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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 973 1,249 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.53% 20.38% 19.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.24% 54.23% 50.17%
Number of salaries quoted 768 765 890
10th Percentile £34,700 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.09% - +4.55%

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 1,976 2,303 2,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.51% 37.57% 37.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,515 1,472 1,814
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,939
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 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 4 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 4 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 -5 434 £52,500 -19.23% 67
Buckinghamshire -2 291 £50,000 -5.66% 57
Oxfordshire -1 248 £52,500 -4.55% 35
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
1 118 (12.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (7.81%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.91%) IIS
4 30 (3.08%) OpenStack
5 29 (2.98%) ArcGIS
5 29 (2.98%) GeoServer
6 24 (2.47%) CMS
6 24 (2.47%) Headless CMS
6 24 (2.47%) Kentico
7 19 (1.95%) Sitecore CMS
7 19 (1.95%) Umbraco
8 18 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
9 16 (1.64%) Confluence
10 7 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 7 (0.72%) nginx
10 7 (0.72%) WordPress
11 5 (0.51%) Apache
12 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.31%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 21 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.10%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 295 (30.32%) Microsoft 365
2 253 (26.00%) AWS
3 174 (17.88%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (12.33%) Power Platform
5 93 (9.56%) Entra ID
6 68 (6.99%) GCP
7 56 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (4.52%) Azure Monitor
9 32 (3.29%) SaaS
10 31 (3.19%) PowerApps
11 30 (3.08%) Serverless
12 27 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
13 26 (2.67%) OneDrive
14 24 (2.47%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (2.36%) Azure Storage
16 21 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
16 21 (2.16%) Power Automate
17 20 (2.06%) GitHub
18 19 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 146 (15.01%) Firewall
2 123 (12.64%) DNS
3 75 (7.71%) DHCP
4 54 (5.55%) VPN
5 35 (3.60%) WAN
6 33 (3.39%) SAN
7 28 (2.88%) TCP/IP
8 27 (2.77%) LAN
9 25 (2.57%) Wireless
10 21 (2.16%) Internet
11 19 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
12 18 (1.85%) Network Security
13 17 (1.75%) VLAN
14 15 (1.54%) NAS
15 14 (1.44%) SNMP
15 14 (1.44%) VoIP
16 12 (1.23%) BGP
16 12 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (1.03%) DKIM
17 10 (1.03%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (12.13%) SQL Server
2 79 (8.12%) Data Warehouse
2 79 (8.12%) Power BI
3 72 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.32%) Data Lake
5 41 (4.21%) BigQuery
6 40 (4.11%) Looker
6 40 (4.11%) Relational Database
7 38 (3.91%) NoSQL
8 31 (3.19%) GIS
9 29 (2.98%) QGIS
10 27 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (2.16%) MySQL
12 19 (1.95%) MongoDB
13 16 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 15 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (1.44%) Power Query
16 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 70 (7.19%) Git
2 51 (5.24%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.42%) JIRA
4 25 (2.57%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.36%) NUnit
6 16 (1.64%) Selenium
7 14 (1.44%) GitLab
8 13 (1.34%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.92%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.51%) Bugzilla
11 5 (0.51%) MSTest
11 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.31%) Mockito
12 3 (0.31%) Postman
12 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
13 2 (0.21%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.21%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
General
1 236 (24.25%) Social Skills
2 112 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (6.58%) Finance
4 50 (5.14%) Public Sector
5 49 (5.04%) Retail
6 38 (3.91%) Legal
7 31 (3.19%) Billing
8 29 (2.98%) Law
9 28 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.57%) Marketing
12 17 (1.75%) Back Office
13 15 (1.54%) Health Technology
13 15 (1.54%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.34%) Tech for Good
15 7 (0.72%) Games
15 7 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 257 (26.41%) Developer
2 144 (14.80%) Senior
3 95 (9.76%) .NET Developer
4 84 (8.63%) Analyst
5 80 (8.22%) Architect
6 72 (7.40%) Senior Developer
7 71 (7.30%) Lead
8 65 (6.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 65 (6.68%) Software Engineer
9 54 (5.55%) Support Engineer
10 49 (5.04%) C# Developer
11 47 (4.83%) C# .NET Developer
12 44 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
13 41 (4.21%) IT Support
14 40 (4.11%) IT Engineer
15 38 (3.91%) Full Stack Developer
16 37 (3.80%) Senior .NET Developer
17 34 (3.49%) IT Analyst
