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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 170 119
Rank change year-on-year +19 -51 -38
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,475 946 1,629
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 1.93% 2.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.32% 6.09% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 682 1,066
10th Percentile £44,500 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,875 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 27,711 15,534 24,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.86% 31.62% 31.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,656 10,516 15,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,625 £102,500
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 21 September 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 September 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 +24 1,325 £65,000 -3.70% 1,283
UK excluding London +33 957 £60,000 - 775
Work from Home +2 586 £62,500 -3.85% 768
London -8 452 £79,000 +5.33% 603
North of England +69 286 £60,250 -7.31% 228
South East -6 228 £62,500 - 188
North West +68 173 £65,000 - 125
Midlands +28 172 £62,500 +4.17% 116
West Midlands -13 101 £65,000 +8.33% 61
South West -15 92 £57,500 +4.55% 76
Wales -20 92 £53,171 -3.33% 18
East of England -4 74 £55,000 -12.00% 71
East Midlands +19 71 £55,000 +0.92% 55
Yorkshire -3 67 £68,000 +13.33% 75
North East -24 46 £52,250 +4.50% 29
Scotland -39 18 £55,000 -14.73% 55
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 28

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 85 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.68%) Confluence
3 37 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.76%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.36%) IIS
6 12 (0.81%) Apache
7 11 (0.75%) CMS
8 10 (0.68%) nginx
9 8 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.47%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.41%) Camunda
12 5 (0.34%) CICS
13 4 (0.27%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.14%) Luigi
15 2 (0.14%) WordPress
16 1 (0.068%) Headless CMS
16 1 (0.068%) Oracle HTTP Server
16 1 (0.068%) TPMS
Applications
1 25 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.61%) Trello
6 7 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.068%) Notion
Business Applications
1 36 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.95%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.41%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.34%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.27%) Shopify
8 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.068%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.068%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.068%) Magento
10 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.068%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,475 (100.00%) Azure
2 278 (18.85%) Power Platform
3 224 (15.19%) GitHub
4 159 (10.78%) AWS
5 147 (9.97%) Dynamics 365
6 144 (9.76%) Serverless
7 127 (8.61%) GitHub Actions
8 121 (8.20%) Azure Functions
9 113 (7.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 112 (7.59%) Azure AKS
11 106 (7.19%) Azure Monitor
12 104 (7.05%) Azure AI
13 98 (6.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 98 (6.64%) Entra ID
14 96 (6.51%) Azure Logic Apps
14 96 (6.51%) PaaS
15 92 (6.24%) Azure Key Vault
16 91 (6.17%) Power Automate
17 89 (6.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 86 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.64%) Firewall
2 36 (2.44%) VPN
3 19 (1.29%) DNS
4 12 (0.81%) Internet
5 11 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.68%) Network Security
6 10 (0.68%) SAN
7 8 (0.54%) DHCP
8 7 (0.47%) HTTP
8 7 (0.47%) VLAN
8 7 (0.47%) Wireless
9 6 (0.41%) MQTT
9 6 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.41%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.14%) WAN
13 1 (0.068%) Broadband
13 1 (0.068%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (18.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 201 (13.63%) SQL Server
3 176 (11.93%) MongoDB
4 145 (9.83%) Power BI
5 83 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
7 51 (3.46%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.19%) NoSQL
9 41 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
9 41 (2.78%) Metadata
10 37 (2.51%) Delta Lake
11 36 (2.44%) Data Lake
12 31 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 26 (1.76%) Redis
13 26 (1.76%) Star Schema
14 23 (1.56%) Tableau
15 22 (1.49%) MySQL
16 18 (1.22%) Spark SQL
17 16 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 14 (0.95%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 274 (18.58%) Git
2 199 (13.49%) JIRA
3 119 (8.07%) Jenkins
4 78 (5.29%) GitLab
5 45 (3.05%) Selenium
6 36 (2.44%) Postman
7 35 (2.37%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.22%) JUnit
9 16 (1.08%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.02%) JMeter
10 15 (1.02%) NUnit
11 14 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (0.95%) REST Assured
12 12 (0.81%) TestRail
12 12 (0.81%) Zephyr
13 11 (0.75%) fastlane
13 11 (0.75%) SonarQube
14 10 (0.68%) Mockito
14 10 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.61%) Cucumber
General
1 427 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 345 (23.39%) Finance
3 156 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 110 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (3.46%) Retail
7 50 (3.39%) Law
8 40 (2.71%) Marketing
9 33 (2.24%) Legal
10 30 (2.03%) Advertising
10 30 (2.03%) Banking
11 26 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.56%) Games
13 22 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.68%) Aviation
18 7 (0.47%) Automotive
18 7 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 457 (30.98%) Developer
2 342 (23.19%) Senior
