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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 173 122
Rank change year-on-year +20 -51 -27
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,319 939 2,210
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.35% 1.93% 2.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.91% 5.93% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 720 1,647
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,168 £55,000 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +8.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £94,250
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 26,865 15,830 34,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.50% 32.48% 33.37%
Number of salaries quoted 17,472 11,049 26,125
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,094 £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 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -8.18%

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 9 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 9 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 1,180 £65,000 -7.14% 432
UK excluding London +60 882 £60,000 -4.00% 340
Work from Home +40 550 £60,000 -11.11% 266
London -22 367 £80,000 +5.96% 165
North of England +81 254 £62,500 -9.09% 89
South East -2 230 £60,000 -7.69% 115
North West +76 137 £65,500 -1.13% 49
Midlands +19 135 £63,750 +6.25% 48
South West -4 100 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East of England +16 76 £56,000 -0.44% 36
East Midlands +26 73 £61,750 +12.27% 20
Yorkshire -14 64 £69,310 -0.99% 28
West Midlands -24 62 £65,000 +4.00% 27
Wales -9 61 £53,171 -11.38% 15
North East +1 53 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Scotland +10 26 £60,000 -6.98% 14
Northern Ireland -61 2 £72,500 +45.00% 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 59 (4.47%) Confluence
1 59 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.67%) IIS
4 13 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.68%) CMS
6 8 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.53%) nginx
8 6 (0.45%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 6 (0.45%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.30%) Camunda
11 3 (0.23%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.15%) CICS
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) Moodle
13 1 (0.076%) Drupal
13 1 (0.076%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.53%) Trello
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.076%) Notion
7 1 (0.076%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.45%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.30%) SAP IBP
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 1,318 (99.92%) Azure
2 230 (17.44%) GitHub
3 202 (15.31%) Power Platform
4 169 (12.81%) AWS
5 139 (10.54%) GitHub Actions
6 118 (8.95%) Serverless
7 109 (8.26%) Azure AKS
8 102 (7.73%) Azure Monitor
9 98 (7.43%) Azure Service Bus
10 95 (7.20%) Azure AI
10 95 (7.20%) PaaS
11 92 (6.97%) Azure Functions
12 90 (6.82%) Azure Logic Apps
13 84 (6.37%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (6.22%) Entra ID
15 72 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
16 70 (5.31%) SaaS
17 69 (5.23%) Azure Data Factory
18 65 (4.93%) GCP
19 63 (4.78%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.71%) Firewall
2 23 (1.74%) DNS
2 23 (1.74%) VPN
3 16 (1.21%) HTTP
4 14 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.83%) Internet
5 11 (0.83%) Network Security
6 5 (0.38%) MQTT
6 5 (0.38%) SAN
6 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.38%) Wireless
6 5 (0.38%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.30%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.30%) WAN
8 3 (0.23%) BGP
8 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 2 (0.15%) VLAN
10 1 (0.076%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.076%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 241 (18.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 172 (13.04%) MongoDB
3 136 (10.31%) SQL Server
4 96 (7.28%) Power BI
5 46 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (2.27%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.05%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 25 (1.90%) Delta Lake
11 20 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (1.44%) Redis
13 17 (1.29%) MySQL
13 17 (1.29%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.06%) Metadata
14 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.91%) Star Schema
16 11 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 190 (14.40%) Git
2 161 (12.21%) JIRA
3 118 (8.95%) Jenkins
4 79 (5.99%) GitLab
5 50 (3.79%) Selenium
6 43 (3.26%) Cypress.io
7 36 (2.73%) Postman
8 20 (1.52%) Eclipse
9 19 (1.44%) REST Assured
10 15 (1.14%) JMeter
10 15 (1.14%) Visual Studio
11 14 (1.06%) fastlane
11 14 (1.06%) TestRail
11 14 (1.06%) Zephyr
12 12 (0.91%) JUnit
12 12 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.68%) Xcode
14 8 (0.61%) Mockito
15 7 (0.53%) LoadRunner
15 7 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 301 (22.82%) Social Skills
2 297 (22.52%) Finance
3 122 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.17%) Law
7 53 (4.02%) Retail
8 44 (3.34%) Marketing
9 33 (2.50%) Legal
10 30 (2.27%) Banking
11 29 (2.20%) Advertising
12 25 (1.90%) Games
13 22 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.14%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.06%) Billing
18 13 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (0.76%) Automotive
19 10 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 408 (30.93%) Developer
2 258 (19.56%) Senior
3 223 (16.91%) DevOps Engineer
4 199 (15.09%) .NET Developer
5 195 (14.78%) Azure Engineer
6 172 (13.04%) Lead
7 113 (8.57%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 80 (6.07%) Senior Developer
9 71 (5.38%) Platform Engineer
10 68 (5.16%) Analyst
10 68 (5.16%) Data Engineer
11 63 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
12 60 (4.55%) Architect
13 55 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
14 53 (4.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 50 (3.79%) Software Engineer
16 39 (2.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 36 (2.73%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.65%) Software Developer
19 29 (2.20%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (32.98%) .NET
2 242 (18.35%) ASP.NET
3 212 (16.07%) .NET Core
4 198 (15.01%) ASP.NET Core
5 169 (12.81%) React
6 156 (11.83%) HTML
7 154 (11.68%) CSS
8 138 (10.46%) RESTful
9 127 (9.63%) REST
10 113 (8.57%) Blazor
11 112 (8.49%) Entity Framework
12 88 (6.67%) Node.js
13 83 (6.29%) ML.NET
14 65 (4.93%) Playwright
15 60 (4.55%) YAML
16 53 (4.02%) ARM Templates
17 47 (3.56%) .NET Framework
18 46 (3.49%) JSON
18 46 (3.49%) OAuth
19 39 (2.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.63%) Product Ownership
2 120 (9.10%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.40%) Mobile App
4 47 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (3.18%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (1.97%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 23 (1.74%) Low-Code
10 22 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.44%) Podcast
11 19 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.36%) BBC
12 18 (1.36%) Social Media
13 17 (1.29%) iPhone
13 17 (1.29%) Public Cloud
14 16 (1.21%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.99%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 98 (7.43%) Linux
2 77 (5.84%) Windows
3 27 (2.05%) VMS
4 26 (1.97%) Android
5 19 (1.44%) Unix
6 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.14%) Ubuntu
7 13 (0.99%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.076%) Debian
11 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.076%) Rocky
11 1 (0.076%) SUSE
11 1 (0.076%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,318 (99.92%) DevOps
2 779 (59.06%) CI/CD
3 619 (46.93%) Agile
4 321 (24.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 276 (20.92%) AI
6 261 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 249 (18.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 241 (18.27%) Test Automation
9 208 (15.77%) Scrum
10 195 (14.78%) Mentoring
11 190 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
12 161 (12.21%) Microservices
13 158 (11.98%) Analytics
14 149 (11.30%) Observability
15 134 (10.16%) Machine Learning
16 129 (9.78%) Platform Engineering
17 123 (9.33%) Containerisation
18 121 (9.17%) SDLC
19 120 (9.10%) Roadmaps
20 115 (8.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 464 (35.18%) SQL
2 427 (32.37%) C#
3 248 (18.80%) Python
4 243 (18.42%) JavaScript
5 152 (11.52%) PowerShell
6 130 (9.86%) Bash
7 108 (8.19%) Bicep
8 78 (5.91%) Java
9 65 (4.93%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.97%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.74%) Go
12 20 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.21%) C++
14 14 (1.06%) Scala
15 12 (0.91%) Swift
16 8 (0.61%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.61%) VB.NET
17 6 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 102 (7.73%) Security Cleared
2 87 (6.60%) Degree
3 81 (6.14%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.08%) Azure Certification
5 37 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.12%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 12 (0.91%) DV Cleared
9 12 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.68%) PMP
11 7 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.53%) HND
12 6 (0.45%) 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%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (12.21%) QA
2 90 (6.82%) Accessibility
3 50 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.88%) GDPR
5 30 (2.27%) WCAG
6 26 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.91%) TickIT
8 11 (0.83%) GRC
8 11 (0.83%) PMO
9 9 (0.68%) SLA
10 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.45%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.38%) IFRS
12 5 (0.38%) JTAG
12 5 (0.38%) NCSC
12 5 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 158 (11.98%) Docker
2 66 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.91%) vSphere
7 4 (0.30%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.076%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.076%) Xen
Systems Management
1 327 (24.79%) Terraform
2 149 (11.30%) Kubernetes
3 73 (5.53%) Ansible
4 68 (5.16%) Grafana
5 59 (4.47%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.20%) Argo
7 7 (0.53%) Puppet
8 5 (0.38%) Kibana
9 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.23%) Nagios
10 3 (0.23%) Scalr
11 2 (0.15%) Istio
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.076%) FlexNet
12 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.076%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 562 (42.61%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.85%) Databricks
3 56 (4.25%) Google
4 41 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 39 (2.96%) Facebook
6 36 (2.73%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.35%) Apple
8 27 (2.05%) VMware
9 25 (1.90%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.67%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.59%) YouTube
12 18 (1.36%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.36%) Sony
12 18 (1.36%) Yahoo!
13 14 (1.06%) Guidewire
14 13 (0.99%) Oracle
15 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.83%) Foundry
16 11 (0.83%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.83%) SAP