Azure DevOps Jobs

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Azure DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 123 98
Rank change year-on-year -75 -25 +17
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 921 2,287 3,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.65% 2.29% 3.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.94% 6.46% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 725 1,753 2,124
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,933 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -5.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +9.09%

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 15,495 35,429 42,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.73% 35.46% 43.08%
Number of salaries quoted 10,583 26,679 28,034
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,549 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps.

Salary trend for Azure DevOps in the UK

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 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 -66 852 £67,500 +9.76% 910
UK excluding London -103 502 £62,500 +4.17% 688
Work from Home -70 404 £67,500 +12.50% 690
London -6 351 £75,000 +3.45% 379
South East -26 195 £65,000 +13.04% 222
North of England -132 101 £67,500 +12.50% 206
Midlands -57 82 £65,000 +11.11% 94
West Midlands -46 68 £65,000 +11.11% 62
South West -23 57 £65,000 +4.00% 57
North West -168 50 £60,500 +0.83% 111
Yorkshire -9 44 £70,000 +27.27% 75
East of England +4 38 £57,500 +15.00% 25
Scotland +82 19 £57,500 -11.54% 64
Wales +1 17 £58,796 -4.01% 24
East Midlands -30 14 £55,000 -6.38% 29
North East +22 7 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Northern Ireland +41 2 £50,000 -23.08% 9

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.17%) Confluence
3 11 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.76%) CMS
6 6 (0.65%) Apache
6 6 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.54%) IIS
8 2 (0.22%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.11%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) Mule
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.19%) Trello
3 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.33%) Productboard
6 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 46 (4.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.11%) Magento
3 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.11%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 921 (100.00%) Azure
2 194 (21.06%) Power Platform
3 144 (15.64%) GitHub
4 109 (11.83%) Dynamics 365
5 105 (11.40%) AWS
6 102 (11.07%) PaaS
7 89 (9.66%) SaaS
8 88 (9.55%) Azure Service Bus
9 87 (9.45%) Azure Monitor
10 81 (8.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 81 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
11 74 (8.03%) Power Automate
12 70 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
13 64 (6.95%) Azure Logic Apps
14 59 (6.41%) IaaS
15 56 (6.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 54 (5.86%) PowerApps
16 54 (5.86%) Serverless
17 50 (5.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 48 (5.21%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (4.56%) Firewall
1 42 (4.56%) VPN
2 31 (3.37%) DNS
3 18 (1.95%) WAN
4 16 (1.74%) SD-WAN
5 13 (1.41%) HTTP
6 9 (0.98%) Network Security
7 4 (0.43%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.22%) ADSL
8 2 (0.22%) ADSL2
8 2 (0.22%) DHCP
8 2 (0.22%) Internet
8 2 (0.22%) LAN
8 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.11%) Intranet
9 1 (0.11%) NAS
9 1 (0.11%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (17.81%) SQL Server
2 102 (11.07%) Power BI
3 46 (4.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (3.91%) Data Lake
4 36 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
5 33 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.50%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.28%) MySQL
8 20 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (1.85%) Tableau
11 13 (1.41%) MongoDB
11 13 (1.41%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.87%) Delta Lake
13 7 (0.76%) Big Data
14 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (0.65%) Parquet
15 5 (0.54%) Redis
15 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 171 (18.57%) Git
2 81 (8.79%) JIRA
3 75 (8.14%) Jenkins
4 63 (6.84%) Visual Studio
5 49 (5.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 43 (4.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 42 (4.56%) Postman
7 42 (4.56%) Selenium
8 35 (3.80%) MSBuild
9 23 (2.50%) NUnit
10 22 (2.39%) SonarQube
11 21 (2.28%) GitLab
12 19 (2.06%) JMeter
13 18 (1.95%) Cypress.io
14 17 (1.85%) TeamCity
15 10 (1.09%) JUnit
15 10 (1.09%) SpecFlow
16 9 (0.98%) Bitbucket
17 8 (0.87%) REST Assured
18 7 (0.76%) Gatling
General
1 240 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 201 (21.82%) Finance
3 68 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (6.41%) Retail
5 48 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (4.99%) Public Sector
7 38 (4.13%) Law
8 19 (2.06%) Banking
9 17 (1.85%) Back Office
10 14 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.52%) Marketing
11 13 (1.41%) Advertising
11 13 (1.41%) Tech for Good
12 11 (1.19%) Automotive
13 9 (0.98%) Legal
14 8 (0.87%) Front Office
14 8 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.76%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.65%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 211 (22.91%) Developer
2 163 (17.70%) Senior
3 129 (14.01%) DevOps Engineer
4 122 (13.25%) Azure Engineer
5 84 (9.12%) Architect
5 84 (9.12%) Lead
6 60 (6.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 59 (6.41%) .NET Developer
8 57 (6.19%) Senior Developer
9 52 (5.65%) Data Engineer
10 50 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
11 41 (4.45%) Software Engineer
12 38 (4.13%) Technical Architect
13 36 (3.91%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 32 (3.47%) C# Developer
15 31 (3.37%) Analyst
16 27 (2.93%) Development Manager
17 25 (2.71%) Software Developer
18 23 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 21 (2.28%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 326 (35.40%) .NET
2 120 (13.03%) .NET Framework
3 110 (11.94%) React
4 102 (11.07%) HTML
5 97 (10.53%) ASP.NET
6 96 (10.42%) CSS
7 81 (8.79%) REST
8 71 (7.71%) JSON
9 65 (7.06%) .NET Core
10 64 (6.95%) AngularJS
11 59 (6.41%) XML
12 51 (5.54%) Entity Framework
13 46 (4.99%) YAML
14 45 (4.89%) Bootstrap
15 37 (4.02%) RESTful
16 33 (3.58%) gRPC
17 32 (3.47%) ARM Templates
18 30 (3.26%) PySpark
19 28 (3.04%) ASP.NET Web API
20 26 (2.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.08%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 44 (4.78%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.71%) e-Learning
5 25 (2.71%) Security Posture
6 23 (2.50%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.95%) NHS
9 16 (1.74%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 14 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.19%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.19%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.98%) Wiki
15 8 (0.87%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.19%) Windows
2 38 (4.13%) Linux
3 27 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.09%) Android
4 10 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.76%) VMS
7 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.33%) Unix
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (100.00%) DevOps
2 462 (50.16%) CI/CD
3 440 (47.77%) Agile
4 205 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
5 167 (18.13%) Mentoring
6 159 (17.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 154 (16.72%) Test Automation
8 134 (14.55%) Software Engineering
9 122 (13.25%) Microservices
10 116 (12.60%) Scrum
11 113 (12.27%) Containerisation
12 103 (11.18%) Analytics
13 100 (10.86%) Coaching
13 100 (10.86%) SDLC
14 90 (9.77%) Migration
14 90 (9.77%) Project Management
15 86 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
16 80 (8.69%) Artificial Intelligence
17 76 (8.25%) MVC
18 73 (7.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 336 (36.48%) C#
2 328 (35.61%) SQL
3 206 (22.37%) JavaScript
4 165 (17.92%) Python
5 155 (16.83%) PowerShell
6 74 (8.03%) TypeScript
7 55 (5.97%) Java
8 49 (5.32%) Bicep
9 34 (3.69%) Bash
10 33 (3.58%) T-SQL
11 17 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (1.52%) C++
12 14 (1.52%) X++
13 10 (1.09%) Scala
14 9 (0.98%) PHP
14 9 (0.98%) VB.NET
15 8 (0.87%) C
15 8 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.76%) Go
17 6 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 128 (13.90%) Degree
2 87 (9.45%) Azure Certification
3 73 (7.93%) Security Cleared
4 51 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.39%) ISTQB
6 22 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.95%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 10 (1.09%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.87%) PMP
12 6 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.43%) PhD
14 3 (0.33%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.33%) CISSP
14 3 (0.33%) GIAC
15 2 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.12%) QA
2 64 (6.95%) GDPR
3 34 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (3.04%) Data Quality
5 24 (2.61%) NCSC
5 24 (2.61%) NIST
6 23 (2.50%) Accessibility
7 19 (2.06%) HIPAA
8 17 (1.85%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.98%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.65%) PMO
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) HL7
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
13 1 (0.11%) PSD2
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 161 (17.48%) Docker
2 46 (4.99%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (1.95%) Active Directory
4 16 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.65%) vSphere
7 4 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 177 (19.22%) Terraform
2 167 (18.13%) Kubernetes
3 44 (4.78%) Ansible
4 24 (2.61%) Prometheus
5 18 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.52%) Grafana
7 11 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (1.09%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.87%) Puppet
10 6 (0.65%) Nagios
11 4 (0.43%) Graylog
11 4 (0.43%) Opsgenie
12 3 (0.33%) Kibana
13 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.22%) Consul
13 2 (0.22%) Control-M
13 2 (0.22%) MIIS
14 1 (0.11%) Rancher
14 1 (0.11%) SCCM
14 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 363 (39.41%) Microsoft
2 90 (9.77%) Databricks
3 41 (4.45%) IBM
4 33 (3.58%) Red Hat
5 25 (2.71%) Google
5 25 (2.71%) Oracle
5 25 (2.71%) VMware
6 17 (1.85%) Meraki
7 12 (1.30%) Atlassian
8 11 (1.19%) Citrix
8 11 (1.19%) SAP
9 10 (1.09%) Rackspace
9 10 (1.09%) Siebel
9 10 (1.09%) Xamarin
10 9 (0.98%) Okta
11 8 (0.87%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.76%) Cisco
12 7 (0.76%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.54%) Palo Alto