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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,663 1,760 2,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.33% 23.01% 22.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.57% 53.81% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 894 1,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +8.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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 3,424 3,271 4,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.62% 42.77% 42.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,676 1,882 2,624
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,874 £30,274
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 £84,982 £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 26 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 26 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 +0.80% 249
Merseyside +3 263 £55,087 +24.49% 38
Cheshire -2 204 £46,000 -16.36% 69
Lancashire -4 157 £52,500 +11.64% 41
Cumbria +5 37 £45,000 - 5
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 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 77 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.43%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.43%) GeoServer
4 28 (1.68%) IIS
5 18 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.90%) CMS
7 14 (0.84%) Apache
7 14 (0.84%) Confluence
8 9 (0.54%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.48%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.24%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.060%) Captiva
13 1 (0.060%) FileNet
13 1 (0.060%) Jetty
13 1 (0.060%) Site Server
Applications
1 32 (1.92%) 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 41 (2.47%) 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
1 487 (29.28%) AWS
2 314 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
3 280 (16.84%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (11.55%) Power Platform
5 163 (9.80%) GCP
6 108 (6.49%) Entra ID
7 99 (5.95%) SaaS
8 86 (5.17%) Serverless
9 80 (4.81%) IBM Cloud
10 63 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 63 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
11 59 (3.55%) Azure Logic Apps
12 58 (3.49%) Azure Functions
13 54 (3.25%) Azure Service Bus
14 49 (2.95%) PaaS
15 47 (2.83%) Azure API Management
15 47 (2.83%) GitHub
16 42 (2.53%) IaaS
17 34 (2.04%) Power Automate
18 32 (1.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 114 (6.86%) DNS
2 110 (6.61%) Firewall
3 88 (5.29%) WAN
4 71 (4.27%) DHCP
5 63 (3.79%) LAN
6 37 (2.22%) SD-WAN
7 36 (2.16%) Internet
8 33 (1.98%) VPN
9 29 (1.74%) TCP/IP
10 26 (1.56%) SAN
10 26 (1.56%) SSL
11 25 (1.50%) Network Security
12 22 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (1.14%) BGP
14 18 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (0.96%) WLAN
16 15 (0.90%) Wireless
17 12 (0.72%) Broadband
17 12 (0.72%) iSCSI
17 12 (0.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 338 (20.32%) SQL Server
2 168 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
3 134 (8.06%) Data Warehouse
4 118 (7.10%) Power BI
5 116 (6.98%) MongoDB
6 110 (6.61%) NoSQL
7 91 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (5.05%) DB2
9 73 (4.39%) Relational Database
10 68 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.43%) GIS
11 57 (3.43%) QGIS
12 54 (3.25%) Data Vault
13 50 (3.01%) Data Lake
14 38 (2.29%) MySQL
15 37 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
16 35 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 31 (1.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 27 (1.62%) Delta Lake
18 27 (1.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (6.19%) Git
2 85 (5.11%) JIRA
3 64 (3.85%) GitLab
4 26 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (0.78%) Jasmine
7 12 (0.72%) Postman
8 11 (0.66%) Karma Test Runner
9 10 (0.60%) Selenium
10 8 (0.48%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.42%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.42%) NUnit
12 5 (0.30%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.24%) CMake
13 4 (0.24%) GCC
13 4 (0.24%) GDB
13 4 (0.24%) git-flow
13 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 293 (17.62%) Social Skills
2 209 (12.57%) Finance
3 154 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 86 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (4.69%) Retail
6 63 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.01%) Legal
8 36 (2.16%) Law
9 34 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.80%) Advertising
10 30 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.74%) Marketing
12 28 (1.68%) Aerospace
13 22 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.14%) Banking
15 17 (1.02%) Games
16 15 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 12 (0.72%) Automotive
18 9 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 444 (26.70%) Developer
2 275 (16.54%) Senior
3 199 (11.97%) .NET Developer
4 179 (10.76%) Lead
5 176 (10.58%) Architect
6 151 (9.08%) Software Engineer
7 118 (7.10%) Azure Engineer
8 112 (6.73%) Data Engineer
9 99 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 84 (5.05%) Analyst
11 72 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
12 69 (4.15%) Senior Software Engineer
13 68 (4.09%) Senior Developer
14 67 (4.03%) Full Stack Developer
15 65 (3.91%) Azure Developer
15 65 (3.91%) C# Developer
16 62 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
17 56 (3.37%) Full Stack Engineer
18 54 (3.25%) Consultant
