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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 162 121
Rank change year-on-year -13 -41 -17
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,101 856 2,263
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 2.01% 2.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.07% 5.98% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 842 660 1,745
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,279
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,375 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

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 27,075 14,304 34,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.19% 33.56% 35.34%
Number of salaries quoted 15,348 9,803 26,671
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% +9.00% -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 23 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 23 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 -13 959 £67,500 -3.57% 393
UK excluding London +31 688 £60,000 -4.00% 305
Work from Home +24 417 £65,000 -3.70% 214
London -8 351 £77,500 +3.33% 144
North of England +33 185 £65,500 -4.73% 95
South East -23 185 £50,000 -28.57% 89
Midlands +5 109 £65,000 +4.00% 37
North West +51 98 £70,000 +15.70% 56
South West -29 73 £52,373 -8.92% 21
Scotland +48 61 £62,500 - 20
West Midlands -32 57 £62,000 +1.22% 21
East Midlands +5 50 £67,250 +3.46% 16
Yorkshire -33 48 £69,310 -0.99% 21
East of England -7 40 £60,000 +4.35% 30
North East -8 39 £50,000 -9.09% 18
Wales -13 35 £53,050 -18.38% 10
Northern Ireland -34 2 £72,500 +45.00% 6

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 40 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.18%) Confluence
3 20 (1.82%) IIS
4 19 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.73%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.64%) Anypoint
7 7 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.54%) Apache
8 6 (0.54%) CMS
9 5 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.36%) Moodle
11 3 (0.27%) WordPress
12 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.18%) CICS
12 2 (0.18%) Luigi
13 1 (0.091%) nginx
13 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.18%) Trello
8 1 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.45%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.18%) Magento
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.091%) Endur
6 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.091%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,100 (99.91%) Azure
2 250 (22.71%) GitHub
3 178 (16.17%) Power Platform
4 162 (14.71%) AWS
5 147 (13.35%) GitHub Actions
6 95 (8.63%) Azure Monitor
7 94 (8.54%) Serverless
8 90 (8.17%) Azure AKS
9 86 (7.81%) Entra ID
10 81 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
11 80 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 75 (6.81%) Azure Logic Apps
13 68 (6.18%) PaaS
14 63 (5.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 62 (5.63%) Azure Functions
15 62 (5.63%) GCP
16 61 (5.54%) SaaS
17 60 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
18 52 (4.72%) Azure Key Vault
19 41 (3.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.27%) Firewall
2 30 (2.72%) DNS
3 16 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.36%) HTTP
5 13 (1.18%) Network Security
6 12 (1.09%) VPN
7 11 (1.00%) WAN
8 5 (0.45%) DHCP
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.27%) MQTT
9 3 (0.27%) SAN
9 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.27%) Wireless
9 3 (0.27%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.18%) Internet
11 1 (0.091%) Broadband
11 1 (0.091%) MPLS
11 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 119 (10.81%) SQL Server
3 98 (8.90%) Power BI
4 76 (6.90%) MongoDB
5 42 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (3.27%) Data Lake
8 34 (3.09%) NoSQL
9 29 (2.63%) Relational Database
10 26 (2.36%) Delta Lake
11 18 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (1.54%) Spark SQL
13 16 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (1.27%) Tableau
15 13 (1.18%) Star Schema
16 11 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (1.00%) Metadata
17 10 (0.91%) MySQL
17 10 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 185 (16.80%) Git
2 134 (12.17%) JIRA
3 117 (10.63%) Jenkins
4 68 (6.18%) GitLab
5 55 (5.00%) Selenium
6 40 (3.63%) Cypress.io
7 33 (3.00%) Postman
8 22 (2.00%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.54%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
11 13 (1.18%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.09%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.00%) JMeter
13 11 (1.00%) TestRail
13 11 (1.00%) Zephyr
14 10 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
15 9 (0.82%) fastlane
16 7 (0.64%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.54%) Robot Framework
17 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 298 (27.07%) Finance
2 241 (21.89%) Social Skills
3 127 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.72%) Public Sector
5 49 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.91%) Law
7 37 (3.36%) Retail
8 34 (3.09%) Legal
9 31 (2.82%) Marketing
10 27 (2.45%) Billing
11 24 (2.18%) Banking
12 21 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.45%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.27%) Games
15 12 (1.09%) Advertising
16 11 (1.00%) Automotive
16 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (0.82%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.54%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 268 (24.34%) Developer
