Azure Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 158 162 215
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 11.78% 16.75% 19.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.53% 47.37% 68.47%
Number of salaries quoted 101 101 196
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -6.09%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 421 342 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 31.39% 35.37% 27.84%
Number of salaries quoted 270 193 275
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,550 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,626 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Buckinghamshire

Azure
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -7 79 £65,000 +25.00% 43
Newport Pagnell +5 20 £68,750 +205.56% 1
Princes Risborough - 12 £37,500 - 5
Marlow -7 6 - -
High Wycombe -7 3 £47,500 -40.63% 19
Bletchley -13 3 £75,000 +25.00%
Amersham -1 2 £40,000 +37.93%
Aylesbury - 1 £67,500 - 1
Buckingham - 1 £14,000 -
Gerrards Cross - 1 £52,500 -
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 12 (7.59%) IIS
2 1 (0.63%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.63%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.62%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (15.19%) Snowflake
3 22 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (10.76%) AWS
4 17 (10.76%) GCP
5 13 (8.23%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.06%) Commercetools
6 8 (5.06%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (4.43%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (4.43%) GitHub
7 7 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.43%) SaaS
8 6 (3.80%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.53%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.70%) Firewall
2 7 (4.43%) DNS
2 7 (4.43%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.43%) Wireless
3 6 (3.80%) DHCP
3 6 (3.80%) NAS
3 6 (3.80%) SAN
3 6 (3.80%) VLAN
4 1 (0.63%) BGP
4 1 (0.63%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.63%) ICMP
4 1 (0.63%) IPsec
4 1 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.63%) Network Security
4 1 (0.63%) OSPF
4 1 (0.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.82%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (10.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (7.59%) Power BI
3 12 (7.59%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (3.80%) Tableau
6 5 (3.16%) Data Lake
6 5 (3.16%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.90%) MySQL
7 3 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 17 (10.76%) Git
2 9 (5.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.27%) GitLab
3 2 (1.27%) JIRA
3 2 (1.27%) SonarQube
General
1 77 (48.73%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.23%) Retail
3 12 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (5.06%) Back Office
4 8 (5.06%) Finance
5 7 (4.43%) Law
6 6 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Legal
9 2 (1.27%) Automotive
9 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.63%) Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (18.99%) Architect
2 25 (15.82%) Senior
3 24 (15.19%) Data Architect
4 23 (14.56%) 3rd Line Support
5 22 (13.92%) IT Support
6 19 (12.03%) Analyst
7 15 (9.49%) Software Engineer
8 13 (8.23%) Support Engineer
9 12 (7.59%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 12 (7.59%) IT Engineer
9 12 (7.59%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (7.59%) Software Support Engineer
9 12 (7.59%) Technical Support
10 11 (6.96%) Consultant
10 11 (6.96%) Developer
11 10 (6.33%) IT Consultant
11 10 (6.33%) Junior
11 10 (6.33%) Junior Analyst
11 10 (6.33%) Security Analyst
11 10 (6.33%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.92%) .NET
2 17 (10.76%) .NET Framework
3 13 (8.23%) Entity Framework
4 12 (7.59%) WinForms
5 11 (6.96%) ASP.NET
6 10 (6.33%) REST
7 6 (3.80%) ARM Templates
8 4 (2.53%) JSON
8 4 (2.53%) SOAP
8 4 (2.53%) XML
9 3 (1.90%) Middleware
10 2 (1.27%) React
10 2 (1.27%) RESTful
11 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
11 1 (0.63%) FastAPI
11 1 (0.63%) Hugging Face
11 1 (0.63%) Pandas
11 1 (0.63%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.06%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.80%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.27%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.27%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.63%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.63%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 42 (26.58%) Windows
2 25 (15.82%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.80%) VMS
4 4 (2.53%) Linux
5 3 (1.90%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.63%) Android
7 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.25%) Agile
1 32 (20.25%) Mentoring
2 31 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (18.99%) Data Management
4 28 (17.72%) Analytics
5 27 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (17.09%) DevOps
6 26 (16.46%) Customer Service
6 26 (16.46%) Data Architecture
7 25 (15.82%) Data Modelling
7 25 (15.82%) E-Commerce
8 24 (15.19%) Data Engineering
8 24 (15.19%) Data Integration
9 22 (13.92%) Digital Analytics
10 18 (11.39%) Computer Science
11 16 (10.13%) AI
11 16 (10.13%) Software Engineering
12 15 (9.49%) Coaching
13 13 (8.23%) CI/CD
13 13 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.05%) SQL
2 27 (17.09%) C#
3 14 (8.86%) T-SQL
4 13 (8.23%) Python
5 8 (5.06%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.43%) Bash
7 6 (3.80%) Java
8 2 (1.27%) C
8 2 (1.27%) C++
8 2 (1.27%) PHP
9 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (19.62%) Degree
2 20 (12.66%) Azure Certification
3 17 (10.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (5.70%) TOGAF Certification
5 7 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.43%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.16%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.27%) CISA
8 2 (1.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.63%) CISM
9 1 (0.63%) CRISC
9 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.63%) MCSE
9 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.92%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.43%) QA
3 6 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.16%) GDPR
5 3 (1.90%) SLA
6 2 (1.27%) NIST
7 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.63%) GRC
7 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (19.62%) Active Directory
2 30 (18.99%) Hyper-V
3 13 (8.23%) Docker
4 7 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.80%) vSphere
6 2 (1.27%) vCloud
7 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.43%) Terraform
3 4 (2.53%) Nessus
4 3 (1.90%) Ansible
5 2 (1.27%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (1.27%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.63%) Grafana
6 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (65.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.59%) Sage
2 12 (7.59%) Xamarin
3 10 (6.33%) VMware
4 7 (4.43%) Google
4 7 (4.43%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.80%) LogicMonitor
5 6 (3.80%) Zoho
6 5 (3.16%) ForeScout
7 4 (2.53%) Tenable
8 2 (1.27%) Citrix
8 2 (1.27%) Oracle
8 2 (1.27%) Talend
9 1 (0.63%) Epicor
9 1 (0.63%) Informatica
9 1 (0.63%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.63%) SAP
9 1 (0.63%) Software AG
9 1 (0.63%) TIBCO