Azure Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 6 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,399 1,422 1,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.29% 20.31% 19.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.11% 52.98% 45.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 814 1,018
10th Percentile £33,625 £31,075 £32,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,737 2,684 3,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.92% 38.33% 42.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,111 1,693 2,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,875 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,325 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +3.54% +8.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South 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
Bristol -1 511 £60,000 +0.80% 116
Gloucestershire +4 374 £55,000 -6.38% 64
Wiltshire -3 178 £60,000 +26.32% 26
Somerset +1 103 £50,000 - 34
Devon +13 96 £47,500 +10.14% 37
Dorset -16 96 £50,000 +17.65% 19
Cornwall -6 17 £30,000 -20.00% 8
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 125 (8.93%) SharePoint
2 115 (8.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.22%) ArcGIS
4 29 (2.07%) Umbraco
5 27 (1.93%) GeoServer
6 26 (1.86%) CMS
7 22 (1.57%) Apache Spark
8 19 (1.36%) Apache
8 19 (1.36%) IIS
9 16 (1.14%) Headless CMS
9 16 (1.14%) Kentico
9 16 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
10 8 (0.57%) SharePoint 2013
11 7 (0.50%) Confluence
12 5 (0.36%) JBoss
13 4 (0.29%) nginx
13 4 (0.29%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.29%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
Applications
1 53 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.43%) Trello
4 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.071%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 37 (2.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.79%) Maximo
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.29%) SAP PLM
4 4 (0.29%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 542 (38.74%) AWS
2 385 (27.52%) Microsoft 365
3 249 (17.80%) Azure DevOps
4 181 (12.94%) GCP
5 138 (9.86%) Power Platform
6 129 (9.22%) Entra ID
7 108 (7.72%) SaaS
8 66 (4.72%) PaaS
9 63 (4.50%) OpenShift
10 60 (4.29%) OneDrive
11 59 (4.22%) IaaS
12 48 (3.43%) Serverless
13 29 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
14 27 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
14 27 (1.93%) GitHub
15 23 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (1.57%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.57%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
18 18 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 131 (9.36%) Firewall
2 107 (7.65%) DNS
3 80 (5.72%) WAN
4 78 (5.58%) DHCP
5 76 (5.43%) LAN
6 68 (4.86%) TCP/IP
7 56 (4.00%) VPN
8 40 (2.86%) HTTP
9 39 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (2.36%) SAN
11 31 (2.22%) Wireless
12 30 (2.14%) VLAN
13 26 (1.86%) Internet
14 22 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
15 20 (1.43%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.00%) IPsec
17 13 (0.93%) AMQP
17 13 (0.93%) VoIP
18 12 (0.86%) Network Security
18 12 (0.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (18.01%) SQL Server
2 101 (7.22%) Data Warehouse
3 88 (6.29%) Power BI
4 55 (3.93%) NoSQL
5 53 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (3.15%) BigQuery
7 42 (3.00%) GIS
8 40 (2.86%) Looker
9 39 (2.79%) Big Data
10 35 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
11 33 (2.36%) MySQL
11 33 (2.36%) Relational Database
12 32 (2.29%) MongoDB
13 31 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 30 (2.14%) Data Lake
15 29 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 27 (1.93%) QGIS
17 23 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
17 23 (1.64%) Hadoop
18 21 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 93 (6.65%) Git
2 56 (4.00%) JIRA
3 38 (2.72%) GitLab
4 31 (2.22%) Visual Studio
5 23 (1.64%) Jenkins
6 21 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
7 19 (1.36%) Selenium
8 12 (0.86%) Cucumber
9 11 (0.79%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.57%) Maven
10 8 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
11 7 (0.50%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.50%) Vagrant
12 6 (0.43%) RStudio
12 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.29%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.29%) JMeter
13 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 295 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 131 (9.36%) Finance
3 93 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (5.36%) Aerospace
5 57 (4.07%) Retail
6 48 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.86%) Legal
8 35 (2.50%) Banking
9 33 (2.36%) Billing
9 33 (2.36%) Law
10 32 (2.29%) Marketing
11 25 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.00%) Advertising
16 12 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.86%) Tech for Good
17 11 (0.79%) Games
18 10 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 324 (23.16%) Developer
2 262 (18.73%) Senior
3 169 (12.08%) .NET Developer
4 142 (10.15%) Architect
5 138 (9.86%) Software Engineer
6 120 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 115 (8.22%) Lead
8 96 (6.86%) Analyst
9 94 (6.72%) Senior Developer
10 90 (6.43%) Support Engineer
11 82 (5.86%) C# Developer
12 79 (5.65%) C# .NET Developer
13 77 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
14 72 (5.15%) IT Engineer
15 65 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
16 62 (4.43%) IT Support
17 61 (4.36%) Consultant
17 61 (4.36%) Software Developer
18 52 (3.72%) Senior .NET Developer
19 46 (3.29%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 361 (25.80%) .NET
