Azure Jobs in Manchester

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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 428 1,007 1,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 19.35% 18.50% 26.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.34% 48.02% 53.10%
Number of salaries quoted 239 770 631
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +0.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £80,750 £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 944 2,097 2,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 42.68% 38.53% 49.55%
Number of salaries quoted 598 1,633 1,351
10th Percentile £31,338 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -3.40% +4.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £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% - -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Manchester

Azure
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Manchester.

Salary trend for Azure in Manchester

Azure
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Manchester

Azure
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 30 May 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
Stockport +12 19 £55,000 +36.65% 203
Oldham -1 12 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Bolton -27 12 £40,000 -13.51% 295
Salford +5 11 £62,563 -13.71% 3
Altrincham -5 11 £55,000 - 14
Sale -1 8 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 8 - - 17
Heywood - 7 £23,000 -
Cheadle +1 6 - - 1
Bury -3 5 - - 13
Dukinfield - 5 - -
Stalybridge - 5 - -
Wigan - 4 - - 1
Rochdale -3 1 £40,000 -33.33%
Azure
North West

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (5.14%) Confluence
2 16 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.64%) CMS
4 7 (1.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.47%) nginx
6 2 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.47%) WordPress
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 223 (52.10%) AWS
2 168 (39.25%) GCP
3 65 (15.19%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (9.11%) Power Platform
5 31 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (6.54%) SaaS
7 24 (5.61%) Entra ID
8 17 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.27%) Azure Machine Learning
10 13 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (2.57%) Cloud Composer
12 10 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.10%) PaaS
14 8 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (1.87%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.87%) Serverless
15 7 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.64%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.40%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.37%) DNS
2 13 (3.04%) Firewall
2 13 (3.04%) WAN
3 11 (2.57%) DHCP
4 10 (2.34%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.87%) VPN
6 7 (1.64%) NAS
6 7 (1.64%) SAN
7 5 (1.17%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.17%) VSAN
8 4 (0.93%) LAN
9 2 (0.47%) DMZ
9 2 (0.47%) Internet
9 2 (0.47%) Network Security
9 2 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.47%) VLAN
9 2 (0.47%) VoIP
10 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.23%) OSPF
10 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.02%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.84%) Power BI
3 21 (4.91%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.21%) MySQL
5 14 (3.27%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.80%) BigQuery
6 12 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.57%) Cloud Spanner
8 9 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.40%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.17%) GIS
12 3 (0.70%) Event Store
12 3 (0.70%) Metadata
12 3 (0.70%) Redis
12 3 (0.70%) SQL CLR
12 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (10.28%) JIRA
2 36 (8.41%) SonarQube
3 32 (7.48%) Selenium
4 31 (7.24%) GitLab
5 27 (6.31%) Bitbucket
5 27 (6.31%) Cucumber
5 27 (6.31%) Maven
5 27 (6.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 25 (5.84%) Git
7 11 (2.57%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.64%) JMeter
9 5 (1.17%) Babel
9 5 (1.17%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (1.17%) Postman
9 5 (1.17%) webpack
10 4 (0.93%) Appium
10 4 (0.93%) Fiddler
10 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.47%) NUnit
General
1 128 (29.91%) Finance
2 115 (26.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 96 (22.43%) Social Skills
4 82 (19.16%) Banking
5 37 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (7.24%) Retail
7 24 (5.61%) Law
8 18 (4.21%) Corporate Banking
8 18 (4.21%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.80%) Legal
10 8 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.64%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.40%) Automotive
12 6 (1.40%) Cantonese Language
12 6 (1.40%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (1.40%) Marketing
13 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 148 (34.58%) Senior
2 135 (31.54%) Software Engineer
3 92 (21.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 59 (13.79%) Developer
5 43 (10.05%) Lead
6 28 (6.54%) Architect
7 27 (6.31%) Cloud Engineer
8 24 (5.61%) Senior Developer
9 20 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.97%) .NET Developer
10 17 (3.97%) Data Engineer
11 15 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.80%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.57%) IT Support
13 11 (2.57%) Senior .NET Developer
14 9 (2.10%) AWS Architect
14 9 (2.10%) IT Engineer
14 9 (2.10%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (29.67%) .NET
2 107 (25.00%) Node.js
3 61 (14.25%) React
4 43 (10.05%) CSS
5 42 (9.81%) Spring Boot
6 40 (9.35%) HTML
6 40 (9.35%) Spring
7 39 (9.11%) Kafka
7 39 (9.11%) RESTful
8 35 (8.18%) REST
9 28 (6.54%) Redux
10 27 (6.31%) JPA
11 23 (5.37%) HTML5
12 22 (5.14%) Sass
13 18 (4.21%) CSS3
13 18 (4.21%) Jest
14 15 (3.50%) .NET Core
15 11 (2.57%) ARM Templates
15 11 (2.57%) Hibernate
16 8 (1.87%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 83 (19.39%) Self-Motivation
2 82 (19.16%) Cyberattack
2 82 (19.16%) Linux Command Line
3 52 (12.15%) Product Ownership
4 31 (7.24%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (5.61%) Public Cloud
6 22 (5.14%) Cloud Native
7 18 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (3.04%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.80%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.80%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (2.34%) Mobile App
11 10 (2.34%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.40%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.40%) Social Media
14 5 (1.17%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.17%) Life Science
14 5 (1.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (27.10%) Linux
2 49 (11.45%) Windows
3 21 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.40%) Unix
6 4 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.70%) CentOS
7 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.23%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (52.10%) Agile
2 163 (38.08%) Mentoring
3 161 (37.62%) Software Engineering
4 156 (36.45%) Microservices
5 128 (29.91%) DevOps
6 118 (27.57%) User Experience
7 108 (25.23%) Data Engineering
8 102 (23.83%) Cloud Security
9 99 (23.13%) CI/CD
9 99 (23.13%) Machine Learning
10 90 (21.03%) Scrum
11 86 (20.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 75 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
13 57 (13.32%) Roadmaps
14 51 (11.92%) Containerisation
15 47 (10.98%) Full-Stack Development
16 46 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (10.75%) SDLC
16 46 (10.75%) Test Automation
17 40 (9.35%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 165 (38.55%) Java
2 156 (36.45%) Python
3 152 (35.51%) JavaScript
4 108 (25.23%) SQL
5 88 (20.56%) Go
6 86 (20.09%) C++
7 82 (19.16%) Rust
8 38 (8.88%) C#
8 38 (8.88%) TypeScript
9 24 (5.61%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.10%) PHP
11 7 (1.64%) Bash
11 7 (1.64%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.93%) R
12 4 (0.93%) VBA
13 3 (0.70%) Bicep
13 3 (0.70%) VB
14 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.47%) Scala
15 1 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 96 (22.43%) AWS Certification
3 91 (21.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 83 (19.39%) DV Cleared
5 82 (19.16%) AWS Certified Developer
6 36 (8.41%) Degree
7 30 (7.01%) Azure Certification
8 25 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (3.27%) SC Cleared
10 11 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.34%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.40%) CISM
12 6 (1.40%) CISSP
12 6 (1.40%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.93%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.70%) Linux+ Certification
15 3 (0.70%) RHCE
16 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.81%) QA
2 24 (5.61%) Accessibility
3 20 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (4.44%) GDPR
5 14 (3.27%) NIST
6 13 (3.04%) Data Quality
6 13 (3.04%) HIPAA
7 12 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.93%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) COBIT
10 2 (0.47%) GRC
10 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (18.46%) Docker
2 28 (6.54%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.40%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.17%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.70%) Dovecot
7 3 (0.70%) Postfix
7 3 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.47%) vSphere
9 1 (0.23%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 91 (21.26%) Kubernetes
2 46 (10.75%) Terraform
3 31 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (4.44%) Ansible
5 8 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.17%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.93%) Grafana
8 3 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.70%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.47%) Puppet
9 2 (0.47%) Salt
9 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.47%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.23%) Automic
10 1 (0.23%) Istio
10 1 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 129 (30.14%) Microsoft
2 58 (13.55%) Google
3 27 (6.31%) Solace
4 26 (6.07%) VMware
5 22 (5.14%) Cisco
6 16 (3.74%) Oracle
7 13 (3.04%) Veeam
8 8 (1.87%) Informatica
9 7 (1.64%) Databricks
10 6 (1.40%) Meraki
11 4 (0.93%) Hitachi
11 4 (0.93%) New Relic
11 4 (0.93%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.70%) Facebook
12 3 (0.70%) Logitech
12 3 (0.70%) Okta
12 3 (0.70%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.47%) ESET
13 2 (0.47%) MobileIron