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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 143 110
Rank change year-on-year -4 -33 -28
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,532 1,044 1,593
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.29% 2.13% 2.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.76% 6.72% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 702 989
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,225
Median % change year-on-year - -3.31% +3.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £89,625 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

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 26,594 15,526 22,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.32% 31.75% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 18,450 10,465 13,869
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +11 1,375 £65,000 -2.26% 295
UK excluding London +1 971 £60,000 - 224
Work from Home +8 611 £62,500 -3.85% 184
London -3 485 £75,000 -3.23% 108
North of England +75 279 £60,000 - 56
South East -52 237 £65,000 +8.33% 73
Midlands +34 181 £60,000 - 36
North West +60 156 £60,000 -7.69% 25
West Midlands -5 114 £62,500 +4.17% 23
Wales -20 91 £53,171 -3.33% 11
South West -21 90 £57,500 +9.52% 25
East of England -13 77 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Yorkshire +4 71 £65,000 +18.18% 23
East Midlands +13 67 £54,500 +0.93% 13
North East -32 52 £52,000 +4.00% 9
Scotland -61 19 £55,000 -15.38% 11
Northern Ireland -81 1 £72,500 +16.00%

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 95 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 73 (4.77%) Confluence
3 38 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.17%) IIS
6 11 (0.72%) Apache
6 11 (0.72%) CMS
7 10 (0.65%) nginx
8 9 (0.59%) CICS
9 8 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.46%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.39%) Camunda
12 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.13%) Luigi
13 2 (0.13%) WordPress
14 1 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.065%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.065%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 35 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 24 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 11 (0.72%) Trello
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.065%) Notion
Business Applications
1 43 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.78%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.39%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.26%) Shopify
8 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.13%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.065%) Magento
10 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.065%) Siebel CRM
10 1 (0.065%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,532 (100.00%) Azure
2 308 (20.10%) Power Platform
3 235 (15.34%) GitHub
4 164 (10.70%) Dynamics 365
5 157 (10.25%) Serverless
6 150 (9.79%) AWS
7 132 (8.62%) Azure Functions
8 130 (8.49%) GitHub Actions
9 115 (7.51%) Azure Service Bus
10 108 (7.05%) Azure AI
10 108 (7.05%) Azure Monitor
11 107 (6.98%) Power Automate
12 105 (6.85%) Azure AKS
12 105 (6.85%) Azure Data Factory
12 105 (6.85%) Entra ID
13 104 (6.79%) PaaS
14 100 (6.53%) Azure Logic Apps
15 96 (6.27%) Azure Key Vault
16 93 (6.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 92 (6.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.94%) Firewall
2 41 (2.68%) VPN
3 24 (1.57%) DNS
4 13 (0.85%) Internet
4 13 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.65%) SAN
6 9 (0.59%) DHCP
6 9 (0.59%) Network Security
6 9 (0.59%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.52%) Wireless
8 7 (0.46%) HTTP
8 7 (0.46%) MQTT
8 7 (0.46%) VLAN
9 6 (0.39%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.26%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.26%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.20%) WAN
12 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.13%) TETRA
13 1 (0.065%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 286 (18.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 211 (13.77%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.55%) MongoDB
4 154 (10.05%) Power BI
5 85 (5.55%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (3.59%) Relational Database
7 53 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
8 49 (3.20%) NoSQL
9 47 (3.07%) Metadata
10 42 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
11 33 (2.15%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.09%) Delta Lake
13 27 (1.76%) Redis
14 26 (1.70%) Star Schema
15 24 (1.57%) Tableau
16 23 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 21 (1.37%) MySQL
18 17 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 13 (0.85%) DynamoDB
20 11 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 274 (17.89%) Git
2 202 (13.19%) JIRA
3 130 (8.49%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.22%) GitLab
5 41 (2.68%) Selenium
6 37 (2.42%) Cypress.io
7 29 (1.89%) Postman
8 18 (1.17%) JUnit
9 15 (0.98%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.85%) JMeter
10 13 (0.85%) NUnit
11 12 (0.78%) Claude Code
11 12 (0.78%) REST Assured
12 11 (0.72%) fastlane
13 10 (0.65%) Mockito
13 10 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.65%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.59%) MSI
14 9 (0.59%) Zephyr
General
1 458 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 366 (23.89%) Finance
3 160 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (9.79%) Public Sector
5 107 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (3.52%) Law
7 40 (2.61%) Retail
8 33 (2.15%) Marketing
9 32 (2.09%) Legal
10 31 (2.02%) Advertising
10 31 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.89%) Banking
12 24 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (1.31%) Games
13 20 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.72%) Telecoms
