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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 178 124
Rank change year-on-year +24 -54 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,239 901 2,268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.30% 1.99% 2.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.81% 5.97% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 996 696 1,705
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,563 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £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 25,774 15,093 35,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.14% 33.30% 33.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,752 10,459 27,348
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,500
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% -8.95%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,476 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.36%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +12 1,116 £65,000 -7.14% 342
UK excluding London +48 810 £60,000 -4.00% 286
Work from Home +37 496 £60,000 -11.11% 226
London -24 365 £78,750 +5.00% 124
North of England +67 232 £62,500 -9.09% 68
South East -8 212 £59,750 -8.08% 100
North West +74 127 £69,305 +6.62% 37
Midlands +26 127 £65,000 +8.33% 44
South West -5 96 £55,000 -4.35% 24
East of England +14 68 £56,000 -10.40% 35
West Midlands -14 64 £65,000 +4.00% 23
East Midlands +14 62 £64,050 +13.87% 21
Yorkshire -22 55 £69,305 -0.99% 22
North East -3 50 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Wales -11 50 £53,171 -18.20% 12
Scotland +12 25 £61,250 -3.54% 14
Northern Ireland -35 2 £72,500 +45.00%

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 57 (4.60%) Confluence
2 55 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.61%) IIS
5 13 (1.05%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.65%) CMS
6 8 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.48%) Apache
7 6 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.40%) nginx
9 3 (0.24%) WordPress
10 2 (0.16%) CICS
10 2 (0.16%) Luigi
10 2 (0.16%) Moodle
11 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.081%) Drupal
11 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.081%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 19 (1.53%) MS Visio
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.081%) Notion
7 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (0.40%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.40%) Visualfiles
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.16%) Magento
4 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.081%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.081%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,238 (99.92%) Azure
2 229 (18.48%) GitHub
3 196 (15.82%) Power Platform
4 159 (12.83%) AWS
5 136 (10.98%) GitHub Actions
6 116 (9.36%) Serverless
7 108 (8.72%) Azure AKS
8 106 (8.56%) Azure Monitor
9 92 (7.43%) PaaS
10 89 (7.18%) Azure Functions
11 85 (6.86%) Azure Service Bus
12 83 (6.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 82 (6.62%) Dynamics 365
13 82 (6.62%) Entra ID
14 73 (5.89%) Azure AI
15 72 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
16 70 (5.65%) SaaS
17 68 (5.49%) Azure Data Factory
18 60 (4.84%) Azure Key Vault
19 59 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.04%) Firewall
2 24 (1.94%) DNS
3 23 (1.86%) VPN
4 16 (1.29%) HTTP
5 14 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.89%) Network Security
7 7 (0.56%) Internet
8 6 (0.48%) WAN
9 4 (0.32%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.32%) MQTT
9 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.32%) Wireless
9 4 (0.32%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.24%) BGP
10 3 (0.24%) DHCP
10 3 (0.24%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.24%) SAN
11 2 (0.16%) VLAN
12 1 (0.081%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.081%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (16.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 138 (11.14%) MongoDB
3 124 (10.01%) SQL Server
4 97 (7.83%) Power BI
5 40 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 30 (2.42%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.18%) Delta Lake
9 26 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (2.02%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (1.45%) Spark SQL
13 17 (1.37%) Redis
14 15 (1.21%) Metadata
15 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 13 (1.05%) MySQL
16 13 (1.05%) Star Schema
17 11 (0.89%) Tableau
18 9 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 188 (15.17%) Git
2 152 (12.27%) JIRA
3 112 (9.04%) Jenkins
4 75 (6.05%) GitLab
5 52 (4.20%) Selenium
6 44 (3.55%) Cypress.io
7 36 (2.91%) Postman
8 24 (1.94%) Eclipse
9 18 (1.45%) REST Assured
9 18 (1.45%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.13%) fastlane
10 14 (1.13%) JMeter
11 13 (1.05%) TestRail
11 13 (1.05%) Zephyr
12 12 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.73%) Xcode
14 8 (0.65%) JUnit
15 7 (0.56%) LoadRunner
15 7 (0.56%) NUnit
15 7 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 283 (22.84%) Finance
2 277 (22.36%) Social Skills
3 114 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 88 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.44%) Law
7 48 (3.87%) Retail
8 36 (2.91%) Marketing
9 33 (2.66%) Legal
10 28 (2.26%) Banking
11 22 (1.78%) Advertising
11 22 (1.78%) Billing
12 21 (1.69%) Games
13 19 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.45%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.21%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.81%) Automotive
