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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 818 1,998 1,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.83% 15.30% 20.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.70% 48.91% 54.34%
Number of salaries quoted 654 1,628 1,086
10th Percentile £29,250 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,375 £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% +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 1,646 4,085 3,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.81% 31.27% 37.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 3,293 2,068
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £29,600
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £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 2 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 2 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 -6 553 £55,000 - 3,160
East Midlands -15 263 £45,000 -5.26% 2,334
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 57 (6.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (6.85%) Confluence
2 56 (6.85%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.98%) CMS
4 4 (0.49%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.37%) 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 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.37%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 265 (32.40%) AWS
2 207 (25.31%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (16.99%) Power Platform
4 98 (11.98%) GCP
5 92 (11.25%) Entra ID
6 71 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (7.70%) SaaS
8 48 (5.87%) IaaS
9 47 (5.75%) PaaS
10 46 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
10 46 (5.62%) Power Automate
11 43 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
11 43 (5.26%) PowerApps
12 42 (5.13%) Serverless
13 35 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 32 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
15 31 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 23 (2.81%) Amazon ECS
17 18 (2.20%) OneDrive
17 18 (2.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 125 (15.28%) WAN
2 105 (12.84%) Firewall
3 95 (11.61%) LAN
4 48 (5.87%) VoIP
5 42 (5.13%) SD-WAN
6 41 (5.01%) DNS
7 34 (4.16%) VLAN
8 30 (3.67%) VPN
9 28 (3.42%) DHCP
10 27 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (2.69%) Network Security
12 14 (1.71%) TCP/IP
13 12 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
14 9 (1.10%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (1.10%) HTTP
15 8 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.86%) Ethernet
16 7 (0.86%) SAN
17 5 (0.61%) FTP
17 5 (0.61%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (23.35%) SQL Server
2 105 (12.84%) Power BI
3 48 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (5.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 41 (5.01%) NoSQL
5 41 (5.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 37 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 36 (4.40%) Data Lake
8 18 (2.20%) MySQL
9 17 (2.08%) Power Query
10 13 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.59%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 11 (1.34%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.34%) Metadata
12 10 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.22%) Big Data
13 9 (1.10%) Star Schema
13 9 (1.10%) Tableau
14 8 (0.98%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 91 (11.12%) JIRA
2 72 (8.80%) SonarQube
3 68 (8.31%) Selenium
4 65 (7.95%) Sonatype Nexus
5 64 (7.82%) Cucumber
5 64 (7.82%) Maven
6 63 (7.70%) Bitbucket
6 63 (7.70%) GitLab
7 39 (4.77%) Git
8 21 (2.57%) JUnit
8 21 (2.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 21 (2.57%) Visual Studio
9 16 (1.96%) Mockito
10 14 (1.71%) Eclipse
10 14 (1.71%) IntelliJ
10 14 (1.71%) Jasmine
10 14 (1.71%) Jenkins
10 14 (1.71%) Karma Test Runner
10 14 (1.71%) Protractor
11 7 (0.86%) NUnit
General
1 208 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 176 (21.52%) Finance
3 110 (13.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 78 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (8.80%) Retail
6 70 (8.56%) Banking
7 43 (5.26%) Law
8 36 (4.40%) Public Sector
9 35 (4.28%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.69%) Legal
11 17 (2.08%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
13 10 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.10%) Advertising
14 9 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.10%) Marketing
15 8 (0.98%) Games
16 7 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.86%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.73%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 145 (17.73%) Developer
2 106 (12.96%) IT Support
3 98 (11.98%) Senior
4 90 (11.00%) Software Engineer
5 87 (10.64%) Analyst
6 74 (9.05%) Lead
7 55 (6.72%) Architect
8 51 (6.23%) Support Engineer
9 43 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
10 41 (5.01%) Support Specialist
11 36 (4.40%) IT Support Specialist
12 31 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (3.67%) IT Engineer
13 30 (3.67%) SQL Developer
14 29 (3.55%) Data Engineer
15 28 (3.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 28 (3.42%) Senior Developer
16 26 (3.18%) C# Developer
17 24 (2.93%) .NET Developer
17 24 (2.93%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (14.43%) React
2 104 (12.71%) .NET
3 96 (11.74%) CSS
4 85 (10.39%) HTML
5 77 (9.41%) JPA
6 76 (9.29%) Spring
7 70 (8.56%) Kafka
8 65 (7.95%) Redux
8 65 (7.95%) Spring Boot
9 61 (7.46%) Hibernate
10 42 (5.13%) REST
11 33 (4.03%) AngularJS
12 30 (3.67%) RESTful
13 29 (3.55%) ASP.NET
14 25 (3.06%) .NET Core
15 24 (2.93%) Node.js
16 23 (2.81%) HTML5
16 23 (2.81%) Jest
17 20 (2.44%) CSS3
18 19 (2.32%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.17%) Product Ownership
2 65 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
3 38 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 36 (4.40%) Driving Licence
5 33 (4.03%) Management Information System
6 30 (3.67%) CCTV
7 19 (2.32%) Cloud Native
8 18 (2.20%) Algorithms
9 17 (2.08%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.96%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.71%) Private Cloud
12 11 (1.34%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.34%) Replication
13 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
16 6 (0.73%) Virtual Team
17 5 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
17 5 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 218 (26.65%) Windows
2 106 (12.96%) Windows Server
3 57 (6.97%) Windows 10
4 55 (6.72%) Linux
5 21 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (2.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (2.08%) Android
7 11 (1.34%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.10%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.98%) CentOS
10 7 (0.86%) Rocky
11 6 (0.73%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
12 5 (0.61%) VMS
13 2 (0.24%) Unix
14 1 (0.12%) Debian
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (27.51%) DevOps
2 186 (22.74%) Agile
3 176 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
4 145 (17.73%) CI/CD
5 136 (16.63%) Software Engineering
6 120 (14.67%) Microservices
7 119 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 115 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
9 110 (13.45%) Containerisation
10 106 (12.96%) Mentoring
11 98 (11.98%) Analytics
12 91 (11.12%) SDLC
13 83 (10.15%) Full-Stack Development
14 81 (9.90%) Test Automation
15 78 (9.54%) ITIL
16 77 (9.41%) Performance Optimisation
17 76 (9.29%) Front End Development
18 71 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
18 71 (8.68%) Migration
19 62 (7.58%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 296 (36.19%) SQL
2 135 (16.50%) Java
3 129 (15.77%) JavaScript
4 118 (14.43%) C#
5 96 (11.74%) Python
6 85 (10.39%) PowerShell
7 60 (7.33%) TypeScript
8 33 (4.03%) T-SQL
9 21 (2.57%) C++
10 16 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (1.71%) Bash
12 12 (1.47%) PHP
13 11 (1.34%) R
14 9 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.73%) Groovy
16 5 (0.61%) Bicep
17 4 (0.49%) C
17 4 (0.49%) X++
18 3 (0.37%) Go
19 2 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 115 (14.06%) Degree
2 56 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 50 (6.11%) Azure Certification
4 41 (5.01%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (2.69%) MCSA
9 20 (2.44%) A+ Certification
9 20 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 20 (2.44%) DBS Check
10 19 (2.32%) CCNP
11 18 (2.20%) MCSE
12 17 (2.08%) MCP
13 15 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.83%) CCNA
14 11 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (1.10%) CCIE
15 9 (1.10%) CISSP
16 8 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (10.27%) QA
2 30 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.69%) GDPR
3 22 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.08%) SLA
5 13 (1.59%) COBIT
6 11 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.10%) NIST
8 8 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.86%) NCSC
10 6 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.37%) GRC
12 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.24%) PMO
12 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 204 (24.94%) Active Directory
2 136 (16.63%) Docker
3 45 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (3.42%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.96%) XenApp
6 10 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.61%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.37%) Dovecot
9 3 (0.37%) Postfix
9 3 (0.37%) Squid
9 3 (0.37%) vSphere
10 2 (0.24%) Firmware
10 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 123 (15.04%) Kubernetes
2 71 (8.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 54 (6.60%) Terraform
4 23 (2.81%) Grafana
4 23 (2.81%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.08%) Ansible
6 11 (1.34%) SCCM
7 5 (0.61%) Autotask
8 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.37%) Nessus
9 3 (0.37%) 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
1 357 (43.64%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.82%) Databricks
3 63 (7.70%) Solace
4 61 (7.46%) VMware
5 56 (6.85%) Cisco
6 49 (5.99%) Meraki
7 31 (3.79%) Google
8 23 (2.81%) Citrix
9 20 (2.44%) Oracle
10 18 (2.20%) CheckPoint
10 18 (2.20%) IBM
11 17 (2.08%) SonicWALL
12 16 (1.96%) HP
13 15 (1.83%) Aruba
13 15 (1.83%) SolarWinds
14 14 (1.71%) SAP
15 11 (1.34%) Fortinet
15 11 (1.34%) Palo Alto
16 8 (0.98%) Apple
16 8 (0.98%) ServiceNow