Azure Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 28 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 803 920 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.96% 19.42% 17.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.49% 54.60% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 463 467 580
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,568
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,921 1,685 2,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.51% 35.57% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 948 1,287
10th Percentile £28,300 £31,338 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -42 403 £50,000 -9.09% 62
Edinburgh +1 280 £65,000 +8.33% 62
Aberdeen +12 39 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Dundee +5 19 £45,000 +11.80% 4
Lanarkshire -1 14 £45,500 -13.33% 17
Aberdeenshire +11 7 £28,500 -29.19% 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 7 £40,000 - 2
Fife -12 5 £33,000 +10.00%
North Lanarkshire -6 3 £45,000 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Midlothian -4 2 - - 14
Stirling - 2 £45,500 -
Highlands - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire -2 1 £27,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 - 1
West Lothian - 1 £60,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 60 (7.47%) ArcGIS
1 60 (7.47%) GeoServer
2 33 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (2.86%) IIS
5 17 (2.12%) Cloud Foundry
6 10 (1.25%) WebLogic
7 8 (1.00%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.87%) Captiva
8 7 (0.87%) FileNet
8 7 (0.87%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.62%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.62%) Confluence
10 4 (0.50%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.37%) Apache
11 3 (0.37%) CMS
12 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 393 (48.94%) AWS
2 193 (24.03%) GCP
3 159 (19.80%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (9.71%) Entra ID
5 69 (8.59%) Power Platform
6 64 (7.97%) SaaS
7 57 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (5.48%) PaaS
9 39 (4.86%) Cloud Computing
9 39 (4.86%) IaaS
10 22 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.62%) GitHub
12 16 (1.99%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.87%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (1.87%) Datadog
14 13 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (1.37%) Serverless
16 10 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (1.12%) ChatGPT
17 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.97%) WAN
2 39 (4.86%) Firewall
3 34 (4.23%) DNS
4 22 (2.74%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.37%) Internet
5 19 (2.37%) Kerberos
5 19 (2.37%) VPN
6 17 (2.12%) SD-WAN
7 15 (1.87%) LAN
8 14 (1.74%) VLAN
9 11 (1.37%) BGP
9 11 (1.37%) NetScaler
9 11 (1.37%) Wireless
10 10 (1.25%) Broadband
11 9 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.00%) DHCP
12 8 (1.00%) DKIM
12 8 (1.00%) DMARC
12 8 (1.00%) SSL
13 7 (0.87%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (14.20%) SQL Server
2 72 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (7.60%) GIS
4 60 (7.47%) Power BI
4 60 (7.47%) QGIS
5 53 (6.60%) Data Lake
6 42 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (4.73%) NoSQL
8 37 (4.61%) Qlik Sense
9 29 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 29 (3.61%) Relational Database
10 20 (2.49%) Big Data
11 17 (2.12%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.12%) CockroachDB
12 14 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.49%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.25%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (5.23%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.61%) JIRA
3 22 (2.74%) Git
4 17 (2.12%) GitLab
5 14 (1.74%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.25%) Selenium
7 9 (1.12%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.00%) Maven
8 8 (1.00%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.62%) IBM UrbanCode
9 5 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.50%) Snyk
10 4 (0.50%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.37%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
11 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.25%) webpack
General
1 244 (30.39%) Finance
2 179 (22.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 151 (18.80%) Law
4 137 (17.06%) Social Skills
5 76 (9.46%) Banking
6 71 (8.84%) Marketing
7 56 (6.97%) Legal
8 40 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
9 39 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.86%) Investment Banking
11 22 (2.74%) Games
11 22 (2.74%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.99%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.37%) Billing
14 10 (1.25%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.75%) Police
15 6 (0.75%) Retail
16 3 (0.37%) Private Banking
17 2 (0.25%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 224 (27.90%) Senior
2 199 (24.78%) Software Engineer
3 151 (18.80%) Lead
4 114 (14.20%) Developer
5 101 (12.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 86 (10.71%) Architect
7 61 (7.60%) Data Engineer
8 59 (7.35%) Analyst
9 54 (6.72%) Lead Software Engineer
10 53 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
11 47 (5.85%) Java Engineer
11 47 (5.85%) Java Software Engineer
12 41 (5.11%) Systems Engineer
13 40 (4.98%) Lead Java Engineer
14 39 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 38 (4.73%) .NET Developer
15 38 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (4.36%) Cloud Architect
17 34 (4.23%) Senior Developer
18 31 (3.86%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (21.92%) .NET
2 97 (12.08%) React
3 95 (11.83%) .NET Core
4 88 (10.96%) CSS
5 66 (8.22%) AngularJS
6 60 (7.47%) Leaflet
6 60 (7.47%) OpenLayers
6 60 (7.47%) PostGIS
7 43 (5.35%) ASP.NET Web API
7 43 (5.35%) Spring Boot
8 42 (5.23%) ASP.NET
8 42 (5.23%) Spring
9 40 (4.98%) PySpark
10 37 (4.61%) .NET Framework
10 37 (4.61%) REST
11 36 (4.48%) HTML
12 33 (4.11%) Kafka
13 32 (3.99%) Entity Framework
14 29 (3.61%) OAuth
15 27 (3.36%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 163 (20.30%) Public Cloud
2 67 (8.34%) Algorithms
3 57 (7.10%) Onboarding
4 55 (6.85%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.11%) Private Cloud
6 24 (2.99%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.62%) Clustering
9 18 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.74%) PKI
11 14 (1.74%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.74%) Replication
12 13 (1.62%) Social Media
13 10 (1.25%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 8 (1.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 119 (14.82%) Windows
2 85 (10.59%) Linux
3 70 (8.72%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.36%) Unix
5 20 (2.49%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.37%) VMS
7 9 (1.12%) Android
8 8 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.00%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.50%) CentOS
11 4 (0.50%) Mesosphere
12 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (40.97%) Agile
2 248 (30.88%) Software Engineering
3 214 (26.65%) DevOps
4 156 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (18.31%) CI/CD
6 144 (17.93%) SDLC
7 113 (14.07%) Operational Stability
8 107 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 106 (13.20%) Actionable Insight
9 106 (13.20%) Machine Learning
10 87 (10.83%) Mentoring
11 76 (9.46%) Community of Practice
12 75 (9.34%) Decision-Making
13 74 (9.22%) Web Development
14 65 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 64 (7.97%) Microservices
16 63 (7.85%) Migration
17 62 (7.72%) Infrastructure as Code
17 62 (7.72%) OO
18 61 (7.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 168 (20.92%) Java
1 168 (20.92%) Python
2 166 (20.67%) SQL
3 158 (19.68%) C#
4 124 (15.44%) JavaScript
5 50 (6.23%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.49%) Bash
8 19 (2.37%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.12%) Groovy
10 5 (0.62%) C++
10 5 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.62%) Go
10 5 (0.62%) Perl
10 5 (0.62%) PHP
11 4 (0.50%) Ruby
11 4 (0.50%) Scala
12 3 (0.37%) R
12 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.25%) C
Qualifications
1 106 (13.20%) Security Cleared
2 88 (10.96%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.34%) Degree
4 35 (4.36%) Azure Certification
4 35 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (2.62%) CCNA
7 19 (2.37%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.12%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.99%) CISSP
10 14 (1.74%) CISM
11 12 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.00%) MCSE
13 6 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.75%) HND
13 6 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.62%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.73%) QA
2 20 (2.49%) GDPR
3 16 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.87%) NIST
5 10 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.50%) SLA
7 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 101 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 69 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (7.85%) Docker
4 34 (4.23%) VMware NSX
5 29 (3.61%) Hyper-V
6 19 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.50%) vSphere
10 1 (0.12%) KVM
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.12%) Xen
10 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 104 (12.95%) Terraform
2 103 (12.83%) Kubernetes
3 54 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (5.11%) Ansible
5 21 (2.62%) Grafana
5 21 (2.62%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 12 (1.49%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.12%) CASB
9 7 (0.87%) Puppet
9 7 (0.87%) SCCM
10 5 (0.62%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.50%) Istio
12 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.12%) Nessus
13 1 (0.12%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 262 (32.63%) Microsoft
2 101 (12.58%) VMware
3 88 (10.96%) Google
4 60 (7.47%) ESRI
5 37 (4.61%) Alteryx
6 33 (4.11%) Cisco
7 27 (3.36%) Oracle
8 19 (2.37%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.99%) Databricks
9 16 (1.99%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.87%) Citrix
10 15 (1.87%) Splunk
11 14 (1.74%) IBM
11 14 (1.74%) NetApp
12 12 (1.49%) Veeam
13 11 (1.37%) Sophos
14 10 (1.25%) Meraki
15 8 (1.00%) Sparx
16 7 (0.87%) Apple
16 7 (0.87%) EMC