Azure Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Azure
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure 213 133 160
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 8.89% 15.67% 10.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.51% 57.33% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 184 104 102
10th Percentile £28,625 £31,400 £36,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,875 - £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 458 232 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 19.11% 27.33% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 331 195 234
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £39,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -13.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £74,721
90th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £82,625
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £54,784
% change year-on-year +5.56% -17.86% +9.57%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Hertfordshire

Azure
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Watford +2 49 £72,500 +55.56% 19
Broxbourne - 20 £60,000 - 1
Hemel Hempstead -5 19 £52,500 -2.33% 10
Hatfield +8 15 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Stevenage 0 15 £50,000 +31.58% 9
St Albans -4 14 £65,000 +92.59% 6
Berkhamsted - 8 £18,000 -
Borehamwood -5 5 £57,500 - 7
Hertford - 5 £57,500 - 2
Hitchin - 3 £62,500 - 4
Kings Langley - 3 - - 4
Bishop's Stortford -2 2 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Potters Bar - 2 - - 2
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £59,000 - 6
Azure
East of England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 41 (19.25%) SharePoint
2 19 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.76%) WordPress
4 3 (1.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 75 (35.21%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (22.54%) Entra ID
3 39 (18.31%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.21%) OneDrive
5 24 (11.27%) Azure AI
5 24 (11.27%) Power Platform
6 21 (9.86%) Azure Service Bus
7 18 (8.45%) AWS
8 16 (7.51%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (6.57%) GitHub
10 9 (4.23%) Azure API Management
10 9 (4.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (4.23%) Azure Storage
10 9 (4.23%) GitHub Copilot
11 8 (3.76%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (3.76%) Google Ads
11 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (3.29%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.21%) Firewall
2 25 (11.74%) DNS
3 18 (8.45%) MQTT
3 18 (8.45%) VPN
4 12 (5.63%) DHCP
5 11 (5.16%) Internet
6 8 (3.76%) PBX
7 5 (2.35%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.88%) VLAN
8 4 (1.88%) WAN
9 3 (1.41%) LAN
9 3 (1.41%) Network Security
10 2 (0.94%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.47%) Broadband
11 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.47%) VoIP
11 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (21.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 37 (17.37%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.16%) Power BI
4 9 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.35%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.94%) MySQL
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.47%) Redis
8 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.35%) Git
2 4 (1.88%) Selenium
3 3 (1.41%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.41%) git-flow
3 3 (1.41%) JIRA
3 3 (1.41%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.47%) JMeter
4 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.47%) Postman
4 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 55 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.98%) Finance
3 10 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (4.69%) Retail
4 9 (4.23%) Law
5 7 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.82%) Marketing
7 5 (2.35%) Advertising
7 5 (2.35%) Legal
8 4 (1.88%) Banking
8 4 (1.88%) Music Industry
8 4 (1.88%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.41%) Aviation
9 3 (1.41%) Billing
9 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.41%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Games
11 1 (0.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 72 (33.80%) Developer
2 45 (21.13%) .NET Developer
3 42 (19.72%) IT Support
4 38 (17.84%) IT Engineer
5 36 (16.90%) Support Engineer
6 34 (15.96%) IT Support Engineer
7 33 (15.49%) Senior
8 22 (10.33%) Azure Engineer
9 21 (9.86%) Senior Developer
10 16 (7.51%) Consultant
11 13 (6.10%) Lead
11 13 (6.10%) Python Developer
12 11 (5.16%) Analyst
12 11 (5.16%) Azure Developer
12 11 (5.16%) Senior Python Developer
13 10 (4.69%) Azure Consultant
14 9 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
15 8 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
16 7 (3.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 7 (3.29%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (21.13%) .NET
2 44 (20.66%) ASP.NET
2 44 (20.66%) ASP.NET Core
3 43 (20.19%) .NET Core
4 38 (17.84%) RESTful
5 24 (11.27%) ML.NET
6 23 (10.80%) Blazor
6 23 (10.80%) React
7 19 (8.92%) FastAPI
8 18 (8.45%) CSS
8 18 (8.45%) HTML
8 18 (8.45%) Kafka
8 18 (8.45%) OpenAPI
8 18 (8.45%) RabbitMQ
8 18 (8.45%) Swagger
9 14 (6.57%) Terraform
10 13 (6.10%) Entity Framework
11 11 (5.16%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (5.16%) LINQ
12 9 (4.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.74%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.69%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.29%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.82%) Digital TV
6 6 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.35%) BBC
7 5 (2.35%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.35%) Social Media
8 4 (1.88%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.41%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.94%) iPhone
10 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.94%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 55 (25.82%) Windows
2 34 (15.96%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.16%) Apple iOS
4 8 (3.76%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.82%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.35%) Android
7 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.60%) Agile
1 46 (21.60%) DevOps
2 45 (21.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 42 (19.72%) AI
4 40 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (15.49%) Roadmaps
6 32 (15.02%) Mentoring
7 30 (14.08%) CI/CD
8 29 (13.62%) Cloud Security
9 27 (12.68%) Machine Learning
10 26 (12.21%) Event-Driven
11 23 (10.80%) Containerisation
11 23 (10.80%) Validation
12 22 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (9.86%) API Design
14 19 (8.92%) Multithreading
15 18 (8.45%) Clean Code
15 18 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 17 (7.98%) Acceptance Criteria
16 17 (7.98%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.05%) SQL
2 52 (24.41%) C#
3 24 (11.27%) Python
4 23 (10.80%) JavaScript
4 23 (10.80%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.76%) Bicep
6 4 (1.88%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.94%) PHP
8 1 (0.47%) R
8 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (11.74%) Azure Certification
2 19 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (8.45%) Degree
4 7 (3.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.29%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.88%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.41%) CCNP
7 3 (1.41%) CCSK
7 3 (1.41%) CISSP
7 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.04%) QA
2 12 (5.63%) SLA
3 7 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.29%) NIST
4 4 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.88%) PMO
5 3 (1.41%) NCSC
5 3 (1.41%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.94%) GDPR
7 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 57 (26.76%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.15%) Docker
3 13 (6.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (4.69%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (23.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (15.49%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.47%) Nessus
Vendors
1 139 (65.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.51%) Apple
2 16 (7.51%) Google
3 9 (4.23%) Facebook
4 8 (3.76%) VMware
5 5 (2.35%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.35%) Sony
5 5 (2.35%) Yahoo!
6 4 (1.88%) Draytek
6 4 (1.88%) SonicWALL
6 4 (1.88%) YouTube
7 3 (1.41%) Cisco
7 3 (1.41%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.41%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.94%) Citrix
9 1 (0.47%) Acronis
9 1 (0.47%) Aruba
9 1 (0.47%) ConnectWise
9 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.47%) WatchGuard