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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 112 111
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 -11
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,113 1,290 1,978
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.72% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.83% 7.32% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 723 855 1,715
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,805 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +11.11% -2.50%

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 23,027 17,629 29,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 37.22% 38.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,374 10,912 23,816
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -50 891 £65,000 -3.70% 241
UK excluding London -35 700 £55,000 -15.38% 191
Work from Home -3 482 £61,498 -8.89% 139
London +13 342 £75,000 - 83
South East -2 245 £50,000 -25.93% 55
Scotland +56 157 £57,000 +8.57% 20
North of England -35 108 £53,500 -20.74% 56
Midlands -53 80 £60,000 -7.69% 32
South West -70 75 £47,500 -26.92% 23
West Midlands -46 56 £59,250 -12.22% 22
Yorkshire -50 39 £52,500 -25.00% 18
North West -34 38 £63,000 -3.08% 29
North East +14 31 £50,000 -23.08% 11
East Midlands -18 21 £65,000 - 10
Wales -16 18 £55,000 -15.38% 4
East of England -52 14 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Northern Ireland -25 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 36 (3.23%) Confluence
2 30 (2.70%) IIS
3 25 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
8 4 (0.36%) Moodle
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.090%) nginx
11 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.43%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 70 (6.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (2.96%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.090%) Endur
7 1 (0.090%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.090%) Primavera
7 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,043 (93.71%) Azure
2 342 (30.73%) GitHub
3 221 (19.86%) Power Platform
4 163 (14.65%) GitHub Actions
5 162 (14.56%) AWS
6 93 (8.36%) Entra ID
7 92 (8.27%) Azure Monitor
8 87 (7.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 86 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
9 86 (7.73%) Serverless
10 83 (7.46%) PaaS
11 73 (6.56%) Snowflake
12 69 (6.20%) SaaS
13 63 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
14 62 (5.57%) GitHub Copilot
15 60 (5.39%) Azure Logic Apps
16 56 (5.03%) Azure AKS
16 56 (5.03%) dbt
17 53 (4.76%) GCP
18 51 (4.58%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.93%) Firewall
2 48 (4.31%) DNS
3 24 (2.16%) VPN
4 21 (1.89%) HTTP
5 19 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.71%) WAN
6 7 (0.63%) DHCP
6 7 (0.63%) Network Security
7 5 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.36%) BGP
8 4 (0.36%) SSL
8 4 (0.36%) VLAN
9 2 (0.18%) AMQP
9 2 (0.18%) IPsec
9 2 (0.18%) OSPF
9 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.18%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.090%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.090%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.090%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (13.12%) SQL Server
2 126 (11.32%) Power BI
3 67 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 67 (6.02%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (3.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 40 (3.59%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.88%) Tableau
7 31 (2.79%) Data Lake
8 27 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 20 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
11 15 (1.35%) DynamoDB
12 12 (1.08%) Metadata
12 12 (1.08%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (0.99%) Delta Lake
14 9 (0.81%) GIS
14 9 (0.81%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 206 (18.51%) JIRA
2 171 (15.36%) Git
3 123 (11.05%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.20%) eCATT
5 56 (5.03%) Selenium
6 38 (3.41%) NeoLoad
7 36 (3.23%) Cypress.io
8 33 (2.96%) Oracle Forms
9 32 (2.88%) GitLab
10 23 (2.07%) Octopus Deploy
11 22 (1.98%) Visual Studio
12 20 (1.80%) Robot Framework
12 20 (1.80%) Snyk
13 19 (1.71%) TeamCity
14 17 (1.53%) Postman
15 14 (1.26%) Eclipse
16 8 (0.72%) SpecFlow
17 7 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 7 (0.63%) MLflow
17 7 (0.63%) NUnit
General
1 441 (39.62%) Finance
2 268 (24.08%) Social Skills
3 156 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.54%) Marketing
5 77 (6.92%) Manufacturing
6 60 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
7 56 (5.03%) Law
8 50 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (2.88%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.25%) Billing
10 25 (2.25%) Legal
11 23 (2.07%) Retail
12 20 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.62%) Banking
15 13 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.72%) Advertising
18 7 (0.63%) Games
18 7 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (20.31%) Senior
2 198 (17.79%) Developer
3 158 (14.20%) Lead
4 140 (12.58%) DevOps Engineer
5 126 (11.32%) Azure Engineer
6 120 (10.78%) Analyst
7 100 (8.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 61 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 50 (4.49%) Test Leader
10 49 (4.40%) Architect
10 49 (4.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 47 (4.22%) Applications Engineer
11 47 (4.22%) Software Engineer
12 45 (4.04%) .NET Developer
13 44 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
14 34 (3.05%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 32 (2.88%) Business Analyst
15 32 (2.88%) Power Platform Developer
16 30 (2.70%) Senior Developer
17 29 (2.61%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (23.27%) .NET
2 106 (9.52%) RESTful
3 88 (7.91%) React
4 72 (6.47%) OAuth
5 71 (6.38%) REST
6 63 (5.66%) YAML
7 60 (5.39%) ASP.NET
8 59 (5.30%) .NET Core
9 56 (5.03%) .NET Framework
10 53 (4.76%) SOAP
11 52 (4.67%) CSS
12 51 (4.58%) HTML
13 50 (4.49%) JSON
14 40 (3.59%) OAuth2
14 40 (3.59%) SAML
15 37 (3.32%) Playwright
16 30 (2.70%) Entity Framework
17 28 (2.52%) Lightning Web Components
17 28 (2.52%) Node.js
18 27 (2.43%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 136 (12.22%) Cloud Native
2 123 (11.05%) Product Ownership
3 55 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.32%) Low-Code
6 33 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (2.16%) Mobile App
9 23 (2.07%) Virtual Team
10 22 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.71%) Reinsurance
11 19 (1.71%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.08%) Onboarding
14 11 (0.99%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 86 (7.73%) Windows
2 61 (5.48%) Linux
3 24 (2.16%) VMS
4 14 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.45%) Android
6 5 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.27%) Unix
8 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.090%) CentOS
9 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,043 (93.71%) DevOps
2 635 (57.05%) CI/CD
3 512 (46.00%) Agile
4 298 (26.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 281 (25.25%) Test Automation
6 257 (23.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 230 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (17.79%) Coaching
9 193 (17.34%) AI
10 182 (16.35%) Mentoring
11 174 (15.63%) Analytics
12 146 (13.12%) Asset Management
13 136 (12.22%) Data Modelling
13 136 (12.22%) Roadmaps
14 135 (12.13%) Observability
15 129 (11.59%) Containerisation
16 127 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
17 114 (10.24%) Software Engineering
18 111 (9.97%) Scrum
19 108 (9.70%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 378 (33.96%) SQL
2 275 (24.71%) Python
3 221 (19.86%) C#
4 170 (15.27%) PowerShell
5 107 (9.61%) JavaScript
6 93 (8.36%) Bicep
7 90 (8.09%) Bash
8 66 (5.93%) TypeScript
9 53 (4.76%) Java
10 36 (3.23%) Shell Script
11 33 (2.96%) PL/SQL
12 30 (2.70%) Apex Code
13 29 (2.61%) T-SQL
14 25 (2.25%) Go
15 15 (1.35%) Scala
16 12 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.45%) C++
19 4 (0.36%) DataWeave
19 4 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 115 (10.33%) Degree
2 74 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.11%) Azure Certification
4 60 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 33 (2.96%) ISTQB
7 32 (2.88%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 28 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.17%) HND
11 12 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (0.90%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.45%) CBAP
15 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.45%) PMP
16 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
17 3 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (12.40%) QA
2 65 (5.84%) Accessibility
3 45 (4.04%) GDPR
4 44 (3.95%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.08%) NCSC
7 12 (1.08%) NIST
7 12 (1.08%) SLA
8 10 (0.90%) PMO
9 5 (0.45%) PERC
10 3 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.18%) WCAG
12 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.090%) HL7
12 1 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.090%) P3O
12 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 132 (11.86%) Docker
2 75 (6.74%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.36%) Postfix
7 3 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.18%) vCloud
9 1 (0.090%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 345 (31.00%) Terraform
2 137 (12.31%) Kubernetes
3 101 (9.07%) Ansible
4 72 (6.47%) HP ALM
5 55 (4.94%) Grafana
6 44 (3.95%) Prometheus
7 35 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.72%) Kibana
10 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.36%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Argo
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 2 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) Puppet
12 2 (0.18%) Rancher
12 2 (0.18%) vRealize
13 1 (0.090%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 355 (31.90%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.83%) SAP
3 72 (6.47%) HP
4 54 (4.85%) Databricks
5 43 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 38 (3.41%) Oracle
7 34 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.98%) Okta
9 20 (1.80%) VMware
10 19 (1.71%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.62%) Black Duck
11 18 (1.62%) Coverity
11 18 (1.62%) Zscaler
12 15 (1.35%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.26%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.26%) Adobe
14 12 (1.08%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.08%) Nintex
14 12 (1.08%) Sage
14 12 (1.08%) Xamarin