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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 140 93
Rank change year-on-year -1 -47 +10
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 222 177 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.21% 1.95% 2.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.82% 7.36% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 186 118 194
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £42,875
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,250 £50,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 3,816 2,405 3,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.86% 26.54% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,826 1,457 2,180
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -0.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% -3.85%

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 September 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 September 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 +27 77 £60,000 -20.00% 31
Surrey +3 49 £72,500 +7.41% 18
West Sussex +8 46 £70,000 +16.67% 6
Berkshire +13 29 £65,000 -21.21% 22
Oxfordshire -6 28 £57,500 +17.95% 5
Hampshire -74 24 £60,000 -10.45% 12
Buckinghamshire 0 20 £62,500 -16.67% 5
Kent -18 17 £29,000 -43.41% 2
Isle of Wight - 6 £50,000 - 2
Sussex -9 3 £65,000 +44.44%
Middlesex 0 1 £38,500 +2.67%
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 14 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.60%) Confluence
3 7 (3.15%) IIS
4 5 (2.25%) nginx
5 2 (0.90%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.70%) SAP IBP
1 6 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 222 (100.00%) Azure
2 37 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 33 (14.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 28 (12.61%) Azure Key Vault
5 25 (11.26%) SaaS
6 23 (10.36%) Azure AI
6 23 (10.36%) Azure Monitor
6 23 (10.36%) Entra ID
7 21 (9.46%) Azure AKS
8 20 (9.01%) AWS
8 20 (9.01%) Azure Service Bus
9 17 (7.66%) PaaS
10 15 (6.76%) GitHub
10 15 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (4.95%) PowerApps
11 11 (4.95%) Serverless
12 10 (4.50%) IaaS
13 9 (4.05%) Azure Functions
13 9 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.70%) Internet
2 3 (1.35%) Firewall
2 3 (1.35%) VPN
3 2 (0.90%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (31.53%) SQL Server
2 54 (24.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 44 (19.82%) MongoDB
4 26 (11.71%) Power BI
5 13 (5.86%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (5.86%) Metadata
6 12 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (3.60%) NoSQL
8 8 (3.60%) Star Schema
9 7 (3.15%) Amazon QuickSight
9 7 (3.15%) DynamoDB
9 7 (3.15%) Relational Database
9 7 (3.15%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (1.80%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.35%) Redis
12 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.90%) MS Access
12 2 (0.90%) MySQL
12 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (18.02%) Git
2 18 (8.11%) JIRA
3 7 (3.15%) Octopus Deploy
3 7 (3.15%) Selenium
4 5 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.25%) Zephyr
5 4 (1.80%) NUnit
6 3 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.35%) GitLab
6 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.90%) JMeter
7 2 (0.90%) MSI
7 2 (0.90%) MSTest
7 2 (0.90%) Postman
7 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
General
1 62 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.57%) Finance
3 16 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.41%) Advertising
6 10 (4.50%) Games
7 7 (3.15%) Aviation
7 7 (3.15%) Retail
8 6 (2.70%) Marketing
9 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.80%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (44.59%) Developer
2 68 (30.63%) .NET Developer
3 31 (13.96%) Lead
4 27 (12.16%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (11.71%) Azure Engineer
5 26 (11.71%) Senior
6 16 (7.21%) Analyst
6 16 (7.21%) Lead Developer
7 15 (6.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 15 (6.76%) Software Engineer
8 12 (5.41%) Lead .NET Developer
8 12 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Architect
10 9 (4.05%) DevOps Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Linux DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Linux Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Linux/Unix DevOps
11 7 (3.15%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (51.80%) .NET
2 79 (35.59%) ASP.NET
3 62 (27.93%) ASP.NET Core
4 54 (24.32%) .NET Core
5 44 (19.82%) HTML
6 42 (18.92%) CSS
7 40 (18.02%) Terraform
8 32 (14.41%) Blazor
8 32 (14.41%) React
9 31 (13.96%) Entity Framework
10 24 (10.81%) REST
11 21 (9.46%) RESTful
12 20 (9.01%) ML.NET
13 18 (8.11%) YAML
14 17 (7.66%) jQuery
15 14 (6.31%) ARM Templates
16 12 (5.41%) Ajax
16 12 (5.41%) CSS3
16 12 (5.41%) HTML5
16 12 (5.41%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.61%) Product Ownership
2 19 (8.56%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (7.66%) Greenfield Project
3 17 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (5.41%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.05%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.60%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.80%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.80%) iPhone
7 4 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.80%) Social Network
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Autonomous Agent
8 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.45%) IoT
9 1 (0.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.01%) Linux
2 19 (8.56%) Windows
3 11 (4.95%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.80%) 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
1 222 (100.00%) DevOps
2 96 (43.24%) CI/CD
3 92 (41.44%) Agile
4 68 (30.63%) Full-Stack Development
5 46 (20.72%) AI
6 43 (19.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (15.32%) Machine Learning
9 33 (14.86%) Microservices
10 32 (14.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 30 (13.51%) Mentoring
11 30 (13.51%) Scrum
12 28 (12.61%) SDLC
13 27 (12.16%) Analytics
13 27 (12.16%) MVC
14 25 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (11.26%) Data Modelling
15 24 (10.81%) User Experience
16 21 (9.46%) Multithreading
16 21 (9.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 128 (57.66%) C#
2 85 (38.29%) SQL
3 47 (21.17%) JavaScript
4 40 (18.02%) Python
5 29 (13.06%) PowerShell
6 22 (9.91%) Bash
7 18 (8.11%) Bicep
8 13 (5.86%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.95%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.25%) Java
11 3 (1.35%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.90%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.90%) Ruby
13 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (9.91%) Degree
2 12 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.60%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.70%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.45%) CBAP
9 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.45%) ISEB
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.57%) QA
2 9 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (3.15%) GDPR
4 5 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.80%) WCAG
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (13.51%) Docker
2 11 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.70%) 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 18 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.76%) Ansible
2 15 (6.76%) Grafana
2 15 (6.76%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.90%) Argo
4 2 (0.90%) FlexNet
4 2 (0.90%) Rancher
4 2 (0.90%) Scalr
4 2 (0.90%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.45%) MIIS
Vendors
1 111 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.41%) Facebook
2 12 (5.41%) Red Hat
2 12 (5.41%) YouTube
3 8 (3.60%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.15%) Informatica
4 7 (3.15%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.15%) Talend
5 6 (2.70%) SAP
6 5 (2.25%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.25%) Oracle
7 4 (1.80%) Google
7 4 (1.80%) HP
7 4 (1.80%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.35%) Databricks
9 2 (0.90%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.90%) NetApp
9 2 (0.90%) RedGate
10 1 (0.45%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.45%) Veeam