Azure DevOps Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure DevOps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 85 88
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 79 79 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.62% 2.87% 2.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.00% 8.85% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 48 68 139
10th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £40,938 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £72,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.14% +32.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £50,000 £83,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £71,625 - £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £68,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +25.00% -15.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,317 893 1,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.03% 32.45% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 803 529 1,540
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £83,500 £85,160 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +14.00% -9.09%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure DevOps in the Thames Valley

Azure DevOps
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 March 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
Berkshire +16 60 £45,000 -45.45% 15
Buckinghamshire -24 14 £35,000 -41.67% 9
Oxfordshire -5 5 £70,000 +31.76% 10
Azure DevOps
South East

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (10.13%) IIS
2 3 (3.80%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 24 (30.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (69.62%) Azure
2 17 (21.52%) Power Platform
3 15 (18.99%) Azure Logic Apps
4 12 (15.19%) AWS
5 11 (13.92%) SaaS
6 4 (5.06%) GCP
6 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.80%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (1.27%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.27%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.27%) Miro
8 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.27%) Metadata
4 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.27%) MySQL
4 1 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (36.71%) JIRA
2 24 (30.38%) eCATT
3 15 (18.99%) NeoLoad
4 6 (7.59%) Git
5 3 (3.80%) MLflow
5 3 (3.80%) Zephyr
6 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.27%) GitLab
7 1 (1.27%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (58.23%) Finance
2 24 (30.38%) Manufacturing
2 24 (30.38%) Marketing
3 19 (24.05%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (22.78%) Influencing Skills
4 18 (22.78%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (12.66%) Social Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (27.85%) Analyst
2 18 (22.78%) Developer
3 15 (18.99%) Power Platform Developer
4 14 (17.72%) Senior
5 10 (12.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) DevOps Systems Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Linux DevOps Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Linux Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Linux/Unix DevOps
5 10 (12.66%) Systems Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Performance Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Performance Test Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Software Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Test Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Testing Analyst
7 8 (10.13%) IT Support
7 8 (10.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Software Support Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.19%) .NET
2 9 (11.39%) ASP.NET
2 9 (11.39%) Entity Framework
3 8 (10.13%) .NET Framework
3 8 (10.13%) WinForms
4 5 (6.33%) Middleware
5 3 (3.80%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (3.80%) Keras
5 3 (3.80%) scikit-learn
5 3 (3.80%) TensorFlow
6 2 (2.53%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.53%) CSS
6 2 (2.53%) HTML
6 2 (2.53%) React
6 2 (2.53%) RESTful
7 1 (1.27%) CSS3
7 1 (1.27%) HTML5
7 1 (1.27%) Node.js
7 1 (1.27%) REST
7 1 (1.27%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.99%) Low-Code
2 3 (3.80%) Life Science
2 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.27%) Social Network
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.92%) Linux
2 10 (12.66%) Ubuntu
3 8 (10.13%) Windows
4 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (69.62%) DevOps
2 29 (36.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (35.44%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (32.91%) CI/CD
5 24 (30.38%) ERP
5 24 (30.38%) Source to Pay
5 24 (30.38%) Test Management
6 19 (24.05%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (22.78%) Data Governance
7 18 (22.78%) Risk Management
7 18 (22.78%) Test Strategy
7 18 (22.78%) Visualisation
8 17 (21.52%) Roadmaps
9 16 (20.25%) Deployment Automation
10 15 (18.99%) Agile
10 15 (18.99%) Business Process Analysis
10 15 (18.99%) Performance Testing
10 15 (18.99%) Product Roadmap
10 15 (18.99%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (16.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 27 (34.18%) C#
2 23 (29.11%) Python
3 18 (22.78%) JavaScript
3 18 (22.78%) SQL
4 11 (13.92%) Bash
5 8 (10.13%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.27%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Degree
2 9 (11.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.80%) ISTQB
3 3 (3.80%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.46%) QA
2 3 (3.80%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (30.38%) HP ALM
2 16 (20.25%) Terraform
3 11 (13.92%) Ansible
4 2 (2.53%) Grafana
4 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (34.18%) Microsoft
2 24 (30.38%) HP
2 24 (30.38%) SAP
3 11 (13.92%) Red Hat
4 8 (10.13%) Sage
4 8 (10.13%) Xamarin
5 4 (5.06%) MuleSoft
6 3 (3.80%) Databricks
6 3 (3.80%) Google
6 3 (3.80%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.80%) Zoho
7 1 (1.27%) Salesforce