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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 114 103
Rank change year-on-year -30 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 62 59 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.76% 1.75% 2.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.17% 5.18% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 51 55 123
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £71,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £94,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

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 1,957 1,138 2,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.98% 33.73% 28.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 922 1,677
10th Percentile £32,625 £28,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -4.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

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 24 July 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 24 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
Birmingham -8 37 £69,308 +15.51% 13
Shropshire -10 11 £47,500 -26.92% 3
Warwickshire -8 6 £85,000 +41.67% 4
Wolverhampton -22 2 £62,000 -4.62% 1
Solihull +8 1 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Staffordshire -12 1 £52,500 -11.76% 1
Coventry -16 1 £42,500 -37.04% 5
Dudley - 1 £47,500 - 2
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 - 1
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 (4.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 62 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (25.81%) PaaS
3 15 (24.19%) Power Platform
4 10 (16.13%) Azure App Service
5 8 (12.90%) GitHub
6 7 (11.29%) IaaS
7 5 (8.06%) AWS
7 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (6.45%) Azure AKS
8 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
9 3 (4.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (4.84%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (4.84%) Siteimprove
9 3 (4.84%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (3.23%) Azure Functions
10 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (3.23%) GCP
10 2 (3.23%) Google Play
10 2 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (29.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (9.68%) MongoDB
3 5 (8.06%) Power BI
3 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.61%) Power Query
5 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.61%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Selenium
2 8 (12.90%) Jenkins
3 7 (11.29%) Cypress.io
3 7 (11.29%) Git
3 7 (11.29%) Postman
4 6 (9.68%) GitLab
4 6 (9.68%) JMeter
4 6 (9.68%) REST Assured
5 5 (8.06%) Cucumber
5 5 (8.06%) LoadRunner
6 4 (6.45%) Burp Suite
6 4 (6.45%) Gatling
6 4 (6.45%) JIRA
6 4 (6.45%) SonarQube
7 3 (4.84%) HP UFT
7 3 (4.84%) TestRail
7 3 (4.84%) Toad
7 3 (4.84%) Zephyr
8 2 (3.23%) Maven
8 2 (3.23%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (19.35%) Finance
2 9 (14.52%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.06%) Advertising
6 4 (6.45%) Legal
7 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Banking
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) DevOps Engineer
2 15 (24.19%) Azure Engineer
2 15 (24.19%) Developer
3 13 (20.97%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) Senior
5 8 (12.90%) .NET Developer
5 8 (12.90%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (9.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 6 (9.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 6 (9.68%) DevOps Platform Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Lead
8 4 (6.45%) Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) Architect
8 4 (6.45%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) QA Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.84%) QA Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Senior QA Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.97%) .NET
2 8 (12.90%) .NET Core
3 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET
3 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (11.29%) Entity Framework
4 6 (9.68%) CSS
4 6 (9.68%) HTML
4 6 (9.68%) Playwright
5 5 (8.06%) LINQ
6 4 (6.45%) RESTful
7 3 (4.84%) React
8 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
8 2 (3.23%) Blazor
8 2 (3.23%) Kafka
8 2 (3.23%) Middleware
8 2 (3.23%) ML.NET
8 2 (3.23%) Node.js
8 2 (3.23%) REST
9 1 (1.61%) JSON
9 1 (1.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.58%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (14.52%) Cloud Native
3 6 (9.68%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.23%) iPhone
5 2 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.23%) Robotics
6 1 (1.61%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.61%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.61%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.61%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Linux
2 5 (8.06%) Windows
3 4 (6.45%) Kali Linux
4 2 (3.23%) Android
5 1 (1.61%) Solaris
5 1 (1.61%) Unix
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) DevOps
2 30 (48.39%) Agile
3 26 (41.94%) CI/CD
4 16 (25.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (22.58%) API Management
5 14 (22.58%) Test Automation
6 13 (20.97%) Platform Engineering
7 12 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (16.13%) AI
8 10 (16.13%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (16.13%) Scrum
9 9 (14.52%) SDLC
10 8 (12.90%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (12.90%) Roadmaps
10 8 (12.90%) Software Testing
11 6 (9.68%) Computer Science
11 6 (9.68%) Mentoring
11 6 (9.68%) Process Improvement
11 6 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (9.68%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 26 (41.94%) SQL
2 13 (20.97%) C#
3 9 (14.52%) Java
4 8 (12.90%) Python
5 6 (9.68%) JavaScript
6 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.23%) Bicep
7 2 (3.23%) JCL
8 1 (1.61%) Bash
8 1 (1.61%) C++
8 1 (1.61%) COBOL
8 1 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (11.29%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.19%) QA
2 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.84%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (27.42%) Terraform
2 5 (8.06%) Grafana
3 4 (6.45%) HP Fortify
4 3 (4.84%) HP ALM
4 3 (4.84%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.23%) Argo
6 1 (1.61%) Ansible
6 1 (1.61%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) Facebook
2 5 (8.06%) YouTube
3 4 (6.45%) Veracode
4 3 (4.84%) Databricks
4 3 (4.84%) HP
4 3 (4.84%) Oracle
5 2 (3.23%) Google
6 1 (1.61%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.61%) Broadcom
6 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.61%) Splunk