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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure 98 96 217
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 11.94% 18.53% 15.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.89% 48.73% 47.07%
Number of salaries quoted 38 75 181
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% -6.78% -9.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £74,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £83,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £63,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.63% +20.00% -19.23%

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 209 197 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.46% 38.03% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 112 118 365
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.66% -10.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £83,750 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -19.23%

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 16 March 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 5 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.02%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.02%) Camunda
3 1 (1.02%) IIS
3 1 (1.02%) SAS
3 1 (1.02%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 32 (32.65%) AWS
2 26 (26.53%) Power Platform
3 20 (20.41%) GCP
4 14 (14.29%) Azure AI
4 14 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (5.10%) Apigee
7 5 (5.10%) Entra ID
7 5 (5.10%) Kong
7 5 (5.10%) OpenShift
8 4 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (4.08%) GitHub
9 3 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.06%) Figma
9 3 (3.06%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.04%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.29%) Firewall
2 5 (5.10%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (5.10%) DNS
3 3 (3.06%) DHCP
4 2 (2.04%) VPN
4 2 (2.04%) WAN
4 2 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.02%) Internet
5 1 (1.02%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.02%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.02%) VLAN
5 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.35%) Power BI
2 15 (15.31%) Tableau
3 7 (7.14%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.08%) Data Lake
4 4 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.06%) MySQL
6 2 (2.04%) Metadata
6 2 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.02%) Big Data
7 1 (1.02%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.02%) Looker
7 1 (1.02%) SAS EBI
7 1 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (9.18%) Git
2 7 (7.14%) GitLab
3 1 (1.02%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.02%) TeamCity
General
1 54 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Finance
3 15 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.16%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.08%) Retail
6 1 (1.02%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.02%) Marketing
6 1 (1.02%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 33 (33.67%) Analyst
2 28 (28.57%) Junior
2 28 (28.57%) Junior Analyst
3 17 (17.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 17 (17.35%) Security Analyst
4 15 (15.31%) Data Analyst
4 15 (15.31%) Software Engineer
5 14 (14.29%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (14.29%) Junior Security Analyst
6 13 (13.27%) Developer
7 8 (8.16%) Ethical Hacker
8 7 (7.14%) Power Platform Developer
8 7 (7.14%) Senior
9 5 (5.10%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Automation Specialist
9 5 (5.10%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (5.10%) Network Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Network Specialist
9 5 (5.10%) Telecoms Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.18%) REST
2 5 (5.10%) .NET
2 5 (5.10%) ASP.NET
2 5 (5.10%) Jinja
2 5 (5.10%) JSON
2 5 (5.10%) React
2 5 (5.10%) XML
2 5 (5.10%) YAML
2 5 (5.10%) YANG
3 4 (4.08%) Vue
4 3 (3.06%) .NET Core
4 3 (3.06%) .NET Framework
4 3 (3.06%) Blazor
4 3 (3.06%) CSS
4 3 (3.06%) Django
4 3 (3.06%) Entity Framework
4 3 (3.06%) RESTful
4 3 (3.06%) Twisted
4 3 (3.06%) Web Services
4 3 (3.06%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.22%) Client/Server
1 11 (11.22%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (8.16%) Cyberattack
2 8 (8.16%) Low-Code
2 8 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.06%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.02%) Clustering
6 1 (1.02%) CMDB
6 1 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.02%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.02%) NHS
6 1 (1.02%) PKI
6 1 (1.02%) Replication
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (24.49%) Linux
2 5 (5.10%) Unix
2 5 (5.10%) Windows
3 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.67%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.41%) DevOps
4 19 (19.39%) AI
4 19 (19.39%) CI/CD
4 19 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (17.35%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (17.35%) Mentoring
6 16 (16.33%) Software Engineering
6 16 (16.33%) Test Automation
7 15 (15.31%) Code Quality
8 13 (13.27%) Computer Science
9 12 (12.24%) Agile
9 12 (12.24%) Containerisation
10 11 (11.22%) Data Governance
10 11 (11.22%) System Testing
11 9 (9.18%) Collaborative Culture
12 8 (8.16%) Deployment Automation
12 8 (8.16%) Ethical Hacking
12 8 (8.16%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 47 (47.96%) Python
2 21 (21.43%) SQL
3 20 (20.41%) JavaScript
4 13 (13.27%) C#
5 11 (11.22%) C
5 11 (11.22%) C++
5 11 (11.22%) Rust
6 5 (5.10%) TypeScript
7 3 (3.06%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.04%) Bicep
8 2 (2.04%) R
9 1 (1.02%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.02%) Java
Qualifications
1 38 (38.78%) Azure Certification
2 17 (17.35%) Degree
3 14 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 14 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (11.22%) CEH
6 5 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.06%) CCSP
7 3 (3.06%) CISA
7 3 (3.06%) CISM
7 3 (3.06%) CISSP
7 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.06%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.04%) CCNA
9 1 (1.02%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.02%) HND
9 1 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.24%) QA
2 5 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (3.06%) GRC
4 3 (3.06%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.04%) GDPR
6 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 14 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 11 (11.22%) KVM
2 11 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.16%) Active Directory
4 5 (5.10%) Docker
5 4 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) Terraform
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 59 (60.20%) Microsoft
2 22 (22.45%) ForeScout
3 11 (11.22%) VMware
4 9 (9.18%) Palo Alto
5 6 (6.12%) Cisco
6 5 (5.10%) F5
6 5 (5.10%) Juniper
6 5 (5.10%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.06%) Databricks
7 3 (3.06%) Google
7 3 (3.06%) Tenable
8 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.02%) 3PAR
9 1 (1.02%) HP
9 1 (1.02%) Informatica
9 1 (1.02%) Pega
9 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.02%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.02%) Veeam
9 1 (1.02%) Zscaler