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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,592 3,000 4,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.90% 23.11% 22.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.36% 55.50% 51.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,942 1,891 2,539
10th Percentile £33,050 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% +0.95%
75th Percentile £69,313 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,000 £81,050
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,150 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% +1.04% +4.17%

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 5,251 5,405 8,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 32.21% 41.64% 44.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,843 3,633 5,490
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £28,725
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -2 1,430 £57,500 +4.55% 186
Yorkshire 0 873 £55,000 +4.76% 129
North East +5 289 £50,000 -9.09% 71
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
1 154 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 56 (2.16%) ArcGIS
3 56 (2.16%) GeoServer
4 40 (1.54%) Confluence
5 36 (1.39%) IIS
6 28 (1.08%) Apache Spark
7 25 (0.96%) Apache
8 20 (0.77%) CMS
9 12 (0.46%) WebLogic
10 11 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 10 (0.39%) Apache Solr
12 9 (0.35%) NServiceBus
13 8 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
14 6 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
15 4 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
16 3 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
16 3 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
17 2 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 66 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.23%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 60 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.19%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.19%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.077%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.077%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.039%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.039%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 733 (28.28%) AWS
2 537 (20.72%) Microsoft 365
3 396 (15.28%) Azure DevOps
4 269 (10.38%) GCP
5 253 (9.76%) Power Platform
6 243 (9.38%) Entra ID
7 139 (5.36%) SaaS
8 108 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
9 102 (3.94%) Serverless
10 100 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 85 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 84 (3.24%) PowerApps
13 82 (3.16%) GitHub
14 77 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
14 77 (2.97%) IBM Cloud
15 73 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 72 (2.78%) Azure Functions
17 68 (2.62%) Power Automate
18 49 (1.89%) PaaS
19 47 (1.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 193 (7.45%) Firewall
2 153 (5.90%) DNS
3 145 (5.59%) WAN
4 118 (4.55%) LAN
5 102 (3.94%) DHCP
6 82 (3.16%) VPN
7 65 (2.51%) TCP/IP
8 58 (2.24%) SAN
9 48 (1.85%) Network Security
10 42 (1.62%) Internet
11 38 (1.47%) SD-WAN
12 33 (1.27%) Wireless
13 31 (1.20%) VoIP
13 31 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
14 27 (1.04%) SSL
14 27 (1.04%) WLAN
15 25 (0.96%) BGP
16 24 (0.93%) NAS
17 21 (0.81%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 348 (13.43%) SQL Server
2 180 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
3 160 (6.17%) Power BI
4 136 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
5 135 (5.21%) NoSQL
6 124 (4.78%) MongoDB
7 101 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 100 (3.86%) Relational Database
9 89 (3.43%) DB2
10 81 (3.13%) Data Lake
11 65 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
12 63 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 59 (2.28%) GIS
14 56 (2.16%) QGIS
15 50 (1.93%) MySQL
16 46 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 39 (1.50%) Data Vault
18 35 (1.35%) Tableau
19 34 (1.31%) Big Data
20 28 (1.08%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 152 (5.86%) Git
2 110 (4.24%) JIRA
3 50 (1.93%) GitLab
4 29 (1.12%) CircleCI
5 28 (1.08%) Visual Studio
6 26 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 22 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.69%) Jasmine
8 18 (0.69%) Selenium
8 18 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
9 16 (0.62%) Karma Test Runner
10 14 (0.54%) Postman
11 12 (0.46%) Artifactory
12 9 (0.35%) SonarQube
13 8 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.27%) NUnit
15 6 (0.23%) WebDriver
16 5 (0.19%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.19%) GCC
16 5 (0.19%) GDB
General
1 564 (21.76%) Social Skills
2 307 (11.84%) Finance
3 198 (7.64%) Public Sector
4 185 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 138 (5.32%) Law
6 97 (3.74%) Retail
7 76 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 67 (2.58%) Legal
9 62 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 51 (1.97%) Marketing
11 50 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 42 (1.62%) Games
14 40 (1.54%) Aerospace
15 23 (0.89%) Advertising
16 16 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.58%) Banking
17 15 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.54%) Automotive
18 14 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 638 (24.61%) Developer
2 388 (14.97%) Senior
3 336 (12.96%) Lead
4 300 (11.57%) .NET Developer
5 275 (10.61%) Architect
6 229 (8.83%) Software Engineer
7 162 (6.25%) C# Developer
8 152 (5.86%) Azure Engineer
9 133 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 118 (4.55%) C# .NET Developer
10 118 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
11 108 (4.17%) Analyst
11 108 (4.17%) Data Engineer
12 107 (4.13%) Software Developer
13 92 (3.55%) Senior Developer
14 87 (3.36%) IT Support
14 87 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
15 86 (3.32%) Team Leader
16 84 (3.24%) Full Stack Developer
17 82 (3.16%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 741 (28.59%) .NET
2 351 (13.54%) React
3 336 (12.96%) AngularJS
