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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 176 115
Rank change year-on-year +27 -61 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,415 920 1,833
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.84% 2.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.09% 5.77% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 685 1,300
10th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 27,803 15,957 26,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.88% 31.97% 31.70%
Number of salaries quoted 18,453 10,988 18,721
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%
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 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 19 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 19 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 +39 1,263 £65,000 -3.70% 629
UK excluding London +67 950 £60,000 - 435
Work from Home +25 582 £60,000 -9.77% 394
London -33 397 £80,000 +6.67% 294
North of England +96 283 £60,000 -7.69% 116
South East +7 224 £62,500 - 128
North West +85 166 £65,000 - 64
Midlands +37 159 £62,500 +4.17% 64
South West +1 99 £55,000 -3.93% 33
Wales -4 88 £53,171 -5.47% 15
West Midlands +2 87 £63,750 +6.25% 40
East of England +14 81 £55,000 -12.00% 46
East Midlands +31 72 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Yorkshire +7 66 £69,305 +6.62% 38
North East -13 51 £52,000 -5.45% 14
Scotland -13 20 £55,000 -14.73% 23
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 13

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 69 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 67 (4.73%) Confluence
3 29 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.55%) IIS
5 20 (1.41%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.85%) Apache
7 11 (0.78%) CMS
7 11 (0.78%) nginx
8 8 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.49%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.42%) Camunda
10 6 (0.42%) CICS
10 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.21%) WordPress
13 2 (0.14%) Luigi
14 1 (0.071%) Moodle
14 1 (0.071%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.071%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.64%) Trello
5 8 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.071%) Notion
7 1 (0.071%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.35%) 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 1,415 (100.00%) Azure
2 229 (16.18%) Power Platform
3 222 (15.69%) GitHub
4 165 (11.66%) AWS
5 136 (9.61%) GitHub Actions
6 131 (9.26%) Serverless
7 120 (8.48%) Azure Service Bus
8 114 (8.06%) Dynamics 365
9 109 (7.70%) Azure AKS
9 109 (7.70%) Azure Functions
10 102 (7.21%) Azure AI
11 99 (7.00%) Azure Monitor
12 97 (6.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 97 (6.86%) PaaS
13 88 (6.22%) Entra ID
14 87 (6.15%) Azure Key Vault
15 82 (5.80%) SaaS
16 81 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
17 79 (5.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 78 (5.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.47%) Firewall
2 27 (1.91%) VPN
3 16 (1.13%) DNS
4 13 (0.92%) Network Security
5 12 (0.85%) Internet
6 10 (0.71%) HTTP
7 9 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.57%) SAN
9 7 (0.49%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.42%) MQTT
10 6 (0.42%) Wireless
10 6 (0.42%) ZigBee
11 5 (0.35%) DHCP
11 5 (0.35%) VLAN
12 4 (0.28%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
14 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
15 1 (0.071%) BGP
15 1 (0.071%) Broadband
15 1 (0.071%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (17.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 177 (12.51%) SQL Server
3 173 (12.23%) MongoDB
4 110 (7.77%) Power BI
5 58 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
7 46 (3.25%) Relational Database
8 40 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.19%) Delta Lake
10 30 (2.12%) NoSQL
11 26 (1.84%) Redis
12 25 (1.77%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 23 (1.63%) MySQL
14 21 (1.48%) Metadata
15 18 (1.27%) Spark SQL
15 18 (1.27%) Star Schema
16 15 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (1.06%) Tableau
17 12 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 242 (17.10%) Git
2 189 (13.36%) JIRA
3 122 (8.62%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.65%) GitLab
5 49 (3.46%) Selenium
6 42 (2.97%) Postman
7 40 (2.83%) Cypress.io
8 20 (1.41%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.27%) JUnit
10 17 (1.20%) NUnit
11 16 (1.13%) JMeter
11 16 (1.13%) Visual Studio
12 15 (1.06%) Eclipse
13 14 (0.99%) fastlane
13 14 (0.99%) TestRail
14 13 (0.92%) Zephyr
15 12 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
16 11 (0.78%) SonarQube
17 10 (0.71%) Mockito
17 10 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 364 (25.72%) Social Skills
2 308 (21.77%) Finance
3 144 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 100 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.03%) Law
7 56 (3.96%) Retail
8 44 (3.11%) Marketing
9 39 (2.76%) Legal
10 36 (2.54%) Banking
11 30 (2.12%) Advertising
12 23 (1.63%) Games
12 23 (1.63%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.85%) Aviation
17 10 (0.71%) Automotive
18 9 (0.64%) Legal Technology
18 9 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 450 (31.80%) Developer
2 310 (21.91%) Senior
3 217 (15.34%) .NET Developer
4 207 (14.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 193 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