2 225 (20.44%) Senior
3 202 (18.35%) DevOps Engineer
4 189 (17.17%) Azure Engineer
5 154 (13.99%) Lead
6 100 (9.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 83 (7.54%) .NET Developer
8 73 (6.63%) Cloud Engineer
9 66 (5.99%) Data Engineer
10 62 (5.63%) Senior Developer
11 55 (5.00%) Architect
11 55 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
12 52 (4.72%) Senior DevOps
13 50 (4.54%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 49 (4.45%) Analyst
15 39 (3.54%) Software Engineer
16 33 (3.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 29 (2.63%) Software Developer
18 28 (2.54%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 26 (2.36%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (27.34%) .NET
2 129 (11.72%) React
3 123 (11.17%) ASP.NET
4 113 (10.26%) .NET Core
5 108 (9.81%) REST
6 102 (9.26%) HTML
7 101 (9.17%) CSS
8 91 (8.27%) RESTful
9 88 (7.99%) ASP.NET Core
10 67 (6.09%) Node.js
11 60 (5.45%) OAuth
12 59 (5.36%) YAML
13 57 (5.18%) Playwright
14 54 (4.90%) Blazor
15 53 (4.81%) Entity Framework
16 48 (4.36%) SOAP
17 45 (4.09%) JSON
18 44 (4.00%) PySpark
19 41 (3.72%) .NET Framework
20 40 (3.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 117 (10.63%) Product Ownership
2 97 (8.81%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 32 (2.91%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.45%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (2.18%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.54%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 89 (8.08%) Linux
2 63 (5.72%) Windows
3 19 (1.73%) VMS
4 18 (1.63%) Unix
5 15 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 14 (1.27%) Android
7 13 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.18%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.091%) SUSE
10 1 (0.091%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,100 (99.91%) DevOps
2 679 (61.67%) CI/CD
3 473 (42.96%) Agile
4 298 (27.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 263 (23.89%) Test Automation
6 209 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 203 (18.44%) AI
8 190 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
9 161 (14.62%) Mentoring
10 157 (14.26%) Analytics
11 151 (13.71%) Observability
11 151 (13.71%) Scrum
12 138 (12.53%) Full-Stack Development
13 133 (12.08%) Data Modelling
14 129 (11.72%) Microservices
15 125 (11.35%) Containerisation
16 120 (10.90%) Coaching
17 106 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (8.99%) Roadmaps
19 97 (8.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 371 (33.70%) SQL
2 272 (24.70%) C#
3 259 (23.52%) Python
4 168 (15.26%) JavaScript
5 129 (11.72%) PowerShell
6 111 (10.08%) Bash
7 81 (7.36%) Java
8 79 (7.18%) Bicep
9 57 (5.18%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.00%) Scala
11 20 (1.82%) Go
12 19 (1.73%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.36%) C++
14 14 (1.27%) PL/SQL
15 13 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (1.18%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (1.09%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.91%) Swift
18 7 (0.64%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 88 (7.99%) Degree
2 71 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 50 (4.54%) Azure Certification
4 49 (4.45%) SC Cleared
5 35 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.82%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.18%) HND
10 11 (1.00%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.82%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
15 4 (0.36%) CISSP
16 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.27%) CBAP
16 3 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (11.08%) QA
2 81 (7.36%) Accessibility
3 50 (4.54%) Data Quality
4 42 (3.81%) GDPR
5 27 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.27%) WCAG
7 13 (1.18%) SLA
8 12 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.09%) TickIT
9 10 (0.91%) GRC
10 7 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.54%) PMO
11 6 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.54%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.45%) IFRS
13 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.27%) JTAG
14 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 150 (13.62%) Docker
2 61 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 319 (28.97%) Terraform
2 119 (10.81%) Kubernetes
3 77 (6.99%) Ansible
4 65 (5.90%) Grafana
5 53 (4.81%) Prometheus
6 24 (2.18%) Argo
7 12 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.82%) Kibana
9 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.36%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.36%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.27%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Scalr
12 2 (0.18%) MIIS
12 2 (0.18%) Nagios
12 2 (0.18%) SCCM
13 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 410 (37.24%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.27%) Databricks
3 50 (4.54%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.18%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.09%) Google
6 23 (2.09%) Oracle
7 21 (1.91%) Dynatrace
8 17 (1.54%) Apple
8 17 (1.54%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.27%) Adobe
10 13 (1.18%) Palo Alto
10 13 (1.18%) Zscaler
11 12 (1.09%) Facebook
11 12 (1.09%) Freshdesk
11 12 (1.09%) Nintex
11 12 (1.09%) VMware
12 11 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
12 11 (1.00%) Splunk
13 10 (0.91%) Guidewire