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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,430 1,403 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.72% 20.88% 18.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.96% 53.57% 45.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 772 1,014
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 £77,875 £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 2,752 2,619 3,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 28.33% 38.98% 41.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,132 1,620 2,417
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,725 £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% +15.38%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,150 £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 28 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 28 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 -1 516 £59,500 -4.80% 123
Gloucestershire +5 394 £53,750 -8.51% 56
Wiltshire -4 173 £60,000 +23.08% 38
Devon +17 106 £47,500 +8.57% 48
Dorset -15 106 £50,000 +18.34% 26
Somerset -1 96 £50,000 - 37
Cornwall -8 14 £29,250 -13.97% 7
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
1 117 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 114 (7.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.17%) ArcGIS
4 28 (1.96%) CMS
4 28 (1.96%) Umbraco
5 27 (1.89%) GeoServer
6 26 (1.82%) Apache
6 26 (1.82%) Apache Spark
7 20 (1.40%) IIS
8 17 (1.19%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.19%) Kentico
8 17 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 10 (0.70%) SharePoint 2010
9 10 (0.70%) SharePoint 2013
10 7 (0.49%) JBoss
11 6 (0.42%) Confluence
12 5 (0.35%) nginx
13 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 54 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.42%) Trello
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.21%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.070%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 35 (2.45%) 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
1 579 (40.49%) AWS
2 380 (26.57%) Microsoft 365
3 245 (17.13%) Azure DevOps
4 175 (12.24%) GCP
5 147 (10.28%) Power Platform
6 128 (8.95%) Entra ID
7 110 (7.69%) SaaS
8 74 (5.17%) OpenShift
9 63 (4.41%) PaaS
10 58 (4.06%) IaaS
10 58 (4.06%) OneDrive
11 47 (3.29%) Serverless
12 36 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
13 29 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
14 26 (1.82%) Power Automate
15 24 (1.68%) PowerApps
16 23 (1.61%) GitHub
17 22 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 138 (9.65%) Firewall
2 111 (7.76%) DNS
3 83 (5.80%) WAN
4 80 (5.59%) DHCP
5 76 (5.31%) LAN
6 75 (5.24%) TCP/IP
7 55 (3.85%) VPN
8 43 (3.01%) HTTP
9 37 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (2.45%) SAN
11 32 (2.24%) Wireless
12 30 (2.10%) VLAN
13 28 (1.96%) Internet
14 22 (1.54%) SD-WAN
15 21 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
16 17 (1.19%) AMQP
17 12 (0.84%) SSL
17 12 (0.84%) WLAN
18 11 (0.77%) Broadband
19 10 (0.70%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (17.34%) SQL Server
2 102 (7.13%) Data Warehouse
3 98 (6.85%) Power BI
4 49 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 44 (3.08%) BigQuery
6 43 (3.01%) Big Data
7 41 (2.87%) NoSQL
8 40 (2.80%) Looker
9 37 (2.59%) GIS
10 35 (2.45%) MySQL
11 34 (2.38%) MongoDB
11 34 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
12 32 (2.24%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.24%) Relational Database
13 31 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 27 (1.89%) QGIS
14 27 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 24 (1.68%) Hadoop
16 19 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
17 18 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 96 (6.71%) Git
2 59 (4.13%) JIRA
3 37 (2.59%) GitLab
4 31 (2.17%) Visual Studio
5 24 (1.68%) Jenkins
6 17 (1.19%) Selenium
7 16 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.63%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.56%) JMeter
11 7 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.49%) Eclipse
11 7 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.49%) Subversion
11 7 (0.49%) Vagrant
12 6 (0.42%) RStudio
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
13 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.28%) IntelliJ
General
1 315 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 115 (8.04%) Finance
3 107 (7.48%) Aerospace
4 99 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (3.92%) Retail
6 49 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 35 (2.45%) Legal
8 33 (2.31%) Billing
9 32 (2.24%) Marketing
10 31 (2.17%) Law
11 28 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (1.82%) Manufacturing
13 24 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.61%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.40%) Banking
16 15 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (0.98%) Tech for Good
18 13 (0.91%) Advertising
19 10 (0.70%) Publishing
20 8 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 326 (22.80%) Developer
2 269 (18.81%) Senior
3 176 (12.31%) .NET Developer
4 151 (10.56%) Architect
5 134 (9.37%) Software Engineer
6 128 (8.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 117 (8.18%) Lead
8 100 (6.99%) Senior Developer
9 96 (6.71%) Support Engineer
10 90 (6.29%) Analyst
11 89 (6.22%) C# Developer
12 86 (6.01%) C# .NET Developer
