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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 170 121
Rank change year-on-year -1 -49 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,107 875 2,283
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 2.00% 2.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.20% 5.95% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 867 678 1,745
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,279
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £76,250
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 26,349 14,711 35,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.43% 33.58% 34.04%
Number of salaries quoted 15,694 10,086 26,982
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.12%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
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 5 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 5 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 -3 988 £67,500 -3.57% 419
UK excluding London +27 690 £60,000 -4.00% 331
Work from Home +26 410 £65,000 -3.70% 239
London -5 356 £77,500 +3.33% 139
North of England +36 199 £65,000 -7.14% 79
South East -25 186 £56,250 -13.46% 105
Midlands +5 114 £65,000 +8.33% 54
North West +52 109 £69,310 +2.68% 43
South West -27 70 £55,000 -4.35% 29
West Midlands -31 62 £62,500 +4.17% 32
East Midlands +9 50 £66,000 +20.00% 22
Yorkshire -36 50 £69,305 -0.99% 19
East of England -7 48 £56,000 -2.61% 36
North East -13 40 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland +25 37 £62,500 - 17
Wales -19 36 £53,000 -18.46% 11
Northern Ireland -36 2 £72,500 +45.00% 5

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 41 (3.70%) Confluence
1 41 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.54%) IIS
4 11 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.63%) CMS
7 6 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.54%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.27%) WordPress
10 2 (0.18%) CICS
10 2 (0.18%) Luigi
10 2 (0.18%) Moodle
10 2 (0.18%) nginx
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.090%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.090%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 19 (1.72%) MS Visio
2 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.18%) Trello
7 1 (0.090%) Notion
7 1 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.08%) 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 (0.090%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.090%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.090%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.090%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,106 (99.91%) Azure
2 232 (20.96%) GitHub
3 174 (15.72%) Power Platform
4 158 (14.27%) AWS
5 140 (12.65%) GitHub Actions
6 98 (8.85%) Azure Monitor
7 97 (8.76%) Azure AKS
7 97 (8.76%) Serverless
8 84 (7.59%) Entra ID
9 79 (7.14%) PaaS
10 75 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
11 74 (6.68%) Azure Logic Apps
12 70 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 68 (6.14%) Azure Service Bus
14 67 (6.05%) Azure Functions
15 65 (5.87%) SaaS
16 63 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
17 62 (5.60%) GCP
18 49 (4.43%) Azure Key Vault
19 48 (4.34%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.06%) Firewall
2 29 (2.62%) DNS
3 17 (1.54%) HTTP
4 16 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.17%) VPN
6 11 (0.99%) Network Security
7 9 (0.81%) WAN
8 5 (0.45%) DHCP
9 4 (0.36%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.36%) MQTT
9 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.36%) Wireless
9 4 (0.36%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.27%) BGP
10 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.27%) SAN
11 2 (0.18%) Internet
12 1 (0.090%) Broadband
12 1 (0.090%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.090%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (12.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 117 (10.57%) SQL Server
3 97 (8.76%) Power BI
4 85 (7.68%) MongoDB
5 40 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
7 34 (3.07%) Data Lake
8 29 (2.62%) NoSQL
8 29 (2.62%) Relational Database
9 25 (2.26%) Delta Lake
10 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.54%) Spark SQL
12 15 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (1.17%) Star Schema
14 13 (1.17%) Tableau
15 12 (1.08%) Metadata
15 12 (1.08%) Redis
16 10 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.90%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 173 (15.63%) Git
2 135 (12.20%) JIRA
3 113 (10.21%) Jenkins
4 73 (6.59%) GitLab
5 53 (4.79%) Selenium
6 43 (3.88%) Cypress.io
7 35 (3.16%) Postman
8 24 (2.17%) Eclipse
9 16 (1.45%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.36%) REST Assured
11 14 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (1.17%) Zephyr
13 12 (1.08%) TestRail
14 11 (0.99%) fastlane
14 11 (0.99%) JMeter
15 10 (0.90%) TeamCity
16 7 (0.63%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.63%) Xcode
17 6 (0.54%) JUnit
17 6 (0.54%) LoadRunner
General
1 278 (25.11%) Finance
2 241 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 120 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 55 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (4.25%) Law
7 40 (3.61%) Retail
8 35 (3.16%) Legal
9 30 (2.71%) Marketing
10 26 (2.35%) Banking
10 26 (2.35%) Billing
11 20 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.26%) Advertising
13 14 (1.26%) Games
14 11 (0.99%) Automotive
14 11 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.90%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.81%) Aviation
