Azure Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,411 1,389 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.22% 20.39% 18.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.42% 53.24% 44.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 779 994
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,200 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,225 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,750 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,744 2,609 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.59% 38.30% 41.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,641 2,431
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol -1 515 £60,000 - 119
Gloucestershire +4 380 £55,000 - 68
Wiltshire -2 177 £60,000 +26.32% 30
Somerset 0 102 £50,000 +2.56% 28
Devon +13 100 £47,500 +18.75% 37
Dorset -15 100 £47,500 +12.43% 22
Cornwall -16 16 £30,000 -16.08% 6
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 124 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 115 (8.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.20%) ArcGIS
4 28 (1.98%) Umbraco
5 27 (1.91%) CMS
5 27 (1.91%) GeoServer
6 26 (1.84%) Apache Spark
7 22 (1.56%) Apache
8 19 (1.35%) IIS
9 17 (1.20%) Headless CMS
9 17 (1.20%) Kentico
9 17 (1.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 10 (0.71%) SharePoint 2010
10 10 (0.71%) SharePoint 2013
11 7 (0.50%) Confluence
12 5 (0.35%) JBoss
13 4 (0.28%) nginx
13 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
Applications
1 54 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.43%) Trello
4 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.071%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 38 (2.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.71%) Maximo
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
4 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.071%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 554 (39.26%) AWS
2 387 (27.43%) Microsoft 365
3 253 (17.93%) Azure DevOps
4 185 (13.11%) GCP
5 145 (10.28%) Power Platform
6 125 (8.86%) Entra ID
7 105 (7.44%) SaaS
8 67 (4.75%) PaaS
9 65 (4.61%) OpenShift
10 59 (4.18%) IaaS
10 59 (4.18%) OneDrive
11 49 (3.47%) Serverless
12 33 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
13 28 (1.98%) GitHub
14 26 (1.84%) PowerApps
15 25 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
15 25 (1.77%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 137 (9.71%) Firewall
2 108 (7.65%) DNS
3 84 (5.95%) WAN
4 78 (5.53%) DHCP
5 77 (5.46%) LAN
6 68 (4.82%) TCP/IP
7 55 (3.90%) VPN
8 39 (2.76%) HTTP
9 38 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (2.27%) SAN
11 31 (2.20%) Wireless
12 29 (2.06%) VLAN
13 28 (1.98%) Internet
14 22 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (1.56%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.06%) AMQP
16 13 (0.92%) IPsec
17 12 (0.85%) VoIP
17 12 (0.85%) WLAN
18 11 (0.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (17.72%) SQL Server
2 104 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
3 93 (6.59%) Power BI
4 53 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 51 (3.61%) NoSQL
6 44 (3.12%) BigQuery
7 41 (2.91%) Big Data
7 41 (2.91%) GIS
8 40 (2.83%) Looker
9 38 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
10 35 (2.48%) MySQL
11 34 (2.41%) MongoDB
12 33 (2.34%) Data Lake
13 32 (2.27%) Relational Database
14 31 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 29 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 27 (1.91%) QGIS
17 25 (1.77%) Hadoop
18 22 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
18 22 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (6.66%) Git
2 58 (4.11%) JIRA
3 38 (2.69%) GitLab
4 31 (2.20%) Visual Studio
5 26 (1.84%) Jenkins
6 20 (1.42%) Selenium
6 20 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.50%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.50%) Maven
9 7 (0.50%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.50%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.43%) RStudio
11 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.35%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.35%) JMeter
12 4 (0.28%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 303 (21.47%) Social Skills
2 129 (9.14%) Finance
3 95 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (5.95%) Aerospace
5 58 (4.11%) Retail
6 51 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 38 (2.69%) Legal
8 33 (2.34%) Banking
8 33 (2.34%) Billing
9 32 (2.27%) Law
9 32 (2.27%) Marketing
10 27 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.70%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.92%) Advertising
14 13 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.92%) Tech for Good
15 11 (0.78%) Games
16 10 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 324 (22.96%) Developer
2 260 (18.43%) Senior
3 171 (12.12%) .NET Developer
4 150 (10.63%) Architect
5 136 (9.64%) Software Engineer
6 121 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 117 (8.29%) Lead
8 95 (6.73%) Analyst
8 95 (6.73%) Senior Developer
9 94 (6.66%) Support Engineer
10 84 (5.95%) C# Developer
11 81 (5.74%) C# .NET Developer
12 80 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
13 71 (5.03%) IT Engineer
14 66 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
15 65 (4.61%) IT Support
16 63 (4.46%) Consultant
17 62 (4.39%) Software Developer
18 55 (3.90%) Senior .NET Developer
19 47 (3.33%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (26.36%) .NET
2 203 (14.39%) React
3 170 (12.05%) CSS
4 163 (11.55%) AngularJS
5 162 (11.48%) ASP.NET
6 161 (11.41%) .NET Core
7 150 (10.63%) HTML
8 133 (9.43%) .NET Framework
9 105 (7.44%) Entity Framework
10 78 (5.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 67 (4.75%) Vue
12 54 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web API
12 54 (3.83%) Node.js
13 51 (3.61%) Blazor
14 48 (3.40%) Spring
15 41 (2.91%) REST
16 37 (2.62%) HTML5
17 33 (2.34%) CSS3
18 32 (2.27%) jQuery
18 32 (2.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.68%) Product Ownership
2 58 (4.11%) Public Cloud
3 57 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (3.76%) Private Cloud
5 41 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 28 (1.98%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.84%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.99%) iPhone
15 11 (0.78%) Blockchain
15 11 (0.78%) Data Structures
16 10 (0.71%) Replication
17 9 (0.64%) Taxonomies
18 7 (0.50%) CCTV
18 7 (0.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 316 (22.40%) Windows
2 185 (13.11%) Linux
3 137 (9.71%) Windows Server
4 80 (5.67%) Windows 10
5 68 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (1.91%) Unix
8 25 (1.77%) Ubuntu
8 25 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.35%) Android
9 19 (1.35%) Debian
10 18 (1.28%) Apple iOS
11 16 (1.13%) CentOS
11 16 (1.13%) Mac OS
12 14 (0.99%) VMS
13 11 (0.78%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.57%) AIX
16 7 (0.50%) Solaris
17 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (38.34%) Agile
2 492 (34.87%) DevOps
3 240 (17.01%) CI/CD
4 227 (16.09%) Full Stack Development
5 214 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (13.68%) Scrum
7 185 (13.11%) Software Engineering
8 164 (11.62%) Actionable Insight
9 156 (11.06%) Microservices
10 148 (10.49%) MVC
11 140 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 133 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
13 131 (9.28%) Continuous Integration
14 130 (9.21%) Mentoring
15 123 (8.72%) ITIL
16 106 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
17 105 (7.44%) Roadmaps
18 100 (7.09%) Project Management
19 99 (7.02%) Kanban
20 94 (6.66%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 368 (26.08%) JavaScript
2 329 (23.32%) C#
3 233 (16.51%) SQL
4 208 (14.74%) Python
5 202 (14.32%) Java
6 146 (10.35%) PowerShell
7 118 (8.36%) TypeScript
8 61 (4.32%) Bash
9 53 (3.76%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.13%) PHP
11 15 (1.06%) Bicep
11 15 (1.06%) C++
11 15 (1.06%) Go
11 15 (1.06%) R
11 15 (1.06%) Scala
12 9 (0.64%) Ruby
13 8 (0.57%) C
13 8 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.57%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 335 (23.74%) Security Cleared
2 191 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 157 (11.13%) Degree
4 128 (9.07%) DV Cleared
5 64 (4.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (1.77%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.56%) CISSP
10 21 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.42%) MCSE
12 19 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.28%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.99%) MCP
15 13 (0.92%) CEH
15 13 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (0.85%) CCNA
17 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.95%) QA
2 40 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.13%) SLA
4 24 (1.70%) GDPR
5 18 (1.28%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.28%) NIST
6 15 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.35%) SOC 1
11 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) WCAG
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 1 (0.071%) GRC
System Software
1 247 (17.51%) Active Directory
2 148 (10.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (10.06%) Docker
4 111 (7.87%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.49%) vSphere
7 19 (1.35%) XenApp
8 17 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.92%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.50%) Firmware
12 6 (0.43%) KVM
13 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.21%) Ceph
14 3 (0.21%) Gluster
14 3 (0.21%) oVirt
14 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.14%) Apache Flume
15 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 172 (12.19%) Kubernetes
2 122 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 112 (7.94%) Ansible
4 104 (7.37%) Terraform
5 63 (4.46%) Puppet
6 56 (3.97%) SCCM
7 19 (1.35%) Nagios
8 14 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.57%) Packer
9 8 (0.57%) WSUS
10 7 (0.50%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
10 7 (0.50%) SCVMM
11 6 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.35%) Argo
12 5 (0.35%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 603 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 196 (13.89%) VMware
3 139 (9.85%) Google
4 70 (4.96%) Red Hat
5 65 (4.61%) Oracle
6 61 (4.32%) Cisco
7 44 (3.12%) Citrix
8 38 (2.69%) Sparx
9 31 (2.20%) ESRI
9 31 (2.20%) HP
10 30 (2.13%) Veeam
11 29 (2.06%) Databricks
12 19 (1.35%) Dell
13 17 (1.20%) Optimizely
13 17 (1.20%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.20%) Sitecore
14 16 (1.13%) IBM
14 16 (1.13%) SolarWinds
15 15 (1.06%) Meraki
15 15 (1.06%) Xamarin