6 174 (12.30%) Lead
7 107 (7.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 97 (6.86%) Senior Developer
9 81 (5.72%) Platform Engineer
10 79 (5.58%) Analyst
11 78 (5.51%) Data Engineer
12 66 (4.66%) Senior DevOps
13 61 (4.31%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 58 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
15 53 (3.75%) Architect
16 51 (3.60%) Software Engineer
17 46 (3.25%) Software Developer
18 41 (2.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 40 (2.83%) Senior Data Engineer
20 38 (2.69%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 482 (34.06%) .NET
2 257 (18.16%) ASP.NET
3 238 (16.82%) .NET Core
4 203 (14.35%) ASP.NET Core
5 173 (12.23%) React
6 162 (11.45%) REST
7 161 (11.38%) HTML
8 159 (11.24%) CSS
9 156 (11.02%) RESTful
10 124 (8.76%) Blazor
10 124 (8.76%) Entity Framework
11 93 (6.57%) Node.js
12 82 (5.80%) ML.NET
13 65 (4.59%) .NET Framework
14 62 (4.38%) Playwright
15 57 (4.03%) YAML
16 55 (3.89%) ARM Templates
17 52 (3.67%) JSON
18 43 (3.04%) OAuth
19 42 (2.97%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.18%) Product Ownership
2 141 (9.96%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.30%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.82%) Mobile App
6 53 (3.75%) Onboarding
7 39 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
11 22 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.34%) Podcast
13 18 (1.27%) Low-Code
13 18 (1.27%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.20%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.20%) BBC
14 17 (1.20%) iPhone
14 17 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.07%) Linux
2 99 (7.00%) Windows
3 26 (1.84%) Android
4 23 (1.63%) VMS
5 18 (1.27%) Unix
5 18 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.35%) 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 1,415 (100.00%) DevOps
2 827 (58.45%) CI/CD
3 664 (46.93%) Agile
4 324 (22.90%) AI
5 320 (22.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 303 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 253 (17.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 250 (17.67%) Test Automation
9 236 (16.68%) Problem-Solving
10 222 (15.69%) Scrum
11 207 (14.63%) Mentoring
12 183 (12.93%) Microservices
13 171 (12.08%) Analytics
14 155 (10.95%) Observability
15 147 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
16 145 (10.25%) Platform Engineering
17 142 (10.04%) Machine Learning
18 138 (9.75%) Software Engineering
19 130 (9.19%) SDLC
20 128 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 507 (35.83%) SQL
2 469 (33.14%) C#
3 260 (18.37%) Python
4 239 (16.89%) JavaScript
5 167 (11.80%) PowerShell
6 125 (8.83%) Bash
7 118 (8.34%) Bicep
8 93 (6.57%) Java
9 60 (4.24%) TypeScript
10 39 (2.76%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.13%) C++
11 16 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.06%) Scala
13 13 (0.92%) Go
13 13 (0.92%) VB.NET
14 12 (0.85%) Swift
15 11 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.71%) JCL
17 9 (0.64%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.64%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 113 (7.99%) Degree
2 109 (7.70%) Security Cleared
3 92 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 82 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 47 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.19%) ISTQB
7 29 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.92%) PMP
11 12 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.49%) CBAP
12 7 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.35%) CISSP
13 5 (0.35%) ISEB
13 5 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 5 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.28%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (13.14%) QA
2 85 (6.01%) Accessibility
3 64 (4.52%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.33%) GDPR
5 32 (2.26%) WCAG
6 23 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.27%) PMO
8 12 (0.85%) TickIT
9 10 (0.71%) GRC
10 9 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (0.64%) SLA
11 8 (0.57%) NCSC
11 8 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) JTAG
12 6 (0.42%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.21%) NIST
15 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 183 (12.93%) Docker
2 67 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.85%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.14%) Xen
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 344 (24.31%) Terraform
2 168 (11.87%) Kubernetes
3 63 (4.45%) Ansible
4 57 (4.03%) Grafana
5 51 (3.60%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.12%) Argo
7 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (0.78%) Puppet
9 5 (0.35%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.21%) Scalr
11 3 (0.21%) SCCM
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) Kibana
12 2 (0.14%) MIIS
12 2 (0.14%) Nagios
12 2 (0.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 610 (43.11%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.72%) Databricks
3 64 (4.52%) Google
4 40 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.69%) Facebook
6 31 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.12%) VMware
8 29 (2.05%) Apple
9 25 (1.77%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.48%) YouTube
12 20 (1.41%) Oracle
13 19 (1.34%) OpenAI
14 17 (1.20%) SAP
14 17 (1.20%) Sony
14 17 (1.20%) Yahoo!
15 15 (1.06%) MuleSoft
16 13 (0.92%) Guidewire
17 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.78%) Foundry