Azure DevOps Job Trends

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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 106 102
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,116 1,404 1,827
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 2.65% 2.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.34% 7.30% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 711 894 1,583
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £80,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -15.38% +9.20% -0.79%

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 20,886 19,243 24,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.94% 36.33% 39.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11,380 11,285 20,536
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,864
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% +8.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -36 879 £65,000 -3.70% 504
UK excluding London -30 685 £55,000 -15.38% 476
Work from Home -1 512 £62,500 -7.41% 262
London +23 361 £75,000 -0.62% 98
South East 0 231 £50,000 -23.08% 143
Scotland +68 167 £56,000 +6.67% 22
North of England -41 100 £55,000 -18.35% 109
Midlands -56 76 £60,000 -7.69% 68
South West -69 68 £47,500 -26.92% 56
West Midlands -48 57 £60,000 -7.69% 31
Yorkshire -37 37 £55,000 -21.43% 40
North West -25 36 £65,000 - 53
North East +12 27 £50,000 -27.27% 16
Wales +3 24 £55,000 -15.38% 26
East of England -43 17 £65,000 +30.00% 56
East Midlands -13 16 £65,000 +4.00% 34
Northern Ireland -8 2 £56,250 - 7

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 40 (3.58%) Confluence
2 34 (3.05%) IIS
3 27 (2.42%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.18%) Moodle
11 1 (0.090%) nginx
11 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (6.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (3.32%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.090%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.090%) Endur
6 1 (0.090%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,047 (93.82%) Azure
2 345 (30.91%) GitHub
3 222 (19.89%) Power Platform
4 164 (14.70%) AWS
5 158 (14.16%) GitHub Actions
6 101 (9.05%) Azure Monitor
7 91 (8.15%) Entra ID
8 86 (7.71%) Serverless
9 84 (7.53%) Snowflake
10 83 (7.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 78 (6.99%) PaaS
12 72 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
13 71 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
13 71 (6.36%) SaaS
14 66 (5.91%) GitHub Copilot
15 62 (5.56%) dbt
16 61 (5.47%) Power Automate
17 59 (5.29%) Azure AKS
18 56 (5.02%) Azure Logic Apps
19 54 (4.84%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 51 (4.57%) Firewall
2 42 (3.76%) DNS
3 27 (2.42%) VPN
4 18 (1.61%) WAN
5 12 (1.08%) HTTP
6 10 (0.90%) Network Security
6 10 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.72%) DHCP
8 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.45%) VLAN
10 4 (0.36%) SSL
11 3 (0.27%) AMQP
11 3 (0.27%) BGP
11 3 (0.27%) IPsec
11 3 (0.27%) OSPF
11 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.090%) Internet
12 1 (0.090%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.090%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (14.70%) SQL Server
2 131 (11.74%) Power BI
3 80 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 51 (4.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 43 (3.85%) NoSQL
6 43 (3.85%) Tableau
7 28 (2.51%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (2.15%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (1.70%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.34%) DynamoDB
13 13 (1.16%) Metadata
14 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 10 (0.90%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.90%) Delta Lake
16 9 (0.81%) MySQL
17 7 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 215 (19.27%) JIRA
2 195 (17.47%) Git
3 125 (11.20%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.18%) eCATT
5 57 (5.11%) Selenium
6 40 (3.58%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.32%) Oracle Forms
8 31 (2.78%) Cypress.io
9 30 (2.69%) GitLab
10 28 (2.51%) Octopus Deploy
11 24 (2.15%) TeamCity
12 23 (2.06%) Visual Studio
13 22 (1.97%) Postman
14 21 (1.88%) Snyk
15 20 (1.79%) Robot Framework
16 10 (0.90%) Eclipse
16 10 (0.90%) SpecFlow
16 10 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
17 9 (0.81%) JMeter
17 9 (0.81%) NUnit
General
1 451 (40.41%) Finance
2 285 (25.54%) Social Skills
3 148 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (9.23%) Marketing
5 71 (6.36%) Manufacturing
6 55 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (4.21%) Law
8 43 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (2.33%) Retail
10 25 (2.24%) Public Sector
11 21 (1.88%) Legal
12 20 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.43%) Billing
14 15 (1.34%) Banking
14 15 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (0.90%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.81%) Advertising
16 9 (0.81%) Games
16 9 (0.81%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (21.06%) Senior
2 196 (17.56%) Developer
3 159 (14.25%) Lead
4 130 (11.65%) Analyst
4 130 (11.65%) DevOps Engineer
5 115 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
6 97 (8.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 57 (5.11%) Data Engineer
8 53 (4.75%) .NET Developer
9 50 (4.48%) Applications Engineer
9 50 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
9 50 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 48 (4.30%) Test Leader
