Azure DevOps Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 105 91
Rank change year-on-year -38 -14 +17
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 231 246 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.22% 2.74% 2.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.21% 10.13% 9.65%
Number of salaries quoted 185 120 195
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £41,758
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £61,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% -8.89% +3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,688 £75,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.26% -1.48% +3.85%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,717 2,429 3,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.61% 27.10% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,823 1,487 2,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,580 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.36% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.69% +2.22%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the South East over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the South East

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Thames Valley -22 87 £62,500 -16.67% 89
Surrey +10 51 £72,500 +7.41% 31
West Sussex +5 44 £70,000 +16.67% 9
Berkshire -40 36 £65,000 -21.21% 49
Oxfordshire -8 29 £60,000 +20.00% 21
Hampshire -71 25 £60,000 -4.00% 33
Buckinghamshire +1 22 £63,750 -15.00% 23
Kent -13 16 £29,000 -55.38% 10
Isle of Wight - 6 £50,000 - 1
Sussex -13 3 £65,000 +44.44% 1
Middlesex -3 1 £38,500 +2.67%
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.33%) Confluence
3 7 (3.03%) IIS
4 5 (2.16%) nginx
5 2 (0.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) SAP IBP
1 6 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 231 (100.00%) Azure
2 41 (17.75%) Power Platform
3 34 (14.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 28 (12.12%) Azure Key Vault
5 25 (10.82%) SaaS
6 23 (9.96%) Azure AI
6 23 (9.96%) Azure Monitor
7 22 (9.52%) Entra ID
8 21 (9.09%) Azure AKS
9 20 (8.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (7.79%) AWS
11 17 (7.36%) PaaS
12 15 (6.49%) GitHub
12 15 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (4.76%) PowerApps
14 10 (4.33%) IaaS
14 10 (4.33%) Serverless
15 9 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (3.90%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.60%) Internet
2 3 (1.30%) Firewall
2 3 (1.30%) VPN
3 2 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (30.74%) SQL Server
2 54 (23.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (19.91%) MongoDB
4 30 (12.99%) Power BI
5 16 (6.93%) Metadata
6 14 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (4.33%) NoSQL
8 10 (4.33%) Star Schema
9 9 (3.90%) Amazon QuickSight
9 9 (3.90%) DynamoDB
9 9 (3.90%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (2.60%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.73%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.30%) Redis
14 2 (0.87%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (18.18%) Git
2 28 (12.12%) JIRA
3 6 (2.60%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (2.60%) Selenium
4 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.30%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.30%) JMeter
5 3 (1.30%) NUnit
5 3 (1.30%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.87%) GitLab
6 2 (0.87%) MSI
6 2 (0.87%) Postman
6 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.43%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.43%) Gatling
7 1 (0.43%) MSTest
7 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 64 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 45 (19.48%) Finance
3 15 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.19%) Advertising
5 11 (4.76%) Games
6 8 (3.46%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.03%) Retail
8 6 (2.60%) Aviation
8 6 (2.60%) Marketing
9 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.43%) Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Legal
12 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (41.56%) Developer
2 68 (29.44%) .NET Developer
3 31 (13.42%) Azure Engineer
4 30 (12.99%) Lead
4 30 (12.99%) Senior
5 28 (12.12%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (8.23%) Analyst
7 16 (6.93%) Lead Developer
8 15 (6.49%) Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (6.49%) Software Engineer
9 14 (6.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.19%) Lead .NET Developer
11 11 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (3.90%) Architect
12 9 (3.90%) Project Manager
13 8 (3.46%) DevOps Systems Engineer
13 8 (3.46%) Linux DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.46%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (3.46%) Linux Systems Engineer
13 8 (3.46%) Linux/Unix DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (48.92%) .NET
2 78 (33.77%) ASP.NET
3 62 (26.84%) ASP.NET Core
4 53 (22.94%) .NET Core
5 42 (18.18%) HTML
6 40 (17.32%) CSS
7 36 (15.58%) Terraform
8 32 (13.85%) Blazor
8 32 (13.85%) React
9 30 (12.99%) Entity Framework
10 21 (9.09%) REST
11 20 (8.66%) ML.NET
11 20 (8.66%) RESTful
12 17 (7.36%) YAML
13 16 (6.93%) jQuery
14 13 (5.63%) ARM Templates
15 12 (5.19%) gRPC
15 12 (5.19%) LINQ
16 11 (4.76%) Ajax
16 11 (4.76%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.42%) Product Ownership
2 21 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (7.36%) Greenfield Project
3 17 (7.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (5.19%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.90%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.46%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.73%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.73%) iPhone
8 4 (1.73%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.73%) Social Network
9 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.87%) Autonomous Agent
10 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.52%) Windows
2 19 (8.23%) Linux
3 10 (4.33%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.73%) Android
5 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.87%) Debian
6 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.87%) Rocky
7 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (100.00%) DevOps
2 103 (44.59%) Agile
3 97 (41.99%) CI/CD
4 67 (29.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 48 (20.78%) AI
5 48 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (17.32%) Scrum
7 35 (15.15%) Machine Learning
8 32 (13.85%) Analytics
8 32 (13.85%) Microservices
9 31 (13.42%) Mentoring
10 30 (12.99%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (11.69%) Data Modelling
12 27 (11.69%) SDLC
13 26 (11.26%) MVC
14 24 (10.39%) User Experience
15 22 (9.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 127 (54.98%) C#
2 86 (37.23%) SQL
3 47 (20.35%) JavaScript
4 42 (18.18%) Python
5 27 (11.69%) PowerShell
6 19 (8.23%) Bash
7 17 (7.36%) Bicep
8 13 (5.63%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.76%) T-SQL
10 7 (3.03%) Java
11 3 (1.30%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.87%) Ruby
13 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (13.85%) Degree
2 12 (5.19%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.46%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.46%) PMI Certification
4 8 (3.46%) PMP
5 4 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.73%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.87%) CBAP
7 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.43%) CSPO
8 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.43%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.58%) QA
2 12 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 9 (3.90%) GDPR
4 4 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.30%) WCAG
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 26 (11.26%) Docker
2 11 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.87%) Xen
5 1 (0.43%) Firmware
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.06%) Ansible
3 13 (5.63%) Grafana
3 13 (5.63%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.87%) Argo
5 2 (0.87%) FlexNet
5 2 (0.87%) Rancher
5 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.43%) Scalr
Vendors
1 114 (49.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.19%) Facebook
2 12 (5.19%) YouTube
3 10 (4.33%) Red Hat
4 9 (3.90%) Informatica
4 9 (3.90%) Talend
5 8 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.03%) Pega
7 6 (2.60%) SAP
8 5 (2.16%) Databricks
8 5 (2.16%) Oracle
8 5 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.73%) Google
9 4 (1.73%) HP
9 4 (1.73%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.30%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.87%) JD Edwards
11 2 (0.87%) NetApp
11 2 (0.87%) RedGate
12 1 (0.43%) Axway