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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 168 88 174
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 11.39% 16.42% 12.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.80% 47.06% 50.73%
Number of salaries quoted 79 69 121
10th Percentile £41,500 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £57,525
Median % change year-on-year - +8.65% -11.50%
75th Percentile £80,625 £69,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,500 £83,750 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.63% +14.55% -15.38%

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 375 187 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.42% 34.89% 23.85%
Number of salaries quoted 256 112 215
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £62,750 £57,525
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +9.08% -11.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,875 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -12.00%

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 10 August 2026.

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 6 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.81%) AWS
2 25 (14.88%) Azure AI
3 20 (11.90%) GCP
4 18 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (10.12%) GitHub
6 16 (9.52%) Entra ID
7 15 (8.93%) Power Platform
8 9 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.17%) PaaS
10 6 (3.57%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (2.98%) Apigee
11 5 (2.98%) Figma
11 5 (2.98%) Kong
11 5 (2.98%) OpenShift
12 4 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (2.38%) Datadog
12 4 (2.38%) Power Automate
12 4 (2.38%) Serverless
13 3 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.74%) Firewall
2 11 (6.55%) DNS
3 6 (3.57%) Internet
3 6 (3.57%) VPN
4 5 (2.98%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (2.98%) DHCP
4 5 (2.98%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.98%) VLAN
5 4 (2.38%) Wireless
6 3 (1.79%) LAN
6 3 (1.79%) WAN
7 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.33%) Power BI
2 13 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.74%) Tableau
3 6 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.98%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.19%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.19%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (10.12%) Git
2 7 (4.17%) GitLab
3 4 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 79 (47.02%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.50%) Finance
3 10 (5.95%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.57%) Retail
6 4 (2.38%) Law
6 4 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 29 (17.26%) Analyst
2 26 (15.48%) Junior
2 26 (15.48%) Junior Analyst
3 22 (13.10%) Software Engineer
4 21 (12.50%) Developer
5 15 (8.93%) Security Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (7.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Data Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Ethical Hacker
6 13 (7.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Junior Security Analyst
7 12 (7.14%) Architect
7 12 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (6.55%) Network Engineer
9 10 (5.95%) Lead
10 9 (5.36%) Support Engineer
11 7 (4.17%) Active Directory Specialist
11 7 (4.17%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.31%) REST
2 16 (9.52%) .NET
2 16 (9.52%) React
3 12 (7.14%) ASP.NET
4 9 (5.36%) .NET Core
4 9 (5.36%) Web Services
5 6 (3.57%) CSS
5 6 (3.57%) HTML
6 5 (2.98%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (2.98%) Django
6 5 (2.98%) Jinja
6 5 (2.98%) JSON
6 5 (2.98%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (2.98%) ML.NET
6 5 (2.98%) Twisted
6 5 (2.98%) WebSockets
6 5 (2.98%) XML
6 5 (2.98%) YAML
6 5 (2.98%) YANG
7 4 (2.38%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.93%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (7.74%) Cyberattack
3 10 (5.95%) Client/Server
3 10 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.60%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.60%) Clustering
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.07%) Linux
2 11 (6.55%) Windows
3 5 (2.98%) Unix
4 4 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.60%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.60%) Debian
5 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (18.45%) AI
3 30 (17.86%) DevOps
4 25 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 22 (13.10%) Software Engineering
7 20 (11.90%) CI/CD
7 20 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (11.31%) Code Quality
9 18 (10.71%) Agile
9 18 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
10 17 (10.12%) Microservices
11 16 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 16 (9.52%) Test Automation
12 14 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (8.33%) Containerisation
13 13 (7.74%) Ethical Hacking
14 12 (7.14%) ETL
15 10 (5.95%) Computer Science
15 10 (5.95%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (31.55%) Python
2 29 (17.26%) SQL
3 23 (13.69%) C#
4 17 (10.12%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.55%) C
5 11 (6.55%) Rust
6 10 (5.95%) C++
6 10 (5.95%) PowerShell
6 10 (5.95%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.98%) Apex Code
8 4 (2.38%) Java
8 4 (2.38%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.60%) R
9 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 20 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.93%) Degree
4 14 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (7.74%) CEH
5 13 (7.74%) CompTIA CySA+
5 13 (7.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (6.55%) CCNA
7 10 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.76%) SC Cleared
9 7 (4.17%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (2.98%) CISSP
12 3 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.79%) CCSP
12 3 (1.79%) CISM
13 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.95%) QA
2 6 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (11.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 15 (8.93%) Docker
4 12 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (6.55%) KVM
6 10 (5.95%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.60%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 11 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.36%) Terraform
3 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.38%) Ansible
4 4 (2.38%) Kibana
5 1 (0.60%) Podman
Vendors
1 93 (55.36%) Microsoft
2 32 (19.05%) ForeScout
3 19 (11.31%) VMware
4 11 (6.55%) Cisco
5 9 (5.36%) Databricks
5 9 (5.36%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.98%) F5
6 5 (2.98%) Juniper
6 5 (2.98%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.98%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.38%) AppDynamics
7 4 (2.38%) IBM
7 4 (2.38%) Oracle
8 2 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.19%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.60%) OpenAI