Azure Job Trends in Derbyshire

Microsoft Azure
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure 39 46 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 7.82% 17.36% 14.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.46% 55.42% 52.63%
Number of salaries quoted 22 38 33
10th Percentile £24,750 £33,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +2.27% -9.74%
75th Percentile £33,750 £53,438 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,375 £61,250 £59,250
East Midlands median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 237 83 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 47.49% 31.32% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 75 59 67
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,300 £21,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £31,125 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £34,500 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,500 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Derbyshire

Azure
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Derby -12 30 £31,500 -30.00% 18
Chesterfield -4 3 £25,500 -25.00% 10
Belper - 2 £31,500 -
Azure
East Midlands

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 10 (25.64%) AWS
4 8 (20.51%) Power Platform
5 5 (12.82%) Azure AI
6 2 (5.13%) GCP
6 2 (5.13%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.56%) Datadog
7 1 (2.56%) GitHub
7 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) Firewall
2 7 (17.95%) IP Telephony
3 5 (12.82%) DHCP
3 5 (12.82%) DNS
3 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.13%) Network Security
4 2 (5.13%) VLAN
5 1 (2.56%) Broadband
5 1 (2.56%) NAS
5 1 (2.56%) SAN
5 1 (2.56%) VoIP
5 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Power BI
2 5 (12.82%) Tableau
3 3 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
General
1 24 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) IT Support
2 12 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) IT Support Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) Support Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Analyst
3 10 (25.64%) IT Support Technician
3 10 (25.64%) IT Technician
3 10 (25.64%) Junior
3 10 (25.64%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (25.64%) Support Technician
4 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Data Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Junior Security Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Security Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.56%) Entity Framework
2 1 (2.56%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.56%) LDAP
2 1 (2.56%) OAuth
2 1 (2.56%) OpenID
2 1 (2.56%) REST
2 1 (2.56%) SAML
2 1 (2.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Driving Licence
2 7 (17.95%) CCTV
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Replication
3 1 (2.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (56.41%) Windows
2 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.95%) Linux
3 7 (17.95%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (25.64%) ITSM
3 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (20.51%) Customer Service
3 8 (20.51%) ITIL
3 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
3 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (17.95%) Data Protection
5 5 (12.82%) AI
6 4 (10.26%) DevOps
6 4 (10.26%) Incident Management
7 2 (5.13%) CI/CD
7 2 (5.13%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (5.13%) High Availability
7 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.56%) Containerisation
8 1 (2.56%) Cost Optimisation
8 1 (2.56%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (5.13%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.56%) Bash
4 1 (2.56%) Bicep
4 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Azure Certification
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (17.95%) CCNA
3 7 (17.95%) CCNP
3 7 (17.95%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (17.95%) MCP
3 7 (17.95%) MCSA
3 7 (17.95%) MCSE
4 5 (12.82%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (12.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.56%) Degree
5 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) NCSC
3 1 (2.56%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) Hyper-V
2 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) VMware
3 7 (17.95%) Draytek
3 7 (17.95%) Mitel
3 7 (17.95%) WatchGuard
4 5 (12.82%) Apple
4 5 (12.82%) ForeScout
4 5 (12.82%) OpenText
4 5 (12.82%) Sage
5 3 (7.69%) Cisco
5 3 (7.69%) Freshdesk
5 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.13%) Darktrace
6 2 (5.13%) Meraki
7 1 (2.56%) Databricks
7 1 (2.56%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds