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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 58 113 213
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.25% 15.78% 18.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.67% 42.97% 53.52%
Number of salaries quoted 33 71 169
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £56,900
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.84% -12.46%
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,750 £83,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £64,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -21.88% +20.19% -15.81%

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 150 263 398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 23.92% 36.73% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 90 122 301
10th Percentile £31,000 £38,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £84,875 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +15.74% -16.92%

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 23 January 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 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.45%) CMS
2 2 (3.45%) IIS
3 1 (1.72%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) Power Platform
2 17 (29.31%) AWS
3 10 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (15.52%) GCP
5 8 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (10.34%) Azure AI
7 5 (8.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
8 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (5.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (3.45%) Mimecast
10 2 (3.45%) OneDrive
10 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.72%) dbt
11 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Firewall
2 6 (10.34%) DNS
3 4 (6.90%) DHCP
4 3 (5.17%) VPN
5 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.45%) WAN
6 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.72%) VLAN
6 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.41%) Power BI
2 8 (13.79%) SQL Server
3 7 (12.07%) Tableau
4 5 (8.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (5.17%) Data Lake
6 3 (5.17%) MySQL
7 2 (3.45%) Big Data
7 2 (3.45%) Data Hub
7 2 (3.45%) Metadata
7 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.72%) Looker
8 1 (1.72%) Power Query
8 1 (1.72%) SAS EBI
8 1 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Git
2 2 (3.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.72%) TeamCity
General
1 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Finance
3 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Games
4 2 (3.45%) Humanities
5 1 (1.72%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
5 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.72%) Marketing
5 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (29.31%) Analyst
2 13 (22.41%) Junior
3 12 (20.69%) Junior Analyst
4 10 (17.24%) Developer
5 9 (15.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (15.52%) Security Analyst
6 8 (13.79%) Data Analyst
6 8 (13.79%) Lead
7 6 (10.34%) Junior Data Analyst
7 6 (10.34%) Junior Security Analyst
7 6 (10.34%) Senior
8 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Power Platform Developer
8 4 (6.90%) Software Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Data Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (5.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Cloud Specialist
10 2 (3.45%) Integration Developer
10 2 (3.45%) Service Desk Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) .NET
2 3 (5.17%) CSS
2 3 (5.17%) React
2 3 (5.17%) RESTful
3 2 (3.45%) HTML
3 2 (3.45%) Web Services
4 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.72%) CSS3
4 1 (1.72%) Express.js
4 1 (1.72%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.72%) HTML5
4 1 (1.72%) Middleware
4 1 (1.72%) Node.js
4 1 (1.72%) REST
4 1 (1.72%) SOAP
4 1 (1.72%) Spring
4 1 (1.72%) Visualforce
4 1 (1.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Client/Server
1 4 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Low-Code
2 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.45%) Clustering
3 2 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (3.45%) Replication
4 1 (1.72%) AS400
4 1 (1.72%) CMDB
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) NHS
4 1 (1.72%) PKI
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.24%) Linux
2 5 (8.62%) Windows
3 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (22.41%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (20.69%) Data Governance
5 11 (18.97%) CI/CD
5 11 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (17.24%) Agile
6 10 (17.24%) AI
6 10 (17.24%) DevOps
7 8 (13.79%) Mentoring
8 7 (12.07%) Analytics
8 7 (12.07%) Data Management
9 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
9 6 (10.34%) Test Automation
10 5 (8.62%) Code Quality
10 5 (8.62%) Computer Science
10 5 (8.62%) Data Architecture
10 5 (8.62%) Deployment Automation
10 5 (8.62%) Software Engineering
11 4 (6.90%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) Python
2 15 (25.86%) SQL
3 9 (15.52%) JavaScript
4 8 (13.79%) C#
5 4 (6.90%) C
5 4 (6.90%) C++
5 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
5 4 (6.90%) Rust
6 3 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.45%) Bicep
7 2 (3.45%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.72%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.72%) Java
8 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Azure Certification
2 12 (20.69%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (5.17%) CCSP
5 3 (5.17%) CEH
5 3 (5.17%) CISA
5 3 (5.17%) CISM
5 3 (5.17%) CISSP
6 2 (3.45%) CCNA
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.72%) CCIE
7 1 (1.72%) MCP
7 1 (1.72%) MCSA
7 1 (1.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.62%) QA
3 4 (6.90%) Accessibility
4 3 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (5.17%) GRC
4 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.45%) SLA
6 1 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Hyper-V
2 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.90%) KVM
3 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.17%) Docker
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Terraform
2 2 (3.45%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (46.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) Databricks
3 6 (10.34%) ForeScout
4 4 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.90%) VMware
5 3 (5.17%) Google
5 3 (5.17%) Tenable
6 2 (3.45%) Cisco
7 1 (1.72%) 3PAR
7 1 (1.72%) HP
7 1 (1.72%) Informatica
7 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.72%) Talend
7 1 (1.72%) Veeam
7 1 (1.72%) Zscaler