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 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 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 964 1,252 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.34% 21.20% 18.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.41% 55.28% 49.15%
Number of salaries quoted 751 772 846
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -0.86% +5.45%

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 1,951 2,265 2,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.02% 38.35% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 1,456 1,764
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +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 20 May 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 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
Berkshire -5 440 £52,500 -19.23% 77
Buckinghamshire -5 272 £50,000 -4.76% 59
Oxfordshire -2 252 £52,500 -4.55% 47
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
1 118 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (7.99%) SharePoint
3 36 (3.73%) IIS
4 29 (3.01%) ArcGIS
4 29 (3.01%) GeoServer
4 29 (3.01%) OpenStack
5 24 (2.49%) CMS
5 24 (2.49%) Headless CMS
5 24 (2.49%) Kentico
6 19 (1.97%) Exchange Server 2010
6 19 (1.97%) Sitecore CMS
6 19 (1.97%) Umbraco
7 14 (1.45%) Confluence
8 7 (0.73%) WordPress
9 6 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.62%) nginx
10 5 (0.52%) Apache
11 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 21 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 292 (30.29%) Microsoft 365
2 261 (27.07%) AWS
3 163 (16.91%) Azure DevOps
4 119 (12.34%) Power Platform
5 94 (9.75%) Entra ID
6 69 (7.16%) GCP
7 53 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (4.67%) Azure Monitor
9 33 (3.42%) SaaS
10 30 (3.11%) Serverless
11 29 (3.01%) OneDrive
11 29 (3.01%) PowerApps
12 27 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
13 26 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
14 25 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
15 23 (2.39%) Azure Storage
15 23 (2.39%) Power Automate
16 21 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.97%) GitHub
17 19 (1.97%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 144 (14.94%) Firewall
2 119 (12.34%) DNS
3 70 (7.26%) DHCP
4 57 (5.91%) VPN
5 32 (3.32%) SAN
6 30 (3.11%) WAN
7 27 (2.80%) Wireless
8 26 (2.70%) TCP/IP
9 23 (2.39%) LAN
10 22 (2.28%) Internet
11 20 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
11 20 (2.07%) Network Security
12 15 (1.56%) NAS
12 15 (1.56%) VLAN
13 13 (1.35%) VoIP
13 13 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (1.24%) SNMP
15 10 (1.04%) BGP
15 10 (1.04%) DKIM
15 10 (1.04%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 81 (8.40%) Data Warehouse
2 81 (8.40%) Power BI
3 72 (7.47%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.36%) Data Lake
5 41 (4.25%) BigQuery
6 40 (4.15%) Looker
7 39 (4.05%) NoSQL
7 39 (4.05%) Relational Database
8 31 (3.22%) GIS
9 29 (3.01%) QGIS
10 27 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
11 25 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (1.97%) MySQL
14 18 (1.87%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (1.35%) Power Query
18 7 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 69 (7.16%) Git
2 49 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 39 (4.05%) JIRA
4 25 (2.59%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.39%) NUnit
6 14 (1.45%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.35%) GitLab
7 13 (1.35%) Selenium
8 9 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.93%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.52%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.52%) MSTest
10 5 (0.52%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Postman
12 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
13 1 (0.10%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.10%) Mercurial
13 1 (0.10%) Mockito
13 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 234 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (6.64%) Finance
4 50 (5.19%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.88%) Retail
6 38 (3.94%) Legal
7 33 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 32 (3.32%) Billing
9 29 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.49%) Law
10 24 (2.49%) Marketing
11 18 (1.87%) Back Office
12 15 (1.56%) Health Technology
12 15 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 15 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.24%) Tech for Good
15 9 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 257 (26.66%) Developer
2 138 (14.32%) Senior
3 95 (9.85%) .NET Developer
4 84 (8.71%) Architect
5 83 (8.61%) Analyst
6 76 (7.88%) Lead
7 72 (7.47%) Senior Developer
8 65 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 65 (6.74%) Software Engineer
9 55 (5.71%) Support Engineer
10 50 (5.19%) C# Developer
11 46 (4.77%) C# .NET Developer
12 42 (4.36%) IT Support
13 41 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
14 38 (3.94%) Full Stack Developer
15 37 (3.84%) Senior .NET Developer
16 35 (3.63%) IT Analyst
16 35 (3.63%) IT Engineer
