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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 123 89
Rank change year-on-year -8 -34 +24
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 223 199 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.33% 2.29% 2.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.74% 8.72% 9.75%
Number of salaries quoted 191 128 215
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,688 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +0.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 - £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

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 3,886 2,283 3,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.19% 26.25% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,763 1,417 2,757
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -6.54% -6.96%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
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 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +4 68 £57,500 -17.86% 50
West Sussex +8 53 £70,000 +16.67% 6
Surrey -6 49 £70,000 +3.70% 12
Berkshire -2 32 £50,000 -39.39% 25
Hampshire -58 30 £60,000 -4.00% 13
Buckinghamshire -7 19 £62,500 +21.36% 14
Oxfordshire -3 17 £57,500 +21.05% 12
Kent -23 13 £29,000 -55.38% 9
Isle of Wight - 7 £50,000 - 5
Sussex - 3 £65,000 -
East Sussex -16 1 £82,500 +65.00% 2
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 10 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.59%) Confluence
3 7 (3.14%) IIS
4 5 (2.24%) nginx
5 3 (1.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.69%) SAP IBP
1 6 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 223 (100.00%) Azure
2 27 (12.11%) Power Platform
2 27 (12.11%) SaaS
3 23 (10.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 23 (10.31%) GitHub
4 22 (9.87%) Azure AI
5 21 (9.42%) AWS
5 21 (9.42%) Azure AKS
5 21 (9.42%) Azure Key Vault
6 20 (8.97%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (8.97%) Entra ID
7 17 (7.62%) Azure Service Bus
7 17 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (7.62%) PaaS
8 15 (6.73%) Datadog
9 14 (6.28%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.38%) Serverless
11 10 (4.48%) IaaS
12 9 (4.04%) Azure Functions
13 8 (3.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.69%) Internet
2 3 (1.35%) Firewall
2 3 (1.35%) VPN
3 2 (0.90%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) HTTP
4 1 (0.45%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (25.11%) SQL Server
2 50 (22.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 40 (17.94%) MongoDB
4 15 (6.73%) Power BI
5 10 (4.48%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.14%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.69%) Metadata
8 4 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.35%) Redis
10 2 (0.90%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.90%) MS Access
10 2 (0.90%) MySQL
10 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (13.45%) Git
2 16 (7.17%) JIRA
3 12 (5.38%) GitLab
4 9 (4.04%) Selenium
5 8 (3.59%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (2.69%) Jenkins
6 6 (2.69%) NUnit
7 5 (2.24%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (1.35%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.90%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.90%) JMeter
10 2 (0.90%) MSI
10 2 (0.90%) MSTest
10 2 (0.90%) Postman
10 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.45%) utPLSQL
General
1 53 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.39%) Finance
3 32 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.38%) Advertising
5 11 (4.93%) Games
6 9 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.14%) Aviation
7 7 (3.14%) Marketing
7 7 (3.14%) Retail
8 5 (2.24%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.24%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.79%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.35%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (41.26%) Developer
2 60 (26.91%) .NET Developer
3 34 (15.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 31 (13.90%) Lead
5 21 (9.42%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (8.07%) Analyst
6 18 (8.07%) Senior
6 18 (8.07%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.83%) Lead Developer
7 13 (5.83%) Systems Engineer
8 11 (4.93%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (4.48%) DevOps Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.48%) Linux DevOps Engineer
9 10 (4.48%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (4.48%) Linux Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.48%) Linux/Unix DevOps
10 9 (4.04%) Architect
10 9 (4.04%) Lead .NET Developer
11 8 (3.59%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (49.33%) .NET
2 73 (32.74%) ASP.NET
3 57 (25.56%) ASP.NET Core
4 54 (24.22%) .NET Core
5 43 (19.28%) HTML
6 41 (18.39%) CSS
7 33 (14.80%) React
8 30 (13.45%) Blazor
9 28 (12.56%) Entity Framework
10 23 (10.31%) RESTful
11 21 (9.42%) ML.NET
12 20 (8.97%) REST
13 19 (8.52%) YAML
14 15 (6.73%) ARM Templates
15 14 (6.28%) OAuth
16 13 (5.83%) jQuery
17 12 (5.38%) Ajax
17 12 (5.38%) CSS3
17 12 (5.38%) HTML5
17 12 (5.38%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.62%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (7.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (5.38%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.48%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.04%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.24%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.79%) iPhone
7 4 (1.79%) Social Network
8 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.45%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.45%) IoT
10 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.42%) Linux
2 12 (5.38%) Ubuntu
3 11 (4.93%) Windows
4 4 (1.79%) Android
5 3 (1.35%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.90%) Debian
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.90%) Rocky
7 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (100.00%) DevOps
2 98 (43.95%) CI/CD
3 89 (39.91%) Agile
4 65 (29.15%) Full-Stack Development
5 53 (23.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (19.73%) AI
7 44 (19.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (14.80%) Machine Learning
9 31 (13.90%) Microservices
10 28 (12.56%) SDLC
11 25 (11.21%) Mentoring
11 25 (11.21%) User Experience
12 24 (10.76%) MVC
13 23 (10.31%) Scrum
13 23 (10.31%) Software Engineering
14 22 (9.87%) Multithreading
15 21 (9.42%) Analytics
15 21 (9.42%) Observability
16 19 (8.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 113 (50.67%) C#
2 85 (38.12%) SQL
3 47 (21.08%) JavaScript
4 38 (17.04%) PowerShell
5 36 (16.14%) Python
6 31 (13.90%) Bash
7 20 (8.97%) Bicep
8 13 (5.83%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.93%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.24%) Java
11 3 (1.35%) DataWeave
11 3 (1.35%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.90%) Ruby
13 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (6.73%) Security Cleared
2 13 (5.83%) Degree
3 10 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.69%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.24%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.24%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.45%) CBAP
8 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.25%) QA
2 5 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.79%) WCAG
4 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (16.59%) Docker
2 11 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.90%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.90%) Xen
5 1 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (22.42%) Terraform
2 27 (12.11%) Kubernetes
3 23 (10.31%) Grafana
3 23 (10.31%) Prometheus
4 16 (7.17%) Ansible
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.35%) Scalr
6 2 (0.90%) Argo
6 2 (0.90%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.90%) MIIS
6 2 (0.90%) Rancher
6 2 (0.90%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (46.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.97%) Red Hat
3 12 (5.38%) Facebook
3 12 (5.38%) YouTube
4 8 (3.59%) Dynatrace
4 8 (3.59%) MuleSoft
4 8 (3.59%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.69%) Oracle
6 6 (2.69%) SAP
7 4 (1.79%) Google
8 3 (1.35%) Databricks
9 2 (0.90%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.90%) NetApp
9 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.90%) RedGate
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco
10 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.45%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.45%) Veeam