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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 173 114
Rank change year-on-year +22 -59 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,425 941 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.31% 1.88% 2.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.15% 5.88% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 697 1,289
10th Percentile £43,813 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -
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 27,660 15,995 26,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.50% 31.95% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 18,481 10,994 18,466
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%
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 24 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 24 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 +28 1,274 £65,000 -3.70% 387
UK excluding London +59 952 £60,000 - 310
Work from Home +20 584 £60,000 -7.69% 236
London -34 406 £80,000 +6.67% 150
North of England +94 285 £60,250 -7.31% 73
South East +5 226 £62,500 - 96
North West +87 169 £65,000 - 48
Midlands +35 160 £62,500 +4.17% 56
South West -7 97 £55,000 -3.51% 33
West Midlands +9 89 £63,750 +6.25% 29
Wales -7 88 £53,171 -3.33% 16
East of England +11 80 £55,000 -12.00% 26
East Midlands +28 71 £58,750 +6.82% 27
Yorkshire +6 67 £69,305 +15.51% 19
North East -13 49 £52,000 -5.45% 6
Scotland -10 20 £55,000 -14.73% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 3

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 (4.91%) Confluence
1 70 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.54%) IIS
4 21 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.84%) Apache
6 11 (0.77%) CMS
6 11 (0.77%) nginx
7 8 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.49%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.42%) Camunda
9 6 (0.42%) CICS
9 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) Luigi
12 1 (0.070%) Moodle
12 1 (0.070%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.070%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 13 (0.91%) 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 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.91%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
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 1,425 (100.00%) Azure
2 233 (16.35%) Power Platform
3 215 (15.09%) GitHub
4 164 (11.51%) AWS
5 132 (9.26%) Serverless
6 129 (9.05%) GitHub Actions
7 120 (8.42%) Azure Service Bus
8 115 (8.07%) Dynamics 365
9 110 (7.72%) Azure Functions
10 109 (7.65%) Azure AKS
11 103 (7.23%) Azure AI
12 100 (7.02%) Azure Monitor
13 98 (6.88%) Azure Logic Apps
14 96 (6.74%) PaaS
15 89 (6.25%) Azure Key Vault
16 88 (6.18%) Entra ID
17 82 (5.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 82 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
18 81 (5.68%) SaaS
19 80 (5.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.39%) Firewall
2 27 (1.89%) VPN
3 14 (0.98%) DNS
4 13 (0.91%) Network Security
5 12 (0.84%) Internet
6 9 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.56%) HTTP
7 8 (0.56%) SAN
8 6 (0.42%) MQTT
8 6 (0.42%) Wireless
8 6 (0.42%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.35%) DHCP
9 5 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.35%) VLAN
10 4 (0.28%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
13 1 (0.070%) BGP
13 1 (0.070%) Broadband
13 1 (0.070%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (17.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 182 (12.77%) SQL Server
3 175 (12.28%) MongoDB
4 114 (8.00%) Power BI
5 62 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
7 46 (3.23%) Relational Database
8 41 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
9 33 (2.32%) NoSQL
10 31 (2.18%) Delta Lake
11 27 (1.89%) Data Lake
11 27 (1.89%) Redis
12 26 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 23 (1.61%) MySQL
14 22 (1.54%) Metadata
15 19 (1.33%) Star Schema
16 18 (1.26%) Spark SQL
17 16 (1.12%) Tableau
18 15 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 13 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 249 (17.47%) Git
2 192 (13.47%) JIRA
3 120 (8.42%) Jenkins
4 78 (5.47%) GitLab
5 50 (3.51%) Selenium
6 43 (3.02%) Postman
7 40 (2.81%) Cypress.io
8 20 (1.40%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.26%) JUnit
10 17 (1.19%) JMeter
10 17 (1.19%) NUnit
11 16 (1.12%) Visual Studio
12 14 (0.98%) Eclipse
12 14 (0.98%) fastlane
12 14 (0.98%) TestRail
12 14 (0.98%) Zephyr
13 12 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
14 11 (0.77%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.70%) Mockito
15 10 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 373 (26.18%) Social Skills
2 315 (22.11%) Finance
3 145 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 102 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (3.93%) Law
7 55 (3.86%) Retail
8 43 (3.02%) Marketing
9 39 (2.74%) Legal
10 37 (2.60%) Banking
11 30 (2.11%) Advertising
12 23 (1.61%) Games
12 23 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.84%) Aviation
17 10 (0.70%) Automotive
18 9 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
19 8 (0.56%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 455 (31.93%) Developer
2 316 (22.18%) Senior
3 217 (15.23%) .NET Developer
4 204 (14.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 194 (13.61%) Azure Engineer
6 170 (11.93%) Lead
7 107 (7.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 99 (6.95%) Senior Developer
9 83 (5.82%) Platform Engineer
10 81 (5.68%) Data Engineer
11 79 (5.54%) Analyst
12 67 (4.70%) Senior DevOps
13 62 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 57 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
15 51 (3.58%) Architect
15 51 (3.58%) Software Engineer
16 45 (3.16%) Software Developer
17 42 (2.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 41 (2.88%) Senior Data Engineer
19 39 (2.74%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 486 (34.11%) .NET
2 341 (23.93%) Terraform
3 258 (18.11%) ASP.NET
4 237 (16.63%) .NET Core
5 204 (14.32%) ASP.NET Core
6 174 (12.21%) React
7 165 (11.58%) REST
8 161 (11.30%) HTML
9 159 (11.16%) CSS
10 158 (11.09%) RESTful
11 125 (8.77%) Blazor
12 123 (8.63%) Entity Framework
13 92 (6.46%) Node.js
14 82 (5.75%) ML.NET
15 64 (4.49%) .NET Framework
16 63 (4.42%) Playwright
17 57 (4.00%) YAML
18 55 (3.86%) ARM Templates
19 52 (3.65%) JSON
20 44 (3.09%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 142 (9.96%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
4 57 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 55 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 54 (3.79%) Mobile App
7 40 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
10 22 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.33%) Podcast
12 18 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.26%) Low-Code
12 18 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.19%) BBC
13 17 (1.19%) iPhone
13 17 (1.19%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.09%) Windows
2 99 (6.95%) Linux
3 26 (1.82%) Android
4 23 (1.61%) VMS
5 18 (1.26%) Unix
5 18 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.84%) 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 1,425 (100.00%) DevOps
2 828 (58.11%) CI/CD
3 667 (46.81%) Agile
4 325 (22.81%) AI
5 317 (22.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 308 (21.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 254 (17.82%) Full-Stack Development
8 250 (17.54%) Test Automation
9 240 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
10 224 (15.72%) Scrum
11 207 (14.53%) Mentoring
12 185 (12.98%) Microservices
13 174 (12.21%) Analytics
14 156 (10.95%) Observability
15 150 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 147 (10.32%) Platform Engineering
17 143 (10.04%) Machine Learning
18 142 (9.96%) Software Engineering
19 132 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
20 131 (9.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 516 (36.21%) SQL
2 475 (33.33%) C#
3 264 (18.53%) Python
4 240 (16.84%) JavaScript
5 166 (11.65%) PowerShell
6 122 (8.56%) Bash
7 117 (8.21%) Bicep
8 94 (6.60%) Java
9 60 (4.21%) TypeScript
10 40 (2.81%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.12%) C++
11 16 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 16 (1.12%) Scala
11 16 (1.12%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.84%) Swift
13 11 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.77%) Go
14 10 (0.70%) JCL
15 9 (0.63%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.63%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 116 (8.14%) Degree
2 109 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 93 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 84 (5.89%) Azure Certification
5 49 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.32%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.54%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.91%) PMP
11 12 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.49%) CBAP
13 7 (0.49%) ISEB
13 7 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.35%) CISSP
14 5 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 5 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (13.19%) QA
2 84 (5.89%) Accessibility
3 68 (4.77%) Data Quality
4 34 (2.39%) GDPR
5 32 (2.25%) WCAG
6 23 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.26%) PMO
8 12 (0.84%) TickIT
9 10 (0.70%) GRC
10 9 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.56%) NCSC
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.56%) SLA
12 6 (0.42%) JTAG
12 6 (0.42%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 183 (12.84%) Docker
2 67 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.84%) vSphere
7 5 (0.35%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Xen
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 168 (11.79%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.21%) Ansible
3 53 (3.72%) Grafana
4 47 (3.30%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.11%) Argo
6 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.77%) 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
1 618 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.89%) Databricks
3 64 (4.49%) Google
4 40 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.67%) Facebook
6 30 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.11%) VMware
7 29 (2.04%) Apple
8 23 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 21 (1.47%) Red Hat
9 21 (1.47%) YouTube
10 20 (1.40%) Oracle
11 19 (1.33%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.26%) SAP
13 17 (1.19%) Sony
13 17 (1.19%) Yahoo!
14 15 (1.05%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.84%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.84%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.77%) Foundry