11 43 (3.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 40 (3.58%) Architect
13 38 (3.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 34 (3.05%) Business Analyst
15 33 (2.96%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.78%) Test Analyst
17 30 (2.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (25.09%) .NET
2 120 (10.75%) RESTful
3 93 (8.33%) React
4 77 (6.90%) YAML
5 75 (6.72%) REST
6 68 (6.09%) .NET Framework
7 67 (6.00%) OAuth
8 61 (5.47%) .NET Core
9 58 (5.20%) ASP.NET
10 55 (4.93%) SOAP
11 53 (4.75%) JSON
12 51 (4.57%) CSS
13 50 (4.48%) HTML
14 41 (3.67%) OAuth2
15 38 (3.41%) ARM Templates
16 37 (3.32%) Entity Framework
17 36 (3.23%) AngularJS
18 31 (2.78%) Blazor
18 31 (2.78%) SAML
19 30 (2.69%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 153 (13.71%) Cloud Native
2 122 (10.93%) Product Ownership
3 64 (5.73%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.58%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.87%) Low-Code
7 27 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 27 (2.42%) Security Posture
7 27 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 26 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (2.24%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.34%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.25%) Reinsurance
14 12 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
15 10 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
16 9 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (9.14%) Windows
2 67 (6.00%) Linux
3 28 (2.51%) VMS
4 19 (1.70%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.72%) Android
5 8 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.27%) Unix
8 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.090%) CentOS
9 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,046 (93.73%) DevOps
2 648 (58.06%) CI/CD
3 532 (47.67%) Agile
4 297 (26.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 288 (25.81%) Test Automation
6 257 (23.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 246 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
8 212 (19.00%) Coaching
9 208 (18.64%) AI
10 200 (17.92%) Mentoring
11 178 (15.95%) Analytics
12 158 (14.16%) Asset Management
13 140 (12.54%) Observability
14 135 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
15 132 (11.83%) Containerisation
16 131 (11.74%) Roadmaps
17 125 (11.20%) Data Modelling
18 116 (10.39%) Scrum
19 113 (10.13%) Software Engineering
20 111 (9.95%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 397 (35.57%) SQL
2 286 (25.63%) Python
3 236 (21.15%) C#
4 215 (19.27%) PowerShell
5 102 (9.14%) Bicep
6 98 (8.78%) JavaScript
7 91 (8.15%) Bash
8 68 (6.09%) TypeScript
9 56 (5.02%) Java
10 40 (3.58%) Shell Script
11 37 (3.32%) PL/SQL
12 32 (2.87%) T-SQL
13 30 (2.69%) Apex Code
14 17 (1.52%) Go
15 13 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (1.16%) Scala
16 10 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.36%) C++
17 4 (0.36%) VB
18 3 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 127 (11.38%) Degree
2 79 (7.08%) Azure Certification
3 71 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 68 (6.09%) Security Cleared
5 41 (3.67%) ISTQB
5 41 (3.67%) Master's Degree
6 40 (3.58%) SC Cleared
7 30 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (2.15%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.88%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.25%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (0.90%) ISEB
13 10 (0.90%) PMP
14 7 (0.63%) HND
15 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.45%) CBAP
16 5 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
17 4 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (12.72%) QA
2 57 (5.11%) Accessibility
3 46 (4.12%) GDPR
4 41 (3.67%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.61%) NCSC
6 18 (1.61%) NIST
7 17 (1.52%) PMO
8 11 (0.99%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.72%) SLA
10 6 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
11 5 (0.45%) PERC
12 4 (0.36%) WCAG
13 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.090%) HL7
13 1 (0.090%) P3O
13 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 142 (12.72%) Docker
2 78 (6.99%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.36%) Firmware
6 4 (0.36%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) vCloud
8 1 (0.090%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 366 (32.80%) Terraform
2 166 (14.87%) Kubernetes
3 93 (8.33%) Ansible
4 72 (6.45%) HP ALM
5 46 (4.12%) Grafana
6 38 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
7 35 (3.14%) Prometheus
8 20 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.54%) Kibana
10 4 (0.36%) Argo
10 4 (0.36%) logstash
10 4 (0.36%) Rancher
10 4 (0.36%) vRealize
11 3 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.27%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 365 (32.71%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.90%) SAP
3 72 (6.45%) HP
4 52 (4.66%) Databricks
5 45 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.76%) Oracle
7 32 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.15%) Okta
9 22 (1.97%) VMware
10 18 (1.61%) Black Duck
10 18 (1.61%) Coverity
10 18 (1.61%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.52%) Zscaler
12 16 (1.43%) Google
13 14 (1.25%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.25%) Xamarin
14 12 (1.08%) Dynatrace
14 12 (1.08%) Sage
15 11 (0.99%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.81%) Adobe