Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 76 92 85
Rank change year-on-year +16 -7 +18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 2,076 4,495 4,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.89% 3.59% 3.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.12% 8.36% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,515 2,928 3,321
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,504 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure DevOps is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,754 53,785 60,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.64% 42.91% 46.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,950 35,940 42,584
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,664 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps.

Salary trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 +17 1,765 £65,000 -2.67% 500
UK excluding London +18 1,180 £60,000 - 371
Work from Home +2 1,088 £65,000 - 307
London +17 731 £76,000 +1.33% 169
North of England +14 362 £61,000 -2.40% 103
South East -8 219 £62,750 -3.46% 98
Midlands +9 212 £60,000 - 51
North West +16 189 £62,500 +4.17% 58
Yorkshire +9 161 £59,526 -6.26% 34
South West -11 147 £62,500 +19.05% 48
East Midlands +32 121 £62,500 +4.17% 12
West Midlands -25 91 £55,000 -8.33% 38
Scotland +23 89 £59,526 +0.00% 20
Wales +29 84 £48,000 -10.28% 28
East of England +88 47 £63,750 +6.25% 32
Northern Ireland +48 26 £38,750 -40.38% 4
North East +5 12 £60,000 -14.29% 11

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 75 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 57 (2.75%) Confluence
3 42 (2.02%) IIS
4 24 (1.16%) CMS
5 20 (0.96%) Apache
6 15 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.72%) MS Exchange
7 12 (0.58%) WebSphere
8 11 (0.53%) NServiceBus
9 6 (0.29%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.29%) Kentico
10 5 (0.24%) nginx
10 5 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.19%) SAS
11 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.19%) WordPress
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.43%) AutoCAD
3 9 (0.43%) PTC Creo
3 9 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.19%) Trello
7 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.096%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.048%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.048%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 132 (6.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.48%) Maximo
2 10 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.19%) Endur
6 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.096%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.096%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.048%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.048%) PlanetPress Connect
8 1 (0.048%) SAP SRM
8 1 (0.048%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 2,067 (99.57%) Azure
2 526 (25.34%) Power Platform
3 378 (18.21%) Dynamics 365
4 276 (13.29%) AWS
5 246 (11.85%) PaaS
6 201 (9.68%) GitHub
7 179 (8.62%) Serverless
8 169 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
9 165 (7.95%) IaaS
10 163 (7.85%) GCP
11 135 (6.50%) Azure Service Bus
12 112 (5.39%) SaaS
13 106 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 103 (4.96%) PowerApps
15 99 (4.77%) Azure Logic Apps
16 93 (4.48%) Azure Functions
17 91 (4.38%) Entra ID
18 85 (4.09%) Azure AKS
19 82 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
20 77 (3.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.28%) DNS
2 51 (2.46%) Firewall
3 49 (2.36%) VPN
4 27 (1.30%) Network Security
5 24 (1.16%) NGFW
6 20 (0.96%) Internet
6 20 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.53%) HTTP
8 10 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (0.48%) WAN
9 9 (0.43%) LAN
10 7 (0.34%) SMTP
11 6 (0.29%) DHCP
11 6 (0.29%) Wireless
12 5 (0.24%) FTP
13 4 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.096%) Extranet
14 2 (0.096%) Intranet
14 2 (0.096%) IPv6
14 2 (0.096%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (18.83%) SQL Server
2 242 (11.66%) Power BI
3 128 (6.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 99 (4.77%) NoSQL
5 79 (3.81%) Data Lake
6 77 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 72 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
8 56 (2.70%) Relational Database
9 42 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
9 42 (2.02%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 27 (1.30%) Star Schema
11 27 (1.30%) Tableau
12 26 (1.25%) Big Data
12 26 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 25 (1.20%) Redis
14 21 (1.01%) Power Query
14 21 (1.01%) RDBMS
15 18 (0.87%) MySQL
16 17 (0.82%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 334 (16.09%) Git
2 287 (13.82%) Jenkins
3 152 (7.32%) JIRA
4 123 (5.92%) Selenium
5 90 (4.34%) Team Foundation Server
6 73 (3.52%) GitLab
6 73 (3.52%) Visual Studio
7 57 (2.75%) TeamCity
8 45 (2.17%) Cypress.io
8 45 (2.17%) Postman
9 44 (2.12%) Cucumber
10 39 (1.88%) Octopus Deploy
11 35 (1.69%) SpecFlow
12 31 (1.49%) Bitbucket
13 30 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
14 29 (1.40%) Visual Studio Team System
15 28 (1.35%) SonarQube
15 28 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 26 (1.25%) Robot Framework
17 20 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 560 (26.97%) Finance
2 343 (16.52%) Social Skills
3 183 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (4.91%) Banking
5 88 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 77 (3.71%) Retail
7 75 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (3.03%) Law
9 39 (1.88%) Marketing
10 38 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 26 (1.25%) Legal
12 25 (1.20%) Electronics
13 21 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 15 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (0.67%) Financial Institution
15 14 (0.67%) Publishing
16 13 (0.63%) Back Office
16 13 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 616 (29.67%) Developer
2 332 (15.99%) Senior
3 309 (14.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 295 (14.21%) Architect
5 281 (13.54%) Azure Engineer
6 268 (12.91%) Lead
7 198 (9.54%) Solutions Architect
8 190 (9.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 184 (8.86%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 160 (7.71%) .NET Developer
11 146 (7.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 144 (6.94%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 137 (6.60%) Analyst
14 128 (6.17%) Senior Developer
15 98 (4.72%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 85 (4.09%) Software Engineer
17 74 (3.56%) Lead Developer
18 73 (3.52%) Data Engineer
19 72 (3.47%) C# Developer
20 70 (3.37%) CRM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 675 (32.51%) .NET
2 245 (11.80%) AngularJS
3 244 (11.75%) HTML
4 226 (10.89%) CSS
5 212 (10.21%) .NET Framework
6 197 (9.49%) .NET Core
7 170 (8.19%) React
8 158 (7.61%) ASP.NET
9 157 (7.56%) REST
10 128 (6.17%) ARM Templates
11 125 (6.02%) JSON
12 119 (5.73%) YAML
13 83 (4.00%) RESTful
14 82 (3.95%) ASP.NET Web API
15 71 (3.42%) ASP.NET MVC
16 70 (3.37%) Entity Framework
17 69 (3.32%) jQuery
18 65 (3.13%) Web Services
19 59 (2.84%) XML
20 51 (2.46%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 131 (6.31%) Public Cloud
2 122 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 57 (2.75%) Cloud Native
3 57 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (2.26%) Private Cloud
5 45 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
6 44 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 42 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 42 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 40 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
9 36 (1.73%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.45%) Client/Server
11 29 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 29 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.30%) IoT
13 21 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
14 18 (0.87%) Data Structures
15 17 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 16 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 237 (11.42%) Windows
2 156 (7.51%) Linux
3 112 (5.39%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (1.01%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.67%) Unix
7 13 (0.63%) VMS
7 13 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.53%) Android
9 9 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.14%) CentOS
13 3 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,064 (99.42%) DevOps
2 1,183 (56.98%) Agile
3 808 (38.92%) CI/CD
4 411 (19.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 411 (19.80%) Mentoring
5 318 (15.32%) Actionable Insight
6 308 (14.84%) Test Automation
7 303 (14.60%) Scrum
8 298 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
9 272 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
10 233 (11.22%) User Acceptance Testing
11 231 (11.13%) Microservices
12 225 (10.84%) Software Engineering
13 208 (10.02%) Requirements Gathering
14 196 (9.44%) Analytics
15 188 (9.06%) Customer Engagement
16 187 (9.01%) Supply Chain Management
17 180 (8.67%) Continuous Integration
18 173 (8.33%) TDD
19 166 (8.00%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 678 (32.66%) C#
2 652 (31.41%) SQL
3 463 (22.30%) PowerShell
4 434 (20.91%) JavaScript
5 380 (18.30%) Python
6 205 (9.87%) Bash
7 137 (6.60%) Java
8 132 (6.36%) TypeScript
9 121 (5.83%) T-SQL
10 95 (4.58%) Bicep
11 59 (2.84%) Ruby
12 51 (2.46%) Go
13 47 (2.26%) C++
14 38 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 28 (1.35%) VBScript
16 26 (1.25%) Groovy
17 16 (0.77%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.67%) Shell Script
19 13 (0.63%) PHP
20 12 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 246 (11.85%) Degree
2 225 (10.84%) Security Cleared
3 147 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 103 (4.96%) Azure Certification
5 76 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 61 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 41 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 25 (1.20%) ISTQB
10 17 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 17 (0.82%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.67%) ISEB
11 14 (0.67%) MCSE
12 12 (0.58%) MCSA
13 11 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 10 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.39%) CCNA
15 8 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (7.27%) QA
2 59 (2.84%) Data Quality
3 32 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.25%) SLA
5 23 (1.11%) GDPR
6 17 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.53%) PMO
8 9 (0.43%) NCSC
8 9 (0.43%) NIST
9 8 (0.39%) WCAG
10 7 (0.34%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.14%) COBIT
14 2 (0.096%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.096%) GAMP
14 2 (0.096%) IFRS
14 2 (0.096%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.096%) Solvency II
System Software
1 408 (19.65%) Docker
2 137 (6.60%) Active Directory
3 74 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 67 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 35 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (1.20%) vSphere
7 23 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.82%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.048%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.048%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 463 (22.30%) Kubernetes
2 459 (22.11%) Terraform
3 149 (7.18%) Ansible
4 64 (3.08%) Grafana
5 50 (2.41%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.17%) Puppet
7 39 (1.88%) Progress Chef
8 22 (1.06%) Packer
9 16 (0.77%) Istio
10 15 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.48%) SCCM
12 10 (0.48%) SCOM
13 9 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.39%) Argo
15 7 (0.34%) Nagios
16 5 (0.24%) HP ALM
16 5 (0.24%) MIIS
17 4 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
17 4 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 913 (43.98%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.77%) VMware
3 70 (3.37%) Databricks
4 66 (3.18%) Google
5 59 (2.84%) Oracle
6 49 (2.36%) Citrix
7 29 (1.40%) New Relic
7 29 (1.40%) SAP
8 28 (1.35%) IBM
9 23 (1.11%) Splunk
10 19 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 18 (0.87%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.82%) Atlassian
12 17 (0.82%) Informatica
12 17 (0.82%) Salesforce
12 17 (0.82%) SolarWinds
12 17 (0.82%) Xamarin
13 14 (0.67%) HP
13 14 (0.67%) SaltStack
14 11 (0.53%) Red Hat