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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 115 106
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 191 191 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.32% 2.52% 2.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.15% 9.84% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 167 132 252
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,813 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70,625 £83,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 - £76,125
England median annual salary £66,750 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -4.64% +13.82% -5.89%

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 3,710 1,942 5,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.57% 25.59% 30.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,296 1,186 4,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,563 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -10.51%
75th Percentile £74,575 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.73% +4.78% -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 27 May 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 27 May 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 71 £49,536 -29.74% 37
Berkshire +4 49 £45,000 -45.45% 21
Surrey -17 34 £50,000 -28.57% 3
Hampshire -53 31 £67,500 +10.20% 9
West Sussex -5 28 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Kent -24 14 £29,000 -63.75% 8
Oxfordshire -3 11 £65,000 +36.84% 8
Buckinghamshire -12 11 £49,536 -9.94% 12
East Sussex -13 6 £82,500 +94.12%
Isle of Wight - 3 £41,500 - 1
Sussex - 2 £62,250 -
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 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.57%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.05%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) IIS
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 191 (100.00%) Azure
2 38 (19.90%) Power Platform
3 34 (17.80%) GitHub
4 28 (14.66%) SaaS
5 26 (13.61%) AWS
6 20 (10.47%) PaaS
7 18 (9.42%) Entra ID
8 17 (8.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 15 (7.85%) Azure AKS
10 14 (7.33%) Datadog
10 14 (7.33%) IaaS
10 14 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (6.81%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (6.81%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (4.71%) Azure AI
13 8 (4.19%) OpenShift
14 7 (3.66%) Serverless
15 6 (3.14%) Azure Key Vault
16 5 (2.62%) Azure API Management
17 4 (2.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.28%) Firewall
2 4 (2.09%) DNS
3 3 (1.57%) BGP
4 2 (1.05%) Internet
5 1 (0.52%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.52%) MPLS
5 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (19.90%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (8.90%) Power BI
4 14 (7.33%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.09%) Metadata
7 3 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.05%) Redis
8 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.04%) Git
2 13 (6.81%) GitLab
2 13 (6.81%) Selenium
3 11 (5.76%) JIRA
4 6 (3.14%) Zephyr
5 5 (2.62%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (2.09%) Snyk
6 4 (2.09%) Visual Studio
6 4 (2.09%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (1.57%) MLflow
7 3 (1.57%) NUnit
7 3 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.57%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.57%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.05%) Jasmine
8 2 (1.05%) MSI
8 2 (1.05%) MSTest
9 1 (0.52%) Toad
General
1 53 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
2 47 (24.61%) Finance
3 34 (17.80%) Social Skills
4 9 (4.71%) Billing
5 8 (4.19%) Retail
6 4 (2.09%) Advertising
6 4 (2.09%) Aviation
6 4 (2.09%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.57%) Games
7 3 (1.57%) Legal
7 3 (1.57%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.52%) Banking
9 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 75 (39.27%) Developer
2 35 (18.32%) DevOps Engineer
3 28 (14.66%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (9.42%) Lead
5 17 (8.90%) Senior
6 16 (8.38%) .NET Developer
6 16 (8.38%) Power Platform Developer
7 15 (7.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) DevOps Systems Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Linux Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Linux/Unix DevOps
7 15 (7.85%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.81%) Analyst
8 13 (6.81%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.28%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.19%) .NET Software Engineer
10 8 (4.19%) Applications Developer
10 8 (4.19%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (39.27%) .NET
2 36 (18.85%) HTML
3 34 (17.80%) CSS
4 30 (15.71%) ASP.NET
5 28 (14.66%) React
6 20 (10.47%) .NET Core
6 20 (10.47%) ASP.NET Core
7 15 (7.85%) YAML
8 14 (7.33%) Sass
9 13 (6.81%) Bootstrap
9 13 (6.81%) CSS3
9 13 (6.81%) HTML5
9 13 (6.81%) React Native
10 12 (6.28%) Ajax
10 12 (6.28%) jQuery
10 12 (6.28%) LESS
10 12 (6.28%) OAuth
10 12 (6.28%) RESTful
11 10 (5.24%) REST
12 9 (4.71%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.90%) Low-Code
2 16 (8.38%) Product Ownership
3 14 (7.33%) Mobile App
4 8 (4.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.66%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.57%) Life Science
10 2 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.05%) Social Network
10 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.52%) CMDB
11 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.52%) iPhone
11 1 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.99%) Linux
2 15 (7.85%) Ubuntu
3 6 (3.14%) Windows
4 2 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) VMS
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (100.00%) DevOps
2 91 (47.64%) CI/CD
3 70 (36.65%) Agile
4 54 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (26.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (20.94%) Full-Stack Development
7 38 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (17.28%) AI
9 25 (13.09%) Deployment Automation
10 24 (12.57%) Machine Learning
11 22 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (10.99%) Scrum
13 20 (10.47%) Test Automation
13 20 (10.47%) User Experience
14 19 (9.95%) Data Modelling
15 18 (9.42%) B2B
15 18 (9.42%) Clean Code
15 18 (9.42%) Data Governance
16 17 (8.90%) Containerisation
16 17 (8.90%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 70 (36.65%) C#
2 54 (28.27%) SQL
3 47 (24.61%) Python
4 41 (21.47%) JavaScript
5 32 (16.75%) Bash
6 25 (13.09%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.24%) TypeScript
8 9 (4.71%) Bicep
9 5 (2.62%) Java
10 3 (1.57%) DataWeave
11 2 (1.05%) C++
11 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.52%) Delphi
12 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.52%) Ruby
12 1 (0.52%) VB
12 1 (0.52%) VB6
Qualifications
1 17 (8.90%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.85%) Degree
3 9 (4.71%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.19%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.14%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.14%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.57%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.28%) QA
2 5 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.09%) WCAG
4 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (13.09%) Docker
2 2 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (31.41%) Terraform
2 22 (11.52%) Ansible
3 20 (10.47%) Kubernetes
4 15 (7.85%) Grafana
4 15 (7.85%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.57%) Scalr
6 2 (1.05%) Argo
6 2 (1.05%) MIIS
7 1 (0.52%) CASB
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 69 (36.13%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.57%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.24%) MuleSoft
4 8 (4.19%) Dynatrace
4 8 (4.19%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.09%) Facebook
6 4 (2.09%) YouTube
7 3 (1.57%) Black Duck
7 3 (1.57%) Cisco
7 3 (1.57%) Coverity
7 3 (1.57%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.57%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.05%) Databricks
8 2 (1.05%) Oracle
9 1 (0.52%) Genesys
9 1 (0.52%) Google
9 1 (0.52%) Veeam
9 1 (0.52%) VMware
9 1 (0.52%) Zscaler