Azure Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 134 68 251
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 11.12% 10.99% 14.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.96% 34.17% 44.27%
Number of salaries quoted 61 61 205
10th Percentile £31,000 £25,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £91,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 353 199 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 29.29% 32.15% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 217 144 483
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,475 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,675 £73,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Azure
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Oxfordshire

Azure
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Oxford +13 89 £35,000 -28.57% 23
Abingdon -1 15 £45,000 +12.50% 7
Banbury -9 5 £67,500 +145.45% 2
Bicester -6 2 £62,500 -28.57%
Henley-on-Thames - 1 - - 2
Thame - 1 £33,200 - 1
Wallingford - 1 £50,410 -
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.75%) Apache
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (14.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (20.15%) Azure AI
3 22 (16.42%) Power Platform
4 20 (14.93%) Entra ID
5 14 (10.45%) AWS
6 5 (3.73%) SaaS
7 4 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.99%) GCP
7 4 (2.99%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.24%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.49%) GitHub
9 2 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.49%) IaaS
9 2 (1.49%) PaaS
10 1 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.19%) DNS
2 12 (8.96%) Firewall
3 11 (8.21%) VPN
4 10 (7.46%) LAN
4 10 (7.46%) WAN
5 9 (6.72%) DHCP
6 8 (5.97%) TCP/IP
6 8 (5.97%) VoIP
7 1 (0.75%) SSL
7 1 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.93%) Power BI
1 20 (14.93%) Tableau
2 6 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.24%) Spark SQL
4 2 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.75%) Big Data
5 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Git
2 4 (2.99%) GitLab
General
1 82 (61.19%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.72%) Finance
2 9 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.48%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.99%) Law
6 3 (2.24%) Aviation
7 2 (1.49%) Automotive
7 2 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 40 (29.85%) Analyst
1 40 (29.85%) Junior
1 40 (29.85%) Junior Analyst
2 21 (15.67%) IT Support
3 20 (14.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 20 (14.93%) Data Analyst
3 20 (14.93%) Junior Data Analyst
3 20 (14.93%) Junior Security Analyst
3 20 (14.93%) Security Analyst
4 17 (12.69%) IT Engineer
4 17 (12.69%) Senior
5 14 (10.45%) Ethical Hacker
6 12 (8.96%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Support Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) Developer
8 7 (5.22%) .NET Developer
8 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.22%) Lead
8 7 (5.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.96%) .NET
2 3 (2.24%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.24%) ASP.NET Core
2 3 (2.24%) CSS
2 3 (2.24%) Entity Framework
2 3 (2.24%) HTML
2 3 (2.24%) Node.js
2 3 (2.24%) RESTful
3 2 (1.49%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.49%) Blazor
4 1 (0.75%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.75%) Kafka
4 1 (0.75%) PySpark
4 1 (0.75%) React
4 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.45%) Cyberattack
2 4 (2.99%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.99%) Social Media
3 3 (2.24%) Life Science
3 3 (2.24%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.24%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.24%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.75%) Clustering
5 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Replication
5 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.93%) Windows
2 14 (10.45%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.48%) Linux
4 5 (3.73%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.99%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (27.61%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (23.88%) AI
3 22 (16.42%) Mentoring
4 20 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (11.94%) Agile
7 14 (10.45%) Ethical Hacking
7 14 (10.45%) ITIL
8 13 (9.70%) CI/CD
9 10 (7.46%) DevOps
10 9 (6.72%) Customer Service
10 9 (6.72%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (6.72%) Project Delivery
11 8 (5.97%) Full-Stack Development
11 8 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (5.22%) Data Pipeline
12 7 (5.22%) Software Engineering
13 6 (4.48%) Computer Science
13 6 (4.48%) Data Architecture
14 5 (3.73%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 42 (31.34%) Python
2 35 (26.12%) SQL
3 14 (10.45%) C#
4 5 (3.73%) C++
4 5 (3.73%) Java
4 5 (3.73%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.99%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 66 (49.25%) Azure Certification
2 20 (14.93%) CompTIA CySA+
2 20 (14.93%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (10.45%) CEH
4 11 (8.21%) Degree
5 6 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.48%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (3.73%) CCNA
6 5 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.99%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.24%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.24%) PhD
9 2 (1.49%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.49%) CSQA
9 2 (1.49%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.75%) CISM
10 1 (0.75%) CISSP
10 1 (0.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (5.22%) QA
3 5 (3.73%) SLA
4 4 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.49%) ECSS
6 2 (1.49%) GDPR
6 2 (1.49%) NIST
7 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (20.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.73%) Docker
3 2 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (13.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.96%) Terraform
3 9 (6.72%) SCCM
4 4 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (2.99%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.99%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.75%) Ansible
5 1 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.75%) Grafana
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 92 (68.66%) Microsoft
2 39 (29.10%) ForeScout
3 11 (8.21%) Cisco
4 8 (5.97%) Google
5 7 (5.22%) Databricks
6 4 (2.99%) Meraki
7 2 (1.49%) Oracle
7 2 (1.49%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.75%) VMware