 415 £65,000 -3.70% 191
London -13 338 £79,625 +6.17% 117
South East -38 160 £50,000 -28.57% 74
North of England -12 154 £60,000 -14.29% 66
Scotland +39 96 £62,500 +8.70% 19
Midlands -35 89 £64,050 -1.46% 38
South West -32 81 £52,500 -19.23% 23
North West -2 72 £70,000 +5.66% 40
West Midlands -50 52 £60,000 -7.69% 15
Yorkshire -46 50 £60,000 -14.29% 13
East Midlands -25 34 £67,250 +3.46% 23
North East -21 32 £50,000 -16.67% 13
East of England -44 26 £70,000 +32.08% 27
Wales -20 25 £53,050 -9.77% 12
Northern Ireland -40 2 £50,000 - 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 (3.67%) Confluence
2 36 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (2.03%) IIS
5 11 (1.06%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.68%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.48%) Apache
9 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.39%) Moodle
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) CMS
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
11 1 (0.097%) nginx
11 1 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.097%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.097%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.097%) Sketch
6 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.55%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.48%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.097%) Endur
7 1 (0.097%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.097%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.097%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,034 (99.90%) Azure
2 292 (28.21%) GitHub
3 177 (17.10%) Power Platform
4 159 (15.36%) GitHub Actions
5 157 (15.17%) AWS
6 99 (9.57%) Serverless
7 91 (8.79%) Entra ID
8 90 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 82 (7.92%) Azure Monitor
10 80 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
11 74 (7.15%) Azure AKS
11 74 (7.15%) PaaS
12 66 (6.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 62 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
14 60 (5.80%) SaaS
15 58 (5.60%) Azure Functions
16 56 (5.41%) GCP
17 54 (5.22%) Azure Service Bus
18 49 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
19 42 (4.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.89%) Firewall
2 32 (3.09%) DNS
3 19 (1.84%) HTTP
3 19 (1.84%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.35%) VPN
4 14 (1.35%) WAN
5 13 (1.26%) Network Security
6 3 (0.29%) BGP
6 3 (0.29%) DHCP
7 2 (0.19%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.19%) SSL
8 1 (0.097%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.097%) Internet
8 1 (0.097%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.097%) LTE
8 1 (0.097%) MPLS
8 1 (0.097%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.097%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.98%) SQL Server
2 96 (9.28%) Power BI
3 70 (6.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (3.57%) NoSQL
6 36 (3.48%) Data Lake
6 36 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (3.19%) MongoDB
8 25 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (2.22%) Delta Lake
10 20 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (1.74%) Relational Database
12 16 (1.55%) DynamoDB
13 15 (1.45%) Tableau
14 14 (1.35%) Spark SQL
15 11 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.06%) Star Schema
16 9 (0.87%) MySQL
17 8 (0.77%) Metadata
17 8 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 170 (16.43%) Git
2 150 (14.49%) JIRA
3 108 (10.43%) Jenkins
4 55 (5.31%) GitLab
5 52 (5.02%) Selenium
6 41 (3.96%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.09%) Postman
8 22 (2.13%) Visual Studio
9 20 (1.93%) Eclipse
10 17 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (1.16%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.16%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.06%) JMeter
13 11 (1.06%) TestRail
14 9 (0.87%) Zephyr
15 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.68%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.68%) LoadRunner
16 7 (0.68%) SoapUI
General
1 311 (30.05%) Finance
2 249 (24.06%) Social Skills
3 146 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (5.31%) Law
5 50 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (3.67%) Retail
8 32 (3.09%) Legal
9 30 (2.90%) Marketing
10 28 (2.71%) Billing
11 21 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.74%) Banking
14 11 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.87%) Automotive
15 9 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.77%) Advertising
16 8 (0.77%) Games
16 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 216 (20.87%) Developer
2 212 (20.48%) Senior
3 168 (16.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 164 (15.85%) Azure Engineer
5 158 (15.27%) Lead
6 81 (7.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 60 (5.80%) Data Engineer
9 57 (5.51%) Analyst
10 53 (5.12%) Senior Developer
11 52 (5.02%) Architect
12 48 (4.64%) .NET Developer
13 41 (3.96%) Platform Engineer
14 38 (3.67%) Senior DevOps
15 37 (3.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 28 (2.71%) Applications Engineer
17 27 (2.61%) Applications Support
18 26 (2.51%) Software Developer
18 26 (2.51%) Software Engineer
18 26 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (23.67%) .NET
2 110 (10.63%) React
3 95 (9.18%) REST
4 94 (9.08%) RESTful
5 74 (7.15%) CSS
6 73 (7.05%) HTML
7 70 (6.76%) .NET Core
7 70 (6.76%) OAuth
8 69 (6.67%) ASP.NET
9 56 (5.41%) Node.js
9 56 (5.41%) SOAP
10 52 (5.02%) YAML
11 51 (4.93%) Playwright
12 47 (4.54%) .NET Framework
13 45 (4.35%) JSON
14 40 (3.86%) ASP.NET Core
14 40 (3.86%) PySpark
15 37 (3.57%) SAML
16 35 (3.38%) ARM Templates
17 34 (3.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.21%) Product Ownership
2 114 (11.01%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 31 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 28 (2.71%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.84%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.77%) PMI
14 8 (0.77%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.68%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 75 (7.25%) Linux
2 72 (6.96%) Windows
3 17 (1.64%) VMS
4 15 (1.45%) Unix
4 15 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.06%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.48%) Android
8 3 (0.29%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.097%) SUSE
10 1 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,034 (99.90%) DevOps
2 640 (61.84%) CI/CD
3 473 (45.70%) Agile
4 296 (28.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 265 (25.60%) Test Automation
6 222 (21.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 196 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
8 171 (16.52%) AI
9 167 (16.14%) Mentoring
10 157 (15.17%) Analytics
11 151 (14.59%) Observability
12 147 (14.20%) Coaching
13 145 (14.01%) Scrum
14 138 (13.33%) Data Modelling
15 132 (12.75%) Containerisation
16 115 (11.11%) Microservices
17 102 (9.86%) Software Engineering
18 100 (9.66%) Roadmaps
19 98 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
19 98 (9.47%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 346 (33.43%) SQL
2 251 (24.25%) Python
3 203 (19.61%) C#
4 133 (12.85%) JavaScript
5 130 (12.56%) PowerShell
6 92 (8.89%) Bash
7 86 (8.31%) Bicep
8 64 (6.18%) TypeScript
9 61 (5.89%) Java
10 23 (2.22%) Apex Code
10 23 (2.22%) Go
11 20 (1.93%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.84%) Scala
13 18 (1.74%) Shell Script
14 17 (1.64%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.77%) Swift
18 7 (0.68%) DataWeave
19 5 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 98 (9.47%) Degree
2 67 (6.47%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.93%) Azure Certification
4 46 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.96%) SC Cleared
6 30 (2.90%) ISTQB
7 20 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.74%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.35%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.26%) HND
12 11 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (1.06%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.39%) BC Cleared
16 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.29%) CBAP
16 3 (0.29%) PMP
17 2 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (11.40%) QA
2 72 (6.96%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.64%) GDPR
4 44 (4.25%) Data Quality
5 35 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.35%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.26%) SLA
8 11 (1.06%) TickIT
9 10 (0.97%) GRC
10 7 (0.68%) NCSC
10 7 (0.68%) WCAG
11 6 (0.58%) NIST
11 6 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
12 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.48%) Solvency II
13 4 (0.39%) IFRS
14 3 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.29%) PERC
15 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 146 (14.11%) Docker
2 65 (6.28%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) Postfix
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.097%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.097%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 312 (30.14%) Terraform
2 116 (11.21%) Kubernetes
3 79 (7.63%) Ansible
4 60 (5.80%) Grafana
5 50 (4.83%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.55%) Argo
8 9 (0.87%) Kibana
9 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.39%) logstash
11 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.29%) Puppet
11 3 (0.29%) Scalr
12 2 (0.19%) MIIS
12 2 (0.19%) Nagios
12 2 (0.19%) SCCM
13 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.097%) Nessus
Vendors
1 383 (37.00%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.57%) Databricks
3 43 (4.15%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.29%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.71%) Oracle
6 20 (1.93%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.45%) Adobe
8 15 (1.45%) MuleSoft
8 15 (1.45%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.35%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.16%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.16%) Nintex
11 10 (0.97%) Apple
11 10 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.97%) Okta
11 10 (0.97%) VMware
12 9 (0.87%) Ab Initio
13 8 (0.77%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.68%) Splunk