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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 142 113
Rank change year-on-year -37 -29 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,033 932 2,336
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.17% 2.23% 2.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.74% 6.16% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 749 773 1,823
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.80% +6.25% +0.80%

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 27,626 15,121 34,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.32% 36.12% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 14,284 11,096 26,786
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,438 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,373 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +8.47% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,250 £83,750 £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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -54 867 £67,500 - 294
UK excluding London -17 633 £57,500 -9.80% 242
Work from Home -9 413 £65,000 -3.70% 185
London -19 335 £79,625 +6.17% 108
South East -46 160 £50,000 -28.57% 77
North of England -12 154 £60,000 -12.73% 59
Scotland +39 96 £62,500 +8.70% 10
Midlands -38 90 £64,525 -0.73% 38
South West -37 82 £52,500 -19.23% 20
North West -3 72 £70,000 +7.69% 35
West Midlands -40 53 £60,000 -7.69% 15
Yorkshire -56 50 £60,000 -14.29% 13
East Midlands -35 34 £67,250 +3.46% 23
North East -12 32 £50,000 -16.67% 11
East of England -45 26 £70,000 +32.08% 28
Wales -24 25 £53,050 -9.77% 12
Northern Ireland -37 2 £50,000 - 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 38 (3.68%) Confluence
2 36 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.94%) IIS
5 11 (1.06%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.68%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.48%) Apache
9 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.39%) Moodle
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) CMS
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
11 1 (0.097%) nginx
11 1 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.097%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.097%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.097%) Sketch
6 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.55%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.48%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.097%) Endur
7 1 (0.097%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.097%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.097%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,032 (99.90%) Azure
2 291 (28.17%) GitHub
3 177 (17.13%) Power Platform
4 158 (15.30%) AWS
4 158 (15.30%) GitHub Actions
5 98 (9.49%) Serverless
6 91 (8.81%) Entra ID
7 90 (8.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 82 (7.94%) Azure Monitor
9 80 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
10 74 (7.16%) Azure AKS
11 73 (7.07%) PaaS
12 66 (6.39%) Azure Logic Apps
13 62 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
14 60 (5.81%) SaaS
15 58 (5.61%) Azure Functions
16 56 (5.42%) GCP
17 54 (5.23%) Azure Service Bus
18 49 (4.74%) Azure Key Vault
19 42 (4.07%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.91%) Firewall
2 32 (3.10%) DNS
3 19 (1.84%) HTTP
3 19 (1.84%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.36%) Network Security
4 14 (1.36%) VPN
4 14 (1.36%) WAN
5 3 (0.29%) BGP
5 3 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.19%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.19%) SSL
7 1 (0.097%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.097%) Internet
7 1 (0.097%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.097%) LTE
7 1 (0.097%) MPLS
7 1 (0.097%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.097%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (11.91%) SQL Server
2 96 (9.29%) Power BI
3 71 (6.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (3.48%) Data Lake
5 36 (3.48%) NoSQL
5 36 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (3.19%) MongoDB
7 25 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (2.23%) Delta Lake
9 19 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.55%) DynamoDB
12 15 (1.45%) Tableau
13 14 (1.36%) Spark SQL
14 11 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.06%) Star Schema
15 9 (0.87%) MySQL
16 8 (0.77%) Metadata
16 8 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 169 (16.36%) Git
2 151 (14.62%) JIRA
3 107 (10.36%) Jenkins
4 54 (5.23%) GitLab
5 52 (5.03%) Selenium
6 40 (3.87%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.00%) Postman
8 22 (2.13%) Visual Studio
9 20 (1.94%) Eclipse
10 17 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (1.16%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.06%) JMeter
13 11 (1.06%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.06%) TestRail
14 9 (0.87%) Zephyr
15 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.68%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.68%) LoadRunner
16 7 (0.68%) SoapUI
General
1 310 (30.01%) Finance
2 248 (24.01%) Social Skills
3 146 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (5.32%) Law
5 50 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (3.68%) Retail
8 31 (3.00%) Legal
9 30 (2.90%) Marketing
10 28 (2.71%) Billing
11 21 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.74%) Banking
14 11 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.97%) Automotive
16 9 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.77%) Advertising
17 8 (0.77%) Games
17 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 215 (20.81%) Developer
2 212 (20.52%) Senior
3 170 (16.46%) DevOps Engineer
4 166 (16.07%) Azure Engineer
5 155 (15.00%) Lead
6 82 (7.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.97%) Cloud Engineer
8 60 (5.81%) Data Engineer
9 57 (5.52%) Analyst
10 53 (5.13%) Senior Developer
11 52 (5.03%) Architect
12 47 (4.55%) .NET Developer
13 41 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
14 38 (3.68%) Senior DevOps
15 37 (3.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 28 (2.71%) Applications Engineer
17 27 (2.61%) Applications Support
18 26 (2.52%) Software Developer
18 26 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
19 25 (2.42%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (23.52%) .NET
2 109 (10.55%) React
3 94 (9.10%) REST
4 93 (9.00%) RESTful
5 74 (7.16%) CSS
6 73 (7.07%) HTML
7 70 (6.78%) .NET Core
7 70 (6.78%) OAuth
8 68 (6.58%) ASP.NET
9 56 (5.42%) Node.js
9 56 (5.42%) SOAP
10 51 (4.94%) YAML
11 50 (4.84%) Playwright
12 45 (4.36%) .NET Framework
12 45 (4.36%) JSON
13 40 (3.87%) ASP.NET Core
13 40 (3.87%) PySpark
14 37 (3.58%) SAML
15 35 (3.39%) ARM Templates
16 34 (3.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.23%) Product Ownership
2 114 (11.04%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 31 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 28 (2.71%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.84%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.77%) PMI
14 8 (0.77%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.68%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 77 (7.45%) Linux
2 71 (6.87%) Windows
3 17 (1.65%) VMS
4 15 (1.45%) Unix
4 15 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.48%) Android
8 3 (0.29%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.097%) SUSE
10 1 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,032 (99.90%) DevOps
2 637 (61.67%) CI/CD
3 471 (45.60%) Agile
4 297 (28.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 262 (25.36%) Test Automation
6 221 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 194 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
8 170 (16.46%) AI
9 165 (15.97%) Mentoring
10 157 (15.20%) Analytics
11 151 (14.62%) Observability
12 146 (14.13%) Coaching
13 144 (13.94%) Scrum
14 138 (13.36%) Data Modelling
15 132 (12.78%) Containerisation
16 114 (11.04%) Microservices
17 101 (9.78%) Software Engineering
18 100 (9.68%) Roadmaps
19 98 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
20 97 (9.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 345 (33.40%) SQL
2 251 (24.30%) Python
3 202 (19.55%) C#
4 132 (12.78%) JavaScript
5 129 (12.49%) PowerShell
6 93 (9.00%) Bash
7 86 (8.33%) Bicep
8 62 (6.00%) TypeScript
9 61 (5.91%) Java
10 23 (2.23%) Apex Code
10 23 (2.23%) Go
11 20 (1.94%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.84%) Scala
13 18 (1.74%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.55%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.77%) Swift
18 7 (0.68%) DataWeave
19 5 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 95 (9.20%) Degree
2 67 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.94%) Azure Certification
4 43 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.97%) SC Cleared
6 30 (2.90%) ISTQB
7 19 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 18 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.26%) HND
11 11 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.39%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.29%) CBAP
15 3 (0.29%) PMP
16 2 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.23%) QA
2 72 (6.97%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.65%) GDPR
4 44 (4.26%) Data Quality
5 34 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.36%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.26%) SLA
8 11 (1.06%) TickIT
9 10 (0.97%) GRC
10 7 (0.68%) WCAG
11 6 (0.58%) NCSC
11 6 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
12 5 (0.48%) NIST
12 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.48%) Solvency II
13 4 (0.39%) IFRS
14 3 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.29%) PERC
15 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 147 (14.23%) Docker
2 65 (6.29%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) Postfix
7 1 (0.097%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.097%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 314 (30.40%) Terraform
2 116 (11.23%) Kubernetes
3 80 (7.74%) Ansible
4 60 (5.81%) Grafana
5 50 (4.84%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.55%) Argo
8 9 (0.87%) Kibana
9 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.39%) logstash
11 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.29%) Puppet
11 3 (0.29%) Scalr
12 2 (0.19%) MIIS
12 2 (0.19%) Nagios
12 2 (0.19%) SCCM
13 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.097%) Nessus
Vendors
1 381 (36.88%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.58%) Databricks
3 43 (4.16%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.29%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.71%) Oracle
6 21 (2.03%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.45%) Adobe
8 15 (1.45%) MuleSoft
8 15 (1.45%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.36%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.16%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.16%) Nintex
11 10 (0.97%) Apple
11 10 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.97%) Okta
11 10 (0.97%) VMware
12 9 (0.87%) Ab Initio
13 8 (0.77%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.68%) Splunk