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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 108 80
Rank change year-on-year -28 -28 +7
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,067 1,627 1,871
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 2.37% 3.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.98% 7.17% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 710 1,050 1,576
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -

All Cloud 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 17,845 22,707 22,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.48% 33.14% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 13,866 18,740
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

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 22 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Top 18 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 22 November 2025. 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 -46 857 £65,250 -3.33% 669
UK excluding London -25 661 £57,500 -8.00% 465
Work from Home -6 488 £65,000 - 345
London +10 336 £77,500 +3.33% 305
South East +3 232 £60,000 -11.11% 146
Scotland +62 135 £65,000 +15.56% 42
North of England -52 97 £60,000 -6.25% 104
Midlands -24 84 £58,000 -10.77% 64
West Midlands -17 70 £60,000 -7.69% 45
South West -69 51 £55,000 -15.38% 63
North West -22 43 £65,000 +8.33% 59
Yorkshire -35 32 £55,000 -21.43% 31
Wales +6 30 £55,000 -2.22% 17
East of England -23 29 £62,500 +25.00% 25
North East +4 22 £50,000 -9.09% 14
East Midlands +2 13 £55,000 +15.79% 17
Northern Ireland +6 2 £56,250 - 11
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 -

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 40 (3.75%) Confluence
2 33 (3.09%) IIS
3 26 (2.44%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.56%) Apache
7 6 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.56%) Appian
8 5 (0.47%) nginx
9 4 (0.37%) CMS
10 3 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 72 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (5.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (2.53%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.37%) Shopify
5 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.094%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.094%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 998 (93.53%) Azure
2 283 (26.52%) GitHub
3 222 (20.81%) Power Platform
4 150 (14.06%) AWS
5 140 (13.12%) GitHub Actions
6 109 (10.22%) Dynamics 365
7 89 (8.34%) Power Automate
8 85 (7.97%) PaaS
9 79 (7.40%) Azure Monitor
10 78 (7.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 76 (7.12%) SaaS
12 74 (6.94%) Serverless
13 70 (6.56%) Entra ID
14 67 (6.28%) Snowflake
15 65 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
16 59 (5.53%) Azure Logic Apps
17 57 (5.34%) Azure AKS
18 49 (4.59%) GCP
18 49 (4.59%) GitHub Copilot
19 46 (4.31%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.09%) Firewall
2 31 (2.91%) DNS
3 19 (1.78%) VPN
4 12 (1.12%) Network Security
5 10 (0.94%) WAN
6 9 (0.84%) HTTP
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) DHCP
8 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.47%) VLAN
9 4 (0.37%) SSL
10 3 (0.28%) AMQP
10 3 (0.28%) BGP
10 3 (0.28%) Internet
10 3 (0.28%) IPsec
10 3 (0.28%) OSPF
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.28%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.094%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.094%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (16.12%) SQL Server
2 115 (10.78%) Power BI
3 73 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (4.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 49 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (3.56%) Tableau
7 32 (3.00%) NoSQL
8 30 (2.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (2.72%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
11 15 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 13 (1.22%) Metadata
13 13 (1.22%) MongoDB
14 11 (1.03%) MySQL
15 10 (0.94%) DynamoDB
16 9 (0.84%) BigQuery
17 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 205 (19.21%) JIRA
2 167 (15.65%) Git
3 104 (9.75%) Jenkins
4 69 (6.47%) eCATT
5 53 (4.97%) Selenium
6 40 (3.75%) NeoLoad
7 39 (3.66%) Octopus Deploy
8 30 (2.81%) GitLab
9 27 (2.53%) Oracle Forms
10 22 (2.06%) Snyk
11 21 (1.97%) Cypress.io
11 21 (1.97%) TeamCity
11 21 (1.97%) Visual Studio
12 20 (1.87%) Postman
12 20 (1.87%) Robot Framework
13 14 (1.31%) JMeter
14 13 (1.22%) Cucumber
15 11 (1.03%) NUnit
15 11 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
15 11 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 399 (37.39%) Finance
2 264 (24.74%) Social Skills
3 126 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (10.78%) Marketing
5 74 (6.94%) Manufacturing
6 66 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
7 61 (5.72%) Law
8 52 (4.87%) Retail
9 41 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 20 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.87%) Legal
13 14 (1.31%) Banking
14 11 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.84%) Advertising
15 9 (0.84%) Back Office
15 9 (0.84%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.66%) Games
17 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 213 (19.96%) Senior
2 171 (16.03%) Developer
3 168 (15.75%) Lead
4 129 (12.09%) Analyst
5 119 (11.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 96 (9.00%) Azure Engineer
7 76 (7.12%) Cloud Engineer
8 59 (5.53%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.25%) Software Engineer
10 45 (4.22%) Architect
11 44 (4.12%) Test Leader
12 42 (3.94%) .NET Developer
13 40 (3.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 40 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
14 35 (3.28%) Business Analyst
15 34 (3.19%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 34 (3.19%) Test Analyst
16 33 (3.09%) Applications Engineer
17 31 (2.91%) Senior Developer
18 27 (2.53%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 296 (27.74%) .NET
2 101 (9.47%) RESTful
3 82 (7.69%) React
4 78 (7.31%) .NET Framework
5 72 (6.75%) YAML
6 70 (6.56%) REST
7 59 (5.53%) JSON
8 58 (5.44%) .NET Core
9 49 (4.59%) ASP.NET
10 47 (4.40%) AngularJS
11 45 (4.22%) ARM Templates
12 44 (4.12%) CSS
12 44 (4.12%) Entity Framework
13 43 (4.03%) HTML
14 42 (3.94%) OAuth
15 40 (3.75%) SOAP
16 36 (3.37%) XML
17 29 (2.72%) Blazor
18 27 (2.53%) OAuth2
19 25 (2.34%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 158 (14.81%) Cloud Native
2 112 (10.50%) Product Ownership
3 55 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 35 (3.28%) Security Posture
6 34 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.87%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.78%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.50%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.84%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 96 (9.00%) Windows
2 53 (4.97%) Linux
3 21 (1.97%) VMS
4 18 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.75%) Android
6 7 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.19%) AIX
9 2 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.094%) CentOS
10 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.094%) Unix
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 997 (93.44%) DevOps
2 584 (54.73%) CI/CD
3 519 (48.64%) Agile
4 264 (24.74%) Test Automation
5 245 (22.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 236 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 222 (20.81%) Mentoring
8 218 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
9 176 (16.49%) AI
10 173 (16.21%) Coaching
11 135 (12.65%) Analytics
12 132 (12.37%) Scrum
13 131 (12.28%) Roadmaps
14 125 (11.72%) Containerisation
15 121 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
16 119 (11.15%) Microservices
17 118 (11.06%) Asset Management
18 117 (10.97%) ERP
18 117 (10.97%) Migration
19 113 (10.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 352 (32.99%) SQL
2 257 (24.09%) C#
3 253 (23.71%) Python
4 220 (20.62%) PowerShell
5 105 (9.84%) JavaScript
6 96 (9.00%) Bicep
7 85 (7.97%) Bash
8 67 (6.28%) TypeScript
9 46 (4.31%) Java
10 45 (4.22%) T-SQL
11 31 (2.91%) Shell Script
12 28 (2.62%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.78%) Apex Code
14 17 (1.59%) Go
15 8 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.56%) Groovy
16 6 (0.56%) Scala
17 5 (0.47%) PHP
17 5 (0.47%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 144 (13.50%) Degree
2 92 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 83 (7.78%) Azure Certification
4 69 (6.47%) Security Cleared
5 48 (4.50%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.22%) Master's Degree
7 40 (3.75%) ISTQB
8 32 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.97%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.59%) ISEB
12 10 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 10 (0.94%) PMP
13 7 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
16 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.37%) CCNA
17 3 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (14.06%) QA
2 41 (3.84%) GDPR
3 39 (3.66%) Accessibility
4 37 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (2.72%) NCSC
5 29 (2.72%) NIST
6 26 (2.44%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.87%) PMO
8 10 (0.94%) Software Quality Assurance
9 5 (0.47%) PERC
10 4 (0.37%) WCAG
11 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.094%) COBIT
13 1 (0.094%) HL7
13 1 (0.094%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.094%) P3O
13 1 (0.094%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.094%) SLA
System Software
1 144 (13.50%) Docker
2 53 (4.97%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.37%) Postfix
6 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) vCloud
8 1 (0.094%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 311 (29.15%) Terraform
2 176 (16.49%) Kubernetes
3 73 (6.84%) Ansible
4 72 (6.75%) HP ALM
5 40 (3.75%) Grafana
6 30 (2.81%) Prometheus
7 28 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.37%) Argo
9 4 (0.37%) Rancher
9 4 (0.37%) vRealize
10 3 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.28%) SCOM
11 2 (0.19%) Nessus
11 2 (0.19%) Puppet
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.094%) logstash
12 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.094%) SCCM
Vendors
1 381 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.50%) SAP
3 72 (6.75%) HP
4 50 (4.69%) Databricks
5 34 (3.19%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.09%) Oracle
7 24 (2.25%) VMware
8 23 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.69%) Black Duck
9 18 (1.69%) Google
10 17 (1.59%) Coverity
10 17 (1.59%) Okta
11 14 (1.31%) OpenAI
11 14 (1.31%) Xamarin
12 12 (1.12%) Foundry
12 12 (1.12%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.12%) Sage
13 11 (1.03%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.94%) Rackspace
14 10 (0.94%) SolarWinds