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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 107 86
Rank change year-on-year -23 -21 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,106 1,478 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 2.65% 3.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.36% 7.34% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 697 957 1,497
10th Percentile £42,300 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,750 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.85% +7.50% -

All Cloud 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 20,650 20,130 21,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.42% 36.13% 41.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,322 11,977 17,691
10th Percentile £28,750 £34,919 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +3.74% -7.31%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 -44 860 £65,000 -3.70% 1,118
UK excluding London -28 684 £57,500 -10.85% 1,009
Work from Home +1 512 £62,500 -7.41% 479
London +15 351 £75,000 - 222
South East -8 226 £58,750 -12.96% 281
Scotland +69 169 £64,500 +22.86% 55
North of England -49 101 £60,000 -7.69% 221
Midlands -48 77 £60,000 -7.69% 188
West Midlands -41 61 £60,000 -7.69% 99
South West -78 60 £50,000 -23.08% 109
North West -32 40 £65,000 +1.56% 106
Yorkshire -26 35 £60,000 -7.69% 95
Wales +4 31 £55,000 -15.38% 25
North East +13 26 £50,000 -9.09% 21
East of England -30 18 £62,500 +25.00% 135
East Midlands -18 14 £60,000 +4.35% 80
Northern Ireland -7 2 £56,250 - 10

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 38 (3.44%) Confluence
2 34 (3.07%) IIS
3 25 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 16 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.63%) Apache
9 6 (0.54%) Appian
10 3 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.18%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) Moodle
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 37 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (6.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (3.35%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.090%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.090%) Endur
6 1 (0.090%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,037 (93.76%) Azure
2 335 (30.29%) GitHub
3 227 (20.52%) Power Platform
4 169 (15.28%) AWS
5 158 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
6 90 (8.14%) Azure Monitor
7 84 (7.59%) Entra ID
8 83 (7.50%) Snowflake
9 82 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 82 (7.41%) PaaS
10 79 (7.14%) Power Automate
10 79 (7.14%) Serverless
11 78 (7.05%) Dynamics 365
12 71 (6.42%) SaaS
13 70 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
14 67 (6.06%) GitHub Copilot
15 61 (5.52%) Azure AKS
15 61 (5.52%) dbt
16 51 (4.61%) Azure Logic Apps
17 49 (4.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.62%) Firewall
2 38 (3.44%) DNS
3 24 (2.17%) VPN
4 15 (1.36%) WAN
5 10 (0.90%) HTTP
5 10 (0.90%) Network Security
6 8 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.63%) DHCP
8 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.54%) VLAN
9 4 (0.36%) SSL
10 3 (0.27%) AMQP
10 3 (0.27%) BGP
10 3 (0.27%) IPsec
10 3 (0.27%) OSPF
10 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.18%) Internet
12 1 (0.090%) IPv6
12 1 (0.090%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (15.10%) SQL Server
2 125 (11.30%) Power BI
3 81 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 51 (4.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 45 (4.07%) NoSQL
7 43 (3.89%) Tableau
8 27 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 21 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
12 18 (1.63%) DynamoDB
13 14 (1.27%) MongoDB
14 13 (1.18%) Metadata
15 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 11 (0.99%) MySQL
17 10 (0.90%) BigQuery
18 8 (0.72%) Delta Lake
19 5 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 214 (19.35%) JIRA
2 190 (17.18%) Git
3 125 (11.30%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.24%) eCATT
5 58 (5.24%) Selenium
6 40 (3.62%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.35%) Oracle Forms
8 34 (3.07%) GitLab
9 31 (2.80%) Octopus Deploy
10 27 (2.44%) Cypress.io
11 25 (2.26%) TeamCity
12 24 (2.17%) Snyk
13 23 (2.08%) Robot Framework
14 21 (1.90%) Postman
14 21 (1.90%) Visual Studio
15 13 (1.18%) JMeter
16 12 (1.08%) Cucumber
16 12 (1.08%) NUnit
17 11 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
18 8 (0.72%) MLflow
General
1 444 (40.14%) Finance
2 281 (25.41%) Social Skills
3 142 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (10.31%) Marketing
5 71 (6.42%) Manufacturing
6 66 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
7 52 (4.70%) Law
8 43 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (3.35%) Retail
10 33 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (2.17%) Legal
12 23 (2.08%) Public Sector
13 20 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.27%) Banking
15 9 (0.81%) Advertising
15 9 (0.81%) Billing
15 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.72%) Games
16 8 (0.72%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 229 (20.71%) Senior
2 181 (16.37%) Developer
3 162 (14.65%) Lead
4 128 (11.57%) Analyst
5 121 (10.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 107 (9.67%) Azure Engineer
7 91 (8.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 58 (5.24%) Data Engineer
9 53 (4.79%) Software Engineer
10 49 (4.43%) .NET Developer
11 47 (4.25%) Test Leader
12 46 (4.16%) Applications Engineer
13 45 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
14 44 (3.98%) Architect
15 38 (3.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 38 (3.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 35 (3.16%) Business Analyst
17 33 (2.98%) Test Analyst
18 28 (2.53%) Senior Developer
19 27 (2.44%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (24.95%) .NET
2 121 (10.94%) RESTful
3 93 (8.41%) React
4 79 (7.14%) YAML
5 76 (6.87%) REST
6 70 (6.33%) .NET Framework
7 65 (5.88%) OAuth
8 63 (5.70%) JSON
9 61 (5.52%) .NET Core
10 55 (4.97%) SOAP
11 52 (4.70%) ASP.NET
12 47 (4.25%) CSS
13 46 (4.16%) HTML
14 41 (3.71%) ARM Templates
14 41 (3.71%) Entity Framework
15 40 (3.62%) OAuth2
16 39 (3.53%) AngularJS
17 37 (3.35%) XML
18 31 (2.80%) Blazor
19 29 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 175 (15.82%) Cloud Native
2 120 (10.85%) Product Ownership
3 68 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.80%) Security Posture
7 30 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 28 (2.53%) Low-Code
9 27 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (2.26%) Virtual Team
11 24 (2.17%) Mobile App
12 21 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
13 18 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (1.54%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
16 10 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 99 (8.95%) Windows
2 62 (5.61%) Linux
3 25 (2.26%) VMS
4 19 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.72%) Android
5 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.090%) CentOS
8 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,036 (93.67%) DevOps
2 641 (57.96%) CI/CD
3 551 (49.82%) Agile
4 294 (26.58%) Test Automation
5 289 (26.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 253 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 242 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
8 224 (20.25%) Mentoring
9 210 (18.99%) AI
10 209 (18.90%) Coaching
11 163 (14.74%) Analytics
12 156 (14.10%) Asset Management
13 134 (12.12%) Observability
13 134 (12.12%) Roadmaps
14 132 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
15 131 (11.84%) Containerisation
16 127 (11.48%) Scrum
17 121 (10.94%) Data Modelling
17 121 (10.94%) ERP
18 120 (10.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 379 (34.27%) SQL
2 282 (25.50%) Python
3 233 (21.07%) C#
4 222 (20.07%) PowerShell
5 103 (9.31%) Bicep
6 94 (8.50%) JavaScript
7 86 (7.78%) Bash
8 72 (6.51%) TypeScript
9 55 (4.97%) Java
10 39 (3.53%) Shell Script
11 37 (3.35%) PL/SQL
11 37 (3.35%) T-SQL
12 30 (2.71%) Apex Code
13 18 (1.63%) Go
14 13 (1.18%) Scala
15 11 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.45%) C++
18 4 (0.36%) R
19 3 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 140 (12.66%) Degree
2 85 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 78 (7.05%) Azure Certification
4 71 (6.42%) Security Cleared
5 45 (4.07%) ISTQB
5 45 (4.07%) Master's Degree
5 45 (4.07%) SC Cleared
6 29 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.08%) ISEB
9 12 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 11 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.90%) PMP
12 6 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.45%) CBAP
14 4 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (14.01%) QA
2 50 (4.52%) Accessibility
3 45 (4.07%) GDPR
4 41 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (3.16%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.26%) NCSC
6 25 (2.26%) NIST
7 17 (1.54%) PMO
8 8 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
9 5 (0.45%) PERC
9 5 (0.45%) SLA
10 4 (0.36%) WCAG
11 1 (0.090%) COBIT
11 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.090%) HL7
11 1 (0.090%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.090%) P3O
11 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 151 (13.65%) Docker
2 71 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) Firmware
5 4 (0.36%) Postfix
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) vCloud
7 1 (0.090%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 362 (32.73%) Terraform
2 177 (16.00%) Kubernetes
3 87 (7.87%) Ansible
4 72 (6.51%) HP ALM
5 41 (3.71%) Grafana
6 38 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (2.89%) Prometheus
8 19 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) Argo
9 4 (0.36%) logstash
9 4 (0.36%) Rancher
9 4 (0.36%) vRealize
10 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.18%) Kibana
11 2 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.18%) Puppet
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
11 2 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 377 (34.09%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.96%) SAP
3 72 (6.51%) HP
4 51 (4.61%) Databricks
5 45 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 43 (3.89%) Oracle
7 26 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 26 (2.35%) VMware
8 23 (2.08%) Okta
9 21 (1.90%) Black Duck
10 20 (1.81%) Coverity
11 17 (1.54%) Palo Alto
12 16 (1.45%) Google
13 14 (1.27%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.27%) OpenAI
13 14 (1.27%) Xamarin
14 13 (1.18%) Zscaler
15 12 (1.08%) Dynatrace
15 12 (1.08%) Foundry
15 12 (1.08%) Sage