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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 114 107
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 215 197 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.43% 2.47% 2.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.92% 9.42% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 191 131 255
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £51,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%
75th Percentile £71,375 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -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 3,630 2,091 5,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.08% 26.18% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 1,285 4,061
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £28,000
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 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 June 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 June 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 +15 70 £50,000 -28.57% 21
West Sussex +7 45 £70,000 +16.67% 11
Berkshire +9 43 £45,000 -45.45% 12
Surrey -9 40 £65,000 -7.14% 8
Hampshire -43 31 £60,000 - 15
Kent -18 16 £29,000 -63.75% 6
Buckinghamshire -6 14 £51,018 -0.94% 6
Oxfordshire 0 13 £57,500 +19.48% 4
East Sussex -9 4 £82,500 +65.00% 1
Isle of Wight - 4 £50,000 - 1
Sussex - 3 £65,000 - 2
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 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.79%) Confluence
2 6 (2.79%) IIS
3 3 (1.40%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.40%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) SAP IBP
1 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 215 (100.00%) Azure
2 32 (14.88%) Power Platform
3 31 (14.42%) GitHub
3 31 (14.42%) SaaS
4 25 (11.63%) AWS
5 23 (10.70%) PaaS
6 22 (10.23%) Azure AKS
7 21 (9.77%) Entra ID
8 19 (8.84%) Azure AI
8 19 (8.84%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (7.91%) IaaS
10 16 (7.44%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (6.98%) Datadog
12 14 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (6.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (5.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (5.58%) Serverless
15 11 (5.12%) Azure Key Vault
16 9 (4.19%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (3.72%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.72%) Firewall
2 5 (2.33%) Internet
3 3 (1.40%) BGP
4 2 (0.93%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (20.93%) SQL Server
2 37 (17.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 32 (14.88%) MongoDB
4 16 (7.44%) Power BI
5 8 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.79%) Metadata
7 4 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.40%) Redis
8 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.93%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.47%) GIS
10 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.47%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (10.70%) Git
2 13 (6.05%) GitLab
3 12 (5.58%) JIRA
4 10 (4.65%) Selenium
5 6 (2.79%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (2.79%) Zephyr
6 5 (2.33%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.86%) NUnit
7 4 (1.86%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.93%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.93%) JMeter
9 2 (0.93%) MSI
9 2 (0.93%) MSTest
9 2 (0.93%) Postman
9 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.47%) utPLSQL
General
1 50 (23.26%) Finance
2 42 (19.53%) Social Skills
3 41 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.19%) Advertising
4 9 (4.19%) Retail
5 7 (3.26%) Billing
5 7 (3.26%) Games
6 5 (2.33%) Aviation
6 5 (2.33%) Marketing
7 4 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.86%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.40%) Legal
9 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.47%) Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (43.26%) Developer
2 43 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 39 (18.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 28 (13.02%) Azure Engineer
5 21 (9.77%) Lead
6 20 (9.30%) Analyst
7 16 (7.44%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) DevOps Systems Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) Linux DevOps Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) Linux Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) Linux Systems Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) Linux/Unix DevOps
9 14 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (6.51%) Senior
10 12 (5.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.58%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (5.58%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.65%) Architect
11 10 (4.65%) Power Platform Developer
12 8 (3.72%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (46.05%) .NET
2 57 (26.51%) ASP.NET
3 43 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
4 42 (19.53%) HTML
5 41 (19.07%) .NET Core
6 40 (18.60%) CSS
7 34 (15.81%) React
8 22 (10.23%) Blazor
9 21 (9.77%) RESTful
10 19 (8.84%) Entity Framework
11 18 (8.37%) ML.NET
12 17 (7.91%) YAML
13 15 (6.98%) jQuery
14 14 (6.51%) Ajax
14 14 (6.51%) REST
14 14 (6.51%) Sass
15 13 (6.05%) ARM Templates
15 13 (6.05%) OAuth
16 12 (5.58%) CSS3
16 12 (5.58%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.44%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.98%) Mobile App
3 12 (5.58%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (5.12%) Low-Code
5 9 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.33%) Social Network
9 3 (1.40%) iPhone
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.47%) CMDB
11 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.47%) Life Science
11 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.77%) Linux
2 15 (6.98%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.26%) Windows
4 3 (1.40%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (100.00%) DevOps
2 100 (46.51%) CI/CD
3 88 (40.93%) Agile
4 57 (26.51%) Full-Stack Development
5 49 (22.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 48 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (18.60%) AI
9 31 (14.42%) Machine Learning
10 27 (12.56%) User Experience
11 25 (11.63%) Deployment Automation
11 25 (11.63%) Scrum
12 24 (11.16%) Microservices
13 23 (10.70%) SDLC
14 21 (9.77%) MVC
15 19 (8.84%) Multithreading
16 18 (8.37%) Observability
16 18 (8.37%) Test Automation
17 17 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
18 16 (7.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 99 (46.05%) C#
2 75 (34.88%) SQL
3 51 (23.72%) JavaScript
4 39 (18.14%) Python
5 34 (15.81%) PowerShell
6 33 (15.35%) Bash
7 18 (8.37%) Bicep
8 11 (5.12%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.26%) Java
10 6 (2.79%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.40%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.93%) Ruby
13 1 (0.47%) C++
13 1 (0.47%) Delphi
13 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.47%) VB
13 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.47%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (6.98%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.12%) Degree
3 8 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.79%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.79%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.16%) QA
2 5 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (13.02%) Docker
2 7 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 58 (26.98%) Terraform
2 22 (10.23%) Kubernetes
3 18 (8.37%) Ansible
3 18 (8.37%) Grafana
3 18 (8.37%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.40%) Scalr
5 2 (0.93%) Argo
5 2 (0.93%) MIIS
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 94 (43.72%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.70%) Red Hat
3 10 (4.65%) MuleSoft
4 9 (4.19%) Facebook
4 9 (4.19%) YouTube
5 8 (3.72%) Dynatrace
5 8 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.40%) Cisco
7 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.40%) Google
7 3 (1.40%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
8 2 (0.93%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.93%) Oracle
8 2 (0.93%) SAP
9 1 (0.47%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.47%) Genesys
9 1 (0.47%) Veeam