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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 148 115
Rank change year-on-year -28 -33 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,046 918 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 2.14% 2.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.77% 6.09% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 768 753 1,793
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,300
25th Percentile £50,451 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £76,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £96,000 £93,750
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 27,762 15,082 34,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.74% 35.11% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 14,460 10,971 26,714
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,738 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -28 879 £67,500 -2.17% 385
UK excluding London -2 642 £60,000 -4.00% 303
Work from Home +1 404 £65,000 -3.70% 220
London -10 336 £77,500 +3.33% 158
South East -43 158 £50,000 -28.57% 95
North of England -11 157 £65,000 -7.14% 74
Midlands -20 99 £65,000 - 45
Scotland +43 90 £62,500 +8.70% 25
South West -31 79 £52,500 -19.23% 21
North West 0 75 £70,000 +3.70% 39
West Midlands -28 54 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Yorkshire -51 49 £60,000 -14.29% 16
East Midlands -13 42 £67,500 +35.00% 23
North East -12 33 £50,000 -16.67% 19
Wales -22 30 £53,100 +0.97% 17
East of England -18 29 £70,000 +32.08% 27
Northern Ireland -39 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 37 (3.54%) Confluence
1 37 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.82%) IIS
4 11 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (0.67%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.57%) Apache
7 6 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.38%) Moodle
9 3 (0.29%) CMS
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.096%) Drupal
11 1 (0.096%) Luigi
11 1 (0.096%) nginx
11 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.096%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.096%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (2.01%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.096%) Sketch
6 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.53%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.48%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.096%) Endur
7 1 (0.096%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.096%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.096%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.096%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.096%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.096%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (99.90%) Azure
2 279 (26.67%) GitHub
3 181 (17.30%) Power Platform
4 160 (15.30%) AWS
5 156 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
6 99 (9.46%) Serverless
7 90 (8.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 90 (8.60%) Entra ID
8 83 (7.93%) Azure Monitor
9 81 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
10 79 (7.55%) Azure AKS
11 69 (6.60%) PaaS
12 68 (6.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 61 (5.83%) GCP
14 60 (5.74%) Azure Functions
14 60 (5.74%) SaaS
15 59 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
16 57 (5.45%) Azure Service Bus
17 48 (4.59%) Azure Key Vault
18 40 (3.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.83%) Firewall
2 30 (2.87%) DNS
3 19 (1.82%) HTTP
3 19 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.43%) Network Security
5 14 (1.34%) VPN
6 13 (1.24%) WAN
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) DHCP
8 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 1 (0.096%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.096%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.096%) LTE
9 1 (0.096%) MPLS
9 1 (0.096%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.096%) SAN
9 1 (0.096%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.096%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (11.47%) SQL Server
2 98 (9.37%) Power BI
3 75 (7.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 50 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (3.92%) MongoDB
6 40 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (3.63%) Data Lake
8 35 (3.35%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.29%) Delta Lake
10 21 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.63%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.43%) Tableau
13 14 (1.34%) DynamoDB
13 14 (1.34%) Spark SQL
14 12 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (1.15%) Star Schema
15 10 (0.96%) Metadata
16 9 (0.86%) Power Query
17 8 (0.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 165 (15.77%) Git
2 149 (14.24%) JIRA
3 110 (10.52%) Jenkins
4 59 (5.64%) GitLab
5 50 (4.78%) Selenium
6 38 (3.63%) Cypress.io
7 32 (3.06%) Postman
8 21 (2.01%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.63%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
10 16 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
11 12 (1.15%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.15%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.15%) TestRail
12 11 (1.05%) JMeter
13 9 (0.86%) Zephyr
14 7 (0.67%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.67%) LoadRunner
14 7 (0.67%) MLflow
14 7 (0.67%) NUnit
General
1 303 (28.97%) Finance
2 250 (23.90%) Social Skills
3 145 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (5.35%) Public Sector
5 52 (4.97%) Law
6 43 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.82%) Retail
8 33 (3.15%) Legal
9 31 (2.96%) Marketing
10 28 (2.68%) Billing
11 21 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.82%) Banking
14 11 (1.05%) Automotive
14 11 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.96%) Advertising
15 10 (0.96%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.86%) Games
17 5 (0.48%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 222 (21.22%) Senior
2 220 (21.03%) Developer
3 186 (17.78%) DevOps Engineer
4 173 (16.54%) Azure Engineer
5 160 (15.30%) Lead
6 90 (8.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 74 (7.07%) Cloud Engineer
8 63 (6.02%) Data Engineer
9 55 (5.26%) Analyst
10 54 (5.16%) Senior Developer
11 52 (4.97%) Architect
12 51 (4.88%) .NET Developer
13 48 (4.59%) Platform Engineer
13 48 (4.59%) Senior DevOps
14 46 (4.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 27 (2.58%) Applications Engineer
15 27 (2.58%) Applications Support
15 27 (2.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 27 (2.58%) Software Developer
16 26 (2.49%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (23.61%) .NET
2 111 (10.61%) React
3 98 (9.37%) REST
4 90 (8.60%) RESTful
5 74 (7.07%) CSS
6 73 (6.98%) .NET Core
6 73 (6.98%) ASP.NET
6 73 (6.98%) HTML
7 67 (6.41%) OAuth
8 60 (5.74%) Node.js
9 57 (5.45%) SOAP
10 53 (5.07%) Playwright
11 46 (4.40%) ASP.NET Core
11 46 (4.40%) YAML
12 45 (4.30%) JSON
13 43 (4.11%) .NET Framework
14 41 (3.92%) PySpark
15 37 (3.54%) SAML
16 34 (3.25%) ARM Templates
17 33 (3.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 113 (10.80%) Product Ownership
2 108 (10.33%) Cloud Native
3 40 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.87%) Mobile App
6 29 (2.77%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 24 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (1.82%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
16 8 (0.76%) PMI
17 7 (0.67%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 82 (7.84%) Linux
2 68 (6.50%) Windows
3 19 (1.82%) Unix
4 17 (1.63%) VMS
5 14 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 11 (1.05%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.57%) Android
9 4 (0.38%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.096%) SUSE
11 1 (0.096%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,045 (99.90%) DevOps
2 648 (61.95%) CI/CD
3 462 (44.17%) Agile
4 295 (28.20%) Infrastructure as Code
5 265 (25.33%) Test Automation
6 225 (21.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 196 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
8 181 (17.30%) AI
9 164 (15.68%) Mentoring
10 157 (15.01%) Analytics
11 156 (14.91%) Observability
12 150 (14.34%) Scrum
13 144 (13.77%) Data Modelling
14 142 (13.58%) Coaching
15 133 (12.72%) Containerisation
16 122 (11.66%) Microservices
17 102 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
18 101 (9.66%) Roadmaps
19 97 (9.27%) SDLC
20 94 (8.99%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 343 (32.79%) SQL
2 259 (24.76%) Python
3 205 (19.60%) C#
4 135 (12.91%) JavaScript
5 123 (11.76%) PowerShell
6 96 (9.18%) Bash
7 80 (7.65%) Bicep
8 67 (6.41%) Java
9 61 (5.83%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.20%) Apex Code
10 23 (2.20%) Go
11 20 (1.91%) PL/SQL
11 20 (1.91%) Scala
12 18 (1.72%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (1.24%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.76%) Swift
17 7 (0.67%) DataWeave
18 4 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (8.51%) Degree
2 68 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 49 (4.68%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.30%) SC Cleared
5 40 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.87%) ISTQB
7 20 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.24%) HND
11 10 (0.96%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.38%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.29%) CBAP
16 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (11.38%) QA
2 71 (6.79%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.49%) GDPR
4 31 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.34%) SOC 2
6 13 (1.24%) SLA
7 12 (1.15%) TickIT
8 10 (0.96%) GRC
9 6 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
9 6 (0.57%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.57%) WCAG
10 5 (0.48%) IFRS
10 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.29%) NCSC
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.19%) NIST
12 2 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 148 (14.15%) Docker
2 65 (6.21%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.096%) Postfix
6 1 (0.096%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 321 (30.69%) Terraform
2 122 (11.66%) Kubernetes
3 80 (7.65%) Ansible
4 65 (6.21%) Grafana
5 53 (5.07%) Prometheus
6 22 (2.10%) Argo
7 18 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.86%) Kibana
9 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.38%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.38%) logstash
10 4 (0.38%) Puppet
11 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.29%) Scalr
12 2 (0.19%) MIIS
12 2 (0.19%) Nagios
12 2 (0.19%) SCCM
13 1 (0.096%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.096%) Nessus
Vendors
1 380 (36.33%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.79%) Databricks
3 44 (4.21%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.35%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.68%) Oracle
6 22 (2.10%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.53%) MuleSoft
8 15 (1.43%) Adobe
8 15 (1.43%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.43%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.34%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.15%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.15%) Nintex
11 11 (1.05%) Apple
11 11 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.05%) Okta
12 10 (0.96%) VMware
13 9 (0.86%) Google
13 9 (0.86%) Guidewire
14 8 (0.76%) Ab Initio