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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 162 119
Rank change year-on-year -17 -43 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,096 922 2,274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 2.09% 2.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.08% 6.14% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 830 722 1,753
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,188 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,375 £96,125 £92,500
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 26,875 15,016 34,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.13% 34.05% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15,172 10,550 26,689
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -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 20 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 20 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 -21 944 £67,500 -3.57% 357
UK excluding London +12 694 £60,000 -4.00% 290
Work from Home +25 421 £65,000 -3.70% 202
London -12 340 £77,500 +3.33% 128
North of England +36 183 £65,250 -3.33% 84
South East -23 180 £50,000 -25.93% 95
Midlands -5 109 £65,000 - 38
North West +46 94 £70,000 +15.70% 48
South West -45 74 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Scotland +48 71 £62,500 +8.70% 18
West Midlands -41 56 £62,000 -4.62% 23
East Midlands +5 50 £67,250 +22.27% 15
Yorkshire -40 50 £69,305 -0.99% 20
East of England -12 42 £60,000 +4.35% 26
North East -7 39 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Wales -9 35 £53,050 -9.77% 14
Northern Ireland -36 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 38 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.01%) Confluence
3 21 (1.92%) IIS
4 18 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.64%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.55%) Apache
7 6 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.46%) CMS
9 4 (0.36%) Moodle
9 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) Luigi
12 1 (0.091%) nginx
12 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (1.64%) MS Visio
2 17 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.18%) Trello
9 1 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.46%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.18%) Magento
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.091%) Endur
6 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.091%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,095 (99.91%) Azure
2 255 (23.27%) GitHub
3 178 (16.24%) Power Platform
4 161 (14.69%) AWS
5 147 (13.41%) GitHub Actions
6 93 (8.49%) Serverless
7 91 (8.30%) Azure Monitor
8 89 (8.12%) Azure AKS
9 84 (7.66%) Entra ID
10 83 (7.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 80 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
12 74 (6.75%) Azure Logic Apps
13 67 (6.11%) PaaS
14 62 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
15 60 (5.47%) Azure Functions
15 60 (5.47%) GCP
15 60 (5.47%) SaaS
16 58 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
17 50 (4.56%) Azure Key Vault
18 39 (3.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.11%) Firewall
2 28 (2.55%) DNS
3 16 (1.46%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.37%) HTTP
5 13 (1.19%) Network Security
6 11 (1.00%) VPN
6 11 (1.00%) WAN
7 4 (0.36%) DHCP
8 3 (0.27%) BGP
8 3 (0.27%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.27%) MQTT
8 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.27%) Wireless
8 3 (0.27%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.18%) Internet
9 2 (0.18%) SAN
10 1 (0.091%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.091%) MPLS
10 1 (0.091%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (10.95%) Azure SQL Database
1 120 (10.95%) SQL Server
2 99 (9.03%) Power BI
3 77 (7.03%) MongoDB
4 46 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (3.28%) Data Lake
6 36 (3.28%) NoSQL
7 27 (2.46%) Relational Database
8 26 (2.37%) Delta Lake
9 18 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.55%) Spark SQL
10 17 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (1.37%) Tableau
12 13 (1.19%) Star Schema
13 12 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.00%) Metadata
15 10 (0.91%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.91%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 180 (16.42%) Git
2 134 (12.23%) JIRA
3 117 (10.68%) Jenkins
4 66 (6.02%) GitLab
5 54 (4.93%) Selenium
6 38 (3.47%) Cypress.io
7 32 (2.92%) Postman
8 22 (2.01%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.55%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
11 12 (1.09%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.09%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.00%) JMeter
12 11 (1.00%) TestRail
12 11 (1.00%) Zephyr
13 9 (0.82%) fastlane
14 7 (0.64%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.55%) NUnit
15 6 (0.55%) Xcode
General
1 303 (27.65%) Finance
2 238 (21.72%) Social Skills
3 129 (11.77%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 48 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.92%) Law
7 36 (3.28%) Retail
8 35 (3.19%) Legal
9 32 (2.92%) Marketing
10 28 (2.55%) Billing
11 21 (1.92%) Banking
12 20 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.28%) Games
15 13 (1.19%) Advertising
16 12 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.00%) Automotive
18 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.82%) Manufacturing
20 6 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 264 (24.09%) Developer
2 224 (20.44%) Senior
3 200 (18.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 189 (17.24%) Azure Engineer
5 154 (14.05%) Lead
6 99 (9.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 84 (7.66%) .NET Developer
8 73 (6.66%) Cloud Engineer
9 66 (6.02%) Data Engineer
10 59 (5.38%) Senior Developer
11 54 (4.93%) Architect
12 53 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
13 51 (4.65%) Analyst
13 51 (4.65%) Senior DevOps
14 49 (4.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 38 (3.47%) Software Engineer
16 32 (2.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 28 (2.55%) Software Developer
18 27 (2.46%) Applications Support
18 27 (2.46%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 299 (27.28%) .NET
2 128 (11.68%) React
3 121 (11.04%) ASP.NET
4 111 (10.13%) .NET Core
5 106 (9.67%) REST
6 97 (8.85%) CSS
6 97 (8.85%) HTML
7 96 (8.76%) RESTful
8 88 (8.03%) ASP.NET Core
9 65 (5.93%) Node.js
10 62 (5.66%) OAuth
11 55 (5.02%) Playwright
12 54 (4.93%) YAML
13 53 (4.84%) Blazor
13 53 (4.84%) Entity Framework
14 51 (4.65%) SOAP
15 45 (4.11%) JSON
16 44 (4.01%) PySpark
17 41 (3.74%) .NET Framework
18 39 (3.56%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 118 (10.77%) Product Ownership
2 99 (9.03%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (3.56%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.46%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.55%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
14 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
16 8 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 89 (8.12%) Linux
2 64 (5.84%) Windows
3 18 (1.64%) Unix
3 18 (1.64%) VMS
4 15 (1.37%) Ubuntu
5 14 (1.28%) Android
6 13 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.091%) SUSE
9 1 (0.091%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,095 (99.91%) DevOps
2 674 (61.50%) CI/CD
3 481 (43.89%) Agile
4 297 (27.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 263 (24.00%) Test Automation
6 210 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 207 (18.89%) AI
8 191 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
9 160 (14.60%) Mentoring
10 158 (14.42%) Analytics
11 156 (14.23%) Observability
12 150 (13.69%) Scrum
13 138 (12.59%) Data Modelling
14 137 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
15 127 (11.59%) Coaching
16 125 (11.41%) Containerisation
17 123 (11.22%) Microservices
18 106 (9.67%) Business Intelligence
19 99 (9.03%) Roadmaps
20 98 (8.94%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 372 (33.94%) SQL
2 268 (24.45%) C#
3 261 (23.81%) Python
4 163 (14.87%) JavaScript
5 125 (11.41%) PowerShell
6 109 (9.95%) Bash
7 80 (7.30%) Java
8 79 (7.21%) Bicep
9 56 (5.11%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.01%) Scala
11 21 (1.92%) Apex Code
12 20 (1.82%) Go
13 16 (1.46%) PL/SQL
14 14 (1.28%) C++
14 14 (1.28%) Shell Script
14 14 (1.28%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.91%) Swift
17 7 (0.64%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 83 (7.57%) Degree
2 73 (6.66%) Security Cleared
3 50 (4.56%) Azure Certification
3 50 (4.56%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (2.83%) ISTQB
6 20 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.19%) HND
10 11 (1.00%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.82%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
16 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.27%) CBAP
16 3 (0.27%) CISSP
17 2 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (10.86%) QA
2 79 (7.21%) Accessibility
3 50 (4.56%) Data Quality
4 41 (3.74%) GDPR
5 27 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.19%) SLA
6 13 (1.19%) WCAG
7 12 (1.09%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.09%) TickIT
8 10 (0.91%) GRC
9 6 (0.55%) PMO
9 6 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
9 6 (0.55%) Solvency II
10 5 (0.46%) IFRS
10 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.27%) JTAG
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 149 (13.59%) Docker
2 60 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 320 (29.20%) Terraform
2 119 (10.86%) Kubernetes
3 74 (6.75%) Ansible
4 63 (5.75%) Grafana
5 51 (4.65%) Prometheus
6 23 (2.10%) Argo
7 14 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.82%) Kibana
9 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.36%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.36%) logstash
9 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) Puppet
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Scalr
11 2 (0.18%) MIIS
11 2 (0.18%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
12 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 410 (37.41%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.30%) Databricks
3 52 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 32 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.19%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.10%) Oracle
7 22 (2.01%) Google
8 20 (1.82%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.55%) Apple
9 17 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.37%) Adobe
11 13 (1.19%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.19%) Zscaler
12 12 (1.09%) Facebook
12 12 (1.09%) Freshdesk
12 12 (1.09%) Nintex
13 11 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (1.00%) VMware
14 10 (0.91%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.91%) Splunk