Azure Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,930 1,976 2,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.57% 20.53% 20.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.50% 54.60% 52.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 1,158 1,705
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,516
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,899 3,619 4,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.48% 37.60% 39.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,214 2,213 3,170
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +2 1,153 £54,000 -1.82% 241
East Midlands +3 774 £48,500 -7.62% 152
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
1 200 (10.36%) SharePoint
2 138 (7.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 79 (4.09%) IIS
4 30 (1.55%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.45%) ArcGIS
6 15 (0.78%) Apache
7 12 (0.62%) Confluence
8 11 (0.57%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.31%) CMS
10 5 (0.26%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.10%) Liferay
13 2 (0.10%) Magnolia
13 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 93 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.10%) CATIA
5 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.16%) Shopify
5 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) Maximo
6 1 (0.052%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 477 (24.72%) Microsoft 365
2 470 (24.35%) AWS
3 268 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
4 245 (12.69%) Entra ID
5 213 (11.04%) Power Platform
6 146 (7.56%) GCP
7 116 (6.01%) SaaS
8 80 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
9 76 (3.94%) PaaS
10 64 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 64 (3.32%) IBM Cloud
11 63 (3.26%) IaaS
12 49 (2.54%) GitHub
13 45 (2.33%) PowerApps
14 44 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 44 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
15 43 (2.23%) Snowflake
16 40 (2.07%) Serverless
17 35 (1.81%) OneDrive
18 28 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 269 (13.94%) Firewall
2 181 (9.38%) DNS
3 139 (7.20%) DHCP
4 122 (6.32%) WAN
5 93 (4.82%) SAN
6 91 (4.72%) TCP/IP
7 82 (4.25%) VPN
8 68 (3.52%) LAN
9 64 (3.32%) VLAN
10 61 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (2.28%) SD-WAN
12 43 (2.23%) Network Security
13 42 (2.18%) Wireless
14 30 (1.55%) Internet
15 20 (1.04%) MPLS
16 19 (0.98%) WLAN
17 18 (0.93%) BIG-IP
18 16 (0.83%) HTTP
18 16 (0.83%) SSL
18 16 (0.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (21.09%) SQL Server
2 162 (8.39%) Power BI
3 139 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
4 132 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
5 119 (6.17%) NoSQL
6 107 (5.54%) MongoDB
7 93 (4.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 69 (3.58%) DB2
9 55 (2.85%) Data Lake
10 48 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
11 46 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 45 (2.33%) Relational Database
13 40 (2.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 39 (2.02%) Tableau
15 37 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
16 36 (1.87%) BigQuery
17 34 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
18 33 (1.71%) Looker
19 30 (1.55%) GIS
20 28 (1.45%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 115 (5.96%) Git
2 33 (1.71%) GitLab
2 33 (1.71%) Visual Studio
3 31 (1.61%) JIRA
4 24 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 21 (1.09%) Postman
6 19 (0.98%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.62%) SoapUI
8 11 (0.57%) Jasmine
8 11 (0.57%) Karma Test Runner
8 11 (0.57%) MSTest
8 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.52%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
10 9 (0.47%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.41%) NUnit
12 7 (0.36%) Maven
13 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.31%) JMeter
13 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 410 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 176 (9.12%) Finance
3 129 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (5.91%) Public Sector
5 109 (5.65%) Retail
6 88 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (4.35%) Law
8 67 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 52 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 38 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (1.45%) Marketing
12 26 (1.35%) Legal
13 21 (1.09%) Advertising
13 21 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (0.78%) Automotive
15 15 (0.78%) Banking
15 15 (0.78%) Local Government
16 11 (0.57%) Games
16 11 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 426 (22.07%) Developer
2 298 (15.44%) Senior
3 187 (9.69%) .NET Developer
4 166 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 140 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
6 134 (6.94%) Architect
7 131 (6.79%) IT Engineer
8 127 (6.58%) Support Engineer
9 120 (6.22%) IT Support
10 115 (5.96%) Software Engineer
11 114 (5.91%) Analyst
12 103 (5.34%) Lead
13 78 (4.04%) C# Developer
14 77 (3.99%) Administrator
15 75 (3.89%) Data Engineer
16 71 (3.68%) Full Stack Engineer
16 71 (3.68%) Senior Developer
17 67 (3.47%) Network Engineer
18 65 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
19 61 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 506 (26.22%) .NET
2 240 (12.44%) ASP.NET
3 235 (12.18%) React
4 229 (11.87%) AngularJS
5 215 (11.14%) .NET Core
6 207 (10.73%) HTML
7 185 (9.59%) CSS
8 160 (8.29%) REST
9 133 (6.89%) Vue
10 118 (6.11%) .NET Framework
11 116 (6.01%) ASP.NET Web API
12 114 (5.91%) RESTful
13 109 (5.65%) ASP.NET MVC
13 109 (5.65%) Web Services
14 100 (5.18%) Entity Framework
15 90 (4.66%) jQuery
16 80 (4.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 79 (4.09%) ASP.NET Core
18 66 (3.42%) HTML5
19 64 (3.32%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.92%) Data Structures
2 84 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 77 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (3.89%) Algorithms
5 69 (3.58%) Data Centre
6 68 (3.52%) Public Cloud
7 64 (3.32%) Blockchain
7 64 (3.32%) e-Learning
7 64 (3.32%) Management Information System
8 60 (3.11%) Clustering
9 58 (3.01%) Product Ownership
10 56 (2.90%) Cloud Native
11 47 (2.44%) Driving Licence
12 38 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
12 38 (1.97%) Replication
13 33 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
14 30 (1.55%) Private Cloud
15 28 (1.45%) IoT
16 27 (1.40%) Onboarding
17 24 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 498 (25.80%) Windows
2 250 (12.95%) Windows Server
3 180 (9.33%) Linux
4 87 (4.51%) Android
5 84 (4.35%) Apple iOS
6 64 (3.32%) Windows 10
7 58 (3.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 51 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 44 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (1.04%) VMS
11 17 (0.88%) Ubuntu
12 16 (0.83%) Unix
13 14 (0.73%) Mac OS
14 12 (0.62%) Debian
15 10 (0.52%) CentOS
15 10 (0.52%) SUSE
15 10 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.31%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.31%) Solaris
17 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (30.52%) Agile
2 506 (26.22%) DevOps
3 303 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
4 257 (13.32%) Full Stack Development
5 232 (12.02%) MVC
6 229 (11.87%) CI/CD
7 214 (11.09%) Mentoring
8 204 (10.57%) Software Engineering
9 188 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 172 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
11 160 (8.29%) Scrum
12 157 (8.13%) Microservices
13 154 (7.98%) ETL
14 147 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
15 141 (7.31%) Artificial Intelligence
16 129 (6.68%) Web Development
17 124 (6.42%) ITIL
17 124 (6.42%) Migration
18 123 (6.37%) Data Modelling
19 122 (6.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 559 (28.96%) SQL
2 533 (27.62%) C#
3 385 (19.95%) JavaScript
4 181 (9.38%) Python
5 168 (8.70%) PowerShell
6 135 (6.99%) TypeScript
7 114 (5.91%) T-SQL
8 61 (3.16%) Java
9 35 (1.81%) Bash
10 27 (1.40%) Bicep
11 23 (1.19%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.04%) VB
13 13 (0.67%) C++
13 13 (0.67%) XAML
14 12 (0.62%) C
14 12 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.57%) VB6
16 10 (0.52%) Go
17 8 (0.41%) PHP
18 7 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 176 (9.12%) Degree
2 155 (8.03%) Security Cleared
3 122 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 87 (4.51%) Azure Certification
5 84 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 60 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (2.69%) CCNA
8 37 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 29 (1.50%) CCNP
10 27 (1.40%) MCSE
11 19 (0.98%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (0.83%) A+ Certification
14 15 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.67%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.52%) MCSA
17 10 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (5.80%) QA
2 44 (2.28%) Data Quality
2 44 (2.28%) GDPR
3 29 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.19%) SLA
6 13 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 12 (0.62%) NCSC
8 9 (0.47%) PMO
9 8 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.36%) NIST
11 6 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.16%) GRC
12 3 (0.16%) IFRS
12 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.052%) COBIT
System Software
1 373 (19.33%) Active Directory
2 199 (10.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 175 (9.07%) Hyper-V
4 119 (6.17%) Docker
5 38 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
6 37 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (0.98%) VMware NSX
8 16 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.73%) vSphere
11 8 (0.41%) pfSense
12 6 (0.31%) NFS
13 4 (0.21%) Firmware
14 3 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.16%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.16%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 168 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 118 (6.11%) Terraform
3 95 (4.92%) Kubernetes
4 51 (2.64%) SCCM
5 35 (1.81%) Ansible
6 19 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
7 13 (0.67%) WSUS
8 10 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (0.47%) SmoothWall
9 9 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (0.41%) SCOM
11 6 (0.31%) Grafana
11 6 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.26%) Autotask
12 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.21%) AirWatch
14 3 (0.16%) vMotion
Vendors
1 854 (44.25%) Microsoft
2 280 (14.51%) VMware
3 122 (6.32%) Cisco
4 104 (5.39%) Veeam
5 71 (3.68%) Google
6 70 (3.63%) IBM
7 69 (3.58%) Databricks
8 66 (3.42%) Red Hat
9 58 (3.01%) Citrix
10 46 (2.38%) Meraki
11 39 (2.02%) HP
12 32 (1.66%) Sophos
13 30 (1.55%) Aruba
13 30 (1.55%) Dell
14 28 (1.45%) ESRI
15 27 (1.40%) CheckPoint
16 22 (1.14%) Fortinet
17 20 (1.04%) Acronis
17 20 (1.04%) F5
17 20 (1.04%) Oracle