Azure Jobs in Reading

Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 93 278 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.70% 14.53% 26.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.93% 52.06% 59.76%
Number of salaries quoted 73 177 230
10th Percentile £32,250 £33,200 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £56,525 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.46% -19.25% +7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £64,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.23% +4.00%

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 207 534 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 37.16% 27.91% 44.21%
Number of salaries quoted 120 335 378
10th Percentile £31,025 £26,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £37,438 £36,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £79,688 £72,500 £84,688
90th Percentile £85,125 £86,000 £105,375
Berkshire median annual salary £56,250 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.08% +8.33%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Reading

Azure
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Reading.

Salary trend for Azure in Reading

Azure
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Reading over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Reading

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (13.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (11.83%) CMS
3 7 (7.53%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.15%) Confluence
5 1 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.08%) Sitefinity
5 1 (1.08%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 31 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 23 (24.73%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (17.20%) AWS
4 15 (16.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 14 (15.05%) Power Platform
5 14 (15.05%) SaaS
6 12 (12.90%) Azure Service Bus
6 12 (12.90%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (11.83%) PaaS
7 11 (11.83%) SonarCloud
8 10 (10.75%) iPaaS
9 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (6.45%) Entra ID
10 6 (6.45%) GCP
10 6 (6.45%) GitHub
10 6 (6.45%) IaaS
11 3 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.60%) DNS
2 6 (6.45%) Firewall
3 5 (5.38%) DHCP
3 5 (5.38%) SAN
4 2 (2.15%) FTP
4 2 (2.15%) HTTP
4 2 (2.15%) SMTP
4 2 (2.15%) SSH
4 2 (2.15%) WAN
5 1 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.08%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.08%) LAN
5 1 (1.08%) Network Security
5 1 (1.08%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.08%) VLAN
5 1 (1.08%) VPN
5 1 (1.08%) Wireless
5 1 (1.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.13%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.90%) Power BI
3 11 (11.83%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.23%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.15%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.15%) MySQL
6 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.08%) DTS
Development Applications
1 19 (20.43%) Git
2 13 (13.98%) Visual Studio
3 11 (11.83%) MSBuild
3 11 (11.83%) Octopus Deploy
3 11 (11.83%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (5.38%) JIRA
5 2 (2.15%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.15%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (2.15%) Vagrant
6 1 (1.08%) GitLab
6 1 (1.08%) Selenium
6 1 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 29 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 27 (29.03%) Finance
3 16 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (12.90%) Retail
5 11 (11.83%) Marketing
6 10 (10.75%) Legal
6 10 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (9.68%) Law
8 5 (5.38%) Games
9 2 (2.15%) Banking
10 1 (1.08%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 28 (30.11%) Architect
2 17 (18.28%) Developer
3 14 (15.05%) Technical Architect
4 13 (13.98%) Lead
5 10 (10.75%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 7 (7.53%) Applications Architect
6 7 (7.53%) IT Architect
6 7 (7.53%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (6.45%) Senior
8 5 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (5.38%) IT Engineer
8 5 (5.38%) IT Support
8 5 (5.38%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (5.38%) Team Leader
9 4 (4.30%) Azure Developer
10 3 (3.23%) Node.js Developer
10 3 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
10 3 (3.23%) Service Desk Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (29.03%) .NET
2 14 (15.05%) CSS
2 14 (15.05%) HTML
2 14 (15.05%) REST
3 13 (13.98%) ASP.NET
4 11 (11.83%) Bootstrap
4 11 (11.83%) gRPC
4 11 (11.83%) JSON
4 11 (11.83%) XML
5 7 (7.53%) .NET Framework
5 7 (7.53%) React
6 5 (5.38%) SAML
7 4 (4.30%) AngularJS
7 4 (4.30%) Node.js
8 2 (2.15%) .NET Core
8 2 (2.15%) GraphQL
8 2 (2.15%) HTML5
8 2 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (2.15%) Vue
9 1 (1.08%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (9.68%) PKI
3 5 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.15%) NHS
5 2 (2.15%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.15%) Replication
6 1 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (21.51%) Windows
2 10 (10.75%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.45%) Linux
3 6 (6.45%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.15%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (2.15%) VMS
6 1 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.08%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (41.94%) DevOps
2 32 (34.41%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (26.88%) Agile
4 23 (24.73%) Migration
5 19 (20.43%) Data Governance
5 19 (20.43%) Mentoring
6 15 (16.13%) Microservices
7 14 (15.05%) Data Management
7 14 (15.05%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (13.98%) CI/CD
8 13 (13.98%) Code Quality
9 12 (12.90%) API Integration
9 12 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (12.90%) Event-Driven
9 12 (12.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 12 (12.90%) MVC
10 11 (11.83%) Coaching
10 11 (11.83%) Performance Testing
10 11 (11.83%) Regulatory Compliance
10 11 (11.83%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.96%) C#
2 20 (21.51%) SQL
3 16 (17.20%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.45%) X++
5 5 (5.38%) Python
6 4 (4.30%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.23%) Java
8 2 (2.15%) Apex Code
8 2 (2.15%) Groovy
8 2 (2.15%) Perl
8 2 (2.15%) SOQL
9 1 (1.08%) Bicep
9 1 (1.08%) PHP
9 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.68%) Azure Certification
2 9 (9.68%) Degree
2 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (5.38%) CCNA
5 5 (5.38%) CCNP
5 5 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.15%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.08%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.08%) GIAC
8 1 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.08%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.08%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.13%) GDPR
2 9 (9.68%) Data Quality
3 8 (8.60%) SLA
4 7 (7.53%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.08%) GRC
6 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (20.43%) Docker
2 16 (17.20%) Active Directory
3 10 (10.75%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (9.68%) Hyper-V
5 5 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (2.15%) DFS Replication
6 2 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.15%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.08%) NFS
7 1 (1.08%) vCloud
7 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (7.53%) Kubernetes
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (6.45%) Terraform
3 4 (4.30%) Grafana
3 4 (4.30%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.15%) Ansible
5 1 (1.08%) Argo
5 1 (1.08%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.08%) vRealize
Vendors
1 40 (43.01%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.98%) VMware
3 5 (5.38%) Veeam
4 3 (3.23%) Databricks
5 2 (2.15%) IBM
5 2 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.08%) Apple
6 1 (1.08%) Meraki