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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 171 120
Rank change year-on-year +19 -51 -20
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,348 937 1,947
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.90% 2.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.90% 5.87% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 708 1,433
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 27,505 15,969 29,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.20% 32.39% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17,952 11,131 21,564
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,356 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £79,700
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +24 1,197 £65,000 -7.14% 414
UK excluding London +61 903 £60,000 -4.00% 289
Work from Home +27 560 £60,000 -11.11% 239
London -37 375 £80,000 +3.23% 180
North of England +91 266 £62,500 -3.85% 79
South East +1 226 £60,000 -5.14% 103
North West +84 147 £65,500 +0.77% 49
Midlands +18 134 £63,750 +6.25% 48
South West -5 100 £55,000 -4.35% 25
East of England +19 77 £56,000 -10.40% 21
Wales -3 75 £53,171 -7.53% 7
East Midlands +20 71 £60,000 +9.09% 17
Yorkshire -10 66 £69,308 +2.68% 22
West Midlands -15 63 £65,000 +8.33% 31
North East -5 53 £51,619 -6.15% 9
Scotland +19 25 £60,000 -6.98% 11
Northern Ireland -66 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 63 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 61 (4.53%) Confluence
3 28 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.63%) IIS
5 18 (1.34%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.82%) CMS
7 10 (0.74%) Apache
8 8 (0.59%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.59%) nginx
8 8 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.45%) Camunda
9 6 (0.45%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.22%) CICS
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) Moodle
13 1 (0.074%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.074%) TPMS
Applications
1 19 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.67%) Trello
5 8 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.074%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.074%) Notion
7 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.59%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.45%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.37%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.30%) Shopify
7 3 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.15%) Magento
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.074%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.074%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,347 (99.93%) Azure
2 222 (16.47%) GitHub
3 210 (15.58%) Power Platform
4 168 (12.46%) AWS
5 135 (10.01%) GitHub Actions
6 113 (8.38%) Serverless
7 107 (7.94%) Azure AKS
7 107 (7.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 98 (7.27%) Azure Monitor
9 97 (7.20%) Azure AI
10 96 (7.12%) Dynamics 365
11 94 (6.97%) PaaS
12 92 (6.82%) Azure Functions
13 87 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 78 (5.79%) Entra ID
15 77 (5.71%) SaaS
16 74 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
17 70 (5.19%) Azure Key Vault
18 69 (5.12%) Azure Data Factory
19 68 (5.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.82%) Firewall
2 21 (1.56%) VPN
3 18 (1.34%) DNS
4 14 (1.04%) HTTP
5 12 (0.89%) Internet
5 12 (0.89%) Network Security
6 11 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.45%) MQTT
7 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.45%) Wireless
7 6 (0.45%) ZigBee
8 5 (0.37%) SAN
9 4 (0.30%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.22%) BGP
10 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.15%) DHCP
11 2 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.15%) VLAN
12 1 (0.074%) Broadband
12 1 (0.074%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (17.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 169 (12.54%) MongoDB
3 149 (11.05%) SQL Server
4 99 (7.34%) Power BI
5 54 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (2.52%) Relational Database
9 29 (2.15%) Delta Lake
10 28 (2.08%) NoSQL
11 24 (1.78%) Redis
12 22 (1.63%) Data Lake
12 22 (1.63%) MySQL
12 22 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 18 (1.34%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.26%) Metadata
15 16 (1.19%) Star Schema
16 14 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (1.04%) Tableau
17 11 (0.82%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 205 (15.21%) Git
2 174 (12.91%) JIRA
3 123 (9.12%) Jenkins
4 83 (6.16%) GitLab
5 52 (3.86%) Selenium
6 42 (3.12%) Cypress.io
7 41 (3.04%) Postman
8 19 (1.41%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.34%) Eclipse
9 18 (1.34%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.19%) JMeter
10 16 (1.19%) JUnit
11 14 (1.04%) fastlane
11 14 (1.04%) TestRail
11 14 (1.04%) Zephyr
12 12 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.82%) NUnit
14 10 (0.74%) Mockito
15 9 (0.67%) Xcode
16 8 (0.59%) MSI
General
1 325 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 288 (21.36%) Finance
3 128 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (7.64%) Public Sector
5 95 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.23%) Law
7 55 (4.08%) Retail
8 44 (3.26%) Marketing
9 37 (2.74%) Legal
10 32 (2.37%) Banking
11 30 (2.23%) Advertising
12 24 (1.78%) Games
12 24 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.82%) Aviation
16 11 (0.82%) Telecoms
17 10 (0.74%) Automotive
17 10 (0.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 418 (31.01%) Developer
2 275 (20.40%) Senior
3 215 (15.95%) DevOps Engineer
4 201 (14.91%) .NET Developer
5 190 (14.09%) Azure Engineer
6 178 (13.20%) Lead
7 111 (8.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 86 (6.38%) Senior Developer
9 74 (5.49%) Data Engineer
10 70 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
11 65 (4.82%) Analyst
12 58 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (4.23%) Senior DevOps
14 56 (4.15%) Architect
15 54 (4.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 49 (3.64%) Software Engineer
17 39 (2.89%) Software Developer
18 38 (2.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 36 (2.67%) Senior Data Engineer
20 35 (2.60%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 443 (32.86%) .NET
2 244 (18.10%) ASP.NET
3 217 (16.10%) .NET Core
4 196 (14.54%) ASP.NET Core
5 169 (12.54%) React
6 157 (11.65%) HTML
7 155 (11.50%) CSS
8 146 (10.83%) RESTful
9 139 (10.31%) REST
10 116 (8.61%) Entity Framework
11 115 (8.53%) Blazor
12 92 (6.82%) Node.js
13 81 (6.01%) ML.NET
14 67 (4.97%) Playwright
15 57 (4.23%) YAML
16 56 (4.15%) ARM Templates
17 53 (3.93%) .NET Framework
18 49 (3.64%) JSON
19 46 (3.41%) OAuth
20 41 (3.04%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 135 (10.01%) Product Ownership
2 131 (9.72%) Cloud Native
3 55 (4.08%) Mobile App
4 54 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
5 48 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
5 48 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
8 25 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.85%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.41%) Podcast
11 18 (1.34%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.34%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.26%) BBC
12 17 (1.26%) iPhone
12 17 (1.26%) Social Media
13 15 (1.11%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.04%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.42%) Linux
2 85 (6.31%) Windows
3 26 (1.93%) Android
4 24 (1.78%) VMS
5 18 (1.34%) Unix
6 16 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.11%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.04%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.15%) Debian
11 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Rocky
12 1 (0.074%) Solaris
12 1 (0.074%) SUSE
12 1 (0.074%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,347 (99.93%) DevOps
2 788 (58.46%) CI/CD
3 639 (47.40%) Agile
4 317 (23.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 299 (22.18%) AI
6 278 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 247 (18.32%) Test Automation
8 246 (18.25%) Full-Stack Development
9 218 (16.17%) Scrum
10 203 (15.06%) Mentoring
11 201 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
12 171 (12.69%) Microservices
13 158 (11.72%) Analytics
14 151 (11.20%) Observability
15 139 (10.31%) Machine Learning
16 132 (9.79%) Platform Engineering
17 130 (9.64%) SDLC
18 125 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
19 124 (9.20%) Roadmaps
20 120 (8.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 479 (35.53%) SQL
2 434 (32.20%) C#
3 249 (18.47%) Python
4 240 (17.80%) JavaScript
5 156 (11.57%) PowerShell
6 127 (9.42%) Bash
7 114 (8.46%) Bicep
8 83 (6.16%) Java
9 63 (4.67%) TypeScript
10 32 (2.37%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.48%) Go
12 17 (1.26%) C++
12 17 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (1.11%) Scala
14 12 (0.89%) Swift
15 11 (0.82%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.59%) DataWeave
16 8 (0.59%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.52%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 105 (7.79%) Security Cleared
2 89 (6.60%) Degree
3 86 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 74 (5.49%) Azure Certification
5 38 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.37%) ISTQB
7 24 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.89%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.82%) PMP
12 8 (0.59%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.45%) CISSP
13 6 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.37%) HND
14 5 (0.37%) ISEB
14 5 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (12.83%) QA
2 88 (6.53%) Accessibility
3 53 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 34 (2.52%) GDPR
5 31 (2.30%) WCAG
6 26 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.11%) PMO
8 12 (0.89%) TickIT
9 10 (0.74%) GRC
10 8 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.59%) SLA
11 7 (0.52%) NCSC
12 6 (0.45%) JTAG
12 6 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.45%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.37%) IFRS
14 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 163 (12.09%) Docker
2 60 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.89%) vSphere
6 5 (0.37%) Firmware
7 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 328 (24.33%) Terraform
2 158 (11.72%) Kubernetes
3 67 (4.97%) Ansible
4 64 (4.75%) Grafana
5 58 (4.30%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.23%) Argo
7 7 (0.52%) Puppet
8 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.22%) Kibana
10 3 (0.22%) Nagios
10 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.22%) Scalr
11 2 (0.15%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.15%) Istio
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Rancher
11 2 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 578 (42.88%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.49%) Databricks
3 62 (4.60%) Google
4 39 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.82%) Facebook
6 35 (2.60%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.23%) Apple
8 27 (2.00%) VMware
9 25 (1.85%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.56%) YouTube
12 19 (1.41%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.26%) Sony
13 17 (1.26%) Yahoo!
14 16 (1.19%) OpenAI
15 15 (1.11%) Oracle
15 15 (1.11%) SAP
16 14 (1.04%) Guidewire
17 12 (0.89%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.82%) Foundry