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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 93 90
Rank change year-on-year -46 -3 +26
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 54 100 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.73% 2.97% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.17% 9.17% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 34 95 157
10th Percentile £42,799 £43,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,313 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,938 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £65,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.43% +12.00% -3.85%

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 2,485 1,090 2,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.70% 32.39% 35.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 805 2,059
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -11 19 £57,500 -4.17% 20
Warwickshire -6 12 £68,750 -1.79% 4
Shropshire -22 6 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Staffordshire -17 4 £61,750 +45.29% 4
Solihull +12 2 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Walsall - 1 £45,000 -
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 2 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.70%) Trello
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (100.00%) Azure
2 14 (25.93%) Power Platform
3 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (16.67%) IaaS
4 9 (16.67%) PaaS
5 8 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (14.81%) Entra ID
6 4 (7.41%) AWS
6 4 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (5.56%) GitHub
7 3 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
7 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
7 3 (5.56%) SaaS
8 2 (3.70%) Asana
8 2 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (3.70%) Siteimprove
9 1 (1.85%) Datadog
9 1 (1.85%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.70%) Metadata
4 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.85%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) JIRA
2 10 (18.52%) Git
3 6 (11.11%) Selenium
4 5 (9.26%) Jenkins
5 4 (7.41%) Cypress.io
5 4 (7.41%) GitLab
5 4 (7.41%) Postman
6 3 (5.56%) JMeter
6 3 (5.56%) LoadRunner
6 3 (5.56%) REST Assured
7 2 (3.70%) Burp Suite
7 2 (3.70%) Cucumber
7 2 (3.70%) Gatling
7 2 (3.70%) SoapUI
7 2 (3.70%) SonarQube
7 2 (3.70%) TestRail
7 2 (3.70%) Toad
7 2 (3.70%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.85%) HP UFT
General
1 22 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 8 (14.81%) Legal
5 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.41%) Law
7 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Retail
9 1 (1.85%) Automotive
9 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Senior
2 10 (18.52%) Developer
3 9 (16.67%) Architect
4 8 (14.81%) Lead
4 8 (14.81%) Scrum Master
4 8 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (12.96%) Agile Scrum Master
5 7 (12.96%) Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.41%) QA Leader
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Data Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Junior
8 3 (5.56%) QA Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) QA Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (20.37%) .NET
2 4 (7.41%) Playwright
3 3 (5.56%) ARM Templates
4 2 (3.70%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.70%) Middleware
4 2 (3.70%) Node.js
4 2 (3.70%) React
5 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.85%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.85%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.85%) jQuery
5 1 (1.85%) REST
5 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 7 (12.96%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.85%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.85%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.85%) CMDB
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.85%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Kali Linux
2 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) DevOps
2 40 (74.07%) Agile
3 21 (38.89%) CI/CD
4 18 (33.33%) Scrum
5 12 (22.22%) CRM
6 11 (20.37%) Kanban
7 10 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 9 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 9 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
9 8 (14.81%) AI
9 8 (14.81%) API Management
9 8 (14.81%) Coaching
9 8 (14.81%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (14.81%) Integration Patterns
9 8 (14.81%) Roadmaps
9 8 (14.81%) SDLC
9 8 (14.81%) Test Automation
9 8 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) C#
2 9 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 9 (16.67%) SQL
3 6 (11.11%) Python
4 4 (7.41%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.56%) Bicep
5 3 (5.56%) Java
6 2 (3.70%) Scala
6 2 (3.70%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.85%) Bash
7 1 (1.85%) JCL
7 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.56%) PMP
3 2 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.85%) CISSP
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (51.85%) QA
2 4 (7.41%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.41%) GDPR
3 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.85%) GRC
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
4 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Terraform
2 2 (3.70%) Grafana
2 2 (3.70%) HP ALM
2 2 (3.70%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.85%) Ansible
3 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (46.30%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Databricks
2 2 (3.70%) HP
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle
2 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.70%) Veracode
3 1 (1.85%) AppDynamics
3 1 (1.85%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (1.85%) Planon
3 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.85%) Splunk