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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 144 94
Rank change year-on-year +25 -50 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 73 62 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.05% 1.60% 2.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.60% 5.78% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 50 51 79
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,375 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £83,750
South East median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%

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 1,587 1,073 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.91% 27.75% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,165 486 891
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,094 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -2.14%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +7 29 £65,000 -21.21% 32
Oxfordshire -4 24 £57,500 +21.05% 13
Buckinghamshire 0 20 £62,500 -10.71% 16
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 4 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) SAP IBP
1 6 (8.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (100.00%) Azure
2 13 (17.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 11 (15.07%) AWS
4 10 (13.70%) SaaS
5 8 (10.96%) Power Platform
6 7 (9.59%) Azure AI
6 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (9.59%) PaaS
7 6 (8.22%) Azure Key Vault
7 6 (8.22%) GitHub
8 5 (6.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (6.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (5.48%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (4.11%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (4.11%) Azure API Management
10 3 (4.11%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 3 (4.11%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
12 1 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (31.51%) SQL Server
2 20 (27.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (12.33%) MongoDB
4 7 (9.59%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (8.22%) Power BI
6 5 (6.85%) Amazon QuickSight
6 5 (6.85%) DynamoDB
6 5 (6.85%) Metadata
6 5 (6.85%) NoSQL
6 5 (6.85%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (6.85%) Star Schema
7 1 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.37%) GIS
7 1 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.37%) Power Query
7 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (19.18%) JIRA
2 7 (9.59%) Git
3 5 (6.85%) Zephyr
4 2 (2.74%) Selenium
5 1 (1.37%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.37%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.37%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (1.37%) GitLab
5 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (20.55%) Finance
2 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Advertising
5 6 (8.22%) Retail
6 5 (6.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.37%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (31.51%) Developer
2 17 (23.29%) Senior
3 16 (21.92%) .NET Developer
3 16 (21.92%) Azure Engineer
4 13 (17.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (16.44%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (13.70%) Software Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) DevOps Systems Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) Linux Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) Linux/Unix DevOps
8 7 (9.59%) C# Software Engineer
8 7 (9.59%) Lead
9 6 (8.22%) Product Lead
10 5 (6.85%) .NET Software Engineer
10 5 (6.85%) Analyst
10 5 (6.85%) Azure Software Engineer
11 4 (5.48%) C# Developer
11 4 (5.48%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (45.21%) .NET
2 18 (24.66%) ASP.NET
3 14 (19.18%) ASP.NET Core
3 14 (19.18%) Terraform
4 12 (16.44%) .NET Core
5 10 (13.70%) CSS
5 10 (13.70%) Entity Framework
5 10 (13.70%) HTML
6 8 (10.96%) React
7 7 (9.59%) LINQ
8 4 (5.48%) Blazor
8 4 (5.48%) ML.NET
8 4 (5.48%) Node.js
8 4 (5.48%) RESTful
8 4 (5.48%) YAML
9 3 (4.11%) FastAPI
9 3 (4.11%) Middleware
9 3 (4.11%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (4.11%) REST
9 3 (4.11%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Enterprise Software
1 12 (16.44%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.85%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.48%) Social Network
4 3 (4.11%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.74%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (1.37%) Life Science
6 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.33%) Linux
1 9 (12.33%) Ubuntu
2 5 (6.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) DevOps
2 31 (42.47%) Agile
3 28 (38.36%) CI/CD
4 22 (30.14%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (17.81%) Software Engineering
6 12 (16.44%) Scrum
7 11 (15.07%) AI
7 11 (15.07%) Clean Code
7 11 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (15.07%) Data Management
7 11 (15.07%) SDLC
8 9 (12.33%) Data Modelling
8 9 (12.33%) OO
8 9 (12.33%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.96%) Computer Science
9 8 (10.96%) Data Security
9 8 (10.96%) Deployment Automation
9 8 (10.96%) ITSM
10 7 (9.59%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 7 (9.59%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 35 (47.95%) C#
2 27 (36.99%) SQL
3 10 (13.70%) Python
4 9 (12.33%) Bash
5 7 (9.59%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.11%) Bicep
7 3 (4.11%) T-SQL
7 3 (4.11%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.11%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) Degree
2 5 (6.85%) ISTQB
3 4 (5.48%) Azure Certification
3 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) QA
2 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (6.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (16.44%) Ansible
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (41.10%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.33%) Red Hat
3 8 (10.96%) Salesforce
4 7 (9.59%) Facebook
4 7 (9.59%) YouTube
5 6 (8.22%) SAP
6 5 (6.85%) Informatica
6 5 (6.85%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.85%) Talend
7 3 (4.11%) MuleSoft
7 3 (4.11%) OpenAI