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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 170 123
Rank change year-on-year +18 -47 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,247 897 2,245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.31% 1.97% 2.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.82% 5.92% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 692 1,684
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,313 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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 25,895 15,141 35,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.19% 33.24% 33.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,848 10,487 27,002
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% -9.20%
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 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

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 June 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 June 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 +13 1,124 £65,000 -7.14% 366
UK excluding London +52 817 £60,000 -4.00% 297
Work from Home +43 503 £60,000 -11.11% 237
London -16 366 £78,750 +5.00% 139
North of England +73 237 £62,500 -7.41% 70
South East -7 215 £60,000 -7.69% 106
North West +79 128 £69,305 +10.45% 39
Midlands +15 128 £65,000 +8.33% 42
South West -1 94 £55,000 -10.20% 27
East of England +11 68 £56,000 -10.40% 34
East Midlands +23 64 £64,000 +13.78% 20
West Midlands -14 63 £65,000 +8.33% 22
Yorkshire -23 58 £69,310 -0.99% 23
North East +3 51 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Wales -12 51 £53,171 -18.20% 12
Scotland +16 24 £61,250 -3.54% 13
Northern Ireland -32 2 £72,500 +45.00% 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 58 (4.65%) Confluence
2 55 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.68%) IIS
5 13 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.64%) CMS
6 8 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.48%) Apache
7 6 (0.48%) nginx
7 6 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.24%) WordPress
10 2 (0.16%) CICS
10 2 (0.16%) Luigi
10 2 (0.16%) Moodle
11 1 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.080%) Drupal
11 1 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.080%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (1.44%) MS Visio
2 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.080%) Notion
7 1 (0.080%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.40%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.40%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.16%) Magento
4 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.080%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.080%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.080%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.080%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,246 (99.92%) Azure
2 231 (18.52%) GitHub
3 196 (15.72%) Power Platform
4 163 (13.07%) AWS
5 138 (11.07%) GitHub Actions
6 117 (9.38%) Serverless
7 108 (8.66%) Azure AKS
8 106 (8.50%) Azure Monitor
9 93 (7.46%) PaaS
10 90 (7.22%) Azure Functions
11 89 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
12 83 (6.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 83 (6.66%) Dynamics 365
13 81 (6.50%) Entra ID
14 74 (5.93%) Azure AI
15 71 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
16 68 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
16 68 (5.45%) SaaS
17 63 (5.05%) GCP
18 60 (4.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.01%) Firewall
2 24 (1.92%) DNS
3 22 (1.76%) VPN
4 16 (1.28%) HTTP
5 14 (1.12%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.88%) Network Security
7 8 (0.64%) Internet
8 5 (0.40%) WAN
9 4 (0.32%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.32%) MQTT
9 4 (0.32%) SAN
9 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.32%) Wireless
9 4 (0.32%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.24%) BGP
10 3 (0.24%) DHCP
10 3 (0.24%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.16%) VLAN
12 1 (0.080%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.080%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (16.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 139 (11.15%) MongoDB
3 129 (10.34%) SQL Server
4 95 (7.62%) Power BI
5 41 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.33%) Data Lake
9 27 (2.17%) Delta Lake
9 27 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (2.09%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (1.44%) Redis
12 18 (1.44%) Spark SQL
13 15 (1.20%) Metadata
13 15 (1.20%) MySQL
14 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (1.04%) Star Schema
16 11 (0.88%) Tableau
17 8 (0.64%) GIS
Development Applications
1 190 (15.24%) Git
2 153 (12.27%) JIRA
3 114 (9.14%) Jenkins
4 75 (6.01%) GitLab
5 51 (4.09%) Selenium
6 43 (3.45%) Cypress.io
7 36 (2.89%) Postman
8 24 (1.92%) Eclipse
9 18 (1.44%) REST Assured
10 17 (1.36%) Visual Studio
11 14 (1.12%) fastlane
11 14 (1.12%) JMeter
11 14 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (1.04%) TestRail
12 13 (1.04%) Zephyr
13 9 (0.72%) Xcode
14 8 (0.64%) JUnit
15 7 (0.56%) LoadRunner
15 7 (0.56%) NUnit
15 7 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 285 (22.85%) Finance
2 284 (22.77%) Social Skills
3 117 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.38%) Public Sector
5 89 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.41%) Law
7 48 (3.85%) Retail
8 36 (2.89%) Marketing
9 33 (2.65%) Legal
10 29 (2.33%) Banking
11 22 (1.76%) Advertising
12 21 (1.68%) Games
13 20 (1.60%) Billing
13 20 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (1.44%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.20%) Telecoms
17 12 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.80%) Automotive
18 10 (0.80%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 363 (29.11%) Developer
2 238 (19.09%) Senior
3 222 (17.80%) DevOps Engineer
4 197 (15.80%) Azure Engineer
5 168 (13.47%) Lead
6 159 (12.75%) .NET Developer
7 112 (8.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 76 (6.09%) Senior Developer
9 73 (5.85%) Platform Engineer
10 70 (5.61%) Data Engineer
11 65 (5.21%) Analyst
12 63 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.73%) Architect
14 52 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
15 50 (4.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 45 (3.61%) Software Engineer
17 41 (3.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 37 (2.97%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 35 (2.81%) Software Developer
20 28 (2.25%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 393 (31.52%) .NET
2 201 (16.12%) ASP.NET
3 177 (14.19%) .NET Core
4 161 (12.91%) ASP.NET Core
5 150 (12.03%) React
6 137 (10.99%) HTML
7 135 (10.83%) CSS
8 118 (9.46%) REST
9 112 (8.98%) RESTful
10 94 (7.54%) Entity Framework
11 91 (7.30%) Blazor
12 81 (6.50%) Node.js
13 64 (5.13%) ML.NET
14 62 (4.97%) Playwright
15 61 (4.89%) YAML
16 53 (4.25%) ARM Templates
17 47 (3.77%) .NET Framework
18 43 (3.45%) JSON
19 41 (3.29%) PySpark
20 40 (3.21%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 120 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 111 (8.90%) Cloud Native
3 55 (4.41%) Mobile App
4 40 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
8 27 (2.17%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (1.76%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.52%) Podcast
12 18 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.36%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.20%) Reinsurance
15 14 (1.12%) AI Agents
15 14 (1.12%) iPhone
16 13 (1.04%) Social Media
16 13 (1.04%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 96 (7.70%) Linux
2 76 (6.09%) Windows
3 28 (2.25%) VMS
4 23 (1.84%) Android
5 18 (1.44%) Unix
6 16 (1.28%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.20%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.96%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.080%) SUSE
11 1 (0.080%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,246 (99.92%) DevOps
2 748 (59.98%) CI/CD
3 559 (44.83%) Agile
4 313 (25.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 250 (20.05%) AI
6 241 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 236 (18.93%) Test Automation
8 210 (16.84%) Full-Stack Development
9 198 (15.88%) Scrum
10 187 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 182 (14.60%) Mentoring
12 163 (13.07%) Analytics
13 150 (12.03%) Microservices
14 148 (11.87%) Observability
15 126 (10.10%) Platform Engineering
16 122 (9.78%) Containerisation
17 117 (9.38%) Roadmaps
18 115 (9.22%) SDLC
19 111 (8.90%) Machine Learning
20 109 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 428 (34.32%) SQL
2 379 (30.39%) C#
3 241 (19.33%) Python
4 221 (17.72%) JavaScript
5 153 (12.27%) PowerShell
6 130 (10.43%) Bash
7 106 (8.50%) Bicep
8 74 (5.93%) Java
9 63 (5.05%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.84%) Go
10 23 (1.84%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 16 (1.28%) Scala
13 15 (1.20%) C++
14 12 (0.96%) Swift
15 9 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.64%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.64%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.48%) SOQL
17 6 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 94 (7.54%) Security Cleared
2 87 (6.98%) Degree
3 76 (6.09%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.37%) Azure Certification
5 36 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.09%) ISTQB
6 26 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.88%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.72%) HND
10 7 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.48%) CISSP
12 5 (0.40%) PMP
13 4 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 3 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (12.19%) QA
2 87 (6.98%) Accessibility
3 47 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.05%) GDPR
5 27 (2.17%) WCAG
6 23 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.96%) TickIT
8 11 (0.88%) GRC
8 11 (0.88%) SLA
9 10 (0.80%) PMO
10 8 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.48%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.40%) IFRS
13 4 (0.32%) JTAG
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
14 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 153 (12.27%) Docker
2 65 (5.21%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.96%) vSphere
7 2 (0.16%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 324 (25.98%) Terraform
2 139 (11.15%) Kubernetes
3 71 (5.69%) Ansible
4 67 (5.37%) Grafana
5 57 (4.57%) Prometheus
6 28 (2.25%) Argo
7 8 (0.64%) Kibana
8 5 (0.40%) Puppet
9 4 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.32%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.24%) Nagios
10 3 (0.24%) Scalr
11 2 (0.16%) Istio
11 2 (0.16%) MIIS
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.080%) Consul
12 1 (0.080%) linkerd
12 1 (0.080%) Packer
Vendors
1 518 (41.54%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.21%) Databricks
3 41 (3.29%) Google
3 41 (3.29%) Salesforce
3 41 (3.29%) ServiceNow
4 29 (2.33%) Facebook
5 26 (2.09%) Apple
5 26 (2.09%) VMware
6 25 (2.00%) Dynatrace
7 23 (1.84%) Red Hat
8 16 (1.28%) MuleSoft
8 16 (1.28%) YouTube
9 14 (1.12%) Guidewire
10 13 (1.04%) Sony
10 13 (1.04%) Yahoo!
11 12 (0.96%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (0.88%) Oracle
13 10 (0.80%) Foundry
13 10 (0.80%) Splunk
14 9 (0.72%) Adobe