Azure Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Azure
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 4 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 344 345 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.64% 20.81% 20.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 56.12% 61.83% 50.06%
Number of salaries quoted 267 190 293
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,125 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -0.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,069 £73,875 £71,250
UK median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 613 558 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 29.66% 33.66% 41.43%
Number of salaries quoted 471 335 571
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £37,101 £36,250 £37,807
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £75,000 £75,000
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Wales

Azure
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Azure in Wales

Azure
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Azure in Wales

Azure
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Wales 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
South Wales +1 261 £50,685 -7.85% 64
West Wales +5 55 £50,000 +33.33% 21
North Wales -5 22 £40,000 -11.11% 10
Mid Wales -9 1 - - 5
Dyfed - 1 £38,000 - 4
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 27 (7.85%) ArcGIS
1 27 (7.85%) GeoServer
2 16 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.49%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.45%) Confluence
5 4 (1.16%) IIS
5 4 (1.16%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.87%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.58%) Apache
7 2 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 119 (34.59%) AWS
2 57 (16.57%) Azure DevOps
3 55 (15.99%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 30 (8.72%) GCP
5 30 (8.72%) SaaS
6 27 (7.85%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.36%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.45%) PaaS
10 5 (1.45%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (1.16%) Azure API Management
11 4 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.16%) OCI
11 4 (1.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.98%) Firewall
2 21 (6.10%) DNS
3 13 (3.78%) Remote Desktop
4 11 (3.20%) Internet
5 9 (2.62%) DHCP
5 9 (2.62%) SAN
5 9 (2.62%) WAN
6 8 (2.33%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.03%) LAN
7 7 (2.03%) Network Security
8 6 (1.74%) BGP
8 6 (1.74%) MPLS
8 6 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.45%) Extranet
9 5 (1.45%) Unified Communications
9 5 (1.45%) VPN
9 5 (1.45%) Wireless
10 4 (1.16%) SSL
11 2 (0.58%) EIGRP
11 2 (0.58%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.41%) SQL Server
2 41 (11.92%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.14%) GIS
4 27 (7.85%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (7.85%) QGIS
5 13 (3.78%) Power BI
6 10 (2.91%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.74%) Big Data
10 6 (1.74%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.45%) MySQL
11 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.16%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.16%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.16%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.98%) Git
2 18 (5.23%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.23%) Selenium
3 17 (4.94%) JIRA
4 12 (3.49%) GitLab
5 11 (3.20%) Postman
6 10 (2.91%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.62%) JMeter
8 8 (2.33%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.45%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.87%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.87%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.58%) DBeaver
11 2 (0.58%) NUnit
11 2 (0.58%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.58%) TestNG
11 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 74 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.73%) Finance
3 22 (6.40%) Games
4 16 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (3.78%) Retail
6 12 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.20%) Marketing
8 10 (2.91%) Banking
8 10 (2.91%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.03%) Law
9 7 (2.03%) Welsh Language
10 6 (1.74%) Legal
10 6 (1.74%) Local Government
10 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.45%) Police
12 4 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.87%) Advertising
13 3 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 96 (27.91%) Developer
2 69 (20.06%) Senior
3 50 (14.53%) Lead
4 37 (10.76%) Architect
5 34 (9.88%) .NET Developer
6 33 (9.59%) Software Engineer
7 25 (7.27%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.81%) C# Developer
9 19 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (4.94%) C# .NET Developer
11 15 (4.36%) Senior Developer
12 13 (3.78%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (3.78%) Desktop Support
12 13 (3.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 13 (3.78%) IT Engineer
12 13 (3.78%) IT Support
13 12 (3.49%) Analyst
13 12 (3.49%) DBA
13 12 (3.49%) Java Developer
14 11 (3.20%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (30.52%) .NET
2 64 (18.60%) .NET Core
3 62 (18.02%) React
4 49 (14.24%) CSS
5 36 (10.47%) AngularJS
6 31 (9.01%) HTML
7 27 (7.85%) Leaflet
7 27 (7.85%) OpenLayers
7 27 (7.85%) PostGIS
8 23 (6.69%) ASP.NET
9 20 (5.81%) HTML5
10 19 (5.52%) RESTful
11 17 (4.94%) ASP.NET Web API
12 16 (4.65%) ASP.NET MVC
12 16 (4.65%) Spring Boot
13 14 (4.07%) REST
14 13 (3.78%) Blazor
14 13 (3.78%) CSS3
14 13 (3.78%) Spring
15 12 (3.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (4.94%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.49%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.91%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.03%) PKI
6 7 (2.03%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.74%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.45%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.45%) Tandem
9 4 (1.16%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.16%) FMCG
9 4 (1.16%) iPad
9 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.16%) Replication
10 3 (0.87%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 65 (18.90%) Windows
2 32 (9.30%) Linux
3 29 (8.43%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.20%) Android
5 7 (2.03%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.74%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.87%) VMS
8 3 (0.87%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) Unix
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (38.08%) Agile
2 114 (33.14%) DevOps
3 55 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (13.66%) Software Engineering
5 46 (13.37%) Full Stack Development
6 44 (12.79%) Actionable Insight
7 42 (12.21%) Migration
8 41 (11.92%) CI/CD
9 39 (11.34%) Scrum
9 39 (11.34%) Test Automation
10 29 (8.43%) Roadmaps
11 28 (8.14%) Web Development
12 27 (7.85%) Software Testing
13 25 (7.27%) Mentoring
14 23 (6.69%) Microservices
15 22 (6.40%) TDD
16 21 (6.10%) Fintech
17 20 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
17 20 (5.81%) Continuous Integration
17 20 (5.81%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.49%) C#
2 92 (26.74%) SQL
3 91 (26.45%) JavaScript
4 36 (10.47%) Python
4 36 (10.47%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.56%) Java
6 10 (2.91%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.03%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.74%) C++
9 4 (1.16%) C
9 4 (1.16%) Groovy
9 4 (1.16%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (14.83%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.08%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.10%) Degree
4 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.62%) CCNA
5 9 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.33%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.87%) CCNP
9 3 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CISSP
10 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.29%) CISM
11 1 (0.29%) CISMP
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.36%) QA
2 8 (2.33%) SLA
3 7 (2.03%) GDPR
4 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (12.21%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.56%) Docker
3 14 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.52%) Terraform
3 18 (5.23%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.20%) Ansible
5 7 (2.03%) Puppet
6 6 (1.74%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.45%) SCCM
7 5 (1.45%) SCOM
8 3 (0.87%) Perfmon
8 3 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.58%) Kibana
9 2 (0.58%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 119 (34.59%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.85%) ESRI
3 19 (5.52%) Oracle
4 16 (4.65%) Google
4 16 (4.65%) VMware
5 12 (3.49%) Cisco
6 10 (2.91%) Veeam
7 7 (2.03%) Meraki
8 6 (1.74%) Citrix
8 6 (1.74%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.74%) OutSystems
8 6 (1.74%) Xamarin
9 5 (1.45%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.45%) HP
9 5 (1.45%) NetApp
10 4 (1.16%) Sparx
11 3 (0.87%) Databricks
11 3 (0.87%) IBM
11 3 (0.87%) Okta
11 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow