Azure Job Trends in Lancaster

Microsoft Azure
Lancashire > Lancaster

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 11 3
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 11 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancaster 23.40% 9.33% 21.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% 43.75% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile £35,000 - £27,500
25th Percentile £40,870 £60,401 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,205 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.66% +46.36% -
75th Percentile - £64,010 £46,250
90th Percentile £48,600 - £47,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,750 £53,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -13.68% +12.77% +4.44%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Lancaster

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 Lancaster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 23.40% 21.33% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 8
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,260 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,870 £40,620 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,134 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -0.86% +70.00%
75th Percentile - £53,412 £47,188
90th Percentile £48,600 £57,651 £63,500
Lancashire median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Lancaster

Azure
Salary Trend in Lancaster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Lancaster

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Lancaster over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Lancaster

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancaster 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) VLAN
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
1 4 (36.36%) Support Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Team Leader
2 3 (27.27%) IT Manager
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Support Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Support
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Support Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) UI Developer
3 2 (18.18%) UI/UX Developer
3 2 (18.18%) UX Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Head of Digital
4 1 (9.09%) Head of IT
4 1 (9.09%) IT Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) IT Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (36.36%) Budgeting
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 4 (36.36%) Data Security
3 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Server Management
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) Design Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) UX Design
6 1 (9.09%) People Management
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Azure Certification
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Mitel
2 4 (36.36%) Sage
2 4 (36.36%) VMware