Azure Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft Azure
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Azure 50 26 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 19.31% 10.88% 22.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.08% 38.24% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 30 15 53
10th Percentile £27,438 £25,350 £46,050
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £29,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +89.66% -53.60% +52.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £53,750 £83,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £37,500 £48,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% -22.00% +34.41%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 104 68 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 40.15% 28.45% 38.14%
Number of salaries quoted 64 38 88
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -2.50% +47.06%
75th Percentile £70,625 £65,469 £63,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,750 £70,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +23.60%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Northampton

Azure
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Northampton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Northampton

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Solr
3 1 (2.00%) SAS
3 1 (2.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.00%) AWS
2 17 (34.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.00%) GCP
5 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
6 5 (10.00%) Azure AI
6 5 (10.00%) Serverless
7 3 (6.00%) Kong
7 3 (6.00%) OneDrive
7 3 (6.00%) Snowflake
8 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (2.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) LAN
1 4 (8.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (8.00%) WAN
2 2 (4.00%) BGP
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) OSPF
2 2 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) Power BI
2 5 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (10.00%) Redis
2 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.00%) Tableau
3 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.00%) SAS EBI
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.00%) JUnit
2 1 (2.00%) Mockito
General
1 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Retail
4 1 (2.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Analyst
1 10 (20.00%) Junior
1 10 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
1 10 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) Lead
3 8 (16.00%) Architect
3 8 (16.00%) IT Engineer
3 8 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (14.00%) IT Support
4 7 (14.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) AWS Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Azure Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Junior Security Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) .NET
1 5 (10.00%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (8.00%) .NET Core
2 4 (8.00%) Node.js
2 4 (8.00%) React
3 3 (6.00%) Apollo GraphQL
3 3 (6.00%) CSS
3 3 (6.00%) GraphQL
3 3 (6.00%) HTML
3 3 (6.00%) Kafka
4 1 (2.00%) Bootstrap
4 1 (2.00%) Hibernate
4 1 (2.00%) J2EE
4 1 (2.00%) JPA
4 1 (2.00%) Redux
4 1 (2.00%) REST
4 1 (2.00%) RESTful
4 1 (2.00%) SOAP
4 1 (2.00%) Spring
4 1 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Replication
4 2 (4.00%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (28.00%) CRM
3 13 (26.00%) Mentoring
4 12 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (16.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (16.00%) IT Strategy
6 7 (14.00%) CI/CD
6 7 (14.00%) Containerisation
6 7 (14.00%) DevOps
6 7 (14.00%) E-Commerce
6 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (10.00%) AI
8 5 (10.00%) Business Transformation
8 5 (10.00%) Customer Experience
8 5 (10.00%) Software Engineering
8 5 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (8.00%) Agile
9 4 (8.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) SQL
2 10 (20.00%) Python
3 5 (10.00%) C#
3 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (8.00%) Java
4 4 (8.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.00%) Bash
6 1 (2.00%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) Azure Certification
2 5 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (4.00%) CCNP
3 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.00%) SLA
4 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (26.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.00%) Terraform
2 3 (6.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.00%) Ansible
3 2 (4.00%) Autotask
3 2 (4.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 27 (54.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.00%) Salesforce
3 10 (20.00%) Zoho
4 8 (16.00%) HubSpot
5 5 (10.00%) ForeScout
6 3 (6.00%) Adobe
6 3 (6.00%) Informatica
6 3 (6.00%) MuleSoft
6 3 (6.00%) SAP
6 3 (6.00%) VMware
7 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.00%) Progress
8 1 (2.00%) Databricks
8 1 (2.00%) Meraki
8 1 (2.00%) WatchGuard