Azure Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,656 1,770 2,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.61% 22.91% 22.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.82% 53.82% 52.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,284 900 1,146
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,392 3,289 4,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.02% 42.57% 42.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,657 1,894 2,629
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the North West

Azure
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester -1 998 £60,000 +3.45% 241
Merseyside +3 257 £55,000 +25.71% 41
Cheshire -2 204 £46,000 -16.36% 72
Lancashire 0 155 £52,500 +12.78% 40
Cumbria +7 37 £45,000 - 4
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 85 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 76 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.44%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.44%) GeoServer
4 28 (1.69%) IIS
5 18 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.91%) CMS
7 14 (0.85%) Apache
7 14 (0.85%) Confluence
8 8 (0.48%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.48%) WebLogic
9 7 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.18%) Captiva
11 3 (0.18%) FileNet
11 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 32 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.12%) Sketch
5 1 (0.060%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 40 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.30%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.30%) SAP PP
4 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.060%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.060%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 491 (29.65%) AWS
2 318 (19.20%) Microsoft 365
3 276 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 191 (11.53%) Power Platform
5 166 (10.02%) GCP
6 106 (6.40%) Entra ID
7 99 (5.98%) SaaS
8 89 (5.37%) Serverless
9 80 (4.83%) IBM Cloud
10 65 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
11 62 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 59 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
13 58 (3.50%) Azure Functions
14 55 (3.32%) Azure Service Bus
15 51 (3.08%) PaaS
16 49 (2.96%) GitHub
17 47 (2.84%) Azure API Management
18 45 (2.72%) IaaS
19 34 (2.05%) Power Automate
20 32 (1.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 114 (6.88%) DNS
2 113 (6.82%) Firewall
3 91 (5.50%) WAN
4 71 (4.29%) DHCP
5 65 (3.93%) LAN
6 38 (2.29%) SD-WAN
7 37 (2.23%) Internet
8 35 (2.11%) VPN
9 30 (1.81%) TCP/IP
10 27 (1.63%) SSL
11 26 (1.57%) SAN
12 25 (1.51%) Network Security
13 22 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (1.21%) BGP
15 18 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.97%) Wireless
16 16 (0.97%) WLAN
17 13 (0.79%) VoIP
18 12 (0.72%) Broadband
18 12 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (20.47%) SQL Server
2 169 (10.21%) PostgreSQL
3 136 (8.21%) Data Warehouse
4 120 (7.25%) MongoDB
5 117 (7.07%) Power BI
6 111 (6.70%) NoSQL
7 90 (5.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (5.07%) DB2
9 73 (4.41%) Relational Database
10 67 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.44%) GIS
11 57 (3.44%) QGIS
12 52 (3.14%) Data Lake
13 51 (3.08%) Data Vault
14 41 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
15 40 (2.42%) MySQL
16 34 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 31 (1.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 27 (1.63%) Delta Lake
19 26 (1.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 102 (6.16%) Git
2 84 (5.07%) JIRA
3 61 (3.68%) GitLab
4 28 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 27 (1.63%) Visual Studio
6 15 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (0.85%) Selenium
8 13 (0.79%) Jasmine
9 12 (0.72%) Postman
10 11 (0.66%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.66%) Karma Test Runner
11 7 (0.42%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.30%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.30%) NUnit
13 5 (0.30%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.24%) CMake
14 4 (0.24%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.24%) GCC
14 4 (0.24%) GDB
General
1 296 (17.87%) Social Skills
2 214 (12.92%) Finance
3 156 (9.42%) Public Sector
4 87 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (4.71%) Retail
6 65 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.08%) Legal
8 36 (2.17%) Law
9 33 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (1.87%) Advertising
11 30 (1.81%) Manufacturing
12 29 (1.75%) Marketing
13 28 (1.69%) Aerospace
14 25 (1.51%) Banking
15 22 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.03%) Games
17 15 (0.91%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.72%) Automotive
19 9 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
20 8 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 439 (26.51%) Developer
2 270 (16.30%) Senior
3 194 (11.71%) .NET Developer
4 181 (10.93%) Lead
5 173 (10.45%) Architect
6 157 (9.48%) Software Engineer
7 112 (6.76%) Data Engineer
8 110 (6.64%) Azure Engineer
9 99 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 90 (5.43%) Analyst
11 68 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 68 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
12 66 (3.99%) Full Stack Developer
12 66 (3.99%) Senior Developer
13 65 (3.93%) Azure Developer
14 64 (3.86%) C# Developer
15 61 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
16 56 (3.38%) Full Stack Engineer
17 53 (3.20%) Consultant
