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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 113 109
Rank change year-on-year -54 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 980 1,078 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.23% 2.64% 2.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.84% 7.13% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 695 812 1,876
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,279
25th Percentile £49,689 £53,750 £50,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £78,750
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 25,551 15,123 33,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.19% 37.01% 37.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,507 10,995 26,347
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £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 1 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 1 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 -66 818 £65,000 -3.70% 403
UK excluding London -59 589 £55,000 -15.38% 340
Work from Home -9 415 £62,500 -7.41% 254
London -15 322 £75,000 - 131
South East -38 175 £50,000 -25.93% 101
North of England -37 117 £55,000 -20.00% 74
Scotland +47 103 £62,500 +8.70% 22
Midlands -45 86 £63,500 -5.93% 60
South West -89 75 £50,000 -23.08% 34
West Midlands -50 52 £58,750 -16.07% 37
North West -20 46 £67,500 +1.89% 41
Yorkshire -55 39 £58,750 -16.07% 22
North East -3 32 £50,000 -23.08% 11
East Midlands -20 31 £65,000 - 23
East of England -48 22 £70,000 +32.08% 33
Wales -36 10 £53,171 -18.20% 21
Northern Ireland -36 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 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.16%) Confluence
3 26 (2.65%) IIS
4 19 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.82%) 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 (2.65%) MS Visio
2 22 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.20%) Trello
8 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.31%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.20%) Magento
5 2 (0.20%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.10%) Endur
6 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Primavera
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Shopify
6 1 (0.10%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 973 (99.29%) Azure
2 289 (29.49%) GitHub
3 186 (18.98%) Power Platform
4 155 (15.82%) AWS
5 152 (15.51%) GitHub Actions
6 90 (9.18%) Serverless
7 89 (9.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 83 (8.47%) Entra ID
9 79 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
10 77 (7.86%) PaaS
11 74 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
12 60 (6.12%) Azure Logic Apps
13 59 (6.02%) GCP
14 57 (5.82%) SaaS
15 54 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
16 53 (5.41%) Azure AKS
17 51 (5.20%) Azure Functions
18 49 (5.00%) Snowflake
19 48 (4.90%) Azure Key Vault
20 45 (4.59%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (6.33%) Firewall
2 40 (4.08%) DNS
3 19 (1.94%) HTTP
3 19 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.63%) VPN
5 15 (1.53%) WAN
6 9 (0.92%) Network Security
7 3 (0.31%) BGP
7 3 (0.31%) DHCP
7 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.31%) 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
1 126 (12.86%) SQL Server
2 103 (10.51%) Power BI
3 70 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (3.78%) Data Lake
5 37 (3.78%) NoSQL
6 31 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (2.04%) Delta Lake
9 19 (1.94%) Tableau
10 18 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.73%) MongoDB
11 17 (1.73%) Relational Database
12 15 (1.53%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
14 10 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.92%) Metadata
15 9 (0.92%) MySQL
15 9 (0.92%) Spark SQL
16 8 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 170 (17.35%) Git
2 133 (13.57%) JIRA
3 107 (10.92%) Jenkins
4 60 (6.12%) Selenium
5 40 (4.08%) Cypress.io
5 40 (4.08%) GitLab
6 26 (2.65%) Postman
6 26 (2.65%) Visual Studio
7 19 (1.94%) Eclipse
8 18 (1.84%) Robot Framework
9 17 (1.73%) Octopus Deploy
10 16 (1.63%) Oracle Forms
10 16 (1.63%) Snyk
11 14 (1.43%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.12%) NUnit
12 11 (1.12%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.92%) JMeter
15 8 (0.82%) SpecFlow
16 7 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 310 (31.63%) Finance
2 245 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 148 (15.10%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (5.61%) Law
5 34 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (3.06%) Legal
8 29 (2.96%) Marketing
9 28 (2.86%) Retail
10 26 (2.65%) Billing
11 24 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.14%) Banking
14 18 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.53%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.82%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.71%) Advertising
18 5 (0.51%) Automotive
18 5 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 201 (20.51%) Developer
2 178 (18.16%) Senior
3 141 (14.39%) Lead
4 139 (14.18%) Azure Engineer
