Microsoft Azure
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -2 | +1 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure | 437 | 1,023 | 1,228 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 19.46% | 18.25% | 26.85% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 45.81% | 48.23% | 53.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 247 | 778 | 630 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,500 | £37,500 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,000 | £45,000 | £47,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £59,763 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +0.40% | +8.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,500 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,528 | £86,250 | £86,250 |
| North West median annual salary | £60,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | +4.55% | - |
All Cloud Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 954 | 2,121 | 2,303 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 42.48% | 37.83% | 50.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 604 | 1,644 | 1,350 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,500 | £36,270 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -4.17% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £71,435 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,528 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Azure
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Manchester.
Azure
Salary Histogram in Manchester
Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.
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Job Locations in Manchester
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 |
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| Stockport | +10 | 19 | £55,000 | +36.65% | 363 |
| Oldham | 0 | 12 | £37,500 | -16.67% | 1 |
| Altrincham | -5 | 12 | £55,000 | - | 24 |
| Bolton | -26 | 12 | £40,000 | -13.51% | 439 |
| Salford | +6 | 11 | £62,563 | -13.71% | 9 |
| Sale | +1 | 8 | - | - | |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | - | 8 | - | - | 25 |
| Heywood | - | 7 | £23,000 | - | |
| Cheadle | +1 | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| Bury | -3 | 5 | - | - | 23 |
| Stalybridge | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Dukinfield | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Wigan | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Rochdale | -3 | 1 | £40,000 | -33.33% | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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