Azure Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 856 1,792 1,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.40% 13.95% 18.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.12% 47.39% 52.07%
Number of salaries quoted 713 1,405 1,065
10th Percentile £29,250 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year - -5.51% +1.60%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,779 3,781 2,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.77% 29.42% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 2,927 2,035
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% -9.23% +4.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
West Midlands 0 574 £55,000 - 393
East Midlands -13 280 £45,000 -5.26% 191
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 65 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (7.36%) Confluence
2 63 (7.36%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.82%) CMS
4 6 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.47%) nginx
6 3 (0.35%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) Mendix
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.70%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 290 (33.88%) AWS
2 194 (22.66%) Microsoft 365
3 142 (16.59%) Power Platform
4 122 (14.25%) Entra ID
5 121 (14.14%) GCP
6 82 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (5.96%) SaaS
8 50 (5.84%) PaaS
9 48 (5.61%) IaaS
10 47 (5.49%) Power Automate
11 43 (5.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 43 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (4.44%) PowerApps
13 37 (4.32%) Serverless
14 33 (3.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 31 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (3.04%) Azure Logic Apps
17 25 (2.92%) Amazon ECS
18 24 (2.80%) GitHub
19 23 (2.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 113 (13.20%) Firewall
2 102 (11.92%) WAN
3 72 (8.41%) LAN
4 52 (6.07%) DNS
5 40 (4.67%) VPN
6 39 (4.56%) SD-WAN
7 38 (4.44%) VLAN
8 34 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (3.86%) DHCP
10 21 (2.45%) Network Security
11 17 (1.99%) TCP/IP
12 16 (1.87%) VoIP
13 14 (1.64%) HTTP
14 10 (1.17%) FTP
14 10 (1.17%) SAN
14 10 (1.17%) SMTP
14 10 (1.17%) SSH
15 9 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
16 8 (0.93%) Ethernet
16 8 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (23.95%) SQL Server
2 111 (12.97%) Power BI
3 57 (6.66%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (5.02%) NoSQL
4 43 (5.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 43 (5.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 36 (4.21%) Data Lake
6 34 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (2.34%) MySQL
8 18 (2.10%) Big Data
8 18 (2.10%) BigQuery
9 17 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.87%) Metadata
11 14 (1.64%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.64%) Tableau
12 12 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.29%) Power Query
14 10 (1.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 97 (11.33%) JIRA
2 69 (8.06%) Selenium
2 69 (8.06%) SonarQube
2 69 (8.06%) Sonatype Nexus
3 66 (7.71%) Cucumber
4 64 (7.48%) GitLab
4 64 (7.48%) Maven
5 63 (7.36%) Bitbucket
6 49 (5.72%) Git
7 22 (2.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 17 (1.99%) Jenkins
9 16 (1.87%) JUnit
10 14 (1.64%) Visual Studio
11 10 (1.17%) Vagrant
12 9 (1.05%) NUnit
13 8 (0.93%) Mockito
14 6 (0.70%) ER Studio
14 6 (0.70%) Jasmine
14 6 (0.70%) Karma Test Runner
14 6 (0.70%) Protractor
General
1 217 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 177 (20.68%) Finance
3 116 (13.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 80 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (8.06%) Banking
6 62 (7.24%) Retail
7 51 (5.96%) Public Sector
8 44 (5.14%) Law
9 35 (4.09%) Manufacturing
10 26 (3.04%) Legal
11 16 (1.87%) Corporate Banking
11 16 (1.87%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.05%) Advertising
12 9 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.93%) Billing
13 8 (0.93%) Marketing
14 7 (0.82%) Automotive
14 7 (0.82%) Games
15 6 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (15.65%) Developer
2 109 (12.73%) Senior
3 95 (11.10%) Software Engineer
4 89 (10.40%) IT Support
5 79 (9.23%) Analyst
6 68 (7.94%) Lead
7 60 (7.01%) Support Engineer
8 59 (6.89%) 2nd Line Support
9 56 (6.54%) Architect
10 53 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 41 (4.79%) Data Engineer
11 41 (4.79%) IT Engineer
12 37 (4.32%) SQL Developer
13 34 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
15 26 (3.04%) Senior Developer
16 23 (2.69%) 1st Line Support
16 23 (2.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 21 (2.45%) Network Engineer
17 21 (2.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (12.38%) .NET
2 104 (12.15%) React
3 94 (10.98%) CSS
4 84 (9.81%) HTML
5 77 (9.00%) Spring
6 69 (8.06%) JPA
7 68 (7.94%) Kafka
8 66 (7.71%) Spring Boot
9 65 (7.59%) Redux
10 53 (6.19%) Hibernate
11 46 (5.37%) REST
12 35 (4.09%) RESTful
13 25 (2.92%) .NET Core
13 25 (2.92%) ASP.NET
14 24 (2.80%) AngularJS
