Azure Job Trends in Hampshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure 218 372 248
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 8.69% 13.51% 14.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.00% 44.93% 42.83%
Number of salaries quoted 179 273 225
10th Percentile £35,675 £36,300 £28,400
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 519 828 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 20.68% 30.08% 32.79%
Number of salaries quoted 423 515 478
10th Percentile £27,250 £32,750 £27,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £36,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +2.80% -6.96%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £86,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Hampshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Hampshire

Azure
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Southampton -4 61 £60,000 +4.35% 178
Basingstoke +29 47 £70,000 +3.70% 137
Portsmouth -20 19 £45,000 -21.74% 147
Winchester +11 13 £65,000 +30.00% 6
Farnborough +7 12 £80,000 +20.75% 7
Fareham -2 7 £50,000 -5.75% 3
Gosport +8 3 £33,750 -35.71%
Eastleigh -2 3 £65,000 -13.04% 1
Fleet -12 3 £48,000 -31.43% 1
New Milton - 3 £37,000 -
Aldershot - 2 £80,000 - 1
Waterlooville -1 1 £27,500 -56.00% 2
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 9 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.75%) Appian
3 5 (2.29%) Apache
4 3 (1.38%) IIS
4 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.46%) Kentico
5 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 66 (30.28%) AWS
2 46 (21.10%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (18.35%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (11.93%) Power Platform
5 24 (11.01%) Entra ID
6 23 (10.55%) GCP
7 17 (7.80%) GitHub
8 15 (6.88%) Azure AI
9 9 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.75%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.75%) MinIO
11 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.29%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.83%) SaaS
13 2 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.46%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 33 (15.14%) DNS
2 27 (12.39%) Firewall
3 20 (9.17%) DHCP
4 18 (8.26%) VPN
5 17 (7.80%) Network Security
6 13 (5.96%) Internet
7 10 (4.59%) VoIP
8 8 (3.67%) VLAN
9 7 (3.21%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.38%) STUN
10 3 (1.38%) VoLTE
10 3 (1.38%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.92%) DMZ
11 2 (0.92%) LAN
12 1 (0.46%) BGP
12 1 (0.46%) EIGRP
12 1 (0.46%) IPsec
12 1 (0.46%) OSPF
12 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.72%) Power BI
2 16 (7.34%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.59%) Tableau
4 5 (2.29%) Airbyte
5 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.46%) Big Data
6 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.46%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.46%) MySQL
6 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (15.14%) Git
2 23 (10.55%) Robot Framework
2 23 (10.55%) Selenium
3 21 (9.63%) Snyk
4 9 (4.13%) Storybook
5 7 (3.21%) GitLab
5 7 (3.21%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.83%) JIRA
7 2 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.92%) TestRail
8 1 (0.46%) Axure RP
General
1 96 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 35 (16.06%) Finance
3 21 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.67%) Legal
4 8 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.21%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.29%) Multimedia
7 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.38%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.92%) Marketing
9 2 (0.92%) Military
10 1 (0.46%) Billing
10 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (20.64%) Support Engineer
2 44 (20.18%) Senior
3 29 (13.30%) IT Engineer
4 26 (11.93%) Analyst
5 24 (11.01%) Developer
6 22 (10.09%) IT Support
7 21 (9.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (9.63%) Junior
8 20 (9.17%) Junior Analyst
8 20 (9.17%) Security Engineer
9 19 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (8.26%) Lead
11 17 (7.80%) Applications Engineer
11 17 (7.80%) Applications Support
11 17 (7.80%) Applications Support Engineer
11 17 (7.80%) Senior Applications Engineer
11 17 (7.80%) Senior Applications Support
11 17 (7.80%) Senior Support Engineer
12 14 (6.42%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (5.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (15.60%) .NET
2 22 (10.09%) REST
3 17 (7.80%) SOAP
4 14 (6.42%) Next.js
4 14 (6.42%) React
5 9 (4.13%) Jest
6 8 (3.67%) RESTful
7 7 (3.21%) .NET Core
7 7 (3.21%) Kafka
8 6 (2.75%) Apache NiFi
8 6 (2.75%) CSS
8 6 (2.75%) HTML
9 5 (2.29%) YAML
10 4 (1.83%) ARM Templates
11 3 (1.38%) ASP.NET
11 3 (1.38%) FreeSWITCH
11 3 (1.38%) Node.js
12 2 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.59%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.67%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.21%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (2.75%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.83%) ARM Cortex
7 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.92%) Blog
9 2 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.92%) PKI
10 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (26.61%) Windows
2 37 (16.97%) Windows Server
3 33 (15.14%) Linux
4 8 (3.67%) Android
5 7 (3.21%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.38%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.46%) Unix
7 1 (0.46%) VMS
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.61%) DevOps
2 55 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (23.85%) CI/CD
4 49 (22.48%) Agile
4 49 (22.48%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 35 (16.06%) Mentoring
7 32 (14.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 25 (11.47%) DevSecOps
8 25 (11.47%) Test Automation
9 24 (11.01%) Scrum
10 23 (10.55%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (10.09%) SIEM
11 22 (10.09%) Test Management
12 21 (9.63%) AI
12 21 (9.63%) Build Automation
12 21 (9.63%) Cloud Operations
12 21 (9.63%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 21 (9.63%) Interactive Application Security Testing
12 21 (9.63%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.02%) PowerShell
2 42 (19.27%) Python
3 38 (17.43%) SQL
4 35 (16.06%) C#
5 12 (5.50%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.59%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.13%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (2.75%) Bicep
9 5 (2.29%) Bash
10 3 (1.38%) R
11 2 (0.92%) Go
12 1 (0.46%) C++
12 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.46%) Java
12 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.46%) Perl
12 1 (0.46%) Swift
12 1 (0.46%) VB
12 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (27.06%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.43%) Azure Certification
3 33 (15.14%) DV Cleared
4 20 (9.17%) SC Cleared
5 16 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (6.42%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (6.42%) Degree
7 13 (5.96%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.59%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (2.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.83%) CCNP
11 3 (1.38%) CISSP
11 3 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.92%) CCNA
12 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (5.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (5.05%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.67%) GDPR
5 6 (2.75%) NIST
6 5 (2.29%) SLA
7 4 (1.83%) JSP 440
8 3 (1.38%) NCSC
8 3 (1.38%) QA
9 2 (0.92%) GRC
9 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
System Software
1 36 (16.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.83%) Docker
2 4 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.38%) Firmware
3 3 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.46%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 32 (14.68%) Terraform
2 24 (11.01%) Ansible
3 11 (5.05%) Kubernetes
3 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.83%) Grafana
4 4 (1.83%) Nessus
4 4 (1.83%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.92%) WSUS
6 1 (0.46%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.46%) QRadar
6 1 (0.46%) SCCM
6 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 99 (45.41%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.63%) Black Duck
3 20 (9.17%) Coverity
4 13 (5.96%) VMware
5 11 (5.05%) Dynatrace
6 10 (4.59%) ForeScout
7 6 (2.75%) BiZZdesign
7 6 (2.75%) SAP
7 6 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.75%) UiPath
8 5 (2.29%) Blue Prism
8 5 (2.29%) Cisco
8 5 (2.29%) Splunk
9 4 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.38%) Citrix
10 3 (1.38%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.38%) Veeam
11 2 (0.92%) Apple
11 2 (0.92%) Mitel
11 2 (0.92%) Oracle