13 79 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
14 71 (4.97%) Consultant
15 70 (4.90%) IT Engineer
16 69 (4.83%) DevOps Engineer
17 66 (4.62%) IT Support
18 59 (4.13%) Software Developer
19 58 (4.06%) Senior .NET Developer
20 51 (3.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 370 (25.87%) .NET
2 211 (14.76%) React
3 173 (12.10%) CSS
4 164 (11.47%) .NET Core
4 164 (11.47%) ASP.NET
5 161 (11.26%) AngularJS
6 153 (10.70%) HTML
7 136 (9.51%) .NET Framework
8 107 (7.48%) Entity Framework
9 77 (5.38%) ASP.NET MVC
10 71 (4.97%) Vue
11 56 (3.92%) ASP.NET Web API
11 56 (3.92%) Node.js
12 51 (3.57%) Blazor
13 47 (3.29%) Spring
14 41 (2.87%) REST
15 39 (2.73%) HTML5
16 35 (2.45%) CSS3
17 34 (2.38%) RESTful
18 32 (2.24%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.62%) Product Ownership
2 55 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 54 (3.78%) Public Cloud
4 48 (3.36%) Private Cloud
5 42 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 31 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.68%) Virtual Team
10 20 (1.40%) Mobile App
11 18 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.98%) iPhone
14 11 (0.77%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.70%) Replication
16 9 (0.63%) Clustering
16 9 (0.63%) Taxonomies
17 8 (0.56%) Blockchain
17 8 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 318 (22.24%) Windows
2 194 (13.57%) Linux
3 137 (9.58%) Windows Server
4 80 (5.59%) Windows 10
5 76 (5.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (1.82%) Ubuntu
9 20 (1.40%) Debian
9 20 (1.40%) Unix
10 19 (1.33%) Android
11 18 (1.26%) CentOS
11 18 (1.26%) Mac OS
12 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
13 15 (1.05%) 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 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (39.23%) Agile
2 494 (34.55%) DevOps
3 254 (17.76%) CI/CD
4 224 (15.66%) Full Stack Development
5 221 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (13.99%) Scrum
7 184 (12.87%) Software Engineering
8 156 (10.91%) Collaborative Working
9 154 (10.77%) Actionable Insight
10 153 (10.70%) Microservices
11 149 (10.42%) MVC
12 146 (10.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 131 (9.16%) Continuous Integration
14 125 (8.74%) Mentoring
15 117 (8.18%) ITIL
16 108 (7.55%) Kanban
17 106 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
17 106 (7.41%) Roadmaps
18 99 (6.92%) Project Management
19 96 (6.71%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 373 (26.08%) JavaScript
2 334 (23.36%) C#
3 220 (15.38%) Python
4 219 (15.31%) SQL
5 204 (14.27%) Java
6 147 (10.28%) PowerShell
7 116 (8.11%) TypeScript
8 65 (4.55%) Bash
9 50 (3.50%) T-SQL
10 17 (1.19%) R
11 16 (1.12%) Bicep
11 16 (1.12%) PHP
12 14 (0.98%) Go
13 12 (0.84%) C++
13 12 (0.84%) Scala
14 9 (0.63%) C
14 9 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.63%) Ruby
15 7 (0.49%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 353 (24.69%) Security Cleared
2 199 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 155 (10.84%) Degree
4 143 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 66 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.31%) TOGAF Certification
8 28 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 27 (1.89%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.68%) AWS Certification
11 23 (1.61%) CISSP
12 20 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.26%) 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 95 (6.64%) QA
2 40 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.10%) SLA
4 21 (1.47%) GDPR
5 19 (1.33%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.26%) NIST
7 14 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.35%) SOC 1
11 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) WCAG
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 1 (0.070%) GRC
System Software
1 243 (16.99%) Active Directory
2 152 (10.63%) Docker
3 151 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 117 (8.18%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.68%) vSphere
6 19 (1.33%) XenApp
7 17 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.91%) XenDesktop
10 6 (0.42%) Firmware
10 6 (0.42%) KVM
10 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.21%) Ceph
12 3 (0.21%) Gluster
12 3 (0.21%) oVirt
12 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 184 (12.87%) Kubernetes
2 127 (8.88%) Ansible
3 118 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 114 (7.97%) Terraform
5 69 (4.83%) Puppet
6 56 (3.92%) SCCM
7 21 (1.47%) Nagios
8 14 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.91%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.63%) SCVMM
12 8 (0.56%) Packer
12 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.56%) WSUS
13 7 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
13 7 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
14 5 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.35%) OfficeScan
15 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 611 (42.73%) Microsoft
2 201 (14.06%) VMware
3 139 (9.72%) Google
4 78 (5.45%) Red Hat
5 65 (4.55%) Cisco
6 62 (4.34%) Oracle
7 43 (3.01%) Citrix
8 35 (2.45%) Sparx
9 32 (2.24%) Veeam
10 31 (2.17%) ESRI
10 31 (2.17%) HP
11 29 (2.03%) Databricks
12 23 (1.61%) Dell
13 17 (1.19%) Meraki
13 17 (1.19%) Optimizely
13 17 (1.19%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.19%) SaltStack
13 17 (1.19%) Sitecore
13 17 (1.19%) SolarWinds
14 15 (1.05%) Xamarin