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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 160 120
Rank change year-on-year +13 -40 -38
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,502 1,001 1,565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 2.03% 2.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.47% 6.49% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 686 1,003
10th Percentile £44,500 £45,625 £42,700
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,125 £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 27,477 15,417 23,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.29% 31.27% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 18,663 10,368 14,590
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £46,250
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 30 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 30 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 +24 1,347 £65,000 -2.26% 930
UK excluding London +7 957 £60,000 - 586
Work from Home +9 598 £62,500 -3.85% 502
London -8 471 £75,000 -3.23% 383
North of England +79 285 £60,000 -0.41% 176
South East -35 228 £64,000 +2.40% 141
Midlands +17 173 £62,250 +3.75% 97
North West +76 171 £62,500 -3.85% 88
West Midlands -12 103 £65,000 +8.33% 55
Wales -22 93 £53,171 -3.33% 24
South West -20 92 £57,500 +9.52% 60
East of England -2 74 £55,000 -12.00% 46
East Midlands +11 70 £55,000 +0.92% 42
Yorkshire -1 67 £67,500 +12.50% 74
North East -30 47 £52,250 +4.50% 16
Scotland -44 17 £55,000 -14.73% 32
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 20

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 89 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 71 (4.73%) Confluence
3 42 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.26%) IIS
6 12 (0.80%) Apache
6 12 (0.80%) CMS
7 10 (0.67%) nginx
8 8 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (0.53%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.40%) Camunda
9 6 (0.40%) CICS
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) WordPress
12 1 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.067%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (1.53%) MS Visio
3 22 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 16 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.67%) Trello
7 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.067%) Notion
Business Applications
1 41 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.93%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.40%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.27%) Shopify
6 4 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 1 (0.067%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.067%) Magento
9 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,502 (100.00%) Azure
2 286 (19.04%) Power Platform
3 237 (15.78%) GitHub
4 155 (10.32%) AWS
5 154 (10.25%) Dynamics 365
6 147 (9.79%) Serverless
7 126 (8.39%) GitHub Actions
8 124 (8.26%) Azure Functions
9 115 (7.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 112 (7.46%) Azure Monitor
11 111 (7.39%) Azure AKS
12 107 (7.12%) Entra ID
13 105 (6.99%) Azure AI
13 105 (6.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 97 (6.46%) PaaS
15 95 (6.32%) Azure Key Vault
15 95 (6.32%) Power Automate
16 93 (6.19%) Azure Logic Apps
16 93 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
17 91 (6.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.86%) Firewall
2 40 (2.66%) VPN
3 23 (1.53%) DNS
4 13 (0.87%) Internet
5 12 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (0.73%) Network Security
7 10 (0.67%) SAN
8 9 (0.60%) DHCP
9 8 (0.53%) Wireless
10 7 (0.47%) HTTP
10 7 (0.47%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.47%) VLAN
11 6 (0.40%) MQTT
11 6 (0.40%) ZigBee
12 4 (0.27%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.20%) WAN
14 2 (0.13%) LoRaWAN
15 1 (0.067%) SD-WAN
15 1 (0.067%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (18.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 207 (13.78%) SQL Server
3 177 (11.78%) MongoDB
4 148 (9.85%) Power BI
5 85 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
7 53 (3.53%) Relational Database
8 48 (3.20%) NoSQL
9 46 (3.06%) Metadata
10 40 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (2.26%) Data Lake
12 33 (2.20%) Delta Lake
13 32 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 28 (1.86%) Redis
15 25 (1.66%) Star Schema
16 21 (1.40%) MySQL
17 20 (1.33%) Tableau
18 16 (1.07%) Spark SQL
18 16 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 14 (0.93%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 276 (18.38%) Git
2 205 (13.65%) JIRA
3 124 (8.26%) Jenkins
4 81 (5.39%) GitLab
5 44 (2.93%) Selenium
6 34 (2.26%) Cypress.io
7 33 (2.20%) Postman
8 18 (1.20%) JUnit
9 15 (1.00%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.93%) JMeter
10 14 (0.93%) NUnit
11 13 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.80%) REST Assured
12 12 (0.80%) TestRail
13 11 (0.73%) fastlane
13 11 (0.73%) Zephyr
14 10 (0.67%) Mockito
14 10 (0.67%) SonarQube
14 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.60%) Claude Code
General
1 445 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 359 (23.90%) Finance
3 162 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 109 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (3.46%) Law
7 51 (3.40%) Retail
8 39 (2.60%) Marketing
9 33 (2.20%) Legal
10 30 (2.00%) Advertising
11 29 (1.93%) Banking
12 26 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.46%) Games
14 21 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (0.60%) Aviation
19 8 (0.53%) Police
20 7 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 457 (30.43%) Developer
2 355 (23.64%) Senior
3 218 (14.51%) .NET Developer
4 213 (14.18%) DevOps Engineer
5 208 (13.85%) Azure Engineer
6 162 (10.79%) Lead
7 104 (6.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 104 (6.92%) Data Engineer
8 100 (6.66%) Analyst
8 100 (6.66%) Senior Developer
9 94 (6.26%) Platform Engineer
10 69 (4.59%) Senior DevOps
11 65 (4.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 63 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
13 54 (3.60%) Consultant
13 54 (3.60%) Software Engineer
14 50 (3.33%) Architect
14 50 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
15 47 (3.13%) Business Analyst
15 47 (3.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 478 (31.82%) .NET
2 357 (23.77%) Terraform
3 252 (16.78%) ASP.NET
4 228 (15.18%) .NET Core
5 200 (13.32%) ASP.NET Core
6 167 (11.12%) REST
7 153 (10.19%) React
8 151 (10.05%) RESTful
9 144 (9.59%) HTML
10 142 (9.45%) CSS
11 124 (8.26%) Entity Framework
12 123 (8.19%) Blazor
13 84 (5.59%) Node.js
14 78 (5.19%) ML.NET
15 63 (4.19%) .NET Framework
16 59 (3.93%) JSON
17 57 (3.79%) Playwright
17 57 (3.79%) YAML
18 50 (3.33%) ARM Templates
18 50 (3.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.32%) Cloud Native
2 134 (8.92%) Product Ownership
3 92 (6.13%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.13%) Mobile App
7 43 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
9 36 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 34 (2.26%) Management Information System
11 29 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (1.53%) Low-Code
12 23 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.40%) Security Posture
14 20 (1.33%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.26%) Mainframe
16 17 (1.13%) iPhone
17 16 (1.07%) Data Centre
17 16 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.46%) Windows
2 92 (6.13%) Linux
3 24 (1.60%) Android
3 24 (1.60%) Unix
4 22 (1.46%) VMS
5 21 (1.40%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Solaris
10 2 (0.13%) Debian
10 2 (0.13%) Rocky
11 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.067%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,502 (100.00%) DevOps
2 846 (56.32%) CI/CD
3 679 (45.21%) Agile
4 354 (23.57%) AI
5 340 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 332 (22.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 283 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
8 240 (15.98%) Test Automation
9 239 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
10 224 (14.91%) Mentoring
11 212 (14.11%) Scrum
12 206 (13.72%) Analytics
13 201 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 187 (12.45%) Microservices
15 170 (11.32%) Platform Engineering
16 166 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
17 154 (10.25%) Observability
18 152 (10.12%) Software Engineering
19 145 (9.65%) Data Modelling
20 137 (9.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 543 (36.15%) SQL
2 490 (32.62%) C#
3 282 (18.77%) Python
4 231 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 185 (12.32%) PowerShell
6 131 (8.72%) Bicep
7 122 (8.12%) Bash
8 94 (6.26%) Java
9 58 (3.86%) TypeScript
10 44 (2.93%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.33%) C++
12 18 (1.20%) Scala
13 17 (1.13%) VB.NET
14 16 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (1.00%) COBOL
15 15 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 15 (1.00%) JCL
16 9 (0.60%) Go
17 8 (0.53%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 152 (10.12%) Degree
2 131 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 115 (7.66%) SC Cleared
4 109 (7.26%) Azure Certification
5 57 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (2.13%) ISTQB
8 28 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.33%) PMP
10 16 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.87%) ACCA
11 13 (0.87%) CIMA
12 12 (0.80%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.67%) CBAP
14 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.60%) ISEB
15 8 (0.53%) CSPO
16 7 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 6 (0.40%) IIBA
17 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (12.32%) QA
2 102 (6.79%) Data Quality
3 76 (5.06%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.00%) GDPR
5 37 (2.46%) WCAG
6 22 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.33%) PMO
8 12 (0.80%) 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 (0.33%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.27%) NIST
15 3 (0.20%) GRC
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 188 (12.52%) Docker
2 73 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.80%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Firmware
8 4 (0.27%) 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
1 177 (11.78%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.86%) Ansible
3 57 (3.79%) Grafana
4 46 (3.06%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.06%) Argo
6 29 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.80%) Puppet
8 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.33%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.13%) FlexNet
12 2 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.13%) Istio
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) Rancher
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.067%) Kibana
13 1 (0.067%) Scalr
Vendors
1 689 (45.87%) Microsoft
2 98 (6.52%) Databricks
3 64 (4.26%) Google
4 40 (2.66%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.53%) VMware
6 37 (2.46%) Facebook
7 25 (1.66%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.60%) Apple
8 24 (1.60%) Dynatrace
8 24 (1.60%) SAP
8 24 (1.60%) YouTube
9 20 (1.33%) OpenAI
10 19 (1.26%) Oracle
11 16 (1.07%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.07%) Sony
11 16 (1.07%) Yahoo!
12 13 (0.87%) HP
12 13 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.80%) Foundry
13 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic