Azure Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Azure
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 360 366 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.94% 21.67% 20.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 55.81% 63.21% 48.98%
Number of salaries quoted 274 206 291
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,063 £35,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,210 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% -2.72% +5.56%
75th Percentile £64,688 £64,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,250 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.35% +0.80% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 645 579 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 28.55% 34.28% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 495 352 575
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,039 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,375 £62,500 £62,625
90th Percentile £71,129 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +6.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Wales

Azure
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Azure in Wales

Azure
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Wales over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in Wales

Azure
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
South Wales 0 275 £50,685 -1.58% 38
West Wales +2 55 £50,500 +22.42% 17
North Wales -7 24 £40,000 -11.11% 10
Mid Wales -12 2 - - 3
Dyfed - 1 £38,000 - 1
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 27 (7.50%) ArcGIS
1 27 (7.50%) GeoServer
2 16 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.61%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.39%) Confluence
5 4 (1.11%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.83%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.56%) Apache
7 2 (0.56%) IIS
7 2 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 124 (34.44%) AWS
2 59 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (15.28%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.61%) GCP
5 31 (8.61%) SaaS
6 29 (8.06%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.17%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.22%) OCI
9 7 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.39%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.11%) Azure API Management
12 4 (1.11%) PaaS
13 3 (0.83%) iPaaS
13 3 (0.83%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.94%) Firewall
2 21 (5.83%) DNS
3 13 (3.61%) Remote Desktop
4 11 (3.06%) Internet
5 10 (2.78%) SAN
6 9 (2.50%) DHCP
6 9 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.50%) WAN
7 8 (2.22%) Network Security
8 7 (1.94%) LAN
9 6 (1.67%) BGP
9 6 (1.67%) MPLS
9 6 (1.67%) VPN
9 6 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.67%) Wireless
10 5 (1.39%) Extranet
10 5 (1.39%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.11%) SSL
12 2 (0.56%) IPsec
12 2 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.61%) SQL Server
2 41 (11.39%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (8.06%) GIS
4 28 (7.78%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (7.50%) QGIS
6 14 (3.89%) Power BI
7 9 (2.50%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.94%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (1.67%) Big Data
10 6 (1.67%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.39%) Data Vault
12 4 (1.11%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.11%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (6.39%) Git
2 19 (5.28%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.00%) JIRA
4 15 (4.17%) Selenium
5 12 (3.33%) GitLab
6 11 (3.06%) Postman
7 9 (2.50%) Visual Studio
8 8 (2.22%) JMeter
8 8 (2.22%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.39%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.83%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.56%) DBeaver
11 2 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.56%) JUnit
11 2 (0.56%) NUnit
11 2 (0.56%) TestNG
General
1 77 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.11%) Finance
3 24 (6.67%) Games
4 17 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (3.61%) Marketing
5 13 (3.61%) Retail
6 12 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.50%) Banking
10 7 (1.94%) Law
10 7 (1.94%) Welsh Language
11 6 (1.67%) Local Government
11 6 (1.67%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.39%) Legal
12 5 (1.39%) Police
13 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Advertising
15 2 (0.56%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.28%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 101 (28.06%) Developer
2 71 (19.72%) Senior
3 50 (13.89%) Lead
4 47 (13.06%) Architect
5 39 (10.83%) .NET Developer
6 33 (9.17%) Software Engineer
7 24 (6.67%) Support Engineer
8 23 (6.39%) C# Developer
9 21 (5.83%) C# .NET Developer
10 19 (5.28%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (4.44%) Senior Developer
12 15 (4.17%) DBA
13 14 (3.89%) IT Engineer
14 13 (3.61%) Desktop Engineer
14 13 (3.61%) Desktop Support
14 13 (3.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 13 (3.61%) IT Support
14 13 (3.61%) Technical Architect
15 12 (3.33%) Games Developer
15 12 (3.33%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (30.83%) .NET
2 66 (18.33%) React
3 65 (18.06%) .NET Core
4 51 (14.17%) CSS
5 40 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 33 (9.17%) HTML
7 27 (7.50%) Leaflet
7 27 (7.50%) OpenLayers
7 27 (7.50%) PostGIS
8 26 (7.22%) ASP.NET
9 22 (6.11%) HTML5
10 21 (5.83%) ASP.NET Web API
11 20 (5.56%) RESTful
12 16 (4.44%) ASP.NET MVC
12 16 (4.44%) Spring Boot
13 15 (4.17%) Vue
14 14 (3.89%) Blazor
14 14 (3.89%) CSS3
14 14 (3.89%) REST
15 13 (3.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.83%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.06%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.94%) PKI
6 7 (1.94%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.67%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.39%) Tandem
9 4 (1.11%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.11%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.11%) FMCG
9 4 (1.11%) iPad
9 4 (1.11%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.11%) Replication
10 3 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.33%) Windows
2 30 (8.33%) Linux
2 30 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.06%) Android
4 7 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.39%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.11%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.83%) VMS
8 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.28%) Unix
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (37.22%) Agile
2 116 (32.22%) DevOps
3 55 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (14.44%) Full Stack Development
5 47 (13.06%) Software Engineering
6 45 (12.50%) Migration
7 43 (11.94%) Actionable Insight
7 43 (11.94%) CI/CD
8 38 (10.56%) Scrum
9 37 (10.28%) Test Automation
10 30 (8.33%) Roadmaps
10 30 (8.33%) Software Testing
11 28 (7.78%) Web Development
12 25 (6.94%) Mentoring
13 24 (6.67%) Microservices
14 22 (6.11%) Fintech
14 22 (6.11%) TDD
15 20 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (5.56%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 100 (27.78%) C#
2 96 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 87 (24.17%) SQL
4 39 (10.83%) TypeScript
5 37 (10.28%) Python
6 24 (6.67%) Java
7 10 (2.78%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.67%) C++
8 6 (1.67%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.11%) C
9 4 (1.11%) PHP
10 3 (0.83%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 49 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 44 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.28%) Degree
4 11 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.50%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.50%) CCNA
5 9 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.83%) CCNP
8 3 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.56%) CISSP
9 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.28%) CISM
10 1 (0.28%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.61%) QA
2 8 (2.22%) SLA
3 7 (1.94%) GDPR
4 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.28%) PMO
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.22%) Docker
3 14 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.28%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.00%) Terraform
4 10 (2.78%) Ansible
5 6 (1.67%) Puppet
6 5 (1.39%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.39%) SCCM
6 5 (1.39%) SCOM
7 3 (0.83%) Perfmon
7 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.56%) Kibana
8 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.28%) Grafana
9 1 (0.28%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 122 (33.89%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.50%) ESRI
3 22 (6.11%) Oracle
4 15 (4.17%) Google
4 15 (4.17%) VMware
5 12 (3.33%) Cisco
6 9 (2.50%) Veeam
7 7 (1.94%) Citrix
7 7 (1.94%) Meraki
8 6 (1.67%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.67%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.67%) OutSystems
8 6 (1.67%) Xamarin
9 5 (1.39%) HP
9 5 (1.39%) NetApp
10 4 (1.11%) SAP
10 4 (1.11%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.11%) Sparx
11 3 (0.83%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.83%) Okta