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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 149 112
Rank change year-on-year -29 -37 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,061 924 2,329
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 2.12% 2.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.78% 6.05% 6.76%
Number of salaries quoted 778 749 1,803
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,600 £41,587
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,250
90th Percentile £92,875 £96,250 £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 28,060 15,272 34,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.69% 34.96% 35.86%
Number of salaries quoted 14,703 10,948 26,824
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,972 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +5.87% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,738 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,474 £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 7 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 7 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 -34 892 £67,500 - 422
UK excluding London +3 657 £60,000 -4.00% 324
Work from Home +9 413 £65,000 -3.70% 242
London -7 339 £77,500 +3.33% 171
South East -32 165 £50,000 -25.93% 106
North of England -4 160 £65,000 -7.14% 87
Midlands -8 102 £65,000 - 43
Scotland +52 91 £62,500 +8.70% 17
North West +12 78 £70,000 +3.70% 43
South West -38 76 £52,373 -19.43% 19
West Midlands -36 56 £61,000 -6.15% 20
Yorkshire -49 49 £64,655 -7.64% 19
East Midlands -1 43 £67,500 +35.00% 23
North East -3 33 £50,000 -16.67% 25
Wales -17 32 £53,100 +0.97% 20
East of England -15 31 £62,500 +13.64% 31
Northern Ireland -38 2 £72,500 +45.00% 5

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 37 (3.49%) Confluence
1 37 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.79%) IIS
4 11 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (0.66%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.57%) Apache
7 6 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
8 4 (0.38%) Moodle
9 3 (0.28%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) WordPress
11 1 (0.094%) Drupal
11 1 (0.094%) Luigi
11 1 (0.094%) nginx
11 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.094%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 21 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (1.98%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.28%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.19%) Trello
7 1 (0.094%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (1.51%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.47%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.094%) Endur
7 1 (0.094%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.094%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.094%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.094%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,060 (99.91%) Azure
2 274 (25.82%) GitHub
3 179 (16.87%) Power Platform
4 158 (14.89%) AWS
5 152 (14.33%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (9.14%) Serverless
7 91 (8.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 88 (8.29%) Entra ID
9 86 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
10 83 (7.82%) Azure AKS
11 79 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
12 71 (6.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 69 (6.50%) PaaS
14 61 (5.75%) Azure Functions
14 61 (5.75%) GCP
14 61 (5.75%) SaaS
15 60 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
16 58 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
17 50 (4.71%) Azure Key Vault
18 42 (3.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.84%) Firewall
2 30 (2.83%) DNS
3 19 (1.79%) HTTP
3 19 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.41%) Network Security
5 14 (1.32%) VPN
6 13 (1.23%) WAN
7 3 (0.28%) BGP
7 3 (0.28%) DHCP
8 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 1 (0.094%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.094%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.094%) Internet
9 1 (0.094%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.094%) MPLS
9 1 (0.094%) SAN
9 1 (0.094%) VLAN
9 1 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.094%) Wireless
9 1 (0.094%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (10.93%) SQL Server
2 98 (9.24%) Power BI
3 86 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 50 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (4.52%) MongoDB
6 39 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (3.58%) Data Lake
8 34 (3.20%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.26%) Delta Lake
10 20 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (1.79%) Relational Database
12 16 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (1.41%) Spark SQL
13 15 (1.41%) Tableau
14 12 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (1.13%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.04%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.94%) Metadata
17 9 (0.85%) Power Query
18 8 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 168 (15.83%) Git
2 151 (14.23%) JIRA
3 113 (10.65%) Jenkins
4 61 (5.75%) GitLab
5 51 (4.81%) Selenium
6 37 (3.49%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.02%) Postman
8 22 (2.07%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.60%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.51%) Octopus Deploy
10 16 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
11 12 (1.13%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.13%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.13%) TestRail
12 11 (1.04%) JMeter
13 10 (0.94%) Zephyr
14 7 (0.66%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.66%) LoadRunner
14 7 (0.66%) NUnit
15 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 309 (29.12%) Finance
2 250 (23.56%) Social Skills
3 144 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (5.28%) Public Sector
5 51 (4.81%) Law
6 43 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (3.68%) Retail
8 34 (3.20%) Legal
9 31 (2.92%) Marketing