2 206 (14.72%) React
3 170 (12.15%) CSS
4 167 (11.94%) AngularJS
5 158 (11.29%) .NET Core
6 154 (11.01%) ASP.NET
7 147 (10.51%) HTML
8 129 (9.22%) .NET Framework
9 102 (7.29%) Entity Framework
10 78 (5.58%) ASP.NET MVC
11 65 (4.65%) Vue
12 56 (4.00%) Node.js
13 52 (3.72%) ASP.NET Web API
13 52 (3.72%) Blazor
13 52 (3.72%) Spring
14 39 (2.79%) REST
15 37 (2.64%) HTML5
16 35 (2.50%) RESTful
17 33 (2.36%) CSS3
18 30 (2.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 58 (4.15%) Public Cloud
3 56 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (3.79%) Private Cloud
5 37 (2.64%) Cloud Native
6 34 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 28 (2.00%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.93%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.43%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.93%) iPhone
15 10 (0.71%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.71%) Replication
16 9 (0.64%) Blockchain
16 9 (0.64%) Taxonomies
17 7 (0.50%) CCTV
17 7 (0.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 315 (22.52%) Windows
2 180 (12.87%) Linux
3 135 (9.65%) Windows Server
4 78 (5.58%) Windows 10
5 67 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 31 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.00%) Unix
8 25 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.57%) Ubuntu
10 18 (1.29%) Android
11 17 (1.22%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.22%) Debian
12 15 (1.07%) VMS
13 14 (1.00%) Mac OS
14 13 (0.93%) CentOS
15 11 (0.79%) Windows 7
16 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.57%) AIX
18 7 (0.50%) Solaris
19 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (38.17%) Agile
2 488 (34.88%) DevOps
3 230 (16.44%) CI/CD
4 228 (16.30%) Full Stack Development
5 217 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
6 191 (13.65%) Scrum
6 191 (13.65%) Software Engineering
7 172 (12.29%) Actionable Insight
8 158 (11.29%) Microservices
9 143 (10.22%) MVC
10 138 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 128 (9.15%) Continuous Integration
12 126 (9.01%) Mentoring
13 123 (8.79%) Collaborative Working
14 121 (8.65%) ITIL
15 105 (7.51%) Roadmaps
16 102 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
16 102 (7.29%) Project Management
17 96 (6.86%) Customer Service
17 96 (6.86%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 370 (26.45%) JavaScript
2 320 (22.87%) C#
3 233 (16.65%) SQL
4 205 (14.65%) Java
4 205 (14.65%) Python
5 151 (10.79%) PowerShell
6 122 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 61 (4.36%) Bash
8 52 (3.72%) T-SQL
9 17 (1.22%) Go
10 16 (1.14%) Bicep
11 15 (1.07%) C++
11 15 (1.07%) PHP
12 14 (1.00%) R
13 13 (0.93%) Scala
14 8 (0.57%) Ruby
14 8 (0.57%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.43%) C
16 6 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 326 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 179 (12.79%) SC Cleared
3 153 (10.94%) Degree
4 125 (8.93%) DV Cleared
5 64 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 35 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (1.79%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.64%) CISSP
10 22 (1.57%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.43%) A+ Certification
11 20 (1.43%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.36%) MCSE
13 15 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (1.00%) MCP
14 14 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.86%) CEH
16 10 (0.71%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (7.08%) QA
2 40 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.14%) SLA
4 25 (1.79%) GDPR
5 18 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.29%) NIST
6 15 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.00%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.36%) SOC 1
10 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.21%) WCAG
12 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 1 (0.071%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.071%) GRC
13 1 (0.071%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 249 (17.80%) Active Directory
2 147 (10.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (10.36%) Docker
4 109 (7.79%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.50%) vSphere
7 17 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (1.22%) XenApp
8 14 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.79%) XenDesktop
10 7 (0.50%) Firmware
11 6 (0.43%) KVM
12 4 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.21%) Ceph
13 3 (0.21%) Gluster
13 3 (0.21%) oVirt
14 2 (0.14%) Apache Flume
14 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
14 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 177 (12.65%) Kubernetes
2 119 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 106 (7.58%) Ansible
4 98 (7.01%) Terraform
5 62 (4.43%) Puppet
6 54 (3.86%) SCCM
7 19 (1.36%) Nagios
8 14 (1.00%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.00%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.57%) Packer
9 8 (0.57%) WSUS
10 7 (0.50%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
10 7 (0.50%) SCVMM
10 7 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.43%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.36%) Argo
12 5 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 600 (42.89%) Microsoft
2 194 (13.87%) VMware
3 139 (9.94%) Google
4 67 (4.79%) Red Hat
5 66 (4.72%) Oracle
6 57 (4.07%) Cisco
7 45 (3.22%) Citrix
8 37 (2.64%) Sparx
9 31 (2.22%) ESRI
10 29 (2.07%) HP
10 29 (2.07%) Veeam
11 25 (1.79%) Databricks
12 19 (1.36%) SolarWinds
13 17 (1.22%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.14%) Dell
14 16 (1.14%) Optimizely
14 16 (1.14%) Sitecore
14 16 (1.14%) Xamarin
15 15 (1.07%) IBM
15 15 (1.07%) Meraki