Azure DevOps Job Trends

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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 106 90
Rank change year-on-year -19 -16 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,094 1,412 1,742
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.64% 3.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.38% 7.31% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 687 903 1,505
10th Percentile £41,970 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,719 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £81,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year -13.39% +6.68% -0.79%

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 20,320 19,307 22,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.27% 36.10% 40.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,084 11,350 18,584
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £46,502 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -38 859 £65,000 -3.70% 421
UK excluding London -29 673 £55,000 -13.39% 371
Work from Home +2 506 £62,500 -7.41% 276
London +24 353 £75,000 -0.59% 110
South East -3 226 £50,000 -23.08% 122
Scotland +75 167 £57,000 +11.22% 19
North of England -48 96 £57,500 -11.54% 90
Midlands -58 76 £60,000 -7.69% 47
South West -66 63 £47,500 -26.92% 37
West Midlands -46 58 £60,000 -7.69% 25
North West -15 35 £64,000 -1.54% 49
Yorkshire -38 35 £60,000 -10.75% 28
North East +6 26 £50,000 -23.08% 13
Wales -1 25 £55,000 -15.38% 14
East of England -35 18 £65,000 +30.00% 46
East Midlands -16 15 £60,000 +4.35% 21
Northern Ireland -12 2 £56,250 - 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 37 (3.38%) Confluence
2 31 (2.83%) IIS
3 26 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.46%) Apache
8 4 (0.37%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.18%) Moodle
10 1 (0.091%) nginx
10 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.37%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (3.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (3.38%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.091%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.091%) Endur
6 1 (0.091%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,025 (93.69%) Azure
2 334 (30.53%) GitHub
3 222 (20.29%) Power Platform
4 160 (14.63%) AWS
5 153 (13.99%) GitHub Actions
6 99 (9.05%) Azure Monitor
7 89 (8.14%) Entra ID
8 84 (7.68%) Snowflake
9 80 (7.31%) Azure Data Factory
10 79 (7.22%) PaaS
10 79 (7.22%) Serverless
11 75 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
12 70 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
13 69 (6.31%) SaaS
14 67 (6.12%) Power Automate
15 66 (6.03%) GitHub Copilot
16 62 (5.67%) Azure AKS
17 61 (5.58%) dbt
18 51 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
19 49 (4.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.11%) Firewall
2 40 (3.66%) DNS
3 26 (2.38%) VPN
4 17 (1.55%) WAN
5 10 (0.91%) HTTP
5 10 (0.91%) Network Security
6 8 (0.73%) DHCP
6 8 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.55%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.55%) VLAN
8 4 (0.37%) SSL
9 3 (0.27%) AMQP
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) IPsec
9 3 (0.27%) OSPF
9 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.091%) IPv6
10 1 (0.091%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.091%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 128 (11.70%) Power BI
3 80 (7.31%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (6.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 51 (4.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 43 (3.93%) Tableau
7 42 (3.84%) NoSQL
8 27 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (2.38%) Data Lake
10 24 (2.19%) Relational Database
11 21 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
12 20 (1.83%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.74%) MongoDB
14 15 (1.37%) DynamoDB
15 13 (1.19%) Metadata
16 12 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 10 (0.91%) BigQuery
17 10 (0.91%) Delta Lake
18 9 (0.82%) MySQL
19 6 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 212 (19.38%) JIRA
2 188 (17.18%) Git
3 123 (11.24%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.31%) eCATT
5 57 (5.21%) Selenium
6 40 (3.66%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.38%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (2.93%) GitLab
9 30 (2.74%) Cypress.io
10 29 (2.65%) Octopus Deploy
11 25 (2.29%) TeamCity
12 23 (2.10%) Visual Studio
13 22 (2.01%) Snyk
14 21 (1.92%) Postman
14 21 (1.92%) Robot Framework
15 10 (0.91%) JMeter
15 10 (0.91%) NUnit
15 10 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
16 9 (0.82%) Cucumber
16 9 (0.82%) Eclipse
General
1 445 (40.68%) Finance
2 280 (25.59%) Social Skills
3 144 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (9.78%) Marketing
5 71 (6.49%) Manufacturing
6 59 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
7 46 (4.20%) Law
8 43 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (2.56%) Retail
10 27 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.29%) Public Sector
12 22 (2.01%) Legal
13 19 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.37%) Billing
15 14 (1.28%) Banking
16 9 (0.82%) Advertising
16 9 (0.82%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.73%) Games
17 8 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 227 (20.75%) Senior
2 185 (16.91%) Developer
3 159 (14.53%) Lead
4 128 (11.70%) Analyst
