Azure Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 986 1,191 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.87% 20.90% 18.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.35% 55.29% 49.17%
Number of salaries quoted 761 763 826
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £103,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,497
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.70% +6.36%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,998 2,154 2,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.10% 37.80% 37.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,484 1,420 1,738
10th Percentile £30,413 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% +4.76%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -4 456 £52,500 -19.23% 55
Buckinghamshire -4 272 £50,000 -4.76% 64
Oxfordshire -1 258 £52,500 -4.55% 33
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 120 (12.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (7.40%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.45%) IIS
4 29 (2.94%) ArcGIS
4 29 (2.94%) GeoServer
5 25 (2.54%) OpenStack
6 24 (2.43%) CMS
6 24 (2.43%) Headless CMS
6 24 (2.43%) Kentico
7 19 (1.93%) Exchange Server 2010
7 19 (1.93%) Sitecore CMS
7 19 (1.93%) Umbraco
8 13 (1.32%) Confluence
9 7 (0.71%) WordPress
10 6 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.61%) nginx
11 5 (0.51%) Apache
12 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.30%) Trello
4 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 27 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.10%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 295 (29.92%) Microsoft 365
2 264 (26.77%) AWS
3 162 (16.43%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (12.17%) Power Platform
5 102 (10.34%) Entra ID
6 77 (7.81%) GCP
7 53 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
8 48 (4.87%) Azure Monitor
9 35 (3.55%) SaaS
10 31 (3.14%) OneDrive
11 29 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
12 28 (2.84%) PowerApps
13 26 (2.64%) Azure Storage
14 24 (2.43%) Serverless
15 23 (2.33%) Power Automate
16 21 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
16 21 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (1.93%) GitHub
17 19 (1.93%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 149 (15.11%) Firewall
2 119 (12.07%) DNS
3 70 (7.10%) DHCP
4 58 (5.88%) VPN
5 33 (3.35%) SAN
6 31 (3.14%) WAN
7 27 (2.74%) Wireless
8 26 (2.64%) TCP/IP
9 24 (2.43%) Internet
10 23 (2.33%) Network Security
11 22 (2.23%) LAN
12 20 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
13 16 (1.62%) NAS
13 16 (1.62%) VLAN
14 14 (1.42%) VoIP
14 14 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (1.01%) BGP
15 10 (1.01%) DKIM
15 10 (1.01%) DMARC
15 10 (1.01%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 82 (8.32%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (8.22%) Power BI
4 66 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
5 41 (4.16%) BigQuery
5 41 (4.16%) Data Lake
6 40 (4.06%) Looker
7 35 (3.55%) Relational Database
8 34 (3.45%) NoSQL
9 31 (3.14%) GIS
10 29 (2.94%) QGIS
11 28 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
13 20 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (2.03%) MySQL
14 18 (1.83%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 12 (1.22%) Power Query
18 10 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 63 (6.39%) Git
2 44 (4.46%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.96%) JIRA
4 25 (2.54%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.33%) NUnit
6 14 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.42%) Selenium
7 13 (1.32%) GitLab
8 9 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.91%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.61%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.51%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.51%) MSTest
10 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.30%) Postman
12 1 (0.10%) JMeter
12 1 (0.10%) JUnit
12 1 (0.10%) Maven
12 1 (0.10%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 236 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (6.49%) Finance
4 48 (4.87%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.77%) Retail
6 38 (3.85%) Legal
7 37 (3.75%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.35%) Billing
9 26 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.33%) Marketing
11 21 (2.13%) Law
12 18 (1.83%) Back Office
12 18 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.52%) Health Technology
13 15 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.22%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.81%) Games
17 8 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 258 (26.17%) Developer
2 138 (14.00%) Senior
3 97 (9.84%) .NET Developer
4 88 (8.92%) Architect
5 82 (8.32%) Analyst
6 81 (8.22%) Lead
7 73 (7.40%) Senior Developer
8 68 (6.90%) Software Engineer
9 67 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (5.98%) Support Engineer
11 53 (5.38%) C# Developer
12 47 (4.77%) C# .NET Developer
13 44 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
14 42 (4.26%) IT Support
15 40 (4.06%) Full Stack Developer
16 38 (3.85%) Senior .NET Developer
17 35 (3.55%) IT Analyst
18 34 (3.45%) Active Directory Specialist
18 34 (3.45%) Azure Specialist
19 33 (3.35%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (23.53%) .NET
2 129 (13.08%) .NET Core
3 115 (11.66%) React
4 88 (8.92%) CSS
5 86 (8.72%) ASP.NET
6 68 (6.90%) .NET Framework
7 67 (6.80%) AngularJS
8 58 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
9 56 (5.68%) HTML
10 45 (4.56%) Node.js
11 43 (4.36%) Entity Framework
12 34 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
13 32 (3.25%) Web Services
14 31 (3.14%) RESTful
15 29 (2.94%) Leaflet
15 29 (2.94%) OpenLayers
15 29 (2.94%) PostGIS
16 28 (2.84%) JSON
17 25 (2.54%) Spring Boot
17 25 (2.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.06%) PKI
4 36 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.13%) Driving Licence
7 18 (1.83%) Client/Server
7 18 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.62%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.52%) Smartphone
10 14 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.32%) Replication
11 13 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 220 (22.31%) Windows
2 130 (13.18%) Linux
2 130 (13.18%) Windows Server
3 85 (8.62%) Windows 10
4 50 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (4.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (2.13%) Android
8 19 (1.93%) Apple iOS
9 16 (1.62%) Ubuntu
9 16 (1.62%) Windows XP
10 12 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (1.12%) CentOS
12 9 (0.91%) VMS
13 5 (0.51%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.41%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.41%) Rocky
14 4 (0.41%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (32.86%) DevOps
2 306 (31.03%) Agile
3 176 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (13.39%) CI/CD
5 123 (12.47%) Full Stack Development
6 102 (10.34%) Scrum
7 94 (9.53%) Software Engineering
8 88 (8.92%) Microservices
8 88 (8.92%) MVC
9 84 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 83 (8.42%) Analytics
10 83 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
10 83 (8.42%) ITIL
11 79 (8.01%) Mentoring
12 76 (7.71%) Project Management
13 72 (7.30%) CRM
14 71 (7.20%) Web Development
15 65 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
16 63 (6.39%) TDD
17 62 (6.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 240 (24.34%) C#
2 208 (21.10%) JavaScript
3 188 (19.07%) SQL
4 132 (13.39%) Python
5 77 (7.81%) PowerShell
6 68 (6.90%) Java
7 59 (5.98%) TypeScript
8 31 (3.14%) Bash
8 31 (3.14%) T-SQL
9 23 (2.33%) VB
9 23 (2.33%) VBScript
10 20 (2.03%) Bicep
11 17 (1.72%) Kotlin
12 11 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.12%) Go
13 10 (1.01%) VB.NET
14 8 (0.81%) Ruby
15 7 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.61%) R
17 5 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 182 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 132 (13.39%) Degree
3 130 (13.18%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.27%) DV Cleared
5 50 (5.07%) Azure Certification
6 47 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (3.45%) CCNA
9 31 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.74%) CISSP
11 25 (2.54%) AWS Certification
12 21 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (2.13%) DBS Check
12 21 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 16 (1.62%) CTC Cleared
14 14 (1.42%) CCNP
15 13 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (1.22%) MCP
17 11 (1.12%) MCSE
18 7 (0.71%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.69%) QA
2 27 (2.74%) GDPR
3 26 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.54%) SLA
5 21 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (1.22%) NIST
8 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 219 (22.21%) Active Directory
2 79 (8.01%) Docker
3 75 (7.61%) Hyper-V
4 52 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 31 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.71%) vSphere
9 5 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.30%) XenApp
10 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.20%) Firmware
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (8.92%) Kubernetes
3 53 (5.38%) Terraform
4 46 (4.67%) Ansible
5 45 (4.56%) SCCM
6 39 (3.96%) SCOM
7 31 (3.14%) WSUS
8 30 (3.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 18 (1.83%) vCenter Server
10 16 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (1.32%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.81%) CASB
13 7 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.61%) Puppet
15 5 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.51%) Suricata
16 3 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.30%) Nagios
16 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 495 (50.20%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.36%) VMware
3 67 (6.80%) Google
4 51 (5.17%) Cisco
5 37 (3.75%) Oracle
6 30 (3.04%) Citrix
7 29 (2.94%) ESRI
8 28 (2.84%) Juniper
9 26 (2.64%) HP
9 26 (2.64%) Veeam
10 22 (2.23%) Dell
10 22 (2.23%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.93%) EMC
11 19 (1.93%) Optimizely
11 19 (1.93%) Sitecore
12 16 (1.62%) Databricks
13 15 (1.52%) Aruba
14 14 (1.42%) Apple
14 14 (1.42%) Splunk
14 14 (1.42%) WSO2