Azure Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Azure
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 321 123 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 15.60% 20.53% 20.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 68.44% 67.96% 52.49%
Number of salaries quoted 139 82 314
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,810 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,875 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +20.00% -13.64%
75th Percentile £71,000 £69,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £71,991
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -9.23%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 469 181 743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 22.79% 30.22% 39.54%
Number of salaries quoted 264 128 604
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,375 £76,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Azure job vacancy trend in the North East

Azure
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North East over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the North East

Azure
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North East region over the 6 months to 17 May 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear +3 219 £52,315 -9.02% 77
Durham +11 102 £59,000 +47.50% 11
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.62%) CMS
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.62%) Umbraco
1 2 (0.62%) WordPress
2 1 (0.31%) Apache
2 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
2 1 (0.31%) IIS
2 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (13.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 91 (28.35%) AWS
2 60 (18.69%) Azure AI
3 52 (16.20%) Power Platform
4 38 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (9.03%) GitHub
6 28 (8.72%) GCP
7 14 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (2.49%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (2.49%) IaaS
9 7 (2.18%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.18%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.25%) Firebase
10 4 (1.25%) OCI
10 4 (1.25%) PaaS
11 3 (0.93%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.93%) SaaS
11 3 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.66%) Firewall
2 23 (7.17%) DNS
3 16 (4.98%) VPN
4 14 (4.36%) Internet
5 13 (4.05%) VLAN
6 11 (3.43%) DHCP
6 11 (3.43%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.12%) HTTP
7 10 (3.12%) LAN
7 10 (3.12%) WAN
8 9 (2.80%) Wireless
9 8 (2.49%) BGP
9 8 (2.49%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (2.49%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (2.49%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (2.49%) EIGRP
9 8 (2.49%) Network Security
9 8 (2.49%) OSPF
9 8 (2.49%) SNMP
9 8 (2.49%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (15.89%) Power BI
2 47 (14.64%) Tableau
3 17 (5.30%) MongoDB
4 13 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.43%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.49%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.56%) MySQL
9 4 (1.25%) Metadata
10 3 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.93%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.93%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (6.54%) Git
2 17 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.80%) JIRA
4 7 (2.18%) GitLab
5 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.25%) fastlane
6 4 (1.25%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.93%) Postman
8 2 (0.62%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.62%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.62%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.62%) Gradle
8 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.62%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.62%) Xcode
9 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.31%) JMeter
9 1 (0.31%) TestComplete
General
1 170 (52.96%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.35%) Public Sector
3 24 (7.48%) Finance
4 16 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.05%) Law
6 11 (3.43%) Multimedia
7 10 (3.12%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.25%) Legal
11 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Games
12 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.31%) Advertising
13 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (28.35%) Analyst
2 87 (27.10%) Junior
3 84 (26.17%) Junior Analyst
4 50 (15.58%) Developer
5 45 (14.02%) Data Analyst
6 43 (13.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 43 (13.40%) Security Analyst
7 42 (13.08%) Junior Data Analyst
7 42 (13.08%) Junior Security Analyst
8 30 (9.35%) Ethical Hacker
9 27 (8.41%) Senior
10 24 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (6.54%) Architect
12 20 (6.23%) Network Engineer
13 17 (5.30%) Lead
14 16 (4.98%) Software Developer
15 15 (4.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 15 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
17 11 (3.43%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.77%) .NET
2 22 (6.85%) CSS
2 22 (6.85%) RESTful
3 20 (6.23%) .NET Core
3 20 (6.23%) HTML
4 15 (4.67%) ASP.NET
5 14 (4.36%) Node.js
5 14 (4.36%) Vue
6 13 (4.05%) AngularJS
7 12 (3.74%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (2.80%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (2.18%) Entity Framework
10 6 (1.87%) LINQ
10 6 (1.87%) Playwright
11 5 (1.56%) ARM Templates
11 5 (1.56%) FreeSWITCH
11 5 (1.56%) React
12 4 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (1.25%) REST
12 4 (1.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.35%) Cyberattack
2 16 (4.98%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.43%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.43%) Public Cloud
4 9 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.56%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.25%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.25%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.25%) PKI
9 3 (0.93%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.93%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.93%) Life Science
9 3 (0.93%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.41%) Windows
2 18 (5.61%) Linux
2 18 (5.61%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.56%) Debian
4 4 (1.25%) Android
4 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (28.97%) Mentoring
2 85 (26.48%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (23.36%) AI
4 64 (19.94%) DevOps
5 57 (17.76%) Business Intelligence
6 49 (15.26%) CI/CD
7 46 (14.33%) Agile
8 30 (9.35%) Ethical Hacking
9 29 (9.03%) Coaching
9 29 (9.03%) Full-Stack Development
10 24 (7.48%) High Availability
11 23 (7.17%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (6.54%) Analytics
13 21 (6.54%) Containerisation
13 21 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (6.54%) Roadmaps
14 20 (6.23%) Microservices
15 19 (5.92%) Computer Science
15 19 (5.92%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 115 (35.83%) Python
2 80 (24.92%) SQL
3 42 (13.08%) C#
4 28 (8.72%) JavaScript
5 22 (6.85%) Java
6 21 (6.54%) Bash
7 15 (4.67%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.36%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.12%) Go
10 6 (1.87%) R
11 4 (1.25%) Bicep
12 3 (0.93%) PHP
13 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.62%) Swift
14 1 (0.31%) C
14 1 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 162 (50.47%) Azure Certification
2 43 (13.40%) CompTIA Security+
3 42 (13.08%) CompTIA CySA+
4 30 (9.35%) CEH
5 21 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (6.23%) Degree
7 14 (4.36%) AWS Certification
7 14 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.74%) CCNA
9 12 (3.74%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (3.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (2.49%) CCIE
11 8 (2.49%) CCNP
12 6 (1.87%) Security Cleared
13 5 (1.56%) SC Cleared
14 3 (0.93%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.67%) Accessibility
2 8 (2.49%) PMO
3 7 (2.18%) SLA
4 6 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.87%) QA
4 6 (1.87%) WCAG
5 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.31%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.36%) Docker
3 11 (3.43%) Hyper-V
3 11 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.49%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (9.35%) Terraform
2 16 (4.98%) Ansible
2 16 (4.98%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.36%) Grafana
4 11 (3.43%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.93%) Argo
5 3 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.62%) Control-M
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 184 (57.32%) Microsoft
2 84 (26.17%) ForeScout
3 26 (8.10%) Cisco
4 13 (4.05%) VMware
5 9 (2.80%) Oracle
6 8 (2.49%) Blue Coat
6 8 (2.49%) CheckPoint
6 8 (2.49%) F5
6 8 (2.49%) Infoblox
6 8 (2.49%) Motorola
6 8 (2.49%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.49%) SolarWinds
7 7 (2.18%) Dell
7 7 (2.18%) Dell Compellent
7 7 (2.18%) Google
7 7 (2.18%) HP
7 7 (2.18%) Nimble Storage
8 5 (1.56%) Databricks
8 5 (1.56%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.25%) Apple