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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 168 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 -47 -40
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,481 953 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 1.93% 2.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.33% 6.10% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 686 1,075
10th Percentile £44,650 £46,250 £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 £94,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%

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 27,799 15,627 24,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.92% 31.70% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,735 10,584 15,659
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,847 £39,331 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +22 1,330 £65,000 -3.70% 1,096
UK excluding London +23 962 £60,000 - 672
Work from Home +6 588 £62,500 -3.85% 591
London -17 453 £79,000 +4.98% 494
North of England +71 289 £60,000 -4.38% 200
South East -8 228 £62,500 - 172
North West +80 173 £63,750 -1.92% 114
Midlands +28 172 £62,500 +4.17% 99
West Midlands -15 101 £65,000 +8.33% 50
Wales -15 93 £53,171 -3.33% 18
South West -17 93 £57,500 +4.55% 63
East of England -2 74 £55,000 -12.00% 61
East Midlands +17 71 £55,000 +0.92% 49
Yorkshire -2 68 £67,750 +12.92% 62
North East -26 48 £52,000 +4.00% 25
Scotland -37 18 £55,000 -14.73% 42
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 22

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 85 (5.74%) SharePoint
2 70 (4.73%) Confluence
3 37 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.76%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.42%) IIS
6 13 (0.88%) Apache
7 11 (0.74%) CMS
7 11 (0.74%) nginx
8 8 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.47%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.41%) Camunda
11 5 (0.34%) CICS
12 4 (0.27%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.20%) WordPress
14 2 (0.14%) Luigi
15 1 (0.068%) Drupal
15 1 (0.068%) Headless CMS
15 1 (0.068%) TPMS
Applications
1 25 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.61%) Trello
6 7 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.068%) Notion
Business Applications
1 36 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.95%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.41%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.34%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.27%) Shopify
8 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.14%) Magento
9 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.068%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.068%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.068%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,481 (100.00%) Azure
2 279 (18.84%) Power Platform
3 226 (15.26%) GitHub
4 160 (10.80%) AWS
5 147 (9.93%) Dynamics 365
6 145 (9.79%) Serverless
7 128 (8.64%) GitHub Actions
8 122 (8.24%) Azure Functions
9 113 (7.63%) Azure Service Bus
10 112 (7.56%) Azure AKS
11 106 (7.16%) Azure Monitor
12 105 (7.09%) Azure AI
13 99 (6.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 98 (6.62%) Entra ID
15 96 (6.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 96 (6.48%) PaaS
16 93 (6.28%) Azure Key Vault
17 91 (6.14%) Power Automate
18 89 (6.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 86 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.63%) Firewall
2 36 (2.43%) VPN
3 19 (1.28%) DNS
4 12 (0.81%) Internet
5 11 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.68%) Network Security
6 10 (0.68%) SAN
7 8 (0.54%) DHCP
8 7 (0.47%) HTTP
8 7 (0.47%) VLAN
8 7 (0.47%) Wireless
9 6 (0.41%) MQTT
9 6 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.41%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.14%) WAN
13 1 (0.068%) Broadband
13 1 (0.068%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 273 (18.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 202 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.95%) MongoDB
4 145 (9.79%) Power BI
5 83 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
7 51 (3.44%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.17%) NoSQL
9 41 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
9 41 (2.77%) Metadata
10 38 (2.57%) Delta Lake
11 37 (2.50%) Data Lake
12 31 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (1.82%) Redis
14 26 (1.76%) Star Schema
15 23 (1.55%) Tableau
16 22 (1.49%) MySQL
17 19 (1.28%) Spark SQL
18 16 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 14 (0.95%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 274 (18.50%) Git
2 202 (13.64%) JIRA
3 119 (8.04%) Jenkins
4 78 (5.27%) GitLab
5 46 (3.11%) Selenium
6 39 (2.63%) Postman
7 35 (2.36%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.22%) JUnit
9 17 (1.15%) JMeter
9 17 (1.15%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.08%) REST Assured
11 15 (1.01%) NUnit
12 14 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
13 12 (0.81%) TestRail
13 12 (0.81%) Zephyr
14 11 (0.74%) fastlane
14 11 (0.74%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.68%) Mockito
15 10 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
16 9 (0.61%) Cucumber
General
1 428 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 347 (23.43%) Finance
3 156 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 111 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (3.44%) Retail
7 50 (3.38%) Law
8 40 (2.70%) Marketing
9 33 (2.23%) Legal
10 30 (2.03%) Advertising
10 30 (2.03%) Banking
11 26 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.55%) Games
13 22 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.68%) Aviation
18 7 (0.47%) Automotive
18 7 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 458 (30.93%) Developer
2 343 (23.16%) Senior
3 218 (14.72%) .NET Developer
4 208 (14.04%) DevOps Engineer
5 206 (13.91%) Azure Engineer
6 166 (11.21%) Lead
7 103 (6.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 100 (6.75%) Data Engineer
8 100 (6.75%) Senior Developer
9 93 (6.28%) Platform Engineer
10 92 (6.21%) Analyst
11 67 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
12 63 (4.25%) Cloud Engineer
12 63 (4.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 53 (3.58%) Software Engineer
14 49 (3.31%) Consultant
15 48 (3.24%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 48 (3.24%) Senior Data Engineer
16 47 (3.17%) Architect
17 45 (3.04%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 481 (32.48%) .NET
2 348 (23.50%) Terraform
3 252 (17.02%) ASP.NET
4 228 (15.40%) .NET Core
5 200 (13.50%) ASP.NET Core
6 163 (11.01%) REST
7 160 (10.80%) React
8 152 (10.26%) RESTful
9 147 (9.93%) HTML
10 145 (9.79%) CSS
11 124 (8.37%) Entity Framework
12 123 (8.31%) Blazor
13 86 (5.81%) Node.js
14 79 (5.33%) ML.NET
15 64 (4.32%) .NET Framework
16 60 (4.05%) Playwright
17 57 (3.85%) JSON
17 57 (3.85%) PySpark
17 57 (3.85%) YAML
18 53 (3.58%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.39%) Cloud Native
2 136 (9.18%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.54%) Enterprise Software
4 62 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.58%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.17%) Mobile App
7 40 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
9 33 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
10 26 (1.76%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 23 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.49%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.15%) BBC
15 17 (1.15%) iPhone
15 17 (1.15%) Mainframe
15 17 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.49%) Windows
2 94 (6.35%) Linux
3 25 (1.69%) Android
4 23 (1.55%) VMS
5 22 (1.49%) Windows Server
6 20 (1.35%) Unix
7 13 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.14%) Debian
11 2 (0.14%) Rocky
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.068%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,481 (100.00%) DevOps
2 838 (56.58%) CI/CD
3 678 (45.78%) Agile
4 352 (23.77%) AI
5 326 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 324 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 272 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
8 247 (16.68%) Test Automation
9 243 (16.41%) Full-Stack Development
10 227 (15.33%) Mentoring
11 217 (14.65%) Scrum
12 197 (13.30%) Analytics
13 183 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 182 (12.29%) Microservices
15 166 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
16 163 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
17 153 (10.33%) Observability
18 147 (9.93%) Data Modelling
19 144 (9.72%) Software Engineering
20 139 (9.39%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 541 (36.53%) SQL
2 493 (33.29%) C#
3 290 (19.58%) Python
4 240 (16.21%) JavaScript
5 178 (12.02%) PowerShell
6 126 (8.51%) Bicep
7 122 (8.24%) Bash
8 93 (6.28%) Java
9 61 (4.12%) TypeScript
10 41 (2.77%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.42%) Scala
12 18 (1.22%) C++
13 17 (1.15%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 16 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (0.88%) COBOL
15 13 (0.88%) JCL
16 10 (0.68%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 146 (9.86%) Degree
2 120 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 105 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.95%) Azure Certification
5 57 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.23%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.76%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.15%) PMP
10 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.74%) ACCA
11 11 (0.74%) CIMA
12 10 (0.68%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.61%) CBAP
13 9 (0.61%) ISEB
14 7 (0.47%) CSPO
14 7 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (12.63%) QA
2 92 (6.21%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.20%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.04%) GDPR
5 37 (2.50%) WCAG
6 22 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.28%) PMO
8 12 (0.81%) TickIT
9 10 (0.68%) SLA
10 9 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.54%) NCSC
12 6 (0.41%) JTAG
12 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.27%) GRC
14 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 186 (12.56%) Docker
2 71 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.81%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Xen
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 174 (11.75%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.05%) Ansible
3 49 (3.31%) Grafana
4 45 (3.04%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.09%) Argo
6 24 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.81%) Puppet
8 6 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.34%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.27%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.14%) Istio
11 2 (0.14%) Kibana
11 2 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 2 (0.14%) Scalr
11 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 673 (45.44%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.75%) Databricks
3 66 (4.46%) Google
4 41 (2.77%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.57%) Facebook
6 35 (2.36%) VMware
7 26 (1.76%) Apple
7 26 (1.76%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.49%) SAP
9 21 (1.42%) YouTube
10 20 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.15%) Dynatrace
11 17 (1.15%) Oracle
11 17 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.15%) Sony
11 17 (1.15%) Yahoo!
12 14 (0.95%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.88%) HP
14 12 (0.81%) Foundry
14 12 (0.81%) ScienceLogic