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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 114 112
Rank change year-on-year -33 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,073 1,191 2,162
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.46% 2.73% 2.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.50% 7.30% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 702 844 1,835
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,921 £42,279
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,625 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -

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 23,841 16,317 31,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.42% 37.34% 37.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,803 11,017 25,658
10th Percentile £29,212 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £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 £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -51 881 £65,000 -3.70% 428
UK excluding London -40 672 £55,000 -15.38% 360
Work from Home -7 455 £60,000 -11.11% 270
London +5 328 £75,000 - 152
South East -1 249 £50,000 -25.93% 108
Scotland +57 131 £58,500 +11.43% 34
North of England -40 108 £52,500 -22.22% 85
Midlands -55 81 £60,000 -7.69% 66
South West -86 70 £47,500 -26.92% 31
West Midlands -44 55 £60,000 -11.11% 46
Yorkshire -54 40 £52,500 -25.00% 29
North West -29 37 £63,000 -3.08% 50
North East +4 31 £50,000 -23.08% 7
East Midlands -23 23 £65,000 - 20
East of England -40 19 £67,500 +27.36% 26
Wales -27 11 £55,000 -15.38% 12
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 35 (3.26%) Confluence
2 30 (2.80%) IIS
3 27 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (0.75%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.47%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.37%) Apache
9 4 (0.37%) Moodle
10 2 (0.19%) Appian
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 1 (0.093%) CMS
11 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.093%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.093%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (2.52%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
5 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 70 (6.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
3 23 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.093%) Endur
7 1 (0.093%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.093%) Magento
7 1 (0.093%) Primavera
7 1 (0.093%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.093%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,003 (93.48%) Azure
2 315 (29.36%) GitHub
3 205 (19.11%) Power Platform
4 157 (14.63%) GitHub Actions
5 154 (14.35%) AWS
6 88 (8.20%) Entra ID
7 87 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 87 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
8 83 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
9 81 (7.55%) Serverless
10 78 (7.27%) PaaS
11 64 (5.96%) SaaS
12 62 (5.78%) Snowflake
13 58 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
14 56 (5.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 54 (5.03%) Azure AKS
15 54 (5.03%) GCP
15 54 (5.03%) GitHub Copilot
16 50 (4.66%) dbt
17 44 (4.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 63 (5.87%) Firewall
2 43 (4.01%) DNS
3 23 (2.14%) HTTP
4 21 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.86%) VPN
6 16 (1.49%) WAN
7 8 (0.75%) Network Security
8 6 (0.56%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.28%) BGP
10 3 (0.28%) SSL
10 3 (0.28%) VLAN
11 2 (0.19%) AMQP
12 1 (0.093%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.093%) Internet
12 1 (0.093%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.093%) IPv6
12 1 (0.093%) MPLS
12 1 (0.093%) OSPF
12 1 (0.093%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (13.61%) SQL Server
2 119 (11.09%) Power BI
3 73 (6.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 38 (3.54%) NoSQL
7 32 (2.98%) Data Lake
8 26 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (2.05%) Relational Database
9 22 (2.05%) Tableau
10 18 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 18 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.40%) DynamoDB
11 15 (1.40%) Snowflake Schema
12 12 (1.12%) Delta Lake
13 11 (1.03%) Metadata
13 11 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.84%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.75%) GIS
15 8 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 198 (18.45%) JIRA
2 175 (16.31%) Git
3 117 (10.90%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.43%) eCATT
5 60 (5.59%) Selenium
6 39 (3.63%) Cypress.io
7 38 (3.54%) NeoLoad
8 35 (3.26%) GitLab
9 25 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
10 23 (2.14%) Visual Studio
11 21 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
12 20 (1.86%) Postman
13 19 (1.77%) Robot Framework
13 19 (1.77%) Snyk
14 18 (1.68%) Eclipse
14 18 (1.68%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.93%) NUnit
16 8 (0.75%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.75%) SpecFlow
16 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 413 (38.49%) Finance
2 257 (23.95%) Social Skills
3 149 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (8.39%) Marketing
5 78 (7.27%) Manufacturing
6 60 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
7 54 (5.03%) Influencing Skills
8 53 (4.94%) Law
9 33 (3.08%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.33%) Billing
11 24 (2.24%) Retail
12 23 (2.14%) Legal
13 22 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.96%) Banking
14 21 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.84%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.75%) Advertising
18 5 (0.47%) Games
18 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 213 (19.85%) Senior
2 197 (18.36%) Developer
3 157 (14.63%) Lead
4 141 (13.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 125 (11.65%) Azure Engineer
6 113 (10.53%) Analyst
7 82 (7.64%) Cloud Engineer
8 60 (5.59%) Data Engineer
9 53 (4.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 51 (4.75%) Test Leader
11 47 (4.38%) .NET Developer
12 46 (4.29%) Architect
13 43 (4.01%) Software Engineer
14 39 (3.63%) Applications Engineer
15 37 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
16 31 (2.89%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.52%) Business Analyst
17 27 (2.52%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 27 (2.52%) Support Engineer
18 26 (2.42%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (23.02%) .NET
2 103 (9.60%) RESTful
3 94 (8.76%) React
4 76 (7.08%) REST
5 71 (6.62%) OAuth
6 67 (6.24%) .NET Core
7 65 (6.06%) ASP.NET
8 64 (5.96%) CSS
9 63 (5.87%) HTML
10 61 (5.68%) YAML
11 55 (5.13%) SOAP
12 53 (4.94%) .NET Framework
13 45 (4.19%) JSON
14 41 (3.82%) Playwright
15 39 (3.63%) SAML
16 36 (3.36%) OAuth2
17 32 (2.98%) ASP.NET Core
17 32 (2.98%) Entity Framework
18 31 (2.89%) Node.js
19 27 (2.52%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 122 (11.37%) Cloud Native
2 114 (10.62%) Product Ownership
3 47 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (3.36%) Low-Code
4 36 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 21 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (1.96%) Virtual Team
8 20 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.77%) Reinsurance
10 16 (1.49%) Security Posture
11 15 (1.40%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.84%) Onboarding
16 7 (0.65%) AI Agents
17 6 (0.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.55%) Windows
2 58 (5.41%) Linux
3 19 (1.77%) VMS
4 14 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.37%) Android
8 3 (0.28%) Unix
9 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.093%) CentOS
10 1 (0.093%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,003 (93.48%) DevOps
2 619 (57.69%) CI/CD
3 483 (45.01%) Agile
4 286 (26.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 269 (25.07%) Test Automation
6 250 (23.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
8 178 (16.59%) AI
9 167 (15.56%) Coaching
10 166 (15.47%) Analytics
11 164 (15.28%) Mentoring
12 136 (12.67%) Data Modelling
13 135 (12.58%) Observability
14 133 (12.40%) Roadmaps
15 121 (11.28%) Containerisation
15 121 (11.28%) Scrum
16 120 (11.18%) Asset Management
16 120 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
17 108 (10.07%) Software Engineering
18 103 (9.60%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 369 (34.39%) SQL
2 249 (23.21%) Python
3 211 (19.66%) C#
4 147 (13.70%) PowerShell
5 115 (10.72%) JavaScript
6 89 (8.29%) Bicep
7 83 (7.74%) Bash
8 63 (5.87%) TypeScript
9 52 (4.85%) Java
10 30 (2.80%) T-SQL
11 29 (2.70%) Apex Code
11 29 (2.70%) PL/SQL
12 27 (2.52%) Shell Script
13 23 (2.14%) Go
14 16 (1.49%) Scala
15 12 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.47%) DataWeave
18 4 (0.37%) C++
18 4 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 108 (10.07%) Degree
2 70 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.50%) Azure Certification
4 57 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (3.26%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.98%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.80%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 27 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.21%) HND
12 11 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 10 (0.93%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.47%) PMP
16 4 (0.37%) BC Cleared
16 4 (0.37%) CBAP
17 3 (0.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (13.14%) QA
2 65 (6.06%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.47%) Data Quality
4 46 (4.29%) GDPR
5 37 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.30%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.12%) NCSC
7 12 (1.12%) NIST
7 12 (1.12%) SLA
8 10 (0.93%) PMO
9 5 (0.47%) PERC
10 4 (0.37%) GRC
10 4 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.19%) WCAG
12 1 (0.093%) HL7
12 1 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.093%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 126 (11.74%) Docker
2 67 (6.24%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.37%) Postfix
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) vCloud
8 1 (0.093%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 315 (29.36%) Terraform
2 118 (11.00%) Kubernetes
3 95 (8.85%) Ansible
4 73 (6.80%) HP ALM
5 57 (5.31%) Grafana
6 47 (4.38%) Prometheus
7 27 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.75%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.37%) logstash
11 3 (0.28%) SCCM
12 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.19%) Nessus
12 2 (0.19%) Puppet
13 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.093%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.093%) MIIS
13 1 (0.093%) Nagios
13 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 348 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.08%) SAP
3 73 (6.80%) HP
4 52 (4.85%) Databricks
5 42 (3.91%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.17%) Oracle
6 34 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.68%) Okta
7 18 (1.68%) Palo Alto
7 18 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 17 (1.58%) Black Duck
8 17 (1.58%) Coverity
8 17 (1.58%) Zscaler
9 16 (1.49%) VMware
10 14 (1.30%) Adobe
11 13 (1.21%) Ab Initio
12 12 (1.12%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.12%) Freshdesk
12 12 (1.12%) Sage
12 12 (1.12%) Xamarin