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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 171 119
Rank change year-on-year +19 -52 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,362 939 1,908
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.90% 2.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.91% 5.90% 6.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 710 1,402
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -

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 27,748 15,912 28,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.11% 32.25% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 18,137 11,067 20,788
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £84,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -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 30 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 30 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 +19 1,212 £65,000 -7.14% 481
UK excluding London +61 915 £60,000 -0.83% 343
Work from Home +25 566 £60,000 -11.11% 300
London -38 380 £80,000 +3.23% 208
North of England +90 270 £60,000 -7.69% 86
South East -3 232 £60,000 -4.76% 117
North West +78 149 £65,250 +0.38% 51
Midlands +13 137 £63,500 +5.83% 57
South West -6 99 £55,000 -4.35% 29
East of England +6 77 £56,000 -10.40% 29
Wales -11 77 £53,171 -7.53% 11
East Midlands +28 70 £57,500 +4.55% 22
Yorkshire 0 67 £69,305 +2.67% 26
West Midlands -17 67 £65,000 +8.33% 35
North East -4 54 £51,310 -6.71% 10
Scotland +11 23 £57,500 -10.85% 14
Northern Ireland -67 2 £72,500 +45.00% 5

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 65 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 64 (4.70%) Confluence
3 28 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.47%) IIS
5 18 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.81%) CMS
7 10 (0.73%) Apache
8 9 (0.66%) nginx
9 8 (0.59%) Anypoint
9 8 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.44%) Camunda
10 6 (0.44%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.22%) CICS
12 3 (0.22%) WordPress
13 2 (0.15%) Luigi
13 2 (0.15%) Moodle
14 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.073%) TPMS
Applications
1 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.66%) Trello
5 8 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.073%) Notion
7 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.59%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.44%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.37%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.29%) Shopify
7 3 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.15%) Magento
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.073%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,361 (99.93%) Azure
2 224 (16.45%) GitHub
3 212 (15.57%) Power Platform
4 171 (12.56%) AWS
5 136 (9.99%) GitHub Actions
6 117 (8.59%) Serverless
7 108 (7.93%) Azure Service Bus
8 107 (7.86%) Azure AKS
9 99 (7.27%) Azure Monitor
9 99 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
10 98 (7.20%) Azure AI
11 97 (7.12%) PaaS
12 96 (7.05%) Azure Functions
13 89 (6.53%) Azure Logic Apps
14 81 (5.95%) Entra ID
14 81 (5.95%) SaaS
15 78 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
16 75 (5.51%) Azure Key Vault
17 72 (5.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 68 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.86%) Firewall
2 24 (1.76%) VPN
3 19 (1.40%) DNS
4 14 (1.03%) HTTP
5 12 (0.88%) Internet
5 12 (0.88%) Network Security
6 11 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.44%) MQTT
8 6 (0.44%) SAN
8 6 (0.44%) Wireless
8 6 (0.44%) ZigBee
9 4 (0.29%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.22%) BGP
10 3 (0.22%) DHCP
10 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.22%) VLAN
11 2 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
12 1 (0.073%) Broadband
12 1 (0.073%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (17.62%) Azure SQL Database
2 170 (12.48%) MongoDB
3 154 (11.31%) SQL Server
4 99 (7.27%) Power BI
5 54 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (2.72%) Relational Database
8 36 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (2.13%) Delta Lake
10 28 (2.06%) NoSQL
11 25 (1.84%) Redis
12 22 (1.62%) Data Lake
12 22 (1.62%) MySQL
12 22 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 18 (1.32%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.25%) Metadata
15 15 (1.10%) Star Schema
16 14 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (1.03%) Tableau
17 11 (0.81%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 210 (15.42%) Git
2 178 (13.07%) JIRA
3 124 (9.10%) Jenkins
4 82 (6.02%) GitLab
5 51 (3.74%) Selenium
6 43 (3.16%) Cypress.io
7 41 (3.01%) Postman
8 19 (1.40%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.32%) Visual Studio
10 17 (1.25%) Eclipse
11 16 (1.17%) JMeter
11 16 (1.17%) JUnit
12 14 (1.03%) fastlane
12 14 (1.03%) TestRail
12 14 (1.03%) Zephyr
13 13 (0.95%) NUnit
14 12 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
15 10 (0.73%) Mockito
16 9 (0.66%) Xcode
17 8 (0.59%) MSI
General
1 333 (24.45%) Social Skills
2 293 (21.51%) Finance
3 131 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.42%) Public Sector
5 96 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (4.26%) Law
7 56 (4.11%) Retail
8 44 (3.23%) Marketing
9 39 (2.86%) Legal
10 34 (2.50%) Banking
11 31 (2.28%) Advertising
12 24 (1.76%) Games
12 24 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.81%) Aviation
16 11 (0.81%) Telecoms
17 10 (0.73%) Automotive
18 9 (0.66%) Billing
Job Titles
1 423 (31.06%) Developer
2 274 (20.12%) Senior
3 217 (15.93%) DevOps Engineer
4 203 (14.90%) .NET Developer
5 191 (14.02%) Azure Engineer
6 176 (12.92%) Lead
7 111 (8.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 86 (6.31%) Senior Developer