17 34 (3.49%) Java Developer
18 29 (2.98%) ASP.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (23.43%) .NET
2 123 (12.64%) .NET Core
3 114 (11.72%) React
4 88 (9.04%) ASP.NET
4 88 (9.04%) CSS
5 75 (7.71%) AngularJS
6 69 (7.09%) .NET Framework
7 57 (5.86%) ASP.NET MVC
7 57 (5.86%) HTML
8 50 (5.14%) Node.js
9 42 (4.32%) Entity Framework
10 36 (3.70%) JSON
10 36 (3.70%) Web Services
11 33 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
11 33 (3.39%) RESTful
12 32 (3.29%) Spring Boot
13 31 (3.19%) Spring
14 30 (3.08%) REST
14 30 (3.08%) XML
15 29 (2.98%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (4.93%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.01%) PKI
4 33 (3.39%) Data Centre
4 33 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 20 (2.06%) Client/Server
6 20 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.64%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.44%) CMDB
10 14 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.44%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
12 12 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.23%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 222 (22.82%) Windows
2 138 (14.18%) Windows Server
3 131 (13.46%) Linux
4 79 (8.12%) Windows 10
5 50 (5.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 48 (4.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (2.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (1.64%) Android
8 16 (1.64%) Windows XP
9 15 (1.54%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (1.54%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.03%) CentOS
10 10 (1.03%) VMS
11 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.41%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.41%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.41%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.31%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (32.99%) DevOps
2 309 (31.76%) Agile
3 169 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (13.16%) CI/CD
5 117 (12.02%) Scrum
6 114 (11.72%) Full Stack Development
7 97 (9.97%) Microservices
8 93 (9.56%) Software Engineering
9 92 (9.46%) Analytics
10 91 (9.35%) MVC
11 82 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 82 (8.43%) ITIL
12 81 (8.32%) Project Management
13 80 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
14 77 (7.91%) Mentoring
15 74 (7.61%) Web Development
16 72 (7.40%) CRM
17 68 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (6.68%) TDD
19 62 (6.37%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 229 (23.54%) C#
2 212 (21.79%) JavaScript
3 197 (20.25%) SQL
4 130 (13.36%) Python
5 74 (7.61%) Java
5 74 (7.61%) PowerShell
6 57 (5.86%) TypeScript
7 33 (3.39%) T-SQL
8 31 (3.19%) Bash
9 22 (2.26%) VBScript
10 20 (2.06%) VB
11 17 (1.75%) Bicep
12 16 (1.64%) Kotlin
13 13 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (1.03%) Go
14 10 (1.03%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.92%) Ruby
16 7 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.72%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 190 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 132 (13.57%) Degree
3 131 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 53 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 48 (4.93%) Azure Certification
6 46 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.29%) CCNA
9 29 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.77%) CISSP
11 24 (2.47%) AWS Certification
12 21 (2.16%) DBS Check
13 20 (2.06%) CTC Cleared
14 19 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (1.23%) CCNP
17 12 (1.23%) MCP
18 11 (1.13%) MCSE
19 9 (0.92%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.58%) QA
2 34 (3.49%) GDPR
3 30 (3.08%) Data Quality
4 23 (2.36%) SLA
5 21 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (1.34%) NIST
8 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 216 (22.20%) Active Directory
2 84 (8.63%) Docker
3 79 (8.12%) Hyper-V
4 56 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.72%) 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
1 121 (12.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (8.74%) Kubernetes
3 56 (5.76%) Terraform
4 50 (5.14%) Ansible
5 41 (4.21%) SCCM
6 40 (4.11%) SCOM
7 29 (2.98%) WSUS
8 27 (2.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.75%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.54%) EMC NetWorker
11 12 (1.23%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.82%) CASB
13 7 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.62%) Puppet
15 5 (0.51%) Grafana
15 5 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
16 4 (0.41%) Suricata
17 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
17 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 503 (51.70%) Microsoft
2 113 (11.61%) VMware
3 68 (6.99%) Google
4 49 (5.04%) Cisco
5 40 (4.11%) Oracle
6 29 (2.98%) ESRI
6 29 (2.98%) Juniper
7 27 (2.77%) HP
8 26 (2.67%) Citrix
9 25 (2.57%) Veeam
10 23 (2.36%) Dell
11 21 (2.16%) Databricks
12 20 (2.06%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.95%) EMC
13 19 (1.95%) Optimizely
13 19 (1.95%) Sitecore
14 18 (1.85%) WSO2
15 14 (1.44%) Aruba
15 14 (1.44%) Dynatrace
15 14 (1.44%) ServiceNow