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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 122 97
Rank change year-on-year +4 -25 +9
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 225 201 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.41% 2.33% 2.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.96% 8.77% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 196 131 246
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,644
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% -5.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 - £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

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 3,778 2,293 4,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.75% 26.54% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 1,421 3,521
10th Percentile £29,825 £28,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +12 71 £50,000 -28.57% 24
West Sussex +4 51 £70,000 +16.67% 6
Surrey -2 44 £65,000 -5.45% 4
Berkshire +2 35 £45,000 -45.45% 13
Hampshire -57 33 £60,000 -4.00% 14
Buckinghamshire -1 20 £57,500 +11.65% 6
Oxfordshire -3 16 £57,500 +21.05% 5
Kent -12 16 £29,000 -58.57% 5
Isle of Wight - 5 £50,000 - 4
Sussex - 3 £65,000 - 1
East Sussex -16 2 £86,250 +72.50%
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 8 (3.56%) IIS
1 8 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.67%) Confluence
3 5 (2.22%) nginx
4 3 (1.33%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.67%) SAP IBP
1 6 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.44%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 225 (100.00%) Azure
2 28 (12.44%) SaaS
3 27 (12.00%) Power Platform
4 25 (11.11%) GitHub
5 22 (9.78%) Azure AI
5 22 (9.78%) Azure AKS
6 21 (9.33%) AWS
6 21 (9.33%) Entra ID
6 21 (9.33%) PaaS
7 20 (8.89%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (8.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 17 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (7.11%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (6.67%) Datadog
12 14 (6.22%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (6.22%) IaaS
13 12 (5.33%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (4.44%) Serverless
15 8 (3.56%) OpenShift
16 7 (3.11%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.11%) Firewall
2 6 (2.67%) Internet
3 3 (1.33%) BGP
4 2 (0.89%) DNS
4 2 (0.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 49 (21.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 40 (17.78%) MongoDB
4 15 (6.67%) Power BI
5 8 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.22%) Metadata
8 3 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.33%) Redis
8 3 (1.33%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.89%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.44%) GIS
10 1 (0.44%) MS Access
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (12.00%) Git
2 16 (7.11%) JIRA
3 14 (6.22%) GitLab
4 9 (4.00%) Selenium
5 8 (3.56%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.56%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (2.67%) Zephyr
7 4 (1.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.78%) NUnit
7 4 (1.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (1.33%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.33%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.89%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.89%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.89%) JMeter
9 2 (0.89%) MSI
9 2 (0.89%) MSTest
9 2 (0.89%) Postman
9 2 (0.89%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.44%) utPLSQL
General
1 47 (20.89%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.44%) Finance
3 34 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.33%) Advertising
5 11 (4.89%) Games
6 9 (4.00%) Retail
7 7 (3.11%) Marketing
8 6 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.22%) Aviation
10 4 (1.78%) Billing
10 4 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.33%) Legal
11 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.44%) Banking
13 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (41.78%) Developer
2 55 (24.44%) .NET Developer
3 38 (16.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (11.56%) Azure Engineer
5 25 (11.11%) Lead
6 20 (8.89%) Analyst
7 17 (7.56%) Senior
8 15 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
9 14 (6.22%) Software Engineer
10 13 (5.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 12 (5.33%) DevOps Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.33%) Linux DevOps Engineer
11 12 (5.33%) Linux Engineer
11 12 (5.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.33%) Linux/Unix DevOps
12 11 (4.89%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (4.00%) Architect
14 9 (4.00%) Lead Developer
15 8 (3.56%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (48.00%) .NET
2 68 (30.22%) ASP.NET
3 53 (23.56%) ASP.NET Core
4 50 (22.22%) .NET Core
5 45 (20.00%) HTML
6 43 (19.11%) CSS
7 32 (14.22%) React
8 26 (11.56%) Blazor
8 26 (11.56%) Entity Framework
9 23 (10.22%) RESTful
10 21 (9.33%) ML.NET
11 17 (7.56%) YAML
12 15 (6.67%) ARM Templates
12 15 (6.67%) jQuery
12 15 (6.67%) REST
13 14 (6.22%) Ajax
13 14 (6.22%) Sass
14 13 (5.78%) OAuth
15 12 (5.33%) CSS3
15 12 (5.33%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.56%) Greenfield Project
1 17 (7.56%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (5.33%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.33%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.67%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.78%) iPhone
7 4 (1.78%) Social Network
8 2 (0.89%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.44%) IoT
9 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.22%) Linux
2 14 (6.22%) Ubuntu
3 11 (4.89%) Windows
4 4 (1.78%) Android
5 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.89%) Debian
6 2 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.89%) Rocky
7 1 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (100.00%) DevOps
2 100 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 93 (41.33%) Agile
4 65 (28.89%) Full-Stack Development
5 50 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (21.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 44 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (19.11%) AI
9 35 (15.56%) Machine Learning
10 27 (12.00%) Microservices
10 27 (12.00%) User Experience
11 25 (11.11%) Scrum
11 25 (11.11%) SDLC
12 22 (9.78%) Deployment Automation
12 22 (9.78%) Multithreading
12 22 (9.78%) MVC
13 21 (9.33%) Observability
14 19 (8.44%) Analytics
15 18 (8.00%) Software Engineering
15 18 (8.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 109 (48.44%) C#
2 83 (36.89%) SQL
3 48 (21.33%) JavaScript
4 37 (16.44%) PowerShell
4 37 (16.44%) Python
5 33 (14.67%) Bash
6 21 (9.33%) Bicep
7 10 (4.44%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.56%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.67%) Java
10 3 (1.33%) DataWeave
10 3 (1.33%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.89%) Ruby
12 1 (0.44%) C++
12 1 (0.44%) Delphi
12 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.44%) VB
12 1 (0.44%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.44%) Degree
3 8 (3.56%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.67%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.67%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.44%) QA
2 5 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.78%) WCAG
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (13.78%) Docker
2 9 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.89%) Xen
5 1 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (24.44%) Terraform
2 26 (11.56%) Kubernetes
3 23 (10.22%) Grafana
3 23 (10.22%) Prometheus
4 18 (8.00%) Ansible
5 3 (1.33%) Scalr
6 2 (0.89%) Argo
6 2 (0.89%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.89%) MIIS
6 2 (0.89%) Rancher
6 2 (0.89%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (47.11%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.78%) Red Hat
3 12 (5.33%) Facebook
3 12 (5.33%) YouTube
4 10 (4.44%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.56%) Dynatrace
5 8 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.67%) SAP
6 6 (2.67%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.78%) Google
8 3 (1.33%) Cisco
8 3 (1.33%) Databricks
8 3 (1.33%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.33%) Oracle
8 3 (1.33%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.89%) NetApp
9 2 (0.89%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.44%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.44%) RedGate
10 1 (0.44%) Veeam