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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 98 111
Rank change year-on-year -48 +13 -8
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 164 181 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.19% 2.67% 2.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.20% 8.47% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 149 150 245
10th Percentile £38,300 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +27.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 - £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £69,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +10.40% -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 3,902 2,137 4,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.21% 31.56% 31.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,100 1,419 4,027
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
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 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 13 April 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 13 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
Thames Valley -32 54 £45,000 -40.00% 22
Berkshire -6 39 £45,000 -45.45% 8
Hampshire -8 39 £78,000 +30.00% 11
Surrey -36 27 £50,000 -33.33% 7
West Sussex -18 19 £70,000 +16.67% 8
Buckinghamshire -23 11 £46,250 -22.92% 8
East Sussex -16 9 £82,500 +94.12%
Kent -33 7 £29,000 -51.67% 1
Isle of Wight - 5 £41,500 - 1
Oxfordshire -11 4 £68,750 +29.41% 6
Middlesex +25 2 - -
Sussex - 1 £59,500 - 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 7 (4.27%) IIS
2 4 (2.44%) Confluence
2 4 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.83%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.61%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 164 (100.00%) Azure
2 37 (22.56%) GitHub
3 28 (17.07%) AWS
3 28 (17.07%) Power Platform
4 19 (11.59%) Azure Logic Apps
5 17 (10.37%) SaaS
6 15 (9.15%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (8.54%) PaaS
8 13 (7.93%) Entra ID
9 11 (6.71%) Datadog
10 10 (6.10%) IaaS
10 10 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (5.49%) Azure AKS
11 9 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (4.88%) OpenShift
13 5 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (3.05%) Serverless
14 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (2.44%) GCP
14 4 (2.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.93%) Firewall
2 8 (4.88%) DNS
3 3 (1.83%) BGP
4 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.61%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.61%) MPLS
4 1 (0.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.88%) Power BI
3 7 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.44%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.83%) Metadata
6 3 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.61%) Big Data
8 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.61%) MySQL
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.61%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (17.68%) Git
2 19 (11.59%) Selenium
3 17 (10.37%) GitLab
4 12 (7.32%) JIRA
5 11 (6.71%) Robot Framework
6 10 (6.10%) Jenkins
7 9 (5.49%) Snyk
8 6 (3.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (3.66%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.83%) MLflow
9 3 (1.83%) NUnit
9 3 (1.83%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (1.83%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.83%) Zephyr
10 2 (1.22%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.22%) Jasmine
10 2 (1.22%) MSTest
10 2 (1.22%) TestRail
10 2 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.61%) Toad
General
1 63 (38.41%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (24.39%) Finance
3 29 (17.68%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.49%) Billing
5 6 (3.66%) Retail
6 5 (3.05%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.83%) Legal
8 2 (1.22%) Aviation
8 2 (1.22%) Banking
9 1 (0.61%) Games
9 1 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (34.15%) Developer
2 24 (14.63%) Lead
3 23 (14.02%) DevOps Engineer
4 21 (12.80%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (9.76%) Power Platform Developer
5 16 (9.76%) Senior
6 14 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Applications Developer
7 11 (6.71%) DevOps Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) Linux/Unix DevOps
7 11 (6.71%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (6.10%) Analyst
8 10 (6.10%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Software Developer
10 6 (3.66%) Applications Support
10 6 (3.66%) Applications Support Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (32.93%) .NET
2 23 (14.02%) CSS
2 23 (14.02%) HTML
3 21 (12.80%) React
4 20 (12.20%) ASP.NET
5 16 (9.76%) Bootstrap
5 16 (9.76%) React Native
6 14 (8.54%) OAuth
7 13 (7.93%) REST
8 10 (6.10%) .NET Core
9 8 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (4.88%) SAML
10 7 (4.27%) Middleware
10 7 (4.27%) SOAP
11 6 (3.66%) AngularJS
11 6 (3.66%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (3.66%) Entity Framework
11 6 (3.66%) JSON
11 6 (3.66%) RESTful
12 5 (3.05%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.98%) Low-Code
2 16 (9.76%) Mobile App
3 14 (8.54%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.83%) Life Science
7 3 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.22%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.61%) CMDB
9 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.61%) Social Network
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.41%) Linux
2 17 (10.37%) Windows
3 11 (6.71%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
5 1 (0.61%) VMS
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (100.00%) DevOps
2 85 (51.83%) CI/CD
3 68 (41.46%) Agile
4 57 (34.76%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (31.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (22.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (15.85%) Test Automation
8 24 (14.63%) Deployment Automation
9 23 (14.02%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (13.41%) Scrum
11 20 (12.20%) B2B
12 19 (11.59%) Software Testing
12 19 (11.59%) Unit Testing
13 18 (10.98%) Data Governance
14 17 (10.37%) API Integration
14 17 (10.37%) B2C
14 17 (10.37%) Clean Code
15 16 (9.76%) Containerisation
15 16 (9.76%) Mobile Application Development
15 16 (9.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 55 (33.54%) SQL
2 43 (26.22%) C#
3 40 (24.39%) Python
4 26 (15.85%) Bash
5 25 (15.24%) JavaScript
6 20 (12.20%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.27%) Bicep
8 6 (3.66%) Java
9 5 (3.05%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.44%) C++
10 4 (2.44%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.83%) DataWeave
12 2 (1.22%) Delphi
12 2 (1.22%) VB
12 2 (1.22%) VB6
13 1 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.20%) Degree
3 19 (11.59%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.05%) ISTQB
5 5 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.44%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.22%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.10%) QA
2 3 (1.83%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.22%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.22%) NCSC
3 2 (1.22%) NIST
3 2 (1.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (15.85%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (32.93%) Terraform
2 22 (13.41%) Ansible
3 19 (11.59%) Kubernetes
4 14 (8.54%) Grafana
4 14 (8.54%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.83%) Scalr
6 2 (1.22%) MIIS
6 2 (1.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.61%) CASB
Vendors
1 49 (29.88%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.20%) Red Hat
3 9 (5.49%) Black Duck
3 9 (5.49%) Coverity
3 9 (5.49%) MuleSoft
4 8 (4.88%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.44%) Sage
5 4 (2.44%) Xamarin
6 3 (1.83%) Cisco
6 3 (1.83%) Databricks
6 3 (1.83%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.83%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.22%) New Relic
7 2 (1.22%) Oracle
8 1 (0.61%) Genesys
8 1 (0.61%) Google
8 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.61%) VMware
8 1 (0.61%) Zoho