3 217 (14.71%) .NET Developer
4 208 (14.10%) DevOps Engineer
5 206 (13.97%) Azure Engineer
6 165 (11.19%) Lead
7 103 (6.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 100 (6.78%) Data Engineer
8 100 (6.78%) Senior Developer
9 93 (6.31%) Platform Engineer
10 92 (6.24%) Analyst
11 67 (4.54%) Senior DevOps
12 63 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
12 63 (4.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 53 (3.59%) Software Engineer
14 49 (3.32%) Consultant
15 48 (3.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 48 (3.25%) Senior Data Engineer
16 47 (3.19%) Architect
17 45 (3.05%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 479 (32.47%) .NET
2 347 (23.53%) Terraform
3 251 (17.02%) ASP.NET
4 227 (15.39%) .NET Core
5 199 (13.49%) ASP.NET Core
6 163 (11.05%) REST
7 159 (10.78%) React
8 151 (10.24%) RESTful
9 147 (9.97%) HTML
10 145 (9.83%) CSS
11 124 (8.41%) Entity Framework
12 122 (8.27%) Blazor
13 86 (5.83%) Node.js
14 78 (5.29%) ML.NET
15 63 (4.27%) .NET Framework
16 58 (3.93%) Playwright
17 57 (3.86%) JSON
17 57 (3.86%) YAML
18 56 (3.80%) PySpark
19 52 (3.53%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.42%) Cloud Native
2 135 (9.15%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 62 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.19%) Mobile App
7 40 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
9 33 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
10 26 (1.76%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.56%) Low-Code
11 23 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.49%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.29%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.15%) iPhone
15 17 (1.15%) Mainframe
16 16 (1.08%) BBC
16 16 (1.08%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 110 (7.46%) Windows
2 93 (6.31%) Linux
3 25 (1.69%) Android
4 23 (1.56%) VMS
5 21 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 20 (1.36%) Unix
7 13 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.14%) Debian
11 2 (0.14%) Rocky
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.068%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,475 (100.00%) DevOps
2 833 (56.47%) CI/CD
3 673 (45.63%) Agile
4 350 (23.73%) AI
5 325 (22.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 324 (21.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 272 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
8 243 (16.47%) Test Automation
9 242 (16.41%) Full-Stack Development
10 224 (15.19%) Mentoring
11 215 (14.58%) Scrum
12 196 (13.29%) Analytics
13 183 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
14 182 (12.34%) Microservices
15 166 (11.25%) Platform Engineering
16 163 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
17 152 (10.31%) Observability
18 147 (9.97%) Data Modelling
19 143 (9.69%) Software Engineering
20 138 (9.36%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 538 (36.47%) SQL
2 491 (33.29%) C#
3 288 (19.53%) Python
4 236 (16.00%) JavaScript
5 178 (12.07%) PowerShell
6 126 (8.54%) Bicep
7 122 (8.27%) Bash
8 91 (6.17%) Java
9 61 (4.14%) TypeScript
10 41 (2.78%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.42%) Scala
12 18 (1.22%) C++
13 17 (1.15%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 16 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (0.88%) COBOL
15 13 (0.88%) JCL
16 10 (0.68%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 146 (9.90%) Degree
2 117 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 103 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 102 (6.92%) Azure Certification
5 57 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (2.17%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.76%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.15%) PMP
10 11 (0.75%) ACCA
10 11 (0.75%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.75%) CIMA
11 10 (0.68%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.61%) CBAP
12 9 (0.61%) ISEB
13 7 (0.47%) CSPO
14 6 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (12.68%) QA
2 92 (6.24%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.22%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.05%) GDPR
5 37 (2.51%) WCAG
6 21 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.29%) PMO
8 12 (0.81%) TickIT
9 10 (0.68%) SLA
10 9 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.47%) NCSC
12 6 (0.41%) JTAG
12 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.27%) GRC
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.20%) NIST
15 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 184 (12.47%) Docker
2 70 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.81%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Xen
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 174 (11.80%) Kubernetes
2 59 (4.00%) Ansible
3 49 (3.32%) Grafana
4 45 (3.05%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.10%) Argo
6 24 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.75%) Puppet
8 6 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.34%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.27%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.14%) Istio
11 2 (0.14%) Kibana
11 2 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 2 (0.14%) Scalr
11 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 668 (45.29%) Microsoft
2 99 (6.71%) Databricks
3 64 (4.34%) Google
4 40 (2.71%) Salesforce
5 37 (2.51%) Facebook
6 35 (2.37%) VMware
7 26 (1.76%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.69%) Apple
9 22 (1.49%) SAP
10 21 (1.42%) YouTube
11 20 (1.36%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.15%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.15%) Oracle
12 17 (1.15%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.08%) Sony
13 16 (1.08%) Yahoo!
14 14 (0.95%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.88%) HP
16 12 (0.81%) Foundry
16 12 (0.81%) ScienceLogic