17 10 (0.81%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 360 (29.06%) Developer
2 234 (18.89%) Senior
3 220 (17.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 199 (16.06%) Azure Engineer
5 167 (13.48%) Lead
6 157 (12.67%) .NET Developer
7 113 (9.12%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 76 (6.13%) Senior Developer
9 71 (5.73%) Platform Engineer
10 69 (5.57%) Data Engineer
11 66 (5.33%) Analyst
12 62 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.76%) Architect
14 50 (4.04%) Senior DevOps
15 48 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 43 (3.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.47%) Software Engineer
17 38 (3.07%) Azure Platform Engineer
18 35 (2.82%) Software Developer
19 28 (2.26%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (31.23%) .NET
2 198 (15.98%) ASP.NET
3 177 (14.29%) .NET Core
4 159 (12.83%) ASP.NET Core
5 149 (12.03%) React
6 137 (11.06%) HTML
7 135 (10.90%) CSS
8 116 (9.36%) REST
9 109 (8.80%) RESTful
10 92 (7.43%) Entity Framework
11 88 (7.10%) Blazor
12 81 (6.54%) Node.js
13 63 (5.08%) ML.NET
13 63 (5.08%) Playwright
14 62 (5.00%) YAML
15 52 (4.20%) ARM Templates
16 45 (3.63%) .NET Framework
17 43 (3.47%) JSON
18 41 (3.31%) OAuth
18 41 (3.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 121 (9.77%) Product Ownership
2 106 (8.56%) Cloud Native
3 54 (4.36%) Mobile App
4 39 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 19 (1.53%) Podcast
11 18 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.37%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.21%) Reinsurance
14 14 (1.13%) iPhone
14 14 (1.13%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.05%) Social Media
15 13 (1.05%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 95 (7.67%) Linux
2 75 (6.05%) Windows
3 29 (2.34%) VMS
4 23 (1.86%) Android
5 18 (1.45%) Unix
6 16 (1.29%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.21%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.97%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.081%) SUSE
11 1 (0.081%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,238 (99.92%) DevOps
2 742 (59.89%) CI/CD
3 559 (45.12%) Agile
4 310 (25.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 244 (19.69%) AI
6 242 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 237 (19.13%) Test Automation
8 208 (16.79%) Full-Stack Development
9 198 (15.98%) Scrum
10 185 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
11 175 (14.12%) Mentoring
12 166 (13.40%) Analytics
13 148 (11.95%) Microservices
14 147 (11.86%) Observability
15 122 (9.85%) Platform Engineering
16 120 (9.69%) Containerisation
17 118 (9.52%) Roadmaps
18 115 (9.28%) SDLC
19 110 (8.88%) Machine Learning
20 108 (8.72%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 425 (34.30%) SQL
2 375 (30.27%) C#
3 237 (19.13%) Python
4 217 (17.51%) JavaScript
5 150 (12.11%) PowerShell
6 130 (10.49%) Bash
7 104 (8.39%) Bicep
8 74 (5.97%) Java
9 62 (5.00%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 22 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
12 20 (1.61%) Go
13 16 (1.29%) Scala
14 15 (1.21%) C++
15 12 (0.97%) Swift
16 9 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.65%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.65%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.48%) SOQL
18 6 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 93 (7.51%) Security Cleared
2 87 (7.02%) Degree
3 75 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 36 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (2.10%) ISTQB
8 12 (0.97%) DV Cleared
9 11 (0.89%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 10 (0.81%) HND
11 7 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.48%) CISSP
13 5 (0.40%) PMP
14 4 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 3 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (12.19%) QA
2 89 (7.18%) Accessibility
3 48 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 39 (3.15%) GDPR
5 27 (2.18%) WCAG
6 24 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.97%) SLA
7 12 (0.97%) TickIT
8 11 (0.89%) GRC
9 9 (0.73%) PMO
10 8 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.48%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.40%) IFRS
14 4 (0.32%) JTAG
14 4 (0.32%) NCSC
15 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
16 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 151 (12.19%) Docker
2 66 (5.33%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.97%) vSphere
7 2 (0.16%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 319 (25.75%) Terraform
2 136 (10.98%) Kubernetes
3 71 (5.73%) Ansible
4 66 (5.33%) Grafana
5 56 (4.52%) Prometheus
6 28 (2.26%) Argo
7 8 (0.65%) Kibana
8 5 (0.40%) Puppet
9 4 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.32%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.24%) Nagios
10 3 (0.24%) Scalr
11 2 (0.16%) Istio
11 2 (0.16%) MIIS
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.081%) Consul
12 1 (0.081%) linkerd
12 1 (0.081%) SCCM
Vendors
1 516 (41.65%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.25%) Databricks
3 41 (3.31%) Salesforce
3 41 (3.31%) ServiceNow
4 40 (3.23%) Google
5 29 (2.34%) Facebook
6 26 (2.10%) Apple
7 25 (2.02%) Dynatrace
7 25 (2.02%) VMware
8 23 (1.86%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.29%) YouTube
10 14 (1.13%) Guidewire
11 13 (1.05%) Sony
11 13 (1.05%) Yahoo!
12 12 (0.97%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.89%) Oracle
14 10 (0.81%) Adobe
14 10 (0.81%) Splunk
15 9 (0.73%) Nintex