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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 105 88
Rank change year-on-year -24 -17 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,101 1,438 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.86% 2.64% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.39% 7.32% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 692 927 1,483
10th Percentile £41,933 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,355 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £64,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -11.72% +7.52% -0.79%

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 20,417 19,635 21,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.58% 36.08% 41.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11,128 11,553 17,840
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -37 863 £65,000 -3.70% 711
UK excluding London -27 676 £56,500 -11.72% 612
Work from Home +3 507 £62,500 -7.41% 412
London +25 355 £75,000 -0.62% 180
South East -8 226 £57,500 -14.81% 180
Scotland +70 167 £67,250 +31.22% 30
North of England -41 95 £57,500 -11.54% 136
Midlands -53 78 £60,000 -7.69% 113
South West -67 63 £47,500 -26.92% 66
West Midlands -40 62 £60,000 -7.69% 59
Yorkshire -32 35 £60,000 -7.69% 59
North West -23 34 £64,000 -1.54% 64
Wales +8 27 £55,000 -15.38% 14
North East +8 26 £50,000 -16.67% 13
East of England -35 18 £65,000 +30.00% 76
East Midlands -12 13 £60,000 +17.07% 49
Northern Ireland -7 2 £56,250 - 8

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 37 (3.36%) Confluence
2 32 (2.91%) IIS
3 26 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 13 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.73%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.54%) Appian
8 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.18%) Moodle
8 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.091%) CMS
9 1 (0.091%) nginx
Applications
1 37 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (3.36%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.091%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.091%) Endur
6 1 (0.091%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,032 (93.73%) Azure
2 335 (30.43%) GitHub
3 226 (20.53%) Power Platform
4 163 (14.80%) AWS
5 155 (14.08%) GitHub Actions
6 93 (8.45%) Azure Monitor
7 87 (7.90%) Entra ID
8 84 (7.63%) Snowflake
9 80 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 80 (7.27%) PaaS
9 80 (7.27%) Serverless
10 76 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
11 73 (6.63%) Power Automate
12 70 (6.36%) SaaS
13 69 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
14 67 (6.09%) GitHub Copilot
15 62 (5.63%) Azure AKS
16 61 (5.54%) dbt
17 50 (4.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 50 (4.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.81%) Firewall
2 40 (3.63%) DNS
3 25 (2.27%) VPN
4 16 (1.45%) WAN
5 10 (0.91%) HTTP
5 10 (0.91%) Network Security
6 8 (0.73%) DHCP
6 8 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.54%) VLAN
8 4 (0.36%) SSL
9 3 (0.27%) AMQP
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) IPsec
9 3 (0.27%) OSPF
9 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.18%) Internet
11 1 (0.091%) IPv6
11 1 (0.091%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (15.08%) SQL Server
2 127 (11.53%) Power BI
3 80 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (5.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 51 (4.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 44 (4.00%) Tableau
7 43 (3.91%) NoSQL
8 27 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (2.36%) Relational Database
10 24 (2.18%) Data Lake
11 21 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
12 20 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
13 15 (1.36%) DynamoDB
14 14 (1.27%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.09%) Metadata
15 12 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 10 (0.91%) BigQuery
16 10 (0.91%) MySQL
17 9 (0.82%) Delta Lake
18 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 214 (19.44%) JIRA
2 189 (17.17%) Git
3 124 (11.26%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.27%) eCATT
5 58 (5.27%) Selenium
6 40 (3.63%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.36%) Oracle Forms
8 32 (2.91%) GitLab
9 29 (2.63%) Cypress.io
9 29 (2.63%) Octopus Deploy
10 25 (2.27%) TeamCity
11 24 (2.18%) Snyk
12 23 (2.09%) Robot Framework
13 22 (2.00%) Visual Studio
14 21 (1.91%) Postman
15 12 (1.09%) NUnit
16 11 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
17 10 (0.91%) JMeter
18 9 (0.82%) Cucumber
19 8 (0.73%) SpecFlow
General
1 447 (40.60%) Finance
2 286 (25.98%) Social Skills
3 144 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (10.08%) Marketing
5 71 (6.45%) Manufacturing
6 63 (5.72%) Presentation Skills
7 49 (4.45%) Law
8 43 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (2.91%) Retail
10 30 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.27%) Legal
12 24 (2.18%) Public Sector
13 20 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.27%) Banking
15 12 (1.09%) Billing
16 9 (0.82%) Advertising
16 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.82%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.73%) Games
18 7 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 227 (20.62%) Senior
2 182 (16.53%) Developer
3 161 (14.62%) Lead
4 128 (11.63%) Analyst
5 121 (10.99%) DevOps Engineer
6 107 (9.72%) Azure Engineer
7 91 (8.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (5.09%) Data Engineer
9 49 (4.45%) Test Leader
10 48 (4.36%) .NET Developer
10 48 (4.36%) Applications Engineer
10 48 (4.36%) Software Engineer
11 47 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
12 43 (3.91%) Architect
13 38 (3.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 38 (3.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 34 (3.09%) Business Analyst
15 33 (3.00%) Test Analyst
16 29 (2.63%) Senior Developer
16 29 (2.63%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (24.70%) .NET
2 117 (10.63%) RESTful
3 86 (7.81%) React
4 78 (7.08%) YAML
5 73 (6.63%) REST
6 70 (6.36%) .NET Framework
7 65 (5.90%) OAuth
8 59 (5.36%) JSON
9 57 (5.18%) .NET Core
10 55 (5.00%) SOAP
11 48 (4.36%) ASP.NET
12 46 (4.18%) CSS
13 45 (4.09%) HTML
14 41 (3.72%) ARM Templates
15 40 (3.63%) Entity Framework
15 40 (3.63%) OAuth2
16 36 (3.27%) AngularJS
17 34 (3.09%) XML
18 29 (2.63%) Blazor
18 29 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 164 (14.90%) Cloud Native
2 122 (11.08%) Product Ownership
3 67 (6.09%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.82%) Security Posture
7 29 (2.63%) Low-Code
8 28 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 28 (2.54%) Onboarding
9 27 (2.45%) Virtual Team
10 24 (2.18%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.54%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.00%) Reinsurance
17 10 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.17%) Windows
2 61 (5.54%) Linux
3 26 (2.36%) VMS
4 19 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.73%) Android
5 8 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.091%) CentOS
8 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,031 (93.64%) DevOps
2 639 (58.04%) CI/CD
3 543 (49.32%) Agile
4 293 (26.61%) Test Automation
5 290 (26.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 252 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 248 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (19.62%) Mentoring
9 212 (19.26%) Coaching
10 209 (18.98%) AI
11 169 (15.35%) Analytics
12 156 (14.17%) Asset Management
13 135 (12.26%) Observability
14 133 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
15 132 (11.99%) Roadmaps
16 129 (11.72%) Containerisation
17 124 (11.26%) Scrum
18 122 (11.08%) Data Modelling
19 116 (10.54%) ERP
20 112 (10.17%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 381 (34.60%) SQL
2 280 (25.43%) Python
3 228 (20.71%) C#
4 219 (19.89%) PowerShell
5 104 (9.45%) Bicep
6 90 (8.17%) JavaScript
7 86 (7.81%) Bash
8 69 (6.27%) TypeScript
9 56 (5.09%) Java
10 39 (3.54%) Shell Script
11 37 (3.36%) PL/SQL
12 34 (3.09%) T-SQL
13 30 (2.72%) Apex Code
14 15 (1.36%) Go
15 13 (1.18%) Scala
16 12 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.45%) C++
19 4 (0.36%) R
20 3 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 137 (12.44%) Degree
2 81 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 78 (7.08%) Azure Certification
4 70 (6.36%) Security Cleared
5 44 (4.00%) ISTQB
5 44 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 44 (4.00%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.18%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.09%) ISEB
10 12 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 11 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
12 10 (0.91%) PMP
13 6 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.45%) CBAP
14 5 (0.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (13.90%) QA
2 53 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 44 (4.00%) GDPR
4 40 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (3.27%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.09%) NCSC
6 23 (2.09%) NIST
7 17 (1.54%) PMO
8 9 (0.82%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.54%) SLA
11 5 (0.45%) PERC
12 4 (0.36%) WCAG
13 1 (0.091%) COBIT
13 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.091%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.091%) HL7
13 1 (0.091%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.091%) P3O
13 1 (0.091%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 141 (12.81%) Docker
2 73 (6.63%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.36%) Firmware
6 4 (0.36%) Postfix
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
1 362 (32.88%) Terraform
2 172 (15.62%) Kubernetes
3 88 (7.99%) Ansible
4 72 (6.54%) HP ALM
5 42 (3.81%) Grafana
6 38 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (2.91%) Prometheus
8 20 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) Argo
9 4 (0.36%) Kibana
9 4 (0.36%) logstash
9 4 (0.36%) Rancher
9 4 (0.36%) vRealize
10 3 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.27%) SCCM
11 2 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.18%) Puppet
11 2 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 374 (33.97%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.99%) SAP
3 72 (6.54%) HP
4 50 (4.54%) Databricks
5 44 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 43 (3.91%) Oracle
7 28 (2.54%) ServiceNow
8 25 (2.27%) VMware
9 24 (2.18%) Okta
10 21 (1.91%) Black Duck
11 20 (1.82%) Coverity
12 18 (1.63%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.45%) Google
14 15 (1.36%) Zscaler
15 14 (1.27%) Ab Initio
15 14 (1.27%) Xamarin
16 12 (1.09%) Dynatrace
16 12 (1.09%) OpenAI
16 12 (1.09%) Sage
17 11 (1.00%) Foundry