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 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 28 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 817 877 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.19% 18.99% 17.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.87% 53.70% 50.92%
Number of salaries quoted 471 440 579
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,806 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% +6.92% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,844 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £64,140 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.01% +2.62% +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 2,931 1,633 2,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.73% 35.35% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 914 1,286
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,221
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,210 £71,250 £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 9 May 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 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
Glasgow -43 413 £50,000 -9.09% 58
Edinburgh 0 284 £65,000 +8.33% 68
Aberdeen +10 37 £51,250 -6.82% 13
Dundee +5 20 £51,250 +27.33% 4
Lanarkshire +1 14 £45,500 -13.33% 16
Aberdeenshire +14 7 £28,500 -29.19% 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 7 £40,000 - 2
Fife -11 5 £33,000 +10.00%
North Lanarkshire -4 3 £45,000 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
Midlothian -2 2 - - 11
Stirling - 2 £45,500 -
West Dunbartonshire -2 1 £27,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 - 1
Highlands - 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 (7.34%) ArcGIS
1 60 (7.34%) GeoServer
2 32 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (2.57%) IIS
5 17 (2.08%) Cloud Foundry
6 10 (1.22%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.98%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.86%) Captiva
8 7 (0.86%) FileNet
8 7 (0.86%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.73%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.61%) Confluence
11 4 (0.49%) Apache
11 4 (0.49%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.37%) CMS
13 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.12%) SAS
14 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 409 (50.06%) AWS
2 198 (24.24%) GCP
3 155 (18.97%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (9.06%) Entra ID
5 69 (8.45%) Power Platform
6 65 (7.96%) SaaS
7 58 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (5.39%) PaaS
9 42 (5.14%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (4.77%) IaaS
11 23 (2.82%) GitHub
12 22 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.96%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (1.84%) Datadog
15 13 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.35%) Serverless
17 10 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
18 9 (1.10%) ChatGPT
18 9 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.61%) WAN
2 40 (4.90%) Firewall
3 34 (4.16%) DNS
4 22 (2.69%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.45%) Internet
5 20 (2.45%) VPN
6 19 (2.33%) Kerberos
7 17 (2.08%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.84%) LAN
9 14 (1.71%) VLAN
10 12 (1.47%) NetScaler
11 11 (1.35%) BGP
11 11 (1.35%) Wireless
12 10 (1.22%) Broadband
13 8 (0.98%) DHCP
13 8 (0.98%) DKIM
13 8 (0.98%) DMARC
13 8 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (0.98%) SSL
13 8 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (13.83%) SQL Server
2 73 (8.94%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (7.47%) GIS
4 60 (7.34%) Power BI
4 60 (7.34%) QGIS
5 58 (7.10%) Data Lake
6 44 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
7 40 (4.90%) NoSQL
8 39 (4.77%) Qlik Sense
9 30 (3.67%) Relational Database
10 29 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.57%) Big Data
12 17 (2.08%) Amazon Aurora
12 17 (2.08%) CockroachDB
13 14 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.47%) Oracle Database
15 10 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (1.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 10 (1.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 41 (5.02%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.67%) JIRA
3 22 (2.69%) Git
4 17 (2.08%) GitLab
5 12 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.22%) Selenium
7 9 (1.10%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.73%) Maven
10 5 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.49%) Snyk
11 4 (0.49%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.37%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.24%) Gradle
13 2 (0.24%) Postman
13 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 244 (29.87%) Finance
2 186 (22.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 152 (18.60%) Law
4 138 (16.89%) Social Skills
5 74 (9.06%) Banking
6 71 (8.69%) Marketing
7 57 (6.98%) Legal
8 41 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (2.82%) Investment Banking
11 22 (2.69%) Games
11 22 (2.69%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.96%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.35%) Billing
14 10 (1.22%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.73%) Police
15 6 (0.73%) Retail
16 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.37%) Private Banking
18 2 (0.24%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 224 (27.42%) Senior
2 203 (24.85%) Software Engineer
3 152 (18.60%) Lead
4 118 (14.44%) Developer
5 102 (12.48%) Senior Software Engineer
6 91 (11.14%) Architect
7 65 (7.96%) Data Engineer
8 60 (7.34%) Analyst
9 54 (6.61%) Lead Software Engineer
10 53 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 47 (5.75%) Java Engineer
11 47 (5.75%) Java Software Engineer
12 44 (5.39%) .NET Developer
13 40 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (4.90%) Lead Java Engineer
14 39 (4.77%) Systems Engineer
15 38 (4.65%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (4.28%) Cloud Architect
17 33 (4.04%) Senior Developer
18 31 (3.79%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (22.52%) .NET
2 99 (12.12%) .NET Core
3 94 (11.51%) React
4 88 (10.77%) CSS
5 68 (8.32%) AngularJS
6 60 (7.34%) Leaflet
6 60 (7.34%) OpenLayers
6 60 (7.34%) PostGIS
7 46 (5.63%) ASP.NET Web API
8 43 (5.26%) ASP.NET
8 43 (5.26%) Spring
9 42 (5.14%) .NET Framework
9 42 (5.14%) PySpark
9 42 (5.14%) Spring Boot
10 36 (4.41%) HTML
11 35 (4.28%) Entity Framework
11 35 (4.28%) REST
12 33 (4.04%) Kafka
13 28 (3.43%) ASP.NET MVC
13 28 (3.43%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 162 (19.83%) Public Cloud
2 69 (8.45%) Algorithms
3 61 (7.47%) Onboarding
4 55 (6.73%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.06%) Private Cloud
6 22 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.45%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.33%) Clustering
9 18 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.84%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.84%) Social Media
11 14 (1.71%) PKI
11 14 (1.71%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.71%) Replication
12 11 (1.35%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.98%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 116 (14.20%) Windows
2 86 (10.53%) Linux
3 69 (8.45%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.18%) Unix
5 18 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.35%) VMS
7 9 (1.10%) Android
8 8 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.49%) CentOS
11 4 (0.49%) Mesosphere
12 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (41.00%) Agile
2 252 (30.84%) Software Engineering
3 217 (26.56%) DevOps
4 153 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (18.36%) CI/CD
6 146 (17.87%) SDLC
7 115 (14.08%) Operational Stability
8 110 (13.46%) Artificial Intelligence
9 108 (13.22%) Machine Learning
10 105 (12.85%) Actionable Insight
11 86 (10.53%) Mentoring
12 78 (9.55%) Community of Practice
13 74 (9.06%) Decision-Making
13 74 (9.06%) Web Development
14 67 (8.20%) Migration
15 66 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 66 (8.08%) Microservices
16 65 (7.96%) OO
17 63 (7.71%) Infrastructure as Code
18 62 (7.59%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 172 (21.05%) Python
2 170 (20.81%) Java
3 167 (20.44%) SQL
4 166 (20.32%) C#
5 123 (15.06%) JavaScript
6 49 (6.00%) PowerShell
7 32 (3.92%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.57%) Bash
9 19 (2.33%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.10%) Groovy
11 6 (0.73%) Perl
12 5 (0.61%) C++
12 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.61%) Go
12 5 (0.61%) PHP
12 5 (0.61%) Ruby
13 4 (0.49%) R
13 4 (0.49%) Scala
14 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 104 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 86 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.06%) Degree
4 36 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 35 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (2.57%) CCNA
8 19 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 19 (2.33%) DBS Check
9 17 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.96%) CISSP
11 14 (1.71%) CISM
12 12 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.10%) MCSE
14 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.73%) HND
14 6 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (0.61%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.65%) QA
2 20 (2.45%) GDPR
3 17 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.84%) NIST
5 11 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.49%) ISO 22301
7 4 (0.49%) SLA
7 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.24%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 98 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 68 (8.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (7.83%) Docker
4 32 (3.92%) VMware NSX
5 29 (3.55%) Hyper-V
6 20 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.73%) XenDesktop
8 4 (0.49%) vSphere
9 2 (0.24%) KVM
9 2 (0.24%) Xen
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 103 (12.61%) Kubernetes
2 102 (12.48%) Terraform
3 52 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (5.02%) Ansible
5 21 (2.57%) Grafana
5 21 (2.57%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.59%) FortiGate
7 12 (1.47%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.98%) CASB
9 7 (0.86%) Puppet
10 6 (0.73%) SCCM
10 6 (0.73%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.49%) Istio
12 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.12%) Nessus
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 258 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 100 (12.24%) VMware
3 88 (10.77%) Google
4 60 (7.34%) ESRI
5 39 (4.77%) Alteryx
6 33 (4.04%) Cisco
7 27 (3.30%) Oracle
8 18 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.96%) Citrix
9 16 (1.96%) Databricks
9 16 (1.96%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.84%) Splunk
11 14 (1.71%) IBM
11 14 (1.71%) NetApp
12 13 (1.59%) Veeam
13 11 (1.35%) Sophos
14 10 (1.22%) Meraki
15 8 (0.98%) Sparx
16 7 (0.86%) Apple
16 7 (0.86%) EMC