Azure Jobs in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -15 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Azure 16 124 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.06% 16.80% 27.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.23% 48.25% 68.20%
Number of salaries quoted 11 47 113
10th Percentile £41,257 £45,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £50,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,650 £65,000
90th Percentile - £93,000 £78,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -

All Cloud Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 61 257 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 19.30% 34.82% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 32 141 161
10th Percentile £41,026 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £69,800 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,750 £93,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Northern Ireland

Azure
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Azure in Northern Ireland

Azure
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Northern Ireland

Azure
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
County Antrim -16 12 £53,750 -17.31% 66
County Londonderry -4 1 - - 1
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) AWS
2 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
2 5 (31.25%) GCP
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) PaaS
3 4 (25.00%) IaaS
4 3 (18.75%) OneDrive
5 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) SaaS
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) MPLS
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.25%) SNA
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
1 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (6.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (12.50%) DB2
1 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Apache Hive
2 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
5 1 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Auditor
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Java Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Security Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Security Auditor
2 3 (18.75%) Security Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Auditor
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Support Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) Middleware
2 3 (18.75%) AngularJS
2 3 (18.75%) Spring
2 3 (18.75%) Spring Boot
3 2 (12.50%) React
4 1 (6.25%) JSON
4 1 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 8
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) DevOps
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Coaching
4 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Deployment
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (18.75%) Cryptography
4 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
4 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Trade Surveillance
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Java
2 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
4 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) CCSP
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (18.75%) Control-M
2 3 (18.75%) Prometheus
3 2 (12.50%) Grafana
3 2 (12.50%) Kibana
4 1 (6.25%) Ansible
4 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
4 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Dynatrace
3 2 (12.50%) Splunk
4 1 (6.25%) AppDynamics
4 1 (6.25%) BMC
4 1 (6.25%) Broadcom
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) VMware