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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 106 88
Rank change year-on-year -19 -18 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,107 1,469 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.87% 2.66% 3.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.40% 7.37% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 694 950 1,479
10th Percentile £41,453 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,118 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +8.33% -

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 20,505 19,934 21,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 36.09% 41.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11,185 11,794 17,464
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £101,268 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -39 864 £65,000 -3.70% 476
UK excluding London -22 681 £56,500 -13.08% 375
Work from Home 0 514 £62,500 -7.41% 270
London +4 354 £75,000 -0.99% 165
South East -4 228 £57,500 -14.81% 131
Scotland +76 168 £64,500 +22.86% 29
North of England -42 96 £60,000 -7.69% 93
Midlands -53 79 £60,000 -7.69% 58
West Midlands -50 63 £60,000 -7.69% 34
South West -74 61 £47,500 -26.92% 37
North West -28 35 £65,000 - 50
Yorkshire -33 35 £60,000 -9.25% 35
Wales +7 29 £55,000 -15.38% 2
North East +9 26 £50,000 -16.67% 9
East of England -36 18 £65,000 +30.00% 29
East Midlands -20 13 £60,000 +33.33% 24
Northern Ireland -7 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 37 (3.34%) Confluence
2 33 (2.98%) IIS
3 25 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 16 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.54%) Apache
8 6 (0.54%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.18%) Moodle
9 2 (0.18%) nginx
9 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.090%) CMS
Applications
1 37 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (6.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (3.34%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.090%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.090%) Endur
6 1 (0.090%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,038 (93.77%) Azure
2 336 (30.35%) GitHub
3 229 (20.69%) Power Platform
4 164 (14.81%) AWS
5 155 (14.00%) GitHub Actions
6 91 (8.22%) Azure Monitor
7 85 (7.68%) Entra ID
8 84 (7.59%) Snowflake
9 82 (7.41%) PaaS
9 82 (7.41%) Serverless
10 81 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 79 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
12 76 (6.87%) Power Automate
13 70 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
14 68 (6.14%) SaaS
15 67 (6.05%) GitHub Copilot
16 63 (5.69%) Azure AKS
17 61 (5.51%) dbt
18 52 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
19 50 (4.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.79%) Firewall
2 40 (3.61%) DNS
3 24 (2.17%) VPN
4 15 (1.36%) WAN
5 10 (0.90%) HTTP
5 10 (0.90%) Network Security
6 8 (0.72%) DHCP
6 8 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.54%) VLAN
8 4 (0.36%) SSL
9 3 (0.27%) AMQP
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) IPsec
9 3 (0.27%) OSPF
9 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.18%) Internet
11 1 (0.090%) IPv6
11 1 (0.090%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 126 (11.38%) Power BI
3 80 (7.23%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 50 (4.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 45 (4.07%) NoSQL
7 44 (3.97%) Tableau
8 27 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 25 (2.26%) Data Lake
10 21 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (1.54%) DynamoDB
13 14 (1.26%) MongoDB
14 13 (1.17%) Metadata
15 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 10 (0.90%) BigQuery
16 10 (0.90%) MySQL
17 9 (0.81%) Delta Lake
18 6 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 214 (19.33%) JIRA
2 191 (17.25%) Git
3 123 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.23%) eCATT
5 58 (5.24%) Selenium
6 40 (3.61%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.34%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (2.89%) GitLab
9 29 (2.62%) Cypress.io
9 29 (2.62%) Octopus Deploy
10 24 (2.17%) Snyk
10 24 (2.17%) TeamCity
11 23 (2.08%) Robot Framework
12 22 (1.99%) Postman
13 21 (1.90%) Visual Studio
14 12 (1.08%) NUnit
15 11 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
16 10 (0.90%) JMeter
17 9 (0.81%) Cucumber
18 8 (0.72%) SpecFlow
General
1 445 (40.20%) Finance
2 287 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 145 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (10.21%) Marketing
5 71 (6.41%) Manufacturing
6 65 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
7 51 (4.61%) Law
8 43 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (3.07%) Retail
10 32 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (2.35%) Public Sector
12 25 (2.26%) Legal
13 20 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.26%) Banking
15 11 (0.99%) Billing
16 9 (0.81%) Advertising
16 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.81%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.72%) Games
18 7 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 229 (20.69%) Senior
2 183 (16.53%) Developer
3 160 (14.45%) Lead
4 129 (11.65%) Analyst
5 120 (10.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 109 (9.85%) Azure Engineer
7 91 (8.22%) Cloud Engineer
8 57 (5.15%) Data Engineer
9 51 (4.61%) Software Engineer
10 49 (4.43%) Test Leader
11 48 (4.34%) .NET Developer
12 47 (4.25%) Applications Engineer
13 45 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
14 43 (3.88%) Architect
15 38 (3.43%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 38 (3.43%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 34 (3.07%) Business Analyst
16 34 (3.07%) Test Analyst
17 29 (2.62%) Senior Developer
18 28 (2.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (24.84%) .NET
2 117 (10.57%) RESTful
3 91 (8.22%) React
4 78 (7.05%) YAML
5 75 (6.78%) REST
6 70 (6.32%) .NET Framework
7 64 (5.78%) OAuth
8 61 (5.51%) JSON
9 58 (5.24%) .NET Core
10 55 (4.97%) SOAP
11 52 (4.70%) ASP.NET
12 46 (4.16%) CSS
13 45 (4.07%) HTML
14 43 (3.88%) ARM Templates
15 40 (3.61%) Entity Framework
15 40 (3.61%) OAuth2
16 36 (3.25%) AngularJS
16 36 (3.25%) XML
17 29 (2.62%) Blazor
17 29 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 170 (15.36%) Cloud Native
2 122 (11.02%) Product Ownership
3 67 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (4.16%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.80%) Security Posture
7 29 (2.62%) Low-Code
8 28 (2.53%) Onboarding
9 27 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (2.35%) Virtual Team
11 24 (2.17%) Mobile App
12 21 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.54%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
16 10 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (0.90%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.12%) Windows
2 62 (5.60%) Linux
3 25 (2.26%) VMS
4 19 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.72%) Android
5 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.090%) CentOS
8 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,037 (93.68%) DevOps
2 640 (57.81%) CI/CD
3 551 (49.77%) Agile
4 294 (26.56%) Test Automation
5 287 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 252 (22.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 246 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 221 (19.96%) Mentoring
9 213 (19.24%) Coaching
10 210 (18.97%) AI
11 167 (15.09%) Analytics
12 156 (14.09%) Asset Management
13 135 (12.20%) Observability
14 133 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
14 133 (12.01%) Roadmaps
15 129 (11.65%) Containerisation
16 127 (11.47%) Scrum
17 123 (11.11%) Data Modelling
18 118 (10.66%) ERP
19 114 (10.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 383 (34.60%) SQL
2 284 (25.65%) Python
3 233 (21.05%) C#
4 218 (19.69%) PowerShell
5 106 (9.58%) Bicep
6 92 (8.31%) JavaScript
7 85 (7.68%) Bash
8 71 (6.41%) TypeScript
9 56 (5.06%) Java
10 39 (3.52%) Shell Script
11 37 (3.34%) PL/SQL
12 35 (3.16%) T-SQL
13 30 (2.71%) Apex Code
14 17 (1.54%) Go
15 14 (1.26%) Scala
16 12 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.45%) C++
19 4 (0.36%) R
20 3 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 142 (12.83%) Degree
2 84 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 78 (7.05%) Azure Certification
4 72 (6.50%) Security Cleared
5 46 (4.16%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.07%) ISTQB
6 45 (4.07%) Master's Degree
7 30 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.08%) ISEB
11 12 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (0.90%) PMP
14 6 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.45%) CBAP
15 5 (0.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (14.00%) QA
2 53 (4.79%) Accessibility
3 44 (3.97%) GDPR
4 40 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 24 (2.17%) NCSC
6 24 (2.17%) NIST
7 17 (1.54%) PMO
8 8 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
9 6 (0.54%) SLA
10 5 (0.45%) PERC
11 4 (0.36%) WCAG
12 1 (0.090%) COBIT
12 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.090%) HL7
12 1 (0.090%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.090%) P3O
12 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 145 (13.10%) Docker
2 71 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) Firmware
5 4 (0.36%) Postfix
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) vCloud
7 1 (0.090%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 364 (32.88%) Terraform
2 174 (15.72%) Kubernetes
3 87 (7.86%) Ansible
4 72 (6.50%) HP ALM
5 42 (3.79%) Grafana
6 38 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
7 33 (2.98%) Prometheus
8 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) Argo
9 4 (0.36%) logstash
9 4 (0.36%) Rancher
9 4 (0.36%) vRealize
10 3 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.27%) Kibana
10 3 (0.27%) SCCM
11 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.18%) Puppet
11 2 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 380 (34.33%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.96%) SAP
3 72 (6.50%) HP
4 51 (4.61%) Databricks
5 44 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 43 (3.88%) Oracle
7 27 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.35%) VMware
9 24 (2.17%) Okta
10 21 (1.90%) Black Duck
11 20 (1.81%) Coverity
12 17 (1.54%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.45%) Google
14 14 (1.26%) Ab Initio
14 14 (1.26%) OpenAI
14 14 (1.26%) Xamarin
14 14 (1.26%) Zscaler
15 12 (1.08%) Dynatrace
15 12 (1.08%) Sage
16 11 (0.99%) Foundry