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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 164 118
Rank change year-on-year -11 -46 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,102 906 2,264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 2.06% 2.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.09% 6.08% 6.58%
Number of salaries quoted 833 706 1,744
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,933
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £92,500
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 26,917 14,896 34,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.18% 33.92% 35.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,192 10,448 26,660
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,686 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.45% +7.37% -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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -12 950 £67,500 -3.57% 345
UK excluding London +25 697 £60,000 -4.00% 290
Work from Home +32 425 £65,000 -3.70% 200
London -14 343 £77,500 +3.33% 120
North of England +35 185 £65,500 -1.13% 81
South East -18 182 £50,000 -28.57% 88
Midlands +3 110 £65,000 +4.00% 37
North West +52 96 £70,000 +16.18% 43
South West -34 74 £52,500 -19.23% 20
Scotland +44 71 £62,500 +8.70% 23
West Midlands -45 57 £62,000 -2.75% 21
East Midlands +15 50 £67,250 +22.27% 16
Yorkshire -35 49 £69,308 -0.99% 21
North East -6 40 £50,000 -16.67% 18
East of England -10 40 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Wales -12 35 £53,050 -15.12% 12
Northern Ireland -38 2 £72,500 +45.00% 7

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 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.09%) Confluence
3 20 (1.81%) IIS
4 19 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.73%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.64%) Anypoint
7 7 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.54%) Apache
8 6 (0.54%) CMS
8 6 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.36%) Moodle
11 3 (0.27%) WordPress
12 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.18%) CICS
12 2 (0.18%) Luigi
13 1 (0.091%) Drupal
13 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 18 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.18%) Trello
8 1 (0.091%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.45%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.18%) Magento
5 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.091%) Endur
6 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.091%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,101 (99.91%) Azure
2 256 (23.23%) GitHub
3 179 (16.24%) Power Platform
4 162 (14.70%) AWS
5 147 (13.34%) GitHub Actions
6 94 (8.53%) Serverless
7 93 (8.44%) Azure Monitor
8 91 (8.26%) Azure AKS
9 86 (7.80%) Entra ID
10 83 (7.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 80 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
12 75 (6.81%) Azure Logic Apps
13 68 (6.17%) PaaS
14 63 (5.72%) SaaS
15 62 (5.63%) Azure Service Bus
16 61 (5.54%) Azure Functions
16 61 (5.54%) GCP
17 57 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
18 51 (4.63%) Azure Key Vault
19 40 (3.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.17%) Firewall
2 29 (2.63%) DNS
3 16 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.36%) HTTP
5 13 (1.18%) Network Security
6 11 (1.00%) VPN
6 11 (1.00%) WAN
7 4 (0.36%) DHCP
8 3 (0.27%) BGP
8 3 (0.27%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.27%) MQTT
8 3 (0.27%) SAN
8 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.27%) Wireless
8 3 (0.27%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.18%) Internet
10 1 (0.091%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.091%) MPLS
10 1 (0.091%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (10.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 117 (10.62%) SQL Server
3 99 (8.98%) Power BI
4 76 (6.90%) MongoDB
5 46 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (3.27%) Data Lake
8 35 (3.18%) NoSQL
9 27 (2.45%) Relational Database
10 26 (2.36%) Delta Lake
11 18 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (1.54%) Spark SQL
12 17 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.36%) Tableau
14 13 (1.18%) Star Schema
15 12 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (1.00%) Metadata
17 10 (0.91%) DynamoDB
17 10 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 183 (16.61%) Git
2 135 (12.25%) JIRA
3 117 (10.62%) Jenkins
4 67 (6.08%) GitLab
5 54 (4.90%) Selenium
6 39 (3.54%) Cypress.io
7 32 (2.90%) Postman
8 22 (2.00%) Eclipse
9 17 (1.54%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
11 12 (1.09%) REST Assured
11 12 (1.09%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.00%) JMeter
12 11 (1.00%) TestRail
12 11 (1.00%) Zephyr
13 9 (0.82%) fastlane
14 7 (0.64%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.54%) Robot Framework
15 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 305 (27.68%) Finance
2 245 (22.23%) Social Skills
3 130 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.62%) Public Sector
5 48 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.90%) Law
7 37 (3.36%) Retail
8 35 (3.18%) Legal
9 32 (2.90%) Marketing
10 28 (2.54%) Billing
11 23 (2.09%) Banking
12 21 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.45%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.27%) Games
15 13 (1.18%) Advertising
16 12 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.00%) Automotive
18 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.82%) Manufacturing
20 6 (0.54%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 266 (24.14%) Developer
2 228 (20.69%) Senior
3 200 (18.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 187 (16.97%) Azure Engineer
5 154 (13.97%) Lead
6 98 (8.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 84 (7.62%) .NET Developer
8 74 (6.72%) Cloud Engineer
9 66 (5.99%) Data Engineer
10 60 (5.44%) Senior Developer
11 55 (4.99%) Architect
12 54 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
13 52 (4.72%) Senior DevOps
14 50 (4.54%) Analyst
14 50 (4.54%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 39 (3.54%) Software Engineer
16 32 (2.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 28 (2.54%) Software Developer
18 27 (2.45%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 26 (2.36%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (27.31%) .NET
2 129 (11.71%) React
3 123 (11.16%) ASP.NET
4 113 (10.25%) .NET Core
5 107 (9.71%) REST
6 100 (9.07%) HTML
7 99 (8.98%) CSS
8 95 (8.62%) RESTful
9 89 (8.08%) ASP.NET Core
10 67 (6.08%) Node.js
11 62 (5.63%) OAuth
12 56 (5.08%) Playwright
12 56 (5.08%) YAML
13 53 (4.81%) Blazor
13 53 (4.81%) Entity Framework
14 51 (4.63%) SOAP
15 46 (4.17%) JSON
16 44 (3.99%) PySpark
17 41 (3.72%) .NET Framework
18 40 (3.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.80%) Product Ownership
2 100 (9.07%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (3.54%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.81%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.45%) Low-Code
7 24 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (2.00%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.54%) Reinsurance
10 15 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 89 (8.08%) Linux
2 64 (5.81%) Windows
3 18 (1.63%) Unix
4 17 (1.54%) VMS
5 15 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 14 (1.27%) Android
7 13 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.18%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.091%) SUSE
10 1 (0.091%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,101 (99.91%) DevOps
2 682 (61.89%) CI/CD
3 482 (43.74%) Agile
4 300 (27.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 267 (24.23%) Test Automation
6 212 (19.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 209 (18.97%) AI
8 190 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
9 164 (14.88%) Mentoring
10 159 (14.43%) Analytics
11 156 (14.16%) Observability
12 149 (13.52%) Scrum
13 138 (12.52%) Data Modelling
13 138 (12.52%) Full-Stack Development
14 130 (11.80%) Coaching
15 126 (11.43%) Containerisation
16 125 (11.34%) Microservices
17 106 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (8.98%) Roadmaps
18 99 (8.98%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 373 (33.85%) SQL
2 271 (24.59%) C#
3 263 (23.87%) Python
4 166 (15.06%) JavaScript
5 126 (11.43%) PowerShell
6 110 (9.98%) Bash
7 81 (7.35%) Java
8 80 (7.26%) Bicep
9 57 (5.17%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.00%) Scala
11 21 (1.91%) Apex Code
12 20 (1.81%) Go
13 16 (1.45%) PL/SQL
14 15 (1.36%) C++
15 14 (1.27%) Shell Script
16 13 (1.18%) T-SQL
17 12 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
18 10 (0.91%) Swift
19 7 (0.64%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 87 (7.89%) Degree
2 72 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.63%) Azure Certification
4 50 (4.54%) SC Cleared
5 35 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.81%) ISTQB
7 19 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.18%) HND
10 12 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.82%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.36%) BC Cleared
16 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.27%) CBAP
16 3 (0.27%) CISSP
16 3 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (11.07%) QA
2 80 (7.26%) Accessibility
3 50 (4.54%) Data Quality
4 43 (3.90%) GDPR
5 27 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.27%) WCAG
7 13 (1.18%) SLA
8 12 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.09%) TickIT
9 10 (0.91%) GRC
10 7 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.54%) PMO
11 6 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
11 6 (0.54%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.45%) IFRS
13 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.27%) JTAG
14 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 150 (13.61%) Docker
2 61 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 324 (29.40%) Terraform
2 120 (10.89%) Kubernetes
3 76 (6.90%) Ansible
4 64 (5.81%) Grafana
5 52 (4.72%) Prometheus
6 24 (2.18%) Argo
7 14 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.82%) Kibana
9 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.36%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.36%) logstash
9 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.36%) Puppet
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Scalr
11 2 (0.18%) MIIS
11 2 (0.18%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
12 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 411 (37.30%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.26%) Databricks
3 52 (4.72%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.18%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.09%) Oracle
7 22 (2.00%) Google
8 21 (1.91%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.54%) Apple
9 17 (1.54%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.27%) Adobe
11 13 (1.18%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.18%) Zscaler
12 12 (1.09%) Facebook
12 12 (1.09%) Freshdesk
12 12 (1.09%) Nintex
12 12 (1.09%) VMware
13 11 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (1.00%) Splunk
14 10 (0.91%) Guidewire