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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 107 80
Rank change year-on-year -33 -27 +10
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,066 1,581 1,919
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.01% 2.33% 3.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.00% 7.14% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 717 1,003 1,603
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.37% +4.58% -

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 17,768 22,140 22,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.54% 32.57% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 13,359 19,033
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

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 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Top 18 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 15 November 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 -43 870 £65,500 -2.96% 642
UK excluding London -23 661 £57,500 -8.37% 443
Work from Home -13 480 £65,000 - 346
London +13 338 £77,500 +3.33% 282
South East +3 239 £60,000 -11.11% 128
Scotland +49 125 £65,000 +13.04% 42
North of England -55 97 £60,000 -2.83% 93
Midlands -32 84 £59,500 -6.67% 72
West Midlands -21 70 £60,000 -7.69% 53
South West -62 51 £55,000 -15.38% 57
North West -20 45 £65,000 +7.44% 49
East of England -10 35 £63,750 +27.50% 32
Yorkshire -33 33 £55,000 -18.19% 28
Wales +7 29 £55,000 -6.78% 17
North East -8 19 £50,000 -9.09% 16
East Midlands 0 14 £55,000 +15.79% 19
Northern Ireland +4 2 £56,250 - 10
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 -

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 43 (4.03%) Confluence
2 31 (2.91%) IIS
3 26 (2.44%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.03%) Appian
6 11 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.94%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.66%) Apache
9 5 (0.47%) CMS
9 5 (0.47%) nginx
10 4 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 72 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (5.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.47%) Shopify
5 3 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.094%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.094%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 997 (93.53%) Azure
2 273 (25.61%) GitHub
3 225 (21.11%) Power Platform
4 153 (14.35%) AWS
5 133 (12.48%) GitHub Actions
6 111 (10.41%) Dynamics 365
7 92 (8.63%) Power Automate
8 82 (7.69%) PaaS
9 77 (7.22%) Azure Monitor
10 76 (7.13%) Azure Data Factory
10 76 (7.13%) SaaS
11 72 (6.75%) Serverless
12 67 (6.29%) Entra ID
13 66 (6.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 66 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
14 63 (5.91%) Snowflake
15 55 (5.16%) Azure AKS
16 50 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
17 49 (4.60%) GCP
18 44 (4.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.81%) DNS
1 30 (2.81%) Firewall
2 17 (1.59%) VPN
3 11 (1.03%) Network Security
4 9 (0.84%) HTTP
4 9 (0.84%) WAN
5 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.47%) DHCP
6 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.47%) VLAN
7 4 (0.38%) SSL
8 3 (0.28%) AMQP
8 3 (0.28%) BGP
8 3 (0.28%) Internet
8 3 (0.28%) IPsec
8 3 (0.28%) OSPF
8 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.28%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.094%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.094%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (15.76%) SQL Server
2 116 (10.88%) Power BI
3 69 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (4.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 44 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (3.47%) Tableau
7 31 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (2.72%) NoSQL
9 27 (2.53%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
11 15 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (1.22%) Metadata
14 12 (1.13%) Data Lake
14 12 (1.13%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.03%) MySQL
16 9 (0.84%) BigQuery
16 9 (0.84%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
18 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 200 (18.76%) JIRA
2 164 (15.38%) Git
3 95 (8.91%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.47%) eCATT
5 57 (5.35%) Selenium
6 41 (3.85%) Octopus Deploy
7 40 (3.75%) NeoLoad
8 28 (2.63%) GitLab
9 27 (2.53%) Snyk
10 25 (2.35%) Oracle Forms
10 25 (2.35%) Robot Framework
11 23 (2.16%) TeamCity
12 22 (2.06%) Cypress.io
12 22 (2.06%) Visual Studio
13 20 (1.88%) Postman
14 13 (1.22%) JMeter
15 12 (1.13%) Cucumber
15 12 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
16 11 (1.03%) NUnit
16 11 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 387 (36.30%) Finance
2 263 (24.67%) Social Skills
3 120 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (10.79%) Marketing
5 74 (6.94%) Manufacturing
6 66 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
7 62 (5.82%) Law
8 55 (5.16%) Retail
9 41 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (2.25%) Public Sector
12 22 (2.06%) Legal
13 18 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.41%) Banking
15 12 (1.13%) Back Office
16 11 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.75%) Games
17 8 (0.75%) Tech for Good
18 7 (0.66%) Advertising
19 5 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 199 (18.67%) Senior
2 170 (15.95%) Developer
3 163 (15.29%) Lead
4 127 (11.91%) Analyst
5 124 (11.63%) DevOps Engineer
6 93 (8.72%) Azure Engineer
7 72 (6.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 58 (5.44%) Data Engineer
9 54 (5.07%) Architect
9 54 (5.07%) Software Engineer
10 43 (4.03%) Test Leader
11 42 (3.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 40 (3.75%) .NET Developer
13 37 (3.47%) Platform Engineer
14 35 (3.28%) Business Analyst
14 35 (3.28%) Test Analyst
15 32 (3.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 30 (2.81%) Applications Engineer
17 29 (2.72%) Senior Developer
18 27 (2.53%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 302 (28.33%) .NET
2 95 (8.91%) RESTful
3 87 (8.16%) React
4 81 (7.60%) .NET Framework
5 73 (6.85%) YAML
6 71 (6.66%) REST
7 59 (5.53%) JSON
8 55 (5.16%) .NET Core
9 50 (4.69%) ASP.NET
10 47 (4.41%) AngularJS
11 44 (4.13%) ARM Templates
11 44 (4.13%) Entity Framework
12 42 (3.94%) CSS
13 40 (3.75%) HTML
14 37 (3.47%) XML
15 36 (3.38%) OAuth
15 36 (3.38%) SOAP
16 28 (2.63%) Blazor
17 23 (2.16%) ASP.NET Web API
17 23 (2.16%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 157 (14.73%) Cloud Native
2 110 (10.32%) Product Ownership
3 52 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 35 (3.28%) Security Posture
7 33 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (2.06%) Low-Code
11 21 (1.97%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.88%) Virtual Team
13 17 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.50%) Mobile App
15 11 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (0.84%) AI Agents
17 9 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 96 (9.01%) Windows
2 53 (4.97%) Linux
3 19 (1.78%) VMS
3 19 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.75%) Android
5 7 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.19%) AIX
7 2 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.094%) CentOS
8 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.094%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 996 (93.43%) DevOps
2 576 (54.03%) CI/CD
3 516 (48.41%) Agile
4 261 (24.48%) Test Automation
5 241 (22.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 226 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 220 (20.64%) Mentoring
8 216 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
9 170 (15.95%) AI
10 163 (15.29%) Coaching
11 135 (12.66%) Scrum
12 128 (12.01%) Roadmaps
13 127 (11.91%) Analytics
14 124 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
15 122 (11.44%) Microservices
16 121 (11.35%) Containerisation
17 117 (10.98%) Migration
18 114 (10.69%) ERP
18 114 (10.69%) Software Engineering
19 109 (10.23%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 349 (32.74%) SQL
2 266 (24.95%) C#
3 255 (23.92%) Python
4 215 (20.17%) PowerShell
5 104 (9.76%) JavaScript
6 93 (8.72%) Bicep
7 84 (7.88%) Bash
8 69 (6.47%) TypeScript
9 47 (4.41%) T-SQL
10 45 (4.22%) Java
11 29 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 26 (2.44%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.78%) Apex Code
14 18 (1.69%) Go
15 8 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.56%) Groovy
16 6 (0.56%) Scala
17 5 (0.47%) PHP
17 5 (0.47%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 143 (13.41%) Degree
2 90 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 83 (7.79%) Azure Certification
4 72 (6.75%) Security Cleared
5 50 (4.69%) SC Cleared
6 46 (4.32%) Master's Degree
7 41 (3.85%) ISTQB
8 31 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (2.25%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.69%) ISEB
11 17 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 10 (0.94%) PMP
13 7 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.38%) CCNA
15 4 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (13.79%) QA
2 41 (3.85%) GDPR
3 37 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 36 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (2.81%) NCSC
5 30 (2.81%) NIST
6 28 (2.63%) Data Quality
7 21 (1.97%) PMO
8 11 (1.03%) Software Quality Assurance
9 5 (0.47%) PERC
10 4 (0.38%) WCAG
11 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.094%) COBIT
12 1 (0.094%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.094%) P3O
12 1 (0.094%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.094%) SLA
System Software
1 142 (13.32%) Docker
2 49 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.38%) Postfix
7 3 (0.28%) Firmware
7 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.094%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.094%) vCloud
8 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 307 (28.80%) Terraform
2 173 (16.23%) Kubernetes
3 75 (7.04%) Ansible
4 72 (6.75%) HP ALM
5 40 (3.75%) Grafana
6 31 (2.91%) Prometheus
7 26 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.38%) Argo
9 4 (0.38%) Rancher
9 4 (0.38%) vRealize
10 3 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.28%) SCOM
11 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.19%) Kibana
11 2 (0.19%) Nessus
11 2 (0.19%) Puppet
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.094%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 373 (34.99%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.50%) SAP
3 72 (6.75%) HP
4 50 (4.69%) Databricks
5 35 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.91%) Oracle
7 30 (2.81%) VMware
8 23 (2.16%) Black Duck
8 23 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.69%) Coverity
9 18 (1.69%) Google
10 16 (1.50%) Okta
11 14 (1.31%) Xamarin
12 13 (1.22%) OpenAI
13 12 (1.13%) Foundry
13 12 (1.13%) Sage
13 12 (1.13%) UiPath
14 11 (1.03%) Dynatrace
14 11 (1.03%) Palo Alto
14 11 (1.03%) Rackspace