Azure Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 975 1,245 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.21% 21.27% 18.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.67% 55.38% 49.19%
Number of salaries quoted 758 768 827
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,850
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.29% +7.00%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,963 2,248 2,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.62% 38.40% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,477 1,443 1,731
10th Percentile £30,800 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,582 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.04% +1.06% +4.76%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -4 452 £52,500 -19.23% 65
Buckinghamshire -4 271 £50,000 -4.76% 55
Oxfordshire -2 252 £52,500 -4.55% 43
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 119 (12.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 35 (3.59%) IIS
4 29 (2.97%) ArcGIS
4 29 (2.97%) GeoServer
4 29 (2.97%) OpenStack
5 24 (2.46%) CMS
5 24 (2.46%) Headless CMS
5 24 (2.46%) Kentico
6 19 (1.95%) Exchange Server 2010
6 19 (1.95%) Sitecore CMS
6 19 (1.95%) Umbraco
7 12 (1.23%) Confluence
8 7 (0.72%) WordPress
9 6 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.62%) nginx
10 5 (0.51%) Apache
11 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 293 (30.05%) Microsoft 365
2 265 (27.18%) AWS
3 162 (16.62%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (12.31%) Power Platform
5 95 (9.74%) Entra ID
6 73 (7.49%) GCP
7 53 (5.44%) Dynamics 365
8 46 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
9 34 (3.49%) SaaS
10 30 (3.08%) Serverless
11 29 (2.97%) OneDrive
11 29 (2.97%) PowerApps
12 28 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
13 27 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
14 25 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
15 24 (2.46%) Azure Storage
16 23 (2.36%) Power Automate
17 21 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
18 19 (1.95%) GitHub
18 19 (1.95%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 146 (14.97%) Firewall
2 120 (12.31%) DNS
3 70 (7.18%) DHCP
4 58 (5.95%) VPN
5 32 (3.28%) SAN
6 31 (3.18%) WAN
7 27 (2.77%) Wireless
8 25 (2.56%) TCP/IP
9 23 (2.36%) LAN
10 22 (2.26%) Internet
10 22 (2.26%) Network Security
11 20 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
12 15 (1.54%) NAS
12 15 (1.54%) VLAN
13 14 (1.44%) VoIP
14 12 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (1.13%) BGP
15 11 (1.13%) SNMP
16 10 (1.03%) DKIM
16 10 (1.03%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 82 (8.41%) Data Warehouse
2 82 (8.41%) Power BI
3 72 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.31%) Data Lake
5 41 (4.21%) BigQuery
6 40 (4.10%) Looker
6 40 (4.10%) NoSQL
7 39 (4.00%) Relational Database
8 31 (3.18%) GIS
9 29 (2.97%) QGIS
10 27 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
11 25 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (1.95%) MySQL
14 18 (1.85%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (1.33%) Power Query
18 8 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 69 (7.08%) Git
2 50 (5.13%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.90%) JIRA
4 25 (2.56%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.36%) NUnit
6 14 (1.44%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.44%) Selenium
7 13 (1.33%) GitLab
8 9 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.92%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.51%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.51%) MSTest
10 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Postman
12 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
13 1 (0.10%) JMeter
13 1 (0.10%) JUnit
13 1 (0.10%) Maven
13 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 236 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (6.56%) Finance
4 51 (5.23%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.82%) Retail
6 36 (3.69%) Legal
7 35 (3.59%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.38%) Billing
9 31 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.36%) Law
10 23 (2.36%) Marketing
11 18 (1.85%) Back Office
12 16 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.54%) Health Technology
13 15 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.23%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 261 (26.77%) Developer
2 139 (14.26%) Senior
3 96 (9.85%) .NET Developer
4 86 (8.82%) Architect
5 82 (8.41%) Analyst
6 78 (8.00%) Lead
7 73 (7.49%) Senior Developer
8 67 (6.87%) Software Engineer
9 66 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 56 (5.74%) Support Engineer
11 51 (5.23%) C# Developer
12 46 (4.72%) C# .NET Developer
13 43 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
14 42 (4.31%) IT Support
15 39 (4.00%) Full Stack Developer
16 38 (3.90%) Senior .NET Developer
17 35 (3.59%) IT Analyst
18 34 (3.49%) IT Engineer
19 33 (3.38%) Java Developer
20 31 (3.18%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (23.38%) .NET
2 127 (13.03%) .NET Core
3 113 (11.59%) React
4 88 (9.03%) CSS
5 87 (8.92%) ASP.NET
6 73 (7.49%) AngularJS
7 69 (7.08%) .NET Framework
8 58 (5.95%) ASP.NET MVC
9 56 (5.74%) HTML
10 51 (5.23%) Node.js
11 43 (4.41%) Entity Framework
12 36 (3.69%) Web Services
13 34 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
13 34 (3.49%) JSON
14 31 (3.18%) RESTful
14 31 (3.18%) Spring Boot
15 30 (3.08%) REST
15 30 (3.08%) Spring
15 30 (3.08%) XML
16 29 (2.97%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (4.92%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.00%) PKI
4 36 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.49%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.26%) Driving Licence
7 20 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
9 18 (1.85%) Client/Server
10 16 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.64%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.44%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.44%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.44%) Smartphone
13 13 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
14 12 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 219 (22.46%) Windows
2 131 (13.44%) Windows Server
3 128 (13.13%) Linux
4 84 (8.62%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (4.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (1.95%) Android
9 18 (1.85%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.64%) Ubuntu
10 16 (1.64%) Windows XP
11 12 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (1.03%) CentOS
12 10 (1.03%) VMS
13 5 (0.51%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.41%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.41%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.31%) Rocky
15 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (33.13%) DevOps
2 312 (32.00%) Agile
3 169 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (13.44%) CI/CD
5 119 (12.21%) Full Stack Development
6 112 (11.49%) Scrum
7 94 (9.64%) Microservices
8 93 (9.54%) Software Engineering
9 90 (9.23%) MVC
10 84 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
11 83 (8.51%) Analytics
11 83 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 83 (8.51%) ITIL
12 78 (8.00%) Project Management
13 75 (7.69%) Mentoring
14 74 (7.59%) CRM
15 73 (7.49%) Web Development
16 69 (7.08%) TDD
17 66 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
18 61 (6.26%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 233 (23.90%) C#
2 212 (21.74%) JavaScript
3 192 (19.69%) SQL
4 132 (13.54%) Python
5 74 (7.59%) Java
6 73 (7.49%) PowerShell
7 58 (5.95%) TypeScript
8 32 (3.28%) T-SQL
9 29 (2.97%) Bash
10 21 (2.15%) VB
10 21 (2.15%) VBScript
11 18 (1.85%) Bicep
12 17 (1.74%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (1.13%) Go
15 10 (1.03%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.82%) Ruby
17 7 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
17 7 (0.72%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 186 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 133 (13.64%) Degree
3 131 (13.44%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.33%) Azure Certification
5 51 (5.23%) DV Cleared
6 46 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (3.38%) CCNA
9 31 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (2.87%) AWS Certification
10 28 (2.87%) CISSP
11 21 (2.15%) DBS Check
12 20 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 18 (1.85%) CTC Cleared
15 14 (1.44%) CCNP
16 13 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (1.23%) MCP
18 11 (1.13%) MCSE
19 8 (0.82%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.77%) QA
2 28 (2.87%) GDPR
3 26 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.46%) SLA
5 21 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (1.33%) NIST
8 7 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 215 (22.05%) Active Directory
2 82 (8.41%) Docker
3 79 (8.10%) Hyper-V
4 52 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 29 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.72%) vSphere
9 5 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.31%) XenApp
10 3 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.21%) Firmware
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 115 (11.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (9.13%) Kubernetes
3 56 (5.74%) Terraform
4 52 (5.33%) Ansible
5 42 (4.31%) SCCM
6 38 (3.90%) SCOM
7 30 (3.08%) WSUS
8 28 (2.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.74%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.54%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (1.33%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.82%) CASB
13 7 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.62%) Puppet
15 5 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.51%) Suricata
16 3 (0.31%) Grafana
16 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 492 (50.46%) Microsoft
2 111 (11.38%) VMware
3 69 (7.08%) Google
4 49 (5.03%) Cisco
5 38 (3.90%) Oracle
6 29 (2.97%) Citrix
6 29 (2.97%) ESRI
6 29 (2.97%) Juniper
7 26 (2.67%) HP
8 24 (2.46%) Veeam
9 23 (2.36%) Dell
10 22 (2.26%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.95%) Optimizely
11 19 (1.95%) Sitecore
12 18 (1.85%) EMC
12 18 (1.85%) WSO2
13 16 (1.64%) Databricks
14 14 (1.44%) Apple
14 14 (1.44%) Aruba
14 14 (1.44%) Splunk