4 302 (11.65%) CSS
5 253 (9.76%) HTML
6 249 (9.61%) .NET Core
7 229 (8.83%) ASP.NET
8 190 (7.33%) .NET Framework
9 184 (7.10%) ASP.NET Web API
10 172 (6.64%) REST
11 152 (5.86%) Vue
12 149 (5.75%) RESTful
13 148 (5.71%) Entity Framework
14 144 (5.56%) Node.js
15 132 (5.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 114 (4.40%) Web Services
17 113 (4.36%) jQuery
18 87 (3.36%) ASP.NET Core
19 77 (2.97%) Backbone.js
19 77 (2.97%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 179 (6.91%) Public Cloud
2 121 (4.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 116 (4.48%) Data Structures
4 92 (3.55%) Algorithms
5 78 (3.01%) Cloud Native
6 77 (2.97%) Blockchain
7 58 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.20%) Management Information System
9 49 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (1.62%) Product Ownership
11 41 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
12 39 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
13 36 (1.39%) e-Learning
13 36 (1.39%) PKI
14 34 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 31 (1.20%) Reinsurance
16 30 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 30 (1.16%) Driving Licence
17 23 (0.89%) Private Cloud
18 22 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 504 (19.44%) Windows
2 229 (8.83%) Linux
3 222 (8.56%) Windows Server
4 117 (4.51%) Android
5 110 (4.24%) Apple iOS
6 69 (2.66%) Windows 10
7 46 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 43 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 40 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 30 (1.16%) Mac OS
11 29 (1.12%) VMS
12 27 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 15 (0.58%) Ubuntu
14 13 (0.50%) Unix
15 12 (0.46%) CentOS
16 11 (0.42%) Debian
17 9 (0.35%) Windows Phone
18 7 (0.27%) Windows 7
19 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
20 5 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (29.51%) Agile
2 760 (29.32%) DevOps
3 376 (14.51%) Full Stack Development
4 372 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
5 350 (13.50%) Software Engineering
6 330 (12.73%) Mentoring
7 329 (12.69%) CI/CD
8 257 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 234 (9.03%) Microservices
10 223 (8.60%) ITIL
11 217 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
12 214 (8.26%) Roadmaps
13 211 (8.14%) Migration
14 200 (7.72%) Scrum
15 198 (7.64%) Coaching
16 193 (7.45%) Web Development
17 178 (6.87%) Customer Service
18 172 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
19 168 (6.48%) MVC
20 164 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 741 (28.59%) C#
2 626 (24.15%) SQL
3 525 (20.25%) JavaScript
4 327 (12.62%) Python
5 233 (8.99%) PowerShell
6 191 (7.37%) TypeScript
7 145 (5.59%) Java
8 98 (3.78%) T-SQL
9 48 (1.85%) Bash
10 36 (1.39%) Bicep
11 35 (1.35%) VB.NET
12 26 (1.00%) Go
13 21 (0.81%) PHP
14 20 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
14 20 (0.77%) Scala
15 19 (0.73%) VB
16 18 (0.69%) C++
17 16 (0.62%) VB6
18 15 (0.58%) Kotlin
19 13 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 220 (8.49%) Degree
2 155 (5.98%) Azure Certification
3 152 (5.86%) Security Cleared
4 137 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 121 (4.67%) SC Cleared
6 65 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 58 (2.24%) AWS Certification
8 44 (1.70%) CISSP
9 39 (1.50%) CCNA
10 36 (1.39%) CCNP
11 31 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 24 (0.93%) DBS Check
13 20 (0.77%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.66%) CCSK
15 17 (0.66%) CCSP
15 17 (0.66%) CISM
16 14 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (3.74%) Data Quality
2 85 (3.28%) QA
3 79 (3.05%) SLA
4 70 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (2.24%) GDPR
6 37 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 35 (1.35%) NIST
8 21 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.77%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.19%) PMO
12 4 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.12%) NCSC
14 2 (0.077%) GRC
14 2 (0.077%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.039%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.039%) COBIT
15 1 (0.039%) IEC 62304
15 1 (0.039%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.039%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 445 (17.17%) Active Directory
2 165 (6.37%) Hyper-V
3 161 (6.21%) Docker
4 138 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 74 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
6 34 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (0.89%) vSphere
8 11 (0.42%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.12%) Ceph
9 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.077%) Firmware
10 2 (0.077%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.077%) XenApp
10 2 (0.077%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.039%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.039%) Shibboleth
11 1 (0.039%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 230 (8.87%) Terraform
2 225 (8.68%) Kubernetes
3 219 (8.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 92 (3.55%) Ansible
5 38 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (0.89%) SCCM
7 22 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (0.81%) Grafana
9 18 (0.69%) Prometheus
9 18 (0.69%) Puppet
10 17 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
10 17 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (0.46%) Autotask
12 11 (0.42%) SCOM
12 11 (0.42%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.39%) CA Single Sign-On
14 9 (0.35%) AirWatch
15 8 (0.31%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.31%) SysTrack
16 7 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 949 (36.61%) Microsoft
2 269 (10.38%) VMware
3 139 (5.36%) Google
4 111 (4.28%) Cisco
5 98 (3.78%) IBM
6 91 (3.51%) Red Hat
7 89 (3.43%) Oracle
8 81 (3.13%) Databricks
9 79 (3.05%) Citrix
10 56 (2.16%) ESRI
11 49 (1.89%) Informatica
12 44 (1.70%) Veeam
13 38 (1.47%) Fortinet
14 37 (1.43%) ServiceNow
15 36 (1.39%) SolarWinds
16 28 (1.08%) Sophos
17 25 (0.96%) SAP
18 22 (0.85%) Datto
19 18 (0.69%) Dell
20 16 (0.62%) Commvault