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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 150 118
Rank change year-on-year -25 -32 -9
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,095 934 2,299
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.21% 2.13% 2.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.10% 6.04% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 824 743 1,781
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,250 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% +5.42% -

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 26,705 15,454 34,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.54% 35.20% 35.66%
Number of salaries quoted 14,913 10,937 26,762
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.73% +4.78% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% 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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -26 933 £67,500 -3.57% 377
UK excluding London +7 691 £59,250 -6.32% 305
Work from Home +16 432 £61,500 -8.89% 233
London -11 339 £77,500 +3.33% 138
North of England +14 174 £60,000 -14.29% 77
South East -24 173 £50,000 -28.57% 99
Midlands -16 109 £65,000 - 44
North West +26 85 £70,000 +3.70% 37
Scotland +54 81 £62,500 +8.70% 17
South West -32 76 £52,373 -19.43% 21
West Midlands -36 58 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Yorkshire -46 49 £60,000 -14.29% 19
East Midlands +7 48 £67,250 +34.50% 22
East of England -2 43 £60,000 +9.09% 31
North East -11 40 £50,000 -23.08% 21
Wales -15 35 £53,135 +1.03% 18
Northern Ireland -35 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 38 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.20%) Confluence
3 21 (1.92%) IIS
4 18 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.64%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.55%) Apache
8 5 (0.46%) CMS
9 4 (0.37%) Moodle
9 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) Luigi
12 1 (0.091%) Drupal
12 1 (0.091%) nginx
12 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.46%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.18%) Magento
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.091%) Endur
7 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.091%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.091%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,094 (99.91%) Azure
2 267 (24.38%) GitHub
3 180 (16.44%) Power Platform
4 163 (14.89%) AWS
5 150 (13.70%) GitHub Actions
6 96 (8.77%) Serverless
7 87 (7.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 86 (7.85%) Azure AKS
8 86 (7.85%) Azure Monitor
9 85 (7.76%) Entra ID
10 79 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
11 71 (6.48%) Azure Logic Apps
12 68 (6.21%) PaaS
13 63 (5.75%) GCP
14 61 (5.57%) Azure Functions
15 59 (5.39%) Azure Service Bus
15 59 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
16 58 (5.30%) SaaS
17 49 (4.47%) Azure Key Vault
18 40 (3.65%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.57%) Firewall
2 30 (2.74%) DNS
3 19 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.64%) HTTP
5 15 (1.37%) Network Security
6 14 (1.28%) VPN
7 13 (1.19%) WAN
8 3 (0.27%) BGP
8 3 (0.27%) DHCP
8 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.18%) Internet
9 2 (0.18%) MQTT
9 2 (0.18%) SSL
9 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.18%) Wireless
9 2 (0.18%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.091%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.091%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 115 (10.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 99 (9.04%) Power BI
4 78 (7.12%) MongoDB
5 46 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (3.56%) Data Lake
8 36 (3.29%) NoSQL
9 25 (2.28%) Relational Database
10 24 (2.19%) Delta Lake
11 20 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (1.37%) Spark SQL
14 13 (1.19%) Tableau
15 12 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (1.10%) Star Schema
16 11 (1.00%) DynamoDB
16 11 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
17 10 (0.91%) Metadata
18 9 (0.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 175 (15.98%) Git
2 142 (12.97%) JIRA
3 117 (10.68%) Jenkins
4 66 (6.03%) GitLab
5 50 (4.57%) Selenium
6 35 (3.20%) Cypress.io
7 32 (2.92%) Postman
8 22 (2.01%) Eclipse
9 16 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
9 16 (1.46%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
11 12 (1.10%) JMeter
11 12 (1.10%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.10%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.91%) TestRail
12 10 (0.91%) Zephyr
13 8 (0.73%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.64%) fastlane
14 7 (0.64%) LoadRunner
15 6 (0.55%) Xcode
General
1 303 (27.67%) Finance
2 241 (22.01%) Social Skills
3 140 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (5.39%) Public Sector
5 50 (4.57%) Law
6 48 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (3.47%) Retail
8 34 (3.11%) Legal
9 33 (3.01%) Marketing
10 28 (2.56%) Billing
11 21 (1.92%) Banking
11 21 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.37%) Advertising
14 14 (1.28%) Games
15 12 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.00%) Automotive
16 11 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (0.91%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.46%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 268 (24.47%) Developer
2 221 (20.18%) Senior
3 194 (17.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 180 (16.44%) Azure Engineer
5 155 (14.16%) Lead
