Azure Job Trends in Derby

Microsoft Azure
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 3 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 32 29 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 14.68% 18.71% 11.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.03% 59.18% 39.47%
Number of salaries quoted 17 24 15
10th Percentile - £42,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,000 - £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +23.29% -23.16%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £62,125 £54,250
Derbyshire median annual salary £30,750 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -31.67% +5.88% -5.56%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 78 49 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 35.78% 31.61% 29.01%
Number of salaries quoted 62 38 38
10th Percentile - £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £38,724 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £34,313 £52,188 £55,313
90th Percentile £59,625 £66,850 £73,750
Derbyshire median annual salary £28,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -36.67% +5.88% -5.56%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Derby

Azure
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Derby over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Derby

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (31.25%) AWS
2 10 (31.25%) Entra ID
2 10 (31.25%) Power Platform
3 5 (15.63%) Azure AI
4 4 (12.50%) GCP
5 3 (9.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (9.38%) Snowflake
6 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.13%) Datadog
6 1 (3.13%) GitHub
6 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 7 (21.88%) IP Telephony
3 3 (9.38%) DHCP
3 3 (9.38%) DNS
3 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.13%) NAS
4 1 (3.13%) SAN
4 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (31.25%) Power BI
2 5 (15.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.63%) Tableau
3 3 (9.38%) BigQuery
3 3 (9.38%) Data Lake
3 3 (9.38%) NoSQL
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Telecoms
3 3 (9.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) IT Support
2 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) IT Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) IT Support Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Junior
2 10 (31.25%) Junior Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) Support Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Data Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Junior Data Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Junior Security Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Security Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Developer
4 4 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (12.50%) IT Technician
4 4 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 4 (12.50%) Support Technician
5 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (9.38%) Database Developer
5 3 (9.38%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.13%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.13%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) CCTV
1 7 (21.88%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.13%) Replication
2 1 (3.13%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) Windows
2 7 (21.88%) Linux
2 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (31.25%) ITSM
3 7 (21.88%) Data Protection
3 7 (21.88%) ITIL
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.75%) DevOps
5 5 (15.63%) AI
5 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
6 4 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
7 3 (9.38%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (9.38%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (9.38%) Visualisation
8 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
8 2 (6.25%) High Availability
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
9 1 (3.13%) Cost Optimisation
9 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) SQL
2 5 (15.63%) Python
3 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Azure Certification
2 7 (21.88%) CCNA
2 7 (21.88%) CCNP
2 7 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (21.88%) MCP
2 7 (21.88%) MCSA
2 7 (21.88%) MCSE
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (15.63%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (15.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) Hyper-V
2 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) VMware
3 7 (21.88%) Draytek
3 7 (21.88%) Mitel
3 7 (21.88%) WatchGuard
4 5 (15.63%) ForeScout
5 3 (9.38%) Databricks
5 3 (9.38%) Freshdesk
5 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds