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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 111 114
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,127 1,336 1,956
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.68% 2.71% 2.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.05% 7.30% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 730 856 1,726
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £53,516 £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 £80,000 £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 22,328 18,304 28,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.20% 37.10% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 12,074 10,889 23,837
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 16 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 16 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 -37 897 £65,000 -3.70% 367
UK excluding London -27 705 £55,000 -15.38% 325
Work from Home -3 496 £62,000 -8.15% 238
London +28 349 £75,000 - 107
South East -3 250 £50,000 -23.08% 101
Scotland +63 164 £57,000 +8.57% 24
North of England -49 107 £53,500 -20.42% 85
Midlands -61 78 £60,000 -7.69% 59
South West -74 71 £47,500 -26.92% 32
West Midlands -48 56 £58,000 -14.07% 37
Yorkshire -49 40 £53,750 -23.21% 26
North West -30 36 £63,000 -3.08% 49
North East +14 31 £50,000 -27.27% 11
East Midlands -9 19 £65,000 - 22
Wales -10 19 £55,000 -15.38% 9
East of England -42 13 £65,000 +30.00% 20
Northern Ireland -21 3 £56,250 +12.50% 2

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 (3.19%) Confluence
2 33 (2.93%) IIS
3 27 (2.40%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.35%) Apache
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.18%) Moodle
11 1 (0.089%) nginx
11 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.35%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.089%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 70 (6.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (3.11%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.089%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.089%) Endur
6 1 (0.089%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.089%) Primavera
6 1 (0.089%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,057 (93.79%) Azure
2 344 (30.52%) GitHub
3 220 (19.52%) Power Platform
4 168 (14.91%) AWS
5 159 (14.11%) GitHub Actions
6 97 (8.61%) Azure Monitor
7 94 (8.34%) Entra ID
8 89 (7.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 88 (7.81%) Serverless
10 80 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
11 79 (7.01%) PaaS
12 78 (6.92%) Snowflake
13 71 (6.30%) SaaS
14 64 (5.68%) GitHub Copilot
15 61 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
15 61 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
16 59 (5.24%) Azure AKS
17 58 (5.15%) dbt
18 54 (4.79%) GCP
19 53 (4.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.86%) Firewall
2 48 (4.26%) DNS
3 27 (2.40%) VPN
4 20 (1.77%) HTTP
4 20 (1.77%) WAN
5 18 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.71%) DHCP
6 8 (0.71%) Network Security
7 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.44%) BGP
8 5 (0.44%) VLAN
9 4 (0.35%) SSL
10 3 (0.27%) AMQP
10 3 (0.27%) IPsec
10 3 (0.27%) OSPF
10 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.089%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.089%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.089%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (13.66%) SQL Server
2 130 (11.54%) Power BI
3 71 (6.30%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (6.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 46 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 41 (3.64%) NoSQL
7 35 (3.11%) Tableau
8 31 (2.75%) Data Lake
9 28 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.77%) Relational Database
11 19 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
12 15 (1.33%) DynamoDB
13 14 (1.24%) MongoDB
14 12 (1.06%) Metadata
14 12 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 11 (0.98%) Delta Lake
16 9 (0.80%) GIS
16 9 (0.80%) MySQL
16 9 (0.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 207 (18.37%) JIRA
2 180 (15.97%) Git
3 124 (11.00%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.12%) eCATT
5 54 (4.79%) Selenium
6 38 (3.37%) NeoLoad
7 35 (3.11%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (2.84%) Cypress.io
9 31 (2.75%) GitLab
10 24 (2.13%) Octopus Deploy
11 22 (1.95%) Visual Studio
12 21 (1.86%) Snyk
13 20 (1.77%) Robot Framework
13 20 (1.77%) TeamCity
14 18 (1.60%) Postman
15 13 (1.15%) Eclipse
16 8 (0.71%) MLflow
16 8 (0.71%) NUnit
16 8 (0.71%) SpecFlow
17 7 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 443 (39.31%) Finance
2 275 (24.40%) Social Skills
3 157 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (8.61%) Marketing
5 73 (6.48%) Manufacturing
6 59 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
7 51 (4.53%) Law
8 46 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (2.75%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.13%) Billing
11 22 (1.95%) Retail
12 21 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.77%) Legal
14 17 (1.51%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.24%) Banking
16 13 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.89%) Tech for Good
18 9 (0.80%) Advertising
18 9 (0.80%) Games
19 7 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (20.32%) Senior
2 201 (17.83%) Developer
3 157 (13.93%) Lead
4 143 (12.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 128 (11.36%) Azure Engineer
6 123 (10.91%) Analyst
7 105 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 61 (5.41%) Data Engineer
9 50 (4.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 50 (4.44%) Software Engineer
10 49 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
11 48 (4.26%) Test Leader
12 47 (4.17%) .NET Developer
12 47 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
13 42 (3.73%) Architect
14 35 (3.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 34 (3.02%) Business Analyst
16 31 (2.75%) Power Platform Developer
16 31 (2.75%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.75%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (24.05%) .NET
2 111 (9.85%) RESTful
3 92 (8.16%) React
4 73 (6.48%) REST
5 70 (6.21%) OAuth
6 68 (6.03%) YAML
7 63 (5.59%) .NET Framework
8 61 (5.41%) ASP.NET
9 60 (5.32%) .NET Core
10 53 (4.70%) CSS
10 53 (4.70%) SOAP
11 52 (4.61%) HTML
12 51 (4.53%) JSON
13 40 (3.55%) OAuth2
14 36 (3.19%) SAML
15 35 (3.11%) Entity Framework
16 33 (2.93%) Playwright
17 32 (2.84%) AngularJS
17 32 (2.84%) ARM Templates
18 29 (2.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 143 (12.69%) Cloud Native
2 120 (10.65%) Product Ownership
3 54 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.28%) Low-Code
6 33 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 24 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 23 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (1.86%) Security Posture
11 19 (1.69%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.33%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 91 (8.07%) Windows
2 66 (5.86%) Linux
3 27 (2.40%) VMS
4 16 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.98%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.53%) Android
7 5 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.089%) CentOS
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,057 (93.79%) DevOps
2 642 (56.97%) CI/CD
3 521 (46.23%) Agile
4 306 (27.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 279 (24.76%) Test Automation
6 264 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 233 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
8 204 (18.10%) Coaching
9 196 (17.39%) AI
10 184 (16.33%) Mentoring
11 179 (15.88%) Analytics
12 152 (13.49%) Asset Management
13 136 (12.07%) Data Modelling
13 136 (12.07%) Observability
14 134 (11.89%) Containerisation
15 133 (11.80%) Roadmaps
16 132 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
17 117 (10.38%) Software Engineering
18 112 (9.94%) Microservices
19 111 (9.85%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 390 (34.61%) SQL
2 285 (25.29%) Python
3 233 (20.67%) C#
4 187 (16.59%) PowerShell
5 108 (9.58%) JavaScript
6 97 (8.61%) Bicep
7 93 (8.25%) Bash
8 67 (5.94%) TypeScript
9 53 (4.70%) Java
10 38 (3.37%) Shell Script
11 35 (3.11%) PL/SQL
12 30 (2.66%) Apex Code
13 29 (2.57%) T-SQL
14 24 (2.13%) Go
15 15 (1.33%) Scala
16 12 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.44%) C++
19 4 (0.35%) PHP
19 4 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 124 (11.00%) Degree
2 75 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.57%) Azure Certification
4 64 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (3.73%) SC Cleared
6 35 (3.11%) Master's Degree
7 32 (2.84%) ISTQB
8 29 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (2.40%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.77%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 12 (1.06%) HND
12 12 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 11 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (0.71%) PMP
15 6 (0.53%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.44%) CBAP
16 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 4 (0.35%) ISEB
17 4 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (12.16%) QA
2 64 (5.68%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.17%) GDPR
4 44 (3.90%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.15%) PMO
6 13 (1.15%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.06%) NCSC
7 12 (1.06%) NIST
8 11 (0.98%) SLA
9 5 (0.44%) PERC
10 3 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.27%) WCAG
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.089%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.089%) HL7
12 1 (0.089%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.089%) P3O
12 1 (0.089%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 134 (11.89%) Docker
2 75 (6.65%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.35%) Firmware
6 4 (0.35%) Postfix
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) vCloud
8 1 (0.089%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.089%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.089%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 360 (31.94%) Terraform
2 148 (13.13%) Kubernetes
3 103 (9.14%) Ansible
4 72 (6.39%) HP ALM
5 53 (4.70%) Grafana
6 42 (3.73%) Prometheus
7 37 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.71%) Kibana
10 4 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.35%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Argo
11 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.27%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) Rancher
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
11 3 (0.27%) vRealize
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
13 1 (0.089%) Nagios
Vendors
1 362 (32.12%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.74%) SAP
3 72 (6.39%) HP
4 56 (4.97%) Databricks
5 43 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 40 (3.55%) Oracle
7 36 (3.19%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.04%) Okta
9 22 (1.95%) VMware
10 20 (1.77%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.69%) Zscaler
12 18 (1.60%) Black Duck
12 18 (1.60%) Coverity
13 14 (1.24%) Ab Initio
14 13 (1.15%) Adobe
15 12 (1.06%) Red Hat
15 12 (1.06%) Sage
15 12 (1.06%) Xamarin
16 11 (0.98%) Google
16 11 (0.98%) Nintex