Azure Job Trends in Aberdeen

Microsoft Azure
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 9 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 63 2 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeen 33.16% 4.17% 7.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 92.65% 40.00% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 21
10th Percentile £35,375 - -
25th Percentile £37,813 - £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 - £52,500
75th Percentile £47,813 - £61,250
90th Percentile £49,125 - £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Aberdeen

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Aberdeen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 68 5 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 35.79% 10.42% 21.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 67
10th Percentile £32,000 £43,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £47,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% +23.38% -18.95%
75th Percentile £40,688 £51,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £45,625 £52,000 £61,250
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +13.21% -3.64%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Azure job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Azure
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Aberdeen

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (25.40%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Azure AI
2 16 (25.40%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.17%) SaaS
4 1 (1.59%) AWS
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.59%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) GitHub
4 1 (1.59%) IaaS
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Firewall
1 1 (1.59%) Internet
1 1 (1.59%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.59%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (25.40%) Power BI
1 16 (25.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 60 (95.24%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (1.59%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (50.79%) Analyst
1 32 (50.79%) Junior
1 32 (50.79%) Junior Analyst
2 16 (25.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 16 (25.40%) Data Analyst
2 16 (25.40%) Junior Data Analyst
2 16 (25.40%) Junior Security Analyst
2 16 (25.40%) Security Analyst
3 15 (23.81%) Ethical Hacker
4 7 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Network Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Senior
7 1 (1.59%) Administrator
7 1 (1.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Consultant
7 1 (1.59%) Security Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) CSS
1 1 (1.59%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.59%) HTML
1 1 (1.59%) LangChain
1 1 (1.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) Cyberattack
2 1 (1.59%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.79%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (36.51%) AI
3 16 (25.40%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (25.40%) Mentoring
4 15 (23.81%) Ethical Hacking
5 6 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 1 (1.59%) Change Management
6 1 (1.59%) CIO Advisory
6 1 (1.59%) Cloud Security
6 1 (1.59%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (1.59%) Incident Response
6 1 (1.59%) Information Security
6 1 (1.59%) LLM
6 1 (1.59%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (1.59%) Presales
6 1 (1.59%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (1.59%) Project Delivery
6 1 (1.59%) Roadmaps
6 1 (1.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (1.59%) Technical Discovery
Programming Languages
1 24 (38.10%) Python
2 16 (25.40%) SQL
3 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.59%) R
Qualifications
1 61 (96.83%) Azure Certification
2 16 (25.40%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (25.40%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (23.81%) CEH
4 6 (9.52%) CCNA
4 6 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (9.52%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (1.59%) CISM
5 1 (1.59%) CISSP
5 1 (1.59%) Degree
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) GDPR
1 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.59%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 37 (58.73%) ForeScout
3 6 (9.52%) Cisco
4 1 (1.59%) Google