Azure Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Azure
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 940 3,064 4,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.58% 17.73% 23.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.54% 49.90% 54.82%
Number of salaries quoted 791 2,459 2,201
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,676
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,548 £86,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.04% -8.46% +4.00%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,263 6,140 7,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.66% 35.53% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 4,944 4,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,575 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,043 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -4.55% +3.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,548 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North of England.

Salary trend for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the North of England

Azure
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 West -29 509 £60,000 +4.35% 526
Yorkshire -10 344 £57,500 +4.55% 244
North East -10 91 £57,500 +21.05% 104
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 58 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.09%) Confluence
4 13 (1.38%) IIS
5 11 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.96%) Apache
7 6 (0.64%) CMS
8 5 (0.53%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.32%) nginx
11 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.21%) WordPress
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 23 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.11%) GoldMine
5 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.11%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 248 (26.38%) AWS
2 178 (18.94%) Microsoft 365
3 157 (16.70%) GCP
4 107 (11.38%) Power Platform
5 101 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (8.94%) Entra ID
7 62 (6.60%) SaaS
8 59 (6.28%) GitHub
9 41 (4.36%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (3.09%) Power Automate
12 28 (2.98%) Serverless
13 26 (2.77%) PowerApps
14 24 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 23 (2.45%) PaaS
16 22 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (1.91%) IaaS
18 17 (1.81%) Azure Functions
18 17 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 16 (1.70%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 85 (9.04%) Firewall
2 77 (8.19%) DNS
3 54 (5.74%) DHCP
4 52 (5.53%) WAN
5 43 (4.57%) LAN
6 39 (4.15%) TCP/IP
7 36 (3.83%) VPN
8 31 (3.30%) SAN
9 22 (2.34%) SD-WAN
10 14 (1.49%) NAS
11 13 (1.38%) Internet
12 12 (1.28%) Network Security
12 12 (1.28%) Wireless
13 11 (1.17%) MPLS
13 11 (1.17%) VLAN
13 11 (1.17%) VoIP
13 11 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (1.06%) OSPF
15 9 (0.96%) BGP
15 9 (0.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (18.62%) SQL Server
2 70 (7.45%) Power BI
3 52 (5.53%) MySQL
4 32 (3.40%) MongoDB
4 32 (3.40%) NoSQL
5 31 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 25 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (2.34%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.13%) BigQuery
10 16 (1.70%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.38%) Tableau
13 11 (1.17%) Cloud Spanner
13 11 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.74%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (6.60%) Git
2 45 (4.79%) Jenkins
3 44 (4.68%) JIRA
4 22 (2.34%) TeamCity
5 15 (1.60%) GitLab
5 15 (1.60%) SonarQube
6 14 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (1.28%) Selenium
8 8 (0.85%) Babel
8 8 (0.85%) CircleCI
8 8 (0.85%) webpack
9 7 (0.74%) JMeter
9 7 (0.74%) Postman
10 6 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.64%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
11 5 (0.53%) NUnit
11 5 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.53%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.43%) LoadRunner
General
1 287 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 200 (21.28%) Finance
3 75 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (7.98%) Banking
4 67 (7.13%) Law
5 42 (4.47%) Manufacturing
6 40 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.30%) Retail
8 23 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.23%) Automotive
10 19 (2.02%) Legal
11 18 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.49%) Marketing
13 9 (0.96%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.96%) Back Office
14 8 (0.85%) Advertising
14 8 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.85%) Local Government
14 8 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 192 (20.43%) Senior
2 191 (20.32%) Developer
3 105 (11.17%) Lead
4 77 (8.19%) Architect
4 77 (8.19%) Software Engineer
5 60 (6.38%) Analyst
6 51 (5.43%) Senior Developer
6 51 (5.43%) Support Engineer
7 50 (5.32%) Data Engineer
8 48 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (4.79%) .NET Developer
9 45 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
10 44 (4.68%) SQL Developer
11 38 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
12 36 (3.83%) Azure Engineer
13 34 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
14 33 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
15 32 (3.40%) IT Engineer
16 27 (2.87%) C# Developer
17 26 (2.77%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (19.57%) .NET
2 111 (11.81%) React
3 60 (6.38%) .NET Core
4 56 (5.96%) ASP.NET
5 55 (5.85%) AngularJS
5 55 (5.85%) Node.js
