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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 172 120
Rank change year-on-year +16 -52 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,199 890 2,298
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.28% 1.98% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.73% 5.93% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 962 688 1,734
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,813 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,375 £93,750
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 25,343 15,000 35,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.44% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16,408 10,346 27,551
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,252 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%
75th Percentile £84,750 £82,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

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 June 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 June 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 +8 1,080 £65,000 -7.14% 316
UK excluding London +46 779 £60,000 -4.00% 269
Work from Home +43 472 £60,000 -11.11% 191
London -23 359 £77,500 +3.33% 113
North of England +69 225 £60,500 -12.00% 62
South East -6 202 £59,500 -8.46% 94
Midlands +27 128 £65,000 +8.33% 41
North West +74 124 £69,305 +2.67% 36
South West -9 87 £55,000 -10.20% 26
West Midlands -10 65 £65,000 +8.33% 22
East of England +9 64 £56,000 -2.61% 28
East Midlands +19 61 £64,525 +12.22% 19
Yorkshire -33 53 £69,305 -0.99% 15
North East -1 48 £48,750 -11.36% 12
Wales -19 42 £53,135 -18.25% 11
Scotland +23 31 £62,500 -1.57% 14
Northern Ireland -30 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 53 (4.42%) Confluence
2 49 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.50%) IIS
5 13 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.58%) Apache
7 7 (0.58%) CMS
8 6 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.42%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.33%) nginx
11 3 (0.25%) WordPress
12 2 (0.17%) CICS
12 2 (0.17%) Luigi
12 2 (0.17%) Moodle
13 1 (0.083%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.083%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.083%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.083%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 17 (1.42%) MS Visio
2 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.33%) Trello
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.083%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.083%) Notion
6 1 (0.083%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.42%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.083%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.083%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.083%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.083%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.083%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,198 (99.92%) Azure
2 231 (19.27%) GitHub
3 186 (15.51%) Power Platform
4 160 (13.34%) AWS
5 138 (11.51%) GitHub Actions
6 104 (8.67%) Azure AKS
6 104 (8.67%) Azure Monitor
6 104 (8.67%) Serverless
7 87 (7.26%) PaaS
8 81 (6.76%) Entra ID
9 79 (6.59%) Azure Functions
10 78 (6.51%) Azure Service Bus
11 77 (6.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 77 (6.42%) Dynamics 365
12 70 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
13 69 (5.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 68 (5.67%) SaaS
15 65 (5.42%) Azure AI
16 61 (5.09%) GCP
17 56 (4.67%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.50%) Firewall
2 26 (2.17%) DNS
3 18 (1.50%) VPN
4 17 (1.42%) HTTP
5 15 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.92%) Network Security
7 7 (0.58%) Internet
7 7 (0.58%) WAN
8 4 (0.33%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.33%) DHCP
8 4 (0.33%) MQTT
8 4 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.33%) Wireless
8 4 (0.33%) ZigBee
9 3 (0.25%) BGP
9 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.25%) SAN
10 2 (0.17%) VLAN
11 1 (0.083%) LTE
11 1 (0.083%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (15.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 126 (10.51%) MongoDB
3 118 (9.84%) SQL Server
4 95 (7.92%) Power BI
5 38 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (2.59%) Data Lake
8 29 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.25%) Delta Lake
10 25 (2.09%) NoSQL
11 24 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 18 (1.50%) Spark SQL
14 15 (1.25%) Redis
15 14 (1.17%) Metadata
15 14 (1.17%) Star Schema
16 13 (1.08%) MySQL
17 12 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 12 (1.00%) Tableau
18 9 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 181 (15.10%) Git
2 147 (12.26%) JIRA
3 112 (9.34%) Jenkins
4 72 (6.01%) GitLab
5 55 (4.59%) Selenium
6 47 (3.92%) Cypress.io
7 37 (3.09%) Postman
8 23 (1.92%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.42%) REST Assured
9 17 (1.42%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.17%) fastlane
10 14 (1.17%) JMeter
11 12 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (1.00%) TestRail
11 12 (1.00%) Zephyr
12 9 (0.75%) Xcode
13 8 (0.67%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.58%) JUnit
14 7 (0.58%) LoadRunner
14 7 (0.58%) NUnit
General
1 281 (23.44%) Finance
2 259 (21.60%) Social Skills
3 114 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 76 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (4.17%) Law
7 45 (3.75%) Retail
8 35 (2.92%) Marketing
9 32 (2.67%) Legal
10 27 (2.25%) Banking
11 23 (1.92%) Billing
12 20 (1.67%) Advertising
12 20 (1.67%) Games
