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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 127 74 166
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 7.74% 14.54% 13.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.87% 46.84% 48.12%
Number of salaries quoted 79 55 94
10th Percentile £45,500 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,125 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £59,563
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.77% -0.73%
75th Percentile £90,000 £69,840 £74,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%

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 375 158 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 22.85% 31.04% 27.17%
Number of salaries quoted 292 93 165
10th Percentile £44,750 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £55,938 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,250 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +6.15%

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 5 October 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 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.11%) AWS
2 18 (14.17%) Entra ID
2 18 (14.17%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (12.60%) Azure AI
4 14 (11.02%) GitHub
5 11 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (8.66%) PaaS
6 10 (7.87%) Azure Databricks
7 9 (7.09%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (6.30%) GCP
8 8 (6.30%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (4.72%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.36%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (2.36%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (2.36%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (2.36%) Datadog
11 3 (2.36%) SaaS
12 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.24%) DNS
2 10 (7.87%) Firewall
3 8 (6.30%) VPN
4 7 (5.51%) DHCP
4 7 (5.51%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.51%) VLAN
5 6 (4.72%) Wireless
6 5 (3.94%) Internet
6 5 (3.94%) LAN
6 5 (3.94%) WAN
7 2 (1.57%) HTTP
7 2 (1.57%) Network Security
7 2 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.72%) Power BI
3 5 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.94%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.15%) Tableau
5 3 (2.36%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.57%) Metadata
7 1 (0.79%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.79%) Power Query
7 1 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (6.30%) Git
2 3 (2.36%) JIRA
3 2 (1.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.79%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.79%) JMeter
4 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 41 (32.28%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.96%) Finance
3 5 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.15%) Law
4 4 (3.15%) Retail
5 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.36%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.57%) Health Technology
6 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.57%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (16.54%) Lead
2 16 (12.60%) Cloud Engineer
2 16 (12.60%) Developer
3 15 (11.81%) Analyst
4 13 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (8.66%) Architect
5 11 (8.66%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Senior
7 9 (7.09%) Security Analyst
7 9 (7.09%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) .NET Developer
8 8 (6.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) Junior
8 8 (6.30%) Junior Analyst
8 8 (6.30%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) Support Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) Active Directory Specialist
9 7 (5.51%) Data Architect
10 6 (4.72%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.60%) .NET
2 9 (7.09%) Node.js
2 9 (7.09%) React
3 8 (6.30%) .NET Core
4 7 (5.51%) ASP.NET
5 6 (4.72%) REST
6 5 (3.94%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (3.94%) CSS
6 5 (3.94%) HTML
6 5 (3.94%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (3.94%) ML.NET
6 5 (3.94%) Terraform
7 3 (2.36%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.36%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.36%) FastAPI
7 3 (2.36%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (1.57%) Ajax
8 2 (1.57%) PySpark
9 1 (0.79%) React Native
9 1 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (3.15%) Cyberattack
2 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.36%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.36%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.57%) Autonomous Agent
4 2 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.79%) Clustering
5 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.45%) Windows
2 7 (5.51%) Linux
3 6 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) Android
4 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.79%) Debian
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.83%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (18.90%) DevOps
3 23 (18.11%) AI
4 20 (15.75%) Mentoring
5 18 (14.17%) CI/CD
5 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (10.24%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
8 12 (9.45%) Agile
9 11 (8.66%) ETL
9 11 (8.66%) Microservices
10 10 (7.87%) Lakehouse
10 10 (7.87%) Software Engineering
10 10 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (7.09%) Data Architecture
12 8 (6.30%) Data Modelling
12 8 (6.30%) ITIL
12 8 (6.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.05%) Python
2 21 (16.54%) C#
3 18 (14.17%) SQL
4 13 (10.24%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.30%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.94%) Apex Code
6 5 (3.94%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.36%) Java
8 2 (1.57%) C
8 2 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.57%) Rust
9 1 (0.79%) C++
9 1 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (22.05%) Azure Certification
2 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.45%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (7.09%) CCNA
5 8 (6.30%) CISSP
5 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.51%) Degree
6 7 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
8 4 (3.15%) CEH
8 4 (3.15%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.15%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.36%) CCSP
9 3 (2.36%) CISM
9 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.57%) SANS
11 1 (0.79%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.57%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.57%) NIST
4 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.79%) IASME
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (14.17%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (4.72%) Docker
5 3 (2.36%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.57%) KVM
7 1 (0.79%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Podman
Vendors
1 69 (54.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) ForeScout
3 11 (8.66%) VMware
4 10 (7.87%) Databricks
5 9 (7.09%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.94%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.94%) Darktrace
7 4 (3.15%) Cisco
8 3 (2.36%) OpenAI