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 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 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,644 1,771 2,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.72% 22.62% 22.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.16% 53.63% 51.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 910 1,142
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,936 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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
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 3,344 3,302 3,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.01% 42.17% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,641 1,915 2,625
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,399
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 9 May 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 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
Manchester -1 995 £60,000 +4.35% 210
Merseyside +2 252 £55,000 +25.71% 42
Cheshire -2 203 £45,500 -17.27% 67
Lancashire -1 152 £50,500 +12.22% 33
Cumbria +7 37 £45,000 - 6
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 87 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.47%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.47%) GeoServer
4 28 (1.70%) IIS
5 18 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.91%) CMS
7 14 (0.85%) Apache
8 12 (0.73%) Confluence
9 8 (0.49%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.49%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.43%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.24%) Captiva
11 4 (0.24%) FileNet
11 4 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.061%) Jetty
13 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 31 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.36%) 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 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.30%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.30%) SAP PP
4 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 483 (29.38%) AWS
2 320 (19.46%) Microsoft 365
3 277 (16.85%) Azure DevOps
4 191 (11.62%) Power Platform
5 167 (10.16%) GCP
6 102 (6.20%) Entra ID
7 101 (6.14%) SaaS
8 89 (5.41%) Serverless
9 80 (4.87%) IBM Cloud
10 68 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
11 61 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 60 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
14 58 (3.53%) Azure Functions
15 52 (3.16%) PaaS
16 51 (3.10%) Azure API Management
17 49 (2.98%) GitHub
18 46 (2.80%) IaaS
19 34 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 34 (2.07%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 115 (7.00%) DNS
2 113 (6.87%) Firewall
3 92 (5.60%) WAN
4 74 (4.50%) DHCP
5 66 (4.01%) LAN
6 38 (2.31%) SD-WAN
7 36 (2.19%) Internet
7 36 (2.19%) VPN
8 30 (1.82%) TCP/IP
9 27 (1.64%) SAN
9 27 (1.64%) SSL
10 26 (1.58%) Network Security
11 22 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.22%) BGP
13 18 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
14 16 (0.97%) Wireless
14 16 (0.97%) WLAN
15 14 (0.85%) VoIP
16 12 (0.73%) Broadband
16 12 (0.73%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (20.62%) SQL Server
2 172 (10.46%) PostgreSQL
3 132 (8.03%) Data Warehouse
4 116 (7.06%) MongoDB
4 116 (7.06%) Power BI
5 110 (6.69%) NoSQL
6 92 (5.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 84 (5.11%) DB2
8 73 (4.44%) Relational Database
9 67 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 57 (3.47%) GIS
10 57 (3.47%) QGIS
11 52 (3.16%) Data Lake
12 48 (2.92%) Data Vault
13 44 (2.68%) MySQL
14 39 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
15 34 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 29 (1.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 27 (1.64%) Delta Lake
18 26 (1.58%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 104 (6.33%) Git
2 83 (5.05%) JIRA
3 62 (3.77%) GitLab
4 31 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.76%) Visual Studio
6 14 (0.85%) Selenium
6 14 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.79%) Jasmine
8 12 (0.73%) 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 (0.30%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.30%) NUnit
11 5 (0.30%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.24%) CMake
12 4 (0.24%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.24%) git-flow
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 292 (17.76%) Social Skills
2 212 (12.90%) Finance
3 157 (9.55%) Public Sector
4 88 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (4.74%) Retail
6 65 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.10%) Legal
8 36 (2.19%) Law
9 30 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.76%) Advertising
10 29 (1.76%) Marketing
11 28 (1.70%) Aerospace
11 28 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (1.52%) Banking
13 20 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.03%) Games
15 15 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.67%) Automotive
17 10 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 436 (26.52%) Developer
2 272 (16.55%) Senior
3 190 (11.56%) .NET Developer
4 178 (10.83%) Lead
5 168 (10.22%) Architect
6 155 (9.43%) Software Engineer
7 115 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
8 110 (6.69%) Data Engineer
9 101 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 93 (5.66%) Analyst
11 69 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
12 68 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
13 66 (4.01%) Full Stack Developer
13 66 (4.01%) Senior Developer
14 63 (3.83%) Azure Developer
15 62 (3.77%) C# Developer
15 62 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
16 56 (3.41%) Full Stack Engineer
17 50 (3.04%) Consultant
18 47 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 498 (30.29%) .NET
2 279 (16.97%) React
3 270 (16.42%) CSS
4 245 (14.90%) HTML
5 232 (14.11%) AngularJS
6 229 (13.93%) ASP.NET
7 203 (12.35%) .NET Core
8 138 (8.39%) REST
9 125 (7.60%) Node.js
10 121 (7.36%) Vue
11 120 (7.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 115 (7.00%) .NET Framework
13 109 (6.63%) Web Services
14 107 (6.51%) Entity Framework
15 106 (6.45%) ASP.NET MVC
16 105 (6.39%) jQuery
17 89 (5.41%) ASP.NET Web API
18 83 (5.05%) ASP.NET Core
19 78 (4.74%) Backbone.js
19 78 (4.74%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 135 (8.21%) Data Structures
2 118 (7.18%) Public Cloud
3 108 (6.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 90 (5.47%) Algorithms
5 85 (5.17%) Blockchain
6 62 (3.77%) Cloud Native
7 55 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
8 45 (2.74%) Management Information System
9 43 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 41 (2.49%) Reinsurance
11 37 (2.25%) e-Learning
12 24 (1.46%) Product Ownership
13 22 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.34%) FMCG
13 22 (1.34%) PKI
14 21 (1.28%) Private Cloud
15 18 (1.09%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.09%) Onboarding
16 17 (1.03%) Blog
17 16 (0.97%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 293 (17.82%) Windows
2 202 (12.29%) Linux
3 100 (6.08%) Android
4 97 (5.90%) Windows Server
5 91 (5.54%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.40%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.40%) VMS
7 22 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (1.28%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.03%) Unix
9 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.97%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.73%) CentOS
11 12 (0.73%) Debian
12 9 (0.55%) Windows Phone
13 6 (0.36%) Windows Vista
14 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 649 (39.48%) Agile
2 487 (29.62%) DevOps
3 281 (17.09%) Full Stack Development
4 241 (14.66%) Software Engineering
5 217 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
6 214 (13.02%) Mentoring
7 213 (12.96%) MVC
8 198 (12.04%) CI/CD
9 172 (10.46%) Scrum
10 169 (10.28%) Microservices
10 169 (10.28%) Web Development
11 160 (9.73%) Migration
12 156 (9.49%) Artificial Intelligence
12 156 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 145 (8.82%) ETL
14 141 (8.58%) ITIL
15 139 (8.45%) Design Patterns
16 133 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
17 128 (7.79%) Actionable Insight
18 127 (7.73%) OO
Programming Languages
1 498 (30.29%) SQL
2 492 (29.93%) C#
3 431 (26.22%) JavaScript
4 254 (15.45%) Python
5 128 (7.79%) PowerShell
6 127 (7.73%) TypeScript
7 119 (7.24%) Java
8 92 (5.60%) T-SQL
9 27 (1.64%) Bash
10 24 (1.46%) VB.NET
11 19 (1.16%) Go
12 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.79%) C++
13 13 (0.79%) PHP
13 13 (0.79%) VB
14 11 (0.67%) VB6
15 8 (0.49%) Bicep
16 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.30%) R
17 5 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (8.94%) Security Cleared
2 133 (8.09%) Degree
3 110 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 82 (4.99%) Azure Certification
5 75 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.28%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.76%) CISSP
10 26 (1.58%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.40%) Master's Degree
13 21 (1.28%) CCNA
14 18 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.03%) CISM
16 15 (0.91%) CCSK
16 15 (0.91%) CCSP
17 14 (0.85%) CCNP
17 14 (0.85%) PMI Certification
18 13 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 44 (2.68%) QA
3 39 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (2.31%) GDPR
5 27 (1.64%) NIST
6 25 (1.52%) SLA
7 15 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) NCSC
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
12 1 (0.061%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 242 (14.72%) Active Directory
2 104 (6.33%) Docker
3 93 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (4.32%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.85%) Terminal Services
7 13 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.36%) vSphere
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.061%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.061%) Firmware
11 1 (0.061%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.061%) RACF
11 1 (0.061%) Snort
11 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 136 (8.27%) Terraform
2 133 (8.09%) Kubernetes
3 85 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (3.47%) Ansible
5 27 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.03%) Puppet
8 15 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.73%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.73%) VxRail
9 12 (0.73%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.61%) CASB
11 9 (0.55%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.36%) WSUS
14 5 (0.30%) Grafana
14 5 (0.30%) Nessus
14 5 (0.30%) Prometheus
15 4 (0.24%) Autotask
15 4 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 631 (38.38%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.09%) VMware
3 96 (5.84%) IBM
4 92 (5.60%) Red Hat
5 88 (5.35%) Google
6 82 (4.99%) Oracle
7 61 (3.71%) Databricks
8 57 (3.47%) Cisco
8 57 (3.47%) ESRI
9 47 (2.86%) Citrix
10 46 (2.80%) Informatica
11 39 (2.37%) Veeam
12 27 (1.64%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.28%) SolarWinds
14 18 (1.09%) ServiceNow
15 17 (1.03%) NetApp
16 16 (0.97%) Apple
16 16 (0.97%) Facebook
17 15 (0.91%) Commvault
18 14 (0.85%) SAP