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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 153 119
Rank change year-on-year +10 -34 -38
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,495 1,034 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.26% 2.08% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.56% 6.66% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,140 685 995
10th Percentile £44,683 £44,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 26,879 15,530 23,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.74% 31.27% 31.95%
Number of salaries quoted 18,477 10,393 14,305
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% 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 7 October 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 7 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 +18 1,343 £65,000 - 1,204
UK excluding London +4 943 £60,000 - 777
Work from Home +7 594 £62,500 -3.85% 620
London -2 478 £75,000 -3.23% 511
North of England +80 279 £60,000 - 232
South East -38 227 £64,500 +7.05% 225
Midlands +33 172 £61,000 +1.67% 118
North West +65 161 £62,000 -4.62% 111
West Midlands -7 105 £63,750 +6.25% 76
Wales -15 89 £53,171 -3.33% 23
South West -23 89 £57,500 +9.52% 67
East of England -5 72 £55,000 -12.00% 63
Yorkshire +3 68 £65,000 +13.04% 94
East Midlands +18 67 £55,000 +0.92% 42
North East -29 50 £52,000 +4.00% 30
Scotland -54 18 £55,000 -15.06% 39
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 18

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 91 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.82%) Confluence
3 41 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.27%) IIS
6 12 (0.80%) Apache
6 12 (0.80%) CMS
7 10 (0.67%) nginx
8 8 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.54%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.47%) CICS
10 6 (0.40%) Camunda
11 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.13%) Luigi
12 2 (0.13%) WordPress
13 1 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.067%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 30 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
5 10 (0.67%) Trello
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.067%) Notion
Business Applications
1 39 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.87%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.40%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.27%) Shopify
8 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.20%) Visualfiles
8 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.067%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.067%) Magento
10 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,495 (100.00%) Azure
2 289 (19.33%) Power Platform
3 235 (15.72%) GitHub
4 152 (10.17%) Dynamics 365
5 151 (10.10%) AWS
5 151 (10.10%) Serverless
6 127 (8.49%) Azure Functions
6 127 (8.49%) GitHub Actions
7 116 (7.76%) Azure Service Bus
8 112 (7.49%) Azure AKS
9 111 (7.42%) Azure Monitor
10 107 (7.16%) Azure AI
11 106 (7.09%) Entra ID
12 105 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 100 (6.69%) PaaS
14 97 (6.49%) Power Automate
15 95 (6.35%) Azure Key Vault
15 95 (6.35%) Azure Logic Apps
16 91 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
17 89 (5.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.01%) Firewall
2 41 (2.74%) VPN
3 24 (1.61%) DNS
4 13 (0.87%) Internet
5 12 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (0.74%) Network Security
7 10 (0.67%) SAN
8 9 (0.60%) DHCP
9 8 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.54%) Wireless
10 7 (0.47%) HTTP
10 7 (0.47%) VLAN
11 6 (0.40%) MQTT
11 6 (0.40%) ZigBee
12 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.20%) WAN
14 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
15 1 (0.067%) SD-WAN
15 1 (0.067%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 279 (18.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 208 (13.91%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.84%) MongoDB
4 148 (9.90%) Power BI
5 86 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
7 53 (3.55%) Relational Database
8 49 (3.28%) NoSQL
9 46 (3.08%) Metadata
10 40 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
11 33 (2.21%) Data Lake
11 33 (2.21%) Delta Lake
12 27 (1.81%) Redis
12 27 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 25 (1.67%) Star Schema
14 21 (1.40%) MySQL
14 21 (1.40%) Tableau
15 16 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (0.94%) DynamoDB
16 14 (0.94%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 273 (18.26%) Git
2 200 (13.38%) JIRA
3 125 (8.36%) Jenkins
4 83 (5.55%) GitLab
5 41 (2.74%) Selenium
6 35 (2.34%) Cypress.io
7 29 (1.94%) Postman
8 18 (1.20%) JUnit
9 15 (1.00%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.87%) JMeter
10 13 (0.87%) NUnit
11 12 (0.80%) REST Assured
12 11 (0.74%) fastlane
12 11 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.67%) Claude Code
13 10 (0.67%) Mockito
13 10 (0.67%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.60%) MSI
14 9 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 444 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 357 (23.88%) Finance
3 157 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 106 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (3.34%) Law
7 46 (3.08%) Retail
8 35 (2.34%) Marketing
9 30 (2.01%) Legal
10 29 (1.94%) Advertising
10 29 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.87%) Banking
12 22 (1.47%) Games
13 21 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.67%) Police
18 9 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 450 (30.10%) Developer
2 352 (23.55%) Senior
3 219 (14.65%) .NET Developer
3 219 (14.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 215 (14.38%) Azure Engineer
5 149 (9.97%) Lead
6 110 (7.36%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 102 (6.82%) Data Engineer
