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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 9 3
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 113 158 146
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 6.67% 13.14% 17.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.28% 39.30% 54.68%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 129
10th Percentile £38,000 £26,250 £32,800
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £80,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% -9.09% -

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 430 402 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 25.40% 33.44% 32.88%
Number of salaries quoted 187 236 226
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,625 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -2.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.95% +5.00% -9.09%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Watford +1 30 £50,000 +42.86% 19
Stevenage -10 15 £55,000 +15.79% 17
Borehamwood +3 14 - - 8
Hemel Hempstead -3 9 £42,500 -15.00% 18
St Albans -6 5 £75,000 +57.89% 7
Bishop's Stortford 0 3 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Letchworth +7 2 - - 1
Hatfield -9 2 £55,000 +15.79% 5
Hoddesdon +3 1 £26,000 -48.00% 2
Broxbourne - 1 £60,000 - 1
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 23 (20.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.65%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (48.67%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (28.32%) Entra ID
3 23 (20.35%) AWS
4 22 (19.47%) Azure Logic Apps
5 11 (9.73%) Power Platform
6 10 (8.85%) PowerApps
7 7 (6.19%) SaaS
8 6 (5.31%) Google Workspace
8 6 (5.31%) IaaS
9 5 (4.42%) GCP
10 4 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.54%) PaaS
10 4 (3.54%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.77%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.77%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (1.77%) GitHub
13 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 47 (41.59%) Firewall
2 11 (9.73%) WAN
3 9 (7.96%) DHCP
4 8 (7.08%) LAN
5 7 (6.19%) IP Telephony
5 7 (6.19%) SAN
5 7 (6.19%) VPN
5 7 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (5.31%) DNS
7 5 (4.42%) VLAN
8 4 (3.54%) Wireless
9 3 (2.65%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.77%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (1.77%) Internet
10 2 (1.77%) WLAN
11 1 (0.88%) IPv4
11 1 (0.88%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.88%) MPLS
11 1 (0.88%) Network Security
11 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.54%) Redis
3 4 (3.54%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.65%) Big Data
4 3 (2.65%) Hadoop
4 3 (2.65%) Tableau
5 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.77%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.77%) MySQL
5 2 (1.77%) Power BI
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Git
2 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (23.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.08%) Law
3 7 (6.19%) Finance
4 5 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.65%) Health Technology
6 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Legal
7 1 (0.88%) Games
7 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.88%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Police
7 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (28.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (19.47%) Senior
3 18 (15.93%) Analyst
3 18 (15.93%) Azure Engineer
3 18 (15.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (12.39%) IT Engineer
4 14 (12.39%) IT Support
5 12 (10.62%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (10.62%) Developer
6 11 (9.73%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (9.73%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 11 (9.73%) Support Analyst
7 10 (8.85%) IT Analyst
8 8 (7.08%) Architect
8 8 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.08%) Technical Analyst
9 7 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (6.19%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Network Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) .NET
2 6 (5.31%) React
3 4 (3.54%) CSS
3 4 (3.54%) SignalR
3 4 (3.54%) Vue
4 3 (2.65%) .NET Core
4 3 (2.65%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.65%) HTML
4 3 (2.65%) Matplotlib
4 3 (2.65%) NumPy
4 3 (2.65%) Pandas
4 3 (2.65%) PyTorch
4 3 (2.65%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.65%) Seaborn
4 3 (2.65%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (1.77%) ML.NET
5 2 (1.77%) REST
5 2 (1.77%) SOAP
5 2 (1.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.31%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.54%) IoT
3 4 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.65%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.65%) iPad
5 2 (1.77%) CCTV
5 2 (1.77%) Clustering
5 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.77%) Digital Signage
5 2 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.77%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.88%) Digital TV
6 1 (0.88%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 63 (55.75%) Windows
2 59 (52.21%) Windows Server
3 18 (15.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (11.50%) Mac OS
5 12 (10.62%) Windows 10
6 9 (7.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (5.31%) Android
8 2 (1.77%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.77%) Linux
8 2 (1.77%) VMS
9 1 (0.88%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.88%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.88%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (30.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (25.66%) Roadmaps
3 24 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (17.70%) Customer Service
5 19 (16.81%) Technology Roadmap
6 18 (15.93%) DevOps
7 17 (15.04%) ITIL
8 12 (10.62%) Mentoring
9 11 (9.73%) Agile
9 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
9 11 (9.73%) Event-Driven
9 11 (9.73%) ITSM
9 11 (9.73%) Preventative Maintenance
10 10 (8.85%) CI/CD
10 10 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (7.08%) Migration
11 8 (7.08%) Software Engineering
12 7 (6.19%) Full-Stack Development
12 7 (6.19%) Technical Debt
13 6 (5.31%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.81%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.50%) C#
3 10 (8.85%) Python
4 7 (6.19%) SQL
5 4 (3.54%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.54%) R
6 2 (1.77%) PHP
7 1 (0.88%) Bicep
7 1 (0.88%) C++
7 1 (0.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (16.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (11.50%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (10.62%) Degree
4 9 (7.96%) CCNA
4 9 (7.96%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.08%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.31%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.77%) MCSA
10 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.88%) CCNP
10 1 (0.88%) MCDST
10 1 (0.88%) MCITP
10 1 (0.88%) MCSE
10 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) QA
2 3 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 61 (53.98%) Active Directory
2 19 (16.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (7.08%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (31.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (10.62%) SCCM
3 4 (3.54%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.65%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.65%) Terraform
5 2 (1.77%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.77%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 63 (55.75%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.16%) VMware
3 12 (10.62%) ServiceNow
4 11 (9.73%) Cisco
5 7 (6.19%) Google
6 5 (4.42%) Apple
6 5 (4.42%) Remedy
6 5 (4.42%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.54%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.54%) Juniper
8 2 (1.77%) Databricks
8 2 (1.77%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.77%) Okta
8 2 (1.77%) Pega
8 2 (1.77%) SAP
8 2 (1.77%) Sophos
9 1 (0.88%) HP
9 1 (0.88%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.88%) Zscaler