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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 171 118
Rank change year-on-year +24 -53 -31
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,437 931 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.26% 1.89% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.23% 6.00% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,123 674 1,084
10th Percentile £43,547 £46,250 £43,575
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 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +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 27,488 15,514 24,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.13% 31.57% 31.49%
Number of salaries quoted 18,567 10,441 15,780
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £43,965 £39,750 £45,750
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 £100,000 £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 15 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 15 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 +22 1,288 £65,000 -3.70% 1,215
UK excluding London +37 943 £60,000 - 759
Work from Home +10 577 £62,500 -3.85% 667
London -18 429 £80,000 +6.67% 564
North of England +88 286 £60,000 -7.69% 222
South East -1 220 £62,500 - 178
North West +80 171 £63,750 -1.92% 123
Midlands +24 168 £62,500 +5.04% 117
West Midlands -7 97 £65,000 +8.33% 61
South West -24 92 £57,500 +9.52% 69
Wales -18 91 £53,171 -3.33% 15
East of England +3 73 £55,000 -12.00% 73
East Midlands +24 71 £57,500 +5.50% 56
Yorkshire -7 69 £68,000 +13.33% 71
North East -26 46 £52,250 +7.18% 29
Scotland -41 18 £55,000 -14.73% 58
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 33

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 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 67 (4.66%) Confluence
3 34 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 22 (1.53%) IIS
6 12 (0.84%) Apache
7 11 (0.77%) nginx
8 10 (0.70%) CMS
9 8 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
11 6 (0.42%) Camunda
11 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.35%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.35%) CICS
13 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.21%) WordPress
14 2 (0.14%) Luigi
15 1 (0.070%) Drupal
15 1 (0.070%) Oracle HTTP Server
15 1 (0.070%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.63%) Trello
7 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.070%) Notion
8 1 (0.070%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 30 (2.09%) 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 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.21%) Shopify
8 2 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 1 (0.070%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.070%) Magento
9 1 (0.070%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.070%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,437 (100.00%) Azure
2 260 (18.09%) Power Platform
3 215 (14.96%) GitHub
4 159 (11.06%) AWS
5 140 (9.74%) Serverless
6 134 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
7 126 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
8 118 (8.21%) Azure Functions
9 112 (7.79%) Azure Service Bus
10 109 (7.59%) Azure AKS
11 105 (7.31%) Azure Monitor
12 104 (7.24%) Azure AI
13 95 (6.61%) Azure Logic Apps
13 95 (6.61%) Entra ID
14 93 (6.47%) PaaS
15 92 (6.40%) Azure Data Factory
16 91 (6.33%) Azure Key Vault
17 89 (6.19%) Power Automate
18 86 (5.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 84 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.57%) Firewall
2 34 (2.37%) VPN
3 16 (1.11%) DNS
4 12 (0.84%) Internet
5 11 (0.77%) Network Security
6 10 (0.70%) 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
12 2 (0.14%) WAN
13 1 (0.070%) Broadband
13 1 (0.070%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (18.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 196 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 174 (12.11%) MongoDB
4 135 (9.39%) Power BI
5 77 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
7 48 (3.34%) Relational Database
8 44 (3.06%) NoSQL
9 40 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (2.51%) Delta Lake
11 35 (2.44%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.23%) Metadata
13 31 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 26 (1.81%) Redis
15 23 (1.60%) Star Schema
16 22 (1.53%) MySQL
17 21 (1.46%) Tableau
18 19 (1.32%) Spark SQL
19 17 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 12 (0.84%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 263 (18.30%) Git
2 190 (13.22%) JIRA
3 116 (8.07%) Jenkins
4 76 (5.29%) GitLab
5 44 (3.06%) Selenium
6 39 (2.71%) Postman
7 35 (2.44%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.25%) JUnit
9 16 (1.11%) JMeter
9 16 (1.11%) REST Assured
10 15 (1.04%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.97%) NUnit
11 14 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.84%) TestRail
12 12 (0.84%) Zephyr
13 11 (0.77%) fastlane
14 10 (0.70%) Eclipse
14 10 (0.70%) Mockito
14 10 (0.70%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.63%) MSI
General
1 408 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 331 (23.03%) Finance
3 152 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 110 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (3.69%) Retail
7 52 (3.62%) Law
8 40 (2.78%) Marketing
9 36 (2.51%) Legal
10 31 (2.16%) Banking
11 30 (2.09%) Advertising
12 24 (1.67%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.53%) Games
