Azure Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 962 1,239 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.38% 20.83% 18.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.28% 54.75% 49.32%
Number of salaries quoted 755 764 857
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -0.86% +5.45%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,952 2,263 2,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.17% 38.05% 37.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,484 1,455 1,776
10th Percentile £30,413 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire -5 437 £52,500 -19.23% 79
Buckinghamshire -4 276 £50,000 -4.76% 61
Oxfordshire -1 249 £52,500 -4.55% 36
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 119 (12.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (7.90%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.85%) IIS
4 30 (3.12%) OpenStack
5 29 (3.01%) ArcGIS
5 29 (3.01%) GeoServer
6 24 (2.49%) CMS
6 24 (2.49%) Headless CMS
6 24 (2.49%) Kentico
7 19 (1.98%) Exchange Server 2010
7 19 (1.98%) Sitecore CMS
7 19 (1.98%) Umbraco
8 15 (1.56%) Confluence
9 7 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.73%) WordPress
10 6 (0.62%) nginx
11 5 (0.52%) Apache
12 4 (0.42%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 22 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 292 (30.35%) Microsoft 365
2 255 (26.51%) AWS
3 167 (17.36%) Azure DevOps
4 117 (12.16%) Power Platform
5 94 (9.77%) Entra ID
6 68 (7.07%) GCP
7 52 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
9 32 (3.33%) SaaS
10 30 (3.12%) Serverless
11 28 (2.91%) OneDrive
11 28 (2.91%) PowerApps
12 27 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
13 25 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (2.39%) Azure Storage
15 22 (2.29%) Power Automate
16 21 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.98%) GitHub
17 19 (1.98%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 143 (14.86%) Firewall
2 122 (12.68%) DNS
3 74 (7.69%) DHCP
4 58 (6.03%) VPN
5 33 (3.43%) WAN
6 32 (3.33%) SAN
7 28 (2.91%) TCP/IP
8 26 (2.70%) LAN
8 26 (2.70%) Wireless
9 22 (2.29%) Internet
10 20 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
11 19 (1.98%) Network Security
12 15 (1.56%) NAS
12 15 (1.56%) VLAN
13 14 (1.46%) VoIP
14 13 (1.35%) SNMP
14 13 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (1.25%) BGP
16 10 (1.04%) DKIM
16 10 (1.04%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 79 (8.21%) Data Warehouse
2 79 (8.21%) Power BI
3 73 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.37%) Data Lake
5 41 (4.26%) BigQuery
6 40 (4.16%) Looker
7 38 (3.95%) NoSQL
7 38 (3.95%) Relational Database
8 31 (3.22%) GIS
9 29 (3.01%) QGIS
10 27 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 24 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (2.08%) MySQL
14 19 (1.98%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (1.35%) Power Query
18 7 (0.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 69 (7.17%) Git
2 49 (5.09%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.26%) JIRA
4 25 (2.60%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.39%) NUnit
6 14 (1.46%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.46%) Selenium
7 13 (1.35%) GitLab
8 9 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.94%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.52%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.52%) MSTest
10 5 (0.52%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Postman
12 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
13 1 (0.10%) JMeter
13 1 (0.10%) JUnit
13 1 (0.10%) Mercurial
13 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 232 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (6.44%) Finance
4 50 (5.20%) Public Sector
5 48 (4.99%) Retail
6 37 (3.85%) Legal
7 32 (3.33%) Billing
8 29 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 28 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (2.60%) Law
10 25 (2.60%) Marketing
11 18 (1.87%) Back Office
12 16 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.56%) Health Technology
14 13 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.25%) Tech for Good
16 10 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 256 (26.61%) Developer
2 138 (14.35%) Senior
3 95 (9.88%) .NET Developer
4 82 (8.52%) Analyst
5 80 (8.32%) Architect
6 74 (7.69%) Lead
7 72 (7.48%) Senior Developer
8 65 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 64 (6.65%) Software Engineer
10 53 (5.51%) Support Engineer
11 50 (5.20%) C# Developer
12 47 (4.89%) C# .NET Developer
13 42 (4.37%) Azure Engineer
13 42 (4.37%) IT Support
14 37 (3.85%) Full Stack Developer
14 37 (3.85%) Senior .NET Developer
15 36 (3.74%) IT Engineer
16 35 (3.64%) IT Analyst
17 34 (3.53%) Java Developer
18 29 (3.01%) ASP.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (23.28%) .NET
2 124 (12.89%) .NET Core
3 113 (11.75%) React
4 88 (9.15%) CSS
5 87 (9.04%) ASP.NET
6 73 (7.59%) AngularJS
7 69 (7.17%) .NET Framework
8 57 (5.93%) ASP.NET MVC
8 57 (5.93%) HTML
9 50 (5.20%) Node.js
10 42 (4.37%) Entity Framework
11 37 (3.85%) Web Services
12 34 (3.53%) JSON
13 33 (3.43%) ASP.NET Web API
14 32 (3.33%) Spring Boot
15 31 (3.22%) RESTful
15 31 (3.22%) Spring
16 30 (3.12%) REST
16 30 (3.12%) XML
17 29 (3.01%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
2 47 (4.89%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.05%) PKI
4 34 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 34 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.49%) Driving Licence
6 19 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (1.87%) Client/Server
7 18 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
8 16 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.46%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.35%) CMDB
11 13 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (1.35%) Smartphone
12 12 (1.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 219 (22.77%) Windows
2 133 (13.83%) Windows Server
3 130 (13.51%) Linux
4 81 (8.42%) Windows 10
5 49 (5.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 49 (5.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (1.87%) Android
8 17 (1.77%) Apple iOS
9 16 (1.66%) Ubuntu
9 16 (1.66%) Windows XP
10 13 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (1.14%) CentOS
12 10 (1.04%) VMS
13 5 (0.52%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.42%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.42%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.31%) Rocky
15 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (33.06%) DevOps
2 302 (31.39%) Agile
3 168 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (13.10%) CI/CD
5 114 (11.85%) Full Stack Development
6 110 (11.43%) Scrum
7 95 (9.88%) Microservices
8 91 (9.46%) MVC
8 91 (9.46%) Software Engineering
9 84 (8.73%) Analytics
10 82 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 81 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
11 81 (8.42%) ITIL
12 80 (8.32%) Project Management
13 75 (7.80%) Web Development
14 73 (7.59%) CRM
14 73 (7.59%) Mentoring
15 68 (7.07%) TDD
16 67 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
17 60 (6.24%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 227 (23.60%) C#
2 208 (21.62%) JavaScript
3 193 (20.06%) SQL
4 128 (13.31%) Python
5 76 (7.90%) Java
6 71 (7.38%) PowerShell
7 57 (5.93%) TypeScript
8 33 (3.43%) T-SQL
9 29 (3.01%) Bash
10 20 (2.08%) VB
10 20 (2.08%) VBScript
11 18 (1.87%) Kotlin
12 17 (1.77%) Bicep
13 12 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (1.14%) Go
15 10 (1.04%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.94%) Ruby
17 7 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
17 7 (0.73%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 188 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 130 (13.51%) Degree
2 130 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 52 (5.41%) DV Cleared
4 51 (5.30%) Azure Certification
5 46 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (3.33%) CCNA
8 29 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (2.81%) AWS Certification
9 27 (2.81%) CISSP
10 21 (2.18%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.08%) CTC Cleared
12 18 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (1.25%) CCNP
14 12 (1.25%) MCP
15 11 (1.14%) MCSE
16 8 (0.83%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.65%) QA
2 30 (3.12%) GDPR
3 28 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.49%) SLA
5 21 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (1.35%) NIST
8 7 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 216 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 81 (8.42%) Docker
3 80 (8.32%) Hyper-V
4 54 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.73%) vSphere
9 6 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.31%) XenApp
10 3 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.21%) Firmware
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 116 (12.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (9.04%) Kubernetes
3 55 (5.72%) Terraform
4 51 (5.30%) Ansible
5 41 (4.26%) SCCM
6 39 (4.05%) SCOM
7 29 (3.01%) WSUS
8 27 (2.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.77%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (1.35%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.83%) CASB
13 7 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.62%) Puppet
15 5 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.52%) Suricata
16 4 (0.42%) Grafana
17 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
17 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 493 (51.25%) Microsoft
2 111 (11.54%) VMware
3 68 (7.07%) Google
4 48 (4.99%) Cisco
5 39 (4.05%) Oracle
6 30 (3.12%) Juniper
7 29 (3.01%) ESRI
8 28 (2.91%) Citrix
9 26 (2.70%) HP
10 24 (2.49%) Veeam
11 23 (2.39%) Dell
12 21 (2.18%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.98%) Optimizely
13 19 (1.98%) Sitecore
14 18 (1.87%) Databricks
14 18 (1.87%) EMC
14 18 (1.87%) WSO2
15 14 (1.46%) Apple
15 14 (1.46%) Splunk
16 13 (1.35%) ServiceNow