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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 170 123
Rank change year-on-year +17 -47 -29
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,312 936 2,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.34% 1.91% 2.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.88% 5.91% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 717 1,628
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,625 £41,728
25th Percentile £49,168 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £79,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 26,886 15,833 33,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.46% 32.35% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17,488 11,041 25,867
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,842
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.26% -7.56%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +19 1,172 £65,000 -7.14% 437
UK excluding London +64 876 £60,000 -4.00% 352
Work from Home +34 543 £60,000 -11.11% 265
London -20 366 £80,000 +4.58% 166
North of England +74 252 £62,500 -5.66% 87
South East -4 228 £60,000 -6.98% 114
North West +73 135 £66,500 +0.38% 49
Midlands +19 134 £63,500 +5.83% 47
South West +1 99 £55,000 -8.33% 40
East of England +21 75 £56,750 +0.89% 37
East Midlands +31 73 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Yorkshire -8 64 £69,310 -0.99% 25
Wales -7 63 £53,171 -11.38% 13
West Midlands -17 61 £65,000 +4.00% 26
North East -2 53 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Scotland +16 25 £61,250 -5.04% 16
Northern Ireland -61 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 59 (4.50%) Confluence
1 59 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.68%) IIS
4 13 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.69%) CMS
6 8 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.53%) nginx
8 6 (0.46%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.46%) Apache
8 6 (0.46%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.30%) Camunda
11 3 (0.23%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) CICS
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) Moodle
13 1 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.076%) Drupal
13 1 (0.076%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.53%) Trello
5 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.076%) Notion
7 1 (0.076%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.30%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.15%) Magento
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.076%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.076%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.076%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,311 (99.92%) Azure
2 228 (17.38%) GitHub
3 202 (15.40%) Power Platform
4 167 (12.73%) AWS
5 137 (10.44%) GitHub Actions
6 119 (9.07%) Serverless
7 108 (8.23%) Azure AKS
8 101 (7.70%) Azure Monitor
9 99 (7.55%) Azure Service Bus
10 95 (7.24%) PaaS
11 93 (7.09%) Azure AI
11 93 (7.09%) Azure Functions
12 90 (6.86%) Azure Logic Apps
13 84 (6.40%) Dynamics 365
14 81 (6.17%) Entra ID
15 72 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
16 71 (5.41%) SaaS
17 70 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
18 66 (5.03%) GCP
19 63 (4.80%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.66%) Firewall
2 23 (1.75%) DNS
3 22 (1.68%) VPN
4 16 (1.22%) HTTP
5 14 (1.07%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.84%) Internet
6 11 (0.84%) Network Security
7 6 (0.46%) MQTT
7 6 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.46%) Wireless
7 6 (0.46%) ZigBee
8 5 (0.38%) SAN
9 4 (0.30%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.23%) BGP
10 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.23%) WAN
11 2 (0.15%) DHCP
11 2 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.15%) VLAN
12 1 (0.076%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (18.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 169 (12.88%) MongoDB
3 136 (10.37%) SQL Server
4 97 (7.39%) Power BI
5 46 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (2.29%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.06%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.91%) Data Lake
10 25 (1.91%) Delta Lake
11 20 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (1.45%) Redis
13 17 (1.30%) MySQL
13 17 (1.30%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.07%) Metadata
14 14 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.91%) Star Schema
16 11 (0.84%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 189 (14.41%) Git
2 162 (12.35%) JIRA
3 119 (9.07%) Jenkins
4 80 (6.10%) GitLab
5 50 (3.81%) Selenium
6 42 (3.20%) Cypress.io
7 37 (2.82%) Postman
8 20 (1.52%) Eclipse
9 19 (1.45%) REST Assured
10 15 (1.14%) JMeter
10 15 (1.14%) Visual Studio
11 14 (1.07%) fastlane
11 14 (1.07%) TestRail
11 14 (1.07%) Zephyr
12 12 (0.91%) JUnit
13 11 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.69%) Xcode
15 8 (0.61%) Mockito
16 7 (0.53%) GDB
16 7 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 301 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 293 (22.33%) Finance
3 121 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 90 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.19%) Law
7 53 (4.04%) Retail
8 44 (3.35%) Marketing
9 33 (2.52%) Legal
10 30 (2.29%) Banking
11 29 (2.21%) Advertising
12 25 (1.91%) Games
13 22 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.14%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.07%) Billing
18 13 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (0.76%) Automotive
19 10 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 404 (30.79%) Developer
