Azure Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,183 1,212 1,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.66% 20.95% 19.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.08% 54.40% 54.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 806 1,120
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,475
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,357
Median % change year-on-year - +1.18% +3.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,513 2,228 2,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.14% 38.51% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,126 1,509 2,013
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +1.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,750 £83,594
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Birmingham +1 529 £57,500 +0.59% 110
Staffordshire -4 149 £52,500 +10.53% 27
Warwickshire -2 125 £53,000 -3.64% 42
Worcestershire -8 61 £45,000 -1.93% 12
Shropshire +18 47 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Coventry -4 42 £65,000 +22.07% 23
Solihull -8 24 £62,500 +16.28% 9
Wolverhampton -11 17 £47,500 -12.84% 10
Halesowen - 14 £56,250 - 2
Herefordshire -4 13 £32,500 -35.00% 8
Walsall -4 8 £45,000 - 4
Wednesbury +1 7 £30,000 -20.00%
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Brierley Hill -6 3 £32,500 - 1
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 -
West Bromwich - 2 £28,500 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -12 1 £27,000 - 1
Dudley -13 1 £55,000 - 4
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
1 108 (9.13%) SharePoint
2 84 (7.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (4.14%) IIS
4 12 (1.01%) Apache
5 11 (0.93%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) Liferay
8 2 (0.17%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.17%) WordPress
9 1 (0.085%) Confluence
9 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 58 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.34%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.085%) Magento
3 1 (0.085%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 295 (24.94%) Microsoft 365
2 234 (19.78%) AWS
3 188 (15.89%) Azure DevOps
4 183 (15.47%) Power Platform
5 145 (12.26%) Entra ID
6 76 (6.42%) SaaS
7 72 (6.09%) GCP
8 64 (5.41%) PaaS
9 60 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 60 (5.07%) IaaS
10 59 (4.99%) Dynamics 365
11 39 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 38 (3.21%) GitHub
12 38 (3.21%) PowerApps
13 32 (2.70%) Snowflake
14 28 (2.37%) Azure Stack
14 28 (2.37%) Serverless
15 25 (2.11%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 177 (14.96%) Firewall
2 89 (7.52%) DNS
3 84 (7.10%) WAN
4 70 (5.92%) DHCP
5 49 (4.14%) LAN
5 49 (4.14%) SAN
6 46 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (3.80%) VPN
8 39 (3.30%) TCP/IP
9 35 (2.96%) SD-WAN
10 34 (2.87%) Wireless
11 31 (2.62%) Network Security
12 28 (2.37%) VLAN
13 17 (1.44%) MPLS
13 17 (1.44%) PBX
14 14 (1.18%) Internet
15 12 (1.01%) BIG-IP
15 12 (1.01%) NGFW
15 12 (1.01%) WLAN
16 11 (0.93%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (22.32%) SQL Server
2 145 (12.26%) Power BI
3 116 (9.81%) Data Warehouse
4 73 (6.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 37 (3.13%) Data Lake
5 37 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 36 (3.04%) Relational Database
7 35 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 35 (2.96%) Tableau
8 28 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (2.37%) NoSQL
9 24 (2.03%) MongoDB
10 20 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (1.61%) BigQuery
11 19 (1.61%) Looker
11 19 (1.61%) MySQL
12 18 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 17 (1.44%) Metadata
13 17 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 77 (6.51%) Git
2 35 (2.96%) Visual Studio
3 19 (1.61%) GitLab
4 15 (1.27%) JIRA
5 13 (1.10%) Postman
6 12 (1.01%) SonarQube
6 12 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.85%) MSTest
8 9 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
8 9 (0.76%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.59%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.59%) NUnit
11 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.42%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.42%) Karma Test Runner
12 5 (0.42%) Maven
12 5 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.34%) ESLint
13 4 (0.34%) IntelliJ
General
1 264 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 139 (11.75%) Finance
3 77 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.00%) Retail
5 51 (4.31%) Law
6 49 (4.14%) Manufacturing
7 42 (3.55%) Public Sector
8 37 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.61%) Legal
12 18 (1.52%) Marketing
13 15 (1.27%) Automotive
14 14 (1.18%) Local Government
15 12 (1.01%) Advertising
16 11 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
18 8 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.68%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 278 (23.50%) Developer
2 189 (15.98%) Senior
3 104 (8.79%) .NET Developer
4 100 (8.45%) Architect
5 97 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 93 (7.86%) Analyst
7 86 (7.27%) Support Engineer
8 85 (7.19%) IT Engineer
9 73 (6.17%) IT Support
10 63 (5.33%) Data Engineer
11 56 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
12 55 (4.65%) Network Engineer
13 54 (4.56%) Lead
14 47 (3.97%) Senior Developer
15 46 (3.89%) IT Support Engineer
16 43 (3.63%) Software Engineer
17 40 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
18 37 (3.13%) C# Developer
19 31 (2.62%) 3rd Line Support
20 30 (2.54%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (21.64%) .NET
2 105 (8.88%) .NET Core
3 96 (8.11%) AngularJS
4 93 (7.86%) ASP.NET
5 92 (7.78%) .NET Framework
6 89 (7.52%) HTML
7 81 (6.85%) Entity Framework
8 80 (6.76%) RESTful
9 77 (6.51%) ASP.NET Web API
10 76 (6.42%) React
11 65 (5.49%) CSS
12 60 (5.07%) ASP.NET MVC
13 50 (4.23%) Vue
14 48 (4.06%) REST
15 38 (3.21%) JSON
15 38 (3.21%) XML
16 35 (2.96%) Blazor
17 30 (2.54%) HTML5
18 29 (2.45%) Web Services
19 24 (2.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.40%) Management Information System
2 48 (4.06%) Cloud Native
3 47 (3.97%) Data Centre
4 44 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 35 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 35 (2.96%) Replication
7 33 (2.79%) Clustering
8 28 (2.37%) Data Structures
9 26 (2.20%) Onboarding
10 24 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (1.94%) Driving Licence
12 21 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
13 19 (1.61%) Private Cloud
14 15 (1.27%) Algorithms
15 13 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.01%) IoT
16 12 (1.01%) NHS
17 11 (0.93%) Mobile App
18 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 265 (22.40%) Windows
2 151 (12.76%) Windows Server
3 56 (4.73%) Windows 10
4 49 (4.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 43 (3.63%) Linux
6 34 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (1.18%) VMS
9 12 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 12 (1.01%) Unix
10 10 (0.85%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.76%) Android
12 8 (0.68%) Solaris
13 6 (0.51%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.17%) SUSE
15 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.085%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (27.13%) DevOps
2 301 (25.44%) Agile
3 183 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
4 156 (13.19%) CI/CD
5 153 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
6 118 (9.97%) ETL
7 117 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 115 (9.72%) Full Stack Development
9 107 (9.04%) Software Engineering
10 105 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
11 103 (8.71%) ITIL
12 98 (8.28%) Scrum
13 96 (8.11%) Microservices
14 93 (7.86%) Data Modelling
15 89 (7.52%) Mentoring
16 86 (7.27%) Analytics
16 86 (7.27%) MVC
17 83 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
18 69 (5.83%) Data Engineering
19 68 (5.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 332 (28.06%) SQL
2 275 (23.25%) C#
3 161 (13.61%) JavaScript
4 100 (8.45%) PowerShell
5 94 (7.95%) Python
6 88 (7.44%) T-SQL
7 68 (5.75%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.96%) Java
9 19 (1.61%) Bicep
10 14 (1.18%) Bash
10 14 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (1.10%) XAML
12 10 (0.85%) VB
13 9 (0.76%) C++
14 8 (0.68%) C
15 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.42%) Go
16 5 (0.42%) VB6
17 3 (0.25%) Dart
17 3 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 136 (11.50%) Degree
2 98 (8.28%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.26%) SC Cleared
4 58 (4.90%) Azure Certification
5 49 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (3.30%) CCNA
8 30 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.94%) CCNP
10 22 (1.86%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.44%) MCSE
12 15 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (1.18%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.68%) CCSA
15 8 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.59%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.66%) QA
2 43 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.28%) GDPR
4 25 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.27%) SLA
7 13 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 12 (1.01%) NCSC
9 9 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.68%) NIST
10 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.59%) PMO
12 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.17%) GRC
14 1 (0.085%) IFRS
14 1 (0.085%) IFRS 17
14 1 (0.085%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.085%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.085%) Solvency II
System Software
1 227 (19.19%) Active Directory
2 139 (11.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (10.14%) Hyper-V
4 55 (4.65%) Docker
5 38 (3.21%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (1.27%) VMware NSX
8 13 (1.10%) vSphere
9 10 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.51%) pfSense
11 6 (0.51%) XenApp
11 6 (0.51%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.42%) NFS
13 3 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.085%) Firmware
14 1 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 101 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 97 (8.20%) Terraform
3 52 (4.40%) Kubernetes
4 40 (3.38%) SCCM
5 21 (1.78%) Ansible
6 15 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.93%) vCenter Server
8 10 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.34%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.34%) Autotask
9 4 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.17%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.17%) Kibana
10 2 (0.17%) MIIS
10 2 (0.17%) SCOM
10 2 (0.17%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.085%) Nessus
11 1 (0.085%) WSUS
Vendors
1 573 (48.44%) Microsoft
2 193 (16.31%) VMware
3 81 (6.85%) Cisco
4 65 (5.49%) Databricks
5 58 (4.90%) Veeam
6 49 (4.14%) Citrix
7 27 (2.28%) Aruba
8 26 (2.20%) HP
8 26 (2.20%) Sophos
9 23 (1.94%) Meraki
10 21 (1.78%) Google
11 20 (1.69%) CheckPoint
11 20 (1.69%) Dell
11 20 (1.69%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.52%) Juniper
13 17 (1.44%) Oracle
14 15 (1.27%) Informatica
15 14 (1.18%) Facebook
16 13 (1.10%) F5
16 13 (1.10%) SolarWinds