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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 113 92
Rank change year-on-year -3 -21 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 61 73 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.09% 2.17% 2.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.28% 8.15% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 48 65 133
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.33% +36.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £55,000 £83,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £71,250 - £70,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +21.74% -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 1,426 896 1,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.38% 26.64% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 919 496 1,491
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,375 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -5 45 £45,000 -45.45% 21
Buckinghamshire -14 9 £47,893 -20.18% 10
Oxfordshire +3 7 £67,500 +27.06% 13
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 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 61 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (27.87%) Power Platform
3 16 (26.23%) AWS
4 15 (24.59%) Azure Logic Apps
5 14 (22.95%) SaaS
6 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (3.28%) Azure AI
8 2 (3.28%) Azure API Management
8 2 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.28%) GitHub
9 1 (1.64%) GCP
9 1 (1.64%) PaaS
9 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.28%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.64%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Git
2 5 (8.20%) JIRA
3 4 (6.56%) Zephyr
4 3 (4.92%) MLflow
5 2 (3.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.64%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.64%) GitLab
6 1 (1.64%) Selenium
6 1 (1.64%) TeamCity
General
1 27 (44.26%) Finance
2 24 (39.34%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.48%) Retail
4 6 (9.84%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (37.70%) Developer
2 16 (26.23%) DevOps Engineer
3 15 (24.59%) Power Platform Developer
4 14 (22.95%) DevOps Systems Engineer
4 14 (22.95%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 14 (22.95%) Linux Engineer
4 14 (22.95%) Linux Systems Engineer
4 14 (22.95%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 14 (22.95%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (13.11%) Analyst
5 8 (13.11%) Senior
6 7 (11.48%) Applications Support
6 7 (11.48%) Applications Support Analyst
6 7 (11.48%) Support Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Lead
8 3 (4.92%) QA Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.03%) .NET
2 8 (13.11%) Middleware
3 7 (11.48%) ASP.NET
4 6 (9.84%) ASP.NET Core
5 5 (8.20%) .NET Core
6 4 (6.56%) CSS
6 4 (6.56%) HTML
7 3 (4.92%) Entity Framework
7 3 (4.92%) Keras
7 3 (4.92%) React
7 3 (4.92%) RESTful
7 3 (4.92%) scikit-learn
7 3 (4.92%) TensorFlow
8 2 (3.28%) Blazor
8 2 (3.28%) LINQ
8 2 (3.28%) ML.NET
8 2 (3.28%) YAML
9 1 (1.64%) Node.js
9 1 (1.64%) REST
9 1 (1.64%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Low-Code
2 4 (6.56%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.92%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.92%) Life Science
4 2 (3.28%) Social Network
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Linux
2 14 (22.95%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) DevOps
2 29 (47.54%) CI/CD
3 22 (36.07%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (29.51%) Data Governance
6 17 (27.87%) Deployment Automation
7 16 (26.23%) Agile
8 15 (24.59%) Business Process Analysis
9 14 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (18.03%) ITSM
11 8 (13.11%) AI
11 8 (13.11%) Change Management
12 7 (11.48%) Customer Experience
12 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis
12 7 (11.48%) Full-Stack Development
12 7 (11.48%) Project Delivery
12 7 (11.48%) Service Management
13 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
13 6 (9.84%) ITIL
13 6 (9.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 23 (37.70%) C#
2 22 (36.07%) Python
3 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
4 15 (24.59%) Bash
5 14 (22.95%) SQL
6 3 (4.92%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.64%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 6 (9.84%) Degree
2 4 (6.56%) ISTQB
3 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (32.79%) Terraform
2 17 (27.87%) Ansible
3 1 (1.64%) Grafana
3 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 31 (50.82%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.59%) Red Hat
3 7 (11.48%) MuleSoft
4 4 (6.56%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.28%) Databricks
5 2 (3.28%) Facebook
5 2 (3.28%) YouTube