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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 170 123
Rank change year-on-year +23 -47 -39
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,488 942 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.28% 1.92% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.38% 6.10% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 680 1,046
10th Percentile £44,500 £46,200 £43,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.89% +1.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 27,639 15,451 24,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.79% 31.57% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,715 10,447 15,298
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +31 1,337 £65,000 -2.26% 1,039
UK excluding London +24 956 £60,000 - 679
Work from Home +3 593 £62,500 -3.85% 558
London -11 462 £80,000 +6.67% 441
North of England +72 288 £60,000 -0.83% 196
South East +1 225 £62,500 - 182
North West +66 174 £65,000 - 107
Midlands +28 171 £62,500 +4.17% 107
West Midlands -15 101 £65,000 +8.33% 54
South West -20 93 £57,500 +4.55% 63
Wales -19 92 £53,171 -3.33% 25
East of England +6 74 £55,000 -12.00% 54
East Midlands +21 70 £55,000 +0.92% 53
Yorkshire -9 68 £67,750 +12.92% 70
North East -29 46 £52,250 +4.50% 20
Scotland -44 18 £55,000 -14.73% 38
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 19

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 85 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 70 (4.70%) Confluence
3 40 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.34%) IIS
6 12 (0.81%) Apache
7 11 (0.74%) CMS
8 10 (0.67%) nginx
9 8 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.47%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.40%) Camunda
12 5 (0.34%) CICS
13 4 (0.27%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.13%) Luigi
15 2 (0.13%) WordPress
16 1 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
16 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 25 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.60%) Trello
6 7 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.067%) Notion
Business Applications
1 37 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.94%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.40%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.34%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.27%) Shopify
8 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.067%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.067%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.067%) Magento
10 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,488 (100.00%) Azure
2 281 (18.88%) Power Platform
3 234 (15.73%) GitHub
4 161 (10.82%) AWS
5 148 (9.95%) Dynamics 365
6 147 (9.88%) Serverless
7 129 (8.67%) GitHub Actions
8 125 (8.40%) Azure Functions
9 117 (7.86%) Azure Service Bus
10 113 (7.59%) Azure AKS
10 113 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
11 106 (7.12%) Entra ID
12 105 (7.06%) Azure AI
13 101 (6.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 98 (6.59%) PaaS
15 97 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
16 96 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
17 92 (6.18%) Power Automate
18 90 (6.05%) SaaS
19 88 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.82%) Firewall
2 38 (2.55%) VPN
3 21 (1.41%) DNS
4 13 (0.87%) Internet
5 12 (0.81%) Network Security
5 12 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.67%) SAN
7 9 (0.60%) DHCP
8 8 (0.54%) Wireless
9 7 (0.47%) HTTP
9 7 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.47%) VLAN
10 6 (0.40%) MQTT
10 6 (0.40%) ZigBee
11 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.20%) WAN
13 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
14 1 (0.067%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.067%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 273 (18.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 202 (13.58%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.90%) MongoDB
4 147 (9.88%) Power BI
5 83 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
7 52 (3.49%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.16%) NoSQL
9 45 (3.02%) Metadata
10 40 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
11 37 (2.49%) Delta Lake
12 36 (2.42%) Data Lake
13 32 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 28 (1.88%) Redis
15 26 (1.75%) Star Schema
16 23 (1.55%) Tableau
17 22 (1.48%) MySQL
18 18 (1.21%) Spark SQL
19 17 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 14 (0.94%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 275 (18.48%) Git
2 201 (13.51%) JIRA
3 122 (8.20%) Jenkins
4 80 (5.38%) GitLab
5 44 (2.96%) Selenium
6 36 (2.42%) Postman
7 35 (2.35%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.21%) JUnit
9 15 (1.01%) JMeter
9 15 (1.01%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.94%) NUnit
10 14 (0.94%) REST Assured
11 13 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.81%) TestRail
12 12 (0.81%) Zephyr
13 11 (0.74%) fastlane
13 11 (0.74%) SonarQube
13 11 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
14 10 (0.67%) Mockito
15 9 (0.60%) MSI
General
1 438 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 351 (23.59%) Finance
3 158 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 110 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (3.43%) Retail
7 50 (3.36%) Law
8 39 (2.62%) Marketing
9 32 (2.15%) Legal
10 30 (2.02%) Advertising
10 30 (2.02%) Banking
11 26 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.55%) Games
13 22 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.67%) Aviation
18 8 (0.54%) Police
19 7 (0.47%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 455 (30.58%) Developer
2 348 (23.39%) Senior
3 216 (14.52%) .NET Developer
4 210 (14.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 206 (13.84%) Azure Engineer
6 166 (11.16%) Lead
7 103 (6.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 101 (6.79%) Data Engineer
9 98 (6.59%) Senior Developer
10 94 (6.32%) Platform Engineer
11 93 (6.25%) Analyst
12 67 (4.50%) Senior DevOps
13 63 (4.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 62 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
15 55 (3.70%) Architect
16 53 (3.56%) Software Engineer
17 49 (3.29%) Consultant
18 48 (3.23%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 48 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
19 45 (3.02%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 477 (32.06%) .NET
2 355 (23.86%) Terraform
3 249 (16.73%) ASP.NET
4 226 (15.19%) .NET Core
5 198 (13.31%) ASP.NET Core
6 168 (11.29%) REST
7 159 (10.69%) React
8 149 (10.01%) RESTful
9 146 (9.81%) HTML
10 144 (9.68%) CSS
11 123 (8.27%) Entity Framework
12 122 (8.20%) Blazor
13 86 (5.78%) Node.js
14 78 (5.24%) ML.NET
15 63 (4.23%) .NET Framework
16 58 (3.90%) JSON
16 58 (3.90%) Playwright
17 56 (3.76%) PySpark
17 56 (3.76%) YAML
18 51 (3.43%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 134 (9.01%) Product Ownership
3 87 (5.85%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
5 54 (3.63%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.16%) Mobile App
7 42 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
9 34 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 33 (2.22%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 23 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.48%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 19 (1.28%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.14%) Data Centre
15 17 (1.14%) iPhone
15 17 (1.14%) Mainframe
16 16 (1.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.46%) Windows
2 95 (6.38%) Linux
3 25 (1.68%) Android
4 23 (1.55%) VMS
5 22 (1.48%) Unix
6 21 (1.41%) Windows Server
7 13 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
11 2 (0.13%) Rocky
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.067%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,488 (100.00%) DevOps
2 844 (56.72%) CI/CD
3 675 (45.36%) Agile
4 355 (23.86%) AI
5 334 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 333 (22.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 275 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
8 247 (16.60%) Test Automation
9 241 (16.20%) Full-Stack Development
10 225 (15.12%) Mentoring
11 214 (14.38%) Scrum
12 205 (13.78%) Analytics
13 191 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 185 (12.43%) Microservices
15 170 (11.42%) Platform Engineering
16 165 (11.09%) Business Intelligence
17 158 (10.62%) Observability
18 150 (10.08%) Software Engineering
19 148 (9.95%) Data Modelling
20 140 (9.41%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 541 (36.36%) SQL
2 489 (32.86%) C#
3 291 (19.56%) Python
4 236 (15.86%) JavaScript
5 180 (12.10%) PowerShell
6 132 (8.87%) Bicep
7 124 (8.33%) Bash
8 91 (6.12%) Java
9 61 (4.10%) TypeScript
10 41 (2.76%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.41%) Scala
12 18 (1.21%) C++
13 17 (1.14%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 16 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (0.87%) COBOL
15 13 (0.87%) JCL
16 10 (0.67%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 146 (9.81%) Degree
2 128 (8.60%) Security Cleared
3 112 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 107 (7.19%) Azure Certification
5 57 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (2.15%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.75%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.14%) PMP
10 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.74%) ACCA
11 11 (0.74%) CIMA
12 10 (0.67%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.60%) CBAP
13 9 (0.60%) ISEB
14 7 (0.47%) CSPO
15 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (12.63%) QA
2 96 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.17%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.02%) GDPR
5 37 (2.49%) WCAG
6 21 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.28%) PMO
8 12 (0.81%) TickIT
9 10 (0.67%) SLA
10 9 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.47%) NCSC
12 6 (0.40%) JTAG
12 6 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.27%) GRC
15 3 (0.20%) NIST
15 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 186 (12.50%) Docker
2 72 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.81%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Xen
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 178 (11.96%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.03%) Ansible
3 57 (3.83%) Grafana
4 46 (3.09%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.08%) Argo
6 26 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.81%) Puppet
8 9 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.34%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.27%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.13%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.13%) Istio
11 2 (0.13%) Kibana
11 2 (0.13%) Nagios
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) Rancher
11 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 676 (45.43%) Microsoft
2 101 (6.79%) Databricks
3 64 (4.30%) Google
4 42 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 37 (2.49%) Facebook
6 35 (2.35%) VMware
7 26 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.61%) Apple
8 24 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 22 (1.48%) SAP
9 22 (1.48%) YouTube
10 20 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 18 (1.21%) Oracle
12 17 (1.14%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.08%) Sony
13 16 (1.08%) Yahoo!
14 14 (0.94%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.87%) HP
16 12 (0.81%) Foundry
16 12 (0.81%) ScienceLogic