6 95 (8.68%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 88 (8.04%) .NET Developer
8 73 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
9 65 (5.94%) Data Engineer
10 59 (5.39%) Senior Developer
11 56 (5.11%) Analyst
12 52 (4.75%) Architect
12 52 (4.75%) Platform Engineer
13 49 (4.47%) Senior DevOps
14 47 (4.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 31 (2.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 30 (2.74%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.47%) Applications Support
17 27 (2.47%) Full-Stack Developer
17 27 (2.47%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 296 (27.03%) .NET
2 132 (12.05%) React
3 120 (10.96%) ASP.NET
4 113 (10.32%) .NET Core
5 104 (9.50%) REST
6 103 (9.41%) RESTful
7 101 (9.22%) CSS
8 100 (9.13%) HTML
9 89 (8.13%) ASP.NET Core
10 66 (6.03%) Node.js
10 66 (6.03%) OAuth
11 56 (5.11%) SOAP
12 53 (4.84%) Entity Framework
13 52 (4.75%) Blazor
13 52 (4.75%) Playwright
14 49 (4.47%) YAML
15 48 (4.38%) JSON
16 42 (3.84%) .NET Framework
17 40 (3.65%) PySpark
18 37 (3.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 117 (10.68%) Product Ownership
2 103 (9.41%) Cloud Native
3 43 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.65%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.64%) Reinsurance
11 15 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.28%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
16 9 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
17 8 (0.73%) PMI
18 7 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 85 (7.76%) Linux
2 66 (6.03%) Windows
3 19 (1.74%) Unix
3 19 (1.74%) VMS
4 14 (1.28%) Android
4 14 (1.28%) Ubuntu
5 13 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.10%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.37%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.091%) SUSE
9 1 (0.091%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,094 (99.91%) DevOps
2 676 (61.74%) CI/CD
3 498 (45.48%) Agile
4 299 (27.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 267 (24.38%) Test Automation
6 216 (19.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 206 (18.81%) AI
8 193 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
9 160 (14.61%) Analytics
9 160 (14.61%) Mentoring
10 155 (14.16%) Observability
11 153 (13.97%) Scrum
12 142 (12.97%) Data Modelling
13 132 (12.05%) Coaching
13 132 (12.05%) Full-Stack Development
14 131 (11.96%) Containerisation
15 125 (11.42%) Microservices
16 104 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
17 99 (9.04%) Roadmaps
17 99 (9.04%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 377 (34.43%) SQL
2 261 (23.84%) Python
3 257 (23.47%) C#
4 160 (14.61%) JavaScript
5 123 (11.23%) PowerShell
6 103 (9.41%) Bash
7 79 (7.21%) Bicep
8 74 (6.76%) Java
9 58 (5.30%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.10%) Apex Code
10 23 (2.10%) Go
11 20 (1.83%) Scala
12 18 (1.64%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.46%) Shell Script
14 14 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (1.28%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.91%) Swift
17 7 (0.64%) DataWeave
18 6 (0.55%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 87 (7.95%) Degree
2 66 (6.03%) Security Cleared
3 47 (4.29%) Azure Certification
4 44 (4.02%) SC Cleared
5 39 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.65%) ISTQB
7 21 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.19%) HND
10 12 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.37%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.27%) CBAP
16 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (10.87%) QA
2 76 (6.94%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.29%) Data Quality
4 46 (4.20%) GDPR
5 30 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.28%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.19%) SLA
8 12 (1.10%) TickIT
9 10 (0.91%) GRC
9 10 (0.91%) WCAG
10 6 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.55%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.46%) IFRS
11 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.18%) JTAG
13 2 (0.18%) NCSC
13 2 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 148 (13.52%) Docker
2 62 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
5 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.091%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 323 (29.50%) Terraform
2 118 (10.78%) Kubernetes
3 78 (7.12%) Ansible
4 65 (5.94%) Grafana
5 53 (4.84%) Prometheus
6 22 (2.01%) Argo
7 16 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.82%) Kibana
9 4 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.37%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.37%) logstash
9 4 (0.37%) Puppet
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.27%) Scalr
11 2 (0.18%) MIIS
11 2 (0.18%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
12 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 416 (37.99%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.48%) Databricks
3 49 (4.47%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.37%) Oracle
6 23 (2.10%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.83%) Google
8 18 (1.64%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.46%) Apple
11 15 (1.37%) Adobe
11 15 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.37%) Zscaler
12 12 (1.10%) Facebook
12 12 (1.10%) Freshdesk
12 12 (1.10%) Nintex
13 11 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
14 10 (0.91%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.91%) Okta
14 10 (0.91%) VMware