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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 180 118
Rank change year-on-year +28 -62 -22
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,419 926 1,815
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.86% 2.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.11% 5.81% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,126 690 1,292
10th Percentile £44,063 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 27,792 15,944 26,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.85% 31.95% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,451 10,976 18,640
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £43,528
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +33 1,266 £65,000 -3.70% 688
UK excluding London +64 950 £60,000 - 475
Work from Home +31 580 £60,000 -9.77% 413
London -40 401 £80,000 +6.67% 309
North of England +103 284 £60,000 -7.69% 120
South East +1 224 £62,500 - 143
North West +86 167 £65,000 - 67
Midlands +43 159 £62,500 +4.17% 69
South West -7 97 £55,000 -3.51% 41
West Midlands 0 88 £63,750 +6.25% 44
Wales -6 88 £53,171 -3.33% 16
East of England +19 81 £55,000 -12.00% 50
East Midlands +26 71 £58,750 +6.82% 25
Yorkshire -3 66 £69,305 +10.89% 38
North East -15 51 £52,000 -5.45% 15
Scotland -10 21 £55,000 -14.73% 26
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 14

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 70 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.86%) Confluence
3 30 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.55%) IIS
5 21 (1.48%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.85%) Apache
7 11 (0.78%) CMS
7 11 (0.78%) nginx
8 8 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.49%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.42%) Camunda
10 6 (0.42%) CICS
10 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.21%) WordPress
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
13 1 (0.070%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.070%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (0.63%) Trello
6 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.070%) Notion
8 1 (0.070%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.70%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.28%) Shopify
7 3 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.14%) Magento
9 1 (0.070%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.070%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.070%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,419 (100.00%) Azure
2 233 (16.42%) Power Platform
3 220 (15.50%) GitHub
4 166 (11.70%) AWS
5 133 (9.37%) GitHub Actions
6 131 (9.23%) Serverless
7 121 (8.53%) Azure Service Bus
8 115 (8.10%) Dynamics 365
9 109 (7.68%) Azure Functions
10 108 (7.61%) Azure AKS
11 103 (7.26%) Azure AI
12 100 (7.05%) Azure Monitor
13 97 (6.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 97 (6.84%) PaaS
14 88 (6.20%) Azure Key Vault
14 88 (6.20%) Entra ID
15 82 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
16 81 (5.71%) SaaS
17 80 (5.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 79 (5.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.47%) Firewall
2 27 (1.90%) VPN
3 16 (1.13%) DNS
4 13 (0.92%) Network Security
5 12 (0.85%) Internet
6 10 (0.70%) HTTP
7 9 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.56%) SAN
9 7 (0.49%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.42%) MQTT
10 6 (0.42%) Wireless
10 6 (0.42%) ZigBee
11 5 (0.35%) DHCP
11 5 (0.35%) VLAN
12 4 (0.28%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
14 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
15 1 (0.070%) BGP
15 1 (0.070%) Broadband
15 1 (0.070%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (17.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 179 (12.61%) SQL Server
3 174 (12.26%) MongoDB
4 112 (7.89%) Power BI
5 61 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
7 46 (3.24%) Relational Database
8 41 (2.89%) Elasticsearch
9 32 (2.26%) NoSQL
10 31 (2.18%) Delta Lake
11 27 (1.90%) Redis
12 26 (1.83%) Data Lake
13 25 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 23 (1.62%) MySQL
15 21 (1.48%) Metadata
16 18 (1.27%) Spark SQL
16 18 (1.27%) Star Schema
17 16 (1.13%) Tableau
18 15 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 13 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 246 (17.34%) Git
2 190 (13.39%) JIRA
3 123 (8.67%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.64%) GitLab
5 49 (3.45%) Selenium
6 43 (3.03%) Postman
7 39 (2.75%) Cypress.io
8 20 (1.41%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.27%) JUnit
10 17 (1.20%) JMeter
10 17 (1.20%) NUnit
11 16 (1.13%) Visual Studio
12 15 (1.06%) Eclipse
13 14 (0.99%) fastlane
13 14 (0.99%) TestRail
13 14 (0.99%) Zephyr
14 12 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (0.78%) SonarQube
16 10 (0.70%) Mockito
16 10 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 369 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 311 (21.92%) Finance
3 145 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 101 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.02%) Law
7 56 (3.95%) Retail
8 44 (3.10%) Marketing
9 39 (2.75%) Legal
10 36 (2.54%) Banking
11 30 (2.11%) Advertising
12 24 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.62%) Games
14 21 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.85%) Aviation
18 10 (0.70%) Automotive
19 9 (0.63%) Legal Technology
19 9 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 452 (31.85%) Developer
2 309 (21.78%) Senior
3 217 (15.29%) .NET Developer
4 206 (14.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 193 (13.60%) Azure Engineer
6 172 (12.12%) Lead
7 107 (7.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 96 (6.77%) Senior Developer
9 81 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
10 80 (5.64%) Data Engineer
11 78 (5.50%) Analyst
12 66 (4.65%) Senior DevOps
13 61 (4.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 57 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
15 52 (3.66%) Architect
16 51 (3.59%) Software Engineer
17 46 (3.24%) Software Developer
18 41 (2.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 40 (2.82%) Senior Data Engineer
20 38 (2.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 482 (33.97%) .NET
2 343 (24.17%) Terraform
3 258 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 237 (16.70%) .NET Core
5 203 (14.31%) ASP.NET Core
6 174 (12.26%) React
7 163 (11.49%) REST
8 162 (11.42%) HTML
9 160 (11.28%) CSS
10 157 (11.06%) RESTful
11 125 (8.81%) Blazor
12 124 (8.74%) Entity Framework
13 93 (6.55%) Node.js
14 82 (5.78%) ML.NET
15 64 (4.51%) .NET Framework
16 62 (4.37%) Playwright
17 57 (4.02%) YAML
18 55 (3.88%) ARM Templates
19 53 (3.74%) JSON
20 44 (3.10%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.15%) Product Ownership
2 141 (9.94%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.81%) Mobile App
6 53 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 40 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
11 22 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.34%) Podcast
13 18 (1.27%) Low-Code
13 18 (1.27%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.20%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.20%) BBC
14 17 (1.20%) iPhone
14 17 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.05%) Linux
2 99 (6.98%) Windows
3 26 (1.83%) Android
4 23 (1.62%) VMS
5 18 (1.27%) Unix
5 18 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.35%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Solaris
10 2 (0.14%) Debian
10 2 (0.14%) Rocky
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.070%) SUSE
11 1 (0.070%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,419 (100.00%) DevOps
2 828 (58.35%) CI/CD
3 665 (46.86%) Agile
4 325 (22.90%) AI
5 319 (22.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 303 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 254 (17.90%) Full-Stack Development
8 251 (17.69%) Test Automation
9 240 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
10 222 (15.64%) Scrum
11 207 (14.59%) Mentoring
12 185 (13.04%) Microservices
13 173 (12.19%) Analytics
14 155 (10.92%) Observability
15 150 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 145 (10.22%) Platform Engineering
17 143 (10.08%) Machine Learning
18 139 (9.80%) Software Engineering
19 130 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
20 129 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 509 (35.87%) SQL
2 471 (33.19%) C#
3 264 (18.60%) Python
4 240 (16.91%) JavaScript
5 167 (11.77%) PowerShell
6 125 (8.81%) Bash
7 117 (8.25%) Bicep
8 94 (6.62%) Java
9 61 (4.30%) TypeScript
10 39 (2.75%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.13%) C++
11 16 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
11 16 (1.13%) Scala
12 13 (0.92%) Go
12 13 (0.92%) VB.NET
13 12 (0.85%) Swift
14 11 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.70%) JCL
16 9 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.63%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 115 (8.10%) Degree
2 109 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 93 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 84 (5.92%) Azure Certification
5 48 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.92%) PMP
11 12 (0.85%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.78%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.49%) CBAP
13 7 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.42%) ISEB
15 5 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.35%) CISSP
15 5 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 5 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (13.18%) QA
2 85 (5.99%) Accessibility
3 67 (4.72%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.33%) GDPR
5 32 (2.26%) WCAG
6 23 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.27%) PMO
8 12 (0.85%) TickIT
9 10 (0.70%) GRC
10 9 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (0.63%) SLA
11 8 (0.56%) NCSC
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) JTAG
12 6 (0.42%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.21%) NIST
15 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 184 (12.97%) Docker
2 67 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.85%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.14%) Xen
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 169 (11.91%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.44%) Ansible
3 57 (4.02%) Grafana
4 51 (3.59%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.11%) Argo
6 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.78%) Puppet
8 5 (0.35%) HP Fortify
8 5 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.21%) Scalr
10 3 (0.21%) SCCM
11 2 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.14%) Kibana
11 2 (0.14%) MIIS
11 2 (0.14%) Nagios
11 2 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 614 (43.27%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.92%) Databricks
3 64 (4.51%) Google
4 40 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.68%) Facebook
6 31 (2.18%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.11%) VMware
8 29 (2.04%) Apple
9 25 (1.76%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.62%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.48%) YouTube
12 20 (1.41%) Oracle
13 19 (1.34%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.27%) SAP
15 17 (1.20%) Sony
15 17 (1.20%) Yahoo!
16 15 (1.06%) MuleSoft
17 13 (0.92%) Guidewire
18 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
19 11 (0.78%) Foundry