14 24 (2.80%) HTML5
14 24 (2.80%) Node.js
15 23 (2.69%) Jest
16 20 (2.34%) .NET Framework
16 20 (2.34%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.70%) Product Ownership
2 66 (7.71%) Enterprise Software
3 53 (6.19%) Onboarding
4 50 (5.84%) Driving Licence
5 30 (3.50%) Cloud Native
6 28 (3.27%) Management Information System
7 24 (2.80%) Data Centre
8 19 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 19 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.87%) Replication
10 10 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.17%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.05%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 7 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 237 (27.69%) Windows
2 127 (14.84%) Windows Server
3 62 (7.24%) Linux
4 40 (4.67%) Windows 10
5 30 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (1.87%) Android
8 13 (1.52%) Rocky
9 12 (1.40%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.17%) Amazon Linux
10 10 (1.17%) Apple iOS
10 10 (1.17%) VMS
11 8 (0.93%) CentOS
11 8 (0.93%) Unix
12 6 (0.70%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.47%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (29.32%) DevOps
2 196 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (22.43%) Agile
4 167 (19.51%) CI/CD
5 133 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 124 (14.49%) Software Engineering
7 119 (13.90%) Business Intelligence
8 114 (13.32%) Mentoring
8 114 (13.32%) Microservices
9 108 (12.62%) Containerisation
10 98 (11.45%) Analytics
11 87 (10.16%) ITIL
12 83 (9.70%) SDLC
12 83 (9.70%) Test Automation
13 81 (9.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 79 (9.23%) Migration
15 77 (9.00%) Front End Development
15 77 (9.00%) Performance Optimisation
16 69 (8.06%) Customer Service
16 69 (8.06%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 322 (37.62%) SQL
2 137 (16.00%) Java
3 119 (13.90%) JavaScript
4 117 (13.67%) Python
5 114 (13.32%) C#
6 96 (11.21%) PowerShell
7 55 (6.43%) TypeScript
8 41 (4.79%) T-SQL
9 17 (1.99%) Bash
9 17 (1.99%) C++
10 15 (1.75%) Groovy
11 14 (1.64%) R
12 12 (1.40%) Bicep
12 12 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (1.40%) PHP
13 6 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.70%) Perl
14 4 (0.47%) C
14 4 (0.47%) Go
14 4 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (11.92%) Degree
2 75 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 66 (7.71%) Azure Certification
4 58 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 49 (5.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (3.50%) MCSA
8 29 (3.39%) AWS Certification
9 26 (3.04%) MCSE
10 25 (2.92%) A+ Certification
10 25 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (2.92%) MCP
11 19 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (2.22%) DBS Check
12 16 (1.87%) CCNA
13 14 (1.64%) CCNP
13 14 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (1.40%) DV Cleared
15 10 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.70%) QA
2 38 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.57%) GDPR
4 17 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.87%) SLA
6 11 (1.29%) COBIT
7 9 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.93%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (0.82%) NIST
9 7 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.58%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) GRC
11 2 (0.23%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 217 (25.35%) Active Directory
2 131 (15.30%) Docker
3 51 (5.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (4.44%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.40%) XenApp
6 11 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.17%) DFS Replication
7 10 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.47%) Dovecot
8 4 (0.47%) Postfix
8 4 (0.47%) Squid
9 3 (0.35%) vSphere
10 2 (0.23%) Firmware
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
11 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 131 (15.30%) Kubernetes
2 81 (9.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 79 (9.23%) Terraform
4 29 (3.39%) Grafana
5 26 (3.04%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.45%) Ansible
7 16 (1.87%) SCCM
8 5 (0.58%) Autotask
8 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.47%) Nessus
9 4 (0.47%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.47%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.23%) Nagios
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.23%) SCOM
11 1 (0.12%) logstash
11 1 (0.12%) Marathon
Vendors
1 368 (42.99%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.71%) Databricks
3 63 (7.36%) Solace
3 63 (7.36%) VMware
4 55 (6.43%) Cisco
5 45 (5.26%) Meraki
6 29 (3.39%) Google
7 22 (2.57%) Citrix
7 22 (2.57%) Oracle
8 18 (2.10%) SolarWinds
9 14 (1.64%) HP
9 14 (1.64%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.52%) CheckPoint
10 13 (1.52%) SonicWALL
11 12 (1.40%) Aruba
11 12 (1.40%) IBM
11 12 (1.40%) SAP
12 11 (1.29%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.05%) Apple
13 9 (1.05%) Zoho