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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 88 137
Rank change year-on-year +3 +49 -50
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 234 285 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.23% 3.17% 2.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.29% 9.70% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 135 197 149
10th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,688 £50,972
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,100 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 3,211 2,937 3,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.58% 32.63% 32.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 1,596 2,524
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £69,670 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +7 122 £45,000 -33.94% 38
Berkshire +12 93 £50,000 -39.39% 24
Hampshire +3 36 £74,750 +15.00% 10
Buckinghamshire -4 22 £35,000 -41.67% 9
Surrey -41 19 £50,000 -28.57% 12
Middlesex +20 15 £37,500 - 1
West Sussex +6 14 £67,500 +12.50% 7
East Sussex -3 11 £82,500 +94.12% 11
Oxfordshire +10 7 £68,750 +29.41% 5
Kent -13 7 £37,500 -52.38% 10
Isle of Wight - 5 £41,500 - 9
Sussex - 4 £45,000 -
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 17 (7.26%) IIS
2 6 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) Apache
4 3 (1.28%) Appian
5 2 (0.85%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (29.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 165 (70.51%) Azure
2 36 (15.38%) GitHub
3 35 (14.96%) Power Platform
4 27 (11.54%) AWS
5 15 (6.41%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (5.98%) SaaS
7 13 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 13 (5.56%) PaaS
8 12 (5.13%) Entra ID
9 10 (4.27%) GCP
9 10 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.56%) Azure AKS
11 6 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.56%) IaaS
12 5 (2.14%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (2.14%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.13%) DNS
2 8 (3.42%) Firewall
3 2 (0.85%) VPN
4 1 (0.43%) AMQP
4 1 (0.43%) HTTP
4 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.43%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.43%) MPLS
4 1 (0.43%) SSL
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.69%) Power BI
3 15 (6.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.28%) Airbyte
6 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.85%) Data Hub
6 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.85%) Looker
6 2 (0.85%) Metadata
6 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.85%) Tableau
7 1 (0.43%) Big Data
7 1 (0.43%) MySQL
7 1 (0.43%) Redis
7 1 (0.43%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 75 (32.05%) JIRA
2 69 (29.49%) eCATT
3 38 (16.24%) NeoLoad
4 34 (14.53%) Git
5 24 (10.26%) Selenium
6 20 (8.55%) Robot Framework
7 19 (8.12%) Snyk
8 14 (5.98%) Jenkins
9 8 (3.42%) GitLab
10 5 (2.14%) Visual Studio
11 3 (1.28%) MLflow
11 3 (1.28%) Storybook
12 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.85%) TestRail
13 1 (0.43%) Appium
13 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 118 (50.43%) Finance
2 71 (30.34%) Marketing
3 69 (29.49%) Manufacturing
4 50 (21.37%) Presentation Skills
5 48 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (17.95%) Social Skills
7 40 (17.09%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.14%) Billing
9 4 (1.71%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.85%) Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Retail
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.43%) International Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Law
12 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (26.50%) Lead
2 57 (24.36%) Analyst
3 46 (19.66%) Senior
4 34 (14.53%) Developer
5 28 (11.97%) Test Leader
6 26 (11.11%) Test Analyst
7 21 (8.97%) Software Engineer
8 18 (7.69%) Automation Test Lead
9 17 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (6.84%) Azure Engineer
11 14 (5.98%) IT Engineer
12 13 (5.56%) IT Support
12 13 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (5.56%) Support Engineer
13 12 (5.13%) Performance Analyst
13 12 (5.13%) Performance Test Analyst
13 12 (5.13%) Software Support Engineer
13 12 (5.13%) Testing Analyst
14 11 (4.70%) Power Platform Developer
15 10 (4.27%) Performance Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (23.50%) .NET
2 19 (8.12%) React
3 15 (6.41%) ASP.NET
4 14 (5.98%) .NET Framework
5 13 (5.56%) CSS
5 13 (5.56%) HTML
6 12 (5.13%) Entity Framework
6 12 (5.13%) WinForms
7 11 (4.70%) Bootstrap
7 11 (4.70%) React Native
8 8 (3.42%) .NET Core
9 6 (2.56%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.56%) ARM Templates
9 6 (2.56%) Next.js
9 6 (2.56%) RESTful
10 5 (2.14%) scikit-learn
10 5 (2.14%) YAML
11 4 (1.71%) Kafka
11 4 (1.71%) REST
12 3 (1.28%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.41%) Low-Code
3 14 (5.98%) Mobile App
4 13 (5.56%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.27%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.42%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.28%) Life Science
10 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.43%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.43%) Social Network
11 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.81%) Windows
2 22 (9.40%) Linux
3 7 (2.99%) Ubuntu
3 7 (2.99%) VMS
4 3 (1.28%) Android
4 3 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (70.51%) DevOps
2 94 (40.17%) CI/CD
3 89 (38.03%) Test Management
4 87 (37.18%) Agile
5 69 (29.49%) Roadmaps
5 69 (29.49%) Source to Pay
6 63 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (26.50%) Test Automation
8 57 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (23.93%) ERP
10 50 (21.37%) Product Roadmap
10 50 (21.37%) Visualisation
11 43 (18.38%) Risk Management
12 42 (17.95%) Test Strategy
13 41 (17.52%) Performance Testing
14 40 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
15 38 (16.24%) Requirements Gathering
16 35 (14.96%) Continuous Delivery
17 31 (13.25%) Scrum
18 30 (12.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 57 (24.36%) SQL
2 39 (16.67%) C#
3 35 (14.96%) Python
4 18 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.84%) Bash
5 16 (6.84%) PowerShell
6 13 (5.56%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.99%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.56%) Java
9 4 (1.71%) C++
10 3 (1.28%) Bicep
11 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.43%) Delphi
12 1 (0.43%) Perl
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) VB
12 1 (0.43%) VB6
12 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (13.68%) Degree
2 23 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.40%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.42%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.99%) ISTQB
8 5 (2.14%) ISEB
9 4 (1.71%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.71%) PMP
9 4 (1.71%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (20.51%) QA
2 12 (5.13%) PMO
3 6 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.14%) NCSC
4 5 (2.14%) NIST
4 5 (2.14%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (7.26%) Docker
2 7 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 69 (29.49%) HP ALM
2 50 (21.37%) Terraform
3 26 (11.11%) Ansible
4 21 (8.97%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.71%) Grafana
5 4 (1.71%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) Nessus
7 1 (0.43%) CASB
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (29.49%) HP
1 69 (29.49%) SAP
2 56 (23.93%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.69%) Black Duck
3 18 (7.69%) Coverity
4 12 (5.13%) Sage
4 12 (5.13%) Xamarin
5 7 (2.99%) Databricks
5 7 (2.99%) Google
5 7 (2.99%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.99%) Zoho
6 5 (2.14%) Rackspace
6 5 (2.14%) VMware
7 4 (1.71%) BiZZdesign
7 4 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.28%) Blue Prism
8 3 (1.28%) UiPath
9 2 (0.85%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.85%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.85%) Talend