16 9 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 282 (25.47%) Developer
2 220 (19.87%) Senior
3 211 (19.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 194 (17.52%) Azure Engineer
5 153 (13.82%) Lead
6 107 (9.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 98 (8.85%) .NET Developer
8 68 (6.14%) Cloud Engineer
9 66 (5.96%) Data Engineer
9 66 (5.96%) Senior Developer
10 60 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
11 53 (4.79%) Analyst
11 53 (4.79%) Architect
12 50 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
13 48 (4.34%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 39 (3.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 39 (3.52%) Software Engineer
15 34 (3.07%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 32 (2.89%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.44%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 317 (28.64%) .NET
2 136 (12.29%) ASP.NET
3 127 (11.47%) React
4 120 (10.84%) .NET Core
5 108 (9.76%) HTML
6 107 (9.67%) CSS
7 106 (9.58%) REST
8 100 (9.03%) ASP.NET Core
9 85 (7.68%) RESTful
10 69 (6.23%) Node.js
11 61 (5.51%) YAML
12 60 (5.42%) Entity Framework
12 60 (5.42%) Playwright
13 58 (5.24%) Blazor
14 48 (4.34%) ARM Templates
14 48 (4.34%) OAuth
15 43 (3.88%) PySpark
16 40 (3.61%) JSON
17 38 (3.43%) .NET Framework
18 37 (3.34%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 117 (10.57%) Product Ownership
2 91 (8.22%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 33 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
5 29 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 20 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (1.81%) Low-Code
9 16 (1.45%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
11 11 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.81%) Podcast
13 9 (0.81%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.72%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 91 (8.22%) Linux
2 61 (5.51%) Windows
3 21 (1.90%) VMS
4 17 (1.54%) Ubuntu
4 17 (1.54%) Unix
5 16 (1.45%) Android
6 14 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 12 (1.08%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.090%) SUSE
10 1 (0.090%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,106 (99.91%) DevOps
2 674 (60.89%) CI/CD
3 468 (42.28%) Agile
4 296 (26.74%) Infrastructure as Code
5 245 (22.13%) Test Automation
6 214 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 204 (18.43%) AI
8 187 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
9 163 (14.72%) Scrum
10 162 (14.63%) Mentoring
11 157 (14.18%) Analytics
12 149 (13.46%) Full-Stack Development
13 142 (12.83%) Observability
14 133 (12.01%) Microservices
15 122 (11.02%) Containerisation
16 117 (10.57%) Data Modelling
17 107 (9.67%) Business Intelligence
18 101 (9.12%) Coaching
18 101 (9.12%) Platform Engineering
19 99 (8.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 373 (33.69%) SQL
2 290 (26.20%) C#
3 248 (22.40%) Python
4 174 (15.72%) JavaScript
5 134 (12.10%) PowerShell
6 114 (10.30%) Bash
7 85 (7.68%) Bicep
8 75 (6.78%) Java
9 56 (5.06%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.90%) Scala
11 20 (1.81%) Go
12 16 (1.45%) T-SQL
13 15 (1.36%) C++
14 13 (1.17%) Apex Code
14 13 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (0.99%) Swift
16 10 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.72%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.63%) Kotlin
19 6 (0.54%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 87 (7.86%) Degree
2 69 (6.23%) Security Cleared
3 53 (4.79%) Azure Certification
4 51 (4.61%) SC Cleared
5 35 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.35%) ISTQB
7 19 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.08%) HND
10 11 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.72%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.36%) CISSP
14 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (11.56%) QA
2 82 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 50 (4.52%) Data Quality
4 40 (3.61%) GDPR
5 23 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.54%) WCAG
7 12 (1.08%) SLA
7 12 (1.08%) TickIT
8 10 (0.90%) GRC
8 10 (0.90%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.54%) PMO
10 6 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.54%) 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%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 142 (12.83%) Docker
2 61 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.27%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.090%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 311 (28.09%) Terraform
2 116 (10.48%) Kubernetes
3 73 (6.59%) Ansible
4 63 (5.69%) Grafana
5 51 (4.61%) Prometheus
6 25 (2.26%) Argo
7 9 (0.81%) Kibana
8 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.36%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.36%) Puppet
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Scalr
11 2 (0.18%) MIIS
11 2 (0.18%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
12 1 (0.090%) CASB
12 1 (0.090%) Consul
12 1 (0.090%) Istio
Vendors
1 421 (38.03%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.14%) Databricks
3 44 (3.97%) Salesforce
4 38 (3.43%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.35%) Google
6 24 (2.17%) Red Hat
7 22 (1.99%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.72%) Apple
9 16 (1.45%) Oracle
10 15 (1.36%) Facebook
10 15 (1.36%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.26%) VMware
12 13 (1.17%) Adobe
13 12 (1.08%) Guidewire
14 11 (0.99%) Freshdesk
14 11 (0.99%) Nintex
14 11 (0.99%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.99%) Splunk
14 11 (0.99%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.81%) CrowdStrike