Azure DevOps Job Trends

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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 106 80
Rank change year-on-year -20 -26 +4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,104 1,498 1,741
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.87% 2.66% 3.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 7.35% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 696 975 1,485
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £64,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.20% +7.92% -

All Cloud 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 20,575 20,376 20,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.83% 36.19% 43.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,292 12,208 17,308
10th Percentile £28,750 £34,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025. 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 -43 857 £65,000 -3.70% 327
UK excluding London -25 692 £57,500 -11.20% 283
Work from Home -1 520 £62,500 -7.41% 203
London +9 341 £75,000 -0.29% 118
South East -4 231 £60,000 -11.11% 102
Scotland +68 170 £64,500 +20.00% 19
North of England -43 102 £60,000 -7.69% 65
Midlands -60 76 £60,000 -7.69% 43
West Midlands -41 61 £60,000 -7.69% 22
South West -72 57 £50,000 -23.08% 36
North West -17 40 £65,000 +4.84% 36
Yorkshire -31 36 £60,000 -7.69% 16
Wales +5 31 £55,000 -15.38% 5
North East +5 26 £50,000 -9.09% 14
East of England -37 23 £65,000 +30.00% 22
East Midlands -24 14 £60,000 +4.35% 21
Northern Ireland -4 2 £56,250 - 1

