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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 174 121
Rank change year-on-year +8 -53 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,122 880 2,291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.22% 1.99% 2.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.51% 5.93% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 882 679 1,741
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,279
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.31% -5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £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 24,878 14,844 35,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.07% 33.55% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 15,820 10,207 27,118
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,220
25th Percentile £43,094 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.20%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +8 999 £65,500 -6.43% 358
UK excluding London +26 701 £60,000 -4.00% 295
Work from Home +24 415 £63,500 -5.22% 213
London -13 360 £77,500 +3.33% 112
North of England +53 203 £65,000 -7.14% 64
South East -15 186 £57,500 -11.54% 106
Midlands +14 117 £65,000 +8.33% 49
North West +66 110 £69,310 +2.68% 34
South West -19 70 £55,000 -4.35% 24
West Midlands -19 63 £62,500 +4.17% 29
East Midlands +13 52 £65,500 +19.09% 20
Yorkshire -36 51 £69,305 -0.99% 18
East of England +4 48 £56,000 -2.61% 32
North East -7 42 £48,750 -11.36% 12
Wales -14 40 £53,100 -18.31% 9
Scotland +27 37 £62,500 - 12
Northern Ireland -37 2 £72,500 +45.00% 4

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 44 (3.92%) Confluence
2 41 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.52%) IIS
5 12 (1.07%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.62%) Apache
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.62%) CMS
8 6 (0.53%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.27%) nginx
10 3 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) Luigi
11 2 (0.18%) Moodle
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.089%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.089%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 19 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.18%) Trello
7 1 (0.089%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.089%) Notion
7 1 (0.089%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.45%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.18%) Magento
6 1 (0.089%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.089%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.089%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.089%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.089%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.089%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,121 (99.91%) Azure
2 237 (21.12%) GitHub
3 174 (15.51%) Power Platform
4 160 (14.26%) AWS
5 143 (12.75%) GitHub Actions
6 98 (8.73%) Azure Monitor
6 98 (8.73%) Serverless
7 97 (8.65%) Azure AKS
8 82 (7.31%) Entra ID
9 78 (6.95%) PaaS
10 73 (6.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 73 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
11 71 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 68 (6.06%) Azure Service Bus
13 67 (5.97%) Azure Functions
14 65 (5.79%) SaaS
15 64 (5.70%) Dynamics 365
15 64 (5.70%) GCP
16 49 (4.37%) Azure Key Vault
17 47 (4.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.99%) Firewall
2 27 (2.41%) DNS
3 17 (1.52%) HTTP
4 15 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.16%) VPN
6 11 (0.98%) Network Security
7 8 (0.71%) WAN
8 4 (0.36%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.36%) DHCP
8 4 (0.36%) MQTT
8 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.36%) Wireless
8 4 (0.36%) ZigBee
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.27%) Internet
9 3 (0.27%) SAN
10 1 (0.089%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.089%) LTE
10 1 (0.089%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (12.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 116 (10.34%) SQL Server
3 98 (8.73%) Power BI
4 87 (7.75%) MongoDB
5 41 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (3.12%) Data Lake
8 29 (2.58%) NoSQL
8 29 (2.58%) Relational Database
9 25 (2.23%) Delta Lake
10 19 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.52%) Spark SQL
12 15 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (1.16%) Star Schema
13 13 (1.16%) Tableau
14 12 (1.07%) Metadata
14 12 (1.07%) Redis
15 11 (0.98%) MySQL
16 9 (0.80%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 177 (15.78%) Git
2 141 (12.57%) JIRA
3 118 (10.52%) Jenkins
4 75 (6.68%) GitLab
5 52 (4.63%) Selenium
6 44 (3.92%) Cypress.io
7 36 (3.21%) Postman
8 23 (2.05%) Eclipse
9 16 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.34%) REST Assured
11 13 (1.16%) fastlane
11 13 (1.16%) Zephyr
12 12 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (1.07%) TestRail
13 11 (0.98%) JMeter
14 9 (0.80%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.71%) Xcode
16 7 (0.62%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.62%) JUnit
17 6 (0.53%) Gradle
General
1 278 (24.78%) Finance
2 242 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 117 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (7.31%) Public Sector
5 61 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (4.19%) Law
7 41 (3.65%) Retail
8 34 (3.03%) Legal
9 30 (2.67%) Marketing
10 26 (2.32%) Banking
10 26 (2.32%) Billing
11 20 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.34%) Advertising
13 15 (1.34%) Games
14 12 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.98%) Automotive
