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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 167 120
Rank change year-on-year +8 -47 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,151 884 2,299
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 2.00% 2.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.60% 5.96% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 910 683 1,747
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,279
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,125 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.31% -5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% 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 24,996 14,837 35,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.06% 33.56% 33.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,994 10,199 27,255
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +5 1,028 £65,000 -7.14% 353
UK excluding London +34 731 £60,000 -4.00% 292
Work from Home +27 439 £61,500 -8.89% 265
London -15 360 £77,500 +3.33% 112
North of England +57 207 £62,500 -10.71% 62
South East -15 191 £57,500 -11.54% 107
Midlands +23 124 £65,000 +8.33% 48
North West +69 112 £69,310 +2.68% 31
South West -16 78 £55,000 -4.35% 24
West Midlands -20 64 £63,000 +5.00% 29
East Midlands +21 58 £65,000 +18.18% 19
East of England +1 53 £56,750 -1.30% 35
Yorkshire -37 51 £69,305 -0.99% 19
North East -5 44 £48,750 -11.36% 12
Wales -15 41 £53,135 -18.25% 7
Scotland +34 37 £62,500 - 13
Northern Ireland -34 2 £72,500 +45.00% 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 47 (4.08%) Confluence
2 45 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.48%) IIS
5 11 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.61%) Apache
7 7 (0.61%) CMS
8 6 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.52%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.43%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) WordPress
11 2 (0.17%) CICS
11 2 (0.17%) Luigi
11 2 (0.17%) Moodle
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.087%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.087%) Drupal
12 1 (0.087%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 19 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.17%) Trello
8 1 (0.087%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.087%) Notion
8 1 (0.087%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.43%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.087%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.087%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.087%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.087%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.087%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.087%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,150 (99.91%) Azure
2 237 (20.59%) GitHub
3 178 (15.46%) Power Platform
4 161 (13.99%) AWS
5 141 (12.25%) GitHub Actions
6 100 (8.69%) Azure AKS
6 100 (8.69%) Azure Monitor
7 99 (8.60%) Serverless
8 83 (7.21%) Entra ID
8 83 (7.21%) PaaS
9 77 (6.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 74 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
11 73 (6.34%) Azure Service Bus
12 72 (6.26%) Azure Functions
13 69 (5.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 68 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
15 67 (5.82%) SaaS
16 64 (5.56%) GCP
17 52 (4.52%) Azure Key Vault
18 51 (4.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.87%) Firewall
2 27 (2.35%) DNS
3 17 (1.48%) HTTP
4 15 (1.30%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.30%) VPN
5 11 (0.96%) Network Security
6 8 (0.70%) WAN
7 5 (0.43%) Internet
8 4 (0.35%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.35%) DHCP
8 4 (0.35%) MQTT
8 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.35%) Wireless
8 4 (0.35%) ZigBee
9 3 (0.26%) BGP
9 3 (0.26%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.26%) SAN
10 1 (0.087%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.087%) LTE
10 1 (0.087%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (13.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 115 (9.99%) SQL Server
3 102 (8.86%) MongoDB
4 97 (8.43%) Power BI
5 38 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (2.95%) Data Lake
7 29 (2.52%) Relational Database
8 26 (2.26%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.09%) Delta Lake
10 19 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.48%) Spark SQL
12 14 (1.22%) Star Schema
13 13 (1.13%) Metadata
13 13 (1.13%) Redis
14 12 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.04%) Tableau
15 11 (0.96%) MySQL
16 9 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 175 (15.20%) Git
2 140 (12.16%) JIRA
3 117 (10.17%) Jenkins
4 75 (6.52%) GitLab
5 53 (4.60%) Selenium
6 45 (3.91%) Cypress.io
7 36 (3.13%) Postman
8 23 (2.00%) Eclipse
9 16 (1.39%) REST Assured
9 16 (1.39%) Visual Studio
10 13 (1.13%) fastlane
10 13 (1.13%) JMeter
10 13 (1.13%) Zephyr
11 12 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (1.04%) TestRail
12 9 (0.78%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.70%) Xcode
14 7 (0.61%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.61%) JUnit
15 6 (0.52%) Gradle
General
1 281 (24.41%) Finance
2 249 (21.63%) Social Skills
3 117 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (4.17%) Law
7 41 (3.56%) Retail
8 33 (2.87%) Legal
8 33 (2.87%) Marketing
9 26 (2.26%) Banking
10 25 (2.17%) Billing
11 20 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (1.48%) Advertising
12 17 (1.48%) Games
13 16 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.96%) Automotive
15 11 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (0.96%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.78%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 307 (26.67%) Developer
2 226 (19.64%) Senior
3 215 (18.68%) DevOps Engineer
4 198 (17.20%) Azure Engineer
5 153 (13.29%) Lead
6 116 (10.08%) .NET Developer
7 109 (9.47%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 71 (6.17%) Senior Developer
9 69 (5.99%) Cloud Engineer
10 66 (5.73%) Data Engineer
10 66 (5.73%) Platform Engineer
11 57 (4.95%) Analyst
12 53 (4.60%) Architect
13 51 (4.43%) Senior DevOps
14 49 (4.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 41 (3.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 41 (3.56%) Software Engineer
16 36 (3.13%) Azure Platform Engineer
17 32 (2.78%) Software Developer
18 28 (2.43%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (29.28%) .NET
2 156 (13.55%) ASP.NET
3 137 (11.90%) .NET Core
4 133 (11.56%) React
5 120 (10.43%) HTML
6 119 (10.34%) ASP.NET Core
6 119 (10.34%) CSS
7 111 (9.64%) REST
8 94 (8.17%) RESTful
9 74 (6.43%) Node.js
10 72 (6.26%) Entity Framework
11 65 (5.65%) Blazor
12 63 (5.47%) YAML
13 61 (5.30%) Playwright
14 48 (4.17%) OAuth
15 47 (4.08%) ARM Templates
16 42 (3.65%) JSON
16 42 (3.65%) ML.NET
17 40 (3.48%) .NET Framework
17 40 (3.48%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 121 (10.51%) Product Ownership
2 100 (8.69%) Cloud Native
3 49 (4.26%) Mobile App
4 37 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
5 34 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.65%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.39%) Reinsurance
13 14 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (0.96%) Podcast
15 11 (0.96%) Public Cloud
16 10 (0.87%) iPhone
17 9 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 95 (8.25%) Linux
2 66 (5.73%) Windows
3 23 (2.00%) VMS
4 19 (1.65%) Android
5 17 (1.48%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.48%) Unix
6 15 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.22%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.35%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.087%) SUSE
10 1 (0.087%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,150 (99.91%) DevOps
2 703 (61.08%) CI/CD
3 498 (43.27%) Agile
4 301 (26.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 247 (21.46%) Test Automation
6 226 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 217 (18.85%) AI
8 186 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
9 171 (14.86%) Scrum
10 169 (14.68%) Full-Stack Development
11 168 (14.60%) Mentoring
12 163 (14.16%) Analytics
13 149 (12.95%) Observability
14 135 (11.73%) Microservices
15 122 (10.60%) Containerisation
16 115 (9.99%) Data Modelling
17 108 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
17 108 (9.38%) Platform Engineering
18 105 (9.12%) Coaching
19 104 (9.04%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 388 (33.71%) SQL
2 319 (27.72%) C#
3 247 (21.46%) Python
4 186 (16.16%) JavaScript
5 139 (12.08%) PowerShell
6 120 (10.43%) Bash
7 91 (7.91%) Bicep
8 78 (6.78%) Java
9 57 (4.95%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.82%) Go
11 19 (1.65%) Scala
12 17 (1.48%) T-SQL
13 15 (1.30%) C++
13 15 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (1.13%) Apex Code
15 12 (1.04%) Swift
16 10 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.70%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.70%) PL/SQL
18 6 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 85 (7.38%) Degree
2 74 (6.43%) Security Cleared
3 57 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 55 (4.78%) Azure Certification
5 34 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.43%) ISTQB
7 20 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.96%) HND
8 11 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.70%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.43%) CISSP
13 4 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.35%) PMP
14 3 (0.26%) ISEB
14 3 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.17%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (11.73%) QA
2 85 (7.38%) Accessibility
3 49 (4.26%) Data Quality
4 40 (3.48%) GDPR
5 23 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.82%) WCAG
7 12 (1.04%) SLA
7 12 (1.04%) TickIT
8 10 (0.87%) GRC
8 10 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.52%) PMO
10 6 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.52%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.43%) IFRS
12 4 (0.35%) JTAG
13 3 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.17%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.17%) NCSC
14 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 144 (12.51%) Docker
2 62 (5.39%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.35%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 317 (27.54%) Terraform
2 121 (10.51%) Kubernetes
3 74 (6.43%) Ansible
4 65 (5.65%) Grafana
5 55 (4.78%) Prometheus
6 26 (2.26%) Argo
7 10 (0.87%) Kibana
8 6 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.35%) Puppet
11 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.26%) Nagios
11 3 (0.26%) Scalr
12 2 (0.17%) MIIS
12 2 (0.17%) SCCM
13 1 (0.087%) CASB
13 1 (0.087%) logstash
13 1 (0.087%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 451 (39.18%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.82%) Databricks
3 44 (3.82%) Salesforce
4 38 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.69%) Google
6 24 (2.09%) Dynatrace
6 24 (2.09%) Red Hat
7 21 (1.82%) Apple
8 19 (1.65%) Facebook
9 18 (1.56%) VMware
10 16 (1.39%) Oracle
11 15 (1.30%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.04%) Splunk
13 11 (0.96%) Adobe
13 11 (0.96%) Guidewire
13 11 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.96%) YouTube
13 11 (0.96%) Zscaler
14 10 (0.87%) Freshdesk
14 10 (0.87%) Nintex