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 (3.35%) Confluence
2 35 (3.17%) IIS
3 24 (2.17%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.63%) Apache
9 6 (0.54%) Appian
10 3 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.27%) CMS
10 3 (0.27%) nginx
10 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 37 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 72 (6.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (3.35%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.091%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.091%) Endur
6 1 (0.091%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,035 (93.75%) Azure
2 334 (30.25%) GitHub
3 223 (20.20%) Power Platform
4 168 (15.22%) AWS
5 160 (14.49%) GitHub Actions
6 89 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
7 83 (7.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 83 (7.52%) Power Automate
7 83 (7.52%) Snowflake
8 82 (7.43%) Entra ID
9 81 (7.34%) PaaS
10 79 (7.16%) Dynamics 365
10 79 (7.16%) Serverless
11 72 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
12 69 (6.25%) SaaS
13 67 (6.07%) GitHub Copilot
14 62 (5.62%) Azure AKS
15 61 (5.53%) dbt
16 55 (4.98%) Azure Logic Apps
17 51 (4.62%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.44%) Firewall
2 36 (3.26%) DNS
3 23 (2.08%) VPN
4 14 (1.27%) WAN
5 10 (0.91%) HTTP
5 10 (0.91%) Network Security
6 8 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.54%) DHCP
7 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.54%) VLAN
8 4 (0.36%) SSL
9 3 (0.27%) AMQP
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) IPsec
9 3 (0.27%) OSPF
9 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.18%) Internet
11 1 (0.091%) IPv6
11 1 (0.091%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (15.31%) SQL Server
2 122 (11.05%) Power BI
3 82 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (5.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 50 (4.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 45 (4.08%) NoSQL
7 43 (3.89%) Tableau
8 27 (2.45%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.81%) Data Lake
10 20 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
11 18 (1.63%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.27%) MongoDB
13 13 (1.18%) Metadata
13 13 (1.18%) MySQL
14 12 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 10 (0.91%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.63%) Delta Lake
17 5 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 211 (19.11%) JIRA
2 188 (17.03%) Git
3 125 (11.32%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.25%) eCATT
5 53 (4.80%) Selenium
6 40 (3.62%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.35%) Oracle Forms
8 33 (2.99%) GitLab
8 33 (2.99%) Octopus Deploy
9 24 (2.17%) Snyk
9 24 (2.17%) TeamCity
10 23 (2.08%) Robot Framework
11 22 (1.99%) Cypress.io
12 20 (1.81%) Visual Studio
13 18 (1.63%) Postman
14 13 (1.18%) JMeter
15 12 (1.09%) Cucumber
15 12 (1.09%) NUnit
16 11 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
17 8 (0.72%) MLflow
General
1 436 (39.49%) Finance
2 279 (25.27%) Social Skills
3 143 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (10.42%) Marketing
5 71 (6.43%) Manufacturing
6 66 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (4.98%) Law
8 43 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (3.71%) Retail
10 33 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (2.17%) Legal
12 22 (1.99%) Public Sector
13 21 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.27%) Banking
15 9 (0.82%) Advertising
15 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.72%) Games
16 8 (0.72%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.63%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.54%) Billing
Job Titles
1 232 (21.01%) Senior
2 180 (16.30%) Developer
3 161 (14.58%) Lead
4 129 (11.68%) Analyst
5 122 (11.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 107 (9.69%) Azure Engineer
7 90 (8.15%) Cloud Engineer
8 60 (5.43%) Data Engineer
9 52 (4.71%) Software Engineer
10 50 (4.53%) .NET Developer
11 46 (4.17%) Test Leader
12 45 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
12 45 (4.08%) Architect
13 43 (3.89%) Platform Engineer
14 40 (3.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 39 (3.53%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 35 (3.17%) Business Analyst
17 32 (2.90%) Test Analyst
18 28 (2.54%) Senior Developer
19 26 (2.36%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (25.54%) .NET
2 122 (11.05%) RESTful
3 93 (8.42%) React
4 78 (7.07%) YAML
5 76 (6.88%) REST
6 72 (6.52%) .NET Framework
7 64 (5.80%) JSON
7 64 (5.80%) OAuth
8 61 (5.53%) .NET Core
9 55 (4.98%) SOAP
10 52 (4.71%) ASP.NET
11 46 (4.17%) CSS
11 46 (4.17%) HTML
12 44 (3.99%) ARM Templates
13 43 (3.89%) Entity Framework
14 40 (3.62%) AngularJS
14 40 (3.62%) OAuth2
15 38 (3.44%) XML
16 32 (2.90%) Blazor
17 29 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 177 (16.03%) Cloud Native
2 119 (10.78%) Product Ownership
3 68 (6.16%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.72%) Security Posture
8 28 (2.54%) Low-Code
9 25 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (2.17%) Virtual Team
11 23 (2.08%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.54%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
18 9 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 97 (8.79%) Windows
2 62 (5.62%) Linux
3 25 (2.26%) VMS
4 18 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.72%) Android
5 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.091%) CentOS
8 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,034 (93.66%) DevOps
2 643 (58.24%) CI/CD
3 555 (50.27%) Agile
4 295 (26.72%) Test Automation
5 289 (26.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 251 (22.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 242 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
8 225 (20.38%) Mentoring
9 208 (18.84%) AI
10 206 (18.66%) Coaching
11 157 (14.22%) Analytics
12 156 (14.13%) Asset Management
13 133 (12.05%) Containerisation
13 133 (12.05%) Roadmaps
14 132 (11.96%) Observability
15 131 (11.87%) Scrum
16 129 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
17 124 (11.23%) ERP
17 124 (11.23%) Microservices
18 118 (10.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 380 (34.42%) SQL
2 282 (25.54%) Python
3 238 (21.56%) C#
4 225 (20.38%) PowerShell
5 103 (9.33%) Bicep
6 99 (8.97%) JavaScript
7 87 (7.88%) Bash
8 71 (6.43%) TypeScript
9 56 (5.07%) Java
10 39 (3.53%) Shell Script
11 38 (3.44%) PL/SQL
12 37 (3.35%) T-SQL
13 30 (2.72%) Apex Code
14 19 (1.72%) Go
15 13 (1.18%) Scala
16 10 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.45%) C++
19 4 (0.36%) Groovy
19 4 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 141 (12.77%) Degree
2 88 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (7.16%) Azure Certification
4 73 (6.61%) Security Cleared
5 47 (4.26%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.08%) Master's Degree
7 43 (3.89%) ISTQB
8 27 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (2.17%) AWS Certification
9 24 (2.17%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.18%) ISEB
10 13 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (0.91%) PMP
14 6 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.45%) CBAP
16 4 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (13.86%) QA
2 49 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 46 (4.17%) GDPR
4 41 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.99%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.26%) NCSC
6 25 (2.26%) NIST
7 17 (1.54%) PMO
8 8 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
9 5 (0.45%) PERC
10 4 (0.36%) SLA
10 4 (0.36%) WCAG
11 1 (0.091%) COBIT
11 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.091%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.091%) HL7
11 1 (0.091%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.091%) P3O
11 1 (0.091%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 154 (13.95%) Docker
2 68 (6.16%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) Firmware
5 4 (0.36%) Postfix
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) vCloud
7 1 (0.091%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 361 (32.70%) Terraform
2 179 (16.21%) Kubernetes
3 85 (7.70%) Ansible
4 72 (6.52%) HP ALM
5 41 (3.71%) Grafana
6 38 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
7 31 (2.81%) Prometheus
8 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) Argo
9 4 (0.36%) logstash
9 4 (0.36%) Rancher
9 4 (0.36%) vRealize
10 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.18%) Puppet
11 2 (0.18%) SCOM
12 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 377 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.07%) SAP
3 72 (6.52%) HP
4 52 (4.71%) Databricks
5 46 (4.17%) Oracle
6 45 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.26%) VMware
8 22 (1.99%) Okta
9 21 (1.90%) Black Duck
10 20 (1.81%) Coverity
11 16 (1.45%) Google
11 16 (1.45%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.27%) Ab Initio
12 14 (1.27%) OpenAI
12 14 (1.27%) Xamarin
13 12 (1.09%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.09%) Foundry
13 12 (1.09%) Sage
14 11 (1.00%) Zscaler