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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 171 119
Rank change year-on-year +20 -52 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,315 925 2,213
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.35% 1.93% 2.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.93% 5.91% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 712 1,651
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,938 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,564 £55,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% 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 26,676 15,662 34,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.34% 32.60% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,424 10,934 26,466
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -6.82%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +27 1,177 £65,000 -7.14% 486
UK excluding London +57 879 £60,000 -4.00% 415
Work from Home +35 548 £60,000 -11.11% 379
London -22 367 £80,000 +6.67% 177
North of England +70 253 £62,500 -9.09% 100
South East +2 231 £60,000 -7.69% 128
North West +70 136 £65,500 -1.13% 58
Midlands +23 133 £64,000 +6.67% 52
South West -6 100 £55,000 -8.33% 33
East of England +15 75 £56,000 -6.67% 48
East Midlands +30 71 £63,500 +15.45% 27
Yorkshire -7 64 £69,310 -0.99% 30
West Midlands -22 62 £65,000 +1.96% 24
Wales -9 60 £53,171 -14.93% 16
North East -2 53 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Scotland +9 27 £60,000 -6.98% 31
Northern Ireland -50 2 £72,500 +45.00% 18

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 59 (4.49%) Confluence
1 59 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.67%) IIS
4 13 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.68%) CMS
6 8 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.53%) nginx
8 6 (0.46%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.46%) Apache
8 6 (0.46%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.23%) Camunda
10 3 (0.23%) WordPress
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) CICS
11 2 (0.15%) Luigi
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.076%) Drupal
12 1 (0.076%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 17 (1.29%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.46%) Trello
6 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.076%) Notion
8 1 (0.076%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.30%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.15%) Magento
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.076%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.076%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,314 (99.92%) Azure
2 231 (17.57%) GitHub
3 203 (15.44%) Power Platform
4 168 (12.78%) AWS
5 139 (10.57%) GitHub Actions
6 117 (8.90%) Serverless
7 108 (8.21%) Azure AKS
8 104 (7.91%) Azure Monitor
9 97 (7.38%) Azure AI
9 97 (7.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 95 (7.22%) PaaS
11 92 (7.00%) Azure Functions
12 87 (6.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 86 (6.54%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (6.24%) Entra ID
15 72 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
16 69 (5.25%) Azure Data Factory
17 68 (5.17%) SaaS
18 64 (4.87%) GCP
19 61 (4.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.73%) Firewall
2 23 (1.75%) DNS
2 23 (1.75%) VPN
3 16 (1.22%) HTTP
4 14 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.84%) Internet
5 11 (0.84%) Network Security
6 5 (0.38%) SAN
7 4 (0.30%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.30%) MQTT
7 4 (0.30%) WAN
7 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.30%) Wireless
7 4 (0.30%) ZigBee
8 3 (0.23%) BGP
8 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 2 (0.15%) VLAN
10 1 (0.076%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.076%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (18.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 174 (13.23%) MongoDB
3 136 (10.34%) SQL Server
4 96 (7.30%) Power BI
5 45 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (2.28%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.05%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.98%) Data Lake
10 26 (1.98%) Delta Lake
11 20 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (1.44%) Redis
13 18 (1.37%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.29%) MySQL
15 15 (1.14%) Metadata
15 15 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 12 (0.91%) Star Schema
17 11 (0.84%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 190 (14.45%) Git
2 157 (11.94%) JIRA
3 116 (8.82%) Jenkins
4 77 (5.86%) GitLab
5 48 (3.65%) Selenium
6 41 (3.12%) Cypress.io
7 35 (2.66%) Postman
8 22 (1.67%) Eclipse
9 18 (1.37%) REST Assured
10 16 (1.22%) Visual Studio
11 15 (1.14%) JMeter
12 14 (1.06%) fastlane
13 13 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (0.99%) TestRail
13 13 (0.99%) Zephyr
14 10 (0.76%) JUnit
15 9 (0.68%) Xcode
16 7 (0.53%) LoadRunner
16 7 (0.53%) Mockito
16 7 (0.53%) NUnit
General
1 298 (22.66%) Social Skills
2 296 (22.51%) Finance
3 122 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 92 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.18%) Law
7 52 (3.95%) Retail
8 44 (3.35%) Marketing
9 33 (2.51%) Legal
10 30 (2.28%) Banking
11 28 (2.13%) Advertising
12 25 (1.90%) Games
13 21 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.14%) Billing
15 15 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.76%) Automotive
17 10 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 410 (31.18%) Developer
2 253 (19.24%) Senior
3 223 (16.96%) DevOps Engineer
4 201 (15.29%) .NET Developer
