Microsoft Azure
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 45 | 8 | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | +6 | -6 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure | 2 | 27 | 29 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | 0.83% | 13.37% | 11.37% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 16.67% | 58.70% | 61.70% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £26,250 | £44,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £27,500 | £47,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +72.73% | -41.49% | +34.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | £47,000 | £56,875 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £58,750 | £71,120 |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £47,500 | £55,000 | £47,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +16.40% | +1.90% |
All Cloud Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 12 | 46 | 47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | 5.00% | 22.77% | 18.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 30 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | - | £32,580 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £26,250 | £41,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £42,500 | £47,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -9.57% | +34.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £58,750 | £48,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,500 | £78,750 | £62,250 |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £47,683 | £61,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.47% | +29.47% | +5.56% |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
Azure
Salary Trend in Preston
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Preston.
Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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: