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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 135 109
Rank change year-on-year -42 -26 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,019 938 2,342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.18% 2.25% 2.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.74% 6.23% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 728 787 1,842
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,529 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £49,348
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +0.80%

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 27,246 15,058 34,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.43% 36.18% 36.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14,149 11,075 26,814
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -48 848 £67,500 - 353
UK excluding London -19 629 £55,000 -15.38% 280
Work from Home -10 417 £64,250 -4.81% 219
London -13 323 £79,750 +6.33% 133
South East -45 162 £50,000 -28.57% 83
North of England -20 145 £60,000 -12.73% 73
Scotland +47 103 £62,500 +8.70% 27
Midlands -39 93 £64,000 -1.54% 39
South West -29 81 £52,500 -19.23% 26
North West -4 68 £70,000 +7.69% 46
West Midlands -53 54 £58,750 -11.32% 21
Yorkshire -63 46 £60,000 -14.29% 15
East Midlands -23 36 £67,000 +3.08% 18
North East -10 31 £50,000 -23.08% 12
East of England -43 24 £70,000 +32.08% 25
Wales -27 21 £53,050 +0.87% 14
Northern Ireland -41 2 £50,000 -

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 38 (3.73%) Confluence
2 36 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (2.06%) IIS
5 11 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.69%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.39%) Apache
8 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.39%) Moodle
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) CICS
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.098%) Drupal
10 1 (0.098%) nginx
10 1 (0.098%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.098%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.098%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.098%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (2.36%) MS Visio
2 21 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.49%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.098%) Sketch
7 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.39%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.20%) Magento
6 2 (0.20%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.098%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.098%) Endur
7 1 (0.098%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.098%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.098%) Primavera
7 1 (0.098%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.098%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,018 (99.90%) Azure
2 297 (29.15%) GitHub
3 178 (17.47%) Power Platform
4 159 (15.60%) GitHub Actions
5 154 (15.11%) AWS
6 96 (9.42%) Serverless
7 91 (8.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 91 (8.93%) Entra ID
8 82 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
9 79 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
10 76 (7.46%) PaaS
11 65 (6.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 63 (6.18%) Azure AKS
12 63 (6.18%) Dynamics 365
13 60 (5.89%) SaaS
14 55 (5.40%) Azure Functions
15 54 (5.30%) GCP
16 49 (4.81%) Azure Key Vault
17 47 (4.61%) Azure Service Bus
18 45 (4.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 62 (6.08%) Firewall
2 34 (3.34%) DNS
3 19 (1.86%) HTTP
3 19 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.47%) WAN
5 14 (1.37%) VPN
6 12 (1.18%) Network Security
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) DHCP
7 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.20%) SSL
9 1 (0.098%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.098%) Internet
9 1 (0.098%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.098%) LTE
9 1 (0.098%) MPLS
9 1 (0.098%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.098%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (12.37%) SQL Server
2 97 (9.52%) Power BI
3 69 (6.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (3.63%) NoSQL
6 35 (3.43%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (2.45%) MongoDB
10 21 (2.06%) Delta Lake
11 19 (1.86%) Relational Database
11 19 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.57%) DynamoDB
13 15 (1.47%) Tableau
14 12 (1.18%) Spark SQL
15 11 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
17 9 (0.88%) MySQL
18 8 (0.79%) Metadata
18 8 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 167 (16.39%) Git
2 147 (14.43%) JIRA
3 110 (10.79%) Jenkins
4 56 (5.50%) Selenium
5 48 (4.71%) GitLab
6 39 (3.83%) Cypress.io
7 31 (3.04%) Postman
8 24 (2.36%) Visual Studio
9 18 (1.77%) Eclipse
10 17 (1.67%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (1.57%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (1.18%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.18%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.08%) JMeter
13 11 (1.08%) TestRail
14 9 (0.88%) NUnit
14 9 (0.88%) Robot Framework
14 9 (0.88%) Zephyr
15 8 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
16 7 (0.69%) Snyk
General
1 315 (30.91%) Finance
2 250 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 149 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (5.59%) Law
5 41 (4.02%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (3.43%) Retail
8 33 (3.24%) Legal
9 29 (2.85%) Marketing
10 27 (2.65%) Billing
11 22 (2.16%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.77%) Banking
14 11 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.79%) Automotive
15 8 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.79%) Games
15 8 (0.79%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.69%) Advertising
16 7 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 216 (21.20%) Developer
2 206 (20.22%) Senior
3 158 (15.51%) Azure Engineer
4 154 (15.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 153 (15.01%) Lead
6 76 (7.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 70 (6.87%) Cloud Engineer
8 57 (5.59%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.50%) Analyst
10 52 (5.10%) Architect
11 50 (4.91%) Senior Developer
12 47 (4.61%) .NET Developer
13 38 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
14 30 (2.94%) Applications Engineer
15 29 (2.85%) Senior DevOps
16 28 (2.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 27 (2.65%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.65%) Software Engineer
17 27 (2.65%) Test Leader
18 26 (2.55%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (23.75%) .NET
2 108 (10.60%) React
3 94 (9.22%) REST
3 94 (9.22%) RESTful
4 76 (7.46%) CSS
5 75 (7.36%) HTML
6 72 (7.07%) OAuth
7 69 (6.77%) ASP.NET
8 68 (6.67%) .NET Core
9 56 (5.50%) SOAP
10 53 (5.20%) YAML
11 49 (4.81%) Playwright
12 47 (4.61%) Node.js
13 45 (4.42%) .NET Framework
13 45 (4.42%) JSON
14 40 (3.93%) ASP.NET Core
15 38 (3.73%) PySpark
16 37 (3.63%) SAML
17 35 (3.43%) OAuth2
18 33 (3.24%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 117 (11.48%) Product Ownership
2 114 (11.19%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 31 (3.04%) Mobile App
6 29 (2.85%) Low-Code
7 25 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.77%) Reinsurance
10 16 (1.57%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.28%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.79%) PMI
14 8 (0.79%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.79%) Security Posture
15 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (6.87%) Linux
2 69 (6.77%) Windows
3 17 (1.67%) VMS
4 16 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.88%) Unix
8 5 (0.49%) Android
9 3 (0.29%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.098%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.098%) SUSE
11 1 (0.098%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,018 (99.90%) DevOps
2 631 (61.92%) CI/CD
3 473 (46.42%) Agile
4 297 (29.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 262 (25.71%) Test Automation
6 222 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 200 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
8 170 (16.68%) AI
9 162 (15.90%) Mentoring
10 155 (15.21%) Analytics
11 151 (14.82%) Observability
12 147 (14.43%) Coaching
13 140 (13.74%) Scrum
14 135 (13.25%) Data Modelling
15 129 (12.66%) Containerisation
16 107 (10.50%) Software Engineering
17 106 (10.40%) Microservices
18 100 (9.81%) SDLC
19 99 (9.72%) Roadmaps
20 98 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 343 (33.66%) SQL
2 247 (24.24%) Python
3 207 (20.31%) C#
4 137 (13.44%) JavaScript
5 129 (12.66%) PowerShell
6 91 (8.93%) Bash
7 87 (8.54%) Bicep
8 64 (6.28%) TypeScript
9 52 (5.10%) Java
10 24 (2.36%) Apex Code
11 23 (2.26%) Go
12 20 (1.96%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.86%) Scala
14 18 (1.77%) Shell Script
15 17 (1.67%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
17 11 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 8 (0.79%) Swift
19 7 (0.69%) DataWeave
20 5 (0.49%) C++
Qualifications
1 98 (9.62%) Degree
2 67 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 50 (4.91%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (3.63%) SC Cleared
6 32 (3.14%) ISTQB
7 21 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 21 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.28%) HND
10 11 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
10 11 (1.08%) PMI Certification
11 10 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.39%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.29%) CBAP
14 3 (0.29%) PMP
15 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.29%) QA
2 72 (7.07%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.71%) GDPR
4 43 (4.22%) Data Quality
5 36 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.37%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.18%) SLA
8 10 (0.98%) GRC
9 9 (0.88%) TickIT
10 8 (0.79%) NCSC
11 7 (0.69%) NIST
11 7 (0.69%) WCAG
12 6 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
13 5 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.49%) Solvency II
14 4 (0.39%) IFRS
15 3 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.29%) PERC
16 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
17 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 145 (14.23%) Docker
2 63 (6.18%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.39%) Postfix
4 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.20%) Firmware
5 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.20%) vCloud
6 1 (0.098%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 306 (30.03%) Terraform
2 113 (11.09%) Kubernetes
3 83 (8.15%) Ansible
4 61 (5.99%) Grafana
5 51 (5.00%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.88%) Kibana
8 8 (0.79%) Argo
8 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.49%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.39%) logstash
11 3 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.29%) Puppet
11 3 (0.29%) Scalr
12 2 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.20%) MIIS
12 2 (0.20%) Nagios
12 2 (0.20%) Nessus
12 2 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 373 (36.60%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.08%) Databricks
3 44 (4.32%) Salesforce
4 33 (3.24%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.75%) Oracle
6 20 (1.96%) Red Hat
7 17 (1.67%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.47%) Adobe
8 15 (1.47%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.47%) Zscaler
9 14 (1.37%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.18%) Freshdesk
10 12 (1.18%) Nintex
11 11 (1.08%) VMware
12 10 (0.98%) Ab Initio
12 10 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.98%) Okta
13 9 (0.88%) Apple
14 7 (0.69%) Google
14 7 (0.69%) SAP