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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 154 85 159
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.81% 15.63% 11.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.09% 48.02% 47.60%
Number of salaries quoted 85 65 99
10th Percentile £44,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £57,525
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +10.39% -11.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £62,750 £56,525
% change year-on-year -16.33% +11.01% -9.56%

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 394 177 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.10% 32.54% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 294 106 176
10th Percentile £41,625 £29,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £52,813 £41,250 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% +9.32% -5.60%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%

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 7 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 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.78%) AWS
2 23 (14.94%) Azure AI
3 18 (11.69%) GitHub
4 16 (10.39%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (8.44%) GCP
6 12 (7.79%) Power Platform
7 11 (7.14%) PaaS
8 10 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (5.84%) Azure Databricks
9 9 (5.84%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.60%) Datadog
10 4 (2.60%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.60%) Serverless
11 3 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.95%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.44%) DNS
2 12 (7.79%) Firewall
3 8 (5.19%) VPN
4 7 (4.55%) DHCP
4 7 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.55%) VLAN
5 6 (3.90%) Internet
5 6 (3.90%) Wireless
6 5 (3.25%) LAN
6 5 (3.25%) WAN
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.30%) Network Security
7 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.49%) Power BI
1 10 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.84%) Tableau
3 6 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.25%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.30%) Metadata
7 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (10.39%) Git
2 5 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.60%) GitLab
4 2 (1.30%) JIRA
5 1 (0.65%) CircleCI
General
1 61 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.64%) Finance
3 7 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.90%) Retail
4 6 (3.90%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.60%) Law
5 4 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 22 (14.29%) Analyst
2 20 (12.99%) Developer
2 20 (12.99%) Lead
3 18 (11.69%) Junior
3 18 (11.69%) Junior Analyst
4 17 (11.04%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Software Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) Security Analyst
8 11 (7.14%) Architect
9 10 (6.49%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 9 (5.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 9 (5.84%) Data Analyst
10 9 (5.84%) Ethical Hacker
10 9 (5.84%) Junior Data Analyst
10 9 (5.84%) Junior Security Analyst
10 9 (5.84%) Senior
11 8 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.39%) React
2 15 (9.74%) .NET
3 14 (9.09%) REST
4 9 (5.84%) ASP.NET
4 9 (5.84%) Node.js
4 9 (5.84%) Terraform
5 7 (4.55%) .NET Core
5 7 (4.55%) Web Services
6 6 (3.90%) CSS
6 6 (3.90%) HTML
7 5 (3.25%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (3.25%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (3.25%) ML.NET
8 4 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (2.60%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (2.60%) JMS
8 4 (2.60%) JPA
8 4 (2.60%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.60%) Spring
8 4 (2.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.84%) Cyberattack
1 9 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.25%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (2.60%) Client/Server
3 4 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.95%) AI Agents
4 3 (1.95%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.30%) Autonomous Agent
5 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.65%) Clustering
6 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.39%) Linux
2 12 (7.79%) Windows
3 6 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Android
5 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.65%) Debian
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.03%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (19.48%) AI
2 30 (19.48%) DevOps
3 22 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 20 (12.99%) CI/CD
5 19 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (11.04%) Agile
6 17 (11.04%) Microservices
7 16 (10.39%) Full-Stack Development
8 14 (9.09%) Code Quality
8 14 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 13 (8.44%) Platform Engineering
10 12 (7.79%) ETL
11 10 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (6.49%) Clean Code
12 9 (5.84%) Containerisation
12 9 (5.84%) Ethical Hacking
12 9 (5.84%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 40 (25.97%) Python
2 25 (16.23%) SQL
3 20 (12.99%) C#
4 12 (7.79%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.14%) JavaScript
6 8 (5.19%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.25%) Apex Code
7 5 (3.25%) C
7 5 (3.25%) Rust
8 4 (2.60%) C++
8 4 (2.60%) Java
8 4 (2.60%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.65%) R
9 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (31.17%) Azure Certification
2 19 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.14%) CCNA
5 10 (6.49%) Degree
6 9 (5.84%) CEH
6 9 (5.84%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (5.84%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (5.19%) SC Cleared
8 7 (4.55%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.90%) CISSP
9 6 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.95%) CCSP
11 3 (1.95%) CISM
11 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.25%) QA
3 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.44%) Docker
4 10 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.90%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.65%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 12 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.60%) Ansible
3 4 (2.60%) Kibana
4 1 (0.65%) Podman
Vendors
1 85 (55.19%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.58%) ForeScout
3 15 (9.74%) VMware
4 9 (5.84%) Databricks
4 9 (5.84%) Salesforce
5 8 (5.19%) Cisco
6 4 (2.60%) AppDynamics
6 4 (2.60%) IBM
6 4 (2.60%) Oracle
7 3 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.95%) Darktrace
7 3 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.30%) F5
8 2 (1.30%) Juniper
8 2 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.30%) Red Hat