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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 832 2,035 1,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.97% 15.01% 20.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.67% 48.85% 54.58%
Number of salaries quoted 666 1,639 1,085
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,800 £34,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -9.23% +4.00%

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 1,675 4,166 3,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.11% 30.73% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 3,323 2,063
10th Percentile £27,369 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +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 8 June 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 8 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
West Midlands -3 568 £55,000 - 395
East Midlands -19 262 £45,000 -7.22% 317
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 60 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 57 (6.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (6.73%) Confluence
4 7 (0.84%) CMS
5 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.36%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.36%) nginx
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.12%) Mendix
7 1 (0.12%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.24%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 262 (31.49%) AWS
2 210 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
3 143 (17.19%) Power Platform
4 98 (11.78%) GCP
5 96 (11.54%) Entra ID
6 76 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (7.33%) SaaS
8 51 (6.13%) IaaS
9 50 (6.01%) Dynamics 365
9 50 (6.01%) PaaS
10 47 (5.65%) Power Automate
11 44 (5.29%) PowerApps
12 43 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 42 (5.05%) Serverless
14 34 (4.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (4.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 31 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
16 24 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
17 21 (2.52%) OneDrive
18 19 (2.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 128 (15.38%) WAN
2 108 (12.98%) Firewall
3 97 (11.66%) LAN
4 48 (5.77%) VoIP
5 43 (5.17%) DNS
5 43 (5.17%) SD-WAN
6 36 (4.33%) VLAN
7 30 (3.61%) VPN
8 29 (3.49%) DHCP
8 29 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (2.64%) Network Security
10 15 (1.80%) TCP/IP
11 12 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
12 9 (1.08%) HTTP
13 8 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (0.96%) SAN
14 7 (0.84%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.60%) FTP
15 5 (0.60%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (23.32%) SQL Server
2 108 (12.98%) Power BI
3 50 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (5.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 42 (5.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 41 (4.93%) NoSQL
7 38 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 37 (4.45%) Data Lake
9 18 (2.16%) MySQL
10 17 (2.04%) Power Query
11 13 (1.56%) BigQuery
11 13 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.56%) Relational Database
12 12 (1.44%) Metadata
12 12 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.20%) Big Data
14 10 (1.20%) Star Schema
15 9 (1.08%) Tableau
16 8 (0.96%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 89 (10.70%) JIRA
2 72 (8.65%) SonarQube
3 69 (8.29%) Selenium
4 65 (7.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 64 (7.69%) Cucumber
5 64 (7.69%) Maven
6 63 (7.57%) Bitbucket
6 63 (7.57%) GitLab
7 39 (4.69%) Git
8 22 (2.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 20 (2.40%) JUnit
9 20 (2.40%) Visual Studio
10 14 (1.68%) Jenkins
10 14 (1.68%) Mockito
11 12 (1.44%) Eclipse
11 12 (1.44%) IntelliJ
11 12 (1.44%) Jasmine
11 12 (1.44%) Karma Test Runner
11 12 (1.44%) Protractor
12 7 (0.84%) NUnit
General
1 207 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 179 (21.51%) Finance
3 112 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 80 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (9.13%) Retail
6 70 (8.41%) Banking
7 43 (5.17%) Law
8 37 (4.45%) Public Sector
9 35 (4.21%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.64%) Legal
11 17 (2.04%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.92%) Corporate Banking
13 10 (1.20%) Marketing
13 10 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.08%) Advertising
14 9 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.96%) Games
16 7 (0.84%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.72%) Automotive
17 6 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 142 (17.07%) Developer
2 110 (13.22%) IT Support
3 98 (11.78%) Senior
4 92 (11.06%) Software Engineer
5 87 (10.46%) Analyst
6 74 (8.89%) Lead
7 56 (6.73%) Architect
8 55 (6.61%) Support Engineer
9 47 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 41 (4.93%) Support Specialist
11 36 (4.33%) IT Support Specialist
12 33 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 32 (3.85%) IT Engineer
13 32 (3.85%) SQL Developer
14 30 (3.61%) Data Engineer
15 29 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 26 (3.13%) Senior Developer
17 25 (3.00%) 3rd Line Support
17 25 (3.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 24 (2.88%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (13.94%) React
2 103 (12.38%) .NET
3 95 (11.42%) CSS
4 84 (10.10%) HTML
5 76 (9.13%) Spring
6 75 (9.01%) JPA
7 70 (8.41%) Kafka
8 65 (7.81%) Redux
8 65 (7.81%) Spring Boot
9 59 (7.09%) Hibernate
10 43 (5.17%) REST
11 32 (3.85%) AngularJS
12 31 (3.73%) RESTful
13 26 (3.13%) ASP.NET
14 24 (2.88%) Node.js
15 23 (2.76%) .NET Core
15 23 (2.76%) HTML5
15 23 (2.76%) Jest
16 20 (2.40%) CSS3
17 19 (2.28%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.13%) Product Ownership
2 65 (7.81%) Enterprise Software
3 41 (4.93%) Onboarding
4 38 (4.57%) Driving Licence
5 32 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 30 (3.61%) CCTV
7 18 (2.16%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.16%) Data Centre
7 18 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.68%) Algorithms
8 14 (1.68%) Private Cloud
9 11 (1.32%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.32%) Replication
10 10 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.72%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 227 (27.28%) Windows
2 110 (13.22%) Windows Server
3 60 (7.21%) Windows 10
4 54 (6.49%) Linux
5 23 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.04%) Android
8 11 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.08%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.96%) CentOS
10 8 (0.96%) Rocky
11 6 (0.72%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.60%) Amazon Linux
12 5 (0.60%) VMS
13 3 (0.36%) Unix
14 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.12%) Debian
15 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (28.00%) DevOps
2 182 (21.88%) Agile
3 180 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
4 146 (17.55%) CI/CD
5 135 (16.23%) Software Engineering
6 119 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 119 (14.30%) Microservices
7 118 (14.18%) Business Intelligence
8 109 (13.10%) Containerisation
8 109 (13.10%) Mentoring
9 102 (12.26%) Analytics
10 90 (10.82%) SDLC
11 84 (10.10%) Full-Stack Development
12 82 (9.86%) Test Automation
13 78 (9.38%) ITIL
13 78 (9.38%) Performance Optimisation
14 76 (9.13%) Front End Development
15 73 (8.77%) Migration
16 69 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
17 64 (7.69%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 302 (36.30%) SQL
2 132 (15.87%) Java
3 125 (15.02%) JavaScript
4 118 (14.18%) C#
5 96 (11.54%) Python
6 87 (10.46%) PowerShell
7 58 (6.97%) TypeScript
8 35 (4.21%) T-SQL
9 19 (2.28%) C++
10 16 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (1.68%) Bash
12 12 (1.44%) PHP
13 11 (1.32%) R
14 8 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.72%) Bicep
15 6 (0.72%) Groovy
16 4 (0.48%) C
16 4 (0.48%) X++
17 3 (0.36%) Go
18 2 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 113 (13.58%) Degree
2 57 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 51 (6.13%) Azure Certification
4 42 (5.05%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (2.76%) MCSA
9 21 (2.52%) A+ Certification
10 20 (2.40%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.40%) DBS Check
11 19 (2.28%) CCNP
11 19 (2.28%) MCSE
12 18 (2.16%) MCP
13 16 (1.92%) CCNA
14 15 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (1.08%) CCIE
17 8 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.84%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (10.22%) QA
2 34 (4.09%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (2.40%) GDPR
5 18 (2.16%) SLA
6 17 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.56%) COBIT
8 12 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.84%) NCSC
10 7 (0.84%) NIST
10 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.24%) PMO
13 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 214 (25.72%) Active Directory
2 133 (15.99%) Docker
3 45 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (3.73%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.92%) XenApp
6 10 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.60%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.36%) Dovecot
9 3 (0.36%) Postfix
9 3 (0.36%) Squid
9 3 (0.36%) vSphere
10 2 (0.24%) Firmware
10 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 123 (14.78%) Kubernetes
2 73 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 57 (6.85%) Terraform
4 23 (2.76%) Grafana
4 23 (2.76%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.04%) Ansible
6 13 (1.56%) SCCM
7 6 (0.72%) Autotask
8 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.36%) Nessus
9 3 (0.36%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.24%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.24%) SCOM
11 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.12%) Marathon
11 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.12%) Puppet
11 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 365 (43.87%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.93%) Databricks
3 63 (7.57%) Solace
4 62 (7.45%) VMware
5 58 (6.97%) Cisco
6 50 (6.01%) Meraki
7 30 (3.61%) Google
8 23 (2.76%) Citrix
9 20 (2.40%) Oracle
10 18 (2.16%) CheckPoint
11 17 (2.04%) HP
11 17 (2.04%) SonicWALL
12 16 (1.92%) Aruba
12 16 (1.92%) IBM
13 15 (1.80%) SAP
13 15 (1.80%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.32%) Fortinet
14 11 (1.32%) Palo Alto
15 9 (1.08%) ServiceNow
16 8 (0.96%) Apple