Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 103 103
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 2,360 3,482 5,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.40% 3.32% 3.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.68% 7.70% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,824 2,252 3,319
10th Percentile £41,630 £42,500 £40,668
25th Percentile £49,125 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure DevOps is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,310 45,224 74,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.96% 43.16% 48.08%
Number of salaries quoted 26,760 29,534 41,937
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -3 2,113 £62,500 -3.85% 462
UK excluding London -19 1,577 £60,000 - 313
Work from Home -18 1,031 £60,000 -7.69% 301
London -12 640 £75,000 +3.45% 172
South East -8 427 £55,000 -15.38% 60
North of England +5 425 £60,000 -2.44% 87
North West +35 272 £60,000 - 49
Midlands +20 269 £58,500 +6.36% 66
South West +1 250 £62,500 +10.62% 42
West Midlands +26 181 £60,000 +9.09% 41
Yorkshire -10 130 £55,750 -9.35% 30
East Midlands -3 88 £57,500 - 25
East of England -6 81 £52,500 -12.50% 16
Wales -27 62 £60,000 +30.43% 14
Scotland -131 58 £65,000 +13.04% 26
North East +4 25 £55,000 -12.00% 9
Northern Ireland -7 5 £65,000 - 6
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1

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
1 101 (4.28%) IIS
1 101 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 66 (2.80%) CMS
3 50 (2.12%) Umbraco
4 39 (1.65%) Sitecore CMS
5 38 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 37 (1.57%) Kentico
7 35 (1.48%) Headless CMS
8 33 (1.40%) Confluence
9 20 (0.85%) Apache Spark
10 10 (0.42%) EPiServer
11 9 (0.38%) Apache
11 9 (0.38%) NServiceBus
12 7 (0.30%) Apache Solr
13 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
13 5 (0.21%) IBM Notes
14 3 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
15 2 (0.085%) Jupyter
15 2 (0.085%) Moodle
16 1 (0.042%) Jetty
Applications
1 26 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.30%) Trello
7 6 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.085%) Sketch
10 1 (0.042%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.042%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.042%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.042%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.042%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 77 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.34%) Maximo
5 4 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.17%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.085%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.085%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2,358 (99.92%) Azure
2 354 (15.00%) AWS
3 318 (13.47%) Power Platform
4 298 (12.63%) Serverless
5 255 (10.81%) Azure Service Bus
6 222 (9.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 216 (9.15%) Azure Functions
8 209 (8.86%) Dynamics 365
9 199 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
9 199 (8.43%) PaaS
10 167 (7.08%) Azure API Management
11 165 (6.99%) GitHub
12 160 (6.78%) GCP
13 159 (6.74%) IBM Cloud
14 132 (5.59%) SaaS
15 129 (5.47%) IaaS
16 118 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 97 (4.11%) PowerApps
18 91 (3.86%) Entra ID
19 86 (3.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 95 (4.03%) Firewall
2 64 (2.71%) DNS
3 59 (2.50%) Network Security
4 42 (1.78%) VPN
5 35 (1.48%) WAN
6 32 (1.36%) LAN
7 31 (1.31%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.85%) HTTP
9 18 (0.76%) Internet
10 14 (0.59%) NGFW
10 14 (0.59%) Wireshark
10 14 (0.59%) WLAN
11 11 (0.47%) Wireless
12 9 (0.38%) Intranet
13 7 (0.30%) IPv4
14 6 (0.25%) SAN
15 4 (0.17%) BGP
15 4 (0.17%) MQTT
15 4 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.13%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 592 (25.08%) SQL Server
2 179 (7.58%) Relational Database
3 178 (7.54%) NoSQL
4 169 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
5 162 (6.86%) Data Warehouse
6 150 (6.36%) MongoDB
7 149 (6.31%) Power BI
8 141 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 117 (4.96%) DB2
10 77 (3.26%) BigQuery
11 72 (3.05%) Looker
12 55 (2.33%) Data Vault
13 50 (2.12%) Data Lake
14 48 (2.03%) Delta Lake
14 48 (2.03%) MySQL
15 31 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 24 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 23 (0.97%) Big Data
18 22 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 20 (0.85%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 400 (16.95%) Git
2 192 (8.14%) Jenkins
3 190 (8.05%) JIRA
4 150 (6.36%) Visual Studio
5 91 (3.86%) Team Foundation Server
6 69 (2.92%) Selenium
7 66 (2.80%) GitLab
8 59 (2.50%) Postman
9 47 (1.99%) NUnit
10 43 (1.82%) TeamCity
11 37 (1.57%) Jasmine
12 33 (1.40%) SonarQube
13 29 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
14 28 (1.19%) Karma Test Runner
15 24 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
16 22 (0.93%) JMeter
17 19 (0.81%) Bitbucket
17 19 (0.81%) SoapUI
18 17 (0.72%) Moq
18 17 (0.72%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 476 (20.17%) Social Skills
2 362 (15.34%) Finance
3 225 (9.53%) Public Sector
4 192 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (4.49%) Retail
6 88 (3.73%) Law
7 73 (3.09%) Billing
8 71 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 64 (2.71%) Legal
9 64 (2.71%) Marketing
10 46 (1.95%) Banking
11 45 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 37 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (1.23%) Back Office
15 22 (0.93%) Electronics
15 22 (0.93%) Local Government
16 20 (0.85%) Automotive
16 20 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 904 (38.31%) Developer
2 454 (19.24%) Senior
3 278 (11.78%) Lead
4 245 (10.38%) .NET Developer
5 216 (9.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 213 (9.03%) Azure Engineer
7 201 (8.52%) Full Stack Developer
8 189 (8.01%) Senior Developer
9 175 (7.42%) Azure Developer
10 169 (7.16%) C# Developer
11 148 (6.27%) Architect
12 143 (6.06%) Software Developer
13 137 (5.81%) Analyst
14 125 (5.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 116 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
16 113 (4.79%) Data Engineer
17 102 (4.32%) Software Engineer
18 101 (4.28%) C# .NET Developer
18 101 (4.28%) Senior .NET Developer
19 83 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,034 (43.81%) .NET
2 468 (19.83%) ASP.NET
3 413 (17.50%) HTML
4 405 (17.16%) AngularJS
5 400 (16.95%) CSS
6 378 (16.02%) React
7 335 (14.19%) .NET Core
8 327 (13.86%) .NET Framework
9 300 (12.71%) REST
10 243 (10.30%) Web Services
11 202 (8.56%) Vue
12 197 (8.35%) jQuery
13 189 (8.01%) JSON
14 188 (7.97%) Node.js
15 183 (7.75%) RESTful
16 177 (7.50%) Entity Framework
17 176 (7.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 169 (7.16%) ASP.NET Core
19 130 (5.51%) ASP.NET MVC
19 130 (5.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.39%) Product Ownership
2 195 (8.26%) Data Structures
3 188 (7.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 161 (6.82%) Blockchain
5 128 (5.42%) Algorithms
6 124 (5.25%) Public Cloud
7 67 (2.84%) Cloud Native
8 63 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
9 62 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
10 59 (2.50%) Management Information System
11 52 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
11 52 (2.20%) Onboarding
12 49 (2.08%) Reinsurance
13 48 (2.03%) Virtual Team
14 40 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
15 33 (1.40%) Mobile App
16 32 (1.36%) Low-Code
17 24 (1.02%) Data Centre
18 21 (0.89%) IoT
18 21 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 313 (13.26%) Windows
2 270 (11.44%) Linux
3 147 (6.23%) Android
4 137 (5.81%) Apple iOS
5 61 (2.58%) Windows Server
6 52 (2.20%) CentOS
7 47 (1.99%) Debian
8 40 (1.69%) Alpine Linux
9 23 (0.97%) VMS
10 12 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.47%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.34%) Unix
13 7 (0.30%) SUSE
14 4 (0.17%) AIX
15 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
17 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,336 (98.98%) DevOps
2 1,159 (49.11%) Agile
3 911 (38.60%) CI/CD