9 73 (5.36%) Data Engineer
10 72 (5.29%) Platform Engineer
11 66 (4.85%) Analyst
12 61 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (4.19%) Senior DevOps
14 55 (4.04%) Architect
15 54 (3.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 49 (3.60%) Software Engineer
17 39 (2.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 39 (2.86%) Software Developer
18 36 (2.64%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 35 (2.57%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 451 (33.11%) .NET
2 246 (18.06%) ASP.NET
3 221 (16.23%) .NET Core
4 196 (14.39%) ASP.NET Core
5 170 (12.48%) React
6 156 (11.45%) HTML
7 154 (11.31%) CSS
8 148 (10.87%) RESTful
9 144 (10.57%) REST
10 119 (8.74%) Entity Framework
11 117 (8.59%) Blazor
12 88 (6.46%) Node.js
13 81 (5.95%) ML.NET
14 66 (4.85%) Playwright
15 57 (4.19%) .NET Framework
16 56 (4.11%) ARM Templates
16 56 (4.11%) YAML
17 51 (3.74%) JSON
18 46 (3.38%) OAuth
19 42 (3.08%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 135 (9.91%) Product Ownership
2 131 (9.62%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 54 (3.96%) Mobile App
5 50 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
6 48 (3.52%) Onboarding
7 38 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.84%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.62%) Low-Code
11 22 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.40%) Podcast
13 18 (1.32%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.25%) BBC
14 17 (1.25%) iPhone
14 17 (1.25%) Social Media
15 16 (1.17%) Data Centre
16 15 (1.10%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.34%) Linux
2 87 (6.39%) Windows
3 26 (1.91%) Android
4 24 (1.76%) VMS
5 18 (1.32%) Unix
6 16 (1.17%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.03%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.29%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.15%) Debian
11 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Rocky
12 1 (0.073%) Solaris
12 1 (0.073%) SUSE
12 1 (0.073%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,361 (99.93%) DevOps
2 797 (58.52%) CI/CD
3 641 (47.06%) Agile
4 319 (23.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 305 (22.39%) AI
6 283 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 248 (18.21%) Test Automation
8 247 (18.14%) Full-Stack Development
9 219 (16.08%) Scrum
10 208 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
11 201 (14.76%) Mentoring
12 173 (12.70%) Microservices
13 156 (11.45%) Analytics
14 152 (11.16%) Observability
15 139 (10.21%) Machine Learning
16 135 (9.91%) Platform Engineering
17 128 (9.40%) SDLC
17 128 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
18 126 (9.25%) Roadmaps
19 124 (9.10%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 485 (35.61%) SQL
2 442 (32.45%) C#
3 254 (18.65%) Python
4 241 (17.69%) JavaScript
5 158 (11.60%) PowerShell
6 127 (9.32%) Bash
7 114 (8.37%) Bicep
8 85 (6.24%) Java
9 65 (4.77%) TypeScript
10 33 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.47%) Go
12 17 (1.25%) C++
12 17 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (1.03%) Scala
14 12 (0.88%) Swift
15 11 (0.81%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.59%) DataWeave
17 8 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 103 (7.56%) Security Cleared
2 92 (6.75%) Degree
3 86 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 76 (5.58%) Azure Certification
5 40 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.35%) ISTQB
7 26 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.25%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.81%) PMP
11 10 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.44%) CISSP
12 6 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.37%) ISEB
13 5 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.29%) HND
14 4 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (13.14%) QA
2 87 (6.39%) Accessibility
3 54 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.42%) GDPR
5 31 (2.28%) WCAG
6 24 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.10%) PMO
8 12 (0.88%) TickIT
9 10 (0.73%) GRC
10 8 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.59%) SLA
11 7 (0.51%) NCSC
12 6 (0.44%) JTAG
12 6 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.44%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.37%) IFRS
14 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 168 (12.33%) Docker
2 63 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.88%) vSphere
7 5 (0.37%) Firmware
8 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 334 (24.52%) Terraform
2 162 (11.89%) Kubernetes
3 69 (5.07%) Ansible
4 63 (4.63%) Grafana
5 59 (4.33%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.20%) Argo
7 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.59%) Puppet
8 4 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.29%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.22%) Kibana
9 3 (0.22%) Nagios
9 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.22%) Scalr
10 2 (0.15%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.15%) MIIS
10 2 (0.15%) Rancher
10 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 582 (42.73%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.29%) Databricks
3 62 (4.55%) Google
4 38 (2.79%) Facebook
4 38 (2.79%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.20%) Apple
7 28 (2.06%) VMware
8 25 (1.84%) Dynatrace
9 23 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.54%) YouTube
11 19 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.25%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.25%) Sony
12 17 (1.25%) Yahoo!
13 15 (1.10%) Oracle
13 15 (1.10%) SAP
14 14 (1.03%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.88%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.81%) Foundry