Azure Job Trends in Colchester

Microsoft Azure
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester 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 3 14 1
Rank change year-on-year +11 -13 +6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 17 3 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 26.56% 5.77% 44.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 62.96% 25.00% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 19
10th Percentile £24,000 £76,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £76,563 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £78,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.21% -1.56% +45.45%
75th Percentile £42,500 £81,563 £87,500
90th Percentile - £82,125 £100,000
Essex median annual salary £32,500 £51,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -36.27% +20.00% -22.73%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27 12 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 42.19% 23.08% 55.32%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 21
10th Percentile £32,100 - £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £22,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -71.88% +45.45%
75th Percentile - £48,125 £87,500
90th Percentile - £78,750 £100,000
Essex median annual salary £35,000 £47,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +11.18% -19.05%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Colchester

Azure
Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Colchester

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

Salary histogram for Azure in Colchester

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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:

Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Power Platform
2 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) Azure AI
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (58.82%) Power BI
2 5 (29.41%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle Database
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (29.41%) Tableau
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Analyst
2 10 (58.82%) Junior
2 10 (58.82%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Applications Support
3 5 (29.41%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Data Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) ERP Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) ERP Support
3 5 (29.41%) Junior Data Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Junior Security Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Security Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) C# Developer
4 2 (11.76%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Graduate C# Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Graduate Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) PHP Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) AI
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) ERP
2 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Service Management
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) C#
3 2 (11.76%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Azure Certification
2 5 (29.41%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (29.41%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) ForeScout
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle