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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 112 113
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 -11
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,114 1,301 1,967
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.73% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.84% 7.33% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 723 861 1,705
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +11.11% -2.50%

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 23,002 17,739 28,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 37.26% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,409 10,932 23,674
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,805 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +11.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 26 February 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 February 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 -51 893 £65,000 -3.70% 363
UK excluding London -32 700 £55,000 -15.38% 314
Work from Home -5 480 £60,998 -9.63% 222
London +19 344 £75,000 - 121
South East -4 247 £50,000 -25.93% 101
Scotland +62 157 £57,000 +8.57% 26
North of England -47 107 £53,500 -20.74% 90
Midlands -47 80 £60,000 -7.69% 49
South West -74 74 £47,500 -26.92% 31
West Midlands -41 56 £58,000 -12.45% 32
Yorkshire -60 39 £52,500 -25.00% 27
North West -40 37 £64,000 -1.54% 51
North East +18 31 £50,000 -27.27% 14
East Midlands -14 21 £65,000 - 17
Wales -12 18 £55,000 -15.38% 5
East of England -50 14 £65,000 +30.00% 16
Northern Ireland -26 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 36 (3.23%) Confluence
2 30 (2.69%) IIS
3 25 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
8 4 (0.36%) Moodle
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.090%) nginx
11 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.42%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 70 (6.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (2.96%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.090%) Endur
7 1 (0.090%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.090%) Primavera
7 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,044 (93.72%) Azure
2 345 (30.97%) GitHub
3 220 (19.75%) Power Platform
4 165 (14.81%) AWS
4 165 (14.81%) GitHub Actions
5 92 (8.26%) Azure Monitor
5 92 (8.26%) Entra ID
6 87 (7.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 84 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (7.54%) Serverless
8 82 (7.36%) PaaS
9 74 (6.64%) Snowflake
10 68 (6.10%) SaaS
11 64 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
12 62 (5.57%) GitHub Copilot
13 59 (5.30%) Azure Logic Apps
14 57 (5.12%) dbt
15 56 (5.03%) Azure AKS
16 54 (4.85%) GCP
17 50 (4.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.92%) Firewall
2 48 (4.31%) DNS
3 24 (2.15%) VPN
4 21 (1.89%) HTTP
5 19 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.71%) WAN
6 7 (0.63%) DHCP
6 7 (0.63%) Network Security
7 5 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.36%) BGP
8 4 (0.36%) SSL
8 4 (0.36%) VLAN
9 2 (0.18%) AMQP
9 2 (0.18%) IPsec
9 2 (0.18%) OSPF
9 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.18%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.090%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.090%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.090%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (13.02%) SQL Server
2 126 (11.31%) Power BI
3 67 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 67 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (3.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 40 (3.59%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.87%) Tableau
7 31 (2.78%) Data Lake
8 27 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 20 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
11 15 (1.35%) DynamoDB
12 12 (1.08%) Metadata
12 12 (1.08%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (0.99%) Delta Lake
14 9 (0.81%) GIS
14 9 (0.81%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 206 (18.49%) JIRA
2 172 (15.44%) Git
3 125 (11.22%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.19%) eCATT
5 56 (5.03%) Selenium
6 38 (3.41%) NeoLoad
7 36 (3.23%) Cypress.io
8 33 (2.96%) GitLab
8 33 (2.96%) Oracle Forms
9 23 (2.06%) Octopus Deploy
10 22 (1.97%) Visual Studio
11 20 (1.80%) Robot Framework
11 20 (1.80%) Snyk
12 19 (1.71%) TeamCity
13 17 (1.53%) Postman
14 14 (1.26%) Eclipse
15 8 (0.72%) MLflow
15 8 (0.72%) SpecFlow
16 7 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 7 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 443 (39.77%) Finance
2 269 (24.15%) Social Skills
3 156 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.53%) Marketing
5 77 (6.91%) Manufacturing
6 60 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
7 57 (5.12%) Law
8 50 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (2.87%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.24%) Billing
11 23 (2.06%) Legal
11 23 (2.06%) Retail
12 20 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.62%) Banking
15 13 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Tech for Good
17 9 (0.81%) Advertising
18 8 (0.72%) Games
19 7 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (20.20%) Senior
2 197 (17.68%) Developer
3 159 (14.27%) Lead
4 142 (12.75%) DevOps Engineer
5 126 (11.31%) Azure Engineer
6 120 (10.77%) Analyst
7 100 (8.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 61 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 50 (4.49%) Test Leader
10 49 (4.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 48 (4.31%) Architect
11 48 (4.31%) Software Engineer
12 47 (4.22%) Applications Engineer
13 45 (4.04%) .NET Developer
13 45 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
14 34 (3.05%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 32 (2.87%) Business Analyst
16 31 (2.78%) Power Platform Developer
17 30 (2.69%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (23.16%) .NET
2 106 (9.52%) RESTful
3 88 (7.90%) React
4 72 (6.46%) OAuth
5 71 (6.37%) REST
6 63 (5.66%) YAML
7 60 (5.39%) ASP.NET
8 58 (5.21%) .NET Core
9 56 (5.03%) .NET Framework
10 53 (4.76%) SOAP
11 52 (4.67%) CSS
12 51 (4.58%) HTML
13 50 (4.49%) JSON
14 40 (3.59%) OAuth2
14 40 (3.59%) SAML
15 37 (3.32%) Playwright
16 30 (2.69%) Entity Framework
17 29 (2.60%) ARM Templates
18 28 (2.51%) Lightning Web Components
18 28 (2.51%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 135 (12.12%) Cloud Native
2 123 (11.04%) Product Ownership
3 54 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.32%) Low-Code
6 32 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 23 (2.06%) Virtual Team
10 22 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.71%) Reinsurance
11 19 (1.71%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.26%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.99%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 10 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 85 (7.63%) Windows
2 61 (5.48%) Linux
3 25 (2.24%) VMS
4 14 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.45%) Android
7 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.090%) CentOS
10 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,044 (93.72%) DevOps
2 637 (57.18%) CI/CD
3 512 (45.96%) Agile
4 300 (26.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 282 (25.31%) Test Automation
6 258 (23.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 231 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
8 198 (17.77%) Coaching
9 193 (17.32%) AI
10 182 (16.34%) Mentoring
11 176 (15.80%) Analytics
12 146 (13.11%) Asset Management
13 137 (12.30%) Observability
14 136 (12.21%) Data Modelling
14 136 (12.21%) Roadmaps
15 131 (11.76%) Containerisation
16 127 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
17 115 (10.32%) Software Engineering
18 111 (9.96%) Scrum
19 108 (9.69%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 378 (33.93%) SQL
2 276 (24.78%) Python
3 220 (19.75%) C#
4 172 (15.44%) PowerShell
5 107 (9.61%) JavaScript
6 94 (8.44%) Bicep
7 92 (8.26%) Bash
8 66 (5.92%) TypeScript
9 53 (4.76%) Java
10 36 (3.23%) Shell Script
11 33 (2.96%) PL/SQL
12 30 (2.69%) Apex Code
13 29 (2.60%) T-SQL
14 25 (2.24%) Go
15 15 (1.35%) Scala
16 12 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.45%) C++
19 4 (0.36%) DataWeave
19 4 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 117 (10.50%) Degree
2 74 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.10%) Azure Certification
4 60 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 33 (2.96%) ISTQB
6 33 (2.96%) Master's Degree
7 29 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.17%) HND
11 12 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (0.99%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.54%) PMP
14 5 (0.45%) CBAP
14 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
15 4 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (12.48%) QA
2 65 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 46 (4.13%) GDPR
4 44 (3.95%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.08%) NCSC
7 12 (1.08%) NIST
7 12 (1.08%) SLA
8 11 (0.99%) PMO
9 5 (0.45%) PERC
10 3 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.18%) WCAG
12 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.090%) HL7
12 1 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.090%) P3O
12 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 133 (11.94%) Docker
2 75 (6.73%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.36%) Postfix
7 3 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.18%) vCloud
9 1 (0.090%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 349 (31.33%) Terraform
2 138 (12.39%) Kubernetes
3 102 (9.16%) Ansible
4 72 (6.46%) HP ALM
5 56 (5.03%) Grafana
6 45 (4.04%) Prometheus
7 35 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.72%) Kibana
10 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.36%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Argo
11 3 (0.27%) Puppet
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 2 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) Rancher
12 2 (0.18%) vRealize
13 1 (0.090%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 355 (31.87%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.82%) SAP
3 72 (6.46%) HP
4 55 (4.94%) Databricks
5 43 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 38 (3.41%) Oracle
7 34 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.97%) Okta
9 20 (1.80%) VMware
10 19 (1.71%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.62%) Black Duck
11 18 (1.62%) Coverity
11 18 (1.62%) Zscaler
12 15 (1.35%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.26%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.26%) Adobe
14 12 (1.08%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.08%) Nintex
14 12 (1.08%) Sage
14 12 (1.08%) Xamarin