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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure 161 87 163
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 10.46% 16.17% 11.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.39% 48.33% 47.80%
Number of salaries quoted 86 67 110
10th Percentile £44,375 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £51,563 £43,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £57,013
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +10.50% -12.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,045 £67,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £81,625
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.55% -12.00%

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 389 180 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.28% 33.46% 23.36%
Number of salaries quoted 286 107 201
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,350 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +10.43% -11.54%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £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 24 August 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 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.12%) AWS
2 24 (14.91%) Azure AI
3 18 (11.18%) GitHub
4 17 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (9.94%) Entra ID
6 14 (8.70%) GCP
7 13 (8.07%) Power Platform
8 11 (6.83%) PaaS
9 9 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (4.97%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.48%) Datadog
11 4 (2.48%) Figma
11 4 (2.48%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.48%) Serverless
12 3 (1.86%) Apigee
12 3 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.45%) DNS
1 12 (7.45%) Firewall
2 7 (4.35%) VPN
3 6 (3.73%) DHCP
3 6 (3.73%) Internet
3 6 (3.73%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.73%) VLAN
4 5 (3.11%) Wireless
5 4 (2.48%) LAN
5 4 (2.48%) WAN
6 3 (1.86%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.62%) Network Security
7 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.45%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.83%) Power BI
3 10 (6.21%) Tableau
4 6 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.11%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.24%) Metadata
8 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (9.94%) Git
2 5 (3.11%) GitLab
3 4 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 68 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.29%) Finance
3 8 (4.97%) Retail
4 7 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.73%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.48%) Law
6 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 24 (14.91%) Analyst
2 22 (13.66%) Developer
3 20 (12.42%) Junior
3 20 (12.42%) Junior Analyst
4 18 (11.18%) Lead
5 17 (10.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 15 (9.32%) Software Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Security Analyst
8 12 (7.45%) Architect
8 12 (7.45%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (6.83%) Ethical Hacker
10 10 (6.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (6.21%) Data Analyst
10 10 (6.21%) Junior Data Analyst
10 10 (6.21%) Junior Security Analyst
10 10 (6.21%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 9 (5.59%) Network Engineer
11 9 (5.59%) Support Engineer
12 8 (4.97%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.56%) .NET
1 17 (10.56%) React
2 16 (9.94%) REST
3 11 (6.83%) ASP.NET
4 9 (5.59%) .NET Core
4 9 (5.59%) Terraform
5 8 (4.97%) Node.js
5 8 (4.97%) Web Services
6 6 (3.73%) CSS
6 6 (3.73%) HTML
7 5 (3.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (3.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (3.11%) ML.NET
8 4 (2.48%) Blazor
8 4 (2.48%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (2.48%) Entity Framework
8 4 (2.48%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.48%) Spring Boot
8 4 (2.48%) Twisted
8 4 (2.48%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.83%) Cyberattack
2 10 (6.21%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.73%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.11%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.86%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.24%) Autonomous Agent
8 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.24%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.24%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.62%) Clustering
9 1 (0.62%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.62%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.80%) Linux
2 11 (6.83%) Windows
3 5 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.86%) Unix
5 1 (0.62%) Android
5 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.62%) Debian
5 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.22%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (19.25%) DevOps
3 30 (18.63%) AI
4 24 (14.91%) Mentoring
5 20 (12.42%) CI/CD
5 20 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (11.80%) Full-Stack Development
6 19 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (11.18%) Agile
7 18 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (10.56%) Microservices
9 15 (9.32%) Code Quality
9 15 (9.32%) Software Engineering
10 12 (7.45%) ETL
10 12 (7.45%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (6.83%) Containerisation
11 11 (6.83%) Ethical Hacking
12 10 (6.21%) Clean Code
12 10 (6.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (27.33%) Python
2 26 (16.15%) SQL
3 23 (14.29%) C#
4 13 (8.07%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.83%) PowerShell
6 9 (5.59%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.73%) C
7 6 (3.73%) Rust
8 5 (3.11%) Apex Code
8 5 (3.11%) C++
9 4 (2.48%) Java
9 4 (2.48%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.62%) R
10 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (31.68%) Azure Certification
2 19 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (6.83%) CCNA
4 11 (6.83%) CEH
5 10 (6.21%) CompTIA CySA+
5 10 (6.21%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (6.21%) Degree
6 8 (4.97%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.73%) CISSP
8 6 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.86%) CCSP
10 3 (1.86%) CISM
10 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (4.35%) QA
2 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (11.18%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.70%) Docker
4 11 (6.83%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.73%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.73%) KVM
6 1 (0.62%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 12 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.48%) Ansible
3 4 (2.48%) Kibana
4 1 (0.62%) Podman
Vendors
1 89 (55.28%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.77%) ForeScout
3 15 (9.32%) VMware
4 9 (5.59%) Cisco
4 9 (5.59%) Databricks
4 9 (5.59%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.48%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.48%) IBM
5 4 (2.48%) Oracle
6 3 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.86%) Darktrace
6 3 (1.86%) F5
6 3 (1.86%) Juniper
6 3 (1.86%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.86%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.86%) Red Hat