5 192 (14.60%) Azure Engineer
6 171 (13.00%) Lead
7 111 (8.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 80 (6.08%) Senior Developer
9 72 (5.48%) Platform Engineer
10 69 (5.25%) Data Engineer
11 67 (5.10%) Analyst
12 62 (4.71%) Cloud Engineer
13 60 (4.56%) Architect
14 55 (4.18%) Senior DevOps
15 53 (4.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 49 (3.73%) Software Engineer
17 39 (2.97%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 36 (2.74%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 35 (2.66%) Software Developer
20 28 (2.13%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 439 (33.38%) .NET
2 243 (18.48%) ASP.NET
3 214 (16.27%) .NET Core
4 200 (15.21%) ASP.NET Core
5 170 (12.93%) React
6 156 (11.86%) HTML
7 154 (11.71%) CSS
8 140 (10.65%) RESTful
9 125 (9.51%) REST
10 114 (8.67%) Blazor
11 112 (8.52%) Entity Framework
12 87 (6.62%) Node.js
13 85 (6.46%) ML.NET
14 63 (4.79%) Playwright
15 60 (4.56%) YAML
16 53 (4.03%) ARM Templates
17 47 (3.57%) .NET Framework
18 45 (3.42%) JSON
18 45 (3.42%) OAuth
19 40 (3.04%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.66%) Product Ownership
2 117 (8.90%) Cloud Native
3 59 (4.49%) Mobile App
4 45 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 23 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (1.75%) Low-Code
10 19 (1.44%) Podcast
10 19 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.37%) BBC
11 18 (1.37%) iPhone
11 18 (1.37%) Social Media
12 17 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.22%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.06%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 98 (7.45%) Linux
2 78 (5.93%) Windows
3 27 (2.05%) Android
3 27 (2.05%) VMS
4 19 (1.44%) Unix
5 16 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.99%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.076%) Debian
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.076%) Rocky
10 1 (0.076%) SUSE
10 1 (0.076%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,314 (99.92%) DevOps
2 776 (59.01%) CI/CD
3 613 (46.62%) Agile
4 319 (24.26%) Infrastructure as Code
5 278 (21.14%) AI
6 259 (19.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 251 (19.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 238 (18.10%) Test Automation
9 205 (15.59%) Scrum
10 195 (14.83%) Mentoring
11 189 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
12 161 (12.24%) Analytics
13 160 (12.17%) Microservices
14 150 (11.41%) Observability
15 136 (10.34%) Machine Learning
16 129 (9.81%) Platform Engineering
17 124 (9.43%) Containerisation
18 120 (9.13%) Roadmaps
19 118 (8.97%) SDLC
20 112 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 470 (35.74%) SQL
2 429 (32.62%) C#
3 247 (18.78%) Python
4 245 (18.63%) JavaScript
5 152 (11.56%) PowerShell
6 131 (9.96%) Bash
7 108 (8.21%) Bicep
8 76 (5.78%) Java
9 65 (4.94%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.98%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.75%) Go
12 20 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.14%) C++
13 15 (1.14%) Scala
14 12 (0.91%) Swift
15 8 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.61%) VB.NET
16 6 (0.46%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 100 (7.60%) Security Cleared
2 86 (6.54%) Degree
3 79 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 69 (5.25%) Azure Certification
5 36 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (1.98%) ISTQB
7 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.06%) PMI Certification
9 12 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.61%) HND
11 8 (0.61%) PMP
12 7 (0.53%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.46%) CISSP
14 5 (0.38%) ISEB
15 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (0.23%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (11.86%) QA
2 89 (6.77%) Accessibility
3 50 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.89%) GDPR
5 29 (2.21%) WCAG
6 24 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.91%) TickIT
8 11 (0.84%) GRC
9 10 (0.76%) PMO
9 10 (0.76%) SLA
10 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.46%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.38%) IFRS
12 5 (0.38%) NCSC
12 5 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.30%) JTAG
14 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 159 (12.09%) Docker
2 66 (5.02%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.91%) vSphere
7 3 (0.23%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.076%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.076%) Xen
Systems Management
1 328 (24.94%) Terraform
2 149 (11.33%) Kubernetes
3 74 (5.63%) Ansible
4 69 (5.25%) Grafana
5 59 (4.49%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.21%) Argo
7 7 (0.53%) Puppet
8 6 (0.46%) Kibana
9 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.23%) Nagios
10 3 (0.23%) Scalr
11 2 (0.15%) Istio
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.076%) linkerd
12 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.076%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 564 (42.89%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.94%) Databricks
3 55 (4.18%) Google
4 42 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 39 (2.97%) Facebook
5 39 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.36%) Apple
7 27 (2.05%) VMware
8 25 (1.90%) Dynatrace
9 23 (1.75%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.60%) YouTube
11 18 (1.37%) MuleSoft
11 18 (1.37%) Sony
11 18 (1.37%) Yahoo!
12 14 (1.06%) Guidewire
13 12 (0.91%) Oracle
13 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.84%) Foundry
15 10 (0.76%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.76%) SAP