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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 176 115
Rank change year-on-year +26 -61 -16
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,405 930 1,860
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.86% 2.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.05% 5.84% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,123 698 1,331
10th Percentile £43,175 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.41% +0.42% -

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 27,840 15,938 26,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.20% 31.91% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18,383 11,032 19,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +28 1,253 £65,000 -3.70% 846
UK excluding London +66 942 £60,000 -0.41% 535
Work from Home +31 579 £60,000 -10.45% 487
London -42 396 £80,000 +6.67% 413
North of England +88 280 £60,000 -7.69% 131
South East +9 222 £61,250 -2.00% 160
North West +90 163 £65,000 - 77
Midlands +27 155 £63,000 +5.00% 80
South West +7 100 £55,000 -4.35% 45
Wales -3 85 £53,171 -7.53% 18
West Midlands -5 83 £65,000 +8.33% 47
East of England +16 81 £55,000 -12.00% 53
East Midlands +25 72 £58,750 +6.82% 33
Yorkshire +4 65 £69,305 +10.89% 35
North East -12 52 £51,810 -5.80% 20
Scotland +11 20 £55,000 -14.73% 33
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 16

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 68 (4.84%) Confluence
2 66 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.49%) IIS
5 20 (1.42%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.85%) Apache
7 11 (0.78%) CMS
7 11 (0.78%) nginx
8 8 (0.57%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.43%) Camunda
9 6 (0.43%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.36%) CICS
11 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.21%) WordPress
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
12 2 (0.14%) Moodle
13 1 (0.071%) Drupal
13 1 (0.071%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.14%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.64%) Trello
5 8 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.071%) Notion
7 1 (0.071%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.43%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.28%) Shopify
7 3 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.14%) Magento
9 1 (0.071%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.071%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.071%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.071%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,405 (100.00%) Azure
2 225 (16.01%) Power Platform
3 221 (15.73%) GitHub
4 166 (11.81%) AWS
5 134 (9.54%) GitHub Actions
6 127 (9.04%) Serverless
7 118 (8.40%) Azure Service Bus
8 109 (7.76%) Dynamics 365
9 106 (7.54%) Azure AKS
10 105 (7.47%) Azure Functions
11 100 (7.12%) Azure AI
12 97 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
12 97 (6.90%) PaaS
13 95 (6.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 82 (5.84%) Entra ID
15 81 (5.77%) Azure Key Vault
15 81 (5.77%) SaaS
16 78 (5.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 78 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
17 74 (5.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.49%) Firewall
2 24 (1.71%) VPN
3 16 (1.14%) DNS
4 13 (0.93%) Network Security
5 12 (0.85%) HTTP
5 12 (0.85%) Internet
6 8 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.50%) SAN
8 6 (0.43%) MQTT
8 6 (0.43%) Wireless
8 6 (0.43%) ZigBee
9 4 (0.28%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.28%) DHCP
9 4 (0.28%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
12 1 (0.071%) BGP
12 1 (0.071%) Broadband
12 1 (0.071%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (17.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 172 (12.24%) MongoDB
3 171 (12.17%) SQL Server
4 104 (7.40%) Power BI
5 56 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
5 56 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (3.20%) Relational Database
7 40 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
8 31 (2.21%) Delta Lake
9 29 (2.06%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.85%) Redis
11 24 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 23 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 23 (1.64%) MySQL
13 20 (1.42%) Metadata
14 18 (1.28%) Spark SQL
15 17 (1.21%) Star Schema
16 15 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (1.07%) Tableau
17 12 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 234 (16.65%) Git
2 192 (13.67%) JIRA
3 123 (8.75%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.69%) GitLab
5 50 (3.56%) Selenium
6 42 (2.99%) Postman
7 41 (2.92%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.35%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.28%) JUnit
10 17 (1.21%) NUnit
10 17 (1.21%) Visual Studio
11 15 (1.07%) Eclipse
11 15 (1.07%) JMeter
12 14 (1.00%) fastlane
12 14 (1.00%) TestRail
13 13 (0.93%) Zephyr
14 12 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
15 10 (0.71%) Mockito
15 10 (0.71%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 354 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 308 (21.92%) Finance
3 143 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 98 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 60 (4.27%) Law
7 57 (4.06%) Retail
8 45 (3.20%) Marketing
9 38 (2.70%) Legal
10 35 (2.49%) Banking
11 30 (2.14%) Advertising
12 24 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.64%) Games
14 22 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.85%) Aviation
18 10 (0.71%) Automotive
19 9 (0.64%) Legal Technology
20 8 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 443 (31.53%) Developer
2 301 (21.42%) Senior
3 213 (15.16%) .NET Developer
4 209 (14.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 189 (13.45%) Azure Engineer
6 174 (12.38%) Lead
7 106 (7.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 95 (6.76%) Senior Developer
9 79 (5.62%) Platform Engineer
10 78 (5.55%) Data Engineer
11 75 (5.34%) Analyst
12 65 (4.63%) Senior DevOps
13 60 (4.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 58 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
15 56 (3.99%) Architect
16 50 (3.56%) Software Engineer
17 44 (3.13%) Software Developer
18 40 (2.85%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 39 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
20 37 (2.63%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 471 (33.52%) .NET
2 253 (18.01%) ASP.NET
3 234 (16.65%) .NET Core
4 201 (14.31%) ASP.NET Core
5 172 (12.24%) React
6 160 (11.39%) HTML
7 158 (11.25%) CSS
7 158 (11.25%) REST
8 155 (11.03%) RESTful
9 123 (8.75%) Blazor
10 121 (8.61%) Entity Framework
11 92 (6.55%) Node.js
12 82 (5.84%) ML.NET
13 62 (4.41%) Playwright
14 61 (4.34%) .NET Framework
15 57 (4.06%) YAML
16 54 (3.84%) ARM Templates
17 50 (3.56%) JSON
18 45 (3.20%) OAuth
19 42 (2.99%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 140 (9.96%) Cloud Native
3 71 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
4 54 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
4 54 (3.84%) Mobile App
5 52 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
8 27 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (1.71%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
11 20 (1.42%) Low-Code
12 19 (1.35%) Podcast
13 18 (1.28%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.21%) BBC
14 17 (1.21%) iPhone
14 17 (1.21%) Social Media
15 16 (1.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (7.05%) Linux
2 97 (6.90%) Windows
3 26 (1.85%) Android
4 23 (1.64%) VMS
5 18 (1.28%) Unix
5 18 (1.28%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.28%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Solaris
10 2 (0.14%) Debian
10 2 (0.14%) Rocky
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.071%) SUSE
11 1 (0.071%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,405 (100.00%) DevOps
2 825 (58.72%) CI/CD
3 661 (47.05%) Agile
4 323 (22.99%) AI
5 319 (22.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 302 (21.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 251 (17.86%) Full-Stack Development
8 250 (17.79%) Test Automation
9 227 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
10 218 (15.52%) Scrum
11 206 (14.66%) Mentoring
12 182 (12.95%) Microservices
13 168 (11.96%) Analytics
14 154 (10.96%) Observability
15 143 (10.18%) Platform Engineering
16 141 (10.04%) Machine Learning
16 141 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 136 (9.68%) Software Engineering
18 131 (9.32%) SDLC
19 130 (9.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 501 (35.66%) SQL
2 459 (32.67%) C#
3 260 (18.51%) Python
4 239 (17.01%) JavaScript
5 165 (11.74%) PowerShell
6 126 (8.97%) Bash
7 115 (8.19%) Bicep
8 92 (6.55%) Java
9 61 (4.34%) TypeScript
10 38 (2.70%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.14%) C++
11 16 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.07%) Go
12 15 (1.07%) Scala
13 13 (0.93%) VB.NET
14 12 (0.85%) Swift
15 11 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.64%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.57%) JCL
17 8 (0.57%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 110 (7.83%) Security Cleared
2 108 (7.69%) Degree
3 92 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 77 (5.48%) Azure Certification
5 44 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 26 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.49%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.93%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.85%) PMP
11 7 (0.50%) CBAP
11 7 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.36%) CISSP
12 5 (0.36%) ISEB
12 5 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 5 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.28%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (13.10%) QA
2 86 (6.12%) Accessibility
3 61 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.28%) GDPR
4 32 (2.28%) WCAG
5 24 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.28%) PMO
7 12 (0.85%) TickIT
8 10 (0.71%) GRC
9 9 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.57%) NCSC
10 8 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.57%) SLA
11 6 (0.43%) JTAG
11 6 (0.43%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.36%) IFRS
13 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 183 (13.02%) Docker
2 66 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.85%) vSphere
6 11 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.36%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Xen
10 1 (0.071%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 343 (24.41%) Terraform
2 167 (11.89%) Kubernetes
3 66 (4.70%) Ansible
4 59 (4.20%) Grafana
5 54 (3.84%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.14%) Argo
7 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (0.78%) Puppet
9 5 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.28%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.21%) Scalr
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) FlexNet
12 2 (0.14%) Kibana
12 2 (0.14%) MIIS
12 2 (0.14%) Nagios
12 2 (0.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 604 (42.99%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.77%) Databricks
3 64 (4.56%) Google
4 42 (2.99%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.70%) Facebook
6 32 (2.28%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.06%) Apple
7 29 (2.06%) VMware
8 25 (1.78%) Dynatrace
9 24 (1.71%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.49%) YouTube
11 19 (1.35%) Oracle
12 18 (1.28%) OpenAI
13 17 (1.21%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.21%) SAP
13 17 (1.21%) Sony
13 17 (1.21%) Yahoo!
14 13 (0.93%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.78%) Foundry