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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 177 115
Rank change year-on-year +27 -62 -16
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,416 930 1,847
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.86% 2.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.07% 5.81% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 694 1,316
10th Percentile £43,725 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £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 £96,250
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 27,953 15,998 26,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.16% 31.98% 31.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18,487 11,064 18,830
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,779 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £43,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
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 16 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 16 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 +34 1,264 £65,000 -5.80% 614
UK excluding London +61 951 £60,000 - 409
Work from Home +23 584 £60,000 -9.77% 366
London -42 397 £80,000 +6.67% 281
North of England +82 282 £60,000 -7.69% 91
South East +2 225 £62,500 - 140
North West +89 166 £65,000 - 56
Midlands +40 159 £63,000 +5.00% 67
South West -13 100 £55,000 -4.35% 36
West Midlands +1 87 £65,000 +8.33% 35
Wales -7 87 £53,171 -5.47% 14
East of England +9 81 £55,000 -12.00% 32
East Midlands +29 72 £58,750 +6.82% 32
Yorkshire -2 65 £69,305 +10.89% 26
North East -20 51 £52,000 -5.45% 10
Scotland -8 20 £55,000 -14.73% 20
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 11

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 (4.87%) Confluence
2 67 (4.73%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.98%) 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 (0.56%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.42%) Camunda
9 6 (0.42%) CICS
9 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.21%) WordPress
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
12 2 (0.14%) Moodle
13 1 (0.071%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.071%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.64%) Trello
5 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.35%) 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%) Shopify
7 3 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
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 1,416 (100.00%) Azure
2 228 (16.10%) Power Platform
3 224 (15.82%) GitHub
4 165 (11.65%) AWS
5 135 (9.53%) GitHub Actions
6 131 (9.25%) Serverless
7 121 (8.55%) Azure Service Bus
8 114 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
9 109 (7.70%) Azure AKS
9 109 (7.70%) Azure Functions
10 101 (7.13%) Azure AI
11 99 (6.99%) PaaS
12 98 (6.92%) Azure Monitor
13 97 (6.85%) Azure Logic Apps
14 86 (6.07%) Entra ID
15 85 (6.00%) Azure Key Vault
16 82 (5.79%) SaaS
17 80 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
18 79 (5.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 77 (5.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.40%) Firewall
2 25 (1.77%) VPN
3 14 (0.99%) DNS
4 13 (0.92%) Network Security
5 12 (0.85%) Internet
6 10 (0.71%) HTTP
7 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.49%) SAN
9 6 (0.42%) MQTT
9 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.42%) Wireless
9 6 (0.42%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.28%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.28%) DHCP
10 4 (0.28%) VLAN
11 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
13 1 (0.071%) BGP
13 1 (0.071%) Broadband
13 1 (0.071%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 251 (17.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 175 (12.36%) SQL Server
3 173 (12.22%) MongoDB
4 107 (7.56%) Power BI
5 58 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
7 45 (3.18%) Relational Database
8 40 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.19%) Delta Lake
10 30 (2.12%) NoSQL
11 26 (1.84%) Redis
12 24 (1.69%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 23 (1.62%) 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
1 241 (17.02%) Git
2 193 (13.63%) JIRA
3 121 (8.55%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.65%) GitLab
5 50 (3.53%) Selenium
6 42 (2.97%) Postman
7 41 (2.90%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.34%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.27%) JUnit
10 17 (1.20%) NUnit
10 17 (1.20%) Visual Studio
11 15 (1.06%) Eclipse
11 15 (1.06%) JMeter
12 14 (0.99%) fastlane
12 14 (0.99%) TestRail
13 13 (0.92%) Zephyr
14 12 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
16 10 (0.71%) Mockito
16 10 (0.71%) SonarQube
General
1 361 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 312 (22.03%) Finance
3 144 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.03%) Law
6 57 (4.03%) Retail
7 44 (3.11%) Marketing
8 40 (2.82%) Legal
9 37 (2.61%) Banking
10 30 (2.12%) Advertising
11 24 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.62%) Games
13 22 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.85%) Aviation
17 10 (0.71%) Automotive
18 9 (0.64%) Legal Technology
19 8 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 449 (31.71%) Developer
2 309 (21.82%) Senior
3 216 (15.25%) .NET Developer
4 207 (14.62%) DevOps Engineer
5 192 (13.56%) Azure Engineer
6 175 (12.36%) Lead
7 106 (7.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 97 (6.85%) Senior Developer
9 81 (5.72%) Platform Engineer
10 78 (5.51%) Data Engineer
11 76 (5.37%) Analyst
12 66 (4.66%) Senior DevOps
13 61 (4.31%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 58 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
15 56 (3.95%) Architect
16 50 (3.53%) Software Engineer
17 45 (3.18%) Software Developer
18 41 (2.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 40 (2.82%) Senior Data Engineer
20 38 (2.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 478 (33.76%) .NET
2 254 (17.94%) ASP.NET
3 235 (16.60%) .NET Core
4 202 (14.27%) ASP.NET Core
5 173 (12.22%) React
6 160 (11.30%) HTML
6 160 (11.30%) REST
7 158 (11.16%) CSS
8 155 (10.95%) RESTful
9 124 (8.76%) Blazor
10 122 (8.62%) Entity Framework
11 93 (6.57%) Node.js
12 82 (5.79%) ML.NET
13 63 (4.45%) .NET Framework
13 63 (4.45%) Playwright
14 57 (4.03%) YAML
15 55 (3.88%) ARM Templates
16 51 (3.60%) JSON
17 45 (3.18%) OAuth
18 42 (2.97%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 148 (10.45%) Product Ownership
2 144 (10.17%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.30%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.81%) Mobile App
6 53 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 39 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 24 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 21 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
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 99 (6.99%) Linux
1 99 (6.99%) Windows
2 26 (1.84%) Android
3 23 (1.62%) VMS
4 18 (1.27%) Unix
4 18 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.28%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.21%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Debian
9 2 (0.14%) Rocky
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.071%) SUSE
10 1 (0.071%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,416 (100.00%) DevOps
2 832 (58.76%) CI/CD
3 665 (46.96%) Agile
4 325 (22.95%) AI
5 321 (22.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 306 (21.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 252 (17.80%) Full-Stack Development
8 250 (17.66%) Test Automation
9 231 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
10 222 (15.68%) Scrum
11 208 (14.69%) Mentoring
12 182 (12.85%) Microservices
13 170 (12.01%) Analytics
14 156 (11.02%) Observability
15 145 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
15 145 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 142 (10.03%) Machine Learning
17 138 (9.75%) Software Engineering
18 132 (9.32%) Roadmaps
19 131 (9.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 505 (35.66%) SQL
2 466 (32.91%) C#
3 260 (18.36%) Python
4 239 (16.88%) JavaScript
5 167 (11.79%) PowerShell
6 126 (8.90%) Bash
7 118 (8.33%) Bicep
8 93 (6.57%) Java
9 61 (4.31%) TypeScript
10 39 (2.75%) 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 9 (0.64%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.64%) JCL
17 8 (0.56%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 111 (7.84%) Degree
2 109 (7.70%) Security Cleared
3 92 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 79 (5.58%) Azure Certification
5 45 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.19%) ISTQB
7 26 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.92%) PMP
10 12 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.49%) CBAP
11 7 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.35%) CISSP
12 5 (0.35%) ISEB
12 5 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 5 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (13.28%) QA
2 85 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 63 (4.45%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.33%) GDPR
5 32 (2.26%) WCAG
6 23 (1.62%) 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
11 8 (0.56%) NCSC
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.56%) SLA
12 6 (0.42%) JTAG
12 6 (0.42%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 184 (12.99%) Docker
2 67 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.55%) 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
1 345 (24.36%) Terraform
2 169 (11.94%) Kubernetes
3 63 (4.45%) Ansible
4 57 (4.03%) Grafana
5 52 (3.67%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.12%) Argo
7 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (0.78%) Puppet
9 5 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.28%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.21%) Scalr
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) Istio
12 2 (0.14%) Kibana
12 2 (0.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.14%) Rancher
12 2 (0.14%) SCCM
12 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 609 (43.01%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.72%) Databricks
3 64 (4.52%) Google
4 42 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.68%) Facebook
6 31 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.05%) Apple
7 29 (2.05%) VMware
8 25 (1.77%) Dynatrace
9 24 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.48%) YouTube
11 20 (1.41%) Oracle
12 19 (1.34%) OpenAI
13 17 (1.20%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.20%) SAP
13 17 (1.20%) Sony
13 17 (1.20%) Yahoo!
14 13 (0.92%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.78%) Foundry