Azure Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft Azure
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 145 210 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 18.42% 12.76% 18.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 77.54% 42.42% 49.55%
Number of salaries quoted 61 164 108
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -16.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,125 £64,625
90th Percentile £82,000 £66,750 £81,850
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 187 495 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 23.76% 30.07% 37.61%
Number of salaries quoted 81 378 217
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £28,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% -11.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,250 £79,325 £96,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Cheshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Azure in Cheshire

Azure
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Cheshire

Azure
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Warrington -11 18 £56,250 +25.00% 19
Crewe +10 14 £52,500 +50.00% 2
Macclesfield +8 12 £42,500 -34.62% 5
Chester +4 11 £40,000 -27.27% 13
Northwich -3 10 £39,500 +5.33% 1
Knutsford +3 6 £78,250 +95.63% 10
Wilmslow +5 4 - - 12
Runcorn 0 4 £50,000 +17.65% 3
Ellesmere Port -3 4 £55,000 -57.69%
Middlewich - 3 £26,000 - 1
Widnes - 3 - -
Sandbach - 2 - -
Congleton - 2 - -
Winsford +1 1 - -
Azure
North West

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 21 (14.48%) Confluence
2 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.83%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.38%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.69%) IIS
5 1 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.07%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 93 (64.14%) AWS
2 51 (35.17%) GCP
3 24 (16.55%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.14%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.14%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.76%) NuGet
8 3 (2.07%) IaaS
9 2 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.38%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.38%) Serverless
10 1 (0.69%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.90%) Firewall
2 6 (4.14%) DNS
2 6 (4.14%) LAN
2 6 (4.14%) WAN
3 5 (3.45%) DHCP
3 5 (3.45%) Internet
3 5 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (2.76%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.07%) VoIP
6 2 (1.38%) Broadband
7 1 (0.69%) IPv4
7 1 (0.69%) IPv6
7 1 (0.69%) VPN
7 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (42.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.76%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.76%) Power BI
3 2 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.69%) Redis
4 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (38.62%) GitLab
1 56 (38.62%) JIRA
2 55 (37.93%) Bitbucket
2 55 (37.93%) Cucumber
2 55 (37.93%) Maven
2 55 (37.93%) Selenium
2 55 (37.93%) SonarQube
2 55 (37.93%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (2.76%) Git
4 2 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.69%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 75 (51.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 60 (41.38%) Finance
3 56 (38.62%) Banking
4 37 (25.52%) Retail
5 34 (23.45%) Corporate Banking
5 34 (23.45%) Investment Banking
6 28 (19.31%) Social Skills
7 10 (6.90%) Manufacturing
8 9 (6.21%) Automotive
9 6 (4.14%) Aerospace
9 6 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Marketing
11 1 (0.69%) Publishing
11 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (53.10%) Software Engineer
2 29 (20.00%) Senior
3 21 (14.48%) Senior Software Engineer
4 15 (10.34%) Developer
5 13 (8.97%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.28%) Support Specialist
6 12 (8.28%) Technical Support
7 10 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (6.90%) C# Developer
8 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Support
9 8 (5.52%) Architect
10 7 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) IT Support
11 6 (4.14%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (4.14%) Technical Support Specialist
12 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Technical Support
12 5 (3.45%) Senior C# Developer
12 5 (3.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (40.00%) Kafka
1 58 (40.00%) React
2 57 (39.31%) CSS
2 57 (39.31%) HTML
3 55 (37.93%) JPA
3 55 (37.93%) Redux
3 55 (37.93%) Spring
3 55 (37.93%) Spring Boot
4 38 (26.21%) RESTful
5 36 (24.83%) REST
6 35 (24.14%) CSS3
6 35 (24.14%) HTML5
6 35 (24.14%) Sass
7 34 (23.45%) .NET
7 34 (23.45%) Jest
8 21 (14.48%) Hibernate
9 20 (13.79%) Node.js
10 10 (6.90%) .NET Core
11 9 (6.21%) .NET Framework
12 7 (4.83%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 58 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 55 (37.93%) Product Ownership
3 23 (15.86%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (13.79%) Cyberattack
4 20 (13.79%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.07%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.69%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.69%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (18.62%) Linux
2 13 (8.97%) Windows
3 11 (7.59%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.38%) Android
4 2 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (64.83%) Agile
2 83 (57.24%) Microservices
3 77 (53.10%) Software Engineering
4 67 (46.21%) CI/CD
4 67 (46.21%) DevOps
5 63 (43.45%) Containerisation
6 58 (40.00%) Mentoring
7 57 (39.31%) Full-Stack Development
7 57 (39.31%) User Experience
8 56 (38.62%) Front End Development
8 56 (38.62%) Performance Optimisation
8 56 (38.62%) SDLC
9 55 (37.93%) Test Automation
10 37 (25.52%) Migration
11 35 (24.14%) Responsive Web Design
11 35 (24.14%) Strategic Thinking
12 26 (17.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (16.55%) Clean Code
13 24 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (15.86%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 80 (55.17%) JavaScript
2 78 (53.79%) Java
3 71 (48.97%) SQL
4 39 (26.90%) TypeScript
5 25 (17.24%) Python
6 21 (14.48%) C++
6 21 (14.48%) Rust
7 20 (13.79%) Go
8 12 (8.28%) C#
9 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.38%) Bicep
10 2 (1.38%) VB
11 1 (0.69%) Bash
11 1 (0.69%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.69%) Swift
11 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.69%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.69%) VB6
11 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (15.86%) AWS Certification
2 21 (14.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 21 (14.48%) Security Cleared
3 20 (13.79%) AWS Certified Developer
3 20 (13.79%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.21%) Degree
5 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.76%) MCSE
8 3 (2.07%) CCNA
8 3 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.38%) MCSA
9 2 (1.38%) PhD
10 1 (0.69%) CCSP
10 1 (0.69%) CISSP
10 1 (0.69%) MBA
10 1 (0.69%) MCP
10 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (38.62%) QA
2 35 (24.14%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.69%) NCSC
3 1 (0.69%) NIST
System Software
1 64 (44.14%) Docker
2 18 (12.41%) Active Directory
3 11 (7.59%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.45%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.69%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 64 (44.14%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.76%) SCCM
4 3 (2.07%) Terraform
5 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.69%) Ansible
5 1 (0.69%) Grafana
5 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (37.93%) Solace
2 33 (22.76%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.03%) Cisco
4 9 (6.21%) Fortinet
4 9 (6.21%) Meraki
4 9 (6.21%) SonicWALL
4 9 (6.21%) VMware
4 9 (6.21%) WatchGuard
5 5 (3.45%) Citrix
5 5 (3.45%) Google
6 4 (2.76%) Databricks
7 3 (2.07%) Acronis
7 3 (2.07%) Blue Prism
7 3 (2.07%) Facebook
7 3 (2.07%) Kaseya
7 3 (2.07%) Sage
7 3 (2.07%) UiPath
8 1 (0.69%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.69%) Aruba
8 1 (0.69%) ForgeRock