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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 89 121
Rank change year-on-year -4 +32 -33
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 234 295 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.26% 3.10% 2.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.15% 9.53% 6.83%
Number of salaries quoted 132 207 135
10th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £54,344 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £67,500 £62,009
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +8.86% -4.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £94,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Cloud 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 3,275 3,096 2,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.59% 32.54% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,783 1,714 2,104
10th Percentile £28,300 £32,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £39,348
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 +7 117 £50,000 -26.61% 37
Berkshire +14 86 £57,500 -30.30% 21
Hampshire +15 40 £77,500 +19.23% 30
Buckinghamshire -12 24 £35,000 -41.67% 10
Surrey -47 21 £50,000 -28.57% 14
Middlesex +17 17 £37,500 - 1
West Sussex +6 14 £60,000 - 10
East Sussex +10 11 £60,000 +29.73% 5
Kent -7 9 £37,500 -52.38% 13
Oxfordshire +18 7 £68,750 +19.57% 6
Sussex - 4 £45,000 -
Isle of Wight - 3 £42,500 - 5
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 19 (8.12%) IIS
2 9 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.56%) Appian
4 5 (2.14%) Apache
4 5 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.28%) Confluence
5 3 (1.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (5.56%) 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 33 (14.10%) GitHub
2 33 (14.10%) Power Platform
3 28 (11.97%) AWS
4 18 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.27%) SaaS
6 9 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.85%) GCP
6 9 (3.85%) PaaS
7 8 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (2.56%) MinIO
10 5 (2.14%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.13%) DNS
2 3 (1.28%) Firewall
2 3 (1.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.43%) AMQP
3 1 (0.43%) HTTP
3 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.43%) SSL
3 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.69%) Power BI
3 14 (5.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.14%) Airbyte
6 3 (1.28%) MySQL
6 3 (1.28%) Tableau
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.85%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.85%) Looker
7 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.43%) Big Data
8 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.43%) Metadata
8 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 76 (32.48%) JIRA
2 69 (29.49%) eCATT
3 39 (16.67%) Git
4 38 (16.24%) NeoLoad
5 25 (10.68%) Selenium
6 23 (9.83%) Robot Framework
7 22 (9.40%) Snyk
8 14 (5.98%) Jenkins
9 8 (3.42%) GitLab
10 5 (2.14%) Octopus Deploy
10 5 (2.14%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.71%) Storybook
12 3 (1.28%) MLflow
13 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.85%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.85%) TestRail
14 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
14 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (49.15%) Finance
2 71 (30.34%) Marketing
3 69 (29.49%) Manufacturing
4 50 (21.37%) Presentation Skills
5 44 (18.80%) Social Skills
6 40 (17.09%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.71%) Legal
8 4 (1.71%) Retail
9 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.28%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.85%) Banking
10 2 (0.85%) Military
11 1 (0.43%) Advertising
11 1 (0.43%) Billing
11 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.43%) International Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Law
11 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (27.35%) Lead
2 62 (26.50%) Analyst
3 50 (21.37%) Senior
4 30 (12.82%) Test Leader
5 28 (11.97%) Test Analyst
6 24 (10.26%) Developer
7 22 (9.40%) Software Engineer
8 20 (8.55%) Automation Test Lead
9 17 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (5.98%) IT Engineer
11 13 (5.56%) IT Support
11 13 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (5.56%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) Performance Analyst
12 12 (5.13%) Performance Test Analyst
12 12 (5.13%) Software Support Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) Testing Analyst
13 10 (4.27%) Performance Test Leader
14 9 (3.85%) Automation Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (24.36%) .NET
2 15 (6.41%) React
3 14 (5.98%) .NET Framework
3 14 (5.98%) ASP.NET
4 12 (5.13%) Entity Framework
4 12 (5.13%) WinForms
5 11 (4.70%) CSS
5 11 (4.70%) HTML
6 9 (3.85%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.85%) Bootstrap
6 9 (3.85%) Next.js
7 7 (2.99%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.99%) Kafka
7 7 (2.99%) React Native
8 6 (2.56%) Apache NiFi
8 6 (2.56%) RESTful
9 5 (2.14%) JSON
9 5 (2.14%) REST
9 5 (2.14%) scikit-learn
9 5 (2.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.40%) Product Ownership
2 21 (8.97%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.56%) Low-Code
4 12 (5.13%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.70%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.42%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.28%) Life Science
9 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.43%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.52%) Windows
2 21 (8.97%) Linux
3 8 (3.42%) VMS
4 4 (1.71%) Android
4 4 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.71%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (70.51%) DevOps
2 96 (41.03%) Agile
3 95 (40.60%) CI/CD
4 93 (39.74%) Test Management
5 70 (29.91%) Roadmaps
6 69 (29.49%) Source to Pay
7 67 (28.63%) Test Automation
8 65 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (23.93%) ERP
10 52 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (21.79%) Visualisation
12 50 (21.37%) Product Roadmap
13 46 (19.66%) Test Strategy
14 43 (18.38%) Risk Management
15 41 (17.52%) Performance Testing
16 40 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
17 38 (16.24%) Mentoring
17 38 (16.24%) Requirements Gathering
18 35 (14.96%) Continuous Delivery
18 35 (14.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 59 (25.21%) SQL
2 42 (17.95%) C#
3 36 (15.38%) Python
4 24 (10.26%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.41%) Bash
6 13 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.13%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.56%) Bicep
10 4 (1.71%) C++
10 4 (1.71%) Java
11 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.43%) Delphi
12 1 (0.43%) Go
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 30 (12.82%) Degree
2 27 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.40%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.70%) ISTQB
6 9 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.85%) ISEB
7 8 (3.42%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.42%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.71%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.71%) PMP
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (22.22%) QA
2 12 (5.13%) PMO
3 7 (2.99%) Software Quality Assurance
4 5 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.14%) NCSC
4 5 (2.14%) NIST
5 4 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.71%) GDPR
6 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 23 (9.83%) Docker
2 7 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 69 (29.49%) HP ALM
2 48 (20.51%) Terraform
3 27 (11.54%) Kubernetes
4 26 (11.11%) Ansible
5 7 (2.99%) Grafana
5 7 (2.99%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.85%) Nessus
7 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (29.49%) HP
1 69 (29.49%) SAP
2 56 (23.93%) Microsoft
3 21 (8.97%) Black Duck
4 20 (8.55%) Coverity
5 12 (5.13%) Sage
5 12 (5.13%) Xamarin
6 9 (3.85%) Databricks
7 8 (3.42%) Google
8 7 (2.99%) Rackspace
8 7 (2.99%) VMware
8 7 (2.99%) Zoho
9 6 (2.56%) BiZZdesign
9 6 (2.56%) UiPath
10 5 (2.14%) Blue Prism
11 4 (1.71%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.71%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.28%) Oracle
13 2 (0.85%) Informatica
13 2 (0.85%) Talend