10 28 (2.64%) Billing
11 21 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.79%) Banking
14 12 (1.13%) Advertising
14 12 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.04%) Automotive
15 11 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (0.94%) Games
16 10 (0.94%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.47%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 229 (21.58%) Developer
2 225 (21.21%) Senior
3 190 (17.91%) DevOps Engineer
4 178 (16.78%) Azure Engineer
5 160 (15.08%) Lead
6 93 (8.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 75 (7.07%) Cloud Engineer
8 63 (5.94%) Data Engineer
9 58 (5.47%) .NET Developer
10 57 (5.37%) Analyst
11 55 (5.18%) Senior Developer
12 52 (4.90%) Architect
13 51 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
14 48 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
15 46 (4.34%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 30 (2.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 27 (2.54%) Applications Engineer
17 27 (2.54%) Applications Support
17 27 (2.54%) Software Developer
18 26 (2.45%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (24.22%) .NET
2 114 (10.74%) React
3 103 (9.71%) REST
4 91 (8.58%) RESTful
5 84 (7.92%) ASP.NET
6 82 (7.73%) .NET Core
7 80 (7.54%) CSS
8 79 (7.45%) HTML
9 67 (6.31%) OAuth
10 60 (5.66%) Node.js
11 58 (5.47%) SOAP
12 55 (5.18%) ASP.NET Core
13 52 (4.90%) Playwright
14 47 (4.43%) JSON
14 47 (4.43%) YAML
15 42 (3.96%) .NET Framework
15 42 (3.96%) PySpark
16 37 (3.49%) SAML
17 36 (3.39%) ARM Templates
18 35 (3.30%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 114 (10.74%) Product Ownership
2 106 (9.99%) Cloud Native
3 43 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.92%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.83%) Low-Code
6 24 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 24 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (1.79%) Reinsurance
9 15 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.32%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
15 8 (0.75%) PMI
16 7 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 84 (7.92%) Linux
2 67 (6.31%) Windows
3 19 (1.79%) Unix
3 19 (1.79%) VMS
4 14 (1.32%) Ubuntu
5 13 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.66%) Android
8 4 (0.38%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.094%) SUSE
10 1 (0.094%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,060 (99.91%) DevOps
2 658 (62.02%) CI/CD
3 472 (44.49%) Agile
4 301 (28.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 268 (25.26%) Test Automation
6 225 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 195 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
8 188 (17.72%) AI
9 162 (15.27%) Mentoring
10 159 (14.99%) Observability
11 156 (14.70%) Analytics
12 149 (14.04%) Scrum
13 146 (13.76%) Data Modelling
14 140 (13.20%) Coaching
15 132 (12.44%) Containerisation
16 122 (11.50%) Microservices
17 102 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
18 100 (9.43%) Roadmaps
19 98 (9.24%) SDLC
20 96 (9.05%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 354 (33.36%) SQL
2 260 (24.51%) Python
3 217 (20.45%) C#
4 139 (13.10%) JavaScript
5 125 (11.78%) PowerShell
6 101 (9.52%) Bash
7 80 (7.54%) Bicep
8 68 (6.41%) Java
9 59 (5.56%) TypeScript
10 24 (2.26%) Apex Code
11 23 (2.17%) Go
12 20 (1.89%) PL/SQL
12 20 (1.89%) Scala
13 18 (1.70%) Shell Script
14 14 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (1.23%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.75%) Swift
18 7 (0.66%) DataWeave
19 5 (0.47%) C++
Qualifications
1 87 (8.20%) Degree
2 69 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 49 (4.62%) Azure Certification
4 46 (4.34%) SC Cleared
5 39 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.83%) ISTQB
7 20 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.23%) HND
10 12 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
14 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.38%) BC Cleared
16 3 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.28%) CBAP
17 2 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (11.03%) QA
2 73 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.52%) GDPR
4 47 (4.43%) Data Quality
5 30 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.32%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.23%) SLA
8 12 (1.13%) TickIT
9 10 (0.94%) GRC
10 6 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.57%) Solvency II
10 6 (0.57%) WCAG
11 5 (0.47%) IFRS
11 5 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.19%) NCSC
13 2 (0.19%) PMO
14 1 (0.094%) PERC
System Software
1 145 (13.67%) Docker
2 64 (6.03%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.094%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 328 (30.91%) Terraform
2 120 (11.31%) Kubernetes
3 80 (7.54%) Ansible
4 66 (6.22%) Grafana
5 54 (5.09%) Prometheus
6 22 (2.07%) Argo
7 18 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.85%) Kibana
9 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.38%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.38%) logstash
9 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.38%) Puppet
10 3 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.28%) Scalr
11 2 (0.19%) MIIS
11 2 (0.19%) Nagios
11 2 (0.19%) SCCM
12 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.094%) Nessus
Vendors
1 386 (36.38%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.69%) Databricks
3 46 (4.34%) Salesforce
4 36 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.64%) Oracle
6 23 (2.17%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.51%) MuleSoft
8 15 (1.41%) Adobe
8 15 (1.41%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.41%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.32%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.13%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.13%) Nintex
11 11 (1.04%) Apple
11 11 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.04%) Okta
12 10 (0.94%) Google
12 10 (0.94%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.94%) VMware
13 8 (0.75%) Ab Initio