18 10 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 461 (30.09%) Developer
2 359 (23.43%) Senior
3 226 (14.75%) .NET Developer
4 218 (14.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 210 (13.71%) Azure Engineer
6 153 (9.99%) Lead
7 107 (6.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 106 (6.92%) Analyst
9 104 (6.79%) Data Engineer
10 96 (6.27%) Senior Developer
11 89 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
12 68 (4.44%) Senior DevOps
13 65 (4.24%) Consultant
14 64 (4.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 64 (4.18%) Software Engineer
15 58 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
16 56 (3.66%) Business Analyst
17 48 (3.13%) Architect
18 47 (3.07%) Senior Data Engineer
19 42 (2.74%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 495 (32.31%) .NET
2 347 (22.65%) Terraform
3 254 (16.58%) ASP.NET
4 229 (14.95%) .NET Core
5 203 (13.25%) ASP.NET Core
6 163 (10.64%) REST
7 153 (9.99%) RESTful
8 151 (9.86%) React
9 145 (9.46%) HTML
10 144 (9.40%) CSS
11 128 (8.36%) Entity Framework
12 125 (8.16%) Blazor
13 79 (5.16%) Node.js
14 78 (5.09%) ML.NET
15 64 (4.18%) .NET Framework
16 54 (3.52%) Playwright
16 54 (3.52%) YAML
17 51 (3.33%) JSON
18 48 (3.13%) PySpark
19 44 (2.87%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 148 (9.66%) Product Ownership
2 138 (9.01%) Cloud Native
3 102 (6.66%) Enterprise Software
4 65 (4.24%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.00%) Mobile App
7 39 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
8 37 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
9 36 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 35 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 26 (1.70%) Low-Code
12 25 (1.63%) Mainframe
12 25 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (1.57%) AI Agents
14 23 (1.50%) Security Posture
15 21 (1.37%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.11%) Data Centre
16 17 (1.11%) iPhone
17 16 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.79%) Windows
2 87 (5.68%) Linux
3 25 (1.63%) Android
4 23 (1.50%) VMS
5 21 (1.37%) Unix
6 19 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.72%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
11 2 (0.13%) Rocky
12 1 (0.065%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.065%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,532 (100.00%) DevOps
2 851 (55.55%) CI/CD
3 695 (45.37%) Agile
4 373 (24.35%) AI
5 353 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 325 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
7 294 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
8 246 (16.06%) Full-Stack Development
9 224 (14.62%) Mentoring
10 222 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 220 (14.36%) Test Automation
12 215 (14.03%) Analytics
13 212 (13.84%) Scrum
14 181 (11.81%) Microservices
15 174 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
16 171 (11.16%) Platform Engineering
17 166 (10.84%) Software Engineering
18 154 (10.05%) Observability
19 150 (9.79%) Data Modelling
20 143 (9.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 547 (35.70%) SQL
2 507 (33.09%) C#
3 288 (18.80%) Python
4 236 (15.40%) JavaScript
5 184 (12.01%) PowerShell
6 136 (8.88%) Bicep
7 116 (7.57%) Bash
8 98 (6.40%) Java
9 60 (3.92%) TypeScript
10 44 (2.87%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.37%) C++
11 21 (1.37%) COBOL
11 21 (1.37%) JCL
12 18 (1.17%) Scala
13 17 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 16 (1.04%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.59%) Go
16 8 (0.52%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 162 (10.57%) Degree
2 136 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 120 (7.83%) Azure Certification
4 118 (7.70%) SC Cleared
5 58 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 57 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.15%) ISTQB
8 32 (2.09%) PMI Certification
9 25 (1.63%) PMP
10 19 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.17%) ACCA
11 18 (1.17%) CIMA
12 12 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.72%) CBAP
13 11 (0.72%) CSPO
14 9 (0.59%) ISEB
15 8 (0.52%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (11.81%) QA
2 108 (7.05%) Data Quality
3 75 (4.90%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.61%) GDPR
5 37 (2.42%) WCAG
6 21 (1.37%) PMO
7 20 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.72%) SLA
9 9 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.46%) NCSC
12 6 (0.39%) JTAG
13 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.26%) NIST
13 4 (0.26%) TickIT
14 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.13%) PSD2
15 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 176 (11.49%) Docker
2 72 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.78%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.13%) Xen
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 170 (11.10%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.72%) Ansible
3 56 (3.66%) Grafana
4 43 (2.81%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (1.70%) Argo
7 12 (0.78%) Puppet
8 11 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.33%) SCCM
10 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.13%) FlexNet
12 2 (0.13%) Istio
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) Rancher
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.065%) logstash
13 1 (0.065%) Nagios
13 1 (0.065%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 698 (45.56%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.79%) Databricks
3 65 (4.24%) Google
4 38 (2.48%) Facebook
4 38 (2.48%) VMware
5 37 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 26 (1.70%) Dynatrace
7 25 (1.63%) SAP
7 25 (1.63%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.63%) YouTube
8 23 (1.50%) Apple
9 21 (1.37%) OpenAI
10 16 (1.04%) Oracle
10 16 (1.04%) Sony
10 16 (1.04%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.98%) Red Hat
12 12 (0.78%) Broadcom
12 12 (0.78%) Foundry
12 12 (0.78%) Informatica
12 12 (0.78%) ScienceLogic