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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 106 81
Rank change year-on-year -28 -25 +9
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,077 1,619 1,813
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 2.42% 3.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.00% 7.18% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 711 1,043 1,535
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,485 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.42% -

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 17,955 22,560 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.27% 33.76% 42.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,352 13,685 18,308
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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 -42 867 £65,000 -3.70% 374
UK excluding London -28 668 £57,500 -9.09% 349
Work from Home -11 488 £65,000 - 189
London +17 341 £77,500 +3.33% 163
South East -3 233 £60,000 -11.11% 156
Scotland +58 135 £65,000 +18.18% 33
North of England -55 99 £60,000 -4.76% 50
Midlands -26 85 £57,500 -11.54% 50
West Midlands -17 72 £60,000 -7.69% 32
South West -73 54 £55,000 -15.38% 33
North West -19 42 £65,000 +7.00% 20
Yorkshire -27 33 £55,000 -18.19% 15
Wales +7 32 £55,000 -2.22% 15
East of England -16 28 £65,000 +30.00% 17
North East +3 24 £50,000 -9.09% 15
East Midlands -4 12 £54,500 +14.74% 17
Northern Ireland 0 2 £56,250 - 4

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 40 (3.71%) Confluence
2 33 (3.06%) IIS
3 25 (2.32%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 11 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.56%) Apache
8 6 (0.56%) Appian
9 5 (0.46%) nginx
10 4 (0.37%) CMS
11 3 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.093%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.093%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.093%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 72 (6.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 52 (4.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.28%) Shopify
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.093%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.093%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,008 (93.59%) Azure
2 288 (26.74%) GitHub
3 221 (20.52%) Power Platform
4 154 (14.30%) AWS
5 143 (13.28%) GitHub Actions
6 105 (9.75%) Dynamics 365
7 89 (8.26%) Power Automate
8 83 (7.71%) PaaS
9 81 (7.52%) Azure Monitor
10 79 (7.34%) Serverless
11 78 (7.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 75 (6.96%) SaaS
13 73 (6.78%) Entra ID
14 68 (6.31%) Snowflake
15 65 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
16 61 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
17 58 (5.39%) Azure AKS
18 50 (4.64%) GCP
19 49 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
20 47 (4.36%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.16%) Firewall
2 32 (2.97%) DNS
3 20 (1.86%) VPN
4 13 (1.21%) Network Security
5 11 (1.02%) WAN
6 9 (0.84%) HTTP
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.46%) DHCP
8 5 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.46%) VLAN
9 4 (0.37%) SSL
10 3 (0.28%) AMQP
10 3 (0.28%) BGP
10 3 (0.28%) Internet
10 3 (0.28%) IPsec
10 3 (0.28%) OSPF
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.28%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.093%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.093%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (16.16%) SQL Server
2 116 (10.77%) Power BI
3 74 (6.87%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (4.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 51 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 39 (3.62%) Tableau
7 33 (3.06%) NoSQL
8 30 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 30 (2.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
10 16 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (1.21%) Metadata
13 12 (1.11%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.11%) MySQL
14 11 (1.02%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.84%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.56%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 205 (19.03%) JIRA
2 172 (15.97%) Git
3 108 (10.03%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.41%) eCATT
5 52 (4.83%) Selenium
6 40 (3.71%) NeoLoad
7 39 (3.62%) Octopus Deploy
8 31 (2.88%) GitLab
9 27 (2.51%) Oracle Forms
10 22 (2.04%) Cypress.io
10 22 (2.04%) Snyk
11 21 (1.95%) TeamCity
11 21 (1.95%) Visual Studio
12 20 (1.86%) Robot Framework
13 19 (1.76%) Postman
14 13 (1.21%) JMeter
15 11 (1.02%) Cucumber
15 11 (1.02%) NUnit
15 11 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
15 11 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 396 (36.77%) Finance
2 265 (24.61%) Social Skills
3 128 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (10.68%) Marketing
5 74 (6.87%) Manufacturing
6 66 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
7 61 (5.66%) Law
8 51 (4.74%) Retail
9 41 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.95%) Public Sector
12 20 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.86%) Legal
13 14 (1.30%) Banking
14 11 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.84%) Advertising
15 9 (0.84%) Back Office
15 9 (0.84%) Tech for Good
16 8 (0.74%) Games
17 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 212 (19.68%) Senior
2 177 (16.43%) Developer
3 170 (15.78%) Lead
4 127 (11.79%) Analyst
5 121 (11.23%) DevOps Engineer
6 97 (9.01%) Azure Engineer
7 75 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 59 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.20%) Software Engineer
10 47 (4.36%) Test Leader
11 46 (4.27%) Architect
12 43 (3.99%) .NET Developer
13 42 (3.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 42 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
14 35 (3.25%) Business Analyst
15 33 (3.06%) Applications Engineer
15 33 (3.06%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 33 (3.06%) Test Analyst
16 32 (2.97%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.51%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 295 (27.39%) .NET
2 101 (9.38%) RESTful
3 85 (7.89%) React
4 77 (7.15%) .NET Framework
5 72 (6.69%) YAML
6 69 (6.41%) REST
7 60 (5.57%) .NET Core
8 58 (5.39%) JSON
9 51 (4.74%) ASP.NET
10 47 (4.36%) AngularJS
11 45 (4.18%) ARM Templates
11 45 (4.18%) CSS
11 45 (4.18%) OAuth
12 44 (4.09%) Entity Framework
12 44 (4.09%) HTML
13 40 (3.71%) SOAP
14 36 (3.34%) XML
15 30 (2.79%) Blazor
16 29 (2.69%) OAuth2
17 26 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 160 (14.86%) Cloud Native
2 111 (10.31%) Product Ownership
3 56 (5.20%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.25%) Onboarding
6 34 (3.16%) Security Posture
7 33 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (1.95%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.86%) Low-Code
12 18 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (1.67%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
13 11 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.84%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 96 (8.91%) Windows
2 54 (5.01%) Linux
3 23 (2.14%) VMS
4 18 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.74%) Android
6 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.19%) AIX
9 2 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.19%) Unix
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.093%) CentOS
10 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,007 (93.50%) DevOps
2 592 (54.97%) CI/CD
3 516 (47.91%) Agile
4 262 (24.33%) Test Automation
5 251 (23.31%) Infrastructure as Code
6 235 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 224 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
8 221 (20.52%) Mentoring
9 178 (16.53%) AI
10 172 (15.97%) Coaching
11 138 (12.81%) Analytics
12 133 (12.35%) Roadmaps
13 131 (12.16%) Scrum
14 128 (11.88%) Containerisation
15 122 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
16 119 (11.05%) Microservices
17 118 (10.96%) Asset Management
17 118 (10.96%) ERP
18 115 (10.68%) Software Engineering
19 114 (10.58%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 357 (33.15%) SQL
2 257 (23.86%) C#
3 251 (23.31%) Python
4 219 (20.33%) PowerShell
5 105 (9.75%) JavaScript
6 96 (8.91%) Bicep
7 87 (8.08%) Bash
8 70 (6.50%) TypeScript
9 47 (4.36%) T-SQL
10 46 (4.27%) Java
11 31 (2.88%) Shell Script
12 28 (2.60%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.76%) Apex Code
14 17 (1.58%) Go
15 9 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.65%) Scala
17 5 (0.46%) Groovy
17 5 (0.46%) PHP
17 5 (0.46%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 144 (13.37%) Degree
2 93 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (7.61%) Azure Certification
4 70 (6.50%) Security Cleared
5 49 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.18%) ISTQB
6 45 (4.18%) Master's Degree
7 32 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.76%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.58%) ISEB
11 10 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 10 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 10 (0.93%) PMP
12 7 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.37%) CCNA
14 4 (0.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (14.11%) QA
2 42 (3.90%) GDPR
3 39 (3.62%) Accessibility
4 37 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (2.60%) NCSC
5 28 (2.60%) NIST
6 27 (2.51%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.76%) PMO
8 10 (0.93%) Software Quality Assurance
9 5 (0.46%) PERC
10 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.37%) WCAG
11 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.093%) COBIT
12 1 (0.093%) HL7
12 1 (0.093%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.093%) P3O
12 1 (0.093%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.093%) SLA
System Software
1 149 (13.83%) Docker
2 55 (5.11%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.37%) Postfix
6 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) vCloud
8 1 (0.093%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 315 (29.25%) Terraform
2 179 (16.62%) Kubernetes
3 75 (6.96%) Ansible
4 72 (6.69%) HP ALM
5 41 (3.81%) Grafana
6 32 (2.97%) Prometheus
7 28 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.37%) Argo
9 4 (0.37%) Rancher
9 4 (0.37%) vRealize
10 3 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.28%) SCOM
11 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.19%) Nessus
11 2 (0.19%) Puppet
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.093%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 374 (34.73%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.52%) SAP
3 72 (6.69%) HP
4 53 (4.92%) Databricks
5 35 (3.25%) Oracle
5 35 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.23%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.23%) VMware
7 18 (1.67%) Black Duck
7 18 (1.67%) Google
8 17 (1.58%) Coverity
8 17 (1.58%) Okta
9 14 (1.30%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.30%) Xamarin
10 13 (1.21%) Foundry
10 13 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.11%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.11%) Sage
12 10 (0.93%) Rackspace
12 10 (0.93%) SolarWinds