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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 166 119
Rank change year-on-year +7 -47 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,379 950 1,867
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.91% 2.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.94% 5.94% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 718 1,347
10th Percentile £43,100 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £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 £83,438 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £97,500
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 27,935 15,994 27,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.78% 32.24% 32.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18,353 11,106 19,504
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,425 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% -3.77% -3.64%

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 5 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 5 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 +18 1,230 £65,000 -7.14% 639
UK excluding London +64 928 £60,000 - 417
Work from Home +30 572 £60,000 -11.11% 388
London -46 385 £80,000 +3.23% 294
North of England +98 276 £60,000 -7.69% 104
South East -1 223 £60,000 -4.38% 136
North West +91 158 £65,000 - 61
Midlands +22 148 £63,500 +5.83% 73
South West +1 101 £55,000 -4.35% 34
Wales 0 80 £53,171 -5.47% 15
East of England +12 79 £55,500 -11.20% 28
West Midlands -17 76 £65,000 +6.12% 44
East Midlands +29 72 £60,000 +9.09% 28
Yorkshire -6 64 £69,310 +6.63% 29
North East -7 54 £51,310 -6.71% 15
Scotland +10 22 £57,500 -10.85% 19
Northern Ireland -77 1 £72,500 +45.00% 10

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 67 (4.86%) Confluence
2 66 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.45%) IIS
5 19 (1.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.80%) Apache
6 11 (0.80%) CMS
7 9 (0.65%) nginx
8 8 (0.58%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.44%) Camunda
9 6 (0.44%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.29%) CICS
12 3 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.22%) WordPress
13 2 (0.15%) Luigi
13 2 (0.15%) Moodle
14 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.073%) TPMS
Applications
1 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.65%) Trello
5 8 (0.58%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.073%) Notion
7 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.58%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.44%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.29%) Shopify
7 3 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.22%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.15%) Magento
9 1 (0.073%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,378 (99.93%) Azure
2 221 (16.03%) GitHub
3 218 (15.81%) Power Platform
4 171 (12.40%) AWS
5 135 (9.79%) GitHub Actions
6 125 (9.06%) Serverless
7 111 (8.05%) Azure Service Bus
8 107 (7.76%) Dynamics 365
9 106 (7.69%) Azure AKS
10 103 (7.47%) Azure Functions
11 99 (7.18%) Azure AI
12 96 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
13 94 (6.82%) PaaS
14 92 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
15 82 (5.95%) Entra ID
15 82 (5.95%) SaaS
16 79 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
17 75 (5.44%) Azure Key Vault
18 72 (5.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 72 (5.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.61%) Firewall
2 24 (1.74%) VPN
3 18 (1.31%) DNS
4 13 (0.94%) HTTP
4 13 (0.94%) Network Security
5 12 (0.87%) Internet
6 9 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.51%) SAN
9 6 (0.44%) MQTT
9 6 (0.44%) Wireless
9 6 (0.44%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.29%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.29%) DHCP
10 4 (0.29%) VLAN
11 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
13 1 (0.073%) BGP
13 1 (0.073%) Broadband
13 1 (0.073%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (17.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 171 (12.40%) MongoDB
3 161 (11.68%) SQL Server
4 100 (7.25%) Power BI
5 56 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
6 53 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (3.05%) Relational Database
8 36 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.25%) Delta Lake
10 27 (1.96%) NoSQL
11 25 (1.81%) Redis
12 23 (1.67%) MySQL
12 23 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (1.60%) Data Lake
14 18 (1.31%) Spark SQL
15 17 (1.23%) Metadata
16 15 (1.09%) Tableau
17 14 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 14 (1.02%) Star Schema
18 11 (0.80%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 221 (16.03%) Git
2 183 (13.27%) JIRA
3 124 (8.99%) Jenkins
4 82 (5.95%) GitLab
5 51 (3.70%) Selenium
6 43 (3.12%) Cypress.io
7 42 (3.05%) Postman
8 19 (1.38%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.31%) JUnit
10 17 (1.23%) Eclipse
10 17 (1.23%) Visual Studio
11 16 (1.16%) NUnit
12 15 (1.09%) JMeter
13 14 (1.02%) fastlane
13 14 (1.02%) TestRail
14 13 (0.94%) Zephyr
15 12 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (0.73%) Mockito
16 10 (0.73%) SonarQube
16 10 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 342 (24.80%) Social Skills
2 300 (21.75%) Finance
3 137 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (7.54%) Public Sector
5 97 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (4.21%) Law
7 56 (4.06%) Retail
8 45 (3.26%) Marketing
9 39 (2.83%) Legal
10 35 (2.54%) Banking
11 31 (2.25%) Advertising
12 24 (1.74%) Games
12 24 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.87%) Aviation
17 10 (0.73%) Automotive
18 9 (0.65%) Legal Technology
18 9 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 433 (31.40%) Developer
2 285 (20.67%) Senior
3 210 (15.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 206 (14.94%) .NET Developer
5 188 (13.63%) Azure Engineer
6 176 (12.76%) Lead
