Azure Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,630 1,876 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.81% 23.56% 22.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.14% 54.53% 51.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,270 949 1,184
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,356 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,938 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,138
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
North 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 North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,317 3,440 4,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.21% 43.20% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,625 1,981 2,689
10th Percentile £29,100 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the North West

Azure
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester -1 981 £60,000 +4.07% 227
Merseyside +1 247 £55,000 +25.71% 40
Cheshire -3 208 £46,000 -14.02% 56
Lancashire -4 151 £51,000 +13.33% 32
Cumbria +5 38 £45,000 - 7
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 88 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.50%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.50%) GeoServer
4 29 (1.78%) IIS
5 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.92%) CMS
7 14 (0.86%) Apache
8 12 (0.74%) Confluence
9 8 (0.49%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.43%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.31%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.25%) Captiva
12 4 (0.25%) FileNet
12 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
12 4 (0.25%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.061%) Jetty
14 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 31 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.37%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.061%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 41 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.31%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.31%) SAP PP
4 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.061%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.061%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.061%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.061%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 479 (29.39%) AWS
2 320 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 272 (16.69%) Azure DevOps
4 189 (11.60%) Power Platform
5 165 (10.12%) GCP
6 102 (6.26%) SaaS
7 101 (6.20%) Entra ID
8 87 (5.34%) Serverless
9 80 (4.91%) IBM Cloud
10 68 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
11 62 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 61 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 61 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
13 57 (3.50%) Azure Functions
14 53 (3.25%) Azure API Management
15 50 (3.07%) PaaS
16 48 (2.94%) GitHub
17 45 (2.76%) IaaS
18 36 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 33 (2.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 115 (7.06%) Firewall
2 114 (6.99%) DNS
3 95 (5.83%) WAN
4 74 (4.54%) DHCP
5 69 (4.23%) LAN
6 40 (2.45%) SD-WAN
7 37 (2.27%) VPN
8 35 (2.15%) Internet
9 31 (1.90%) TCP/IP
10 28 (1.72%) SAN
11 27 (1.66%) SSL
12 25 (1.53%) Network Security
13 23 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (1.23%) BGP
15 18 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (0.98%) Wireless
16 16 (0.98%) WLAN
17 15 (0.92%) VoIP
18 13 (0.80%) NAS
19 12 (0.74%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 340 (20.86%) SQL Server
2 172 (10.55%) PostgreSQL
3 130 (7.98%) Data Warehouse
4 116 (7.12%) Power BI
5 114 (6.99%) MongoDB
6 111 (6.81%) NoSQL
7 92 (5.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (5.15%) DB2
9 74 (4.54%) Relational Database
10 71 (4.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.50%) GIS
11 57 (3.50%) QGIS
12 49 (3.01%) Data Lake
13 47 (2.88%) Data Vault
14 44 (2.70%) MySQL
15 38 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
16 35 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (1.66%) Delta Lake
18 26 (1.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 26 (1.60%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 105 (6.44%) Git
2 81 (4.97%) JIRA
3 62 (3.80%) GitLab
4 31 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.72%) Visual Studio
6 14 (0.86%) Selenium
6 14 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.80%) Jasmine
8 12 (0.74%) Postman
9 11 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.67%) Karma Test Runner
10 7 (0.43%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.31%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.31%) NUnit
11 5 (0.31%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.25%) CMake
12 4 (0.25%) git-flow
12 4 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 288 (17.67%) Social Skills
2 206 (12.64%) Finance
3 157 (9.63%) Public Sector
4 87 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (4.79%) Retail
6 65 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (3.25%) Legal
8 38 (2.33%) Law
9 31 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.78%) Marketing
11 28 (1.72%) Advertising
12 27 (1.66%) Aerospace
12 27 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.53%) Banking
14 20 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (0.98%) Games
16 15 (0.92%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.67%) Automotive
18 10 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 423 (25.95%) Developer
2 273 (16.75%) Senior
3 181 (11.10%) .NET Developer
4 173 (10.61%) Lead
5 165 (10.12%) Architect
6 154 (9.45%) Software Engineer
7 118 (7.24%) Azure Engineer
8 112 (6.87%) Data Engineer
9 103 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 95 (5.83%) Analyst
11 67 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 67 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
12 66 (4.05%) Full Stack Developer
13 65 (3.99%) Senior Developer
14 61 (3.74%) Azure Developer
14 61 (3.74%) C# Developer
14 61 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
15 56 (3.44%) Full Stack Engineer
16 48 (2.94%) Consultant
17 47 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 486 (29.82%) .NET
2 275 (16.87%) React
3 263 (16.13%) CSS
4 238 (14.60%) HTML
5 231 (14.17%) AngularJS
6 227 (13.93%) ASP.NET
7 200 (12.27%) .NET Core
8 135 (8.28%) REST
9 122 (7.48%) Node.js
10 119 (7.30%) Vue
11 118 (7.24%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 110 (6.75%) .NET Framework
13 107 (6.56%) Web Services
14 104 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
15 103 (6.32%) Entity Framework
15 103 (6.32%) jQuery
16 87 (5.34%) ASP.NET Web API
17 83 (5.09%) ASP.NET Core
18 78 (4.79%) Backbone.js
18 78 (4.79%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 136 (8.34%) Data Structures
2 119 (7.30%) Public Cloud
3 109 (6.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 91 (5.58%) Algorithms
5 85 (5.21%) Blockchain
6 62 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 54 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
8 48 (2.94%) Management Information System
9 43 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (2.58%) Reinsurance
11 37 (2.27%) e-Learning
12 24 (1.47%) Product Ownership
13 22 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.29%) FMCG
14 21 (1.29%) PKI
14 21 (1.29%) Private Cloud
15 19 (1.17%) Onboarding
16 18 (1.10%) Data Centre
17 17 (1.04%) Blog
18 16 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 296 (18.16%) Windows
2 202 (12.39%) Linux
3 100 (6.13%) Android
4 99 (6.07%) Windows Server
5 91 (5.58%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (1.41%) Ubuntu
7 23 (1.41%) VMS
7 23 (1.41%) Windows 10
8 22 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (1.10%) Unix
11 16 (0.98%) Mac OS
11 16 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
12 12 (0.74%) CentOS
12 12 (0.74%) Debian
13 9 (0.55%) Windows Phone
14 6 (0.37%) Windows Vista
15 4 (0.25%) Kali Linux
16 1 (0.061%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (38.90%) Agile
2 476 (29.20%) DevOps
3 277 (16.99%) Full Stack Development
4 240 (14.72%) Software Engineering
5 218 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (13.07%) Mentoring
7 210 (12.88%) MVC
8 196 (12.02%) CI/CD
9 169 (10.37%) Microservices
10 168 (10.31%) Web Development
11 166 (10.18%) Scrum
12 158 (9.69%) Migration
13 157 (9.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 153 (9.39%) Artificial Intelligence
15 147 (9.02%) ETL
16 140 (8.59%) Design Patterns
16 140 (8.59%) ITIL
17 137 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
18 130 (7.98%) Actionable Insight
19 126 (7.73%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 505 (30.98%) SQL
2 479 (29.39%) C#
3 423 (25.95%) JavaScript
4 260 (15.95%) Python
5 131 (8.04%) PowerShell
6 122 (7.48%) TypeScript
7 120 (7.36%) Java
8 97 (5.95%) T-SQL
9 28 (1.72%) Bash
10 24 (1.47%) VB.NET
11 18 (1.10%) Go
12 14 (0.86%) C++
12 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.80%) PHP
13 13 (0.80%) VB
14 11 (0.67%) VB6
15 8 (0.49%) Bicep
16 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.31%) C
17 5 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (9.02%) Security Cleared
2 130 (7.98%) Degree
3 112 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 79 (4.85%) Azure Certification
5 74 (4.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (3.07%) AWS Certification
7 44 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.78%) CISSP
10 27 (1.66%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.35%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.29%) CCNA
13 18 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (1.04%) CISM
15 15 (0.92%) CCSK
15 15 (0.92%) CCSP
16 13 (0.80%) CCNP
16 13 (0.80%) PMI Certification
17 12 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.15%) Data Quality
2 44 (2.70%) QA
3 40 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (2.39%) GDPR
5 27 (1.66%) NIST
6 26 (1.60%) SLA
7 15 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.86%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
12 1 (0.061%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.061%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.061%) NCSC
12 1 (0.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 242 (14.85%) Active Directory
2 107 (6.56%) Docker
3 98 (6.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (4.42%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.86%) Terminal Services
7 13 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.43%) vSphere
9 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.25%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.061%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.061%) Firmware
13 1 (0.061%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.061%) RACF
13 1 (0.061%) Snort
13 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 133 (8.16%) Kubernetes
1 133 (8.16%) Terraform
2 83 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 56 (3.44%) Ansible
4 27 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (1.04%) Puppet
7 15 (0.92%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.74%) Opsgenie
8 12 (0.74%) VxRail
8 12 (0.74%) ZABBIX
9 10 (0.61%) CASB
10 9 (0.55%) AirWatch
11 7 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.37%) Nessus
12 6 (0.37%) WSUS
13 5 (0.31%) Grafana
13 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
14 4 (0.25%) Autotask
14 4 (0.25%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 626 (38.40%) Microsoft
2 138 (8.47%) VMware
3 96 (5.89%) IBM
4 92 (5.64%) Red Hat
5 90 (5.52%) Google
6 82 (5.03%) Oracle
7 63 (3.87%) Databricks
8 59 (3.62%) Cisco
9 57 (3.50%) ESRI
10 47 (2.88%) Citrix
11 45 (2.76%) Informatica
12 39 (2.39%) Veeam
13 28 (1.72%) Fortinet
14 21 (1.29%) SolarWinds
15 18 (1.10%) ServiceNow
16 16 (0.98%) Apple
16 16 (0.98%) Facebook
16 16 (0.98%) NetApp
17 15 (0.92%) Commvault
18 14 (0.86%) SAP