Azure DevOps Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 79 91
Rank change year-on-year -48 +12 +27
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 55 140 140
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.90% 3.70% 2.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.49% 10.95% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 38 106 126
10th Percentile £45,424 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,188 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £66,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.45% +15.22% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,150 £75,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -6.42%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,213 1,279 1,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.15% 33.83% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 950 759 1,734
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,533
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the West Midlands

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
Birmingham -14 28 £60,000 +4.35% 22
Warwickshire -7 9 £48,500 -30.71% 5
Staffordshire -7 5 £60,000 +41.18% 2
Solihull - 1 £60,000 - 1
Walsall - 1 £45,000 -
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.64%) Trello
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (29.09%) Power Platform
3 15 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (16.36%) IaaS
4 9 (16.36%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (16.36%) PaaS
5 8 (14.55%) PowerApps
6 7 (12.73%) AWS
6 7 (12.73%) GitHub
6 7 (12.73%) Power Automate
7 6 (10.91%) Entra ID
8 5 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (7.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (5.45%) Azure AKS
10 3 (5.45%) Azure Functions
10 3 (5.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (5.45%) Datadog
10 3 (5.45%) SaaS
10 3 (5.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) BGP
1 2 (3.64%) DHCP
1 2 (3.64%) DNS
1 2 (3.64%) Firewall
1 2 (3.64%) IPsec
1 2 (3.64%) Network Security
1 2 (3.64%) OSPF
1 2 (3.64%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.64%) VLAN
1 2 (3.64%) VPN
1 2 (3.64%) WAN
1 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (3.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.64%) Metadata
2 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.82%) Power BI
3 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (16.36%) JIRA
2 8 (14.55%) Git
3 4 (7.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.82%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.82%) GitLab
4 1 (1.82%) Selenium
General
1 20 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (29.09%) Finance
3 9 (16.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (16.36%) Public Sector
4 7 (12.73%) Law
5 6 (10.91%) Legal
6 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.64%) Retail
9 1 (1.82%) Automotive
9 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (34.55%) Developer
2 10 (18.18%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 8 (14.55%) Scrum Master
3 8 (14.55%) Senior
4 7 (12.73%) Agile Scrum Master
4 7 (12.73%) Architect
4 7 (12.73%) CRM Developer
4 7 (12.73%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 7 (12.73%) Lead
5 6 (10.91%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (9.09%) C# Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Applications Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Automation Developer
7 4 (7.27%) C# Application Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Lead Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Power Apps Developer
8 3 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (36.36%) .NET
2 7 (12.73%) .NET Framework
3 5 (9.09%) ARM Templates
4 3 (5.45%) React
5 2 (3.64%) Node.js
6 1 (1.82%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.82%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.82%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.82%) jQuery
6 1 (1.82%) Middleware
6 1 (1.82%) Playwright
6 1 (1.82%) REST
6 1 (1.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.82%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (16.36%) Cloud Native
3 5 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.82%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.82%) CMDB
5 1 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) DevOps
2 41 (74.55%) Agile
3 26 (47.27%) CI/CD
4 18 (32.73%) CRM
5 15 (27.27%) Scrum
6 11 (20.00%) Kanban
7 9 (16.36%) Coaching
7 9 (16.36%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (16.36%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (14.55%) Data Migration
8 8 (14.55%) Migration
8 8 (14.55%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (12.73%) Case Management
9 7 (12.73%) Customer Engagement
9 7 (12.73%) Customer Service
9 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (12.73%) Project Delivery
9 7 (12.73%) SDLC
9 7 (12.73%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (36.36%) C#
2 9 (16.36%) JavaScript
2 9 (16.36%) TypeScript
3 8 (14.55%) SQL
4 5 (9.09%) Bicep
4 5 (9.09%) Python
5 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
6 3 (5.45%) Bash
7 2 (3.64%) Scala
7 2 (3.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.45%) Degree
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.45%) PMP
3 2 (3.64%) CCNP
3 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.82%) CISSP
4 1 (1.82%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (41.82%) QA
2 4 (7.27%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.82%) GRC
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.82%) PMO
4 1 (1.82%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Firmware
2 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (20.00%) Terraform
2 2 (3.64%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (1.82%) Ansible
3 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (49.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.09%) SolarWinds
3 3 (5.45%) LogicMonitor
4 2 (3.64%) Cisco
4 2 (3.64%) Databricks
4 2 (3.64%) Dell
4 2 (3.64%) Meraki
4 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.64%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.64%) VMware
4 2 (3.64%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.82%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.82%) Planon
5 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow