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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 172 125
Rank change year-on-year +17 -47 -28
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,279 905 2,226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.94% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.88% 5.90% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 700 1,665
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,813 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 26,225 15,326 35,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.19% 32.90% 33.23%
Number of salaries quoted 17,133 10,658 26,895
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,262
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,685
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.58% -7.85%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +15 1,147 £65,000 -7.14% 479
UK excluding London +53 846 £60,000 -4.00% 373
Work from Home +43 523 £60,000 -11.11% 294
London -20 366 £80,000 +6.67% 179
North of England +70 246 £61,500 -10.55% 89
South East -2 222 £60,000 -7.69% 133
North West +72 133 £66,500 +2.31% 52
Midlands +11 130 £64,025 +6.71% 50
South West -5 95 £55,000 -8.33% 31
East of England +15 71 £56,000 -10.40% 38
East Midlands +23 67 £63,750 +15.91% 26
West Midlands -27 63 £65,000 +4.00% 24
Yorkshire -19 61 £69,308 -0.99% 25
Wales -8 56 £53,171 -14.93% 19
North East -7 52 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Scotland +21 26 £61,250 -5.04% 17
Northern Ireland -30 2 £72,500 +45.00% 6

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 59 (4.61%) Confluence
2 58 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.64%) IIS
5 13 (1.02%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.70%) CMS
7 8 (0.63%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.47%) Apache
8 6 (0.47%) nginx
8 6 (0.47%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.39%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.23%) WordPress
11 2 (0.16%) Camunda
11 2 (0.16%) CICS
11 2 (0.16%) Luigi
11 2 (0.16%) Moodle
12 1 (0.078%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.078%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (1.41%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.39%) Trello
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.078%) Notion
7 1 (0.078%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.39%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.39%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.16%) Magento
6 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.16%) Shopify
7 1 (0.078%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.078%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.078%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.078%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,278 (99.92%) Azure
2 229 (17.90%) GitHub
3 197 (15.40%) Power Platform
4 165 (12.90%) AWS
5 138 (10.79%) GitHub Actions
6 117 (9.15%) Serverless
7 107 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
8 106 (8.29%) Azure AKS
9 93 (7.27%) PaaS
10 92 (7.19%) Azure Service Bus
11 91 (7.11%) Azure Functions
12 86 (6.72%) Azure AI
13 85 (6.65%) Azure Logic Apps
14 82 (6.41%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (6.41%) Entra ID
15 72 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
16 70 (5.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 69 (5.39%) SaaS
18 63 (4.93%) GCP
19 61 (4.77%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.91%) Firewall
2 23 (1.80%) DNS
3 22 (1.72%) VPN
4 16 (1.25%) HTTP
5 14 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.86%) Network Security
7 9 (0.70%) Internet
8 5 (0.39%) SAN
8 5 (0.39%) WAN
9 4 (0.31%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.31%) MQTT
9 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.31%) Wireless
9 4 (0.31%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.23%) BGP
10 3 (0.23%) DHCP
10 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.16%) VLAN
12 1 (0.078%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.078%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (17.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 159 (12.43%) MongoDB
3 134 (10.48%) SQL Server
4 95 (7.43%) Power BI
5 43 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
7 30 (2.35%) Relational Database
8 28 (2.19%) Data Lake
9 27 (2.11%) Delta Lake
10 26 (2.03%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (1.49%) Redis
13 18 (1.41%) Spark SQL
14 15 (1.17%) Metadata
14 15 (1.17%) MySQL
14 15 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.94%) Star Schema
16 10 (0.78%) Tableau
17 9 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 189 (14.78%) Git
2 154 (12.04%) JIRA
3 114 (8.91%) Jenkins
4 75 (5.86%) GitLab
5 47 (3.67%) Selenium
6 40 (3.13%) Cypress.io
7 34 (2.66%) Postman
8 23 (1.80%) Eclipse
9 18 (1.41%) REST Assured
10 16 (1.25%) Visual Studio
11 15 (1.17%) JMeter
12 14 (1.09%) fastlane
13 13 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (1.02%) TestRail
13 13 (1.02%) Zephyr
14 9 (0.70%) JUnit
14 9 (0.70%) Xcode
15 7 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 7 (0.55%) NUnit
16 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
General
1 289 (22.60%) Finance
2 288 (22.52%) Social Skills
3 119 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 91 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.30%) Law
7 49 (3.83%) Retail
8 40 (3.13%) Marketing
9 33 (2.58%) Legal
10 29 (2.27%) Banking
11 25 (1.95%) Advertising
12 23 (1.80%) Games
13 20 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.49%) Billing
15 15 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.78%) Automotive
17 10 (0.78%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 389 (30.41%) Developer
2 250 (19.55%) Senior
3 224 (17.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 195 (15.25%) Azure Engineer
5 183 (14.31%) .NET Developer
6 167 (13.06%) Lead
7 112 (8.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 80 (6.25%) Senior Developer
9 74 (5.79%) Platform Engineer
10 70 (5.47%) Data Engineer
11 65 (5.08%) Analyst
12 63 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.61%) Architect
14 55 (4.30%) Senior DevOps
15 53 (4.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 48 (3.75%) Software Engineer
17 41 (3.21%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 37 (2.89%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 36 (2.81%) Software Developer
20 27 (2.11%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 416 (32.53%) .NET
2 225 (17.59%) ASP.NET
3 200 (15.64%) .NET Core
4 183 (14.31%) ASP.NET Core
5 161 (12.59%) React
6 148 (11.57%) HTML
7 146 (11.42%) CSS
8 127 (9.93%) RESTful
9 122 (9.54%) REST
10 104 (8.13%) Blazor
10 104 (8.13%) Entity Framework
11 84 (6.57%) Node.js
12 76 (5.94%) ML.NET
13 61 (4.77%) Playwright
13 61 (4.77%) YAML
14 51 (3.99%) ARM Templates
15 48 (3.75%) .NET Framework
16 44 (3.44%) JSON
17 43 (3.36%) OAuth
18 41 (3.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 121 (9.46%) Product Ownership
2 114 (8.91%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.53%) Mobile App
4 43 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 40 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 32 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 23 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 22 (1.72%) Low-Code
12 19 (1.49%) Podcast
13 18 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.33%) iPhone
14 17 (1.33%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.25%) BBC
15 16 (1.25%) Social Media
16 14 (1.09%) Reinsurance
16 14 (1.09%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 96 (7.51%) Linux
2 78 (6.10%) Windows
3 28 (2.19%) VMS
4 26 (2.03%) Android
5 19 (1.49%) Unix
6 16 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.17%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.02%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.078%) SUSE
11 1 (0.078%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,278 (99.92%) DevOps
2 761 (59.50%) CI/CD
3 583 (45.58%) Agile
4 319 (24.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 267 (20.88%) AI
6 250 (19.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 235 (18.37%) Test Automation
8 233 (18.22%) Full-Stack Development
9 202 (15.79%) Scrum
10 187 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
11 184 (14.39%) Mentoring
12 166 (12.98%) Analytics
13 156 (12.20%) Microservices
14 149 (11.65%) Observability
15 128 (10.01%) Platform Engineering
16 126 (9.85%) Machine Learning
17 121 (9.46%) Containerisation
18 119 (9.30%) Roadmaps
19 118 (9.23%) SDLC
20 109 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 450 (35.18%) SQL
2 406 (31.74%) C#
3 243 (19.00%) Python
4 234 (18.30%) JavaScript
5 151 (11.81%) PowerShell
6 130 (10.16%) Bash
7 108 (8.44%) Bicep
8 75 (5.86%) Java
9 65 (5.08%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.95%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.80%) Go
12 21 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.25%) Scala
14 15 (1.17%) C++
15 12 (0.94%) Swift
16 8 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.63%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.55%) VB.NET
18 6 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 99 (7.74%) Security Cleared
2 85 (6.65%) Degree
3 78 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.24%) Azure Certification
5 36 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (1.88%) ISTQB
8 13 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 12 (0.94%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.86%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.70%) HND
12 7 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.55%) PMP
13 6 (0.47%) CISSP
14 4 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.31%) ISEB
14 4 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 3 (0.23%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (11.73%) QA
2 88 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 49 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.97%) GDPR
5 28 (2.19%) WCAG
6 24 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.94%) TickIT
8 11 (0.86%) GRC
8 11 (0.86%) SLA
9 10 (0.78%) PMO
10 8 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (0.47%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.47%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.39%) IFRS
12 5 (0.39%) NCSC
13 4 (0.31%) JTAG
14 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 153 (11.96%) Docker
2 67 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.94%) vSphere
7 2 (0.16%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 325 (25.41%) Terraform
2 140 (10.95%) Kubernetes
3 73 (5.71%) Ansible
4 69 (5.39%) Grafana
5 57 (4.46%) Prometheus
6 28 (2.19%) Argo
7 8 (0.63%) Kibana
8 7 (0.55%) Puppet
9 4 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.31%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) Nagios
10 3 (0.23%) Scalr
11 2 (0.16%) Istio
11 2 (0.16%) MIIS
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.078%) linkerd
12 1 (0.078%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.078%) SCCM
Vendors
1 544 (42.53%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.08%) Databricks
3 49 (3.83%) Google
4 42 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 35 (2.74%) Facebook
7 29 (2.27%) Apple
8 27 (2.11%) VMware
9 25 (1.95%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.80%) Red Hat
11 19 (1.49%) YouTube
12 17 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 16 (1.25%) Sony
13 16 (1.25%) Yahoo!
14 14 (1.09%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.94%) Oracle
15 12 (0.94%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.86%) Foundry
17 9 (0.70%) SAP
17 9 (0.70%) Splunk