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 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 4 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,176 1,229 1,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.05% 20.23% 19.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.17% 54.24% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 815 1,127
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £37,400
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,713
Median % change year-on-year - +0.52% +4.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £78,750 £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 2,493 2,266 2,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.90% 37.31% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,129 1,507 2,026
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,118 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £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 £78,750 £82,970
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 28 May 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 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
Birmingham +1 524 £57,500 - 104
Staffordshire -3 145 £52,500 +10.53% 31
Warwickshire +5 128 £52,500 -4.55% 38
Worcestershire -8 61 £47,500 +4.37% 14
Shropshire +17 46 £45,000 -16.28% 3
Coventry -4 41 £65,000 +18.18% 29
Solihull -10 24 £62,500 +13.64% 8
Wolverhampton -11 19 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Halesowen - 14 £56,250 - 4
Herefordshire -4 13 £32,500 -35.00% 7
Walsall 0 9 £45,000 - 6
Wednesbury +1 7 £30,000 -25.00%
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Brierley Hill -6 3 £32,500 -
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 -
West Bromwich - 2 £28,500 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -10 1 £27,000 - 1
Dudley -12 1 £55,000 - 7
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
1 110 (9.35%) SharePoint
2 85 (7.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 52 (4.42%) IIS
4 12 (1.02%) Apache
5 10 (0.85%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) 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 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.085%) Magento
3 1 (0.085%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 291 (24.74%) Microsoft 365
2 237 (20.15%) AWS
3 184 (15.65%) Azure DevOps
4 183 (15.56%) Power Platform
5 142 (12.07%) Entra ID
6 76 (6.46%) SaaS
7 72 (6.12%) GCP
8 62 (5.27%) PaaS
9 61 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 58 (4.93%) IaaS
11 57 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 39 (3.32%) GitHub
14 37 (3.15%) PowerApps
15 32 (2.72%) Snowflake
16 29 (2.47%) Serverless
17 28 (2.38%) Azure Stack
18 24 (2.04%) Power Automate
19 23 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
19 23 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 173 (14.71%) Firewall
2 86 (7.31%) DNS
2 86 (7.31%) WAN
3 68 (5.78%) DHCP
4 48 (4.08%) SAN
5 47 (4.00%) LAN
6 44 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
7 42 (3.57%) VPN
8 37 (3.15%) TCP/IP
9 35 (2.98%) SD-WAN
10 33 (2.81%) Wireless
11 29 (2.47%) Network Security
12 25 (2.13%) VLAN
13 18 (1.53%) PBX
14 17 (1.45%) MPLS
15 14 (1.19%) BIG-IP
15 14 (1.19%) Internet
16 13 (1.11%) NGFW
17 12 (1.02%) SMTP
17 12 (1.02%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (22.70%) SQL Server
2 145 (12.33%) Power BI
3 117 (9.95%) Data Warehouse
4 73 (6.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (3.23%) Data Lake
6 36 (3.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 35 (2.98%) Relational Database
7 35 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 35 (2.98%) Tableau
8 33 (2.81%) NoSQL
9 28 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
10 24 (2.04%) MongoDB
11 21 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
12 20 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (1.62%) BigQuery
13 19 (1.62%) MySQL
14 18 (1.53%) Looker
15 17 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (1.45%) Metadata
15 17 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 74 (6.29%) Git
2 34 (2.89%) Visual Studio
3 20 (1.70%) GitLab
4 14 (1.19%) JIRA
5 13 (1.11%) Postman
6 11 (0.94%) SonarQube
6 11 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.85%) MSTest
8 9 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
8 9 (0.77%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.60%) NUnit
11 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.43%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.43%) Karma Test Runner
12 5 (0.43%) Maven
13 4 (0.34%) ESLint
13 4 (0.34%) IntelliJ
14 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 265 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 138 (11.73%) Finance
3 77 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (5.95%) Retail
5 54 (4.59%) Law
6 49 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.32%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (1.70%) Legal
12 18 (1.53%) Marketing
13 16 (1.36%) Automotive
14 14 (1.19%) Local Government
15 12 (1.02%) Advertising
16 11 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
18 8 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.68%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 274 (23.30%) Developer
2 188 (15.99%) Senior
3 99 (8.42%) .NET Developer
3 99 (8.42%) Architect
4 94 (7.99%) Analyst
5 90 (7.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 85 (7.23%) Support Engineer
7 84 (7.14%) IT Engineer
8 74 (6.29%) IT Support
9 63 (5.36%) Data Engineer
10 53 (4.51%) Lead
11 52 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
11 52 (4.42%) Network Engineer
