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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,418 1,390 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.25% 20.37% 18.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.34% 53.13% 44.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 779 998
10th Percentile £33,475 £31,200 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,225 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
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 2,762 2,616 3,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.71% 38.33% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,123 1,645 2,443
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,590 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% +3.98% +11.70%
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 8 May 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 8 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
Bristol -1 516 £60,000 - 124
Gloucestershire +3 387 £55,000 - 71
Wiltshire -2 178 £60,000 +29.73% 34
Devon +12 100 £47,500 +15.15% 41
Somerset 0 100 £50,000 - 28
Dorset -16 99 £48,750 +15.04% 27
Cornwall -14 17 £30,000 -16.08% 6
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
1 123 (8.67%) SharePoint
2 114 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.19%) ArcGIS
4 27 (1.90%) GeoServer
4 27 (1.90%) Umbraco
5 26 (1.83%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.83%) CMS
6 22 (1.55%) Apache
7 18 (1.27%) IIS
8 16 (1.13%) Headless CMS
8 16 (1.13%) Kentico
8 16 (1.13%) Sitecore CMS
9 9 (0.63%) SharePoint 2010
9 9 (0.63%) SharePoint 2013
10 7 (0.49%) Confluence
11 5 (0.35%) JBoss
12 4 (0.28%) nginx
12 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.21%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 53 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.42%) Trello
4 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.071%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 38 (2.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.71%) Maximo
3 7 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
4 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.071%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 563 (39.70%) AWS
2 384 (27.08%) Microsoft 365
3 251 (17.70%) Azure DevOps
4 185 (13.05%) GCP
5 144 (10.16%) Power Platform
6 124 (8.74%) Entra ID
7 107 (7.55%) SaaS
8 68 (4.80%) OpenShift
9 67 (4.72%) PaaS
10 60 (4.23%) OneDrive
11 59 (4.16%) IaaS
12 50 (3.53%) Serverless
13 32 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
14 28 (1.97%) GitHub
15 26 (1.83%) PowerApps
16 25 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
16 25 (1.76%) Power Automate
17 20 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
17 20 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 136 (9.59%) Firewall
2 111 (7.83%) DNS
3 83 (5.85%) WAN
4 81 (5.71%) DHCP
5 76 (5.36%) LAN
6 70 (4.94%) TCP/IP
7 55 (3.88%) VPN
8 42 (2.96%) HTTP
9 39 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (2.26%) SAN
11 31 (2.19%) Wireless
12 30 (2.12%) VLAN
13 28 (1.97%) Internet
14 22 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (1.55%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.06%) AMQP
16 14 (0.99%) IPsec
17 12 (0.85%) WLAN
18 11 (0.78%) Broadband
18 11 (0.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 251 (17.70%) SQL Server
2 105 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
3 92 (6.49%) Power BI
4 53 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 53 (3.74%) NoSQL
5 44 (3.10%) BigQuery
6 41 (2.89%) Big Data
6 41 (2.89%) GIS
7 40 (2.82%) Looker
8 38 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
9 35 (2.47%) MongoDB
9 35 (2.47%) MySQL
10 33 (2.33%) Data Lake
10 33 (2.33%) Relational Database
11 31 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (1.90%) QGIS
14 25 (1.76%) Hadoop
15 22 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
15 22 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (6.63%) Git
2 59 (4.16%) JIRA
3 38 (2.68%) GitLab
4 31 (2.19%) Visual Studio
5 26 (1.83%) Jenkins
6 20 (1.41%) Selenium
6 20 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.49%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.49%) Maven
9 7 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.49%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.42%) RStudio
11 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.35%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.35%) JMeter
12 4 (0.28%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 302 (21.30%) Social Skills
2 131 (9.24%) Finance
3 94 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (5.92%) Aerospace
5 58 (4.09%) Retail
6 51 (3.60%) Public Sector
7 38 (2.68%) Legal
8 35 (2.47%) Banking
9 33 (2.33%) Billing
10 32 (2.26%) Law
10 32 (2.26%) Marketing
11 27 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.41%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.92%) Advertising
15 13 (0.92%) Tech for Good
16 12 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (0.78%) Games
18 10 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 323 (22.78%) Developer
2 263 (18.55%) Senior
3 170 (11.99%) .NET Developer
4 151 (10.65%) Architect
5 140 (9.87%) Software Engineer
6 124 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 118 (8.32%) Lead
8 95 (6.70%) Analyst
8 95 (6.70%) Senior Developer
9 93 (6.56%) Support Engineer
10 83 (5.85%) C# Developer
11 81 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
12 80 (5.64%) C# .NET Developer
13 71 (5.01%) IT Engineer
14 68 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
15 65 (4.58%) IT Support
16 62 (4.37%) Consultant
16 62 (4.37%) Software Developer
17 54 (3.81%) Senior .NET Developer
18 48 (3.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (26.16%) .NET
2 205 (14.46%) React
3 170 (11.99%) CSS
4 165 (11.64%) AngularJS
5 161 (11.35%) ASP.NET
6 160 (11.28%) .NET Core
7 150 (10.58%) HTML
8 132 (9.31%) .NET Framework
9 105 (7.40%) Entity Framework
10 77 (5.43%) ASP.NET MVC
11 67 (4.72%) Vue
12 55 (3.88%) Node.js
13 54 (3.81%) ASP.NET Web API
14 51 (3.60%) Blazor
14 51 (3.60%) Spring
15 41 (2.89%) REST
16 37 (2.61%) HTML5
17 33 (2.33%) CSS3
18 32 (2.26%) jQuery
19 31 (2.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 58 (4.09%) Public Cloud
3 56 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (3.74%) Private Cloud
5 42 (2.96%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.05%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.83%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.99%) iPhone
15 12 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.78%) Blockchain
17 10 (0.71%) Replication
18 9 (0.63%) Taxonomies
19 7 (0.49%) CCTV
19 7 (0.49%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 320 (22.57%) Windows
2 189 (13.33%) Linux
3 137 (9.66%) Windows Server
4 80 (5.64%) Windows 10
5 71 (5.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (1.97%) Unix
8 25 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (1.69%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.34%) Android
10 19 (1.34%) Debian
11 18 (1.27%) Apple iOS
12 15 (1.06%) CentOS
12 15 (1.06%) Mac OS
13 14 (0.99%) VMS
14 11 (0.78%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.56%) AIX
17 7 (0.49%) Solaris
18 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (38.58%) Agile
2 497 (35.05%) DevOps
3 242 (17.07%) CI/CD
4 230 (16.22%) Full Stack Development
5 217 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (13.82%) Scrum
7 190 (13.40%) Software Engineering
8 173 (12.20%) Actionable Insight
9 158 (11.14%) Microservices
10 147 (10.37%) MVC
11 142 (10.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 134 (9.45%) Collaborative Working
13 133 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
14 129 (9.10%) Mentoring
15 121 (8.53%) ITIL
16 106 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
17 104 (7.33%) Roadmaps
18 101 (7.12%) Project Management
19 100 (7.05%) Kanban
20 95 (6.70%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 372 (26.23%) JavaScript
2 327 (23.06%) C#
3 234 (16.50%) SQL
4 215 (15.16%) Python
5 210 (14.81%) Java
6 149 (10.51%) PowerShell
7 119 (8.39%) TypeScript
8 64 (4.51%) Bash
9 53 (3.74%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.13%) PHP
11 15 (1.06%) Bicep
11 15 (1.06%) C++
11 15 (1.06%) Go
11 15 (1.06%) R
11 15 (1.06%) Scala
12 9 (0.63%) Ruby
13 8 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.56%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.49%) C
15 6 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 343 (24.19%) Security Cleared
2 191 (13.47%) SC Cleared
3 156 (11.00%) Degree
4 134 (9.45%) DV Cleared
5 63 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 37 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (1.76%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.62%) CISSP
10 22 (1.55%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.41%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.34%) A+ Certification
12 19 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.34%) MCSE
13 18 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.99%) MCP
15 13 (0.92%) CEH
15 13 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.78%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.05%) QA
2 39 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.12%) SLA
4 24 (1.69%) GDPR
5 18 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.27%) NIST
6 15 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.35%) SOC 1
11 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) WCAG
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 1 (0.071%) GRC
14 1 (0.071%) NCSC
System Software
1 244 (17.21%) Active Directory
2 150 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (10.37%) Docker
4 113 (7.97%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.48%) vSphere
7 18 (1.27%) XenApp
8 17 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.85%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.49%) Firmware
12 6 (0.42%) KVM
13 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.21%) Ceph
14 3 (0.21%) Gluster
14 3 (0.21%) oVirt
15 2 (0.14%) Apache Flume
15 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 177 (12.48%) Kubernetes
2 121 (8.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 116 (8.18%) Ansible
4 105 (7.40%) Terraform
5 66 (4.65%) Puppet
6 55 (3.88%) SCCM
7 19 (1.34%) Nagios
8 14 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.56%) Packer
9 8 (0.56%) WSUS
10 7 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
10 7 (0.49%) SCVMM
11 6 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.42%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.35%) Argo
12 5 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 599 (42.24%) Microsoft
2 198 (13.96%) VMware
3 140 (9.87%) Google
4 73 (5.15%) Red Hat
5 65 (4.58%) Oracle
6 59 (4.16%) Cisco
7 43 (3.03%) Citrix
8 38 (2.68%) Sparx
9 31 (2.19%) ESRI
10 30 (2.12%) HP
10 30 (2.12%) Veeam
11 29 (2.05%) Databricks
12 18 (1.27%) Dell
13 17 (1.20%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.13%) IBM
14 16 (1.13%) Optimizely
14 16 (1.13%) Sitecore
14 16 (1.13%) SolarWinds
15 15 (1.06%) Meraki
15 15 (1.06%) Xamarin