19 46 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (30.55%) .NET
2 280 (16.84%) React
3 272 (16.36%) CSS
4 247 (14.85%) HTML
5 235 (14.13%) AngularJS
6 228 (13.71%) ASP.NET
7 206 (12.39%) .NET Core
8 139 (8.36%) REST
9 131 (7.88%) Node.js
10 122 (7.34%) Vue
11 121 (7.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 120 (7.22%) .NET Framework
13 112 (6.73%) Entity Framework
14 109 (6.55%) Web Services
15 107 (6.43%) ASP.NET MVC
16 105 (6.31%) jQuery
17 93 (5.59%) ASP.NET Web API
18 82 (4.93%) ASP.NET Core
19 78 (4.69%) Backbone.js
19 78 (4.69%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 135 (8.12%) Data Structures
2 116 (6.98%) Public Cloud
3 106 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 90 (5.41%) Algorithms
5 82 (4.93%) Blockchain
6 63 (3.79%) Cloud Native
7 54 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
8 43 (2.59%) Reinsurance
8 43 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (2.47%) Management Information System
10 37 (2.22%) e-Learning
11 27 (1.62%) Product Ownership
12 26 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.32%) FMCG
13 22 (1.32%) PKI
14 18 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (1.08%) Private Cloud
15 17 (1.02%) Blog
15 17 (1.02%) Data Centre
16 16 (0.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 286 (17.20%) Windows
2 194 (11.67%) Linux
3 103 (6.19%) Android
4 93 (5.59%) Apple iOS
5 89 (5.35%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.38%) VMS
7 22 (1.32%) Ubuntu
8 21 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 20 (1.20%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (0.96%) Mac OS
11 15 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
12 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
13 11 (0.66%) CentOS
13 11 (0.66%) Debian
14 10 (0.60%) Unix
15 9 (0.54%) Windows Phone
16 6 (0.36%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (38.91%) Agile
2 502 (30.19%) DevOps
3 291 (17.50%) Full Stack Development
4 238 (14.31%) Software Engineering
5 215 (12.93%) MVC
6 214 (12.87%) Mentoring
6 214 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
7 199 (11.97%) CI/CD
8 173 (10.40%) Scrum
9 169 (10.16%) Web Development
10 166 (9.98%) Migration
11 165 (9.92%) Microservices
12 156 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
13 154 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 145 (8.72%) ETL
15 137 (8.24%) Design Patterns
16 136 (8.18%) ITIL
17 135 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
18 131 (7.88%) Analytics
19 128 (7.70%) OO
Programming Languages
1 503 (30.25%) C#
2 486 (29.22%) SQL
3 434 (26.10%) JavaScript
4 257 (15.45%) Python
5 131 (7.88%) PowerShell
6 129 (7.76%) TypeScript
7 112 (6.73%) Java
8 87 (5.23%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.44%) Bash
9 24 (1.44%) VB.NET
10 22 (1.32%) Go
11 14 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.78%) VB
13 12 (0.72%) PHP
14 11 (0.66%) VB6
15 9 (0.54%) Bicep
16 8 (0.48%) C++
17 5 (0.30%) C
17 5 (0.30%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (8.84%) Security Cleared
2 127 (7.64%) Degree
3 114 (6.86%) SC Cleared
4 86 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 76 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 59 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 44 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.74%) CISSP
10 26 (1.56%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (1.26%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.20%) CCNA
14 18 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.02%) CISM
16 15 (0.90%) CCSK
16 15 (0.90%) CCSP
17 14 (0.84%) PMI Certification
18 13 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 13 (0.78%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.35%) Data Quality
2 47 (2.83%) QA
3 39 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (2.10%) GDPR
5 29 (1.74%) NIST
6 24 (1.44%) SLA
7 18 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.84%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.66%) 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
1 239 (14.37%) Active Directory
2 99 (5.95%) Docker
3 89 (5.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (4.27%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.72%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.36%) vSphere
9 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
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%) Snort
12 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 141 (8.48%) Terraform
2 130 (7.82%) Kubernetes
3 87 (5.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (3.67%) Ansible
5 28 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.02%) Puppet
8 15 (0.90%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.72%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.72%) VxRail
9 12 (0.72%) ZABBIX
10 9 (0.54%) AirWatch
10 9 (0.54%) CASB
11 7 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.30%) Nessus
12 5 (0.30%) SCCM
12 5 (0.30%) WSUS
13 4 (0.24%) Autotask
13 4 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 633 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 130 (7.82%) VMware
3 94 (5.65%) IBM
4 91 (5.47%) Red Hat
5 89 (5.35%) Google
6 76 (4.57%) Oracle
7 63 (3.79%) Databricks
8 57 (3.43%) ESRI
9 54 (3.25%) Cisco
10 50 (3.01%) Informatica
11 45 (2.71%) Citrix
12 39 (2.35%) Veeam
13 27 (1.62%) Fortinet
14 21 (1.26%) SolarWinds
15 17 (1.02%) NetApp
15 17 (1.02%) ServiceNow
16 16 (0.96%) Apple
17 15 (0.90%) Commvault
17 15 (0.90%) Facebook
18 13 (0.78%) MuleSoft