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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 51 155 183
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.43% 15.23% 18.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.13% 47.40% 55.29%
Number of salaries quoted 30 94 137
10th Percentile £41,875 £37,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £51,688 £46,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +7.50% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,625 £85,000 £78,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% -16.00%

All Cloud 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 124 327 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 22.92% 32.12% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 69 162 228
10th Percentile £28,600 £35,075 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £38,910
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.15% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £74,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £86,125 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £46,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.50% +9.09% -13.04%

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 4 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Reading

Azure
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 10 (19.61%) CMS
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) IIS
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.96%) SAS
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) Power Platform
2 12 (23.53%) AWS
3 8 (15.69%) iPaaS
3 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (15.69%) PaaS
4 7 (13.73%) SaaS
5 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.88%) Azure AI
7 3 (5.88%) GCP
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon ELB
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon Glacier
8 2 (3.92%) Amazon S3
8 2 (3.92%) AWS KMS
8 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (3.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) Firewall
2 5 (9.80%) DNS
3 3 (5.88%) DHCP
4 2 (3.92%) FTP
4 2 (3.92%) HTTP
4 2 (3.92%) SMTP
4 2 (3.92%) SSH
4 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.92%) VPN
5 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.96%) Network Security
5 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (27.45%) Power BI
2 13 (25.49%) SQL Server
3 6 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (7.84%) Tableau
5 3 (5.88%) MySQL
6 2 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (3.92%) Big Data
6 2 (3.92%) Data Hub
6 2 (3.92%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.92%) Metadata
6 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.96%) DTS
7 1 (1.96%) Looker
7 1 (1.96%) Power Query
7 1 (1.96%) SAS EBI
7 1 (1.96%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.92%) JIRA
3 2 (3.92%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (3.92%) Vagrant
4 1 (1.96%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.96%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (37.25%) Finance
2 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (15.69%) Legal
5 8 (15.69%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (13.73%) Marketing
7 6 (11.76%) Games
8 4 (7.84%) Humanities
9 1 (1.96%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Analyst
1 12 (23.53%) Lead
2 7 (13.73%) Architect
2 7 (13.73%) Developer
2 7 (13.73%) Junior
3 6 (11.76%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Security Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Applications Architect
5 4 (7.84%) IT Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Integration Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Junior Data Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Junior Security Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Senior
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Data Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) .NET
2 3 (5.88%) CSS
2 3 (5.88%) React
2 3 (5.88%) RESTful
2 3 (5.88%) Web Services
3 2 (3.92%) HTML
4 1 (1.96%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.96%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.96%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.96%) Middleware
4 1 (1.96%) Next.js
4 1 (1.96%) PySpark
4 1 (1.96%) Sequelize
4 1 (1.96%) SOAP
4 1 (1.96%) Spring
4 1 (1.96%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (1.96%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (7.84%) Replication
3 3 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.92%) Clustering
5 1 (1.96%) AS400
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.96%) CMDB
5 1 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) NHS
5 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Linux
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) Amazon Linux
2 2 (3.92%) VMS
2 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Data Governance
2 17 (33.33%) Agile
3 14 (27.45%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (23.53%) Data Management
4 12 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 10 (19.61%) Migration
6 9 (17.65%) Coaching
7 7 (13.73%) Creative Thinking
7 7 (13.73%) Data Security
7 7 (13.73%) Data Validation
7 7 (13.73%) ERP
7 7 (13.73%) Marketing Automation
7 7 (13.73%) Practice Management
7 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (13.73%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
7 7 (13.73%) Validation
8 6 (11.76%) AI
8 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (11.76%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) SQL
2 10 (19.61%) Python
3 5 (9.80%) C#
3 5 (9.80%) JavaScript
3 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.88%) Java
4 3 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.88%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.92%) Groovy
5 2 (3.92%) Perl
6 1 (1.96%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.96%) Bicep
6 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) Azure Certification
2 9 (17.65%) Degree
3 3 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.92%) CCSP
4 2 (3.92%) CEH
4 2 (3.92%) CISA
4 2 (3.92%) CISM
4 2 (3.92%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) CCNA
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.96%) GIAC
5 1 (1.96%) HND
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.96%) MCP
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) Data Quality
2 8 (15.69%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.88%) GRC
3 3 (5.88%) SLA
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Active Directory
1 5 (9.80%) Docker
2 3 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.92%) DFS Replication
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Terraform
2 2 (3.92%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (3.92%) Grafana
2 2 (3.92%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) Databricks
3 3 (5.88%) ForeScout
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco
4 2 (3.92%) Google
4 2 (3.92%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.92%) Tenable
5 1 (1.96%) Informatica
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.96%) Talend