5 124 (11.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 111 (10.15%) Azure Engineer
7 93 (8.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (5.12%) Data Engineer
9 50 (4.57%) .NET Developer
10 49 (4.48%) Applications Engineer
11 48 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
11 48 (4.39%) Test Leader
12 47 (4.30%) Software Engineer
13 42 (3.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 39 (3.56%) Architect
15 38 (3.47%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 34 (3.11%) Business Analyst
17 32 (2.93%) Test Analyst
18 29 (2.65%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 268 (24.50%) .NET
2 116 (10.60%) RESTful
3 87 (7.95%) React
4 75 (6.86%) YAML
5 69 (6.31%) REST
6 66 (6.03%) .NET Framework
7 65 (5.94%) OAuth
8 59 (5.39%) .NET Core
9 55 (5.03%) JSON
9 55 (5.03%) SOAP
10 52 (4.75%) ASP.NET
11 46 (4.20%) CSS
12 45 (4.11%) HTML
13 40 (3.66%) ARM Templates
13 40 (3.66%) OAuth2
14 37 (3.38%) Entity Framework
15 34 (3.11%) AngularJS
16 31 (2.83%) XML
17 30 (2.74%) Blazor
18 29 (2.65%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 157 (14.35%) Cloud Native
2 120 (10.97%) Product Ownership
3 65 (5.94%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.74%) Low-Code
7 29 (2.65%) Security Posture
8 27 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
8 27 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 27 (2.47%) Virtual Team
9 25 (2.29%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.19%) Reinsurance
15 12 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
16 10 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.23%) Windows
2 63 (5.76%) Linux
3 27 (2.47%) VMS
4 19 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.82%) Android
6 8 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.64%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Unix
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.091%) CentOS
9 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,024 (93.60%) DevOps
2 635 (58.04%) CI/CD
3 527 (48.17%) Agile
4 295 (26.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 286 (26.14%) Test Automation
6 251 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 244 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
8 210 (19.20%) Coaching
9 208 (19.01%) AI
10 206 (18.83%) Mentoring
11 173 (15.81%) Analytics
12 156 (14.26%) Asset Management
13 138 (12.61%) Observability
14 133 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
15 129 (11.79%) Roadmaps
16 127 (11.61%) Containerisation
17 121 (11.06%) Data Modelling
18 117 (10.69%) Scrum
19 111 (10.15%) ERP
20 109 (9.96%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 385 (35.19%) SQL
2 274 (25.05%) Python
3 226 (20.66%) C#
4 215 (19.65%) PowerShell
5 105 (9.60%) Bicep
6 91 (8.32%) JavaScript
7 87 (7.95%) Bash
8 67 (6.12%) TypeScript
9 56 (5.12%) Java
10 39 (3.56%) Shell Script
11 37 (3.38%) PL/SQL
12 33 (3.02%) T-SQL
13 30 (2.74%) Apex Code
14 15 (1.37%) Go
15 13 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (1.19%) Scala
16 9 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.37%) C++
18 3 (0.27%) Groovy
18 3 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 128 (11.70%) Degree
2 81 (7.40%) Azure Certification
3 74 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 66 (6.03%) Security Cleared
5 42 (3.84%) ISTQB
5 42 (3.84%) Master's Degree
5 42 (3.84%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.19%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 11 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (1.01%) ISEB
12 10 (0.91%) PMP
13 6 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.55%) HND
14 5 (0.46%) CBAP
15 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.35%) QA
2 55 (5.03%) Accessibility
3 45 (4.11%) GDPR
4 38 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (3.29%) Data Quality
6 20 (1.83%) NCSC
6 20 (1.83%) NIST
7 17 (1.55%) PMO
8 10 (0.91%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.64%) SLA
9 7 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
10 5 (0.46%) PERC
11 4 (0.37%) WCAG
12 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.091%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.091%) HL7
12 1 (0.091%) P3O
12 1 (0.091%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 138 (12.61%) Docker
2 74 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.37%) Firmware
6 4 (0.37%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) vCloud
8 1 (0.091%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 365 (33.36%) Terraform
2 168 (15.36%) Kubernetes
3 89 (8.14%) Ansible
4 72 (6.58%) HP ALM
5 42 (3.84%) Grafana
6 38 (3.47%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (2.93%) Prometheus
8 20 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.46%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) Argo
10 4 (0.37%) logstash
10 4 (0.37%) Rancher
10 4 (0.37%) vRealize
11 3 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) Puppet
12 2 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 368 (33.64%) Microsoft
2 77 (7.04%) SAP
3 72 (6.58%) HP
4 50 (4.57%) Databricks
5 45 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.84%) Oracle
7 31 (2.83%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.19%) Okta
9 23 (2.10%) VMware
10 19 (1.74%) Black Duck
10 19 (1.74%) Coverity
11 18 (1.65%) Palo Alto
12 16 (1.46%) Google
12 16 (1.46%) Zscaler
13 14 (1.28%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.28%) Xamarin
14 12 (1.10%) Dynatrace
14 12 (1.10%) Sage
15 11 (1.01%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.82%) Zoho