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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 172 120
Rank change year-on-year +16 -52 -22
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,324 938 2,028
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.91% 2.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.86% 5.89% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 708 1,504
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -

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 27,240 15,928 30,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.15% 32.44% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,815 11,073 22,718
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,063 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +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 23 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 23 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 +21 1,178 £65,000 -7.14% 437
UK excluding London +67 890 £60,000 -2.44% 305
Work from Home +32 549 £60,000 -11.11% 243
London -27 368 £80,000 +3.23% 183
North of England +92 264 £61,500 -5.38% 85
South East 0 223 £60,000 -5.51% 105
North West +82 144 £65,500 +0.77% 49
Midlands +18 131 £64,000 +6.67% 56
South West -2 99 £55,000 -4.35% 20
East of England +27 76 £56,000 -4.68% 25
Wales -4 72 £53,171 -7.53% 8
East Midlands +22 70 £58,750 +6.82% 21
Yorkshire -3 66 £69,305 +2.67% 26
West Midlands -28 61 £65,000 +8.33% 35
North East -8 54 £51,310 -6.71% 11
Scotland +19 25 £60,000 -6.98% 13
Northern Ireland -68 2 £72,500 +45.00% 3

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 62 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 61 (4.61%) Confluence
3 28 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.66%) IIS
5 18 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.83%) CMS
7 10 (0.76%) Apache
8 8 (0.60%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.60%) nginx
8 8 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.45%) Camunda
9 6 (0.45%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.23%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) CICS
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) Moodle
13 1 (0.076%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.076%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.60%) Trello
5 7 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.53%) 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 17 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.45%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.38%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.30%) Shopify
7 3 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.15%) Magento
8 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.076%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.076%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.076%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.076%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.076%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,323 (99.92%) Azure
2 217 (16.39%) GitHub
3 206 (15.56%) Power Platform
4 165 (12.46%) AWS
5 133 (10.05%) GitHub Actions
6 113 (8.53%) Serverless
7 106 (8.01%) Azure AKS
8 104 (7.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 98 (7.40%) Azure Monitor
10 97 (7.33%) Azure AI
11 93 (7.02%) PaaS
12 92 (6.95%) Azure Functions
12 92 (6.95%) Dynamics 365
13 89 (6.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 75 (5.66%) Entra ID
14 75 (5.66%) SaaS
15 72 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
16 69 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
17 67 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
18 66 (4.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.02%) Firewall
2 22 (1.66%) VPN
3 20 (1.51%) DNS
4 15 (1.13%) HTTP
5 13 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.91%) Internet
7 11 (0.83%) Network Security
8 6 (0.45%) MQTT
8 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.45%) Wireless
8 6 (0.45%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.38%) SAN
10 4 (0.30%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.23%) BGP
11 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.15%) DHCP
12 2 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.15%) VLAN
12 2 (0.15%) WAN
13 1 (0.076%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (17.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 169 (12.76%) MongoDB
3 142 (10.73%) SQL Server
4 97 (7.33%) Power BI
5 52 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
8 32 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 28 (2.11%) Delta Lake
9 28 (2.11%) NoSQL
10 23 (1.74%) Redis
11 22 (1.66%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.59%) MySQL
12 21 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 18 (1.36%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.28%) Metadata
15 16 (1.21%) Star Schema
16 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 13 (0.98%) Tableau
17 11 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 199 (15.03%) Git
2 170 (12.84%) JIRA
3 121 (9.14%) Jenkins
4 81 (6.12%) GitLab
5 50 (3.78%) Selenium
6 41 (3.10%) Cypress.io
7 38 (2.87%) Postman
8 18 (1.36%) Eclipse
8 18 (1.36%) REST Assured
9 17 (1.28%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.13%) JMeter
11 14 (1.06%) fastlane
11 14 (1.06%) JUnit
11 14 (1.06%) TestRail
11 14 (1.06%) Zephyr
12 12 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.76%) Mockito
14 9 (0.68%) Xcode
15 8 (0.60%) MSI
15 8 (0.60%) NUnit
General
1 313 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 286 (21.60%) Finance
3 121 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 96 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (4.23%) Law
7 55 (4.15%) Retail
8 43 (3.25%) Marketing
9 37 (2.79%) Legal
10 30 (2.27%) Advertising
10 30 (2.27%) Banking
11 24 (1.81%) Games
11 24 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.83%) Billing
17 10 (0.76%) Automotive
17 10 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 413 (31.19%) Developer
2 271 (20.47%) Senior
3 216 (16.31%) DevOps Engineer
4 198 (14.95%) .NET Developer
5 190 (14.35%) Azure Engineer
6 176 (13.29%) Lead
7 111 (8.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 85 (6.42%) Senior Developer
9 73 (5.51%) Data Engineer
10 69 (5.21%) Platform Engineer
11 63 (4.76%) Analyst
12 58 (4.38%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (4.31%) Senior DevOps
14 55 (4.15%) Architect
15 54 (4.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 47 (3.55%) Software Engineer
17 38 (2.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.64%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
18 35 (2.64%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 430 (32.48%) .NET
2 239 (18.05%) ASP.NET
3 213 (16.09%) .NET Core
4 193 (14.58%) ASP.NET Core
5 164 (12.39%) React
6 155 (11.71%) HTML
7 153 (11.56%) CSS
8 143 (10.80%) RESTful
9 133 (10.05%) REST
10 114 (8.61%) Blazor
11 111 (8.38%) Entity Framework
12 90 (6.80%) Node.js
13 81 (6.12%) ML.NET
14 63 (4.76%) Playwright
15 57 (4.31%) YAML
16 56 (4.23%) ARM Templates
17 47 (3.55%) .NET Framework
17 47 (3.55%) JSON
18 46 (3.47%) OAuth
19 40 (3.02%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 132 (9.97%) Product Ownership
2 127 (9.59%) Cloud Native
3 54 (4.08%) Mobile App
4 51 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 46 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
5 46 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 38 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
8 25 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.44%) Podcast
12 17 (1.28%) BBC
12 17 (1.28%) iPhone
12 17 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.28%) Social Media
13 15 (1.13%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.06%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.55%) Linux
2 82 (6.19%) Windows
3 26 (1.96%) Android
4 25 (1.89%) VMS
5 18 (1.36%) Unix
6 15 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.076%) Solaris
11 1 (0.076%) SUSE
11 1 (0.076%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,323 (99.92%) DevOps
2 776 (58.61%) CI/CD
3 627 (47.36%) Agile
4 313 (23.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 293 (22.13%) AI
6 269 (20.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 243 (18.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 239 (18.05%) Test Automation
9 215 (16.24%) Scrum
10 199 (15.03%) Mentoring
11 191 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
12 169 (12.76%) Microservices
13 157 (11.86%) Analytics
14 150 (11.33%) Observability
15 137 (10.35%) Machine Learning
16 130 (9.82%) Platform Engineering
17 123 (9.29%) Roadmaps
18 122 (9.21%) SDLC
19 121 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
20 117 (8.84%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 467 (35.27%) SQL
2 426 (32.18%) C#
3 248 (18.73%) Python
4 238 (17.98%) JavaScript
5 151 (11.40%) PowerShell
6 127 (9.59%) Bash
7 113 (8.53%) Bicep
8 80 (6.04%) Java
9 63 (4.76%) TypeScript
10 27 (2.04%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.59%) Go
12 18 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.28%) C++
14 14 (1.06%) Scala
15 12 (0.91%) Swift
16 10 (0.76%) VB.NET
17 8 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.60%) DataWeave
17 8 (0.60%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 100 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 87 (6.57%) Degree
3 82 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 73 (5.51%) Azure Certification
5 36 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.34%) ISTQB
7 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.21%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.83%) PMP
11 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.45%) CISSP
12 6 (0.45%) HND
12 6 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.38%) ISEB
13 5 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.23%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (12.69%) QA
2 90 (6.80%) Accessibility
3 51 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.64%) GDPR
5 31 (2.34%) WCAG
6 26 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.13%) PMO
8 12 (0.91%) TickIT
9 10 (0.76%) GRC
10 9 (0.68%) SLA
11 8 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.53%) NCSC
13 6 (0.45%) JTAG
13 6 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
13 6 (0.45%) Solvency II
14 5 (0.38%) IFRS
15 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 159 (12.01%) Docker
2 59 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.91%) vSphere
7 5 (0.38%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 323 (24.40%) Terraform
2 155 (11.71%) Kubernetes
3 69 (5.21%) Ansible
4 64 (4.83%) Grafana
5 58 (4.38%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.19%) Argo
7 7 (0.53%) Puppet
8 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.23%) Kibana
9 3 (0.23%) Nagios
9 3 (0.23%) Scalr
10 2 (0.15%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.15%) Istio
10 2 (0.15%) MIIS
10 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.15%) Rancher
10 2 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 569 (42.98%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.36%) Databricks
3 61 (4.61%) Google
4 39 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.87%) Facebook
6 34 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.27%) Apple
8 26 (1.96%) VMware
9 25 (1.89%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.59%) YouTube
11 19 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.28%) Sony
12 17 (1.28%) Yahoo!
13 16 (1.21%) OpenAI
14 15 (1.13%) SAP
15 14 (1.06%) Guidewire
16 13 (0.98%) Oracle
17 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.83%) Foundry