Azure Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Azure
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 24 15
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure 26 24 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 6.77% 4.93% 8.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 70.27% 85.71% 44.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 14
10th Percentile - £47,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +60.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,125 £83,750 £66,750
North West median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.91% -4.35% +4.55%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 37 28 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 9.64% 5.75% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 37 22 34
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,125 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +60.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £64,250 £78,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,625 £67,125
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Azure
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Cumbria over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Cumbria

Azure
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 £60,000 -
Maryport 0 3 £57,500 +4.55%
Carlisle -7 3 £65,500 -1.13%
Penrith -6 2 £57,500 -20.69%
Azure
North West

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Entra ID
2 8 (30.77%) AWS
2 8 (30.77%) GCP
3 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (11.54%) IaaS
3 3 (11.54%) PaaS
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Lead
2 11 (42.31%) IT Support
3 10 (38.46%) Support Team Leader
3 10 (38.46%) Team Leader
4 8 (30.77%) Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (30.77%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (30.77%) Project Manager
5 4 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Senior
6 3 (11.54%) Senior IT Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Field Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Field Support Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.85%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (73.08%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (38.46%) Strategic Planning
2 8 (30.77%) Business Development
2 8 (30.77%) Project Delivery
2 8 (30.77%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (19.23%) Agile
3 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
4 3 (11.54%) DevOps
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (11.54%) Security Operations
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (3.85%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.85%) Iteration Planning
6 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Bash
1 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) DBS Check
2 4 (15.38%) CCNA
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Google
2 4 (15.38%) Aruba
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Cisco
3 3 (11.54%) Meraki
3 3 (11.54%) Palo Alto
3 3 (11.54%) Veeam
3 3 (11.54%) Zerto
4 1 (3.85%) Apple
4 1 (3.85%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) VMware