Azure DevOps Job Trends

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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 111 109
Rank change year-on-year -45 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,068 1,145 2,232
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 2.71% 2.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.37% 7.28% 6.92%
Number of salaries quoted 700 838 1,857
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,279
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,219 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -

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 24,419 15,736 32,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.16% 37.24% 37.59%
Number of salaries quoted 13,100 10,983 25,826
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -56 885 £65,000 -3.70% 410
UK excluding London -40 671 £55,000 -15.38% 354
Work from Home -8 438 £60,000 -11.11% 259
London -11 326 £75,000 -0.59% 126
South East +3 248 £50,000 -27.27% 101
Scotland +53 123 £62,500 +13.64% 29
North of England -47 111 £52,500 -22.22% 77
Midlands -48 82 £61,250 -5.77% 67
South West -87 72 £47,500 -26.92% 40
West Midlands -48 52 £58,750 -12.96% 40
Yorkshire -46 40 £52,500 -25.00% 22
North West -30 38 £63,000 -3.08% 45
North East +1 33 £50,000 -23.08% 10
East Midlands -30 27 £65,000 - 27
East of England -43 21 £70,000 +32.08% 33
Wales -38 11 £54,085 -16.79% 16
Northern Ireland -33 3 £56,250 +12.50%

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 34 (3.18%) Confluence
2 30 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.62%) IIS
4 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (0.75%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.56%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.47%) Apache
10 4 (0.37%) Moodle
11 2 (0.19%) Appian
11 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
12 1 (0.094%) CMS
12 1 (0.094%) Drupal
12 1 (0.094%) nginx
12 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.094%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.094%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (2.53%) MS Visio
2 26 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.19%) Trello
8 1 (0.094%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 70 (6.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.06%) Oracle ERP
3 19 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.19%) Magento
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.094%) Endur
6 1 (0.094%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.094%) Primavera
6 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 998 (93.45%) Azure
2 309 (28.93%) GitHub
3 198 (18.54%) Power Platform
4 156 (14.61%) GitHub Actions
5 155 (14.51%) AWS
6 90 (8.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 86 (8.05%) Entra ID
8 85 (7.96%) Serverless
9 82 (7.68%) Azure Monitor
10 81 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
11 77 (7.21%) PaaS
12 61 (5.71%) SaaS
13 58 (5.43%) GCP
13 58 (5.43%) Snowflake
14 56 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
15 53 (4.96%) Azure AKS
15 53 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
16 51 (4.78%) GitHub Copilot
17 46 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
17 46 (4.31%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.81%) Firewall
2 40 (3.75%) DNS
3 21 (1.97%) HTTP
3 21 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.78%) VPN
5 15 (1.40%) WAN
6 8 (0.75%) Network Security
7 3 (0.28%) BGP
7 3 (0.28%) DHCP
7 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.28%) SSL
8 2 (0.19%) AMQP
8 2 (0.19%) VLAN
9 1 (0.094%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.094%) Internet
9 1 (0.094%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.094%) LTE
9 1 (0.094%) MPLS
9 1 (0.094%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.094%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (13.20%) SQL Server
2 114 (10.67%) Power BI
3 74 (6.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (3.56%) NoSQL
5 38 (3.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (3.28%) Data Lake
7 22 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (1.87%) Tableau
9 19 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.50%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.40%) Delta Lake
11 15 (1.40%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (0.94%) Metadata
13 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.84%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.75%) GIS
15 8 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 201 (18.82%) JIRA
2 174 (16.29%) Git
3 113 (10.58%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.46%) eCATT
5 59 (5.52%) Selenium
6 40 (3.75%) Cypress.io
7 38 (3.56%) NeoLoad
8 36 (3.37%) GitLab
9 25 (2.34%) Visual Studio
10 23 (2.15%) Postman
11 22 (2.06%) Octopus Deploy
11 22 (2.06%) Oracle Forms
12 19 (1.78%) Eclipse
12 19 (1.78%) Robot Framework
12 19 (1.78%) Snyk
13 17 (1.59%) TeamCity
14 10 (0.94%) NUnit
14 10 (0.94%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.84%) SpecFlow
16 8 (0.75%) JMeter
General
1 404 (37.83%) Finance
2 249 (23.31%) Social Skills
3 152 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (8.43%) Marketing
5 78 (7.30%) Manufacturing
6 60 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
7 57 (5.34%) Influencing Skills
8 56 (5.24%) Law
9 34 (3.18%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (2.53%) Legal
12 26 (2.43%) Retail
13 25 (2.34%) Billing
14 23 (2.15%) Banking
15 21 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.84%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.75%) Advertising
17 8 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.47%) Games
19 4 (0.37%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 213 (19.94%) Senior
2 197 (18.45%) Developer
3 161 (15.07%) Lead
4 140 (13.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 129 (12.08%) Azure Engineer
6 110 (10.30%) Analyst
7 75 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
8 59 (5.52%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 50 (4.68%) Test Leader
11 46 (4.31%) Architect
12 44 (4.12%) .NET Developer
13 40 (3.75%) Software Engineer
14 36 (3.37%) Applications Engineer
15 34 (3.18%) Platform Engineer
16 33 (3.09%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.53%) Test Analyst
18 26 (2.43%) Power Platform Developer
18 26 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
19 25 (2.34%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (22.47%) .NET
2 100 (9.36%) RESTful
3 97 (9.08%) React
4 77 (7.21%) REST
5 71 (6.65%) OAuth
6 70 (6.55%) CSS
7 69 (6.46%) HTML
8 68 (6.37%) .NET Core
8 68 (6.37%) ASP.NET
9 61 (5.71%) YAML
10 53 (4.96%) SOAP
11 51 (4.78%) .NET Framework
12 44 (4.12%) JSON
13 42 (3.93%) Playwright
14 39 (3.65%) SAML
15 36 (3.37%) Node.js
16 35 (3.28%) ASP.NET Core
16 35 (3.28%) OAuth2
17 30 (2.81%) Entity Framework
18 29 (2.72%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 124 (11.61%) Product Ownership
2 118 (11.05%) Cloud Native
3 43 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.09%) Low-Code
6 32 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (2.81%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.06%) Reinsurance
9 20 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.78%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.40%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.03%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
17 7 (0.66%) AI Agents
18 6 (0.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.30%) Windows
2 61 (5.71%) Linux
3 18 (1.69%) VMS
4 14 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.47%) Android
8 3 (0.28%) Unix
9 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.094%) CentOS
10 1 (0.094%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.094%) SUSE
10 1 (0.094%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 998 (93.45%) DevOps
2 621 (58.15%) CI/CD
3 487 (45.60%) Agile
4 287 (26.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 274 (25.66%) Test Automation
6 250 (23.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
8 176 (16.48%) AI
9 167 (15.64%) Mentoring
10 164 (15.36%) Analytics
11 161 (15.07%) Coaching
12 141 (13.20%) Observability
13 139 (13.01%) Roadmaps
14 137 (12.83%) Data Modelling
15 127 (11.89%) Scrum
16 121 (11.33%) Containerisation
17 115 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
18 110 (10.30%) Asset Management
19 107 (10.02%) Software Engineering
20 106 (9.93%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 360 (33.71%) SQL
2 246 (23.03%) Python
3 202 (18.91%) C#
4 141 (13.20%) PowerShell
5 124 (11.61%) JavaScript
6 85 (7.96%) Bicep
7 83 (7.77%) Bash
8 59 (5.52%) TypeScript
9 52 (4.87%) Java
10 27 (2.53%) Apex Code
10 27 (2.53%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.43%) PL/SQL
12 24 (2.25%) Shell Script
13 23 (2.15%) Go
14 16 (1.50%) Scala
15 12 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.56%) DataWeave
17 6 (0.56%) Swift
18 5 (0.47%) C++
Qualifications
1 106 (9.93%) Degree
2 67 (6.27%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (5.15%) Azure Certification
5 33 (3.09%) ISTQB
6 31 (2.90%) SC Cleared
7 30 (2.81%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.72%) DV Cleared
9 25 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.59%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.22%) HND
12 11 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 10 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.47%) PMP
16 4 (0.37%) BC Cleared
16 4 (0.37%) CBAP
17 3 (0.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (13.11%) QA
2 71 (6.65%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.40%) Data Quality
4 46 (4.31%) GDPR
5 39 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.31%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.22%) NCSC
8 12 (1.12%) NIST
8 12 (1.12%) SLA
9 10 (0.94%) PMO
10 7 (0.66%) GRC
11 5 (0.47%) PERC
11 5 (0.47%) WCAG
12 4 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.28%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.094%) P3O
System Software
1 130 (12.17%) Docker
2 63 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.37%) Postfix
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) vCloud
7 1 (0.094%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.094%) Firmware
7 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 308 (28.84%) Terraform
2 112 (10.49%) Kubernetes
3 93 (8.71%) Ansible
4 73 (6.84%) HP ALM
5 57 (5.34%) Grafana
6 46 (4.31%) Prometheus
7 24 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.75%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) logstash
11 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.19%) Nessus
12 2 (0.19%) Puppet
12 2 (0.19%) SCCM
13 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.094%) MIIS
13 1 (0.094%) Nagios
13 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.094%) Scalr
Vendors
1 348 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.12%) SAP
3 73 (6.84%) HP
4 55 (5.15%) Databricks
5 41 (3.84%) Salesforce
6 37 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.90%) Oracle
8 18 (1.69%) Palo Alto
8 18 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.59%) Black Duck
9 17 (1.59%) Coverity
10 16 (1.50%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.40%) Adobe
11 15 (1.40%) Zscaler
12 14 (1.31%) Okta
12 14 (1.31%) VMware
13 13 (1.22%) Google
14 12 (1.12%) Ab Initio
14 12 (1.12%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.12%) Nintex