5 137 (13.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 69 (7.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 65 (6.63%) Analyst
8 61 (6.22%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 56 (5.71%) Data Engineer
10 49 (5.00%) Architect
11 46 (4.69%) .NET Developer
12 38 (3.88%) Senior Developer
13 33 (3.37%) Software Engineer
14 31 (3.16%) Platform Engineer
15 30 (3.06%) Applications Engineer
16 28 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (2.76%) Power Platform Developer
18 26 (2.65%) Software Developer
18 26 (2.65%) Test Leader
19 24 (2.45%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (24.18%) .NET
2 100 (10.20%) React
3 95 (9.69%) RESTful
4 80 (8.16%) REST
5 72 (7.35%) CSS
6 71 (7.24%) HTML
7 68 (6.94%) ASP.NET
7 68 (6.94%) OAuth
8 65 (6.63%) .NET Core
9 56 (5.71%) YAML
10 50 (5.10%) .NET Framework
11 48 (4.90%) SOAP
12 45 (4.59%) Playwright
13 38 (3.88%) JSON
14 37 (3.78%) ASP.NET Core
14 37 (3.78%) Node.js
14 37 (3.78%) PySpark
14 37 (3.78%) SAML
15 32 (3.27%) OAuth2
16 30 (3.06%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 120 (12.24%) Product Ownership
2 107 (10.92%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (3.67%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.37%) Low-Code
6 31 (3.16%) Mobile App
7 28 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (2.24%) Reinsurance
9 20 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.12%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.12%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (0.82%) Public Cloud
17 6 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
17 6 (0.61%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.76%) Windows
2 66 (6.73%) Linux
3 18 (1.84%) VMS
4 15 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.12%) Ubuntu
6 10 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.51%) Android
8 3 (0.31%) 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
1 973 (99.29%) DevOps
2 609 (62.14%) CI/CD
3 467 (47.65%) Agile
4 287 (29.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 244 (24.90%) Test Automation
6 207 (21.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 204 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (16.73%) AI
9 157 (16.02%) Analytics
10 152 (15.51%) Mentoring
11 139 (14.18%) Coaching
12 138 (14.08%) Observability
13 134 (13.67%) Data Modelling
14 128 (13.06%) Scrum
15 117 (11.94%) Containerisation
16 104 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
17 102 (10.41%) Software Engineering
18 100 (10.20%) SDLC
19 95 (9.69%) Microservices
19 95 (9.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 342 (34.90%) SQL
2 239 (24.39%) Python
3 202 (20.61%) C#
4 130 (13.27%) JavaScript
5 127 (12.96%) PowerShell
6 85 (8.67%) Bicep
7 83 (8.47%) Bash
8 59 (6.02%) TypeScript
9 45 (4.59%) Java
10 24 (2.45%) Apex Code
10 24 (2.45%) Go
11 21 (2.14%) T-SQL
12 20 (2.04%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.94%) Scala
14 18 (1.84%) Shell Script
15 12 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.82%) Swift
18 7 (0.71%) DataWeave
19 5 (0.51%) C++
Qualifications
1 104 (10.61%) Degree
2 68 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.61%) Azure Certification
4 54 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.27%) ISTQB
5 32 (3.27%) SC Cleared
6 29 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 24 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.63%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.33%) HND
11 11 (1.12%) AWS Certified Developer
12 10 (1.02%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.41%) BC Cleared
15 4 (0.41%) PMP
16 3 (0.31%) CBAP
16 3 (0.31%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.73%) QA
2 71 (7.24%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.80%) Data Quality
4 44 (4.49%) GDPR
5 37 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.43%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.22%) SLA
8 11 (1.12%) NCSC
9 10 (1.02%) NIST
10 8 (0.82%) GRC
11 6 (0.61%) WCAG
12 5 (0.51%) PERC
13 4 (0.41%) PMO
13 4 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
13 4 (0.41%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.10%) TickIT
System Software
1 130 (13.27%) Docker
2 60 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.41%) Postfix
6 3 (0.31%) 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
1 296 (30.20%) Terraform
2 108 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 94 (9.59%) Ansible
4 58 (5.92%) Grafana
5 47 (4.80%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.02%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.92%) Kibana
8 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) logstash
10 2 (0.20%) Argo
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
Vendors
1 346 (35.31%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.22%) Databricks
3 39 (3.98%) Salesforce
4 37 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 25 (2.55%) Oracle
6 19 (1.94%) Red Hat
7 18 (1.84%) Palo Alto
8 16 (1.63%) Black Duck
8 16 (1.63%) Coverity
8 16 (1.63%) Dynatrace
9 15 (1.53%) Adobe
9 15 (1.53%) Zscaler
10 13 (1.33%) Google
10 13 (1.33%) SAP
10 13 (1.33%) VMware
11 12 (1.22%) Freshdesk
11 12 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 12 (1.22%) Nintex
12 10 (1.02%) Ab Initio
12 10 (1.02%) HP