4 506 (21.44%) Scrum
5 388 (16.44%) MVC
6 381 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
7 349 (14.79%) Software Engineering
8 337 (14.28%) Full Stack Development
8 337 (14.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 273 (11.57%) Web Development
10 262 (11.10%) Continuous Integration
11 259 (10.97%) Test Automation
12 256 (10.85%) Microservices
13 251 (10.64%) Artificial Intelligence
14 229 (9.70%) ETL
15 220 (9.32%) API Management
16 216 (9.15%) Design Patterns
17 213 (9.03%) Analytics
18 210 (8.90%) Project Management
19 205 (8.69%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1,030 (43.64%) C#
2 809 (34.28%) SQL
3 706 (29.92%) JavaScript
4 447 (18.94%) Python
5 351 (14.87%) PowerShell
6 210 (8.90%) TypeScript
7 206 (8.73%) Java
8 120 (5.08%) T-SQL
9 118 (5.00%) Bash
10 110 (4.66%) Bicep
11 54 (2.29%) VB.NET
12 38 (1.61%) Go
13 35 (1.48%) Ruby
14 34 (1.44%) C++
15 30 (1.27%) PHP
16 29 (1.23%) VB
17 28 (1.19%) VB6
18 27 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 23 (0.97%) C
20 19 (0.81%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 253 (10.72%) Degree
2 193 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 150 (6.36%) Azure Certification
4 145 (6.14%) SC Cleared
5 96 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 70 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 61 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (1.86%) MCSE
9 41 (1.74%) MCSA
10 29 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
11 24 (1.02%) ISTQB
12 23 (0.97%) DBS Check
13 20 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
14 19 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.59%) CCSP
15 14 (0.59%) CEH
15 14 (0.59%) CISSP
15 14 (0.59%) ISEB
15 14 (0.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 314 (13.31%) QA
2 74 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 50 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.02%) GDPR
6 19 (0.81%) PMO
7 17 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 15 (0.64%) SLA
9 14 (0.59%) NIST
10 11 (0.47%) NCSC
11 6 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.17%) WCAG
13 3 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.13%) IFRS
13 3 (0.13%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.13%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.085%) IEC 61508
14 2 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 1 (0.042%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.042%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 359 (15.21%) Docker
2 129 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 70 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
4 44 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 41 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (0.72%) vSphere
7 16 (0.68%) Firmware
7 16 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.59%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.17%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.13%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.042%) NFS
Systems Management
1 453 (19.19%) Terraform
2 388 (16.44%) Kubernetes
3 102 (4.32%) Ansible
4 42 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 37 (1.57%) Grafana
6 29 (1.23%) Puppet
7 28 (1.19%) Progress Chef
8 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (0.59%) Istio
9 14 (0.59%) Nmap
10 11 (0.47%) MIIS
11 8 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
11 8 (0.34%) Kibana
12 7 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
13 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.21%) logstash
14 5 (0.21%) Packer
15 4 (0.17%) Nagios
15 4 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 866 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 172 (7.29%) IBM
3 160 (6.78%) Red Hat
4 132 (5.59%) Databricks
4 132 (5.59%) Google
5 93 (3.94%) Oracle
6 72 (3.05%) VMware
7 55 (2.33%) Citrix
7 55 (2.33%) Informatica
8 39 (1.65%) Sitecore
9 36 (1.53%) Optimizely
10 30 (1.27%) SolarWinds
11 29 (1.23%) Sparx
12 27 (1.14%) Cisco
13 25 (1.06%) SAP
13 25 (1.06%) Splunk
14 16 (0.68%) HP
15 15 (0.64%) Atlassian
15 15 (0.64%) Zscaler
16 14 (0.59%) Thycotic