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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 112 114
Rank change year-on-year -24 +2 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,111 1,306 1,982
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.61% 2.71% 2.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.89% 7.30% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 722 855 1,721
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,625 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +11.11% -2.50%

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 22,737 17,881 29,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.99% 37.16% 38.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,262 10,888 23,911
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,963 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +12.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -48 891 £65,000 -3.70% 369
UK excluding London -36 698 £55,000 -15.38% 325
Work from Home -6 480 £61,498 -8.89% 234
London +22 344 £75,000 -0.29% 121
South East -5 249 £50,000 -23.08% 112
Scotland +60 157 £57,000 +8.57% 26
North of England -45 108 £52,500 -22.22% 85
Midlands -56 78 £60,000 -7.69% 54
South West -75 72 £47,500 -26.92% 30
West Midlands -55 54 £58,000 -10.77% 37
Yorkshire -46 39 £52,500 -25.00% 24
North West -28 36 £63,000 -3.08% 50
North East +8 33 £50,000 -27.27% 13
East Midlands -15 21 £65,000 - 17
Wales -6 18 £55,000 -15.38% 6
East of England -47 13 £65,000 +30.00% 16
Northern Ireland -29 3 £56,250 +12.50% 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 35 (3.15%) Confluence
2 32 (2.88%) IIS
3 25 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
9 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
9 3 (0.27%) Moodle
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.090%) nginx
11 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.43%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 70 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (2.97%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.090%) Endur
7 1 (0.090%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.090%) Primavera
7 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,041 (93.70%) Azure
2 341 (30.69%) GitHub
3 219 (19.71%) Power Platform
4 167 (15.03%) AWS
5 161 (14.49%) GitHub Actions
6 93 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
7 90 (8.10%) Entra ID
8 87 (7.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 85 (7.65%) Serverless
10 83 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
11 79 (7.11%) PaaS
12 74 (6.66%) Snowflake
13 68 (6.12%) SaaS
14 64 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
15 62 (5.58%) GitHub Copilot
16 59 (5.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 57 (5.13%) dbt
18 56 (5.04%) Azure AKS
18 56 (5.04%) GCP
19 51 (4.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.94%) Firewall
2 48 (4.32%) DNS
3 24 (2.16%) VPN
4 21 (1.89%) HTTP
5 19 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.71%) WAN
6 7 (0.63%) DHCP
6 7 (0.63%) Network Security
7 5 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.36%) BGP
8 4 (0.36%) SSL
8 4 (0.36%) VLAN
9 2 (0.18%) AMQP
9 2 (0.18%) IPsec
9 2 (0.18%) OSPF
9 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.18%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.090%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.090%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.090%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (13.23%) SQL Server
2 127 (11.43%) Power BI
3 68 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 67 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 40 (3.60%) NoSQL
7 32 (2.88%) Tableau
8 31 (2.79%) Data Lake
9 27 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (1.80%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
12 15 (1.35%) DynamoDB
13 13 (1.17%) MongoDB
14 12 (1.08%) Metadata
14 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 11 (0.99%) Delta Lake
16 9 (0.81%) GIS
16 9 (0.81%) Star Schema
17 8 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 206 (18.54%) JIRA
2 172 (15.48%) Git
3 123 (11.07%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.21%) eCATT
5 56 (5.04%) Selenium
6 38 (3.42%) NeoLoad
7 34 (3.06%) Cypress.io
8 33 (2.97%) Oracle Forms
9 31 (2.79%) GitLab
10 23 (2.07%) Octopus Deploy
10 23 (2.07%) Visual Studio
11 20 (1.80%) Robot Framework
11 20 (1.80%) Snyk
12 19 (1.71%) TeamCity
13 18 (1.62%) Postman
14 13 (1.17%) Eclipse
15 8 (0.72%) MLflow
15 8 (0.72%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.63%) NUnit
General
1 440 (39.60%) Finance
2 269 (24.21%) Social Skills
3 154 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.55%) Marketing
5 76 (6.84%) Manufacturing
6 60 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (4.95%) Law
8 48 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (2.79%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.25%) Billing
11 23 (2.07%) Retail
12 21 (1.89%) Legal
13 19 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.44%) Banking
15 13 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Tech for Good
17 9 (0.81%) Advertising
18 8 (0.72%) Games
19 7 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 224 (20.16%) Senior
2 197 (17.73%) Developer
3 157 (14.13%) Lead
4 142 (12.78%) DevOps Engineer
5 127 (11.43%) Azure Engineer
6 120 (10.80%) Analyst
7 101 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