8 101 (6.76%) Analyst
9 94 (6.29%) Senior Developer
10 93 (6.22%) Platform Engineer
11 69 (4.62%) Senior DevOps
12 65 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 60 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
14 59 (3.95%) Consultant
15 54 (3.61%) Software Engineer
16 50 (3.34%) Business Analyst
17 49 (3.28%) Architect
18 48 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
19 45 (3.01%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 473 (31.64%) .NET
2 354 (23.68%) Terraform
3 252 (16.86%) ASP.NET
4 227 (15.18%) .NET Core
5 200 (13.38%) ASP.NET Core
6 164 (10.97%) REST
7 149 (9.97%) React
7 149 (9.97%) RESTful
8 142 (9.50%) HTML
9 141 (9.43%) CSS
10 122 (8.16%) Blazor
10 122 (8.16%) Entity Framework
11 81 (5.42%) Node.js
12 78 (5.22%) ML.NET
13 61 (4.08%) .NET Framework
14 57 (3.81%) YAML
15 56 (3.75%) JSON
16 53 (3.55%) Playwright
17 49 (3.28%) PySpark
18 48 (3.21%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.30%) Cloud Native
2 135 (9.03%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.14%) Mobile App
7 41 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
9 36 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
10 35 (2.34%) Management Information System
11 33 (2.21%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (1.54%) Low-Code
12 23 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.47%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.47%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.40%) Mainframe
14 21 (1.40%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.14%) Data Centre
15 17 (1.14%) iPhone
16 16 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.49%) Windows
2 91 (6.09%) Linux
3 25 (1.67%) Android
4 24 (1.61%) Unix
5 22 (1.47%) VMS
6 21 (1.40%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
11 2 (0.13%) Rocky
12 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.067%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,495 (100.00%) DevOps
2 830 (55.52%) CI/CD
3 674 (45.08%) Agile
4 352 (23.55%) AI
5 335 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 328 (21.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 282 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
8 237 (15.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 228 (15.25%) Test Automation
10 220 (14.72%) Mentoring
11 213 (14.25%) Analytics
12 209 (13.98%) Stakeholder Management
13 207 (13.85%) Scrum
14 184 (12.31%) Microservices
15 171 (11.44%) Platform Engineering
16 165 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
17 151 (10.10%) Observability
18 150 (10.03%) Software Engineering
19 146 (9.77%) Data Modelling
20 136 (9.10%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 540 (36.12%) SQL
2 485 (32.44%) C#
3 281 (18.80%) Python
4 232 (15.52%) JavaScript
5 183 (12.24%) PowerShell
6 133 (8.90%) Bicep
7 118 (7.89%) Bash
8 97 (6.49%) Java
9 59 (3.95%) TypeScript
10 44 (2.94%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.40%) C++
12 18 (1.20%) Scala
13 17 (1.14%) COBOL
13 17 (1.14%) JCL
13 17 (1.14%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.60%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Ruby
17 8 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (10.43%) Degree
2 132 (8.83%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 115 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 58 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 55 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.01%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.01%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.47%) PMP
9 18 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 17 (1.14%) ACCA
10 17 (1.14%) CIMA
11 12 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.67%) CBAP
13 9 (0.60%) CSPO
13 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.60%) ISEB
14 8 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.40%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (12.04%) QA
2 104 (6.96%) Data Quality
3 75 (5.02%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.74%) GDPR
5 37 (2.47%) WCAG
6 21 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.34%) PMO
8 10 (0.67%) SLA
9 9 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.54%) TickIT
11 7 (0.47%) NCSC
12 6 (0.40%) JTAG
13 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.27%) NIST
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.13%) GRC
15 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 183 (12.24%) Docker
2 73 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.80%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Firmware
8 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Xen
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 174 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.81%) Ansible
2 57 (3.81%) Grafana
3 44 (2.94%) Prometheus
4 30 (2.01%) Argo
4 30 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.80%) Puppet
6 11 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.33%) SCCM
8 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.13%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.13%) Istio
10 2 (0.13%) Nessus
10 2 (0.13%) Rancher
10 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.067%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.067%) Nagios
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 684 (45.75%) Microsoft
2 99 (6.62%) Databricks
3 65 (4.35%) Google
4 38 (2.54%) VMware
5 37 (2.47%) Facebook
5 37 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 26 (1.74%) Dynatrace
7 25 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.61%) SAP
8 24 (1.61%) YouTube
9 23 (1.54%) Apple
10 20 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.14%) Oracle
12 16 (1.07%) Sony
12 16 (1.07%) Yahoo!
13 15 (1.00%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.80%) Foundry
14 12 (0.80%) HP
14 12 (0.80%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic