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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 121 105
Rank change year-on-year -5 -16 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 199 196 434
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.35% 2.51% 2.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.66% 9.61% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 177 131 257
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 - £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +13.82% -5.38%

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 3,519 2,039 5,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.85% 26.09% 28.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 1,244 4,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,538 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +3 67 £50,000 -28.57% 21
Berkshire +7 43 £45,000 -45.45% 11
West Sussex +4 38 £70,000 +16.67% 9
Surrey -15 34 £60,000 -14.29% 8
Hampshire -51 30 £60,000 -2.04% 17
Kent -16 16 £29,000 -63.75% 7
Oxfordshire +5 12 £57,500 +19.48% 6
Buckinghamshire -7 12 £49,536 -3.81% 6
Isle of Wight - 5 £50,000 - 1
East Sussex -13 4 £82,500 +94.12%
Sussex - 3 £65,000 - 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 8 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.51%) Confluence
3 3 (1.51%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.51%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.50%) Apache
5 1 (0.50%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 199 (100.00%) Azure
2 32 (16.08%) GitHub
2 32 (16.08%) Power Platform
2 32 (16.08%) SaaS
3 26 (13.07%) AWS
4 24 (12.06%) PaaS
5 21 (10.55%) Entra ID
6 20 (10.05%) Azure AKS
7 18 (9.05%) IaaS
8 16 (8.04%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (7.54%) Datadog
9 15 (7.54%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (7.04%) Azure AI
11 12 (6.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (5.53%) Serverless
13 9 (4.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 8 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (4.02%) OpenShift
15 7 (3.52%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.03%) Firewall
2 3 (1.51%) BGP
2 3 (1.51%) Internet
3 2 (1.01%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.50%) MPLS
4 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (20.10%) SQL Server
2 30 (15.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 23 (11.56%) MongoDB
4 16 (8.04%) Power BI
5 7 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.02%) Metadata
7 3 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.51%) Redis
8 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.50%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.50%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (8.54%) Git
2 12 (6.03%) GitLab
3 11 (5.53%) JIRA
3 11 (5.53%) Selenium
4 6 (3.02%) Zephyr
5 5 (2.51%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (2.01%) NUnit
6 4 (2.01%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (2.01%) Visual Studio
6 4 (2.01%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (1.51%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.01%) Jasmine
8 2 (1.01%) JMeter
8 2 (1.01%) MSI
8 2 (1.01%) MSTest
8 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.50%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.50%) Toad
General
1 49 (24.62%) Finance
2 42 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (19.10%) Social Skills
4 9 (4.52%) Retail
5 8 (4.02%) Advertising
5 8 (4.02%) Billing
6 6 (3.02%) Games
7 5 (2.51%) Aviation
8 4 (2.01%) Marketing
8 4 (2.01%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.51%) Legal
10 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.50%) Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (40.70%) Developer
2 38 (19.10%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (15.58%) .NET Developer
4 27 (13.57%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (9.05%) Analyst
5 18 (9.05%) Lead
6 16 (8.04%) DevOps Systems Engineer
6 16 (8.04%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 16 (8.04%) Linux Engineer
6 16 (8.04%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 16 (8.04%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 16 (8.04%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (7.54%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (6.03%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (6.03%) Senior
9 11 (5.53%) Software Engineer
10 10 (5.03%) Architect
10 10 (5.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 10 (5.03%) Power Platform Developer
11 8 (4.02%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (43.72%) .NET
2 46 (23.12%) ASP.NET
3 38 (19.10%) HTML
4 36 (18.09%) CSS
5 33 (16.58%) ASP.NET Core
6 32 (16.08%) .NET Core
7 30 (15.08%) React
8 17 (8.54%) YAML
9 16 (8.04%) RESTful
10 15 (7.54%) Blazor
10 15 (7.54%) Entity Framework
11 14 (7.04%) Sass
12 13 (6.53%) ML.NET
13 12 (6.03%) Ajax
13 12 (6.03%) CSS3
13 12 (6.03%) HTML5
13 12 (6.03%) jQuery
13 12 (6.03%) LESS
13 12 (6.03%) OAuth
14 11 (5.53%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.54%) Product Ownership
2 14 (7.04%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.53%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.53%) Low-Code
4 9 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.01%) Social Network
9 2 (1.01%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.01%) iPhone
10 1 (0.50%) CMDB
10 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.55%) Linux
2 16 (8.04%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.01%) Windows
4 2 (1.01%) Android
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (100.00%) DevOps
2 94 (47.24%) CI/CD
3 79 (39.70%) Agile
4 50 (25.13%) Full-Stack Development
5 49 (24.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 47 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (17.59%) AI
9 26 (13.07%) Machine Learning
9 26 (13.07%) User Experience
10 23 (11.56%) Deployment Automation
10 23 (11.56%) Scrum
11 20 (10.05%) SDLC
12 18 (9.05%) Microservices
12 18 (9.05%) Observability
12 18 (9.05%) Test Automation
13 17 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
14 16 (8.04%) MVC
14 16 (8.04%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 84 (42.21%) C#
2 64 (32.16%) SQL
3 43 (21.61%) JavaScript
4 39 (19.60%) Python
5 34 (17.09%) Bash
6 30 (15.08%) PowerShell
7 14 (7.04%) Bicep
8 11 (5.53%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.02%) Java
10 3 (1.51%) DataWeave
11 2 (1.01%) Ruby
11 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.50%) C++
12 1 (0.50%) Delphi
12 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.50%) VB
12 1 (0.50%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (7.54%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.53%) Degree
3 8 (4.02%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.02%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.02%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.02%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) QA
2 5 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.01%) WCAG
4 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (11.56%) Docker
2 6 (3.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (29.65%) Terraform
2 19 (9.55%) Ansible
2 19 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 16 (8.04%) Grafana
3 16 (8.04%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.51%) Scalr
5 2 (1.01%) Argo
5 2 (1.01%) MIIS
6 1 (0.50%) CASB
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 82 (41.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.06%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.03%) MuleSoft
4 8 (4.02%) Dynatrace
4 8 (4.02%) Facebook
4 8 (4.02%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.02%) YouTube
5 6 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.51%) Cisco
6 3 (1.51%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.51%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.01%) Google
7 2 (1.01%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.01%) Oracle
8 1 (0.50%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.50%) Databricks
8 1 (0.50%) Genesys
8 1 (0.50%) SAP
8 1 (0.50%) Veeam
8 1 (0.50%) VMware