18 45 (2.72%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 500 (30.19%) .NET
2 280 (16.91%) React
3 270 (16.30%) CSS
4 245 (14.79%) HTML
5 234 (14.13%) AngularJS
6 230 (13.89%) ASP.NET
7 204 (12.32%) .NET Core
8 138 (8.33%) REST
9 129 (7.79%) Node.js
10 123 (7.43%) Vue
11 121 (7.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 117 (7.07%) .NET Framework
13 110 (6.64%) Web Services
14 109 (6.58%) Entity Framework
15 107 (6.46%) ASP.NET MVC
16 105 (6.34%) jQuery
17 91 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
18 83 (5.01%) ASP.NET Core
19 78 (4.71%) Backbone.js
19 78 (4.71%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.09%) Data Structures
2 116 (7.00%) Public Cloud
3 106 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 90 (5.43%) Algorithms
5 84 (5.07%) Blockchain
6 63 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 55 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
8 43 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 43 (2.60%) Reinsurance
8 43 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.23%) e-Learning
10 27 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 24 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.33%) FMCG
12 22 (1.33%) PKI
13 20 (1.21%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.03%) Blog
14 17 (1.03%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.03%) Onboarding
15 16 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 289 (17.45%) Windows
2 197 (11.90%) Linux
3 103 (6.22%) Android
4 93 (5.62%) Apple iOS
4 93 (5.62%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.39%) Ubuntu
5 23 (1.39%) VMS
6 22 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 21 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (0.97%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.85%) Unix
12 11 (0.66%) CentOS
12 11 (0.66%) Debian
13 9 (0.54%) Windows Phone
14 6 (0.36%) Windows Vista
15 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (39.13%) Agile
2 499 (30.13%) DevOps
3 286 (17.27%) Full Stack Development
4 242 (14.61%) Software Engineering
5 216 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 214 (12.92%) MVC
7 212 (12.80%) Mentoring
8 193 (11.65%) CI/CD
9 171 (10.33%) Scrum
10 169 (10.21%) Web Development
11 167 (10.08%) Microservices
12 164 (9.90%) Migration
13 157 (9.48%) Artificial Intelligence
14 155 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 146 (8.82%) ETL
16 140 (8.45%) ITIL
17 138 (8.33%) Design Patterns
18 134 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
19 130 (7.85%) OO
20 127 (7.67%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 496 (29.95%) C#
2 494 (29.83%) SQL
3 434 (26.21%) JavaScript
4 257 (15.52%) Python
5 127 (7.67%) TypeScript
6 126 (7.61%) PowerShell
7 120 (7.25%) Java
8 90 (5.43%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.45%) Bash
9 24 (1.45%) VB.NET
10 20 (1.21%) Go
11 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.79%) C++
12 13 (0.79%) PHP
12 13 (0.79%) VB
13 11 (0.66%) VB6
14 9 (0.54%) Bicep
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.30%) R
16 5 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 131 (7.91%) Degree
3 110 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 84 (5.07%) Azure Certification
5 76 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (3.44%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.93%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.75%) CISSP
10 26 (1.57%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.33%) Master's Degree
13 21 (1.27%) CCNA
14 18 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.03%) CISM
16 15 (0.91%) CCSK
16 15 (0.91%) CCSP
17 14 (0.85%) CCNP
17 14 (0.85%) PMI Certification
18 13 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 47 (2.84%) QA
3 39 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.23%) GDPR
5 28 (1.69%) NIST
6 24 (1.45%) SLA
7 16 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) NCSC
12 1 (0.060%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.060%) PMO
12 1 (0.060%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 241 (14.55%) Active Directory
2 101 (6.10%) Docker
3 92 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 70 (4.23%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.85%) Terminal Services
7 13 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.36%) vSphere
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.060%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.060%) Firmware
12 1 (0.060%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.060%) RACF
12 1 (0.060%) Snort
12 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 136 (8.21%) Terraform
2 132 (7.97%) Kubernetes
3 88 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (3.44%) Ansible
5 29 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.03%) Puppet
8 15 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.72%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.72%) VxRail
9 12 (0.72%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.60%) CASB
11 9 (0.54%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.30%) Nessus
13 5 (0.30%) SCCM
13 5 (0.30%) WSUS
14 4 (0.24%) Autotask
14 4 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 634 (38.29%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.03%) VMware
3 96 (5.80%) IBM
4 91 (5.50%) Google
4 91 (5.50%) Red Hat
5 80 (4.83%) Oracle
6 61 (3.68%) Databricks
7 57 (3.44%) Cisco
7 57 (3.44%) ESRI
8 49 (2.96%) Informatica
9 45 (2.72%) Citrix
10 39 (2.36%) Veeam
11 27 (1.63%) Fortinet
12 21 (1.27%) SolarWinds
13 17 (1.03%) NetApp
13 17 (1.03%) ServiceNow
14 16 (0.97%) Apple
14 16 (0.97%) Facebook
15 15 (0.91%) Commvault
16 13 (0.79%) Dell