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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 88 139
Rank change year-on-year +4 +51 -50
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 246 276 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.24% 3.22% 1.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.43% 9.77% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 150 193 191
10th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £73,438 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -6.72%

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 3,312 2,825 3,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.21% 32.94% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 1,562 3,300
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,813 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +5 125 £45,000 -32.71% 25
Berkshire +13 99 £45,000 -45.45% 14
Hampshire +7 42 £78,000 +20.00% 12
Buckinghamshire -6 22 £35,000 -41.67% 7
Surrey -41 20 £50,000 -28.57% 11
West Sussex +7 15 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Middlesex +17 13 - - 1
East Sussex -2 11 £82,500 +94.12% 1
Kent -10 9 £37,500 -46.43% 2
Isle of Wight - 5 £41,500 - 3
Oxfordshire +12 4 £71,250 +23.91% 4
Sussex - 4 £45,000 - 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 18 (7.32%) IIS
2 6 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.63%) Apache
4 3 (1.22%) Appian
4 3 (1.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (28.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 177 (71.95%) Azure
2 38 (15.45%) GitHub
2 38 (15.45%) Power Platform
3 27 (10.98%) AWS
4 17 (6.91%) PaaS
5 16 (6.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 16 (6.50%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.69%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (5.69%) SaaS
7 12 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.07%) Azure AKS
8 10 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (4.07%) IaaS
9 8 (3.25%) GCP
10 6 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.22%) MinIO
12 3 (1.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.88%) DNS
1 12 (4.88%) Firewall
2 2 (0.81%) BGP
2 2 (0.81%) VPN
3 1 (0.41%) AMQP
3 1 (0.41%) HTTP
3 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.41%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.41%) MPLS
3 1 (0.41%) SSL
3 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.72%) Power BI
3 15 (6.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.22%) Airbyte
4 3 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.81%) Data Hub
5 2 (0.81%) Metadata
5 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.41%) Big Data
6 1 (0.41%) MySQL
6 1 (0.41%) Redis
6 1 (0.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 78 (31.71%) JIRA
2 69 (28.05%) eCATT
3 38 (15.45%) NeoLoad
4 33 (13.41%) Git
5 24 (9.76%) Selenium
6 20 (8.13%) Robot Framework
7 19 (7.72%) Snyk
8 16 (6.50%) Jenkins
9 9 (3.66%) GitLab
10 5 (2.03%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (1.22%) MLflow
12 3 (1.22%) Storybook
13 2 (0.81%) TestRail
14 1 (0.41%) Appium
14 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
14 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
14 1 (0.41%) Postman
14 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
14 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (48.37%) Finance
2 69 (28.05%) Manufacturing
2 69 (28.05%) Marketing
3 55 (22.36%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (20.33%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (16.26%) Influencing Skills
6 39 (15.85%) Social Skills
7 9 (3.66%) Billing
8 4 (1.63%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.22%) Banking
10 2 (0.81%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Advertising
11 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.41%) International Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (25.20%) Lead
2 55 (22.36%) Analyst
3 45 (18.29%) Senior
4 44 (17.89%) Developer
5 26 (10.57%) Test Leader
6 24 (9.76%) Test Analyst
7 22 (8.94%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (8.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (8.13%) Software Engineer
9 16 (6.50%) Automation Test Lead
10 14 (5.69%) IT Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) IT Support
11 13 (5.28%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Power Platform Developer
11 13 (5.28%) Support Engineer
12 12 (4.88%) Performance Analyst
12 12 (4.88%) Performance Test Analyst
12 12 (4.88%) Software Support Engineer
12 12 (4.88%) Testing Analyst
13 11 (4.47%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (23.98%) .NET
2 22 (8.94%) React
3 18 (7.32%) ASP.NET
3 18 (7.32%) CSS
3 18 (7.32%) HTML
4 14 (5.69%) Bootstrap
4 14 (5.69%) React Native
5 13 (5.28%) .NET Framework
6 12 (4.88%) Entity Framework
6 12 (4.88%) WinForms
7 8 (3.25%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.85%) REST
9 6 (2.44%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.44%) ARM Templates
9 6 (2.44%) Next.js
9 6 (2.44%) RESTful
10 5 (2.03%) JSON
10 5 (2.03%) YAML
11 4 (1.63%) HTML5
11 4 (1.63%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.32%) Low-Code
2 17 (6.91%) Mobile App
3 15 (6.10%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.25%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.22%) Life Science
10 2 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.41%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.41%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.41%) Social Network
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.23%) Windows
2 24 (9.76%) Linux
3 9 (3.66%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.85%) VMS
5 3 (1.22%) Android
5 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (71.95%) DevOps
2 96 (39.02%) CI/CD
3 89 (36.18%) Agile
3 89 (36.18%) Test Management
4 69 (28.05%) Roadmaps
4 69 (28.05%) Source to Pay
5 66 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (24.39%) Test Automation
7 59 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (22.76%) ERP
9 52 (21.14%) Visualisation
10 50 (20.33%) Product Roadmap
11 45 (18.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 43 (17.48%) Risk Management
13 41 (16.67%) Performance Testing
13 41 (16.67%) Test Strategy
14 39 (15.85%) Requirements Gathering
15 35 (14.23%) Continuous Delivery
16 31 (12.60%) Scrum
17 26 (10.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.17%) SQL
2 41 (16.67%) C#
3 36 (14.63%) Python
4 21 (8.54%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.72%) PowerShell
6 18 (7.32%) Bash
7 13 (5.28%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.85%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.44%) Java
10 4 (1.63%) Bicep
10 4 (1.63%) C++
11 2 (0.81%) Delphi
11 2 (0.81%) VB
11 2 (0.81%) VB6
12 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (13.41%) Degree
2 25 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 20 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.25%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.44%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.63%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.63%) PMP
7 4 (1.63%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.22%) ISEB
9 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.29%) QA
2 12 (4.88%) PMO
3 6 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.03%) NCSC
4 5 (2.03%) NIST
5 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.22%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (6.91%) Docker
2 7 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 69 (28.05%) HP ALM
2 54 (21.95%) Terraform
3 28 (11.38%) Ansible
4 20 (8.13%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.63%) Grafana
5 4 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.81%) Nessus
7 1 (0.41%) CASB
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (28.05%) HP
1 69 (28.05%) SAP
2 59 (23.98%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.32%) Black Duck
3 18 (7.32%) Coverity
4 12 (4.88%) Sage
4 12 (4.88%) Xamarin
5 9 (3.66%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.44%) Databricks
7 5 (2.03%) Google
7 5 (2.03%) VMware
7 5 (2.03%) Zoho
8 4 (1.63%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (1.63%) Rackspace
9 3 (1.22%) Blue Prism
9 3 (1.22%) UiPath
10 2 (0.81%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.81%) New Relic
10 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto