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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 94 120
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 -14
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 249 197 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.97% 2.89% 2.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.77% 8.66% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 155 162 234
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,797 £46,563
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 £83,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,100 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -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 3,677 2,276 4,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.16% 33.42% 32.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,998 1,473 3,918
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,790 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +11.58% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £78,750
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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +25 125 £45,000 -38.14% 30
Berkshire +34 104 £45,000 -45.45% 13
Hampshire -7 45 £71,250 +18.75% 17
Surrey -35 24 £50,000 -33.33% 7
West Sussex -5 17 £70,000 +16.67% 6
Buckinghamshire -21 16 £35,000 -41.67% 8
Middlesex +21 13 - -
East Sussex -10 11 £82,500 +94.12% 1
Kent -24 6 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Isle of Wight - 6 £42,000 - 2
Oxfordshire 0 5 £70,000 +31.76% 9
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 13 (5.22%) IIS
2 5 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.61%) Confluence
4 3 (1.20%) Apache
5 2 (0.80%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.80%) Appian
5 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 69 (27.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 180 (72.29%) Azure
2 39 (15.66%) GitHub
3 36 (14.46%) Power Platform
4 31 (12.45%) AWS
5 19 (7.63%) Azure Logic Apps
6 17 (6.83%) PaaS
7 16 (6.43%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (6.43%) SaaS
8 14 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (4.42%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.02%) Azure AKS
10 10 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (4.02%) Datadog
10 10 (4.02%) IaaS
11 8 (3.21%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.81%) GCP
13 5 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (1.61%) Serverless
14 4 (1.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.82%) DNS
1 12 (4.82%) Firewall
2 3 (1.20%) BGP
3 2 (0.80%) VPN
4 1 (0.40%) AMQP
4 1 (0.40%) HTTP
4 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.40%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.40%) MPLS
4 1 (0.40%) SSL
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.44%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.02%) Power BI
3 12 (4.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.61%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.80%) Airbyte
6 2 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.80%) Metadata
7 1 (0.40%) Big Data
7 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.40%) MySQL
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.40%) Redis
7 1 (0.40%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 80 (32.13%) JIRA
2 69 (27.71%) eCATT
3 38 (15.26%) NeoLoad
4 33 (13.25%) Git
5 25 (10.04%) Selenium
6 19 (7.63%) Robot Framework
7 18 (7.23%) Snyk
8 17 (6.83%) GitLab
9 10 (4.02%) Jenkins
10 7 (2.81%) Visual Studio
11 6 (2.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (1.20%) MLflow
12 3 (1.20%) NUnit
12 3 (1.20%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.20%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.80%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.80%) TestRail
13 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 116 (46.59%) Finance
2 72 (28.92%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (28.11%) Marketing
4 69 (27.71%) Manufacturing
5 50 (20.08%) Presentation Skills
6 40 (16.06%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (13.25%) Social Skills
8 9 (3.61%) Billing
9 6 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.61%) Retail
11 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.80%) Banking
12 2 (0.80%) Legal
13 1 (0.40%) Games
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (22.89%) Lead
2 56 (22.49%) Analyst
3 52 (20.88%) Developer
4 45 (18.07%) Senior
5 26 (10.44%) Test Leader
6 23 (9.24%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (8.84%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (8.43%) Test Analyst
9 17 (6.83%) Software Engineer
10 16 (6.43%) Automation Test Lead
10 16 (6.43%) Power Platform Developer
11 13 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) IT Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) Performance Analyst
12 12 (4.82%) Performance Test Analyst
12 12 (4.82%) Testing Analyst
13 11 (4.42%) Applications Developer
13 11 (4.42%) IT Support
13 11 (4.42%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (4.42%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (22.09%) .NET
2 23 (9.24%) ASP.NET
3 22 (8.84%) CSS
3 22 (8.84%) HTML
4 21 (8.43%) React
5 16 (6.43%) Bootstrap
5 16 (6.43%) React Native
6 14 (5.62%) OAuth
7 12 (4.82%) Entity Framework
7 12 (4.82%) REST
8 11 (4.42%) .NET Framework
9 10 (4.02%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.02%) WinForms
10 8 (3.21%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (3.21%) SAML
11 7 (2.81%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.81%) JSON
11 7 (2.81%) YAML
12 6 (2.41%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (2.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.03%) Low-Code
2 16 (6.43%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.21%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.81%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.20%) Life Science
8 2 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.40%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.40%) Social Network
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.24%) Windows
2 25 (10.04%) Linux
3 10 (4.02%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) VMS
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (72.29%) DevOps
2 93 (37.35%) CI/CD
3 88 (35.34%) Test Management
4 85 (34.14%) Agile
5 75 (30.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 69 (27.71%) Source to Pay
7 68 (27.31%) Roadmaps
8 66 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (24.50%) Test Automation
10 58 (23.29%) Infrastructure as Code
11 56 (22.49%) ERP
12 52 (20.88%) Visualisation
13 50 (20.08%) Product Roadmap
14 43 (17.27%) Risk Management
14 43 (17.27%) Test Strategy
15 41 (16.47%) Performance Testing
15 41 (16.47%) Requirements Gathering
16 35 (14.06%) Continuous Delivery
17 27 (10.84%) Defect Management
17 27 (10.84%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.50%) SQL
2 44 (17.67%) C#
3 39 (15.66%) Python
4 23 (9.24%) Bash
4 23 (9.24%) JavaScript
5 21 (8.43%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.42%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.81%) Bicep
8 6 (2.41%) Java
9 4 (1.61%) C++
10 3 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.80%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.80%) Delphi
11 2 (0.80%) VB
11 2 (0.80%) VB6
12 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (10.84%) Degree
1 27 (10.84%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.44%) DV Cleared
3 18 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.21%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.01%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.26%) QA
2 8 (3.21%) PMO
3 6 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.01%) NCSC
4 5 (2.01%) NIST
5 3 (1.20%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (9.64%) Docker
2 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 69 (27.71%) HP ALM
2 59 (23.69%) Terraform
3 28 (11.24%) Ansible
4 22 (8.84%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.62%) Grafana
5 14 (5.62%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.80%) MIIS
6 2 (0.80%) Nessus
6 2 (0.80%) Scalr
7 1 (0.40%) CASB
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (27.71%) HP
1 69 (27.71%) SAP
2 52 (20.88%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.23%) Red Hat
4 17 (6.83%) Black Duck
4 17 (6.83%) Coverity
5 10 (4.02%) Sage
5 10 (4.02%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.21%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.41%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.61%) Google
8 4 (1.61%) VMware
8 4 (1.61%) Zoho
9 3 (1.20%) BiZZdesign
9 3 (1.20%) Cisco
9 3 (1.20%) Databricks
9 3 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.80%) New Relic