17 33 (3.42%) Java Developer
18 29 (3.01%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 226 (23.44%) .NET
2 126 (13.07%) .NET Core
3 113 (11.72%) React
4 87 (9.02%) ASP.NET
4 87 (9.02%) CSS
5 73 (7.57%) AngularJS
6 69 (7.16%) .NET Framework
7 58 (6.02%) ASP.NET MVC
8 56 (5.81%) HTML
9 50 (5.19%) Node.js
10 43 (4.46%) Entity Framework
11 36 (3.73%) Web Services
12 34 (3.53%) ASP.NET Web API
12 34 (3.53%) JSON
13 32 (3.32%) Spring Boot
14 31 (3.22%) RESTful
15 30 (3.11%) REST
15 30 (3.11%) Spring
15 30 (3.11%) XML
16 29 (3.01%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
2 47 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.94%) PKI
4 36 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.42%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.39%) Driving Licence
7 19 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.87%) Client/Server
8 18 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.56%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.45%) Security Posture
11 14 (1.45%) Smartphone
12 13 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
13 12 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.24%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 217 (22.51%) Windows
2 131 (13.59%) Windows Server
3 128 (13.28%) Linux
4 82 (8.51%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (4.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (1.97%) Android
9 18 (1.87%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.66%) Ubuntu
10 16 (1.66%) Windows XP
11 12 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (1.04%) CentOS
12 10 (1.04%) VMS
13 5 (0.52%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.41%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.41%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.31%) Rocky
15 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (32.99%) DevOps
2 307 (31.85%) Agile
3 171 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (13.07%) CI/CD
5 117 (12.14%) Full Stack Development
6 111 (11.51%) Scrum
7 95 (9.85%) Microservices
8 91 (9.44%) Software Engineering
9 90 (9.34%) MVC
10 84 (8.71%) Analytics
11 82 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 81 (8.40%) ITIL
13 79 (8.20%) Project Management
14 74 (7.68%) CRM
15 73 (7.57%) Web Development
16 72 (7.47%) Mentoring
17 69 (7.16%) TDD
18 66 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
19 61 (6.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 228 (23.65%) C#
2 208 (21.58%) JavaScript
3 193 (20.02%) SQL
4 129 (13.38%) Python
5 76 (7.88%) Java
6 71 (7.37%) PowerShell
7 56 (5.81%) TypeScript
8 33 (3.42%) T-SQL
9 29 (3.01%) Bash
10 20 (2.07%) VB
10 20 (2.07%) VBScript
11 17 (1.76%) Bicep
11 17 (1.76%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (1.14%) Go
14 10 (1.04%) VB.NET
15 8 (0.83%) Ruby
16 7 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.73%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 184 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 133 (13.80%) Degree
3 129 (13.38%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.29%) Azure Certification
4 51 (5.29%) DV Cleared
5 46 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (3.32%) CCNA
8 30 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (2.80%) AWS Certification
9 27 (2.80%) CISSP
10 21 (2.18%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (1.87%) CTC Cleared
12 18 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (1.35%) CCNP
13 13 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (1.24%) MCP
15 11 (1.14%) MCSE
16 8 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.85%) QA
2 29 (3.01%) GDPR
3 27 (2.80%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.49%) SLA
5 21 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (1.35%) NIST
8 7 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 214 (22.20%) Active Directory
2 80 (8.30%) Docker
3 79 (8.20%) Hyper-V
4 52 (5.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.73%) vSphere
9 5 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.31%) XenApp
10 3 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.21%) Firmware
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 115 (11.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (8.92%) Kubernetes
3 54 (5.60%) Terraform
4 51 (5.29%) Ansible
5 41 (4.25%) SCCM
6 38 (3.94%) SCOM
7 29 (3.01%) WSUS
8 27 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.76%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (1.35%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.83%) CASB
13 7 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.62%) Puppet
15 5 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.52%) Suricata
16 3 (0.31%) Grafana
16 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 490 (50.83%) Microsoft
2 110 (11.41%) VMware
3 69 (7.16%) Google
4 47 (4.88%) Cisco
5 38 (3.94%) Oracle
6 29 (3.01%) Citrix
6 29 (3.01%) ESRI
7 28 (2.90%) Juniper
8 26 (2.70%) HP
9 24 (2.49%) Veeam
10 23 (2.39%) Dell
11 21 (2.18%) Palo Alto
12 19 (1.97%) Optimizely
12 19 (1.97%) Sitecore
13 18 (1.87%) EMC
13 18 (1.87%) WSO2
14 17 (1.76%) Databricks
15 14 (1.45%) Apple
15 14 (1.45%) Splunk
16 13 (1.35%) Aruba