Azure Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 3 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,998 1,765 2,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.30% 20.63% 19.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.91% 54.34% 52.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 1,086 1,671
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,085 3,248 4,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.27% 37.97% 37.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,293 2,068 3,055
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,600 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +1 1,183 £55,000 - 243
East Midlands +2 811 £47,500 -9.52% 148
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 194 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 131 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 75 (3.75%) IIS
4 30 (1.50%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.40%) ArcGIS
6 15 (0.75%) Apache
7 11 (0.55%) Confluence
8 10 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.30%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.20%) CMS
10 4 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 2 (0.10%) Liferay
12 2 (0.10%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 96 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.10%) CATIA
6 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.10%) Trello
7 1 (0.050%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 34 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.10%) Shopify
5 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.050%) Magento
6 1 (0.050%) Maximo
6 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 496 (24.82%) Microsoft 365
2 469 (23.47%) AWS
3 258 (12.91%) Azure DevOps
4 246 (12.31%) Entra ID
5 233 (11.66%) Power Platform
6 127 (6.36%) GCP
7 117 (5.86%) SaaS
8 73 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 73 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
9 72 (3.60%) PaaS
10 71 (3.55%) IBM Cloud
11 66 (3.30%) IaaS
12 54 (2.70%) PowerApps
13 50 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 45 (2.25%) GitHub
15 40 (2.00%) Serverless
16 38 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
17 37 (1.85%) OneDrive
17 37 (1.85%) Snowflake
18 29 (1.45%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 283 (14.16%) Firewall
2 184 (9.21%) DNS
3 136 (6.81%) DHCP
4 121 (6.06%) WAN
5 95 (4.75%) VPN
6 93 (4.65%) TCP/IP
7 91 (4.55%) SAN
8 76 (3.80%) LAN
9 63 (3.15%) VLAN
9 63 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
10 49 (2.45%) Wireless
11 47 (2.35%) SD-WAN
12 41 (2.05%) Network Security
13 31 (1.55%) Internet
14 21 (1.05%) MPLS
15 18 (0.90%) PBX
15 18 (0.90%) WLAN
16 15 (0.75%) Broadband
17 14 (0.70%) SSL
18 13 (0.65%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 413 (20.67%) SQL Server
2 188 (9.41%) Power BI
3 157 (7.86%) Data Warehouse
4 131 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
5 115 (5.76%) NoSQL
6 111 (5.56%) MongoDB
7 93 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 76 (3.80%) DB2
9 61 (3.05%) Data Lake
10 46 (2.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 45 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
11 45 (2.25%) Relational Database
12 44 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 40 (2.00%) Tableau
14 35 (1.75%) BigQuery
14 35 (1.75%) Looker
15 33 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
16 30 (1.50%) GIS
17 29 (1.45%) MySQL
18 28 (1.40%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 114 (5.71%) Git
2 36 (1.80%) Visual Studio
3 30 (1.50%) JIRA
4 28 (1.40%) GitLab
5 24 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 17 (0.85%) Postman
7 13 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 11 (0.55%) Jasmine
8 11 (0.55%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.55%) Karma Test Runner
9 10 (0.50%) MSTest
10 9 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
10 9 (0.45%) SoapUI
11 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.35%) NUnit
13 6 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.30%) JMeter
13 6 (0.30%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 433 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 187 (9.36%) Finance
3 136 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 104 (5.21%) Retail
6 100 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (3.90%) Law
8 73 (3.65%) Manufacturing
9 51 (2.55%) Telecoms
10 32 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (1.40%) Marketing
12 27 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.20%) Legal
14 20 (1.00%) Advertising
15 19 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (0.85%) Automotive
17 14 (0.70%) Local Government
18 12 (0.60%) Banking
19 10 (0.50%) Digital Healthcare
19 10 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 451 (22.57%) Developer
2 305 (15.27%) Senior
3 200 (10.01%) .NET Developer
4 169 (8.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 156 (7.81%) Architect
6 147 (7.36%) Azure Engineer
7 138 (6.91%) Support Engineer
8 133 (6.66%) IT Engineer
9 123 (6.16%) IT Support
10 115 (5.76%) Analyst
11 113 (5.66%) Software Engineer
12 100 (5.01%) Lead
13 81 (4.05%) Senior Developer
14 78 (3.90%) Full Stack Engineer
15 77 (3.85%) Data Engineer
16 71 (3.55%) Network Engineer
17 70 (3.50%) Administrator
17 70 (3.50%) C# Developer
18 69 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
19 64 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 540 (27.03%) .NET
2 254 (12.71%) AngularJS
3 251 (12.56%) ASP.NET
4 246 (12.31%) React
5 219 (10.96%) .NET Core
6 216 (10.81%) HTML
7 192 (9.61%) CSS
8 156 (7.81%) REST
9 152 (7.61%) Vue
10 128 (6.41%) ASP.NET Web API
11 124 (6.21%) .NET Framework
12 118 (5.91%) RESTful
12 118 (5.91%) Web Services
13 108 (5.41%) ASP.NET MVC
14 104 (5.21%) Entity Framework
15 95 (4.75%) jQuery
16 89 (4.45%) ASP.NET Core
17 85 (4.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 71 (3.55%) Backbone.js
18 71 (3.55%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.11%) Data Structures
2 94 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 87 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 76 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (3.55%) Blockchain
5 71 (3.55%) e-Learning
6 70 (3.50%) Data Centre
7 66 (3.30%) Management Information System
8 65 (3.25%) Public Cloud
9 60 (3.00%) Cloud Native
10 55 (2.75%) Product Ownership
11 53 (2.65%) Clustering
12 44 (2.20%) Replication
13 43 (2.15%) Driving Licence
14 36 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
15 34 (1.70%) Onboarding
16 29 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (1.30%) IoT
17 26 (1.30%) Private Cloud
18 25 (1.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 523 (26.18%) Windows
2 257 (12.86%) Windows Server
3 186 (9.31%) Linux
4 94 (4.70%) Android
5 89 (4.45%) Apple iOS
6 71 (3.55%) Windows 10
7 55 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 51 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 44 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (1.05%) VMS
11 19 (0.95%) Ubuntu
12 15 (0.75%) Unix
13 12 (0.60%) Debian
13 12 (0.60%) Mac OS
14 10 (0.50%) CentOS
15 9 (0.45%) SUSE
16 8 (0.40%) Solaris
17 7 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.30%) Mac OS X
19 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (30.43%) Agile
2 501 (25.08%) DevOps
3 318 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
4 283 (14.16%) Full Stack Development
5 236 (11.81%) Mentoring
5 236 (11.81%) MVC
6 217 (10.86%) CI/CD
7 205 (10.26%) Software Engineering
8 197 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
9 194 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 160 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
11 158 (7.91%) ETL
11 158 (7.91%) Microservices
12 156 (7.81%) Scrum
13 146 (7.31%) Artificial Intelligence
14 134 (6.71%) ITIL
15 130 (6.51%) Migration
16 129 (6.46%) Data Modelling
16 129 (6.46%) Web Development
17 122 (6.11%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 560 (28.03%) SQL
2 556 (27.83%) C#
3 400 (20.02%) JavaScript
4 165 (8.26%) Python
5 155 (7.76%) PowerShell
6 132 (6.61%) TypeScript
7 109 (5.46%) T-SQL
8 55 (2.75%) Java
9 34 (1.70%) Bash
10 26 (1.30%) Bicep
11 24 (1.20%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.15%) VB
13 19 (0.95%) C++
14 15 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.70%) C
16 13 (0.65%) XAML
17 11 (0.55%) VB6
18 10 (0.50%) Go
19 6 (0.30%) Ruby
20 4 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 196 (9.81%) Degree
2 154 (7.71%) Security Cleared
3 118 (5.91%) SC Cleared
4 105 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 91 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 62 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
7 54 (2.70%) CCNA
8 49 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.80%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.55%) CCNP
11 27 (1.35%) MCSE
12 18 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 16 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (0.80%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.70%) A+ Certification
16 13 (0.65%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (0.60%) ISTQB
18 11 (0.55%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (5.71%) QA
2 56 (2.80%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.35%) GDPR
4 30 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 30 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.35%) SLA
6 13 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 12 (0.60%) NCSC
8 9 (0.45%) NIST
9 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.35%) PMO
11 6 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.15%) GRC
12 3 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.050%) COBIT
13 1 (0.050%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.050%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.050%) Solvency II
System Software
1 389 (19.47%) Active Directory
2 204 (10.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 177 (8.86%) Hyper-V
4 117 (5.86%) Docker
5 40 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (1.00%) vSphere
8 16 (0.80%) VMware NSX
9 15 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.40%) pfSense
11 7 (0.35%) XenApp
11 7 (0.35%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.25%) Firmware
12 5 (0.25%) NFS
13 4 (0.20%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
14 3 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 173 (8.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 128 (6.41%) Terraform
3 93 (4.65%) Kubernetes
4 53 (2.65%) SCCM
5 37 (1.85%) Ansible
6 18 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
8 11 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
8 11 (0.55%) vCenter Server
9 10 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.40%) Grafana
10 8 (0.40%) WSUS
11 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
11 7 (0.35%) SCOM
12 6 (0.30%) SmoothWall
13 5 (0.25%) Autotask
14 4 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.20%) AirWatch
14 4 (0.20%) SCOrch
14 4 (0.20%) vMotion
Vendors
1 877 (43.89%) Microsoft
2 286 (14.31%) VMware
3 123 (6.16%) Cisco
4 108 (5.41%) Veeam
5 78 (3.90%) IBM
6 73 (3.65%) Red Hat
7 71 (3.55%) Databricks
8 65 (3.25%) Google
9 61 (3.05%) Citrix
10 42 (2.10%) Meraki
11 41 (2.05%) HP
12 32 (1.60%) Sophos
13 31 (1.55%) Aruba
14 30 (1.50%) Dell
15 28 (1.40%) ESRI
15 28 (1.40%) Oracle
16 24 (1.20%) Fortinet
17 21 (1.05%) CheckPoint
17 21 (1.05%) Facebook
18 20 (1.00%) Acronis