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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 140 79 163
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 8.67% 15.25% 12.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.55% 45.66% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 81 60 98
10th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,250 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +6.98% -5.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,443 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,375 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £56,250 £56,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -

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 383 173 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 23.72% 33.40% 25.65%
Number of salaries quoted 288 103 171
10th Percentile £44,075 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £93,750 £83,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £59,125
% change year-on-year +23.81% -11.21% +2.83%

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 21 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 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.14%) AWS
2 21 (15.00%) Azure AI
3 17 (12.14%) Entra ID
3 17 (12.14%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (10.00%) GitHub
5 11 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (7.86%) PaaS
5 11 (7.86%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.43%) Azure Databricks
6 9 (6.43%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (5.00%) GCP
8 5 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.57%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.86%) Serverless
10 3 (2.14%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (2.14%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 3 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.29%) DNS
2 10 (7.14%) Firewall
3 8 (5.71%) VPN
4 7 (5.00%) DHCP
4 7 (5.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.00%) VLAN
5 6 (4.29%) Wireless
6 5 (3.57%) Internet
6 5 (3.57%) LAN
6 5 (3.57%) WAN
7 2 (1.43%) Network Security
7 2 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.71%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.43%) Power BI
1 9 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.00%) Tableau
3 6 (4.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.57%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.14%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.43%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.43%) Metadata
7 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (8.57%) Git
2 5 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.14%) JIRA
4 2 (1.43%) GitLab
5 1 (0.71%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.71%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.71%) JMeter
5 1 (0.71%) Selenium
General
1 52 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.57%) Retail
5 4 (2.86%) Law
5 4 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.14%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 20 (14.29%) Analyst
1 20 (14.29%) Lead
2 19 (13.57%) Developer
3 16 (11.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 14 (10.00%) Junior
4 14 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
5 13 (9.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (7.86%) Architect
6 11 (7.86%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (7.86%) Security Analyst
7 10 (7.14%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 9 (6.43%) Senior
9 8 (5.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.71%) Software Engineer
9 8 (5.71%) Support Engineer
10 7 (5.00%) Active Directory Specialist
10 7 (5.00%) Data Analyst
10 7 (5.00%) Data Architect
10 7 (5.00%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.00%) .NET
2 13 (9.29%) React
3 9 (6.43%) Node.js
3 9 (6.43%) REST
3 9 (6.43%) Terraform
4 8 (5.71%) ASP.NET
5 6 (4.29%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.57%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (3.57%) CSS
6 5 (3.57%) HTML
6 5 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (3.57%) ML.NET
7 4 (2.86%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (2.86%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (2.86%) JMS
7 4 (2.86%) JPA
7 4 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.86%) Spring
7 4 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.00%) Cyberattack
2 6 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.14%) AI Agents
4 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.14%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.43%) Autonomous Agent
5 2 (1.43%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.43%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.71%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.71%) Clustering
6 1 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.57%) Windows
2 7 (5.00%) Linux
3 6 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.71%) Android
4 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.71%) Debian
4 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.57%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (20.00%) AI
2 28 (20.00%) DevOps
3 21 (15.00%) Mentoring
4 19 (13.57%) CI/CD
5 18 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (12.14%) Agile
6 17 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.71%) Microservices
8 13 (9.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (9.29%) Platform Engineering
9 12 (8.57%) ETL
10 10 (7.14%) Clean Code
11 9 (6.43%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (6.43%) Lakehouse
11 9 (6.43%) Software Engineering
11 9 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (5.71%) Data Modelling
12 8 (5.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 31 (22.14%) Python
2 24 (17.14%) SQL
3 19 (13.57%) C#
4 12 (8.57%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.00%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.29%) Java
7 5 (3.57%) Apex Code
7 5 (3.57%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.86%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.43%) C
9 2 (1.43%) Rust
10 1 (0.71%) C++
10 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (29.29%) Azure Certification
2 20 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.86%) CCNA
5 9 (6.43%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.00%) CEH
6 7 (5.00%) CISSP
6 7 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 7 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (5.00%) Degree
6 7 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.14%) CCSP
8 3 (2.14%) CISM
8 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.71%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (12.86%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.14%) Docker
4 7 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.43%) KVM
7 1 (0.71%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 12 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.86%) Ansible
3 4 (2.86%) Kibana
4 1 (0.71%) Podman
Vendors
1 77 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.29%) ForeScout
3 11 (7.86%) VMware
4 9 (6.43%) Databricks
4 9 (6.43%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.29%) Cisco
6 4 (2.86%) AppDynamics
6 4 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.86%) Darktrace
6 4 (2.86%) IBM
6 4 (2.86%) Oracle
7 3 (2.14%) OpenAI