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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 145 83 163
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.14% 15.63% 11.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.76% 47.16% 47.66%
Number of salaries quoted 81 63 100
10th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £59,063
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +7.51% -9.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,045 £70,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.48% -1.46%

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 384 176 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 24.21% 33.15% 25.17%
Number of salaries quoted 288 105 175
10th Percentile £44,075 £28,700 £27,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £94,063 £83,750 £79,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -8.70% -

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 14 September 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 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.62%) AWS
2 22 (15.17%) Azure AI
3 16 (11.03%) Entra ID
3 16 (11.03%) GitHub
3 16 (11.03%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.59%) GCP
4 11 (7.59%) PaaS
4 11 (7.59%) Power Platform
5 10 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.21%) Azure Databricks
6 9 (6.21%) GitHub Copilot
7 4 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.76%) Datadog
7 4 (2.76%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.76%) Serverless
8 3 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.07%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.97%) DNS
2 10 (6.90%) Firewall
3 8 (5.52%) VPN
4 7 (4.83%) DHCP
4 7 (4.83%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.83%) VLAN
5 6 (4.14%) Wireless
6 5 (3.45%) Internet
6 5 (3.45%) LAN
6 5 (3.45%) WAN
7 2 (1.38%) Network Security
7 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.21%) Power BI
1 9 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.52%) Tableau
3 6 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.45%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.07%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (9.66%) Git
2 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.38%) GitLab
3 2 (1.38%) JIRA
4 1 (0.69%) CircleCI
General
1 55 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.79%) Finance
3 5 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (3.45%) Retail
4 4 (2.76%) Law
4 4 (2.76%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.76%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (13.79%) Analyst
1 20 (13.79%) Lead
2 19 (13.10%) Developer
3 17 (11.72%) Cloud Engineer
4 16 (11.03%) Junior
4 16 (11.03%) Junior Analyst
5 14 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (8.28%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (7.59%) Architect
7 11 (7.59%) Security Analyst
7 11 (7.59%) Software Engineer
8 10 (6.90%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 9 (6.21%) Senior
10 8 (5.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) Data Analyst
10 8 (5.52%) Ethical Hacker
10 8 (5.52%) Junior Data Analyst
10 8 (5.52%) Junior Security Analyst
10 8 (5.52%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.34%) React
2 14 (9.66%) .NET
3 11 (7.59%) REST
4 9 (6.21%) Node.js
4 9 (6.21%) Terraform
5 8 (5.52%) ASP.NET
6 6 (4.14%) .NET Core
6 6 (4.14%) Web Services
7 5 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (3.45%) CSS
7 5 (3.45%) HTML
7 5 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (3.45%) ML.NET
8 4 (2.76%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.76%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (2.76%) JMS
8 4 (2.76%) JPA
8 4 (2.76%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.76%) Spring
8 4 (2.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.52%) Cyberattack
1 8 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.07%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.07%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.07%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.38%) Autonomous Agent
4 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.69%) Clustering
5 1 (0.69%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.28%) Linux
1 12 (8.28%) Windows
2 6 (4.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.69%) Android
3 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.69%) Debian
3 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (20.00%) AI
3 27 (18.62%) DevOps
4 21 (14.48%) Mentoring
5 19 (13.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (12.41%) CI/CD
6 18 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.03%) Agile
8 15 (10.34%) Microservices
9 14 (9.66%) Full-Stack Development
10 13 (8.97%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (8.28%) Code Quality
11 12 (8.28%) ETL
11 12 (8.28%) Software Engineering
12 10 (6.90%) Clean Code
13 9 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (6.21%) Lakehouse
14 8 (5.52%) Data Modelling
14 8 (5.52%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.45%) Python
2 24 (16.55%) SQL
3 19 (13.10%) C#
4 12 (8.28%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.83%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.83%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.45%) Apex Code
7 4 (2.76%) C
7 4 (2.76%) Java
7 4 (2.76%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.76%) Rust
8 3 (2.07%) C++
9 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (30.34%) Azure Certification
2 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.66%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.59%) CCNA
5 9 (6.21%) Degree
6 8 (5.52%) CEH
6 8 (5.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 8 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (5.52%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.83%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.14%) CISSP
8 6 (4.14%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.07%) CCSP
10 3 (2.07%) CISM
10 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.07%) QA
4 2 (1.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (12.41%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (8.28%) Docker
4 9 (6.21%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (3.45%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.76%) KVM
7 1 (0.69%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 12 (8.28%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.76%) Ansible
3 4 (2.76%) Kibana
4 1 (0.69%) Podman
Vendors
1 80 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.17%) ForeScout
3 14 (9.66%) VMware
4 9 (6.21%) Databricks
4 9 (6.21%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.14%) Cisco
6 4 (2.76%) AppDynamics
6 4 (2.76%) IBM
6 4 (2.76%) Oracle
7 3 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.07%) Darktrace
7 3 (2.07%) OpenAI