13 19 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.17%) Manufacturing
16 10 (0.83%) Automotive
16 10 (0.83%) Aviation
16 10 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 337 (28.11%) Developer
2 229 (19.10%) Senior
3 218 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 199 (16.60%) Azure Engineer
5 161 (13.43%) Lead
6 142 (11.84%) .NET Developer
7 111 (9.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 72 (6.01%) Senior Developer
9 71 (5.92%) Platform Engineer
10 68 (5.67%) Data Engineer
11 66 (5.50%) Cloud Engineer
12 59 (4.92%) Analyst
13 56 (4.67%) Architect
14 50 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
15 48 (4.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.59%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.59%) Software Engineer
17 38 (3.17%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 33 (2.75%) Software Developer
19 29 (2.42%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (30.69%) .NET
2 183 (15.26%) ASP.NET
3 163 (13.59%) .NET Core
4 145 (12.09%) ASP.NET Core
5 144 (12.01%) React
6 131 (10.93%) HTML
7 130 (10.84%) CSS
8 113 (9.42%) REST
9 106 (8.84%) RESTful
10 85 (7.09%) Entity Framework
11 80 (6.67%) Blazor
12 77 (6.42%) Node.js
13 63 (5.25%) Playwright
13 63 (5.25%) YAML
14 57 (4.75%) ML.NET
15 49 (4.09%) ARM Templates
16 44 (3.67%) .NET Framework
16 44 (3.67%) OAuth
17 41 (3.42%) JSON
17 41 (3.42%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 120 (10.01%) Product Ownership
2 105 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.34%) Mobile App
4 38 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (1.58%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.33%) Reinsurance
11 16 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.17%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.17%) Podcast
13 13 (1.08%) iPhone
13 13 (1.08%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.00%) BBC
14 12 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 95 (7.92%) Linux
2 72 (6.01%) Windows
3 25 (2.09%) VMS
4 22 (1.83%) Android
5 17 (1.42%) Unix
6 16 (1.33%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.25%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.17%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.083%) SUSE
11 1 (0.083%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,198 (99.92%) DevOps
2 725 (60.47%) CI/CD
3 532 (44.37%) Agile
4 306 (25.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 241 (20.10%) Test Automation
6 236 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 232 (19.35%) AI
8 197 (16.43%) Full-Stack Development
9 184 (15.35%) Scrum
10 181 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
11 174 (14.51%) Mentoring
12 167 (13.93%) Analytics
13 148 (12.34%) Observability
14 138 (11.51%) Microservices
15 121 (10.09%) Containerisation
16 118 (9.84%) Platform Engineering
17 113 (9.42%) SDLC
18 111 (9.26%) Roadmaps
19 105 (8.76%) Data Modelling
19 105 (8.76%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 409 (34.11%) SQL
2 352 (29.36%) C#
3 241 (20.10%) Python
4 206 (17.18%) JavaScript
5 143 (11.93%) PowerShell
6 124 (10.34%) Bash
7 98 (8.17%) Bicep
8 75 (6.26%) Java
9 61 (5.09%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.75%) Go
11 19 (1.58%) T-SQL
12 18 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.42%) Scala
14 15 (1.25%) C++
15 12 (1.00%) Swift
16 10 (0.83%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 8 (0.67%) Kotlin
19 6 (0.50%) SOQL
19 6 (0.50%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 85 (7.09%) Degree
2 84 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 67 (5.59%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.92%) Azure Certification
5 35 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.34%) ISTQB
7 23 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.92%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.83%) HND
9 10 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.42%) CISSP
11 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.33%) PMP
13 3 (0.25%) ISEB
13 3 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.25%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (12.01%) QA
2 87 (7.26%) Accessibility
3 45 (3.75%) Data Quality
4 37 (3.09%) GDPR
5 25 (2.09%) WCAG
6 22 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.00%) SLA
7 12 (1.00%) TickIT
8 10 (0.83%) GRC
9 8 (0.67%) PMO
9 8 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.50%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.42%) IFRS
12 4 (0.33%) JTAG
12 4 (0.33%) NCSC
13 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 145 (12.09%) Docker
2 63 (5.25%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.58%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 318 (26.52%) Terraform
2 129 (10.76%) Kubernetes
3 72 (6.01%) Ansible
4 67 (5.59%) Grafana
5 57 (4.75%) Prometheus
6 27 (2.25%) Argo
7 9 (0.75%) Kibana
8 5 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.33%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.33%) Puppet
9 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Scalr
11 2 (0.17%) Istio
11 2 (0.17%) MIIS
11 2 (0.17%) SCCM
12 1 (0.083%) CASB
12 1 (0.083%) linkerd
Vendors
1 488 (40.70%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.50%) Databricks
3 40 (3.34%) Salesforce
3 40 (3.34%) ServiceNow
4 38 (3.17%) Google
5 26 (2.17%) Facebook
6 25 (2.09%) Apple
6 25 (2.09%) Dynatrace
7 23 (1.92%) Red Hat
8 21 (1.75%) VMware
9 15 (1.25%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.17%) YouTube
11 13 (1.08%) Guidewire
11 13 (1.08%) Oracle
12 12 (1.00%) Sony
12 12 (1.00%) Yahoo!
13 11 (0.92%) Splunk
14 10 (0.83%) Adobe
14 10 (0.83%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.83%) Zscaler