Azure AI Job Trends in the North of England

Azure AI Platform
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Azure AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 - 280
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Azure AI 4 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.040% - 0.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.14% - 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile £67,500 - £70,000
25th Percentile £71,250 - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £95,000
75th Percentile £83,750 - £110,000
90th Percentile £87,500 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -7.64%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

Azure AI 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,950 3,510 3,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.80% 28.56% 43.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,865 1,952 2,773
10th Percentile £27,700 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Azure AI job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure AI
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure AI

Azure AI
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AI in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure AI in the North of England

Azure AI
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
North East - 2 - - 7
North West - 2 £77,500 - 11
Azure AI
England

Azure AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Intelligent Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft