Azure Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 33 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -29 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 509 1,634 1,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.72% 16.81% 23.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.82% 49.01% 54.18%
Number of salaries quoted 412 1,273 939
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,356
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £85,000 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,247 3,334 3,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.46% 34.30% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 914 2,636 1,955
10th Percentile £31,575 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £84,982 £86,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Azure in the North West

Azure
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North West 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
Manchester -6 338 £66,250 +10.42% 356
Cheshire -10 70 £48,750 +5.98% 75
Merseyside -7 60 £55,000 - 49
Lancashire -100 25 £53,000 +3.92% 149
Cumbria -90 16 £71,250 +58.33% 5
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 37 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (5.89%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.75%) Confluence
4 8 (1.57%) IIS
5 6 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.18%) CMS
6 5 (0.98%) Apache
7 3 (0.59%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.39%) nginx
8 2 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.39%) WordPress
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.59%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 145 (28.49%) AWS
2 110 (21.61%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (18.66%) GCP
4 64 (12.57%) Power Platform
5 48 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (9.04%) Entra ID
7 35 (6.88%) SaaS
8 23 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (3.73%) GitHub
10 14 (2.75%) Azure Machine Learning
10 14 (2.75%) IaaS
10 14 (2.75%) PaaS
10 14 (2.75%) Serverless
11 11 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (2.16%) Cloud Composer
11 11 (2.16%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.96%) Azure Functions
12 10 (1.96%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.20%) DNS
2 37 (7.27%) DHCP
3 34 (6.68%) Firewall
4 26 (5.11%) WAN
5 18 (3.54%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.75%) VPN
7 13 (2.55%) LAN
8 11 (2.16%) Internet
8 11 (2.16%) SAN
9 9 (1.77%) SD-WAN
10 8 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (1.57%) VSAN
11 7 (1.38%) NAS
11 7 (1.38%) VLAN
11 7 (1.38%) VoIP
12 5 (0.98%) HTTP
12 5 (0.98%) MPLS
12 5 (0.98%) Network Security
12 5 (0.98%) Reverse Proxy
13 4 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 40 (7.86%) Power BI
3 25 (4.91%) MySQL
4 18 (3.54%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.55%) BigQuery
7 12 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.36%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.16%) Cloud Spanner
9 9 (1.77%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.98%) Big Data
12 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.98%) Tableau
13 4 (0.79%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.59%) Redis
14 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 39 (7.66%) Git
2 27 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.32%) JIRA
4 12 (2.36%) TeamCity
5 10 (1.96%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.77%) GitLab
7 8 (1.57%) Babel
7 8 (1.57%) webpack
8 7 (1.38%) JMeter
9 6 (1.18%) Postman
10 5 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.98%) Selenium
11 4 (0.79%) Appium
11 4 (0.79%) Fiddler
11 4 (0.79%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.59%) NUnit
13 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
14 1 (0.20%) TestComplete
General
1 139 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.54%) Finance
3 54 (10.61%) Banking
4 52 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.27%) Law
6 27 (5.30%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.34%) Automotive
8 15 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.95%) Legal
9 13 (2.55%) Retail
10 10 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.77%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.57%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.38%) Games
13 7 (1.38%) Marketing
14 6 (1.18%) Cantonese Language
14 6 (1.18%) Mandarin Language
14 6 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 94 (18.47%) Senior
2 88 (17.29%) Developer
3 70 (13.75%) Lead
4 43 (8.45%) Architect
5 41 (8.06%) Software Engineer
6 34 (6.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (5.70%) Analyst
7 29 (5.70%) Azure Engineer
7 29 (5.70%) Support Engineer
8 28 (5.50%) Cloud Engineer
9 27 (5.30%) .NET Developer
10 26 (5.11%) Data Engineer
11 24 (4.72%) Senior Developer
11 24 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.73%) Technical Support
14 17 (3.34%) C# Developer
14 17 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
15 16 (3.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (18.27%) .NET
2 52 (10.22%) React
3 33 (6.48%) RESTful
4 31 (6.09%) .NET Framework
5 30 (5.89%) .NET Core
6 28 (5.50%) Node.js
7 27 (5.30%) REST
8 23 (4.52%) ASP.NET
8 23 (4.52%) CSS
9 20 (3.93%) HTML
10 18 (3.54%) AngularJS
11 16 (3.14%) Spring Boot
12 15 (2.95%) Kafka
12 15 (2.95%) Spring
13 14 (2.75%) Entity Framework
13 14 (2.75%) Web Services
14 10 (1.96%) ARM Templates
14 10 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
15 9 (1.77%) ADO
15 9 (1.77%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.11%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.91%) Public Cloud
3 22 (4.32%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.95%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.75%) Replication
8 12 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.16%) Private Cloud
9 11 (2.16%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.96%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.57%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.38%) Life Science
14 5 (0.98%) Client/Server
15 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 90 (17.68%) Windows
2 44 (8.64%) Linux
3 41 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (2.16%) Windows 10
7 10 (1.96%) Unix
8 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.18%) Android
9 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.98%) CentOS
11 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.39%) AIX
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.39%) VMS
13 1 (0.20%) Debian
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (28.88%) Agile
2 140 (27.50%) DevOps
3 129 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (21.61%) CI/CD
5 94 (18.47%) Mentoring
6 85 (16.70%) Roadmaps
7 68 (13.36%) Software Engineering
8 60 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
9 59 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 58 (11.39%) ITIL
11 54 (10.61%) Microservices
12 52 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
13 50 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (9.23%) Coaching
15 44 (8.64%) Analytics
16 42 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (8.06%) Containerisation
18 38 (7.47%) TDD
19 34 (6.68%) Migration
20 33 (6.48%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 114 (22.40%) SQL
2 101 (19.84%) Python
3 73 (14.34%) C#
4 61 (11.98%) JavaScript
5 57 (11.20%) Java
6 38 (7.47%) PowerShell
7 29 (5.70%) TypeScript
8 24 (4.72%) Bash
9 23 (4.52%) Bicep
10 20 (3.93%) T-SQL
11 13 (2.55%) PHP
11 13 (2.55%) Ruby
12 8 (1.57%) C++
13 6 (1.18%) Go
13 6 (1.18%) R
14 3 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.59%) VB
15 2 (0.39%) C
15 2 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (10.61%) Degree
2 38 (7.47%) Azure Certification
3 32 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (4.13%) Security Cleared
5 16 (3.14%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.95%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.55%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.38%) CISSP
10 7 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.18%) CISM
11 6 (1.18%) MCSE
12 5 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.79%) CCNA
13 4 (0.79%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (4.32%) QA
3 18 (3.54%) GDPR
4 16 (3.14%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.55%) NIST
7 10 (1.96%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.38%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.59%) NCSC
11 3 (0.59%) PMO
12 2 (0.39%) COBIT
12 2 (0.39%) GRC
12 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.39%) SLA
13 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.20%) SEPA
13 1 (0.20%) TARGET2
System Software
1 73 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 67 (13.16%) Docker
3 32 (6.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (5.70%) Hyper-V
5 20 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (2.36%) DFS Replication
6 12 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.18%) vSphere
8 5 (0.98%) Postfix
8 5 (0.98%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.98%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.59%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.59%) KVM
11 2 (0.39%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.20%) Firmware
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.20%) RHEV
12 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (14.73%) Kubernetes
2 72 (14.15%) Terraform
3 32 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (5.89%) Ansible
5 17 (3.34%) Progress Chef
6 13 (2.55%) Puppet
7 10 (1.96%) Grafana
7 10 (1.96%) SCCM
8 5 (0.98%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.79%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.59%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.39%) Nagios
11 2 (0.39%) Nessus
11 2 (0.39%) Salt
12 1 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 216 (42.44%) Microsoft
2 62 (12.18%) VMware
3 57 (11.20%) Google
4 38 (7.47%) Cisco
5 19 (3.73%) Oracle
6 17 (3.34%) Databricks
7 15 (2.95%) Veeam
8 14 (2.75%) Meraki
9 12 (2.36%) Apple
10 11 (2.16%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.77%) SonicWALL
11 9 (1.77%) Sophos
11 9 (1.77%) WatchGuard
12 8 (1.57%) Adobe
12 8 (1.57%) Informatica
13 7 (1.38%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.18%) Hitachi
14 6 (1.18%) ServiceNow
15 5 (0.98%) Citrix
15 5 (0.98%) Kaseya