Azure Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,422 1,395 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.79% 20.78% 18.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.86% 53.59% 45.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 763 1,001
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
South West

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,742 2,603 3,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 28.51% 38.77% 41.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,130 1,606 2,392
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +12.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,056 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South West.

Salary trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol 0 517 £59,500 -4.61% 143
Gloucestershire +5 388 £55,000 -6.38% 68
Wiltshire -3 173 £60,000 +26.32% 32
Dorset -15 107 £50,000 +18.34% 23
Devon +16 105 £47,500 +10.14% 48
Somerset -2 95 £50,000 +5.26% 36
Cornwall -11 14 £29,250 -13.97% 8
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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
1 118 (8.30%) SharePoint
2 113 (7.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.18%) ArcGIS
4 28 (1.97%) CMS
4 28 (1.97%) Umbraco
5 27 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.90%) GeoServer
6 26 (1.83%) Apache
7 19 (1.34%) IIS
8 17 (1.20%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.20%) Kentico
8 17 (1.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 10 (0.70%) SharePoint 2010
9 10 (0.70%) SharePoint 2013
10 7 (0.49%) JBoss
11 6 (0.42%) Confluence
11 6 (0.42%) nginx
12 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 54 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.42%) Trello
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.070%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 35 (2.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.42%) Maximo
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
4 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 572 (40.23%) AWS
2 378 (26.58%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (17.09%) Azure DevOps
4 181 (12.73%) GCP
5 147 (10.34%) Power Platform
6 127 (8.93%) Entra ID
7 110 (7.74%) SaaS
8 73 (5.13%) OpenShift
9 66 (4.64%) PaaS
10 60 (4.22%) IaaS
11 58 (4.08%) OneDrive
12 48 (3.38%) Serverless
13 36 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
14 29 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.83%) Power Automate
16 25 (1.76%) GitHub
17 24 (1.69%) PowerApps
18 23 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
19 22 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
19 22 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 137 (9.63%) Firewall
2 110 (7.74%) DNS
3 83 (5.84%) WAN
4 78 (5.49%) DHCP
5 75 (5.27%) LAN
6 74 (5.20%) TCP/IP
7 55 (3.87%) VPN
8 42 (2.95%) HTTP
9 37 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (2.32%) SAN
11 32 (2.25%) Wireless
12 29 (2.04%) VLAN
13 28 (1.97%) Internet
14 23 (1.62%) SD-WAN
15 21 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
16 17 (1.20%) AMQP
17 12 (0.84%) SSL
17 12 (0.84%) WLAN
18 11 (0.77%) Broadband
18 11 (0.77%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (17.37%) SQL Server
2 102 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
3 97 (6.82%) Power BI
4 49 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 44 (3.09%) BigQuery
6 43 (3.02%) Big Data
6 43 (3.02%) NoSQL
7 40 (2.81%) Looker
8 37 (2.60%) GIS
9 35 (2.46%) MySQL
9 35 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
10 34 (2.39%) MongoDB
11 33 (2.32%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.25%) Relational Database
13 31 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 27 (1.90%) QGIS
14 27 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 25 (1.76%) Hadoop
16 19 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 97 (6.82%) Git
2 57 (4.01%) JIRA
3 37 (2.60%) GitLab
4 31 (2.18%) Visual Studio
5 26 (1.83%) Jenkins
6 17 (1.20%) Selenium
7 16 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.70%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.63%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.56%) JMeter
10 8 (0.56%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.49%) Eclipse
11 7 (0.49%) Vagrant
12 6 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
12 6 (0.42%) RStudio
12 6 (0.42%) Subversion
13 5 (0.35%) Maven
13 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 310 (21.80%) Social Skills
2 121 (8.51%) Finance
3 103 (7.24%) Aerospace
4 99 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (4.01%) Retail
6 51 (3.59%) Public Sector
7 35 (2.46%) Legal
8 33 (2.32%) Billing
9 31 (2.18%) Law
9 31 (2.18%) Marketing
10 28 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (1.76%) Banking
11 25 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.62%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.91%) Advertising
16 12 (0.84%) Tech for Good
17 10 (0.70%) Publishing
18 9 (0.63%) Games
Job Titles
1 324 (22.78%) Developer
2 265 (18.64%) Senior
3 176 (12.38%) .NET Developer
4 153 (10.76%) Architect
5 134 (9.42%) Software Engineer
6 127 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 117 (8.23%) Lead
8 99 (6.96%) Senior Developer
9 95 (6.68%) Support Engineer
10 90 (6.33%) Analyst
11 89 (6.26%) C# Developer
12 86 (6.05%) C# .NET Developer
13 80 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
14 71 (4.99%) Consultant
15 70 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
16 69 (4.85%) IT Engineer
17 66 (4.64%) IT Support
18 60 (4.22%) Software Developer
19 58 (4.08%) Senior .NET Developer
20 51 (3.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 370 (26.02%) .NET
2 208 (14.63%) React
3 173 (12.17%) CSS
4 164 (11.53%) .NET Core
4 164 (11.53%) ASP.NET
5 161 (11.32%) AngularJS
6 153 (10.76%) HTML
7 136 (9.56%) .NET Framework
8 107 (7.52%) Entity Framework
9 77 (5.41%) ASP.NET MVC
10 69 (4.85%) Vue
11 56 (3.94%) ASP.NET Web API
11 56 (3.94%) Node.js
12 51 (3.59%) Blazor
13 47 (3.31%) Spring
14 40 (2.81%) REST
15 39 (2.74%) HTML5
16 35 (2.46%) CSS3
17 32 (2.25%) LESS
17 32 (2.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.71%) Product Ownership
2 55 (3.87%) Public Cloud
2 55 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (3.52%) Private Cloud
4 43 (3.02%) Cloud Native
5 35 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 31 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 27 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 25 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 20 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 18 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.98%) iPhone
13 10 (0.70%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.70%) Replication
14 9 (0.63%) Blockchain
14 9 (0.63%) Taxonomies
15 8 (0.56%) Clustering
15 8 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 314 (22.08%) Windows
2 191 (13.43%) Linux
3 135 (9.49%) Windows Server
4 80 (5.63%) Windows 10
5 75 (5.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 31 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (1.83%) Ubuntu
7 26 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (1.55%) Unix
9 20 (1.41%) Debian
10 19 (1.34%) Android
11 18 (1.27%) CentOS
11 18 (1.27%) Mac OS
12 17 (1.20%) Apple iOS
13 14 (0.98%) VMS
14 11 (0.77%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.56%) AIX
17 6 (0.42%) Solaris
18 3 (0.21%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (39.17%) Agile
2 492 (34.60%) DevOps
3 254 (17.86%) CI/CD
4 223 (15.68%) Full Stack Development
5 222 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (13.85%) Scrum
7 183 (12.87%) Software Engineering
8 155 (10.90%) Actionable Insight
9 153 (10.76%) Collaborative Working
10 152 (10.69%) Microservices
11 149 (10.48%) MVC
12 145 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 129 (9.07%) Continuous Integration
14 125 (8.79%) Mentoring
15 115 (8.09%) ITIL
16 105 (7.38%) Kanban
16 105 (7.38%) Roadmaps
17 104 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (6.96%) Project Management
19 95 (6.68%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 371 (26.09%) JavaScript
2 333 (23.42%) C#
3 218 (15.33%) SQL
4 217 (15.26%) Python
5 202 (14.21%) Java
6 146 (10.27%) PowerShell
7 114 (8.02%) TypeScript
8 65 (4.57%) Bash
9 50 (3.52%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.13%) R
11 15 (1.05%) Bicep
11 15 (1.05%) PHP
12 14 (0.98%) Go
13 13 (0.91%) Scala
14 12 (0.84%) C++
15 9 (0.63%) C
15 9 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.63%) Ruby
16 7 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 347 (24.40%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 154 (10.83%) Degree
4 140 (9.85%) DV Cleared
5 65 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.32%) TOGAF Certification
8 28 (1.97%) DBS Check
9 25 (1.76%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.55%) CISSP
12 20 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.27%) MCSE
14 15 (1.05%) A+ Certification
15 14 (0.98%) CEH
15 14 (0.98%) MCP
16 11 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.77%) CCNA
17 10 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.61%) QA
2 39 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.11%) SLA
4 22 (1.55%) GDPR
5 19 (1.34%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.27%) NIST
7 13 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.35%) SOC 1
10 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.21%) WCAG
12 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 1 (0.070%) GRC
System Software
1 242 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 150 (10.55%) Docker
3 149 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 115 (8.09%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (1.55%) vSphere
7 19 (1.34%) XenApp
8 17 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.91%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.42%) Firmware
11 6 (0.42%) KVM
12 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.21%) Ceph
13 3 (0.21%) Gluster
13 3 (0.21%) oVirt
14 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.070%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 183 (12.87%) Kubernetes
2 125 (8.79%) Ansible
3 119 (8.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 114 (8.02%) Terraform
5 69 (4.85%) Puppet
6 55 (3.87%) SCCM
7 21 (1.48%) Nagios
8 14 (0.98%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.56%) Packer
10 8 (0.56%) SCVMM
10 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.56%) WSUS
11 7 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
12 5 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.35%) OfficeScan
13 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 609 (42.83%) Microsoft
2 197 (13.85%) VMware
3 140 (9.85%) Google
4 77 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 64 (4.50%) Oracle
6 63 (4.43%) Cisco
7 42 (2.95%) Citrix
8 35 (2.46%) Sparx
9 31 (2.18%) ESRI
10 30 (2.11%) HP
10 30 (2.11%) Veeam
11 29 (2.04%) Databricks
12 20 (1.41%) Dell
13 17 (1.20%) Meraki
13 17 (1.20%) Optimizely
13 17 (1.20%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.20%) SaltStack
13 17 (1.20%) Sitecore
14 15 (1.05%) SolarWinds
14 15 (1.05%) Xamarin