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

6 months to
1 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 87 228
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 12.96% 17.03% 13.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.17% 45.31% 48.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53 75 187
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.93% -15.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £83,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £64,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -22.48% +22.86% -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 297 192 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.83% 37.57% 28.47%
Number of salaries quoted 161 117 355
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £47,750 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £84,500
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 1 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 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.67%) Camunda
2 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (12.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 40 (26.85%) AWS
2 27 (18.12%) Power Platform
3 26 (17.45%) Azure AI
3 26 (17.45%) GCP
4 15 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.04%) GitHub
7 7 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (4.70%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.36%) Apigee
8 5 (3.36%) Figma
8 5 (3.36%) Kong
8 5 (3.36%) OpenShift
9 4 (2.68%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.68%) Serverless
10 3 (2.01%) Datadog
10 3 (2.01%) OneDrive
10 3 (2.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.72%) Firewall
2 5 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (3.36%) DNS
3 3 (2.01%) VPN
3 3 (2.01%) WAN
4 2 (1.34%) Internet
4 2 (1.34%) LAN
4 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.67%) DHCP
5 1 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.67%) VLAN
5 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.75%) Power BI
2 18 (12.08%) Tableau
3 11 (7.38%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.68%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.01%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.34%) Metadata
7 1 (0.67%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.67%) MySQL
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Git
2 9 (6.04%) GitLab
3 4 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
General
1 86 (57.72%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.11%) 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%) Marketing
8 1 (0.67%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (25.50%) Analyst
2 36 (24.16%) Junior
2 36 (24.16%) Junior Analyst
3 24 (16.11%) Software Engineer
4 20 (13.42%) Developer
5 19 (12.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 19 (12.75%) Security Analyst
6 18 (12.08%) Data Analyst
6 18 (12.08%) Junior Data Analyst
6 18 (12.08%) Junior Security Analyst
7 15 (10.07%) Ethical Hacker
8 11 (7.38%) Network Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.70%) Architect
10 7 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.70%) Power Platform Developer
10 7 (4.70%) Senior
11 6 (4.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (3.36%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.07%) REST
2 12 (8.05%) .NET
2 12 (8.05%) React
3 9 (6.04%) Web Services
4 8 (5.37%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.36%) .NET Core
5 5 (3.36%) AngularJS
5 5 (3.36%) Django
5 5 (3.36%) Jinja
5 5 (3.36%) JSON
5 5 (3.36%) Twisted
5 5 (3.36%) Vue
5 5 (3.36%) WebSockets
5 5 (3.36%) XML
5 5 (3.36%) YAML
5 5 (3.36%) YANG
6 4 (2.68%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (2.68%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
6 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%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.36%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.67%) Clustering
10 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.67%) PKI
10 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
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 50 (33.56%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (22.82%) DevOps
3 31 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (20.13%) AI
5 27 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (16.11%) Software Engineering
7 23 (15.44%) Code Quality
8 22 (14.77%) CI/CD
9 20 (13.42%) Mentoring
9 20 (13.42%) Test Automation
10 19 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (10.74%) Agile
11 16 (10.74%) Containerisation
12 15 (10.07%) Computer Science
12 15 (10.07%) Ethical Hacking
12 15 (10.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 14 (9.40%) System Testing
14 11 (7.38%) Collaborative Culture
14 11 (7.38%) Data Governance
15 10 (6.71%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 64 (42.95%) Python
2 27 (18.12%) SQL
3 21 (14.09%) C#
4 20 (13.42%) JavaScript
5 14 (9.40%) C
5 14 (9.40%) C++
5 14 (9.40%) Rust
6 7 (4.70%) TypeScript
7 6 (4.03%) PowerShell
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 68 (45.64%) Azure Certification
2 18 (12.08%) CompTIA CySA+
2 18 (12.08%) CompTIA Security+
2 18 (12.08%) Degree
3 16 (10.74%) CEH
4 14 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (8.05%) 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%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.40%) QA
2 2 (1.34%) GDPR
2 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.67%) GRC
3 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (11.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (10.07%) Hyper-V
3 14 (9.40%) KVM
4 10 (6.71%) Docker
5 8 (5.37%) Active Directory
6 7 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.67%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 9 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.37%) Terraform
3 4 (2.68%) Ansible
3 4 (2.68%) Kibana
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 87 (58.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (26.17%) ForeScout
3 17 (11.41%) VMware
4 11 (7.38%) Cisco
5 7 (4.70%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.36%) F5
6 5 (3.36%) Juniper
6 5 (3.36%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.68%) AppDynamics
7 4 (2.68%) Databricks
7 4 (2.68%) IBM
7 4 (2.68%) Oracle
7 4 (2.68%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.67%) 3PAR
9 1 (0.67%) Google
9 1 (0.67%) HP
9 1 (0.67%) Pega
9 1 (0.67%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.67%) Veeam