2 258 (19.66%) Senior
3 221 (16.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 196 (14.94%) .NET Developer
5 193 (14.71%) Azure Engineer
6 171 (13.03%) Lead
7 111 (8.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 81 (6.17%) Senior Developer
9 71 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
10 69 (5.26%) Data Engineer
11 68 (5.18%) Analyst
12 62 (4.73%) Cloud Engineer
13 60 (4.57%) Architect
14 55 (4.19%) Senior DevOps
15 53 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 49 (3.73%) Software Engineer
17 39 (2.97%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 36 (2.74%) Azure Platform Engineer
19 35 (2.67%) Software Developer
20 29 (2.21%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 429 (32.70%) .NET
2 239 (18.22%) ASP.NET
3 209 (15.93%) .NET Core
4 195 (14.86%) ASP.NET Core
5 165 (12.58%) React
6 155 (11.81%) HTML
7 153 (11.66%) CSS
8 136 (10.37%) RESTful
9 127 (9.68%) REST
10 111 (8.46%) Blazor
10 111 (8.46%) Entity Framework
11 87 (6.63%) Node.js
12 81 (6.17%) ML.NET
13 65 (4.95%) Playwright
14 59 (4.50%) YAML
15 53 (4.04%) ARM Templates
16 47 (3.58%) .NET Framework
17 46 (3.51%) JSON
18 45 (3.43%) OAuth
19 39 (2.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 128 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 120 (9.15%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.42%) Mobile App
4 47 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (1.98%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (1.60%) Low-Code
12 19 (1.45%) Podcast
12 19 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.30%) BBC
13 17 (1.30%) iPhone
13 17 (1.30%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.30%) Social Media
14 16 (1.22%) AI Agents
15 12 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 99 (7.55%) Linux
2 76 (5.79%) Windows
3 26 (1.98%) Android
3 26 (1.98%) VMS
4 19 (1.45%) Unix
5 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.14%) Ubuntu
6 12 (0.91%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.076%) Debian
9 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.076%) Rocky
9 1 (0.076%) SUSE
9 1 (0.076%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,311 (99.92%) DevOps
2 773 (58.92%) CI/CD
3 616 (46.95%) Agile
4 320 (24.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 274 (20.88%) AI
6 263 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 244 (18.60%) Full-Stack Development
8 242 (18.45%) Test Automation
9 209 (15.93%) Scrum
10 193 (14.71%) Mentoring
11 189 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
12 160 (12.20%) Microservices
13 158 (12.04%) Analytics
14 148 (11.28%) Observability
15 132 (10.06%) Machine Learning
16 129 (9.83%) Platform Engineering
17 121 (9.22%) Containerisation
18 120 (9.15%) Roadmaps
19 118 (8.99%) SDLC
20 114 (8.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 461 (35.14%) SQL
2 421 (32.09%) C#
3 248 (18.90%) Python
4 240 (18.29%) JavaScript
5 151 (11.51%) PowerShell
6 130 (9.91%) Bash
7 108 (8.23%) Bicep
8 78 (5.95%) Java
9 66 (5.03%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.98%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.75%) Go
12 19 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.30%) C++
14 14 (1.07%) Scala
15 12 (0.91%) Swift
16 8 (0.61%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.61%) VB.NET
17 6 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 102 (7.77%) Security Cleared
2 88 (6.71%) Degree
3 81 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 38 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.69%) PMP
12 7 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.53%) HND
13 6 (0.46%) CISSP
14 5 (0.38%) ISEB
14 5 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.23%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (12.20%) QA
2 89 (6.78%) Accessibility
3 51 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.82%) GDPR
5 30 (2.29%) WCAG
6 26 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.91%) TickIT
8 11 (0.84%) GRC
8 11 (0.84%) PMO
9 9 (0.69%) SLA
10 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 6 (0.46%) JTAG
12 6 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.46%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS
13 5 (0.38%) NCSC
14 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 157 (11.97%) Docker
2 64 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.91%) vSphere
7 5 (0.38%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.076%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.076%) Xen
Systems Management
1 325 (24.77%) Terraform
2 148 (11.28%) Kubernetes
3 71 (5.41%) Ansible
4 68 (5.18%) Grafana
5 59 (4.50%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.21%) Argo
7 7 (0.53%) Puppet
8 5 (0.38%) Kibana
9 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.23%) Nagios
10 3 (0.23%) Scalr
11 2 (0.15%) Istio
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.076%) FlexNet
12 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.076%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 556 (42.38%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.88%) Databricks
3 56 (4.27%) Google
4 41 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 38 (2.90%) Facebook
6 36 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.29%) Apple
8 26 (1.98%) VMware
9 25 (1.91%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.68%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.60%) YouTube
12 18 (1.37%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.30%) Sony
13 17 (1.30%) Yahoo!
14 14 (1.07%) Guidewire
15 13 (0.99%) Oracle
16 12 (0.91%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (0.84%) Foundry
17 11 (0.84%) OpenAI
17 11 (0.84%) SAP