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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 108 109
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 187 198 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.30% 2.55% 2.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.39% 9.88% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 165 134 256
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,625
% change year-on-year -7.14% +13.59% -5.19%

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 3,471 2,004 5,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.12% 25.79% 29.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,307 1,225 4,130
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £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 £69,840 £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 10 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 10 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 +5 67 £50,000 -28.57% 27
Berkshire 0 44 £45,000 -45.45% 14
West Sussex +6 35 £70,000 +16.67% 15
Surrey -11 31 £50,000 -28.57% 12
Hampshire -47 28 £60,000 -5.88% 16
Kent -24 14 £29,000 -63.75% 6
Oxfordshire +9 12 £61,250 +27.27% 8
Buckinghamshire -9 11 £49,536 -3.81% 7
East Sussex -13 4 £82,500 +94.12%
Isle of Wight - 4 £45,750 - 1
Sussex - 2 £62,250 - 3
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 6 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.60%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.07%) IIS
4 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.53%) Apache
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 187 (100.00%) Azure
2 32 (17.11%) GitHub
2 32 (17.11%) Power Platform
3 31 (16.58%) SaaS
4 24 (12.83%) AWS
5 23 (12.30%) PaaS
6 21 (11.23%) Entra ID
7 18 (9.63%) Azure AKS
8 17 (9.09%) IaaS
9 14 (7.49%) Datadog
10 13 (6.95%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (6.95%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (6.95%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (6.42%) Azure AI
12 10 (5.35%) Serverless
13 8 (4.28%) OpenShift
14 6 (3.21%) Azure Functions
14 6 (3.21%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (2.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.88%) Firewall
2 3 (1.60%) BGP
2 3 (1.60%) Internet
3 2 (1.07%) DNS
4 1 (0.53%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.53%) MPLS
4 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.79%) SQL Server
2 24 (12.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (10.16%) MongoDB
4 16 (8.56%) Power BI
5 6 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.14%) Metadata
7 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.07%) Redis
8 2 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (8.56%) Git
2 12 (6.42%) GitLab
3 10 (5.35%) JIRA
3 10 (5.35%) Selenium
4 6 (3.21%) Zephyr
5 4 (2.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (2.14%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.14%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.14%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.60%) NUnit
6 3 (1.60%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.07%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.07%) Jasmine
7 2 (1.07%) MSI
7 2 (1.07%) MSTest
7 2 (1.07%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.53%) JMeter
8 1 (0.53%) Toad
General
1 47 (25.13%) Finance
2 45 (24.06%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 9 (4.81%) Billing
5 8 (4.28%) Retail
6 6 (3.21%) Advertising
7 5 (2.67%) Games
8 4 (2.14%) Aviation
8 4 (2.14%) Marketing
8 4 (2.14%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.60%) Legal
10 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.53%) Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 76 (40.64%) Developer
2 36 (19.25%) DevOps Engineer
3 26 (13.90%) Azure Engineer
4 25 (13.37%) .NET Developer
5 16 (8.56%) DevOps Systems Engineer
5 16 (8.56%) Linux DevOps Engineer
5 16 (8.56%) Linux Engineer
5 16 (8.56%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 16 (8.56%) Linux/Unix DevOps
5 16 (8.56%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (8.02%) Analyst
6 15 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (6.95%) Lead
7 13 (6.95%) Senior
8 12 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (5.88%) Power Platform Developer
9 11 (5.88%) Software Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) Architect
11 8 (4.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (42.25%) .NET
2 38 (20.32%) ASP.NET
3 37 (19.79%) HTML
4 35 (18.72%) CSS
5 28 (14.97%) React
6 26 (13.90%) ASP.NET Core
7 25 (13.37%) .NET Core
8 15 (8.02%) YAML
9 14 (7.49%) RESTful
9 14 (7.49%) Sass
10 12 (6.42%) Ajax
10 12 (6.42%) Blazor
10 12 (6.42%) CSS3
10 12 (6.42%) Entity Framework
10 12 (6.42%) HTML5
10 12 (6.42%) jQuery
10 12 (6.42%) LESS
10 12 (6.42%) OAuth
11 11 (5.88%) ML.NET
11 11 (5.88%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.49%) Mobile App
2 13 (6.95%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.42%) Low-Code
4 9 (4.81%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.60%) Social Network
10 2 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.53%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.53%) CMDB
11 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.53%) iPhone
11 1 (0.53%) Life Science
11 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.16%) Linux
2 16 (8.56%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.60%) Windows
4 2 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.53%) Android
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (100.00%) DevOps
2 86 (45.99%) CI/CD
3 71 (37.97%) Agile
4 47 (25.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (24.06%) Full-Stack Development
7 39 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (17.65%) AI
9 25 (13.37%) Machine Learning
10 23 (12.30%) Deployment Automation
11 22 (11.76%) User Experience
12 19 (10.16%) Scrum
13 18 (9.63%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (9.09%) Data Modelling
14 17 (9.09%) Test Automation
15 16 (8.56%) B2B
15 16 (8.56%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (8.56%) Clean Code
15 16 (8.56%) SDLC
15 16 (8.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (39.57%) C#
2 56 (29.95%) SQL
3 39 (20.86%) JavaScript
4 38 (20.32%) Python
5 32 (17.11%) Bash
6 25 (13.37%) PowerShell
7 11 (5.88%) Bicep
8 9 (4.81%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.14%) Java
10 3 (1.60%) DataWeave
11 2 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.53%) C++
12 1 (0.53%) Delphi
12 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.53%) Ruby
12 1 (0.53%) VB
12 1 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (7.49%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.42%) Degree
3 7 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.21%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.21%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.21%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.95%) QA
2 5 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.14%) WCAG
4 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (11.23%) Docker
2 5 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (30.48%) Terraform
2 19 (10.16%) Ansible
3 17 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 14 (7.49%) Grafana
4 14 (7.49%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.60%) Scalr
6 2 (1.07%) Argo
6 2 (1.07%) MIIS
7 1 (0.53%) CASB
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 72 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.83%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.35%) MuleSoft
4 8 (4.28%) Dynatrace
4 8 (4.28%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.21%) Facebook
5 6 (3.21%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.21%) YouTube
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco
6 3 (1.60%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.60%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.07%) Oracle
8 1 (0.53%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.53%) Databricks
8 1 (0.53%) Genesys
8 1 (0.53%) Google
8 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.53%) Veeam
8 1 (0.53%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) Zscaler