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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 2 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,241 2,367 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.73% 21.29% 20.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 62.11% 56.65% 49.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,448 1,896
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,700 £56,480 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.69% +7.58% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +7.83%

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 1,998 4,178 4,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 39.81% 37.58% 42.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,689 2,725 3,630
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,600 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -

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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +3 736 £52,500 -8.70% 327
East Midlands +2 501 £55,000 +4.76% 206
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 85 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.46%) MS Exchange
3 32 (2.58%) IIS
4 24 (1.93%) Confluence
5 7 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.40%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.40%) SAS
7 3 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.16%) Mendix
8 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.081%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.081%) Drupal
9 1 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.081%) Kentico
9 1 (0.081%) nginx
9 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 41 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.081%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.081%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.081%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 39 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.56%) Shopify
3 5 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.081%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 311 (25.06%) AWS
2 295 (23.77%) Microsoft 365
3 211 (17.00%) Azure DevOps
4 184 (14.83%) Power Platform
5 154 (12.41%) Entra ID
6 136 (10.96%) GCP
7 104 (8.38%) SaaS
8 93 (7.49%) Dynamics 365
9 82 (6.61%) PaaS
10 74 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 71 (5.72%) IaaS
12 63 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
13 59 (4.75%) Serverless
14 45 (3.63%) Azure Functions
15 43 (3.46%) PowerApps
16 40 (3.22%) Power Automate
17 38 (3.06%) GitHub
18 34 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
19 32 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 28 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 176 (14.18%) Firewall
2 136 (10.96%) DNS
3 122 (9.83%) DHCP
4 119 (9.59%) WAN
5 79 (6.37%) TCP/IP
6 75 (6.04%) LAN
6 75 (6.04%) SAN
7 55 (4.43%) VPN
8 53 (4.27%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (3.79%) VLAN
9 47 (3.79%) Wireless
10 44 (3.55%) HTTP
11 37 (2.98%) Network Security
12 36 (2.90%) SMTP
13 32 (2.58%) SD-WAN
14 30 (2.42%) FTP
15 28 (2.26%) Internet
15 28 (2.26%) SSL
16 27 (2.18%) SNMP
17 26 (2.10%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (17.57%) SQL Server
2 106 (8.54%) Power BI
3 93 (7.49%) NoSQL
4 66 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
5 64 (5.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 62 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 30 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 25 (2.01%) Data Lake
10 24 (1.93%) Relational Database
11 20 (1.61%) Tableau
12 19 (1.53%) Big Data
13 16 (1.29%) Delta Lake
14 13 (1.05%) MySQL
15 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 11 (0.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 10 (0.81%) Oracle Database
18 9 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 90 (7.25%) Git
2 39 (3.14%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.90%) JIRA
4 23 (1.85%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.05%) GitLab
6 12 (0.97%) Postman
7 11 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.81%) NUnit
9 9 (0.73%) MSTest
10 8 (0.64%) Maven
11 7 (0.56%) Selenium
12 6 (0.48%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.32%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.32%) Terragrunt
15 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
16 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 270 (21.76%) Social Skills
2 181 (14.59%) Finance
3 114 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (5.16%) Law
5 59 (4.75%) Retail
6 53 (4.27%) Telecoms
7 41 (3.30%) Public Sector
8 36 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (2.18%) Legal
10 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.53%) Banking
12 19 (1.53%) Marketing
13 15 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.81%) Automotive
14 10 (0.81%) Back Office
15 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.48%) Local Government
17 4 (0.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 247 (19.90%) Developer
2 182 (14.67%) Senior
3 123 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 116 (9.35%) Architect
5 92 (7.41%) Lead
6 84 (6.77%) Analyst
7 77 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
8 76 (6.12%) IT Engineer
9 71 (5.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 69 (5.56%) .NET Developer
10 69 (5.56%) Data Engineer
11 61 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
12 58 (4.67%) C# Developer
12 58 (4.67%) Support Engineer
13 51 (4.11%) Software Engineer
14 43 (3.46%) Full Stack Developer
14 43 (3.46%) Software Developer
15 40 (3.22%) Administrator
15 40 (3.22%) Senior Developer
16 39 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (18.69%) .NET
2 101 (8.14%) React
3 94 (7.57%) .NET Framework
4 84 (6.77%) CSS
5 82 (6.61%) HTML
6 71 (5.72%) .NET Core
7 68 (5.48%) AngularJS
8 67 (5.40%) ASP.NET
9 59 (4.75%) Entity Framework
10 57 (4.59%) REST
11 51 (4.11%) Node.js
12 49 (3.95%) jQuery
13 38 (3.06%) Web Services
14 36 (2.90%) ASP.NET Web API
15 34 (2.74%) ASP.NET MVC
16 30 (2.42%) JSON
17 29 (2.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 28 (2.26%) Next.js
18 28 (2.26%) RESTful
19 21 (1.69%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.20%) Data Centre
2 48 (3.87%) Public Cloud
3 46 (3.71%) Product Ownership
4 42 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.30%) Clustering
6 38 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.42%) Replication
8 26 (2.10%) Private Cloud
9 25 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.93%) EFT
11 23 (1.85%) Driving Licence
11 23 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.53%) Virtual Team
13 16 (1.29%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.21%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.97%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.89%) Mobile App
17 10 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 307 (24.74%) Windows
2 190 (15.31%) Windows Server
3 71 (5.72%) Linux
4 56 (4.51%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (3.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (3.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 29 (2.34%) Android
8 29 (2.34%) Apple iOS
9 20 (1.61%) Mac OS
10 17 (1.37%) Unix
11 8 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.40%) CentOS
12 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.081%) Rocky
14 1 (0.081%) SUSE
14 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.081%) VMS
14 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (30.46%) DevOps
2 328 (26.43%) Agile
3 216 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
4 175 (14.10%) CI/CD
5 137 (11.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 132 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
7 125 (10.07%) ITIL
8 122 (9.83%) ETL
9 100 (8.06%) Mentoring
10 99 (7.98%) Data Modelling
11 97 (7.82%) Software Engineering
12 95 (7.66%) Roadmaps
13 94 (7.57%) Scrum
14 90 (7.25%) Microservices
15 85 (6.85%) Actionable Insight
16 84 (6.77%) MVC
17 83 (6.69%) Infrastructure as Code
18 81 (6.53%) Analytics
19 78 (6.29%) Full Stack Development
20 66 (5.32%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 449 (36.18%) SQL
2 267 (21.51%) C#
3 206 (16.60%) PowerShell
4 167 (13.46%) JavaScript
5 138 (11.12%) Python
6 104 (8.38%) T-SQL
7 66 (5.32%) TypeScript
8 59 (4.75%) Java
9 32 (2.58%) Bash
10 19 (1.53%) Go
11 13 (1.05%) Bicep
12 12 (0.97%) C++
12 12 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.81%) Ruby
14 8 (0.64%) PHP
14 8 (0.64%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.32%) R
15 4 (0.32%) VB
15 4 (0.32%) XAML
Qualifications
1 167 (13.46%) Degree
2 84 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 74 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 55 (4.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (3.38%) Azure Certification
6 41 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.58%) CCNA
8 25 (2.01%) MCSE
9 20 (1.61%) CCNP
10 16 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (1.21%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.05%) MCSA
13 11 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (0.89%) MCP
14 10 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (0.73%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.73%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.64%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.01%) QA
3 23 (1.85%) SLA
4 16 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.13%) NIST
6 11 (0.89%) NCSC
7 9 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.64%) GDPR
9 7 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.32%) COBIT
10 4 (0.32%) RMADS
11 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.16%) IFRS
12 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.16%) PMO
12 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 278 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (8.46%) Hyper-V
4 102 (8.22%) Docker
5 53 (4.27%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.29%) VMware NSX
8 11 (0.89%) vSphere
9 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.56%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.48%) Firmware
11 6 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
12 5 (0.40%) XenApp
12 5 (0.40%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.32%) NFS
14 2 (0.16%) Ceph
14 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 128 (10.31%) Terraform
2 108 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 104 (8.38%) Kubernetes
4 79 (6.37%) SCCM
5 37 (2.98%) Ansible
6 30 (2.42%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.13%) Puppet
8 12 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
8 12 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.89%) WSUS
10 10 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.81%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.56%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
12 6 (0.48%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.48%) SmoothWall
13 5 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.40%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.40%) EdgeSight
13 5 (0.40%) Nessus
Vendors
1 622 (50.12%) Microsoft
2 229 (18.45%) VMware
3 102 (8.22%) Cisco
4 61 (4.92%) Google
5 59 (4.75%) Citrix
6 51 (4.11%) Databricks
7 41 (3.30%) Meraki
8 38 (3.06%) Veeam
9 31 (2.50%) HP
10 30 (2.42%) Oracle
11 26 (2.10%) CheckPoint
12 24 (1.93%) Globalscape
13 21 (1.69%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.37%) Nimble Storage
15 15 (1.21%) ServiceNow
15 15 (1.21%) SolarWinds
16 14 (1.13%) Aruba
17 13 (1.05%) Fortinet
18 12 (0.97%) Apple
18 12 (0.97%) Mitel