15 11 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 10 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.80%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 288 (25.67%) Developer
2 223 (19.88%) Senior
3 212 (18.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 194 (17.29%) Azure Engineer
5 152 (13.55%) Lead
6 106 (9.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 103 (9.18%) .NET Developer
8 68 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
8 68 (6.06%) Data Engineer
8 68 (6.06%) Senior Developer
9 62 (5.53%) Platform Engineer
10 54 (4.81%) Analyst
11 52 (4.63%) Architect
12 51 (4.55%) Senior DevOps
13 49 (4.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 39 (3.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 39 (3.48%) Software Engineer
15 34 (3.03%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 32 (2.85%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.41%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (28.61%) .NET
2 140 (12.48%) ASP.NET
3 130 (11.59%) React
4 123 (10.96%) .NET Core
5 110 (9.80%) HTML
6 109 (9.71%) CSS
7 107 (9.54%) REST
8 104 (9.27%) ASP.NET Core
9 89 (7.93%) RESTful
10 70 (6.24%) Node.js
11 62 (5.53%) Entity Framework
12 61 (5.44%) YAML
13 60 (5.35%) Playwright
14 59 (5.26%) Blazor
15 48 (4.28%) ARM Templates
15 48 (4.28%) OAuth
16 43 (3.83%) PySpark
17 40 (3.57%) JSON
18 38 (3.39%) .NET Framework
18 38 (3.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 118 (10.52%) Product Ownership
2 94 (8.38%) Cloud Native
3 46 (4.10%) Mobile App
4 33 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.58%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (1.69%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.43%) Reinsurance
12 15 (1.34%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
13 11 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.80%) iPhone
14 9 (0.80%) Podcast
14 9 (0.80%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 94 (8.38%) Linux
2 62 (5.53%) Windows
3 21 (1.87%) VMS
4 18 (1.60%) Android
5 17 (1.52%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.52%) Unix
6 15 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.25%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.089%) SUSE
10 1 (0.089%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,121 (99.91%) DevOps
2 684 (60.96%) CI/CD
3 482 (42.96%) Agile
4 297 (26.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 247 (22.01%) Test Automation
6 220 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 206 (18.36%) AI
8 188 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
9 167 (14.88%) Scrum
10 163 (14.53%) Mentoring
11 160 (14.26%) Analytics
12 153 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
13 146 (13.01%) Observability
14 134 (11.94%) Microservices
15 122 (10.87%) Containerisation
16 118 (10.52%) Data Modelling
17 109 (9.71%) Business Intelligence
18 104 (9.27%) Platform Engineering
19 102 (9.09%) Coaching
20 100 (8.91%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 378 (33.69%) SQL
2 294 (26.20%) C#
3 250 (22.28%) Python
4 175 (15.60%) JavaScript
5 135 (12.03%) PowerShell
6 117 (10.43%) Bash
7 86 (7.66%) Bicep
8 77 (6.86%) Java
9 56 (4.99%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.87%) Go
10 21 (1.87%) Scala
11 16 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.34%) C++
13 13 (1.16%) Apex Code
13 13 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (1.07%) Swift
15 10 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.71%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.71%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 88 (7.84%) Degree
2 70 (6.24%) Security Cleared
3 53 (4.72%) Azure Certification
3 53 (4.72%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.32%) ISTQB
6 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.07%) HND
9 11 (0.98%) DV Cleared
9 11 (0.98%) PMI Certification
10 10 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.45%) CISSP
13 4 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.36%) PMP
14 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.27%) CBAP
14 3 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (11.59%) QA
2 83 (7.40%) Accessibility
3 51 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 40 (3.57%) GDPR
5 23 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.69%) WCAG
7 12 (1.07%) SLA
7 12 (1.07%) TickIT
8 10 (0.89%) GRC
8 10 (0.89%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.53%) PMO
10 6 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.53%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.45%) IFRS
12 4 (0.36%) JTAG
13 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 143 (12.75%) Docker
2 59 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 314 (27.99%) Terraform
2 118 (10.52%) Kubernetes
3 73 (6.51%) Ansible
4 65 (5.79%) Grafana
5 54 (4.81%) Prometheus
6 25 (2.23%) Argo
7 10 (0.89%) Kibana
8 6 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.36%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.36%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.27%) Nagios
11 3 (0.27%) Scalr
12 2 (0.18%) MIIS
12 2 (0.18%) SCCM
13 1 (0.089%) CASB
13 1 (0.089%) Istio
13 1 (0.089%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 426 (37.97%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.15%) Databricks
3 44 (3.92%) Salesforce
4 38 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.58%) Google
6 24 (2.14%) Dynatrace
6 24 (2.14%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.78%) Apple
8 16 (1.43%) Facebook
8 16 (1.43%) Oracle
8 16 (1.43%) VMware
9 15 (1.34%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.07%) Adobe
10 12 (1.07%) Splunk
11 11 (0.98%) Freshdesk
11 11 (0.98%) Guidewire
11 11 (0.98%) Nintex
11 11 (0.98%) Palo Alto
11 11 (0.98%) Zscaler
12 9 (0.80%) CrowdStrike