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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 169 118
Rank change year-on-year +13 -51 -31
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,440 945 1,689
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 1.90% 2.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.23% 6.01% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 687 1,119
10th Percentile £43,484 £46,250 £43,750
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 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -2.04% +2.08%

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 27,559 15,732 24,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.30% 31.71% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,622 10,630 16,115
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £45,000
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 £101,250 £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 12 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 12 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 +26 1,287 £65,000 -3.70% 674
UK excluding London +31 949 £60,000 - 422
Work from Home +10 580 £61,250 -5.77% 889
London -20 425 £80,000 +3.23% 323
North of England +86 283 £60,250 -7.31% 108
South East +1 224 £62,500 - 116
North West +74 168 £65,000 - 62
Midlands +36 167 £63,000 +5.00% 66
West Midlands -8 96 £65,000 +8.33% 33
South West -19 94 £57,500 +6.98% 48
Wales -19 91 £53,171 -3.33% 8
East of England +4 74 £55,000 -12.00% 41
East Midlands +16 71 £57,500 +4.55% 33
Yorkshire -12 69 £68,000 +13.33% 31
North East -25 46 £52,250 +7.18% 16
Scotland -32 21 £55,000 -14.73% 25
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 14

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 84 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 66 (4.58%) Confluence
3 32 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.60%) Apache Spark
5 22 (1.53%) IIS
6 11 (0.76%) Apache
6 11 (0.76%) nginx
7 10 (0.69%) CMS
8 8 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.42%) Camunda
9 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.35%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.35%) CICS
11 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.21%) WordPress
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
13 1 (0.069%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.069%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.069%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.63%) Trello
5 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.069%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.069%) Notion
6 1 (0.069%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.04%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.21%) Shopify
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.069%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.069%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.069%) Magento
8 1 (0.069%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,440 (100.00%) Azure
2 255 (17.71%) Power Platform
3 216 (15.00%) GitHub
4 161 (11.18%) AWS
5 142 (9.86%) Serverless
6 129 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
7 127 (8.82%) GitHub Actions
8 119 (8.26%) Azure Functions
9 113 (7.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 109 (7.57%) Azure AKS
11 104 (7.22%) Azure Monitor
12 103 (7.15%) Azure AI
13 96 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
14 95 (6.60%) Entra ID
15 94 (6.53%) Azure Key Vault
15 94 (6.53%) PaaS
16 91 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
17 88 (6.11%) Power Automate
18 86 (5.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 84 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.50%) Firewall
2 33 (2.29%) VPN
3 16 (1.11%) DNS
4 12 (0.83%) Internet
5 11 (0.76%) Network Security
6 10 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.63%) SAN
8 7 (0.49%) HTTP
8 7 (0.49%) Wireless
9 6 (0.42%) DHCP
9 6 (0.42%) MQTT
9 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.42%) VLAN
9 6 (0.42%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.28%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
13 1 (0.069%) BGP
13 1 (0.069%) SSL
13 1 (0.069%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (18.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 196 (13.61%) SQL Server
3 173 (12.01%) MongoDB
4 132 (9.17%) Power BI
5 76 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
7 48 (3.33%) Relational Database
8 42 (2.92%) NoSQL
9 40 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
10 37 (2.57%) Delta Lake
11 35 (2.43%) Data Lake
12 31 (2.15%) Metadata
12 31 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 25 (1.74%) Redis
14 23 (1.60%) MySQL
14 23 (1.60%) Star Schema
15 20 (1.39%) Spark SQL
15 20 (1.39%) Tableau
16 17 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 260 (18.06%) Git
2 190 (13.19%) JIRA
3 117 (8.13%) Jenkins
4 77 (5.35%) GitLab
5 44 (3.06%) Selenium
6 40 (2.78%) Postman
7 35 (2.43%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.25%) JUnit
9 17 (1.18%) REST Assured
10 16 (1.11%) JMeter
11 15 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
11 15 (1.04%) Visual Studio
12 14 (0.97%) fastlane
12 14 (0.97%) NUnit
12 14 (0.97%) Zephyr
13 13 (0.90%) TestRail
14 10 (0.69%) Eclipse
14 10 (0.69%) Mockito
14 10 (0.69%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.63%) MSI
General
1 403 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 328 (22.78%) Finance
3 153 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 113 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (3.68%) Retail
7 52 (3.61%) Law
8 41 (2.85%) Marketing
9 37 (2.57%) Legal
10 32 (2.22%) Banking
11 30 (2.08%) Advertising
12 22 (1.53%) Games
12 22 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.83%) Aviation
15 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.63%) Automotive
18 7 (0.49%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 454 (31.53%) Developer
2 332 (23.06%) Senior
3 216 (15.00%) .NET Developer
