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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 177 115
Rank change year-on-year +27 -62 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,417 927 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.86% 2.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.09% 5.80% 6.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 692 1,301
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,313 £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 £95,000
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 27,850 15,969 26,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 31.96% 31.68%
Number of salaries quoted 18,492 11,011 18,724
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,083
25th Percentile £44,222 £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 18 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 18 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 +38 1,266 £65,000 -3.70% 395
UK excluding London +64 951 £60,000 - 314
Work from Home +30 584 £60,000 -9.77% 258
London -39 399 £80,000 +6.67% 151
North of England +95 282 £60,000 -7.69% 69
South East +10 224 £62,500 - 109
North West +93 165 £65,000 - 45
Midlands +42 159 £63,000 +5.00% 51
South West 0 101 £55,000 -4.35% 29
West Midlands +4 87 £65,000 +8.33% 29
Wales -9 87 £53,171 -5.47% 14
East of England +10 81 £55,000 -12.00% 30
East Midlands +28 72 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Yorkshire 0 66 £69,305 +10.89% 19
North East -16 51 £52,000 -5.45% 5
Scotland -12 20 £55,000 -14.73% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 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 69 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 67 (4.73%) Confluence
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 Office
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
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 1,417 (100.00%) Azure
2 229 (16.16%) Power Platform
3 222 (15.67%) GitHub
4 165 (11.64%) AWS
5 134 (9.46%) GitHub Actions
6 131 (9.24%) Serverless
7 120 (8.47%) Azure Service Bus
8 115 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
9 109 (7.69%) Azure AKS
9 109 (7.69%) Azure Functions
10 101 (7.13%) Azure AI
11 98 (6.92%) Azure Monitor
11 98 (6.92%) PaaS
12 97 (6.85%) Azure Logic Apps
13 88 (6.21%) Entra ID
14 86 (6.07%) Azure Key Vault
15 82 (5.79%) SaaS
16 81 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
17 79 (5.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 78 (5.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.47%) Firewall
2 26 (1.83%) VPN
3 15 (1.06%) 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 (0.56%) 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 (17.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 177 (12.49%) SQL Server
3 173 (12.21%) MongoDB
4 110 (7.76%) Power BI
5 58 (4.09%) 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 (1.83%) Redis
12 25 (1.76%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.76%) 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
1 242 (17.08%) Git
2 189 (13.34%) JIRA
3 122 (8.61%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.65%) GitLab
5 50 (3.53%) Selenium
6 42 (2.96%) Cypress.io
6 42 (2.96%) Postman
7 20 (1.41%) REST Assured
8 18 (1.27%) JUnit
9 17 (1.20%) NUnit
10 16 (1.13%) JMeter
10 16 (1.13%) Visual Studio
11 15 (1.06%) Eclipse
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%) SonarQube
16 10 (0.71%) Mockito
16 10 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 361 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 308 (21.74%) Finance
3 143 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.76%) Public Sector
5 100 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.02%) Law
7 56 (3.95%) Retail
8 44 (3.11%) Marketing
9 40 (2.82%) Legal
10 36 (2.54%) Banking
11 30 (2.12%) Advertising
12 23 (1.62%) Games
12 23 (1.62%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.55%) 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
1 451 (31.83%) Developer
2 309 (21.81%) Senior
3 217 (15.31%) .NET Developer
4 207 (14.61%) DevOps Engineer
5 193 (13.62%) Azure Engineer
6 175 (12.35%) Lead
7 107 (7.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 97 (6.85%) Senior Developer
9 81 (5.72%) Platform Engineer
10 78 (5.50%) Analyst
10 78 (5.50%) Data Engineer
11 66 (4.66%) Senior DevOps
12 61 (4.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 58 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
14 55 (3.88%) Architect
15 51 (3.60%) Software Engineer
16 46 (3.25%) Software Developer
17 41 (2.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 40 (2.82%) Senior Data Engineer
19 38 (2.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 482 (34.02%) .NET
2 257 (18.14%) ASP.NET
3 238 (16.80%) .NET Core
4 203 (14.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 173 (12.21%) React
6 163 (11.50%) REST
7 162 (11.43%) HTML
8 160 (11.29%) CSS
9 156 (11.01%) RESTful
10 124 (8.75%) Blazor
10 124 (8.75%) Entity Framework
11 93 (6.56%) Node.js
12 82 (5.79%) ML.NET
13 65 (4.59%) .NET Framework
14 64 (4.52%) Playwright
15 57 (4.02%) YAML
16 55 (3.88%) ARM Templates
17 52 (3.67%) JSON
18 44 (3.11%) OAuth
19 42 (2.96%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.16%) Product Ownership
2 142 (10.02%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.29%) 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
11 22 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
13 20 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.34%) Podcast
15 18 (1.27%) Low-Code
15 18 (1.27%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.20%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.20%) BBC
16 17 (1.20%) iPhone
16 17 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.06%) Linux
2 99 (6.99%) Windows
3 26 (1.83%) Android
4 23 (1.62%) 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 1,417 (100.00%) DevOps
2 830 (58.57%) CI/CD
3 664 (46.86%) Agile
4 323 (22.79%) AI
5 319 (22.51%) Infrastructure as Code
6 304 (21.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 253 (17.85%) Full-Stack Development
8 252 (17.78%) Test Automation
9 233 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
10 222 (15.67%) Scrum
11 207 (14.61%) Mentoring
12 183 (12.91%) Microservices
13 171 (12.07%) Analytics
14 155 (10.94%) Observability
15 145 (10.23%) Platform Engineering
16 144 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 142 (10.02%) Machine Learning
18 139 (9.81%) Software Engineering
19 131 (9.24%) SDLC
20 129 (9.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 508 (35.85%) SQL
2 471 (33.24%) C#
3 261 (18.42%) Python
4 241 (17.01%) JavaScript
5 166 (11.71%) PowerShell
6 125 (8.82%) Bash
7 117 (8.26%) Bicep
8 94 (6.63%) Java
9 61 (4.30%) 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
1 113 (7.97%) Degree
2 109 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 92 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 80 (5.65%) Azure Certification
5 47 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 27 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 14 (0.99%) 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%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (13.27%) QA
2 86 (6.07%) Accessibility
3 64 (4.52%) 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
10 9 (0.64%) SLA
11 8 (0.56%) NCSC
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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
1 183 (12.91%) Docker
2 68 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.62%) 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
1 343 (24.21%) Terraform
2 168 (11.86%) Kubernetes
3 63 (4.45%) Ansible
4 57 (4.02%) 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 (43.05%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.72%) Databricks
3 64 (4.52%) Google
4 41 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.68%) Facebook
6 31 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.12%) VMware
8 29 (2.05%) Apple
9 25 (1.76%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.62%) 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 16 (1.13%) MuleSoft
16 13 (0.92%) Guidewire
17 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.78%) Foundry