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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 79 100
Rank change year-on-year +22 +21 +14
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 127 92 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.72% 3.26% 2.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.02% 10.12% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 52 70 140
10th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £44,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £52,797 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £50,000 £83,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £73,625 - £75,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £66,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -24.53% +15.22% -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 1,267 909 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.14% 32.21% 29.92%
Number of salaries quoted 753 538 1,497
10th Percentile £31,375 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,906 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,198
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.16% -8.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 15 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 15 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 +21 104 £45,000 -45.45% 14
Buckinghamshire -16 19 £35,000 -41.67% 7
Oxfordshire -1 4 £71,250 +34.12% 4
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 (9.45%) IIS
2 3 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 69 (54.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (45.67%) Azure
2 17 (13.39%) Power Platform
3 15 (11.81%) Azure Logic Apps
4 11 (8.66%) AWS
5 10 (7.87%) SaaS
6 6 (4.72%) GCP
7 4 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.36%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (2.36%) GitHub
8 3 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.79%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.79%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.79%) Miro
10 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.79%) Metadata
4 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.79%) MySQL
4 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 73 (57.48%) JIRA
2 69 (54.33%) eCATT
3 38 (29.92%) NeoLoad
4 8 (6.30%) Git
5 4 (3.15%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.36%) MLflow
7 2 (1.57%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.79%) GitLab
8 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (71.65%) Finance
2 69 (54.33%) Manufacturing
2 69 (54.33%) Marketing
3 50 (39.37%) Presentation Skills
4 40 (31.50%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (9.45%) Social Skills
7 4 (3.15%) Retail
8 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (34.65%) Analyst
2 37 (29.13%) Senior
3 33 (25.98%) Lead
4 26 (20.47%) Test Leader
5 21 (16.54%) Test Analyst
6 17 (13.39%) Developer
7 16 (12.60%) Automation Test Lead
8 15 (11.81%) Power Platform Developer
9 13 (10.24%) Software Engineer
10 12 (9.45%) IT Engineer
10 12 (9.45%) IT Support
10 12 (9.45%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (9.45%) Performance Analyst
10 12 (9.45%) Performance Test Analyst
10 12 (9.45%) Software Support Engineer
10 12 (9.45%) Support Engineer
10 12 (9.45%) Testing Analyst
11 10 (7.87%) Performance Test Leader
12 9 (7.09%) Automation Test Analyst
12 9 (7.09%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.81%) .NET
2 12 (9.45%) .NET Framework
2 12 (9.45%) Entity Framework
2 12 (9.45%) WinForms
3 10 (7.87%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.94%) Middleware
5 3 (2.36%) Keras
5 3 (2.36%) scikit-learn
5 3 (2.36%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.57%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.57%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (1.57%) React
6 2 (1.57%) RESTful
7 1 (0.79%) CSS
7 1 (0.79%) CSS3
7 1 (0.79%) HTML
7 1 (0.79%) HTML5
7 1 (0.79%) REST
7 1 (0.79%) SOAP
7 1 (0.79%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Low-Code
2 3 (2.36%) Life Science
3 2 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.79%) Social Network
4 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.45%) Windows
2 10 (7.87%) Linux
3 9 (7.09%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.57%) VMS
5 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (54.33%) Source to Pay
1 69 (54.33%) Test Management
2 58 (45.67%) DevOps
3 56 (44.09%) ERP
4 52 (40.94%) Roadmaps
5 50 (39.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (39.37%) Product Roadmap
5 50 (39.37%) Visualisation
6 43 (33.86%) Risk Management
7 40 (31.50%) Test Strategy
8 38 (29.92%) Performance Testing
8 38 (29.92%) Requirements Gathering
9 35 (27.56%) Continuous Delivery
10 32 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (22.05%) Test Automation
12 27 (21.26%) CI/CD
13 24 (18.90%) Defect Management
14 21 (16.54%) Programme Management
14 21 (16.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 19 (14.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.62%) C#
2 23 (18.11%) Python
3 21 (16.54%) SQL
4 18 (14.17%) JavaScript
5 12 (9.45%) Bash
5 12 (9.45%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.60%) Degree
2 13 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.36%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.57%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (19.69%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.72%) Docker
2 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 69 (54.33%) HP ALM
2 17 (13.39%) Terraform
3 10 (7.87%) Ansible
4 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.57%) Grafana
5 2 (1.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (54.33%) HP
1 69 (54.33%) SAP
2 30 (23.62%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.45%) Sage
3 12 (9.45%) Xamarin
4 10 (7.87%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.94%) Google
5 5 (3.94%) Zoho
6 4 (3.15%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.36%) Databricks
8 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.79%) Salesforce