7 108 (7.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 91 (6.60%) Senior Developer
9 76 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
10 74 (5.37%) Data Engineer
11 68 (4.93%) Analyst
12 60 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
13 57 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (4.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 56 (4.06%) Architect
15 51 (3.70%) Software Engineer
16 42 (3.05%) Software Developer
17 39 (2.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 37 (2.68%) Senior Data Engineer
19 36 (2.61%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 459 (33.28%) .NET
2 249 (18.06%) ASP.NET
3 229 (16.61%) .NET Core
4 199 (14.43%) ASP.NET Core
5 170 (12.33%) React
6 159 (11.53%) HTML
7 157 (11.39%) CSS
8 155 (11.24%) RESTful
9 152 (11.02%) REST
10 119 (8.63%) Blazor
10 119 (8.63%) Entity Framework
11 91 (6.60%) Node.js
12 82 (5.95%) ML.NET
13 64 (4.64%) Playwright
14 57 (4.13%) .NET Framework
15 56 (4.06%) ARM Templates
15 56 (4.06%) YAML
16 50 (3.63%) JSON
17 46 (3.34%) OAuth
18 43 (3.12%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 139 (10.08%) Product Ownership
2 137 (9.93%) Cloud Native
3 64 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
4 53 (3.84%) Mobile App
5 52 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
6 50 (3.63%) Onboarding
7 39 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
9 28 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.74%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.52%) Low-Code
14 19 (1.38%) Podcast
15 17 (1.23%) BBC
15 17 (1.23%) iPhone
15 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.23%) Social Media
16 16 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 16 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 99 (7.18%) Linux
2 92 (6.67%) Windows
3 26 (1.89%) Android
4 23 (1.67%) VMS
5 18 (1.31%) Unix
5 18 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.94%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.29%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Debian
10 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Rocky
10 2 (0.15%) Solaris
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.073%) SUSE
11 1 (0.073%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,378 (99.93%) DevOps
2 808 (58.59%) CI/CD
3 651 (47.21%) Agile
4 317 (22.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 313 (22.70%) AI
6 292 (21.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 251 (18.20%) Full-Stack Development
8 249 (18.06%) Test Automation
9 219 (15.88%) Scrum
10 218 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
11 201 (14.58%) Mentoring
12 177 (12.84%) Microservices
13 159 (11.53%) Analytics
14 155 (11.24%) Observability
15 140 (10.15%) Platform Engineering
16 137 (9.93%) Machine Learning
17 135 (9.79%) Software Engineering
18 131 (9.50%) SDLC
18 131 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
19 130 (9.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 487 (35.32%) SQL
2 449 (32.56%) C#
3 254 (18.42%) Python
4 243 (17.62%) JavaScript
5 161 (11.68%) PowerShell
6 124 (8.99%) Bash
7 114 (8.27%) Bicep
8 89 (6.45%) Java
9 63 (4.57%) TypeScript
10 35 (2.54%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.31%) Go
12 17 (1.23%) C++
13 16 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (1.09%) Scala
15 12 (0.87%) Swift
16 11 (0.80%) VB.NET
17 10 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.65%) Apex Code
19 8 (0.58%) DataWeave
19 8 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 107 (7.76%) Security Cleared
2 100 (7.25%) Degree
3 90 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 79 (5.73%) Azure Certification
5 42 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.25%) ISTQB
7 26 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.94%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.87%) PMP
11 11 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.44%) CISSP
12 6 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.36%) ISEB
13 5 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 4 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.29%) CBAP
14 4 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (12.91%) QA
2 86 (6.24%) Accessibility
3 54 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.32%) GDPR
4 32 (2.32%) WCAG
5 25 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.16%) PMO
7 12 (0.87%) TickIT
8 10 (0.73%) GRC
9 9 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.65%) SLA
10 8 (0.58%) NCSC
10 8 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.44%) JTAG
11 6 (0.44%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.36%) IFRS
12 5 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 178 (12.91%) Docker
2 65 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.87%) vSphere
6 5 (0.36%) Firmware
7 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 338 (24.51%) Terraform
2 168 (12.18%) Kubernetes
3 66 (4.79%) Ansible
4 63 (4.57%) Grafana
5 58 (4.21%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.18%) Argo
7 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.73%) Puppet
8 4 (0.29%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.22%) Scalr
10 2 (0.15%) Istio
10 2 (0.15%) Kibana
10 2 (0.15%) MIIS
10 2 (0.15%) Nagios
10 2 (0.15%) Nessus
10 2 (0.15%) SCCM
10 2 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 596 (43.22%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.29%) Databricks
3 64 (4.64%) Google
4 41 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.76%) Facebook
6 34 (2.47%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.18%) Apple
8 28 (2.03%) VMware
9 26 (1.89%) Dynatrace
10 24 (1.74%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.52%) YouTube
12 18 (1.31%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 17 (1.23%) Oracle
13 17 (1.23%) SAP
13 17 (1.23%) Sony
13 17 (1.23%) Yahoo!
14 14 (1.02%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.87%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.80%) Foundry