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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 148 114
Rank change year-on-year -19 -34 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,092 935 2,303
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.20% 2.14% 2.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.99% 6.07% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 817 742 1,784
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,125 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.72% +5.42% -

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 27,355 15,396 34,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.11% 35.19% 35.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,896 10,932 26,754
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,322 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +4.91% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -27 930 £67,500 -3.57% 388
UK excluding London +6 684 £59,000 -6.72% 308
Work from Home +13 427 £63,000 -6.67% 236
London -12 342 £77,500 +3.33% 143
South East -29 174 £50,000 -28.57% 98
North of England +9 172 £61,250 -12.50% 78
Midlands 0 108 £65,000 - 45
North West +33 83 £70,000 +3.70% 36
Scotland +48 81 £62,500 +8.70% 18
South West -36 76 £52,373 -19.43% 19
West Midlands -40 58 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Yorkshire -57 49 £64,655 -7.64% 19
East Midlands +5 47 £67,500 +35.00% 23
North East -10 40 £50,000 -23.08% 23
East of England +1 39 £56,000 +1.82% 32
Wales -15 34 £53,100 +0.97% 20
Northern Ireland -36 2 £72,500 +45.00% 3

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 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.30%) Confluence
3 20 (1.83%) IIS
4 19 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.01%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.64%) Anypoint
7 7 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.55%) Apache
9 5 (0.46%) CMS
10 4 (0.37%) Moodle
10 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.27%) WordPress
12 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.18%) CICS
12 2 (0.18%) Luigi
13 1 (0.092%) Drupal
13 1 (0.092%) nginx
13 1 (0.092%) PegaRULES
13 1 (0.092%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.46%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.092%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.46%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) Magento
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.092%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.092%) Endur
7 1 (0.092%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.092%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.092%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.092%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.092%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,091 (99.91%) Azure
2 268 (24.54%) GitHub
3 181 (16.58%) Power Platform
4 162 (14.84%) AWS
5 152 (13.92%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (8.88%) Serverless
7 89 (8.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 87 (7.97%) Entra ID
9 86 (7.88%) Azure AKS
9 86 (7.88%) Azure Monitor
10 79 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
11 71 (6.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 69 (6.32%) PaaS
13 63 (5.77%) GCP
14 61 (5.59%) Azure Functions
15 59 (5.40%) Azure Service Bus
15 59 (5.40%) SaaS
16 58 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
17 49 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
18 40 (3.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.59%) Firewall
2 30 (2.75%) DNS
3 19 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.65%) HTTP
5 15 (1.37%) Network Security
6 14 (1.28%) VPN
7 13 (1.19%) WAN
8 3 (0.27%) BGP
8 3 (0.27%) DHCP
9 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.18%) Internet
9 2 (0.18%) MQTT
9 2 (0.18%) SSL
9 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.18%) Wireless
9 2 (0.18%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.092%) LTE
10 1 (0.092%) SAN
10 1 (0.092%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (10.99%) SQL Server
2 107 (9.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 100 (9.16%) Power BI
4 68 (6.23%) MongoDB
5 47 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (3.57%) Data Lake
8 36 (3.30%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.20%) Delta Lake
10 23 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 20 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (1.37%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.28%) Tableau
15 12 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (1.10%) Star Schema
16 11 (1.01%) DynamoDB
17 10 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
17 10 (0.92%) Metadata
18 9 (0.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 175 (16.03%) Git
2 147 (13.46%) JIRA
3 118 (10.81%) Jenkins
4 65 (5.95%) GitLab
5 52 (4.76%) Selenium
6 37 (3.39%) Cypress.io
7 33 (3.02%) Postman
8 22 (2.01%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.56%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
12 13 (1.19%) REST Assured
13 12 (1.10%) JMeter
13 12 (1.10%) TeamCity
13 12 (1.10%) TestRail
14 10 (0.92%) Zephyr
15 8 (0.73%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.64%) fastlane
16 7 (0.64%) LoadRunner
17 6 (0.55%) MLflow
General
1 304 (27.84%) Finance
2 248 (22.71%) Social Skills
3 142 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (5.49%) Public Sector
5 51 (4.67%) Law
6 48 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (3.57%) Retail
8 34 (3.11%) Legal
9 31 (2.84%) Marketing
10 28 (2.56%) Billing
11 21 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.83%) Banking
12 20 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.28%) Advertising
14 13 (1.19%) Games
15 12 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.01%) Automotive
16 11 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (0.92%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.46%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 259 (23.72%) Developer
2 222 (20.33%) Senior
3 195 (17.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 182 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
5 159 (14.56%) Lead
6 96 (8.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 80 (7.33%) .NET Developer
8 73 (6.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 65 (5.95%) Data Engineer
10 59 (5.40%) Senior Developer
11 57 (5.22%) Analyst
12 52 (4.76%) Architect
12 52 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
13 49 (4.49%) Senior DevOps
14 47 (4.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 31 (2.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 29 (2.66%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.47%) Applications Support
17 27 (2.47%) Full-Stack Developer
17 27 (2.47%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (26.19%) .NET
2 126 (11.54%) React
3 109 (9.98%) ASP.NET
4 103 (9.43%) .NET Core
4 103 (9.43%) REST
5 100 (9.16%) RESTful
6 96 (8.79%) CSS
7 95 (8.70%) HTML
8 79 (7.23%) ASP.NET Core
9 65 (5.95%) Node.js
9 65 (5.95%) OAuth
10 56 (5.13%) SOAP
11 53 (4.85%) Playwright
12 49 (4.49%) YAML
13 48 (4.40%) Entity Framework
14 47 (4.30%) JSON
15 46 (4.21%) Blazor
16 42 (3.85%) .NET Framework
16 42 (3.85%) PySpark
17 37 (3.39%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.90%) Product Ownership
2 102 (9.34%) Cloud Native
3 43 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.48%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.66%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.65%) Reinsurance
11 15 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.28%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
16 9 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
17 8 (0.73%) PMI
18 7 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 85 (7.78%) Linux
2 67 (6.14%) Windows
3 19 (1.74%) Unix
3 19 (1.74%) VMS
4 14 (1.28%) Ubuntu
5 13 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.10%) Android
7 4 (0.37%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.092%) SUSE
9 1 (0.092%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,091 (99.91%) DevOps
2 676 (61.90%) CI/CD
3 495 (45.33%) Agile
4 302 (27.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 269 (24.63%) Test Automation
6 219 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 199 (18.22%) AI
8 197 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (14.84%) Mentoring
10 160 (14.65%) Analytics
11 156 (14.29%) Observability
12 155 (14.19%) Scrum
13 145 (13.28%) Data Modelling
14 132 (12.09%) Containerisation
15 131 (12.00%) Coaching
16 125 (11.45%) Microservices
17 124 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
18 105 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
19 100 (9.16%) Roadmaps
19 100 (9.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 370 (33.88%) SQL
2 264 (24.18%) Python
3 246 (22.53%) C#
4 153 (14.01%) JavaScript
5 125 (11.45%) PowerShell
6 104 (9.52%) Bash
7 80 (7.33%) Bicep
8 73 (6.68%) Java
9 60 (5.49%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.11%) Apex Code
10 23 (2.11%) Go
11 21 (1.92%) Scala
12 18 (1.65%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.47%) Shell Script
14 14 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (1.19%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (0.92%) Swift
18 7 (0.64%) DataWeave
19 6 (0.55%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 88 (8.06%) Degree
2 70 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 48 (4.40%) Azure Certification
4 47 (4.30%) SC Cleared
5 40 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.84%) ISTQB
7 21 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.19%) HND
10 12 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.37%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.27%) CBAP
16 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (11.08%) QA
2 77 (7.05%) Accessibility
3 49 (4.49%) Data Quality
4 47 (4.30%) GDPR
5 30 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.28%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.19%) SLA
8 12 (1.10%) TickIT
9 10 (0.92%) GRC
9 10 (0.92%) WCAG
10 6 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.55%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.46%) IFRS
11 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.18%) JTAG
13 2 (0.18%) NCSC
13 2 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 149 (13.64%) Docker
2 63 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
5 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.092%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 327 (29.95%) Terraform
2 121 (11.08%) Kubernetes
3 80 (7.33%) Ansible
4 66 (6.04%) Grafana
5 54 (4.95%) Prometheus
6 22 (2.01%) Argo
7 16 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.82%) Kibana
9 4 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.37%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.37%) logstash
9 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.37%) Puppet
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Scalr
11 2 (0.18%) MIIS
11 2 (0.18%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
12 1 (0.092%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.092%) Nessus
Vendors
1 407 (37.27%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.68%) Databricks
3 49 (4.49%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.21%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.38%) Oracle
6 23 (2.11%) Red Hat
7 18 (1.65%) Dynatrace
8 17 (1.56%) Google
8 17 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.37%) Adobe
9 15 (1.37%) Apple
9 15 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.37%) Zscaler
10 12 (1.10%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.10%) Nintex
11 11 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.92%) Facebook
12 10 (0.92%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.92%) Okta
12 10 (0.92%) VMware