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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 108
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 +16
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 123 120 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.93% 3.57% 2.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.01% 11.08% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 49 78 102
10th Percentile £32,100 £44,100 £45,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £53,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £68,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.94% +18.48% -17.86%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £70,188
90th Percentile £77,500 - £89,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -11.54%

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 1,229 1,083 1,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.24% 32.23% 29.01%
Number of salaries quoted 667 556 1,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +14 96 £47,500 -42.42% 24
Buckinghamshire -4 22 £35,000 -41.67% 10
Oxfordshire +12 5 £70,000 +31.76% 5
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 12 (9.76%) IIS
2 3 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 69 (56.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (43.90%) Azure
2 15 (12.20%) Power Platform
3 11 (8.94%) AWS
3 11 (8.94%) Azure Logic Apps
4 10 (8.13%) SaaS
5 9 (7.32%) GitHub
5 9 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (6.50%) GCP
7 6 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
7 6 (4.88%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.07%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (2.44%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.63%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.63%) dbt
10 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.63%) Fivetran
10 2 (1.63%) Google Data Studio
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.81%) Miro
11 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (6.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.63%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.63%) Data Hub
3 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.63%) Looker
3 2 (1.63%) Power BI
3 2 (1.63%) Tableau
4 1 (0.81%) Metadata
4 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.81%) MySQL
4 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (57.72%) JIRA
2 69 (56.10%) eCATT
3 38 (30.89%) NeoLoad
4 14 (11.38%) Git
5 8 (6.50%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.44%) MLflow
7 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.81%) GitLab
7 1 (0.81%) TeamCity
General
1 85 (69.11%) Finance
2 71 (57.72%) Marketing
3 69 (56.10%) Manufacturing
4 50 (40.65%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (32.52%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (10.57%) Social Skills
7 12 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.44%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (34.96%) Analyst
2 39 (31.71%) Lead
3 37 (30.08%) Senior
4 26 (21.14%) Test Leader
5 21 (17.07%) Test Analyst
6 16 (13.01%) Automation Test Lead
7 13 (10.57%) Developer
8 12 (9.76%) IT Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) IT Support
8 12 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) Performance Analyst
8 12 (9.76%) Performance Test Analyst
8 12 (9.76%) Software Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) Software Support Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) Support Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) Testing Analyst
9 11 (8.94%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (8.13%) Performance Test Leader
11 9 (7.32%) Automation Test Analyst
12 7 (5.69%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.38%) .NET
2 12 (9.76%) .NET Framework
2 12 (9.76%) Entity Framework
2 12 (9.76%) WinForms
3 9 (7.32%) ASP.NET
4 6 (4.88%) ARM Templates
5 5 (4.07%) scikit-learn
6 3 (2.44%) Keras
6 3 (2.44%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.63%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.63%) Hugging Face
7 2 (1.63%) Middleware
7 2 (1.63%) NumPy
7 2 (1.63%) Pandas
7 2 (1.63%) React
7 2 (1.63%) RESTful
8 1 (0.81%) CSS3
8 1 (0.81%) HTML5
8 1 (0.81%) REST
8 1 (0.81%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.94%) Low-Code
2 6 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
2 6 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.44%) Life Science
4 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.81%) Social Network
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.76%) Windows
2 8 (6.50%) Linux
3 7 (5.69%) Ubuntu
4 6 (4.88%) VMS
5 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (56.10%) Source to Pay
1 69 (56.10%) Test Management
2 56 (45.53%) ERP
3 54 (43.90%) DevOps
3 54 (43.90%) Roadmaps
4 50 (40.65%) Product Roadmap
4 50 (40.65%) Visualisation
5 44 (35.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (34.96%) Risk Management
7 38 (30.89%) Performance Testing
7 38 (30.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 38 (30.89%) Test Strategy
8 35 (28.46%) Continuous Delivery
9 28 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (21.95%) CI/CD
11 26 (21.14%) Test Automation
12 23 (18.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (17.89%) Defect Management
14 21 (17.07%) Programme Management
15 16 (13.01%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.33%) C#
2 23 (18.70%) Python
3 20 (16.26%) SQL
4 14 (11.38%) Bash
4 14 (11.38%) JavaScript
5 12 (9.76%) T-SQL
6 6 (4.88%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (13.01%) Degree
2 13 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.70%) QA
2 3 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (8.13%) Docker
2 6 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 69 (56.10%) HP ALM
2 19 (15.45%) Terraform
3 8 (6.50%) Ansible
3 8 (6.50%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.63%) Grafana
4 2 (1.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (56.10%) HP
1 69 (56.10%) SAP
2 26 (21.14%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.76%) Sage
3 12 (9.76%) Xamarin
4 8 (6.50%) Red Hat
5 7 (5.69%) Google
5 7 (5.69%) Zoho
6 5 (4.07%) Databricks
7 3 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.63%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.63%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.63%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.63%) Talend
9 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft