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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 111 116
Rank change year-on-year -28 +5 -14
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,098 1,278 2,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.57% 2.73% 2.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.77% 7.38% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 717 862 1,738
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,764 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +11.11% -2.50%

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 23,010 17,328 29,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.83% 37.07% 38.27%
Number of salaries quoted 12,378 10,878 24,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 1 March 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 March 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 -49 887 £65,000 -3.70% 478
UK excluding London -34 687 £55,000 -15.38% 411
Work from Home -8 472 £61,498 -8.89% 285
London +11 341 £75,000 - 149
South East -3 246 £50,000 -24.53% 132
Scotland +54 149 £57,000 +8.57% 36
North of England -37 105 £52,500 -22.22% 105
Midlands -55 81 £60,000 -7.69% 54
South West -78 74 £47,500 -29.63% 50
West Midlands -39 57 £60,000 -11.11% 34
Yorkshire -50 39 £52,500 -25.00% 35
North West -30 36 £63,000 -3.08% 56
North East +11 30 £50,000 -23.08% 16
East Midlands -23 21 £65,000 - 20
Wales -21 15 £55,000 -15.38% 9
East of England -49 14 £65,000 +30.00% 31
Northern Ireland -28 3 £56,250 +12.50% 2

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 33 (3.01%) Confluence
2 30 (2.73%) IIS
3 25 (2.28%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.64%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.36%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
8 4 (0.36%) Moodle
9 3 (0.27%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.091%) nginx
11 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.46%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 70 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.091%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.091%) Endur
7 1 (0.091%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.091%) Primavera
7 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,028 (93.62%) Azure
2 339 (30.87%) GitHub
3 216 (19.67%) Power Platform
4 163 (14.85%) GitHub Actions
5 160 (14.57%) AWS
6 91 (8.29%) Azure Monitor
6 91 (8.29%) Entra ID
7 86 (7.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 86 (7.83%) Serverless
8 85 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
9 82 (7.47%) PaaS
10 70 (6.38%) Snowflake
11 68 (6.19%) SaaS
12 62 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
13 60 (5.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 60 (5.46%) GitHub Copilot
14 55 (5.01%) Azure AKS
14 55 (5.01%) dbt
15 52 (4.74%) GCP
16 50 (4.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 64 (5.83%) Firewall
2 45 (4.10%) DNS
3 23 (2.09%) VPN
4 21 (1.91%) HTTP
5 19 (1.73%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.64%) WAN
7 7 (0.64%) DHCP
7 7 (0.64%) Network Security
8 5 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.36%) BGP
9 4 (0.36%) SSL
9 4 (0.36%) VLAN
10 2 (0.18%) AMQP
10 2 (0.18%) IPsec
10 2 (0.18%) OSPF
10 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.18%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.091%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.091%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.091%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (13.11%) SQL Server
2 121 (11.02%) Power BI
3 68 (6.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 40 (3.64%) NoSQL
7 31 (2.82%) Data Lake
8 29 (2.64%) Tableau
9 27 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (1.82%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
12 15 (1.37%) DynamoDB
13 12 (1.09%) Metadata
13 12 (1.09%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (1.00%) Delta Lake
15 9 (0.82%) Star Schema
16 8 (0.73%) GIS
16 8 (0.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 201 (18.31%) JIRA
2 170 (15.48%) Git
3 121 (11.02%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.28%) eCATT
5 56 (5.10%) Selenium
6 38 (3.46%) NeoLoad
7 36 (3.28%) Cypress.io
8 32 (2.91%) GitLab
9 31 (2.82%) Oracle Forms
10 22 (2.00%) Octopus Deploy
10 22 (2.00%) Visual Studio
11 20 (1.82%) Robot Framework
11 20 (1.82%) Snyk
12 18 (1.64%) TeamCity
13 17 (1.55%) Postman
14 14 (1.28%) Eclipse
15 8 (0.73%) SpecFlow
16 7 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 7 (0.64%) MLflow
16 7 (0.64%) NUnit
General
1 430 (39.16%) Finance
2 266 (24.23%) Social Skills
3 153 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.29%) Marketing
5 77 (7.01%) Manufacturing
6 60 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (5.01%) Law
8 50 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.28%) Billing
10 25 (2.28%) Legal
11 23 (2.09%) Retail
12 20 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.73%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.55%) Banking
15 13 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.82%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.73%) Advertising
18 7 (0.64%) Games
18 7 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 221 (20.13%) Senior
2 197 (17.94%) Developer
3 157 (14.30%) Lead
4 138 (12.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 126 (11.48%) Azure Engineer
6 116 (10.56%) Analyst
7 96 (8.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 61 (5.56%) Data Engineer
9 50 (4.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 50 (4.55%) Test Leader
10 49 (4.46%) Architect
11 47 (4.28%) Software Engineer
12 45 (4.10%) Applications Engineer
13 44 (4.01%) .NET Developer
14 43 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
15 32 (2.91%) Power Platform Developer
15 32 (2.91%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 30 (2.73%) Business Analyst
17 29 (2.64%) Senior Developer
17 29 (2.64%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (23.50%) .NET
2 104 (9.47%) RESTful
3 89 (8.11%) React
4 71 (6.47%) OAuth
5 69 (6.28%) REST
6 62 (5.65%) YAML
7 60 (5.46%) .NET Core
7 60 (5.46%) ASP.NET
8 55 (5.01%) .NET Framework
9 53 (4.83%) CSS
10 52 (4.74%) HTML
10 52 (4.74%) SOAP
11 49 (4.46%) JSON
12 39 (3.55%) OAuth2
12 39 (3.55%) SAML
13 37 (3.37%) Playwright
14 30 (2.73%) Entity Framework
15 28 (2.55%) Node.js
16 27 (2.46%) ARM Templates
16 27 (2.46%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 132 (12.02%) Cloud Native
2 118 (10.75%) Product Ownership
3 52 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.37%) Low-Code
6 32 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (2.00%) Virtual Team
9 21 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.73%) Reinsurance
11 18 (1.64%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.09%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.91%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (0.91%) Onboarding
15 9 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 86 (7.83%) Windows
2 60 (5.46%) Linux
3 23 (2.09%) VMS
4 14 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.00%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.46%) Android
6 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.27%) Unix
8 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.091%) CentOS
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,028 (93.62%) DevOps
2 627 (57.10%) CI/CD
3 502 (45.72%) Agile
4 293 (26.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 278 (25.32%) Test Automation
6 251 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 226 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (17.30%) Coaching
9 186 (16.94%) AI
10 179 (16.30%) Mentoring
11 171 (15.57%) Analytics
12 138 (12.57%) Asset Management
13 135 (12.30%) Data Modelling
14 134 (12.20%) Observability
15 133 (12.11%) Roadmaps
16 129 (11.75%) Containerisation
17 122 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
18 115 (10.47%) Software Engineering
19 110 (10.02%) Scrum
20 106 (9.65%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 372 (33.88%) SQL
2 268 (24.41%) Python
3 219 (19.95%) C#
4 166 (15.12%) PowerShell
5 107 (9.74%) JavaScript
6 90 (8.20%) Bicep
7 88 (8.01%) Bash
8 66 (6.01%) TypeScript
9 51 (4.64%) Java
10 34 (3.10%) Shell Script
11 31 (2.82%) PL/SQL
12 29 (2.64%) Apex Code
12 29 (2.64%) T-SQL
13 25 (2.28%) Go
14 15 (1.37%) Scala
15 12 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.46%) C++
18 4 (0.36%) DataWeave
18 4 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 115 (10.47%) Degree
2 74 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.19%) Azure Certification
4 60 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.64%) SC Cleared
6 33 (3.01%) ISTQB
7 32 (2.91%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.55%) DV Cleared
9 27 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.73%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.18%) HND
12 12 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 11 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
14 10 (0.91%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.55%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.46%) CBAP
16 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.46%) PMP
17 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
18 3 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (12.57%) QA
2 63 (5.74%) Accessibility
3 45 (4.10%) GDPR
4 44 (4.01%) Data Quality
5 36 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.18%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.09%) NCSC
7 12 (1.09%) NIST
7 12 (1.09%) SLA
8 10 (0.91%) PMO
9 5 (0.46%) PERC
10 3 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.18%) WCAG
12 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.091%) GRC
12 1 (0.091%) HL7
12 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.091%) P3O
System Software
1 129 (11.75%) Docker
2 73 (6.65%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) Postfix
6 3 (0.27%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) vCloud
8 1 (0.091%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 337 (30.69%) Terraform
2 132 (12.02%) Kubernetes
3 101 (9.20%) Ansible
4 72 (6.56%) HP ALM
5 55 (5.01%) Grafana
6 44 (4.01%) Prometheus
7 33 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.73%) Kibana
10 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.36%) logstash
11 3 (0.27%) Argo
11 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 2 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) Puppet
12 2 (0.18%) Rancher
12 2 (0.18%) vRealize
13 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 353 (32.15%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.92%) SAP
3 72 (6.56%) HP
4 54 (4.92%) Databricks
5 42 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 36 (3.28%) Oracle
7 33 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.91%) Okta
9 20 (1.82%) VMware
10 19 (1.73%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.64%) Black Duck
11 18 (1.64%) Coverity
11 18 (1.64%) Zscaler
12 15 (1.37%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.28%) Ab Initio
13 14 (1.28%) Adobe
14 12 (1.09%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.09%) Nintex
14 12 (1.09%) Sage
14 12 (1.09%) Xamarin