8 61 (5.49%) Data Engineer
9 49 (4.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 49 (4.41%) Test Leader
10 48 (4.32%) Software Engineer
11 47 (4.23%) Applications Engineer
12 46 (4.14%) Architect
13 45 (4.05%) .NET Developer
13 45 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
14 33 (2.97%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 32 (2.88%) Business Analyst
16 31 (2.79%) Power Platform Developer
16 31 (2.79%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (23.40%) .NET
2 106 (9.54%) RESTful
3 87 (7.83%) React
4 70 (6.30%) OAuth
4 70 (6.30%) REST
5 64 (5.76%) YAML
6 59 (5.31%) .NET Core
6 59 (5.31%) ASP.NET
7 57 (5.13%) .NET Framework
8 53 (4.77%) SOAP
9 52 (4.68%) CSS
10 51 (4.59%) HTML
11 49 (4.41%) JSON
12 39 (3.51%) OAuth2
13 37 (3.33%) SAML
14 35 (3.15%) Playwright
15 31 (2.79%) Entity Framework
16 29 (2.61%) ARM Templates
16 29 (2.61%) Lightning Web Components
17 28 (2.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 137 (12.33%) Cloud Native
2 120 (10.80%) Product Ownership
3 53 (4.77%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.33%) Low-Code
6 32 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.25%) Mobile App
8 23 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.07%) Virtual Team
9 22 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.71%) Reinsurance
10 19 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 14 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.17%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 85 (7.65%) Windows
2 61 (5.49%) Linux
3 25 (2.25%) VMS
4 15 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.45%) Android
7 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.090%) CentOS
10 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,041 (93.70%) DevOps
2 632 (56.89%) CI/CD
3 510 (45.90%) Agile
4 298 (26.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 277 (24.93%) Test Automation
6 259 (23.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 226 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
8 197 (17.73%) Coaching
9 191 (17.19%) AI
10 181 (16.29%) Mentoring
11 176 (15.84%) Analytics
12 145 (13.05%) Asset Management
13 136 (12.24%) Observability
14 135 (12.15%) Data Modelling
15 133 (11.97%) Containerisation
15 133 (11.97%) Roadmaps
16 128 (11.52%) Business Intelligence
17 114 (10.26%) Software Engineering
18 109 (9.81%) Scrum
19 107 (9.63%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 379 (34.11%) SQL
2 276 (24.84%) Python
3 224 (20.16%) C#
4 174 (15.66%) PowerShell
5 106 (9.54%) JavaScript
6 93 (8.37%) Bicep
7 90 (8.10%) Bash
8 64 (5.76%) TypeScript
9 52 (4.68%) Java
10 36 (3.24%) Shell Script
11 33 (2.97%) PL/SQL
12 30 (2.70%) Apex Code
13 29 (2.61%) T-SQL
14 25 (2.25%) Go
15 15 (1.35%) Scala
16 12 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.45%) C++
19 4 (0.36%) VB
20 3 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 119 (10.71%) Degree
2 75 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 70 (6.30%) Azure Certification
4 59 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.69%) SC Cleared
6 33 (2.97%) Master's Degree
7 32 (2.88%) ISTQB
8 29 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.52%) DV Cleared
10 19 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.17%) HND
12 12 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 12 (1.08%) PMI Certification
13 11 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.63%) PMP
15 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.45%) CBAP
16 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
17 4 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (12.24%) QA
2 64 (5.76%) Accessibility
3 46 (4.14%) GDPR
4 44 (3.96%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.08%) NCSC
7 12 (1.08%) NIST
7 12 (1.08%) PMO
7 12 (1.08%) SLA
8 5 (0.45%) PERC
9 3 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (0.27%) WCAG
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.090%) HL7
11 1 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.090%) P3O
11 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 130 (11.70%) Docker
2 74 (6.66%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.36%) Postfix
7 3 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.18%) vCloud
9 1 (0.090%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 348 (31.32%) Terraform
2 140 (12.60%) Kubernetes
3 103 (9.27%) Ansible
4 72 (6.48%) HP ALM
5 54 (4.86%) Grafana
6 43 (3.87%) Prometheus
7 36 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.72%) Kibana
10 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.36%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Argo
11 3 (0.27%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 2 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) Rancher
12 2 (0.18%) vRealize
13 1 (0.090%) Nagios
Vendors
1 358 (32.22%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.84%) SAP
3 72 (6.48%) HP
4 56 (5.04%) Databricks
5 42 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 38 (3.42%) Oracle
7 35 (3.15%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.98%) Okta
9 20 (1.80%) VMware
10 19 (1.71%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.62%) Black Duck
11 18 (1.62%) Coverity
11 18 (1.62%) Zscaler
12 14 (1.26%) Ab Initio
12 14 (1.26%) Adobe
13 13 (1.17%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.08%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.08%) Nintex
14 12 (1.08%) Sage
14 12 (1.08%) Xamarin