Azure Job Trends in Chester

Microsoft Azure
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 10 23
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure 6 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 4.84% 8.96% 3.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.27% 40.00% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 3
10th Percentile £39,000 £29,375 -
25th Percentile £44,000 £33,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.06% +21.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £74,375 £53,438 £46,250
90th Percentile £75,500 £58,125 £53,000
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22 15 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 17.74% 22.39% 25.69%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 27
10th Percentile £41,200 £27,050 £24,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £30,313 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% - -24.24%
75th Percentile £75,000 £47,188 £38,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £56,000 £59,234
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £42,750
% change year-on-year +15.79% +11.11% -9.04%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Chester

Azure
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Chester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Chester

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) GCP
2 3 (50.00%) GitHub
2 3 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (50.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) RESTful
2 2 (33.33%) Jest
2 2 (33.33%) React
2 2 (33.33%) Spring
2 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (16.67%) Next.js
3 1 (16.67%) Node.js
3 1 (16.67%) Redux
3 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 4 (66.67%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) BCP
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Google
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft