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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | +1 | -3 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure | 122 | 65 | 166 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Reading | 7.23% | 13.10% | 14.08% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 32.02% | 44.22% | 50.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 85 | 46 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,250 | £31,250 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £57,500 | £59,125 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -2.75% | +2.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £69,840 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £88,125 | £85,000 |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £62,500 | £49,000 | £60,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.55% | -18.67% | +6.59% |
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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 381 | 147 | 328 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading | 22.57% | 29.64% | 27.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 306 | 83 | 158 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,875 | £28,600 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,813 | £41,875 | £43,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,250 | £63,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.20% | +5.83% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £80,000 | £79,688 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £92,500 | £85,300 |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £65,000 | £49,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +32.65% | -18.33% | +9.09% |
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 Salary Trend in Reading
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 19 October 2026.
Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 21.3% | 26 |
| 2 | Entra ID | 20.5% | 25 |
| 3 | Microsoft 365 | 18.9% | 23 |
| 4 | GitHub | 12.3% | 15 |
| 5 | Azure DevOps | 11.5% | 14 |
| 6 | Azure AI | 9.0% | 11 |
| 6 | PaaS | 9.0% | 11 |
| 8 | Azure Databricks | 8.2% | 10 |
| 8 | GitHub Copilot | 8.2% | 10 |
| 10 | Azure Sentinel | 6.6% | 8 |
| 11 | GCP | 5.7% | 7 |
| 12 | Power Automate | 4.9% | 6 |
| 13 | Azure Logic Apps | 4.1% | 5 |
| 13 | Power Platform | 4.1% | 5 |
| 15 | Anthropic Claude | 2.5% | 3 |
| 15 | Azure Cognitive Services | 2.5% | 3 |
| 15 | Azure Machine Learning | 2.5% | 3 |
| 15 | Datadog | 2.5% | 3 |
| 15 | SaaS | 2.5% | 3 |
| 20 | Azure Cosmos DB | 1.6% | 2 |