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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 117 101
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 71 69 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.26% 2.05% 2.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.94% 8.19% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 57 59 126
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £71,750 - £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 1,436 843 1,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.41% 25.08% 27.71%
Number of salaries quoted 965 423 1,483
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £30,400
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,125 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £54,625 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% +9.25% -12.28%

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 3 June 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 3 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
Berkshire +15 47 £45,000 -45.45% 17
Oxfordshire +9 12 £65,000 +36.84% 10
Buckinghamshire -8 12 £49,536 -2.39% 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 2 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 71 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (23.94%) Power Platform
3 15 (21.13%) Azure Logic Apps
4 14 (19.72%) AWS
4 14 (19.72%) SaaS
5 8 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (7.04%) PaaS
7 4 (5.63%) Azure AI
7 4 (5.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (5.63%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (4.23%) Azure API Management
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (4.23%) GitHub
9 1 (1.41%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (1.41%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (4.23%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) JIRA
2 6 (8.45%) Zephyr
3 2 (2.82%) Git
3 2 (2.82%) MLflow
3 2 (2.82%) Selenium
General
1 32 (45.07%) Finance
2 24 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.27%) Retail
4 5 (7.04%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (38.03%) Developer
2 17 (23.94%) DevOps Engineer
3 15 (21.13%) Power Platform Developer
4 14 (19.72%) DevOps Systems Engineer
4 14 (19.72%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 14 (19.72%) Linux Engineer
4 14 (19.72%) Linux Systems Engineer
4 14 (19.72%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 14 (19.72%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (12.68%) .NET Developer
5 9 (12.68%) Analyst
5 9 (12.68%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (11.27%) Senior
7 7 (9.86%) Applications Support
7 7 (9.86%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (9.86%) C# Software Engineer
7 7 (9.86%) Software Engineer
7 7 (9.86%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) .NET Software Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Azure Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (28.17%) .NET
2 11 (15.49%) ASP.NET
3 7 (9.86%) .NET Core
3 7 (9.86%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (9.86%) Middleware
4 4 (5.63%) CSS
4 4 (5.63%) Entity Framework
4 4 (5.63%) HTML
4 4 (5.63%) React
4 4 (5.63%) YAML
5 3 (4.23%) Blazor
5 3 (4.23%) LINQ
5 3 (4.23%) ML.NET
5 3 (4.23%) RESTful
6 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.82%) Keras
6 2 (2.82%) Node.js
6 2 (2.82%) scikit-learn
6 2 (2.82%) TensorFlow
7 1 (1.41%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Low-Code
2 6 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.23%) Social Network
4 2 (2.82%) Life Science
5 1 (1.41%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.72%) Linux
1 14 (19.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) DevOps
2 30 (42.25%) CI/CD
3 22 (30.99%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (30.99%) Deployment Automation
4 19 (26.76%) Agile
4 19 (26.76%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (23.94%) Data Governance
6 16 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (21.13%) Business Process Analysis
8 13 (18.31%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (18.31%) ITSM
9 9 (12.68%) AI
9 9 (12.68%) SDLC
9 9 (12.68%) Software Engineering
10 8 (11.27%) Change Management
10 8 (11.27%) ITIL
11 7 (9.86%) Data Analysis
11 7 (9.86%) Scrum
11 7 (9.86%) Service Management
11 7 (9.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (45.07%) C#
2 20 (28.17%) Python
3 18 (25.35%) JavaScript
4 16 (22.54%) SQL
5 14 (19.72%) Bash
6 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.41%) Bicep
7 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) ISTQB
2 4 (5.63%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) QA
2 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (26.76%) Terraform
2 17 (23.94%) Ansible
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (47.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.72%) Red Hat
3 8 (11.27%) Salesforce
4 7 (9.86%) MuleSoft
5 6 (8.45%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.23%) Facebook
6 3 (4.23%) YouTube
7 2 (2.82%) Databricks
8 1 (1.41%) OpenAI