Azure Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,635 1,797 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.75% 22.62% 21.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.05% 53.87% 51.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 931 1,160
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
North West

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,333 3,336 3,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.15% 41.99% 42.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 1,941 2,664
10th Percentile £29,050 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 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
Manchester -1 987 £60,000 +4.35% 223
Merseyside +3 249 £55,000 +25.71% 40
Cheshire -2 206 £46,000 -16.36% 67
Lancashire 0 150 £51,750 +15.00% 33
Cumbria +5 38 £45,000 - 7
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 88 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.49%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.49%) GeoServer
4 28 (1.71%) IIS
5 18 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.92%) CMS
7 14 (0.86%) Apache
8 12 (0.73%) Confluence
9 8 (0.49%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.43%) Apache Solr
10 7 (0.43%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.24%) Captiva
11 4 (0.24%) FileNet
11 4 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.061%) Jetty
13 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 31 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.37%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.061%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 42 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.31%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.31%) SAP PP
4 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 478 (29.24%) AWS
2 321 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 276 (16.88%) Azure DevOps
4 191 (11.68%) Power Platform
5 167 (10.21%) GCP
6 102 (6.24%) Entra ID
7 101 (6.18%) SaaS
8 89 (5.44%) Serverless
9 80 (4.89%) IBM Cloud
10 69 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
11 61 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 61 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 60 (3.67%) Azure Service Bus
13 58 (3.55%) Azure Functions
14 52 (3.18%) Azure API Management
14 52 (3.18%) PaaS
15 49 (3.00%) GitHub
16 46 (2.81%) IaaS
17 35 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 34 (2.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 115 (7.03%) DNS
2 114 (6.97%) Firewall
3 93 (5.69%) WAN
4 74 (4.53%) DHCP
5 67 (4.10%) LAN
6 39 (2.39%) SD-WAN
7 36 (2.20%) VPN
8 35 (2.14%) Internet
9 30 (1.83%) TCP/IP
10 27 (1.65%) SAN
10 27 (1.65%) SSL
11 26 (1.59%) Network Security
12 22 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (1.22%) BGP
14 18 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (0.98%) Wireless
15 16 (0.98%) WLAN
16 14 (0.86%) VoIP
17 12 (0.73%) Broadband
17 12 (0.73%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (20.61%) SQL Server
2 172 (10.52%) PostgreSQL
3 130 (7.95%) Data Warehouse
4 116 (7.09%) Power BI
5 115 (7.03%) MongoDB
6 110 (6.73%) NoSQL
7 91 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (5.14%) DB2
9 73 (4.46%) Relational Database
10 69 (4.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.49%) GIS
11 57 (3.49%) QGIS
12 50 (3.06%) Data Lake
13 48 (2.94%) Data Vault
14 44 (2.69%) MySQL
15 39 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
16 35 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (1.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 27 (1.65%) Delta Lake
18 26 (1.59%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 106 (6.48%) Git
2 83 (5.08%) JIRA
3 62 (3.79%) GitLab
4 31 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.77%) Visual Studio
6 14 (0.86%) Selenium
6 14 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.80%) Jasmine
8 12 (0.73%) Postman
9 11 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.67%) Karma Test Runner
10 7 (0.43%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.31%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.31%) NUnit
11 5 (0.31%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.24%) CMake
12 4 (0.24%) git-flow
12 4 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 288 (17.61%) Social Skills
2 211 (12.91%) Finance
3 157 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 88 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (4.83%) Retail
6 65 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.12%) Legal
8 36 (2.20%) Law
9 30 (1.83%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.77%) Marketing
11 28 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 27 (1.65%) Advertising
13 26 (1.59%) Banking
13 26 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (0.98%) Games
16 15 (0.92%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.67%) Automotive
18 10 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 429 (26.24%) Developer
2 275 (16.82%) Senior
3 185 (11.31%) .NET Developer
4 178 (10.89%) Lead
5 165 (10.09%) Architect
6 153 (9.36%) Software Engineer
7 117 (7.16%) Azure Engineer
8 112 (6.85%) Data Engineer
9 102 (6.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 93 (5.69%) Analyst
11 69 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
12 68 (4.16%) Senior Software Engineer
13 65 (3.98%) Full Stack Developer
13 65 (3.98%) Senior Developer
14 62 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
15 61 (3.73%) Azure Developer
15 61 (3.73%) C# Developer
16 56 (3.43%) Full Stack Engineer
17 48 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
18 47 (2.87%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 493 (30.15%) .NET
2 278 (17.00%) React
3 267 (16.33%) CSS
4 242 (14.80%) HTML
5 231 (14.13%) AngularJS
6 228 (13.94%) ASP.NET
7 202 (12.35%) .NET Core
8 139 (8.50%) REST
9 126 (7.71%) Node.js
10 121 (7.40%) Vue
11 119 (7.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 113 (6.91%) .NET Framework
13 109 (6.67%) Web Services
14 105 (6.42%) ASP.NET MVC
15 104 (6.36%) Entity Framework
15 104 (6.36%) jQuery
16 88 (5.38%) ASP.NET Web API
17 83 (5.08%) ASP.NET Core
18 78 (4.77%) Backbone.js
18 78 (4.77%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 137 (8.38%) Data Structures
2 119 (7.28%) Public Cloud
3 108 (6.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 90 (5.50%) Algorithms
5 85 (5.20%) Blockchain
6 62 (3.79%) Cloud Native
7 54 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
8 46 (2.81%) Management Information System
9 43 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 41 (2.51%) Reinsurance
11 37 (2.26%) e-Learning
12 24 (1.47%) Product Ownership
13 22 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.35%) FMCG
13 22 (1.35%) PKI
14 21 (1.28%) Private Cloud
15 19 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 18 (1.10%) Onboarding
17 17 (1.04%) Blog
18 16 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 294 (17.98%) Windows
2 203 (12.42%) Linux
3 100 (6.12%) Android
4 97 (5.93%) Windows Server
5 91 (5.57%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.41%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.41%) VMS
7 22 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (1.35%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (1.10%) Unix
10 17 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.98%) Mac OS
12 12 (0.73%) CentOS
12 12 (0.73%) Debian
13 9 (0.55%) Windows Phone
14 6 (0.37%) Windows Vista
15 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
16 1 (0.061%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (39.45%) Agile
2 483 (29.54%) DevOps
3 276 (16.88%) Full Stack Development
4 239 (14.62%) Software Engineering
5 218 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 215 (13.15%) Mentoring
7 211 (12.91%) MVC
8 200 (12.23%) CI/CD
9 171 (10.46%) Scrum
10 169 (10.34%) Web Development
11 168 (10.28%) Microservices
12 157 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 156 (9.54%) Migration
14 153 (9.36%) Artificial Intelligence
15 147 (8.99%) ETL
16 141 (8.62%) Design Patterns
16 141 (8.62%) ITIL
17 135 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
18 130 (7.95%) Actionable Insight
19 128 (7.83%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 500 (30.58%) SQL
2 485 (29.66%) C#
3 426 (26.06%) JavaScript
4 256 (15.66%) Python
5 129 (7.89%) PowerShell
6 127 (7.77%) TypeScript
7 118 (7.22%) Java
8 94 (5.75%) T-SQL
9 28 (1.71%) Bash
10 24 (1.47%) VB.NET
11 19 (1.16%) Go
12 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.80%) C++
13 13 (0.80%) PHP
13 13 (0.80%) VB
14 11 (0.67%) VB6
15 8 (0.49%) Bicep
16 6 (0.37%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.31%) R
17 5 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 148 (9.05%) Security Cleared
2 131 (8.01%) Degree
3 111 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.89%) Azure Certification
5 75 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 52 (3.18%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.77%) CISSP
10 27 (1.65%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.41%) Master's Degree
13 21 (1.28%) CCNA
14 18 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.04%) CISM
16 15 (0.92%) CCSK
16 15 (0.92%) CCSP
17 14 (0.86%) CCNP
17 14 (0.86%) PMI Certification
18 13 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 44 (2.69%) QA
3 39 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (2.32%) GDPR
5 27 (1.65%) NIST
6 25 (1.53%) SLA
7 15 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.86%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) NCSC
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
12 1 (0.061%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 242 (14.80%) Active Directory
2 106 (6.48%) Docker
3 95 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (4.34%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.86%) Terminal Services
7 13 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.37%) vSphere
9 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.061%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.061%) Firmware
12 1 (0.061%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.061%) RACF
12 1 (0.061%) Snort
12 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 136 (8.32%) Terraform
2 133 (8.13%) Kubernetes
3 85 (5.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (3.49%) Ansible
5 27 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.04%) Puppet
8 15 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.73%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.73%) VxRail
9 12 (0.73%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.61%) CASB
11 9 (0.55%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.37%) WSUS
14 5 (0.31%) Grafana
14 5 (0.31%) Nessus
14 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
15 4 (0.24%) Autotask
15 4 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 631 (38.59%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.26%) VMware
3 96 (5.87%) IBM
4 92 (5.63%) Red Hat
5 90 (5.50%) Google
6 82 (5.02%) Oracle
7 63 (3.85%) Databricks
8 58 (3.55%) Cisco
9 57 (3.49%) ESRI
10 47 (2.87%) Citrix
11 46 (2.81%) Informatica
12 39 (2.39%) Veeam
13 28 (1.71%) Fortinet
14 22 (1.35%) SolarWinds
15 18 (1.10%) ServiceNow
16 17 (1.04%) NetApp
17 16 (0.98%) Apple
17 16 (0.98%) Facebook
18 15 (0.92%) Commvault
19 14 (0.86%) SAP