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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 149 87 234
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 12.27% 16.80% 13.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.85% 44.62% 48.65%
Number of salaries quoted 57 72 187
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,750 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +6.36% -15.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £81,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% -19.23%

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 305 195 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.12% 37.64% 27.50%
Number of salaries quoted 175 116 351
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £76,250 £79,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,375 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -23.08%

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 15 June 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 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.67%) Camunda
2 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.17%) AWS
2 25 (16.78%) Azure AI
3 24 (16.11%) GCP
3 24 (16.11%) Power Platform
4 14 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.71%) GitHub
7 8 (5.37%) Entra ID
8 7 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.36%) Apigee
9 5 (3.36%) Figma
9 5 (3.36%) Kong
9 5 (3.36%) OpenShift
10 4 (2.68%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.68%) Datadog
10 4 (2.68%) Serverless
11 3 (2.01%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (2.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.05%) Firewall
2 5 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (2.68%) DNS
4 3 (2.01%) Internet
4 3 (2.01%) VPN
4 3 (2.01%) WAN
5 2 (1.34%) LAN
5 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.67%) DHCP
6 1 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.67%) VLAN
6 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.41%) Power BI
2 16 (10.74%) Tableau
3 10 (6.71%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.68%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.01%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.34%) Metadata
6 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.67%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (8.72%) Git
2 8 (5.37%) GitLab
3 4 (2.68%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (53.69%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.77%) Finance
3 14 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.38%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.70%) Retail
6 4 (2.68%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.67%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (22.82%) Analyst
2 32 (21.48%) Junior
2 32 (21.48%) Junior Analyst
3 24 (16.11%) Software Engineer
4 20 (13.42%) Developer
5 17 (11.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 17 (11.41%) Security Analyst
6 16 (10.74%) Data Analyst
6 16 (10.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (10.74%) Junior Security Analyst
7 15 (10.07%) Ethical Hacker
8 11 (7.38%) Architect
8 11 (7.38%) Network Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.70%) Power Platform Developer
11 7 (4.70%) Senior
12 6 (4.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 6 (4.03%) Data Architect
13 5 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.07%) REST
2 12 (8.05%) .NET
3 11 (7.38%) React
4 9 (6.04%) Web Services
5 8 (5.37%) ASP.NET
6 6 (4.03%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.36%) Django
7 5 (3.36%) Jinja
7 5 (3.36%) JSON
7 5 (3.36%) Twisted
7 5 (3.36%) WebSockets
7 5 (3.36%) XML
7 5 (3.36%) YAML
7 5 (3.36%) YANG
8 4 (2.68%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.68%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (2.68%) Entity Framework
8 4 (2.68%) JPA
8 4 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.68%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.08%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (10.07%) Cyberattack
3 14 (9.40%) Client/Server
4 10 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.37%) Low-Code
6 6 (4.03%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (3.36%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.68%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.67%) Clustering
11 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.48%) Linux
2 5 (3.36%) Unix
3 4 (2.68%) Windows
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (32.89%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (21.48%) DevOps
3 31 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (18.79%) AI
5 26 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (16.11%) Software Engineering
7 22 (14.77%) Code Quality
8 21 (14.09%) CI/CD
9 20 (13.42%) Test Automation
10 18 (12.08%) Mentoring
11 17 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (10.07%) Computer Science
12 15 (10.07%) Containerisation
12 15 (10.07%) Ethical Hacking
12 15 (10.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 14 (9.40%) Agile
13 14 (9.40%) System Testing
14 11 (7.38%) Collaborative Culture
15 10 (6.71%) Deployment Automation
15 10 (6.71%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 61 (40.94%) Python
2 26 (17.45%) SQL
3 21 (14.09%) C#
4 19 (12.75%) JavaScript
5 14 (9.40%) C
5 14 (9.40%) C++
5 14 (9.40%) Rust
6 7 (4.70%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.03%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.68%) Java
8 4 (2.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.67%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.67%) Bicep
9 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.67%) R
9 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (42.95%) Azure Certification
2 18 (12.08%) Degree
3 16 (10.74%) CEH
3 16 (10.74%) CompTIA CySA+
3 16 (10.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 14 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (8.72%) Security Cleared
6 11 (7.38%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.70%) CCNA
8 6 (4.03%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (2.68%) CCSP
9 4 (2.68%) CISM
9 4 (2.68%) CISSP
9 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.68%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.67%) CCIE
11 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.40%) QA
2 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.67%) GRC
3 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (12.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (10.07%) Hyper-V
3 14 (9.40%) KVM
4 11 (7.38%) Docker
5 9 (6.04%) Active Directory
6 7 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.67%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 9 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.70%) Terraform
3 4 (2.68%) Ansible
3 4 (2.68%) Kibana
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 83 (55.70%) Microsoft
2 37 (24.83%) ForeScout
3 18 (12.08%) VMware
4 11 (7.38%) Cisco
5 8 (5.37%) Databricks
6 7 (4.70%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.36%) F5
7 5 (3.36%) Juniper
7 5 (3.36%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.68%) AppDynamics
8 4 (2.68%) IBM
8 4 (2.68%) Oracle
8 4 (2.68%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.67%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.67%) Google
10 1 (0.67%) HP
10 1 (0.67%) Pega
10 1 (0.67%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.67%) Veeam