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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 153 123
Rank change year-on-year +4 -30 -41
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,509 1,037 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.28% 2.09% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.54% 6.67% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,154 694 1,020
10th Percentile £44,500 £45,000 £43,725
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £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 27,231 15,542 23,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.05% 31.34% 31.90%
Number of salaries quoted 18,628 10,428 14,769
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £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 2 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 2 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 +18 1,352 £65,000 -2.26% 1,195
UK excluding London +9 960 £60,000 - 765
Work from Home +7 597 £62,500 -3.85% 630
London -3 474 £75,000 -3.23% 523
North of England +73 283 £60,000 - 212
South East -43 228 £64,000 +2.40% 213
Midlands +22 175 £62,000 +3.33% 120
North West +72 168 £62,500 -3.85% 102
West Midlands -11 106 £65,000 +8.33% 71
Wales -21 93 £53,171 -3.33% 25
South West -17 92 £57,500 +9.52% 73
East of England -8 74 £55,000 -12.00% 63
East Midlands +11 69 £55,000 +0.92% 49
Yorkshire +1 66 £66,250 +10.42% 91
North East -24 49 £52,250 +4.50% 22
Scotland -55 18 £55,000 -14.73% 48
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 19

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 89 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 73 (4.84%) Confluence
3 42 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.26%) IIS
6 12 (0.80%) Apache
6 12 (0.80%) CMS
7 10 (0.66%) nginx
8 8 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.53%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.46%) CICS
10 6 (0.40%) Camunda
11 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.13%) Luigi
12 2 (0.13%) WordPress
13 1 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.066%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.066%) TPMS
Applications
1 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 23 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.66%) Trello
6 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.066%) Notion
Business Applications
1 41 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.86%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.40%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.27%) Shopify
5 4 (0.27%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.066%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.066%) Magento
8 1 (0.066%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.066%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.066%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,509 (100.00%) Azure
2 290 (19.22%) Power Platform
3 240 (15.90%) GitHub
4 156 (10.34%) AWS
5 155 (10.27%) Dynamics 365
6 147 (9.74%) Serverless
7 130 (8.61%) GitHub Actions
8 124 (8.22%) Azure Functions
9 115 (7.62%) Azure Service Bus
10 112 (7.42%) Azure AKS
11 111 (7.36%) Azure Monitor
12 106 (7.02%) Azure AI
12 106 (7.02%) Entra ID
13 105 (6.96%) Azure Data Factory
14 98 (6.49%) PaaS
15 95 (6.30%) Power Automate
16 94 (6.23%) Azure Key Vault
17 93 (6.16%) Azure Logic Apps
17 93 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
18 91 (6.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.85%) Firewall
2 40 (2.65%) VPN
3 23 (1.52%) DNS
4 13 (0.86%) Internet
5 12 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (0.73%) Network Security
7 10 (0.66%) SAN
8 9 (0.60%) DHCP
9 8 (0.53%) Wireless
10 7 (0.46%) HTTP
10 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.46%) VLAN
11 6 (0.40%) MQTT
11 6 (0.40%) ZigBee
12 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.20%) WAN
14 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
15 1 (0.066%) SSL
15 1 (0.066%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 279 (18.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 208 (13.78%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.73%) MongoDB
4 149 (9.87%) Power BI
5 86 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
7 53 (3.51%) Relational Database
8 49 (3.25%) NoSQL
9 46 (3.05%) Metadata
10 40 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
11 33 (2.19%) Data Lake
11 33 (2.19%) Delta Lake
12 30 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 28 (1.86%) Redis
14 25 (1.66%) Star Schema
15 21 (1.39%) MySQL
15 21 (1.39%) Tableau
16 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 14 (0.93%) DynamoDB
17 14 (0.93%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 276 (18.29%) Git
2 207 (13.72%) JIRA
3 127 (8.42%) Jenkins
4 82 (5.43%) GitLab
5 43 (2.85%) Selenium
6 35 (2.32%) Cypress.io
7 32 (2.12%) Postman
8 18 (1.19%) JUnit
9 15 (0.99%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.93%) JMeter
11 13 (0.86%) NUnit
11 13 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.80%) REST Assured
13 11 (0.73%) fastlane
13 11 (0.73%) Zephyr
14 10 (0.66%) Claude Code
14 10 (0.66%) Mockito
14 10 (0.66%) SonarQube
14 10 (0.66%) TestRail
14 10 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 446 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 359 (23.79%) Finance
3 162 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 110 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (3.38%) Law
6 51 (3.38%) Retail
7 38 (2.52%) Marketing
8 32 (2.12%) Legal
9 30 (1.99%) Advertising
10 29 (1.92%) Banking
11 28 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.46%) Games
13 21 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.53%) Aviation
18 8 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 454 (30.09%) Developer
2 358 (23.72%) Senior
3 218 (14.45%) .NET Developer
3 218 (14.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 212 (14.05%) Azure Engineer
5 154 (10.21%) Lead
6 108 (7.16%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 103 (6.83%) Data Engineer
8 102 (6.76%) Analyst
9 100 (6.63%) Senior Developer
10 93 (6.16%) Platform Engineer
11 70 (4.64%) Senior DevOps
12 66 (4.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 63 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 56 (3.71%) Consultant
15 54 (3.58%) Software Engineer
16 50 (3.31%) Architect
16 50 (3.31%) Business Analyst
17 49 (3.25%) Senior Data Engineer
18 46 (3.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (31.54%) .NET
2 358 (23.72%) Terraform
3 251 (16.63%) ASP.NET
4 228 (15.11%) .NET Core
5 199 (13.19%) ASP.NET Core
6 166 (11.00%) REST
7 154 (10.21%) React
8 151 (10.01%) RESTful
9 144 (9.54%) HTML
10 143 (9.48%) CSS
11 123 (8.15%) Blazor
11 123 (8.15%) Entity Framework
12 84 (5.57%) Node.js
13 78 (5.17%) ML.NET
14 62 (4.11%) .NET Framework
15 58 (3.84%) JSON
15 58 (3.84%) YAML
16 54 (3.58%) Playwright
17 50 (3.31%) ARM Templates
18 49 (3.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.28%) Cloud Native
2 136 (9.01%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.10%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (4.24%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 43 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
9 36 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 34 (2.25%) Management Information System
11 31 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (1.52%) Low-Code
12 23 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.39%) AI Agents
13 21 (1.39%) Mainframe
13 21 (1.39%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.13%) iPhone
15 16 (1.06%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.42%) Windows
2 93 (6.16%) Linux
3 25 (1.66%) Android
4 24 (1.59%) Unix
5 22 (1.46%) VMS
6 21 (1.39%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
11 2 (0.13%) Rocky
12 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.066%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,509 (100.00%) DevOps
2 845 (56.00%) CI/CD
3 682 (45.20%) Agile
4 355 (23.53%) AI
5 341 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 332 (22.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 286 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
8 239 (15.84%) Full-Stack Development
9 235 (15.57%) Test Automation
10 225 (14.91%) Mentoring
11 213 (14.12%) Scrum
12 210 (13.92%) Analytics
13 204 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 187 (12.39%) Microservices
15 170 (11.27%) Platform Engineering
16 167 (11.07%) Business Intelligence
17 154 (10.21%) Observability
18 153 (10.14%) Software Engineering
19 147 (9.74%) Data Modelling
20 137 (9.08%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 542 (35.92%) SQL
2 486 (32.21%) C#
3 285 (18.89%) Python
4 233 (15.44%) JavaScript
5 187 (12.39%) PowerShell
6 131 (8.68%) Bicep
7 123 (8.15%) Bash
8 97 (6.43%) Java
9 59 (3.91%) TypeScript
10 43 (2.85%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.39%) C++
12 18 (1.19%) Scala
13 17 (1.13%) COBOL
13 17 (1.13%) JCL
13 17 (1.13%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.60%) Go
17 8 (0.53%) Ruby
17 8 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 152 (10.07%) Degree
2 132 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 111 (7.36%) Azure Certification
5 58 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (2.12%) ISTQB
8 28 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.33%) PMP
10 17 (1.13%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.93%) ACCA
11 14 (0.93%) CIMA
12 12 (0.80%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.66%) CBAP
14 9 (0.60%) CSPO
14 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.60%) ISEB
15 7 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (12.13%) QA
2 102 (6.76%) Data Quality
3 76 (5.04%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.92%) GDPR
5 36 (2.39%) WCAG
6 22 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.33%) PMO
8 11 (0.73%) TickIT
9 10 (0.66%) SLA
10 9 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.46%) NCSC
12 6 (0.40%) JTAG
12 6 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.33%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.27%) NIST
15 3 (0.20%) GRC
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 189 (12.52%) Docker
2 73 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.80%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Firmware
8 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Xen
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 177 (11.73%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.84%) Ansible
3 57 (3.78%) Grafana
4 46 (3.05%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.99%) Argo
6 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.80%) Puppet
8 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.33%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) 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%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.13%) Istio
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) Rancher
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.066%) Kibana
13 1 (0.066%) Scalr
Vendors
1 690 (45.73%) Microsoft
2 99 (6.56%) Databricks
3 65 (4.31%) Google
4 39 (2.58%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.52%) VMware
6 37 (2.45%) Facebook
7 25 (1.66%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.59%) Dynatrace
8 24 (1.59%) SAP
8 24 (1.59%) YouTube
9 23 (1.52%) Apple
10 20 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 19 (1.26%) Oracle
12 16 (1.06%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.06%) Sony
12 16 (1.06%) Yahoo!
13 13 (0.86%) HP
13 13 (0.86%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.80%) Foundry
14 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic