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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 115 111
Rank change year-on-year -58 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 987 1,080 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.23% 2.64% 2.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.84% 7.14% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 700 812 1,865
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,279
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +0.80%

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 25,684 15,125 33,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.07% 36.98% 36.98%
Number of salaries quoted 13,609 10,999 26,399
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -71 822 £65,000 -7.14% 403
UK excluding London -61 596 £55,000 -15.38% 340
Work from Home -5 417 £62,750 -7.04% 254
London -11 323 £76,250 +1.67% 131
South East -36 171 £50,000 -28.57% 101
North of England -50 120 £55,500 -20.71% 74
Scotland +42 103 £62,500 +8.70% 22
Midlands -50 87 £63,500 -2.31% 60
South West -83 78 £50,000 -23.08% 34
West Midlands -56 52 £58,750 -12.96% 37
North West -24 49 £67,500 +1.89% 41
Yorkshire -60 39 £58,750 -16.07% 22
North East 0 32 £50,000 -23.08% 11
East Midlands -19 32 £65,000 - 23
East of England -46 24 £70,000 +32.08% 33
Wales -33 12 £53,171 -18.20% 21
Northern Ireland -37 3 £56,250 +12.50% 1

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 32 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.14%) Confluence
3 24 (2.43%) IIS
4 21 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.11%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.71%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.41%) Apache
9 4 (0.41%) Moodle
10 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 1 (0.10%) Appian
11 1 (0.10%) CMS
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) nginx
11 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.10%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 22 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.30%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.20%) Trello
8 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.30%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.20%) Magento
5 2 (0.20%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.20%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.10%) Endur
6 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.10%) Primavera
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 980 (99.29%) Azure
2 292 (29.58%) GitHub
3 189 (19.15%) Power Platform
4 155 (15.70%) AWS
5 154 (15.60%) GitHub Actions
6 91 (9.22%) Serverless
7 90 (9.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 85 (8.61%) Entra ID
9 80 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
10 78 (7.90%) PaaS
11 75 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
12 61 (6.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 59 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
13 59 (5.98%) GCP
14 58 (5.88%) SaaS
15 52 (5.27%) Azure AKS
15 52 (5.27%) Azure Functions
16 49 (4.96%) Azure Key Vault
17 48 (4.86%) Snowflake
18 45 (4.56%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (6.28%) Firewall
2 39 (3.95%) DNS
3 19 (1.93%) HTTP
3 19 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.62%) VPN
5 15 (1.52%) WAN
6 10 (1.01%) Network Security
7 3 (0.30%) BGP
7 3 (0.30%) DHCP
7 3 (0.30%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.20%) SSL
8 2 (0.20%) VLAN
9 1 (0.10%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.10%) Internet
9 1 (0.10%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.10%) LTE
9 1 (0.10%) MPLS
9 1 (0.10%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (12.66%) SQL Server
2 104 (10.54%) Power BI
3 70 (7.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (3.75%) NoSQL
6 36 (3.65%) Data Lake
7 30 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (2.03%) Delta Lake
10 18 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.82%) Tableau
11 17 (1.72%) MongoDB
11 17 (1.72%) Relational Database
12 15 (1.52%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
14 10 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.91%) MySQL
15 9 (0.91%) Spark SQL
16 8 (0.81%) Metadata
16 8 (0.81%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 171 (17.33%) Git
2 137 (13.88%) JIRA
3 108 (10.94%) Jenkins
4 60 (6.08%) Selenium
5 40 (4.05%) Cypress.io
5 40 (4.05%) GitLab
6 28 (2.84%) Postman
7 26 (2.63%) Visual Studio
8 19 (1.93%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.72%) Octopus Deploy
10 16 (1.62%) Oracle Forms
10 16 (1.62%) Robot Framework
11 14 (1.42%) Snyk
11 14 (1.42%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.11%) NUnit
12 11 (1.11%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.01%) JMeter
13 10 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.91%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.81%) TestRail
General
1 315 (31.91%) Finance
2 246 (24.92%) Social Skills
3 147 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (5.67%) Law
5 34 (3.44%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (3.14%) Legal
7 31 (3.14%) Marketing
8 29 (2.94%) Retail
9 26 (2.63%) Billing
10 24 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.03%) Banking
13 18 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.52%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.81%) Advertising
15 8 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.71%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.61%) Automotive
18 5 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 206 (20.87%) Developer
2 182 (18.44%) Senior
3 142 (14.39%) Lead
4 140 (14.18%) Azure Engineer
5 134 (13.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 68 (6.89%) Cloud Engineer
7 65 (6.59%) Analyst
8 61 (6.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 57 (5.78%) Data Engineer
10 52 (5.27%) Architect
11 46 (4.66%) .NET Developer
12 42 (4.26%) Senior Developer
13 31 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
13 31 (3.14%) Software Engineer
14 30 (3.04%) Applications Engineer
15 28 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (2.74%) Power Platform Developer
16 27 (2.74%) Software Developer
16 27 (2.74%) Test Leader
17 24 (2.43%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (23.91%) .NET
2 103 (10.44%) React
3 96 (9.73%) RESTful
4 84 (8.51%) REST
5 73 (7.40%) CSS
6 72 (7.29%) HTML
7 69 (6.99%) OAuth
8 68 (6.89%) ASP.NET
9 66 (6.69%) .NET Core
10 55 (5.57%) YAML
11 50 (5.07%) SOAP
12 49 (4.96%) .NET Framework
13 46 (4.66%) Playwright
14 40 (4.05%) JSON
15 38 (3.85%) Node.js
16 37 (3.75%) ASP.NET Core
16 37 (3.75%) PySpark
16 37 (3.75%) SAML
17 33 (3.34%) OAuth2
18 29 (2.94%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 120 (12.16%) Product Ownership
2 110 (11.14%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.44%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.34%) Low-Code
6 31 (3.14%) Mobile App
7 27 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (2.13%) Reinsurance
9 20 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.62%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.42%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.22%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.11%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (0.81%) Public Cloud
17 7 (0.71%) Culture of Ownership
17 7 (0.71%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 72 (7.29%) Windows
2 64 (6.48%) Linux
3 18 (1.82%) VMS
4 15 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.11%) Ubuntu
6 10 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.51%) Android
8 3 (0.30%) Unix
9 2 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 980 (99.29%) DevOps
2 614 (62.21%) CI/CD
3 470 (47.62%) Agile
4 285 (28.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 249 (25.23%) Test Automation
6 214 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 202 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (16.62%) AI
9 156 (15.81%) Analytics
10 155 (15.70%) Mentoring
11 140 (14.18%) Observability
12 139 (14.08%) Coaching
13 133 (13.48%) Data Modelling
14 131 (13.27%) Scrum
15 120 (12.16%) Containerisation
16 107 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
17 104 (10.54%) Software Engineering
18 101 (10.23%) SDLC
19 99 (10.03%) Microservices
20 96 (9.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 343 (34.75%) SQL
2 238 (24.11%) Python
3 203 (20.57%) C#
4 132 (13.37%) JavaScript
5 126 (12.77%) PowerShell
6 84 (8.51%) Bicep
7 81 (8.21%) Bash
8 61 (6.18%) TypeScript
9 45 (4.56%) Java
10 24 (2.43%) Apex Code
11 23 (2.33%) Go
12 20 (2.03%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.93%) Scala
13 19 (1.93%) T-SQL
14 17 (1.72%) Shell Script
15 12 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.81%) Swift
18 7 (0.71%) DataWeave
19 5 (0.51%) C++
Qualifications
1 100 (10.13%) Degree
2 67 (6.79%) Security Cleared
3 53 (5.37%) Azure Certification
4 52 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.44%) ISTQB
6 32 (3.24%) SC Cleared
7 28 (2.84%) DV Cleared
8 27 (2.74%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.32%) HND
12 11 (1.11%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 10 (1.01%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.51%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.41%) BC Cleared
16 4 (0.41%) PMP
17 3 (0.30%) CBAP
17 3 (0.30%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (11.85%) QA
2 71 (7.19%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.76%) GDPR
4 46 (4.66%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.42%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.22%) SLA
8 11 (1.11%) NCSC
9 10 (1.01%) NIST
10 9 (0.91%) GRC
11 6 (0.61%) WCAG
12 5 (0.51%) PERC
12 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.41%) PMO
13 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
13 4 (0.41%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.30%) IFRS
14 3 (0.30%) TickIT
15 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 132 (13.37%) Docker
2 61 (6.18%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.41%) Postfix
6 3 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.20%) vCloud
8 1 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.10%) Firmware
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 292 (29.58%) Terraform
2 106 (10.74%) Kubernetes
3 90 (9.12%) Ansible
4 57 (5.78%) Grafana
5 47 (4.76%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.01%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.91%) Kibana
8 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) logstash
10 2 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.20%) MIIS
10 2 (0.20%) Nagios
10 2 (0.20%) Nessus
10 2 (0.20%) Puppet
10 2 (0.20%) Scalr
10 2 (0.20%) SCCM
11 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 355 (35.97%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.18%) Databricks
3 41 (4.15%) Salesforce
4 36 (3.65%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.63%) Oracle
6 19 (1.93%) Red Hat
7 18 (1.82%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.52%) Adobe
8 15 (1.52%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.52%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.42%) Black Duck
9 14 (1.42%) Coverity
10 13 (1.32%) SAP
10 13 (1.32%) VMware
11 12 (1.22%) Freshdesk
11 12 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 12 (1.22%) Nintex
12 11 (1.11%) Google
13 10 (1.01%) Ab Initio
13 10 (1.01%) HP