14 21 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (0.84%) Aviation
18 10 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
19 9 (0.63%) Automotive
20 7 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 452 (31.45%) Developer
2 328 (22.83%) Senior
3 216 (15.03%) .NET Developer
4 203 (14.13%) DevOps Engineer
5 199 (13.85%) Azure Engineer
6 163 (11.34%) Lead
7 102 (7.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 98 (6.82%) Senior Developer
9 95 (6.61%) Data Engineer
10 91 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
11 82 (5.71%) Analyst
12 67 (4.66%) Senior DevOps
13 63 (4.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 61 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
15 51 (3.55%) Software Engineer
16 47 (3.27%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 45 (3.13%) Architect
17 45 (3.13%) Senior Data Engineer
18 44 (3.06%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 43 (2.99%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 477 (33.19%) .NET
2 340 (23.66%) Terraform
3 252 (17.54%) ASP.NET
4 227 (15.80%) .NET Core
5 200 (13.92%) ASP.NET Core
6 161 (11.20%) React
7 160 (11.13%) REST
8 150 (10.44%) HTML
8 150 (10.44%) RESTful
9 148 (10.30%) CSS
10 123 (8.56%) Blazor
10 123 (8.56%) Entity Framework
11 88 (6.12%) Node.js
12 79 (5.50%) ML.NET
13 63 (4.38%) .NET Framework
14 58 (4.04%) Playwright
15 57 (3.97%) YAML
16 56 (3.90%) JSON
17 55 (3.83%) PySpark
18 52 (3.62%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.53%) Cloud Native
2 136 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 78 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.69%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.27%) Mobile App
7 39 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
8 37 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (2.16%) 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%) Low-Code
13 22 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.25%) AI Agents
15 17 (1.18%) BBC
15 17 (1.18%) iPhone
15 17 (1.18%) Mainframe
15 17 (1.18%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 106 (7.38%) Windows
2 96 (6.68%) Linux
3 24 (1.67%) Android
4 23 (1.60%) VMS
5 20 (1.39%) Unix
5 20 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.84%) Ubuntu
7 10 (0.70%) Apple iOS
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 (0.070%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,437 (100.00%) DevOps
2 817 (56.85%) CI/CD
3 659 (45.86%) Agile
4 341 (23.73%) AI
5 321 (22.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 314 (21.85%) Infrastructure as Code
7 260 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
8 247 (17.19%) Test Automation
9 241 (16.77%) Full-Stack Development
10 221 (15.38%) Mentoring
11 212 (14.75%) Scrum
12 185 (12.87%) Analytics
13 180 (12.53%) Microservices
14 165 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 159 (11.06%) Platform Engineering
16 153 (10.65%) Business Intelligence
16 153 (10.65%) Observability
17 142 (9.88%) Software Engineering
18 138 (9.60%) Machine Learning
19 137 (9.53%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 526 (36.60%) SQL
2 484 (33.68%) C#
3 277 (19.28%) Python
4 236 (16.42%) JavaScript
5 174 (12.11%) PowerShell
6 121 (8.42%) Bash
7 117 (8.14%) Bicep
8 90 (6.26%) Java
9 57 (3.97%) TypeScript
10 39 (2.71%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.32%) 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 (0.70%) Go
17 8 (0.56%) Swift
17 8 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 129 (8.98%) Degree
2 114 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 99 (6.89%) SC Cleared
4 94 (6.54%) Azure Certification
5 54 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.30%) ISTQB
8 22 (1.53%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.90%) PMP
11 12 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.63%) ISEB
14 7 (0.49%) CBAP
14 7 (0.49%) CSPO
14 7 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.42%) ACCA
15 6 (0.42%) CIMA
16 5 (0.35%) CISSP
16 5 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (12.87%) QA
2 83 (5.78%) Data Quality
3 78 (5.43%) Accessibility
4 39 (2.71%) GDPR
5 35 (2.44%) WCAG
6 21 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.25%) PMO
8 12 (0.84%) 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
12 6 (0.42%) GRC
12 6 (0.42%) JTAG
12 6 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 183 (12.73%) Docker
2 69 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.84%) 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 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 171 (11.90%) Kubernetes
2 56 (3.90%) Ansible
3 49 (3.41%) Grafana
4 44 (3.06%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.16%) Argo
6 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.84%) Puppet
8 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.28%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.28%) SCCM
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%) Nagios
11 2 (0.14%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Rancher
11 2 (0.14%) Scalr
Vendors
1 649 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 97 (6.75%) Databricks
3 63 (4.38%) Google
4 39 (2.71%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.64%) Facebook
6 33 (2.30%) VMware
7 26 (1.81%) Apple
8 25 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.46%) YouTube
10 20 (1.39%) OpenAI
10 20 (1.39%) SAP
11 18 (1.25%) Dynatrace
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 (0.84%) Foundry
15 12 (0.84%) HP
15 12 (0.84%) ScienceLogic