Azure Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure 133 76 168
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 8.11% 14.64% 12.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.73% 46.06% 47.86%
Number of salaries quoted 81 57 95
10th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £69,840 £74,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £53,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.98% -10.42% +4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Reading

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 383 165 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 23.37% 31.79% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 295 98 166
10th Percentile £44,850 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,625 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +6.15%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Azure job vacancy trend in Reading

Azure
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Reading over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Reading

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.30%) AWS
2 18 (13.53%) Azure AI
2 18 (13.53%) Entra ID
2 18 (13.53%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.53%) GitHub
4 11 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (8.27%) PaaS
5 10 (7.52%) Azure Databricks
6 9 (6.77%) GitHub Copilot
6 9 (6.77%) Power Platform
7 8 (6.02%) GCP
8 6 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (4.51%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (3.01%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (3.01%) Serverless
11 3 (2.26%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (2.26%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (2.26%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.77%) DNS
2 10 (7.52%) Firewall
3 8 (6.02%) VPN
4 7 (5.26%) DHCP
4 7 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.26%) VLAN
5 6 (4.51%) Wireless
6 5 (3.76%) Internet
6 5 (3.76%) LAN
6 5 (3.76%) WAN
7 2 (1.50%) HTTP
7 2 (1.50%) Network Security
7 2 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.26%) Power BI
3 5 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.76%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.76%) Tableau
4 3 (2.26%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.50%) Metadata
6 1 (0.75%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.75%) Power Query
6 1 (0.75%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (9.02%) Git
2 5 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.26%) JIRA
4 2 (1.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.75%) JMeter
5 1 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 46 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.29%) Finance
3 5 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.01%) Law
4 4 (3.01%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.01%) Retail
5 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.50%) Health Technology
6 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.50%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (15.79%) Lead
2 17 (12.78%) Analyst
2 17 (12.78%) Developer
3 16 (12.03%) Cloud Engineer
4 13 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (8.27%) Architect
5 11 (8.27%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) Junior
6 10 (7.52%) Junior Analyst
6 10 (7.52%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) Security Analyst
7 9 (6.77%) Senior
7 9 (6.77%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Support Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Active Directory Specialist
9 7 (5.26%) Data Architect
10 6 (4.51%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.77%) .NET
1 13 (9.77%) React
2 9 (6.77%) Node.js
2 9 (6.77%) REST
2 9 (6.77%) Terraform
3 7 (5.26%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.76%) .NET Core
4 5 (3.76%) ASP.NET Core
4 5 (3.76%) CSS
4 5 (3.76%) HTML
4 5 (3.76%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (3.76%) ML.NET
5 4 (3.01%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.01%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (3.01%) Jakarta EE
5 4 (3.01%) JMS
5 4 (3.01%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (3.01%) Spring
5 4 (3.01%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
1 6 (4.51%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (3.76%) Cyberattack
3 4 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.26%) AI Agents
4 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.26%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.50%) Autonomous Agent
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.50%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.75%) Clustering
6 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.02%) Windows
2 7 (5.26%) Linux
3 6 (4.51%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.75%) Android
4 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.75%) Debian
4 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.31%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (21.05%) DevOps
3 25 (18.80%) AI
4 21 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 20 (15.04%) CI/CD
6 18 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (12.03%) Agile
7 16 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (11.28%) Microservices
9 13 (9.77%) Full-Stack Development
9 13 (9.77%) Platform Engineering
10 11 (8.27%) ETL
11 10 (7.52%) Clean Code
11 10 (7.52%) Lakehouse
11 10 (7.52%) Software Engineering
11 10 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.02%) Code Quality
12 8 (6.02%) Data Architecture
12 8 (6.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.56%) Python
2 23 (17.29%) SQL
3 18 (13.53%) C#
4 13 (9.77%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 7 (5.26%) Java
7 5 (3.76%) Apex Code
7 5 (3.76%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.01%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.50%) C
9 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.50%) Rust
10 1 (0.75%) C++
10 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 33 (24.81%) Azure Certification
2 20 (15.04%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.77%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (7.52%) CCNA
5 9 (6.77%) SC Cleared
6 8 (6.02%) CISSP
6 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.26%) Degree
7 7 (5.26%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.76%) CEH
8 5 (3.76%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (3.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.76%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.26%) CCSP
9 3 (2.26%) CISM
9 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.50%) SANS
11 1 (0.75%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.50%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.75%) IASME
4 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (13.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.52%) Docker
4 7 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.50%) KVM
7 1 (0.75%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 12 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.01%) Ansible
3 4 (3.01%) Kibana
4 1 (0.75%) Podman
Vendors
1 70 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.28%) ForeScout
3 11 (8.27%) VMware
4 10 (7.52%) Databricks
5 9 (6.77%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.76%) Cisco
6 5 (3.76%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.76%) Darktrace
7 4 (3.01%) AppDynamics
7 4 (3.01%) IBM
7 4 (3.01%) Oracle
8 3 (2.26%) OpenAI