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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 69 104
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 +21
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 128 117 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.93% 3.59% 2.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.05% 11.27% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53 79 111
10th Percentile £32,500 £44,400 £45,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £53,094 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +21.74% -17.86%
75th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 - £80,000
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 1,273 1,038 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.18% 31.82% 29.88%
Number of salaries quoted 691 544 1,327
10th Percentile £31,375 £31,650 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,000
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 £87,500 £79,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% -7.27%

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 February 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 February 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 +17 103 £45,000 -45.45% 10
Buckinghamshire -9 21 £35,000 -41.67% 4
Oxfordshire +11 4 £71,250 +23.91% 3
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 (9.38%) IIS
2 3 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 69 (53.91%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (46.09%) Azure
2 15 (11.72%) Power Platform
3 13 (10.16%) Azure Logic Apps
4 11 (8.59%) AWS
5 10 (7.81%) SaaS
6 6 (4.69%) GCP
6 6 (4.69%) GitHub
6 6 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.91%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (3.91%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.34%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.78%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.78%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.78%) Miro
9 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (5.47%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.56%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.78%) Metadata
4 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (56.25%) JIRA
2 69 (53.91%) eCATT
3 38 (29.69%) NeoLoad
4 11 (8.59%) Git
5 7 (5.47%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.34%) MLflow
7 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.78%) GitLab
7 1 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 88 (68.75%) Finance
2 69 (53.91%) Manufacturing
2 69 (53.91%) Marketing
3 50 (39.06%) Presentation Skills
4 40 (31.25%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (9.38%) Social Skills
7 3 (2.34%) Retail
8 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (33.59%) Analyst
2 38 (29.69%) Lead
3 37 (28.91%) Senior
4 26 (20.31%) Test Leader
5 21 (16.41%) Test Analyst
6 16 (12.50%) Automation Test Lead
7 15 (11.72%) Developer
8 13 (10.16%) Power Platform Developer
8 13 (10.16%) Software Engineer
9 12 (9.38%) IT Engineer
9 12 (9.38%) IT Support
9 12 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (9.38%) Performance Analyst
9 12 (9.38%) Performance Test Analyst
9 12 (9.38%) Software Support Engineer
9 12 (9.38%) Support Engineer
9 12 (9.38%) Testing Analyst
10 10 (7.81%) Performance Test Leader
11 9 (7.03%) Automation Test Analyst
11 9 (7.03%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.72%) .NET
2 12 (9.38%) .NET Framework
2 12 (9.38%) Entity Framework
2 12 (9.38%) WinForms
3 10 (7.81%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.91%) ARM Templates
5 4 (3.13%) Middleware
6 3 (2.34%) Keras
6 3 (2.34%) scikit-learn
6 3 (2.34%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.56%) React
7 2 (1.56%) RESTful
8 1 (0.78%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.78%) CSS
8 1 (0.78%) CSS3
8 1 (0.78%) HTML5
8 1 (0.78%) REST
8 1 (0.78%) SOAP
8 1 (0.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.16%) Low-Code
2 5 (3.91%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (3.91%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.34%) Life Science
4 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.78%) Social Network
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.38%) Windows
2 10 (7.81%) Linux
3 9 (7.03%) Ubuntu
4 5 (3.91%) VMS
5 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (53.91%) Source to Pay
1 69 (53.91%) Test Management
2 59 (46.09%) DevOps
3 56 (43.75%) ERP
4 54 (42.19%) Roadmaps
5 50 (39.06%) Product Roadmap
5 50 (39.06%) Visualisation
6 48 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (33.59%) Risk Management
8 39 (30.47%) Test Strategy
9 38 (29.69%) Performance Testing
9 38 (29.69%) Requirements Gathering
10 35 (27.34%) Continuous Delivery
11 30 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (21.88%) CI/CD
13 27 (21.09%) Test Automation
14 23 (17.97%) Defect Management
14 23 (17.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 21 (16.41%) Programme Management
16 17 (13.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.88%) C#
2 23 (17.97%) Python
3 20 (15.63%) SQL
4 16 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 15 (11.72%) Bash
6 12 (9.38%) T-SQL
7 5 (3.91%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.78%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Degree
2 13 (10.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.56%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (18.75%) QA
2 3 (2.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (7.03%) Docker
2 5 (3.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 69 (53.91%) HP ALM
2 20 (15.63%) Terraform
3 10 (7.81%) Ansible
4 7 (5.47%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.56%) Grafana
5 2 (1.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (53.91%) HP
1 69 (53.91%) SAP
2 30 (23.44%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.38%) Sage
3 12 (9.38%) Xamarin
4 10 (7.81%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.91%) Databricks
5 5 (3.91%) Google
5 5 (3.91%) Zoho
6 3 (2.34%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow