Azure Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Azure
South West > Devon

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure 122 55 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 10.85% 12.91% 9.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.14% 48.67% 37.58%
Number of salaries quoted 91 48 46
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £33,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £48,158
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -25.00% +40.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,606 £68,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,375 £70,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £51,058 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.51% -14.90% +9.09%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 234 113 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 20.82% 26.53% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 184 88 115
10th Percentile £28,388 £26,000 £27,598
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% +17.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £60,674
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,650 £70,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £45,272 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.49% -17.69% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Devon

Azure
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Devon over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Devon

Azure
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Devon region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Exeter +5 72 £60,343 +41.98% 16
Plymouth +8 27 £60,000 -6.18% 13
Newton Abbot -2 7 £38,500 -40.77% 1
Tiverton -6 6 £32,500 +4.84% 1
Azure
South West

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.46%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.46%) Confluence
4 2 (1.64%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.87%) AWS
2 30 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (17.21%) Power Platform
4 17 (13.93%) Azure AI
5 12 (9.84%) Entra ID
6 10 (8.20%) GCP
7 9 (7.38%) GitHub
7 9 (7.38%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (5.74%) PaaS
9 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.10%) Serverless
10 4 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.64%) Azure API Management
11 2 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.38%) Firewall
2 6 (4.92%) TCP/IP
3 5 (4.10%) DHCP
3 5 (4.10%) DNS
3 5 (4.10%) VLAN
3 5 (4.10%) VoIP
3 5 (4.10%) VPN
3 5 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.46%) Internet
4 3 (2.46%) LAN
4 3 (2.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 16 (13.11%) MongoDB
2 11 (9.02%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (7.38%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.56%) Power BI
5 6 (4.92%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.28%) Tableau
7 3 (2.46%) Big Data
7 3 (2.46%) GIS
7 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.82%) Power Query
9 1 (0.82%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (12.30%) Git
2 3 (2.46%) JIRA
2 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.64%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (11.48%) Finance
3 13 (10.66%) Advertising
4 9 (7.38%) Marketing
5 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.10%) Retail
7 1 (0.82%) Military
7 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (24.59%) Developer
2 18 (14.75%) .NET Developer
2 18 (14.75%) Architect
3 17 (13.93%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (9.02%) Lead
4 11 (9.02%) Senior
5 10 (8.20%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Azure Platform Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) IT Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Platform Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Support Engineer
6 9 (7.38%) Analyst
6 9 (7.38%) IT Support
6 9 (7.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) Junior
7 8 (6.56%) Junior Analyst
7 8 (6.56%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (25.41%) .NET
2 21 (17.21%) ASP.NET
3 19 (15.57%) ASP.NET Core
3 19 (15.57%) Blazor
4 16 (13.11%) .NET Core
5 14 (11.48%) React
6 12 (9.84%) CSS
6 12 (9.84%) HTML
7 9 (7.38%) ML.NET
8 8 (6.56%) Node.js
9 7 (5.74%) .NET Framework
9 7 (5.74%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
10 5 (4.10%) JSON
11 4 (3.28%) Middleware
11 4 (3.28%) Next.js
11 4 (3.28%) Spring
11 4 (3.28%) Spring Boot
12 3 (2.46%) jQuery
13 2 (1.64%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (5.74%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.10%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.28%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.64%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.64%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.48%) Windows
2 10 (8.20%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.74%) macOS
4 3 (2.46%) Android
4 3 (2.46%) Linux
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.05%) Agile
2 30 (24.59%) AI
3 28 (22.95%) CI/CD
4 27 (22.13%) Full-Stack Development
5 20 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (15.57%) DevOps
7 16 (13.11%) Machine Learning
7 16 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (12.30%) Microservices
9 14 (11.48%) LLM
9 14 (11.48%) Software Engineering
9 14 (11.48%) User Experience
10 13 (10.66%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (9.84%) ERP
12 11 (9.02%) Scrum
13 10 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
14 9 (7.38%) Crowdfunding
14 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 8 (6.56%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 51 (41.80%) SQL
2 40 (32.79%) C#
3 33 (27.05%) Python
4 30 (24.59%) JavaScript
5 10 (8.20%) Java
6 8 (6.56%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.28%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.46%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.46%) VBA
9 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.82%) C
10 1 (0.82%) C++
10 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 25 (20.49%) Azure Certification
2 8 (6.56%) Degree
3 6 (4.92%) AWS Certification
3 6 (4.92%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (3.28%) CCNA
4 4 (3.28%) CEH
4 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.28%) CISSP
4 4 (3.28%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.46%) A+ Certification
5 3 (2.46%) CISM
6 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (5.74%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.10%) QA
4 4 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (3.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (13.11%) Docker
2 12 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 72 (59.02%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.84%) ForeScout
3 9 (7.38%) Facebook
4 5 (4.10%) Veeam
5 4 (3.28%) Apple
5 4 (3.28%) Cisco
5 4 (3.28%) Epicor
5 4 (3.28%) IFS
5 4 (3.28%) Infor
5 4 (3.28%) Oracle
5 4 (3.28%) SAP
5 4 (3.28%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (2.46%) Adobe
6 3 (2.46%) Databricks
6 3 (2.46%) Google
7 1 (0.82%) Citrix
7 1 (0.82%) VMware