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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 52 166 197
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 10.53% 14.46% 19.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.33% 48.68% 56.94%
Number of salaries quoted 37 100 151
10th Percentile £34,250 £35,875 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,125 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +4.60% -13.04%
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £79,250 £85,000 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.60% +13.64% -15.38%

All Cloud 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 120 341 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 24.29% 29.70% 34.16%
Number of salaries quoted 69 168 234
10th Percentile £28,800 £34,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year - +6.15% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,125 £74,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -15.38%

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 17 November 2025.

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 10 (19.23%) CMS
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.85%) Confluence
3 2 (3.85%) IIS
4 1 (1.92%) SAS
4 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) Power Platform
2 13 (25.00%) AWS
3 9 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Purview
4 8 (15.38%) iPaaS
4 8 (15.38%) PaaS
5 7 (13.46%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (13.46%) SaaS
6 3 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon ELB
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon Glacier
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.85%) GCP
7 2 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.15%) Firewall
2 8 (15.38%) DNS
3 6 (11.54%) DHCP
4 2 (3.85%) FTP
4 2 (3.85%) HTTP
4 2 (3.85%) SMTP
4 2 (3.85%) SSH
4 2 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.85%) VPN
5 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.92%) Network Security
5 1 (1.92%) SAN
5 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.92%) Power BI
1 14 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (3.85%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.92%) Big Data
4 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.92%) DTS
4 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.92%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.92%) Power Query
4 1 (1.92%) SAS EBI
4 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (3.85%) Git
2 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (3.85%) Vagrant
General
1 23 (44.23%) Finance
2 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (15.38%) Games
4 8 (15.38%) Legal
4 8 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (13.46%) Marketing
6 4 (7.69%) Humanities
7 3 (5.77%) Law
8 2 (3.85%) Banking
9 1 (1.92%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Lead
2 9 (17.31%) Architect
3 8 (15.38%) Developer
4 6 (11.54%) Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Applications Architect
5 4 (7.69%) IT Architect
5 4 (7.69%) Senior
6 3 (5.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Integration Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support
7 2 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Salesforce Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Technical Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.38%) .NET
2 3 (5.77%) Web Services
3 2 (3.85%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.85%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (3.85%) React
4 1 (1.92%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.92%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.92%) CSS
4 1 (1.92%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.92%) HTML
4 1 (1.92%) Node.js
4 1 (1.92%) RESTful
4 1 (1.92%) SAML
4 1 (1.92%) Spring
4 1 (1.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (7.69%) PKI
2 4 (7.69%) Replication
3 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.85%) Clustering
5 1 (1.92%) AS400
5 1 (1.92%) CMDB
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) NHS
5 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Windows
2 7 (13.46%) Windows Server
3 6 (11.54%) Linux
4 2 (3.85%) Amazon Linux
4 2 (3.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) Data Governance
2 15 (28.85%) Agile
2 15 (28.85%) Data Management
3 14 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (25.00%) Migration
5 12 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 10 (19.23%) DevOps
6 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (17.31%) Coaching
8 8 (15.38%) Data Governance Strategy
8 8 (15.38%) Data Lineage
8 8 (15.38%) Data Privacy
8 8 (15.38%) Data Security
8 8 (15.38%) Data Validation
8 8 (15.38%) Validation
9 7 (13.46%) Creative Thinking
9 7 (13.46%) ERP
9 7 (13.46%) Practice Management
9 7 (13.46%) Regulatory Compliance
9 7 (13.46%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) SQL
2 7 (13.46%) C#
3 5 (9.62%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.62%) Python
4 3 (5.77%) Java
4 3 (5.77%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.77%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.85%) Apex Code
5 2 (3.85%) Groovy
5 2 (3.85%) Perl
5 2 (3.85%) SOQL
6 1 (1.92%) Bicep
6 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
2 6 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.85%) CCNA
4 2 (3.85%) CCSP
4 2 (3.85%) CEH
4 2 (3.85%) CISA
4 2 (3.85%) CISM
4 2 (3.85%) CISSP
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.92%) CCNP
5 1 (1.92%) GIAC
5 1 (1.92%) MCSA
5 1 (1.92%) MCSE
5 1 (1.92%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.23%) Data Quality
2 9 (17.31%) Accessibility
3 4 (7.69%) SLA
4 3 (5.77%) GRC
5 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.46%) Hyper-V
3 5 (9.62%) Docker
4 4 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (3.85%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.92%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Terraform
2 2 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (3.85%) Grafana
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.85%) Prometheus
2 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) Databricks
3 4 (7.69%) VMware
4 2 (3.85%) Cisco
4 2 (3.85%) Google
4 2 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.85%) Tenable
5 1 (1.92%) Talend
5 1 (1.92%) Veeam