6 53 (5.64%) .NET Framework
7 49 (5.21%) REST
8 43 (4.57%) CSS
9 38 (4.04%) HTML
9 38 (4.04%) RESTful
10 28 (2.98%) Vue
11 27 (2.87%) Spring Boot
12 25 (2.66%) Kafka
12 25 (2.66%) Spring
13 22 (2.34%) Entity Framework
14 20 (2.13%) ASP.NET Web API
15 19 (2.02%) Bootstrap
16 17 (1.81%) Blazor
16 17 (1.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.36%) Public Cloud
2 37 (3.94%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 29 (3.09%) Data Centre
6 26 (2.77%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.45%) Replication
8 21 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (1.91%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.81%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.60%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
14 13 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.38%) Operational Technology
14 13 (1.38%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.38%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.17%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 182 (19.36%) Windows
2 83 (8.83%) Linux
3 80 (8.51%) Windows Server
4 27 (2.87%) Windows 10
5 23 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (2.02%) Unix
8 13 (1.38%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.74%) Android
11 7 (0.74%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.53%) CentOS
12 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.32%) VMS
15 2 (0.21%) AIX
15 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.21%) Solaris
16 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (28.94%) Agile
2 270 (28.72%) DevOps
3 228 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
4 197 (20.96%) CI/CD
5 140 (14.89%) Software Engineering
6 139 (14.79%) Mentoring
7 117 (12.45%) Roadmaps
8 98 (10.43%) Microservices
9 91 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
10 89 (9.47%) ITIL
11 86 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
13 79 (8.40%) Containerisation
14 77 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 68 (7.23%) Coaching
15 68 (7.23%) Customer Service
16 66 (7.02%) Analytics
16 66 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
17 57 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
18 56 (5.96%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 297 (31.60%) SQL
2 163 (17.34%) Python
3 158 (16.81%) C#
4 131 (13.94%) JavaScript
5 92 (9.79%) Java
6 71 (7.55%) PowerShell
7 66 (7.02%) TypeScript
8 63 (6.70%) T-SQL
9 33 (3.51%) Bash
10 31 (3.30%) Bicep
11 30 (3.19%) PHP
12 15 (1.60%) C++
13 13 (1.38%) Ruby
14 11 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (1.06%) R
16 9 (0.96%) Go
16 9 (0.96%) Scala
17 7 (0.74%) C
18 6 (0.64%) Perl
18 6 (0.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (11.49%) Degree
2 62 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (5.64%) Security Cleared
4 52 (5.53%) Azure Certification
5 50 (5.32%) DBS Check
6 46 (4.89%) SC Cleared
7 29 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 19 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.49%) MCSE
11 12 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (1.06%) CCNA
12 10 (1.06%) MCSA
13 9 (0.96%) CISSP
14 8 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.74%) CISM
16 5 (0.53%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.26%) QA
2 30 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (3.09%) Data Quality
4 27 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.34%) GDPR
6 16 (1.70%) NIST
7 10 (1.06%) HIPAA
7 10 (1.06%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.85%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.32%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.32%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.32%) NCSC
11 3 (0.32%) PMO
11 3 (0.32%) SLA
12 2 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.21%) COBIT
12 2 (0.21%) GRC
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 150 (15.96%) Active Directory
2 103 (10.96%) Docker
3 64 (6.81%) Hyper-V
4 63 (6.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 33 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.28%) DFS Replication
7 12 (1.28%) vSphere
8 7 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.64%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.53%) KVM
10 5 (0.53%) Postfix
10 5 (0.53%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.32%) Dovecot
11 3 (0.32%) NFS
11 3 (0.32%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.21%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.21%) SRDF
12 2 (0.21%) Xen
13 1 (0.11%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 129 (13.72%) Kubernetes
2 128 (13.62%) Terraform
3 49 (5.21%) Ansible
4 48 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (2.13%) Progress Chef
6 16 (1.70%) Puppet
7 15 (1.60%) Grafana
8 14 (1.49%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.49%) SCCM
9 8 (0.85%) Prometheus
10 7 (0.74%) WSUS
11 6 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (0.43%) Istio
13 4 (0.43%) PaperCut
13 4 (0.43%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 396 (42.13%) Microsoft
2 122 (12.98%) VMware
3 67 (7.13%) Google
4 58 (6.17%) Cisco
5 41 (4.36%) Databricks
6 40 (4.26%) Oracle
7 19 (2.02%) Meraki
8 18 (1.91%) Veeam
9 17 (1.81%) IBM
10 14 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.28%) Apple
11 12 (1.28%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.06%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.06%) SonicWALL
13 9 (0.96%) Sophos
13 9 (0.96%) WatchGuard
14 8 (0.85%) Adobe
14 8 (0.85%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.85%) Informatica
15 7 (0.74%) SAP