12 47 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 47 (4.00%) Software Engineer
13 45 (3.83%) Senior Developer
14 39 (3.32%) C# Developer
14 39 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
15 31 (2.64%) 3rd Line Support
16 30 (2.55%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (21.51%) .NET
2 105 (8.93%) .NET Core
3 95 (8.08%) AngularJS
4 91 (7.74%) .NET Framework
5 90 (7.65%) ASP.NET
6 88 (7.48%) HTML
7 80 (6.80%) Entity Framework
7 80 (6.80%) RESTful
8 78 (6.63%) React
9 75 (6.38%) ASP.NET Web API
10 63 (5.36%) CSS
11 59 (5.02%) ASP.NET MVC
12 49 (4.17%) REST
13 47 (4.00%) Vue
14 37 (3.15%) Blazor
14 37 (3.15%) JSON
14 37 (3.15%) XML
15 29 (2.47%) HTML5
15 29 (2.47%) Web Services
16 25 (2.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.34%) Management Information System
2 47 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 46 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 43 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 38 (3.23%) Clustering
7 35 (2.98%) Replication
8 34 (2.89%) Product Ownership
9 28 (2.38%) Data Structures
10 25 (2.13%) Onboarding
11 23 (1.96%) Driving Licence
11 23 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
12 21 (1.79%) Private Cloud
13 20 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (1.28%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.02%) IoT
15 12 (1.02%) Mobile App
15 12 (1.02%) NHS
16 11 (0.94%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 256 (21.77%) Windows
2 147 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 56 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 50 (4.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 42 (3.57%) Linux
6 32 (2.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.11%) VMS
9 12 (1.02%) Unix
10 11 (0.94%) Ubuntu
11 10 (0.85%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.77%) Android
13 8 (0.68%) Solaris
14 6 (0.51%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.17%) SUSE
16 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.085%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (27.21%) DevOps
2 300 (25.51%) Agile
3 184 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
4 158 (13.44%) CI/CD
5 153 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
6 118 (10.03%) ETL
7 115 (9.78%) Full Stack Development
8 111 (9.44%) Software Engineering
9 110 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 104 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
11 101 (8.59%) ITIL
12 97 (8.25%) Scrum
13 96 (8.16%) Microservices
14 92 (7.82%) Data Modelling
15 88 (7.48%) Mentoring
16 87 (7.40%) Analytics
17 84 (7.14%) MVC
18 82 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
19 69 (5.87%) Data Engineering
20 67 (5.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 337 (28.66%) SQL
2 273 (23.21%) C#
3 162 (13.78%) JavaScript
4 100 (8.50%) PowerShell
5 94 (7.99%) Python
6 89 (7.57%) T-SQL
7 66 (5.61%) TypeScript
8 36 (3.06%) Java
9 18 (1.53%) Bicep
10 14 (1.19%) Bash
11 13 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (1.11%) XAML
12 10 (0.85%) VB
13 9 (0.77%) C++
14 8 (0.68%) C
15 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.43%) Go
16 5 (0.43%) VB6
17 3 (0.26%) Dart
17 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 136 (11.56%) Degree
2 97 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 57 (4.85%) Azure Certification
5 48 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (3.23%) CCNA
8 30 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.96%) CCNP
10 22 (1.87%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.36%) MCSE
12 15 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (1.19%) A+ Certification
14 12 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.68%) CCSA
15 8 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.60%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.60%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.70%) QA
2 43 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.30%) GDPR
4 24 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.28%) SLA
7 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 11 (0.94%) NCSC
9 9 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.68%) NIST
10 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.60%) 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
1 219 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 137 (11.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (9.95%) Hyper-V
4 53 (4.51%) Docker
5 38 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.36%) VMware NSX
8 11 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.85%) vSphere
10 8 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.51%) pfSense
12 5 (0.43%) NFS
13 4 (0.34%) XenApp
13 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.085%) Firmware
15 1 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 99 (8.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (7.99%) Terraform
3 50 (4.25%) Kubernetes
4 42 (3.57%) SCCM
5 19 (1.62%) Ansible
6 16 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.77%) vCenter Server
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%) CASB
11 1 (0.085%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 572 (48.64%) Microsoft
2 190 (16.16%) VMware
3 81 (6.89%) Cisco
4 66 (5.61%) Databricks
5 57 (4.85%) Veeam
6 47 (4.00%) Citrix
7 27 (2.30%) Aruba
8 26 (2.21%) Sophos
9 25 (2.13%) HP
10 23 (1.96%) Meraki
11 22 (1.87%) CheckPoint
12 20 (1.70%) Dell
12 20 (1.70%) Fortinet
12 20 (1.70%) Google
13 18 (1.53%) Juniper
14 17 (1.45%) Oracle
15 15 (1.28%) F5
15 15 (1.28%) Informatica
16 14 (1.19%) Facebook
17 13 (1.11%) Alteryx