Azure Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 815 879 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.14% 19.23% 18.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.82% 53.79% 52.27%
Number of salaries quoted 464 427 610
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,916
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £71,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,930 1,634 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.64% 35.75% 34.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 900 1,309
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,563 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Scotland.

Salary trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -43 411 £50,000 -9.09% 53
Edinburgh +2 285 £65,000 +8.33% 67
Aberdeen +10 36 £50,000 -9.09% 15
Dundee +6 20 £51,250 +27.33% 4
Lanarkshire 0 14 £45,500 -13.33% 20
Aberdeenshire +14 7 £28,500 -29.19% 5
Dumfries and Galloway - 7 £40,000 - 2
Fife -8 5 £33,000 +10.00%
North Lanarkshire -6 3 £45,000 +20.35%
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Midlothian -2 2 - - 13
Stirling - 2 £45,500 -
West Dunbartonshire -2 1 £27,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 -
Highlands - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 £60,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 60 (7.36%) ArcGIS
1 60 (7.36%) GeoServer
2 31 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (2.09%) Cloud Foundry
5 16 (1.96%) IIS
6 10 (1.23%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.98%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.74%) Captiva
8 6 (0.74%) FileNet
8 6 (0.74%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.61%) Confluence
10 4 (0.49%) Apache
10 4 (0.49%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.37%) CMS
12 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 409 (50.18%) AWS
2 195 (23.93%) GCP
3 153 (18.77%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (8.83%) Entra ID
5 69 (8.47%) Power Platform
6 63 (7.73%) SaaS
7 56 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.15%) PaaS
9 39 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
10 37 (4.54%) IaaS
11 22 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (2.70%) GitHub
12 16 (1.96%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (1.84%) Datadog
14 13 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (1.35%) Serverless
16 10 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (1.23%) OpenShift
17 9 (1.10%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 49 (6.01%) WAN
2 42 (5.15%) Firewall
3 33 (4.05%) DNS
4 22 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.45%) Internet
5 20 (2.45%) VPN
6 19 (2.33%) Kerberos
7 17 (2.09%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.84%) LAN
9 14 (1.72%) VLAN
10 12 (1.47%) NetScaler
11 11 (1.35%) BGP
11 11 (1.35%) Wireless
12 10 (1.23%) Broadband
13 8 (0.98%) DHCP
13 8 (0.98%) DKIM
13 8 (0.98%) DMARC
13 8 (0.98%) SSL
13 8 (0.98%) VoIP
14 7 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (13.25%) SQL Server
2 73 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (7.48%) GIS
4 60 (7.36%) Power BI
4 60 (7.36%) QGIS
5 59 (7.24%) Data Lake
6 45 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
7 39 (4.79%) Qlik Sense
8 36 (4.42%) NoSQL
9 30 (3.68%) Relational Database
10 29 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.58%) Big Data
12 17 (2.09%) Amazon Aurora
12 17 (2.09%) CockroachDB
13 14 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 12 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (1.35%) Oracle Database
16 10 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (1.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (4.91%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.56%) JIRA
3 22 (2.70%) Git
4 15 (1.84%) GitLab
5 12 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.23%) Selenium
7 9 (1.10%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.74%) Maven
10 5 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.49%) Snyk
11 4 (0.49%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.37%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.25%) Gradle
13 2 (0.25%) Postman
13 2 (0.25%) webpack
14 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 244 (29.94%) Finance
2 186 (22.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 151 (18.53%) Law
4 141 (17.30%) Social Skills
5 72 (8.83%) Banking
6 71 (8.71%) Marketing
7 55 (6.75%) Legal
8 43 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (2.82%) Investment Banking
11 22 (2.70%) Games
11 22 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.96%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.35%) Billing
14 10 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.74%) Police
15 6 (0.74%) Retail
16 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.37%) Private Banking
18 2 (0.25%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 222 (27.24%) Senior
2 204 (25.03%) Software Engineer
3 154 (18.90%) Lead
4 121 (14.85%) Developer
5 102 (12.52%) Senior Software Engineer
6 95 (11.66%) Architect
7 65 (7.98%) Data Engineer
8 59 (7.24%) Analyst
9 56 (6.87%) Lead Software Engineer
10 51 (6.26%) Cloud Engineer
11 47 (5.77%) Java Engineer
11 47 (5.77%) Java Software Engineer
12 45 (5.52%) .NET Developer
13 40 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (4.91%) Lead Java Engineer
14 36 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
14 36 (4.42%) Cloud Architect
15 34 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
16 33 (4.05%) Senior Developer
17 31 (3.80%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.94%) .NET
2 99 (12.15%) .NET Core
3 94 (11.53%) React
4 88 (10.80%) CSS
5 68 (8.34%) AngularJS
6 60 (7.36%) Leaflet
6 60 (7.36%) OpenLayers
6 60 (7.36%) PostGIS
7 47 (5.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 43 (5.28%) .NET Framework
8 43 (5.28%) ASP.NET
8 43 (5.28%) Spring
9 42 (5.15%) PySpark
9 42 (5.15%) Spring Boot
10 36 (4.42%) Entity Framework
10 36 (4.42%) HTML
11 33 (4.05%) Kafka
11 33 (4.05%) REST
12 28 (3.44%) ASP.NET MVC
12 28 (3.44%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 157 (19.26%) Public Cloud
2 69 (8.47%) Algorithms
3 60 (7.36%) Onboarding
4 56 (6.87%) Cloud Native
5 24 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 20 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 19 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.96%) Social Media
10 15 (1.84%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.72%) Clustering
11 14 (1.72%) PKI
11 14 (1.72%) Product Ownership
12 13 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.60%) Replication
13 11 (1.35%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.10%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 111 (13.62%) Windows
2 82 (10.06%) Linux
3 68 (8.34%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.82%) Unix
5 17 (2.09%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.35%) VMS
7 9 (1.10%) Android
8 8 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.49%) CentOS
11 4 (0.49%) Mesosphere
12 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (41.47%) Agile
2 251 (30.80%) Software Engineering
3 219 (26.87%) DevOps
4 147 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
5 146 (17.91%) CI/CD
5 146 (17.91%) SDLC
6 115 (14.11%) Operational Stability
7 113 (13.87%) Artificial Intelligence
8 107 (13.13%) Machine Learning
9 101 (12.39%) Actionable Insight
10 85 (10.43%) Mentoring
11 78 (9.57%) Community of Practice
12 75 (9.20%) Decision-Making
13 74 (9.08%) Web Development
14 70 (8.59%) Migration
15 65 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (7.98%) OO
16 64 (7.85%) Microservices
17 62 (7.61%) Client Onboarding
17 62 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 171 (20.98%) Python
2 168 (20.61%) C#
2 168 (20.61%) Java
3 161 (19.75%) SQL
4 123 (15.09%) JavaScript
5 45 (5.52%) PowerShell
6 32 (3.93%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.33%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.21%) Bash
9 9 (1.10%) Groovy
10 5 (0.61%) C++
10 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.61%) Go
10 5 (0.61%) Perl
10 5 (0.61%) PHP
11 4 (0.49%) R
11 4 (0.49%) Ruby
11 4 (0.49%) Scala
12 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.25%) C
Qualifications
1 98 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 84 (10.31%) SC Cleared
3 72 (8.83%) Degree
4 37 (4.54%) Azure Certification
5 33 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (2.58%) AWS Certification
7 21 (2.58%) CCNA
8 19 (2.33%) DBS Check
9 17 (2.09%) CISSP
9 17 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.84%) CISM
11 12 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.98%) MCSE
13 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.74%) HND
13 6 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.61%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.66%) QA
2 19 (2.33%) GDPR
3 18 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.72%) NIST
5 11 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.61%) ISO 22301
8 4 (0.49%) SLA
8 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 95 (11.66%) Active Directory
2 66 (8.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (7.73%) Docker
4 29 (3.56%) Hyper-V
5 27 (3.31%) VMware NSX
6 20 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.74%) XenDesktop
8 4 (0.49%) vSphere
9 2 (0.25%) KVM
9 2 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 103 (12.64%) Kubernetes
1 103 (12.64%) Terraform
2 50 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (5.15%) Ansible
4 19 (2.33%) Grafana
4 19 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.60%) FortiGate
5 13 (1.60%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.98%) CASB
7 7 (0.86%) Puppet
8 6 (0.74%) SCCM
8 6 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.49%) Istio
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Nessus
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 249 (30.55%) Microsoft
2 95 (11.66%) VMware
3 87 (10.67%) Google
4 60 (7.36%) ESRI
5 39 (4.79%) Alteryx
6 33 (4.05%) Cisco
7 25 (3.07%) Oracle
8 17 (2.09%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.96%) Databricks
9 16 (1.96%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.84%) Citrix
10 15 (1.84%) Splunk
11 14 (1.72%) NetApp
12 13 (1.60%) IBM
12 13 (1.60%) Veeam
13 11 (1.35%) Sophos
14 10 (1.23%) Meraki
15 8 (0.98%) Sparx
16 7 (0.86%) Apple
16 7 (0.86%) EMC