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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 113 100
Rank change year-on-year -32 -13 +18
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 57 54 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.67% 1.81% 2.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.11% 5.19% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 39 50 158
10th Percentile £44,699 £38,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £61,250 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% +4.70% +6.36%
75th Percentile £80,625 £74,375 £71,875
90th Percentile £88,000 £81,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +13.82% -5.38%

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 2,704 1,041 2,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.65% 34.82% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,209 743 2,095
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,600 £26,500
25th Percentile £43,497 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £66,450
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,216 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.10% +6.46% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -26 24 £69,305 +20.53% 13
Warwickshire -7 10 £77,500 +10.71% 2
Shropshire -21 9 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Staffordshire -7 3 £60,000 -33.33% 1
Wolverhampton -23 2 £62,000 -0.80%
Solihull +11 1 £60,000 +26.32%
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 -
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 3 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (100.00%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) PaaS
2 12 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 9 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (14.04%) IaaS
5 7 (12.28%) Entra ID
6 5 (8.77%) AWS
6 5 (8.77%) Azure AKS
7 4 (7.02%) Azure App Service
8 3 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (5.26%) GCP
8 3 (5.26%) Siteimprove
8 3 (5.26%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (3.51%) Azure AI
9 2 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.51%) Google Play
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (7.02%) Power BI
2 4 (7.02%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.51%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.75%) Metadata
5 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.75%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Git
2 9 (15.79%) JIRA
3 8 (14.04%) Selenium
4 7 (12.28%) GitLab
4 7 (12.28%) Jenkins
5 6 (10.53%) Cypress.io
5 6 (10.53%) Postman
6 5 (8.77%) JMeter
6 5 (8.77%) LoadRunner
6 5 (8.77%) REST Assured
7 4 (7.02%) Burp Suite
7 4 (7.02%) Cucumber
7 4 (7.02%) Gatling
7 4 (7.02%) SonarQube
8 3 (5.26%) HP UFT
8 3 (5.26%) TestRail
8 3 (5.26%) Toad
8 3 (5.26%) Zephyr
9 2 (3.51%) SoapUI
General
1 17 (29.82%) Finance
2 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 11 (19.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (12.28%) Legal
6 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Advertising
7 1 (1.75%) Automotive
7 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Senior
2 10 (17.54%) DevOps Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Scrum Master
5 7 (12.28%) Agile Scrum Master
5 7 (12.28%) Architect
5 7 (12.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (10.53%) Developer
7 5 (8.77%) Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Lead
8 4 (7.02%) .NET Developer
8 4 (7.02%) QA Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Data Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (5.26%) QA Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) QA Leader
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Senior QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) .NET
2 5 (8.77%) Playwright
3 4 (7.02%) ASP.NET
3 4 (7.02%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (7.02%) React
4 3 (5.26%) .NET Core
4 3 (5.26%) Node.js
4 3 (5.26%) RESTful
5 2 (3.51%) ARM Templates
5 2 (3.51%) Blazor
5 2 (3.51%) Entity Framework
5 2 (3.51%) Kafka
5 2 (3.51%) Middleware
5 2 (3.51%) ML.NET
5 2 (3.51%) REST
6 1 (1.75%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.75%) CSS
6 1 (1.75%) jQuery
6 1 (1.75%) LINQ
6 1 (1.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 11 (19.30%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (10.53%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.51%) iPhone
5 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.51%) Robotics
6 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.75%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.75%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.75%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
2 5 (8.77%) Linux
3 4 (7.02%) Kali Linux
4 2 (3.51%) Android
5 1 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) DevOps
2 36 (63.16%) Agile
3 26 (45.61%) CI/CD
4 15 (26.32%) Scrum
5 13 (22.81%) Test Automation
6 11 (19.30%) AI
6 11 (19.30%) API Management
6 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (17.54%) Coaching
8 9 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (15.79%) Roadmaps
9 8 (14.04%) CRM
9 8 (14.04%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (14.04%) Kanban
9 8 (14.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 8 (14.04%) SDLC
9 8 (14.04%) Software Testing
10 7 (12.28%) Data Governance
10 7 (12.28%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (12.28%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.56%) SQL
2 9 (15.79%) Python
3 8 (14.04%) C#
4 7 (12.28%) Java
5 5 (8.77%) JavaScript
6 4 (7.02%) Bicep
6 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.51%) Bash
8 1 (1.75%) C++
8 1 (1.75%) JCL
8 1 (1.75%) Scala
8 1 (1.75%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.75%) CISSP
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMP
4 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (43.86%) QA
2 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.26%) GDPR
3 3 (5.26%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.75%) GRC
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (12.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (21.05%) Terraform
2 5 (8.77%) Grafana
3 4 (7.02%) HP Fortify
4 3 (5.26%) HP ALM
5 2 (3.51%) Argo
5 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.75%) Ansible
6 1 (1.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) Veracode
3 3 (5.26%) Databricks
3 3 (5.26%) HP
3 3 (5.26%) Oracle
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.75%) Facebook
5 1 (1.75%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (1.75%) Planon
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.75%) Splunk
5 1 (1.75%) YouTube