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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 110 112
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,132 1,364 1,958
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 2.69% 2.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.22% 7.31% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 726 870 1,722
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,533 £53,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -5.30%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -15.38% +9.20% -0.79%

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 21,693 18,671 28,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.34% 36.83% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,723 11,030 23,744
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 7 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 7 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 -40 892 £65,000 -3.70% 359
UK excluding London -29 705 £55,000 -15.38% 309
Work from Home -5 501 £62,500 -7.41% 237
London +30 353 £75,000 - 125
South East -7 244 £50,000 -23.08% 98
Scotland +61 170 £56,000 +1.82% 26
North of England -43 107 £55,000 -18.35% 85
Midlands -60 76 £60,000 -7.69% 41
South West -72 69 £47,500 -26.92% 28
West Midlands -46 55 £58,000 -12.12% 26
Yorkshire -42 41 £55,000 -21.43% 29
North West -17 36 £64,000 -1.54% 49
North East +8 30 £50,000 -27.27% 8
Wales +2 22 £55,000 -15.38% 15
East Midlands -9 18 £65,000 - 15
East of England -39 14 £65,000 +30.00% 19
Northern Ireland -21 3 £56,250 +12.50% 2

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 (3.53%) Confluence
2 34 (3.00%) IIS
3 26 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.35%) Apache
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.18%) Moodle
11 1 (0.088%) nginx
11 1 (0.088%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
Applications
1 37 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.35%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.088%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (6.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (3.27%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.088%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.088%) Endur
5 1 (0.088%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.088%) Primavera
5 1 (0.088%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,063 (93.90%) Azure
2 349 (30.83%) GitHub
3 218 (19.26%) Power Platform
4 171 (15.11%) AWS
5 158 (13.96%) GitHub Actions
6 100 (8.83%) Azure Monitor
7 96 (8.48%) Entra ID
8 90 (7.95%) Azure Data Factory
9 87 (7.69%) Serverless
10 81 (7.16%) Snowflake
11 80 (7.07%) PaaS
12 77 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
13 70 (6.18%) SaaS
14 66 (5.83%) GitHub Copilot
15 64 (5.65%) Azure AKS
16 61 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
17 59 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
18 58 (5.12%) dbt
19 57 (5.04%) GCP
20 53 (4.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.74%) Firewall
2 47 (4.15%) DNS
3 28 (2.47%) VPN
4 20 (1.77%) WAN
5 18 (1.59%) HTTP
6 16 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.71%) DHCP
7 8 (0.71%) Network Security
8 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.44%) BGP
9 5 (0.44%) VLAN
10 4 (0.35%) SSL
11 3 (0.27%) AMQP
11 3 (0.27%) IPsec
11 3 (0.27%) OSPF
11 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.088%) Internet
12 1 (0.088%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.088%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (13.96%) SQL Server
2 130 (11.48%) Power BI
3 74 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (6.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 47 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 41 (3.62%) NoSQL
7 38 (3.36%) Tableau
8 31 (2.74%) Data Lake
9 28 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
11 16 (1.41%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.33%) DynamoDB
13 12 (1.06%) Metadata
13 12 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (0.97%) Delta Lake
15 9 (0.80%) GIS
15 9 (0.80%) MySQL
15 9 (0.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 213 (18.82%) JIRA
2 186 (16.43%) Git
3 128 (11.31%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.10%) eCATT
5 56 (4.95%) Selenium
6 39 (3.45%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.27%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (2.83%) Cypress.io
9 30 (2.65%) GitLab
10 25 (2.21%) Octopus Deploy
11 22 (1.94%) Visual Studio
12 21 (1.86%) Snyk
12 21 (1.86%) TeamCity
13 20 (1.77%) Robot Framework
14 19 (1.68%) Postman
15 13 (1.15%) Eclipse
16 9 (0.80%) SpecFlow
17 8 (0.71%) MLflow
17 8 (0.71%) NUnit
18 7 (0.62%) REST Assured
General
1 452 (39.93%) Finance
2 272 (24.03%) Social Skills
3 155 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (8.83%) Marketing
5 72 (6.36%) Manufacturing
6 59 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
7 48 (4.24%) Law
8 46 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (2.56%) Public Sector
10 23 (2.03%) Billing
11 22 (1.94%) Retail
12 21 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.59%) Legal
14 15 (1.33%) Banking
14 15 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.88%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.71%) Advertising
17 8 (0.71%) Games
18 7 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 238 (21.02%) Senior
2 202 (17.84%) Developer
3 157 (13.87%) Lead
4 139 (12.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 126 (11.13%) Azure Engineer
6 125 (11.04%) Analyst
7 107 (9.45%) Cloud Engineer
8 59 (5.21%) Data Engineer
9 51 (4.51%) Applications Engineer
10 50 (4.42%) Software Engineer
11 49 (4.33%) .NET Developer
11 49 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
11 49 (4.33%) Test Leader
12 48 (4.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 41 (3.62%) Architect
14 39 (3.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 35 (3.09%) Business Analyst
16 31 (2.74%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.74%) Support Engineer
17 28 (2.47%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 277 (24.47%) .NET
2 115 (10.16%) RESTful
3 97 (8.57%) React
4 78 (6.89%) REST
5 71 (6.27%) YAML
6 70 (6.18%) OAuth
7 67 (5.92%) .NET Framework
8 61 (5.39%) .NET Core
8 61 (5.39%) ASP.NET
9 54 (4.77%) SOAP
10 53 (4.68%) CSS
11 52 (4.59%) HTML
11 52 (4.59%) JSON
12 41 (3.62%) OAuth2
13 36 (3.18%) AngularJS
13 36 (3.18%) Entity Framework
13 36 (3.18%) SAML
14 34 (3.00%) Playwright
15 33 (2.92%) ARM Templates
16 30 (2.65%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 150 (13.25%) Cloud Native
2 125 (11.04%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.12%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (3.71%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.09%) Low-Code
6 34 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (2.39%) Mobile App
8 25 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.21%) Virtual Team
9 23 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (2.03%) Security Posture
10 22 (1.94%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.68%) Reinsurance
12 16 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (1.33%) Data Centre
14 12 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 98 (8.66%) Windows
2 69 (6.10%) Linux
3 29 (2.56%) VMS
4 17 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.62%) Android
7 6 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.088%) CentOS
10 1 (0.088%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,063 (93.90%) DevOps
2 651 (57.51%) CI/CD
3 530 (46.82%) Agile
4 309 (27.30%) Infrastructure as Code
5 283 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 265 (23.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 235 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (18.82%) Coaching
9 203 (17.93%) AI
10 192 (16.96%) Mentoring
11 180 (15.90%) Analytics
12 159 (14.05%) Asset Management
13 137 (12.10%) Observability
14 135 (11.93%) Containerisation
14 135 (11.93%) Data Modelling
14 135 (11.93%) Roadmaps
15 132 (11.66%) Business Intelligence
16 117 (10.34%) Software Engineering
17 113 (9.98%) Microservices
17 113 (9.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 394 (34.81%) SQL
2 293 (25.88%) Python
3 237 (20.94%) C#
4 194 (17.14%) PowerShell
5 108 (9.54%) JavaScript
6 99 (8.75%) Bicep
7 96 (8.48%) Bash
8 69 (6.10%) TypeScript
9 57 (5.04%) Java
10 40 (3.53%) Shell Script
11 37 (3.27%) PL/SQL
12 31 (2.74%) Apex Code
13 30 (2.65%) T-SQL
14 24 (2.12%) Go
15 15 (1.33%) Scala
16 12 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.44%) C++
19 4 (0.35%) PHP
19 4 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 129 (11.40%) Degree
2 73 (6.45%) Azure Certification
2 73 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 67 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 35 (3.09%) ISTQB
7 29 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.30%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.86%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 12 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 11 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (0.97%) HND
12 8 (0.71%) PMP
13 6 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.53%) ISEB
14 5 (0.44%) CBAP
14 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (12.01%) QA
2 63 (5.57%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.15%) GDPR
4 44 (3.89%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.15%) NCSC
6 13 (1.15%) NIST
6 13 (1.15%) PMO
6 13 (1.15%) SOC 2
7 11 (0.97%) SLA
8 5 (0.44%) PERC
9 3 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (0.27%) WCAG
10 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.088%) GRC
11 1 (0.088%) HL7
11 1 (0.088%) P3O
11 1 (0.088%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 137 (12.10%) Docker
2 77 (6.80%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.35%) Firmware
6 4 (0.35%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) vCloud
8 1 (0.088%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.088%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 367 (32.42%) Terraform
2 156 (13.78%) Kubernetes
3 101 (8.92%) Ansible
4 72 (6.36%) HP ALM
5 53 (4.68%) Grafana
6 40 (3.53%) Prometheus
7 39 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.71%) Kibana
10 4 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.35%) Argo
10 4 (0.35%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.27%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) Rancher
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
11 3 (0.27%) vRealize
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
13 1 (0.088%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 358 (31.63%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.80%) SAP
3 72 (6.36%) HP
4 57 (5.04%) Databricks
5 44 (3.89%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.71%) Oracle
7 35 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.12%) Okta
9 22 (1.94%) VMware
10 20 (1.77%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.68%) Zscaler
12 18 (1.59%) Black Duck
12 18 (1.59%) Coverity
13 14 (1.24%) Ab Initio
14 13 (1.15%) Xamarin
15 12 (1.06%) Adobe
15 12 (1.06%) Google
15 12 (1.06%) Sage
16 10 (0.88%) Nintex
16 10 (0.88%) Red Hat