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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 155 122
Rank change year-on-year +4 -33 -40
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,490 1,032 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.26% 2.08% 2.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.51% 6.64% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,135 684 1,009
10th Percentile £44,500 £44,000 £43,750
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 £88,750 £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 27,040 15,539 23,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.90% 31.29% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18,428 10,414 14,551
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,264 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +0.80%
75th Percentile £84,128 £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 5 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 5 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 +23 1,338 £65,000 - 1,196
UK excluding London +7 947 £60,000 - 831
Work from Home +1 592 £62,500 -3.85% 696
London 0 470 £75,000 -3.23% 498
North of England +82 279 £60,000 - 232
South East -44 228 £64,500 +6.61% 214
Midlands +25 173 £62,000 +3.33% 126
North West +62 163 £62,500 -3.85% 108
West Midlands -1 106 £65,000 +8.33% 80
Wales -18 90 £53,171 -3.33% 30
South West -22 89 £57,500 +9.52% 72
East of England -3 73 £55,000 -12.00% 65
East Midlands +8 67 £55,000 +0.92% 46
Yorkshire -7 67 £65,000 +13.04% 97
North East -23 49 £52,250 +4.50% 32
Scotland -60 18 £55,000 -15.06% 74
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 28

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 90 (6.04%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.83%) Confluence
3 39 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.28%) IIS
6 12 (0.81%) Apache
6 12 (0.81%) CMS
7 10 (0.67%) nginx
8 8 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.54%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.47%) 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 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 30 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 23 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.67%) Trello
6 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.067%) Notion
Business Applications
1 38 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.87%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.40%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.27%) Shopify
7 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.20%) Visualfiles
7 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.067%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.067%) Magento
9 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,490 (100.00%) Azure
2 284 (19.06%) Power Platform
3 233 (15.64%) GitHub
4 150 (10.07%) AWS
5 149 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
6 145 (9.73%) Serverless
7 126 (8.46%) GitHub Actions
8 123 (8.26%) Azure Functions
9 114 (7.65%) Azure Service Bus
10 111 (7.45%) Azure AKS
11 109 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
12 106 (7.11%) Azure AI
13 104 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 104 (6.98%) Entra ID
14 99 (6.64%) PaaS
15 95 (6.38%) Power Automate
16 93 (6.24%) Azure Key Vault
16 93 (6.24%) Azure Logic Apps
17 92 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
18 89 (5.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.89%) Firewall
2 40 (2.68%) VPN
3 23 (1.54%) DNS
4 13 (0.87%) Internet
5 12 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.67%) Network Security
6 10 (0.67%) SAN
7 9 (0.60%) DHCP
8 8 (0.54%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.54%) Wireless
9 7 (0.47%) HTTP
9 7 (0.47%) VLAN
10 6 (0.40%) MQTT
10 6 (0.40%) ZigBee
11 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.20%) WAN
13 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
14 1 (0.067%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.067%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (18.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 206 (13.83%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.88%) MongoDB
4 145 (9.73%) Power BI
5 86 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
7 53 (3.56%) Relational Database
8 49 (3.29%) NoSQL
9 46 (3.09%) Metadata
10 40 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
11 33 (2.21%) Data Lake
11 33 (2.21%) Delta Lake
12 27 (1.81%) Redis
12 27 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 25 (1.68%) Star Schema
14 21 (1.41%) MySQL
14 21 (1.41%) Tableau
15 16 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (0.94%) DynamoDB
16 14 (0.94%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 272 (18.26%) Git
2 200 (13.42%) JIRA
3 124 (8.32%) Jenkins
4 82 (5.50%) GitLab
5 40 (2.68%) Selenium
6 35 (2.35%) Cypress.io
7 29 (1.95%) Postman
8 18 (1.21%) JUnit
9 15 (1.01%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.87%) JMeter
10 13 (0.87%) NUnit
11 12 (0.81%) REST Assured
12 11 (0.74%) fastlane
12 11 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.67%) Claude Code
13 10 (0.67%) Mockito
13 10 (0.67%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.60%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 438 (29.40%) Social Skills
2 352 (23.62%) Finance
3 158 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 106 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (3.29%) Law
7 47 (3.15%) Retail
8 35 (2.35%) Marketing
9 29 (1.95%) Advertising
9 29 (1.95%) Legal
10 28 (1.88%) Banking
10 28 (1.88%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.48%) Games
12 21 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (0.60%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.54%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 448 (30.07%) Developer
2 350 (23.49%) Senior
3 219 (14.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 218 (14.63%) .NET Developer
5 215 (14.43%) Azure Engineer
6 148 (9.93%) Lead
7 110 (7.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 102 (6.85%) Analyst
8 102 (6.85%) Data Engineer
9 95 (6.38%) Senior Developer
10 93 (6.24%) Platform Engineer
11 69 (4.63%) Senior DevOps
12 65 (4.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 61 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
14 58 (3.89%) Consultant
15 54 (3.62%) Software Engineer
16 50 (3.36%) Business Analyst
17 48 (3.22%) Senior Data Engineer
18 46 (3.09%) Architect
18 46 (3.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 470 (31.54%) .NET
2 352 (23.62%) Terraform
3 251 (16.85%) ASP.NET
4 227 (15.23%) .NET Core
5 199 (13.36%) ASP.NET Core
6 162 (10.87%) REST
7 151 (10.13%) React
8 150 (10.07%) RESTful
9 143 (9.60%) HTML
10 142 (9.53%) CSS
11 122 (8.19%) Blazor
11 122 (8.19%) Entity Framework
12 82 (5.50%) Node.js
13 78 (5.23%) ML.NET
14 61 (4.09%) .NET Framework
15 57 (3.83%) YAML
16 55 (3.69%) JSON
17 52 (3.49%) Playwright
18 49 (3.29%) PySpark
19 48 (3.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.19%) Cloud Native
2 133 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.15%) Mobile App
7 40 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
9 36 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 33 (2.21%) Management Information System
11 32 (2.15%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (1.54%) Low-Code
12 23 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.41%) AI Agents
13 21 (1.41%) Mainframe
13 21 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.14%) iPhone
15 16 (1.07%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.52%) Windows
2 92 (6.17%) Linux
3 25 (1.68%) Android
4 24 (1.61%) Unix
5 22 (1.48%) VMS
6 21 (1.41%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.54%) 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 (0.067%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.067%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,490 (100.00%) DevOps
2 826 (55.44%) CI/CD
3 673 (45.17%) Agile
4 350 (23.49%) AI
5 332 (22.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 325 (21.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 279 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
8 237 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 225 (15.10%) Test Automation
10 221 (14.83%) Mentoring
11 210 (14.09%) Analytics
12 209 (14.03%) Scrum
13 204 (13.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 183 (12.28%) Microservices
15 169 (11.34%) Platform Engineering
16 162 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
17 148 (9.93%) Observability
18 147 (9.87%) Software Engineering
19 146 (9.80%) Data Modelling
20 135 (9.06%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 538 (36.11%) SQL
2 482 (32.35%) C#
3 279 (18.72%) Python
4 231 (15.50%) JavaScript
5 183 (12.28%) PowerShell
6 130 (8.72%) Bicep
7 119 (7.99%) Bash
8 97 (6.51%) Java
9 58 (3.89%) TypeScript
10 43 (2.89%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.41%) C++
12 18 (1.21%) Scala
13 17 (1.14%) COBOL
13 17 (1.14%) JCL
13 17 (1.14%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.60%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 154 (10.34%) Degree
2 130 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 114 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 112 (7.52%) Azure Certification
5 57 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.01%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.01%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.48%) PMP
9 17 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.01%) ACCA
10 15 (1.01%) CIMA
11 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.67%) CBAP
13 9 (0.60%) CSPO
13 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.60%) ISEB
14 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.40%) IIBA
14 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (12.01%) QA
2 101 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 75 (5.03%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.75%) GDPR
5 37 (2.48%) WCAG
6 21 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.34%) PMO
8 10 (0.67%) SLA
9 9 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.54%) TickIT
11 7 (0.47%) NCSC
12 6 (0.40%) JTAG
13 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.27%) NIST
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.13%) PSD2
15 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 182 (12.21%) Docker
2 73 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.81%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Firmware
8 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Xen
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 174 (11.68%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.89%) Ansible
3 54 (3.62%) Grafana
4 43 (2.89%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.01%) Argo
5 30 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.81%) Puppet
7 11 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.34%) SCCM
9 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.13%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.13%) Istio
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) Rancher
11 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.067%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.067%) Nagios
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 678 (45.50%) Microsoft
2 98 (6.58%) Databricks
3 65 (4.36%) Google
4 38 (2.55%) VMware
5 37 (2.48%) Facebook
6 36 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.61%) Dynatrace
8 24 (1.61%) SAP
8 24 (1.61%) YouTube
9 23 (1.54%) Apple
10 20 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.14%) Oracle
12 16 (1.07%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.07%) Sony
12 16 (1.07%) Yahoo!
13 13 (0.87%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.81%) Foundry
14 12 (0.81%) HP
14 12 (0.81%) ScienceLogic