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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 107 111
Rank change year-on-year -39 +4 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 159 178 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.10% 2.50% 2.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.98% 8.44% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 146 139 254
10th Percentile £36,875 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +24.44% -13.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 - £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,125
% change year-on-year - +8.65% -4.42%

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 3,994 2,110 5,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 27.52% 29.68% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,388 4,055
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,625 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.54%

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 1 May 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 1 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
Thames Valley -11 56 £45,625 -35.28% 31
Berkshire -14 42 £45,000 -45.45% 13
Hampshire -28 30 £76,500 +27.50% 7
Surrey -34 29 £50,000 -33.33% 5
West Sussex -10 21 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Buckinghamshire -21 10 £47,893 -20.18% 8
Kent -35 10 £29,000 -51.67% 4
East Sussex -19 8 £82,500 +94.12%
Oxfordshire -8 4 £68,750 +29.41% 12
Isle of Wight - 3 £41,500 - 1
Sussex - 1 £59,500 - 1
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 6 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.52%) Confluence
2 4 (2.52%) IIS
3 3 (1.89%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.63%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 159 (100.00%) Azure
2 36 (22.64%) GitHub
3 32 (20.13%) Power Platform
4 24 (15.09%) AWS
5 20 (12.58%) SaaS
6 19 (11.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (9.43%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (8.81%) Entra ID
9 13 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (7.55%) PaaS
11 11 (6.92%) Datadog
12 10 (6.29%) IaaS
13 9 (5.66%) Azure AKS
13 9 (5.66%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (5.03%) OpenShift
15 5 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (3.14%) Serverless
16 4 (2.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
16 4 (2.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.55%) Firewall
2 3 (1.89%) BGP
3 2 (1.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.63%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.63%) MPLS
4 1 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.61%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.29%) Power BI
3 7 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.14%) Metadata
5 4 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.63%) MySQL
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.63%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (13.84%) Git
2 16 (10.06%) GitLab
3 11 (6.92%) JIRA
3 11 (6.92%) Selenium
4 9 (5.66%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (2.52%) Robot Framework
6 4 (2.52%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.89%) MLflow
7 3 (1.89%) NUnit
7 3 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.89%) Snyk
7 3 (1.89%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.89%) Zephyr
8 2 (1.26%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.26%) Jasmine
8 2 (1.26%) MSTest
8 2 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.63%) TestRail
9 1 (0.63%) utPLSQL
General
1 57 (35.85%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (24.53%) Finance
3 26 (16.35%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.66%) Billing
5 7 (4.40%) Retail
6 5 (3.14%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.89%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.89%) Legal
8 2 (1.26%) Aviation
8 2 (1.26%) Banking
9 1 (0.63%) Games
9 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (37.74%) Developer
2 26 (16.35%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (13.84%) Lead
4 21 (13.21%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (10.06%) Power Platform Developer
6 15 (9.43%) Senior
7 14 (8.81%) Cloud Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) DevOps Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Linux DevOps Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Linux Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Linux Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Linux/Unix DevOps
8 13 (8.18%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (6.92%) Applications Developer
10 10 (6.29%) Analyst
11 9 (5.66%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (5.03%) Software Developer
13 7 (4.40%) Applications Support
13 7 (4.40%) Software Engineer
13 7 (4.40%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (35.22%) .NET
2 26 (16.35%) CSS
2 26 (16.35%) HTML
3 23 (14.47%) React
4 19 (11.95%) ASP.NET
5 16 (10.06%) Bootstrap
5 16 (10.06%) React Native
6 14 (8.81%) OAuth
7 13 (8.18%) REST
8 11 (6.92%) .NET Core
9 8 (5.03%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (5.03%) CSS3
9 8 (5.03%) HTML5
9 8 (5.03%) Middleware
9 8 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (5.03%) SAML
10 7 (4.40%) Ajax
10 7 (4.40%) LESS
10 7 (4.40%) Sass
10 7 (4.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.32%) Low-Code
2 16 (10.06%) Mobile App
3 12 (7.55%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.89%) Life Science
7 3 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.63%) CMDB
9 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.63%) Social Network
9 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.69%) Linux
2 13 (8.18%) Ubuntu
3 6 (3.77%) Windows
4 2 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) VMS
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (100.00%) DevOps
2 81 (50.94%) CI/CD
3 60 (37.74%) Agile
4 49 (30.82%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (27.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (23.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (15.09%) Deployment Automation
8 22 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (13.21%) B2B
10 19 (11.95%) Unit Testing
11 18 (11.32%) AI
11 18 (11.32%) B2C
11 18 (11.32%) Data Governance
11 18 (11.32%) Scrum
12 17 (10.69%) API Integration
12 17 (10.69%) Clean Code
12 17 (10.69%) Containerisation
12 17 (10.69%) Full-Stack Development
13 16 (10.06%) Front End Development
13 16 (10.06%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 49 (30.82%) SQL
2 45 (28.30%) C#
3 40 (25.16%) Python
4 30 (18.87%) JavaScript
5 26 (16.35%) Bash
6 19 (11.95%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.40%) TypeScript
8 6 (3.77%) Bicep
9 5 (3.14%) Java
10 3 (1.89%) C++
10 3 (1.89%) DataWeave
11 2 (1.26%) Delphi
11 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.26%) VB
11 2 (1.26%) VB6
12 1 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (10.06%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.81%) Degree
3 11 (6.92%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.14%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.52%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.66%) QA
2 3 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.26%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.26%) WCAG
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (16.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 49 (30.82%) Terraform
2 18 (11.32%) Kubernetes
3 17 (10.69%) Ansible
4 13 (8.18%) Grafana
4 13 (8.18%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.89%) Scalr
6 2 (1.26%) MIIS
7 1 (0.63%) CASB
7 1 (0.63%) Nessus
Vendors
1 49 (30.82%) Microsoft
2 22 (13.84%) Red Hat
3 10 (6.29%) MuleSoft
4 8 (5.03%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.89%) Black Duck
5 3 (1.89%) Cisco
5 3 (1.89%) Coverity
5 3 (1.89%) Databricks
5 3 (1.89%) Fortinet
5 3 (1.89%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.26%) Oracle
7 1 (0.63%) Genesys
7 1 (0.63%) New Relic
7 1 (0.63%) Sage
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.63%) Veeam
7 1 (0.63%) VMware
7 1 (0.63%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.63%) Zscaler