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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 163 88 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 11.34% 16.48% 11.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.41% 46.81% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 73 68 121
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -16.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £63,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.95% +15.00% -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 367 188 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.52% 35.21% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 245 112 216
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +10.57% -18.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £54,500
% change year-on-year +11.63% -1.38% -12.80%

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 3 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 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.70%) AWS
2 26 (15.95%) Azure AI
3 20 (12.27%) GCP
4 18 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (10.43%) GitHub
5 17 (10.43%) Power Platform
6 15 (9.20%) Entra ID
7 10 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.68%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (3.68%) PaaS
9 5 (3.07%) Apigee
9 5 (3.07%) Figma
9 5 (3.07%) Kong
9 5 (3.07%) OpenShift
10 4 (2.45%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.45%) Datadog
10 4 (2.45%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.45%) Serverless
11 3 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.98%) Firewall
2 10 (6.13%) DNS
3 6 (3.68%) Internet
3 6 (3.68%) VPN
4 5 (3.07%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (3.07%) DHCP
4 5 (3.07%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.07%) VLAN
5 4 (2.45%) Wireless
6 3 (1.84%) LAN
6 3 (1.84%) WAN
7 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.20%) Power BI
2 14 (8.59%) Tableau
3 13 (7.98%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.07%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.84%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.23%) Metadata
8 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (10.43%) Git
2 7 (4.29%) GitLab
3 4 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 80 (49.08%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.88%) Finance
3 10 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.13%) Telecoms
4 6 (3.68%) Retail
5 4 (2.45%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.84%) Law
7 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 29 (17.79%) Analyst
2 28 (17.18%) Junior
2 28 (17.18%) Junior Analyst
3 22 (13.50%) Developer
3 22 (13.50%) Software Engineer
4 14 (8.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 14 (8.59%) Data Analyst
4 14 (8.59%) Ethical Hacker
4 14 (8.59%) Junior Data Analyst
4 14 (8.59%) Junior Security Analyst
4 14 (8.59%) Security Analyst
5 12 (7.36%) Architect
5 12 (7.36%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (7.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (6.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (6.75%) Network Engineer
7 8 (4.91%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.29%) Data Architect
8 7 (4.29%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.66%) REST
2 16 (9.82%) .NET
3 15 (9.20%) React
4 12 (7.36%) ASP.NET
5 9 (5.52%) .NET Core
5 9 (5.52%) Web Services
6 6 (3.68%) CSS
6 6 (3.68%) HTML
7 5 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (3.07%) Django
7 5 (3.07%) Jinja
7 5 (3.07%) JSON
7 5 (3.07%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (3.07%) ML.NET
7 5 (3.07%) Twisted
7 5 (3.07%) WebSockets
7 5 (3.07%) XML
7 5 (3.07%) YAML
7 5 (3.07%) YANG
8 4 (2.45%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (8.59%) Cyberattack
3 10 (6.13%) Client/Server
3 10 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.29%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.23%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.61%) Clustering
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.56%) Linux
2 10 (6.13%) Windows
3 5 (3.07%) Unix
4 4 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.61%) Debian
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.61%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (19.63%) AI
3 30 (18.40%) DevOps
4 25 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (14.72%) Mentoring
6 22 (13.50%) Software Engineering
7 21 (12.88%) CI/CD
7 21 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (11.66%) Code Quality
9 18 (11.04%) Agile
9 18 (11.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (9.82%) Test Automation
11 15 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (9.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (8.59%) Containerisation
12 14 (8.59%) Ethical Hacking
12 14 (8.59%) Microservices
13 12 (7.36%) ETL
14 10 (6.13%) Computer Science
14 10 (6.13%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (32.52%) Python
2 30 (18.40%) SQL
3 24 (14.72%) C#
4 18 (11.04%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.75%) C
5 11 (6.75%) Rust
6 10 (6.13%) C++
6 10 (6.13%) PowerShell
6 10 (6.13%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.07%) Apex Code
8 4 (2.45%) Java
8 4 (2.45%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.61%) R
9 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (36.20%) Azure Certification
2 18 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.20%) Degree
4 14 (8.59%) CEH
4 14 (8.59%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (8.59%) CompTIA CySA+
4 14 (8.59%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (6.75%) CCNA
6 10 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.29%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.68%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.84%) CCSP
9 3 (1.84%) CISM
9 3 (1.84%) CISSP
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.13%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (11.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (9.82%) Active Directory
3 15 (9.20%) Docker
4 12 (7.36%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (6.75%) KVM
6 10 (6.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.61%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 11 (6.75%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.52%) Terraform
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.45%) Ansible
4 4 (2.45%) Kibana
5 1 (0.61%) Podman
Vendors
1 90 (55.21%) Microsoft
2 34 (20.86%) ForeScout
3 18 (11.04%) VMware
4 11 (6.75%) Cisco
5 9 (5.52%) Databricks
6 8 (4.91%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.07%) F5
7 5 (3.07%) Juniper
7 5 (3.07%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.07%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.45%) AppDynamics
8 4 (2.45%) IBM
8 4 (2.45%) Oracle
9 1 (0.61%) OpenAI