4 202 (14.03%) DevOps Engineer
5 200 (13.89%) Azure Engineer
6 166 (11.53%) Lead
7 102 (7.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 101 (7.01%) Senior Developer
9 92 (6.39%) Data Engineer
10 89 (6.18%) Platform Engineer
11 83 (5.76%) Analyst
12 68 (4.72%) Senior DevOps
13 63 (4.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 61 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
15 51 (3.54%) Software Engineer
16 47 (3.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 46 (3.19%) Architect
18 45 (3.13%) Senior Data Engineer
19 44 (3.06%) Azure Platform Engineer
20 43 (2.99%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 479 (33.26%) .NET
2 342 (23.75%) Terraform
3 254 (17.64%) ASP.NET
4 229 (15.90%) .NET Core
5 201 (13.96%) ASP.NET Core
6 161 (11.18%) React
7 160 (11.11%) REST
8 153 (10.63%) HTML
8 153 (10.63%) RESTful
9 151 (10.49%) CSS
10 124 (8.61%) Entity Framework
11 123 (8.54%) Blazor
12 88 (6.11%) Node.js
13 79 (5.49%) ML.NET
14 64 (4.44%) .NET Framework
15 58 (4.03%) JSON
15 58 (4.03%) Playwright
15 58 (4.03%) YAML
16 55 (3.82%) PySpark
17 54 (3.75%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 143 (9.93%) Product Ownership
2 140 (9.72%) Cloud Native
3 79 (5.49%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.68%) Onboarding
6 51 (3.54%) Mobile App
7 39 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
8 37 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 25 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.39%) Low-Code
15 17 (1.18%) AI Agents
15 17 (1.18%) BBC
15 17 (1.18%) iPhone
15 17 (1.18%) Mainframe
15 17 (1.18%) Podcast
15 17 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 106 (7.36%) Windows
2 97 (6.74%) Linux
3 26 (1.81%) Android
4 23 (1.60%) VMS
5 20 (1.39%) Unix
5 20 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.90%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.28%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Solaris
10 2 (0.14%) Debian
10 2 (0.14%) Rocky
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.069%) SUSE
11 1 (0.069%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.069%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,440 (100.00%) DevOps
2 826 (57.36%) CI/CD
3 661 (45.90%) Agile
4 336 (23.33%) AI
5 319 (22.15%) Infrastructure as Code
6 316 (21.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 257 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
8 252 (17.50%) Test Automation
9 243 (16.88%) Full-Stack Development
10 224 (15.56%) Mentoring
11 218 (15.14%) Scrum
12 187 (12.99%) Analytics
13 180 (12.50%) Microservices
14 164 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 157 (10.90%) Observability
15 157 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
16 150 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
17 141 (9.79%) Software Engineering
18 137 (9.51%) Machine Learning
19 135 (9.38%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 524 (36.39%) SQL
2 484 (33.61%) C#
3 276 (19.17%) Python
4 238 (16.53%) JavaScript
5 176 (12.22%) PowerShell
6 122 (8.47%) Bash
7 119 (8.26%) Bicep
8 91 (6.32%) Java
9 57 (3.96%) TypeScript
10 39 (2.71%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.25%) Scala
12 17 (1.18%) C++
12 17 (1.18%) VB.NET
13 16 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (0.90%) COBOL
15 13 (0.90%) JCL
16 10 (0.69%) Swift
17 9 (0.63%) Go
18 8 (0.56%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 128 (8.89%) Degree
2 113 (7.85%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.81%) SC Cleared
4 92 (6.39%) Azure Certification
5 53 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.36%) ISTQB
8 22 (1.53%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.90%) PMP
11 12 (0.83%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.69%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.63%) ISEB
14 7 (0.49%) CBAP
14 7 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.42%) CSPO
16 5 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.35%) CISSP
16 5 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 5 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (13.13%) QA
2 83 (5.76%) Accessibility
3 77 (5.35%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.85%) GDPR
5 38 (2.64%) WCAG
6 22 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.25%) PMO
8 12 (0.83%) TickIT
9 9 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.63%) SLA
10 8 (0.56%) NCSC
11 7 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.49%) GRC
11 7 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) JTAG
12 6 (0.42%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.21%) NIST
15 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 183 (12.71%) Docker
2 69 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.83%) vSphere
7 5 (0.35%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Xen
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 170 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 56 (3.89%) Ansible
3 49 (3.40%) Grafana
4 44 (3.06%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.08%) Argo
6 21 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.83%) Puppet
8 5 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.28%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.28%) SCCM
10 3 (0.21%) Scalr
11 2 (0.14%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.14%) Istio
11 2 (0.14%) Kibana
11 2 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 650 (45.14%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.60%) Databricks
3 64 (4.44%) Google
4 40 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.64%) Facebook
6 33 (2.29%) VMware
7 28 (1.94%) Apple
8 27 (1.88%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.46%) SAP
9 21 (1.46%) YouTube
10 20 (1.39%) Dynatrace
10 20 (1.39%) OpenAI
11 18 (1.25%) Red Hat
12 17 (1.18%) Sony
12 17 (1.18%) Yahoo!
13 16 (1.11%) Oracle
14 14 (0.97%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.83%) Foundry
15 12 (0.83%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.76%) Guidewire