Azure Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,931 1,803 2,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.26% 19.46% 20.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.27% 53.33% 52.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,600 1,113 1,679
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,850 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,919 3,381 4,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.00% 36.50% 38.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,217 2,128 3,100
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £28,321
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands +1 1,154 £54,395 -1.10% 281
East Midlands +4 773 £48,500 -7.62% 195
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 198 (10.25%) SharePoint
2 138 (7.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 78 (4.04%) IIS
4 30 (1.55%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.45%) ArcGIS
6 15 (0.78%) Apache
7 12 (0.62%) Confluence
8 10 (0.52%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.31%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.26%) CMS
11 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.10%) Liferay
13 2 (0.10%) Magnolia
13 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 95 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.10%) CATIA
6 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.10%) Trello
7 1 (0.052%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 32 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.10%) Shopify
4 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.052%) Magento
5 1 (0.052%) Maximo
5 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.052%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 486 (25.17%) Microsoft 365
2 458 (23.72%) AWS
3 257 (13.31%) Azure DevOps
4 246 (12.74%) Entra ID
5 223 (11.55%) Power Platform
6 136 (7.04%) GCP
7 113 (5.85%) SaaS
8 77 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (3.68%) IBM Cloud
9 71 (3.68%) PaaS
10 68 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 62 (3.21%) IaaS
12 51 (2.64%) PowerApps
13 46 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 46 (2.38%) GitHub
14 41 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
14 41 (2.12%) Snowflake
15 39 (2.02%) Serverless
16 37 (1.92%) OneDrive
17 26 (1.35%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 272 (14.09%) Firewall
2 178 (9.22%) DNS
3 135 (6.99%) DHCP
4 120 (6.21%) WAN
5 92 (4.76%) TCP/IP
6 87 (4.51%) SAN
7 82 (4.25%) VPN
8 69 (3.57%) LAN
9 62 (3.21%) VLAN
10 61 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (2.28%) SD-WAN
12 42 (2.18%) Network Security
13 41 (2.12%) Wireless
14 29 (1.50%) Internet
15 20 (1.04%) MPLS
16 19 (0.98%) WLAN
17 18 (0.93%) PBX
18 17 (0.88%) HTTP
19 16 (0.83%) BIG-IP
19 16 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (21.08%) SQL Server
2 173 (8.96%) Power BI
3 147 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
4 133 (6.89%) PostgreSQL
5 121 (6.27%) NoSQL
6 113 (5.85%) MongoDB
7 92 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 76 (3.94%) DB2
9 59 (3.06%) Data Lake
10 45 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
10 45 (2.33%) Relational Database
11 44 (2.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 43 (2.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 39 (2.02%) Tableau
14 36 (1.86%) BigQuery
15 34 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
16 33 (1.71%) Looker
17 30 (1.55%) GIS
18 29 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
19 28 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 112 (5.80%) Git
2 37 (1.92%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.66%) GitLab
4 29 (1.50%) JIRA
5 23 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (0.93%) Postman
7 15 (0.78%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.57%) Jasmine
8 11 (0.57%) Karma Test Runner
8 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.52%) MSTest
9 10 (0.52%) SoapUI
10 9 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
10 9 (0.47%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.36%) NUnit
12 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.31%) JMeter
12 6 (0.31%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 414 (21.44%) Social Skills
2 178 (9.22%) Finance
3 127 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (6.42%) Public Sector
5 105 (5.44%) Retail
6 95 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 82 (4.25%) Law
8 71 (3.68%) Manufacturing
9 52 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 35 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (1.50%) Marketing
12 25 (1.29%) Legal
13 22 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.04%) Advertising
15 18 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.83%) Automotive
17 14 (0.73%) Banking
17 14 (0.73%) Local Government
18 11 (0.57%) Games
19 10 (0.52%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 427 (22.11%) Developer
2 296 (15.33%) Senior
3 182 (9.43%) .NET Developer
4 161 (8.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 141 (7.30%) Azure Engineer
6 134 (6.94%) Architect
7 133 (6.89%) Support Engineer
8 130 (6.73%) IT Engineer
9 120 (6.21%) IT Support
10 117 (6.06%) Analyst
11 113 (5.85%) Software Engineer
12 101 (5.23%) Lead
13 78 (4.04%) Data Engineer
13 78 (4.04%) Full Stack Engineer
14 76 (3.94%) C# Developer
15 73 (3.78%) Administrator
16 71 (3.68%) Senior Developer
17 67 (3.47%) Network Engineer
18 63 (3.26%) IT Support Engineer
19 61 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 513 (26.57%) .NET
2 248 (12.84%) ASP.NET
3 242 (12.53%) React
4 240 (12.43%) AngularJS
5 217 (11.24%) HTML
6 214 (11.08%) .NET Core
7 194 (10.05%) CSS
8 161 (8.34%) REST
9 144 (7.46%) Vue
10 120 (6.21%) .NET Framework
11 119 (6.16%) ASP.NET Web API
12 116 (6.01%) RESTful
12 116 (6.01%) Web Services
13 108 (5.59%) ASP.NET MVC
14 101 (5.23%) Entity Framework
15 94 (4.87%) jQuery
16 86 (4.45%) ASP.NET Core
17 84 (4.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 71 (3.68%) Backbone.js
18 71 (3.68%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.28%) Data Structures
2 92 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 85 (4.40%) Algorithms
4 74 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (3.68%) Blockchain
5 71 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 71 (3.68%) e-Learning
6 67 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 67 (3.47%) Public Cloud
7 58 (3.00%) Clustering
8 57 (2.95%) Product Ownership
9 55 (2.85%) Cloud Native
10 45 (2.33%) Driving Licence
11 41 (2.12%) Replication
12 35 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
13 32 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 30 (1.55%) Onboarding
14 30 (1.55%) Private Cloud
15 26 (1.35%) IoT
16 24 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 508 (26.31%) Windows
2 249 (12.89%) Windows Server
3 186 (9.63%) Linux
4 94 (4.87%) Android
5 89 (4.61%) Apple iOS
6 67 (3.47%) Windows 10
7 59 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 51 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 44 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (1.04%) VMS
11 16 (0.83%) Ubuntu
12 15 (0.78%) Unix
13 12 (0.62%) Debian
13 12 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 10 (0.52%) CentOS
15 9 (0.47%) SUSE
16 8 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.31%) Mac OS X
17 6 (0.31%) Solaris
18 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 595 (30.81%) Agile
2 496 (25.69%) DevOps
3 305 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 268 (13.88%) Full Stack Development
5 235 (12.17%) MVC
6 227 (11.76%) CI/CD
7 224 (11.60%) Mentoring
8 202 (10.46%) Software Engineering
9 185 (9.58%) Business Intelligence
10 184 (9.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 157 (8.13%) Microservices
11 157 (8.13%) Scrum
12 156 (8.08%) ETL
13 154 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
14 147 (7.61%) Artificial Intelligence
15 134 (6.94%) Web Development
16 126 (6.53%) ITIL
17 125 (6.47%) Migration
18 123 (6.37%) Data Modelling
19 121 (6.27%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 553 (28.64%) SQL
2 539 (27.91%) C#
3 397 (20.56%) JavaScript
4 175 (9.06%) Python
5 162 (8.39%) PowerShell
6 135 (6.99%) TypeScript
7 114 (5.90%) T-SQL
8 58 (3.00%) Java
9 35 (1.81%) Bash
10 25 (1.29%) Bicep
11 24 (1.24%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.19%) VB
13 16 (0.83%) C++
14 13 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.67%) XAML
15 12 (0.62%) C
16 11 (0.57%) VB6
17 10 (0.52%) Go
18 7 (0.36%) Ruby
19 6 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 184 (9.53%) Degree
2 154 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 119 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 92 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 86 (4.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 59 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 51 (2.64%) CCNA
8 37 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.55%) AWS Certification
10 29 (1.50%) CCNP
11 27 (1.40%) MCSE
12 18 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
13 15 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (0.73%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.62%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.62%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 10 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (5.75%) QA
2 48 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.38%) GDPR
4 31 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 29 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.19%) SLA
8 13 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 12 (0.62%) NCSC
10 9 (0.47%) NIST
11 8 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.36%) PMO
13 6 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.16%) GRC
14 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.052%) COBIT
15 1 (0.052%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.052%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.052%) Solvency II
System Software
1 376 (19.47%) Active Directory
2 197 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 174 (9.01%) Hyper-V
4 111 (5.75%) Docker
5 40 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.98%) VMware NSX
8 17 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (0.83%) vSphere
10 14 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.41%) pfSense
12 5 (0.26%) NFS
13 4 (0.21%) Firmware
14 3 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.16%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.16%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.10%) XenApp
15 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 169 (8.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 117 (6.06%) Terraform
3 89 (4.61%) Kubernetes
4 54 (2.80%) SCCM
5 34 (1.76%) Ansible
6 17 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
8 11 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (0.52%) WSUS
10 9 (0.47%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
11 8 (0.41%) SCOM
11 8 (0.41%) SmoothWall
12 6 (0.31%) Grafana
13 5 (0.26%) Autotask
13 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
14 4 (0.21%) AirWatch
14 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.16%) SCOrch
15 3 (0.16%) vMotion
Vendors
1 858 (44.43%) Microsoft
2 277 (14.34%) VMware
3 119 (6.16%) Cisco
4 104 (5.39%) Veeam
5 76 (3.94%) IBM
6 73 (3.78%) Databricks
6 73 (3.78%) Red Hat
7 71 (3.68%) Google
8 59 (3.06%) Citrix
9 43 (2.23%) Meraki
10 37 (1.92%) HP
11 32 (1.66%) Sophos
12 31 (1.61%) Aruba
13 30 (1.55%) Dell
14 28 (1.45%) ESRI
15 25 (1.29%) CheckPoint
15 25 (1.29%) Oracle
16 24 (1.24%) Fortinet
17 20 (1.04%) Acronis
17 20 (1.04%) Facebook