Azure Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Azure
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 21 1
Rank change year-on-year +17 -20 +9
Permanent jobs citing Azure 78 34 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 19.40% 7.69% 32.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 54.55% 35.05% 68.48%
Number of salaries quoted 52 24 118
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £43,375
25th Percentile £27,344 £28,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -22.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile £64,063 £53,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £59,875 £87,500
East Midlands median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% +1.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 143 97 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 35.57% 21.95% 46.82%
Number of salaries quoted 91 54 170
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,250 £44,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,469 £65,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £69,250 £86,250
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Northamptonshire

Azure
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
Northampton +2 51 £60,000 +106.90% 39
Towcester +1 2 £52,500 -
Azure
East Midlands

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (14.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.13%) Confluence
3 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.28%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.28%) SAS
4 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.13%) CATIA
3 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (33.33%) AWS
3 21 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.97%) GCP
5 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.41%) Azure AI
6 5 (6.41%) Serverless
7 3 (3.85%) Kong
7 3 (3.85%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.85%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) Firewall
1 6 (7.69%) LAN
1 6 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 6 (7.69%) WAN
2 4 (5.13%) VLAN
2 4 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.56%) BGP
3 2 (2.56%) OSPF
4 1 (1.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Power BI
2 5 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (6.41%) Redis
2 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.41%) Tableau
3 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.28%) SAS EBI
3 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Git
2 4 (5.13%) JIRA
3 1 (1.28%) GitLab
3 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.28%) JUnit
3 1 (1.28%) Mockito
General
1 46 (58.97%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.69%) Finance
3 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.13%) Retail
4 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.28%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (30.77%) Analyst
2 14 (17.95%) IT Support
2 14 (17.95%) Support Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 11 (14.10%) IT Engineer
4 11 (14.10%) Junior
5 10 (12.82%) 1st Line Support
5 10 (12.82%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 10 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Junior Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Technical Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Technical Support
5 10 (12.82%) Technical Support Analyst
6 9 (11.54%) Architect
6 9 (11.54%) Lead
6 9 (11.54%) Senior
7 8 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.97%) .NET
2 6 (7.69%) .NET Core
3 5 (6.41%) CSS
3 5 (6.41%) HTML
3 5 (6.41%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (5.13%) EDI
4 4 (5.13%) Node.js
4 4 (5.13%) React
5 3 (3.85%) Apollo GraphQL
5 3 (3.85%) GraphQL
5 3 (3.85%) Kafka
6 2 (2.56%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.56%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.28%) Hibernate
7 1 (1.28%) J2EE
7 1 (1.28%) SOAP
7 1 (1.28%) Spring
7 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 10 (12.82%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.13%) FMCG
5 3 (3.85%) Replication
6 2 (2.56%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (24.36%) Windows
2 11 (14.10%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (25.64%) Customer Service
3 15 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (19.23%) Mentoring
4 14 (17.95%) CRM
5 10 (12.82%) IT Strategy
5 10 (12.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.54%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.26%) DevOps
7 8 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (8.97%) CI/CD
8 7 (8.97%) Containerisation
8 7 (8.97%) E-Commerce
8 7 (8.97%) ERP
8 7 (8.97%) ITIL
8 7 (8.97%) Process Improvement
8 7 (8.97%) Project Management
9 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) SQL
2 10 (12.82%) Python
3 7 (8.97%) C#
3 7 (8.97%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.13%) Java
6 2 (2.56%) Bash
7 1 (1.28%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) Azure Certification
2 5 (6.41%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (6.41%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.56%) CCNP
3 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.28%) Degree
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.28%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.13%) SLA
2 3 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 26 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.13%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.13%) vSphere
3 3 (3.85%) Docker
4 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.69%) Terraform
3 4 (5.13%) Autotask
3 4 (5.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.56%) Ansible
4 2 (2.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 52 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) Salesforce
3 10 (12.82%) Zoho
4 8 (10.26%) HubSpot
5 5 (6.41%) ForeScout
6 4 (5.13%) Cisco
6 4 (5.13%) QAD
6 4 (5.13%) SonicWALL
6 4 (5.13%) VMware
7 3 (3.85%) Adobe
7 3 (3.85%) Informatica
7 3 (3.85%) MuleSoft
7 3 (3.85%) SAP
8 2 (2.56%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.56%) Progress
9 1 (1.28%) Databricks
9 1 (1.28%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.28%) Juniper
9 1 (1.28%) Meraki
9 1 (1.28%) WatchGuard