Azure Jobs in Reading

Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 87 290 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.93% 15.80% 27.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.31% 52.54% 61.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75 187 226
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -15.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £64,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.23% +4.00%

All Cloud Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 192 552 677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 37.35% 30.08% 44.25%
Number of salaries quoted 117 356 377
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,595 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,375 £105,000
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +8.33%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Reading

Azure
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Azure in Reading

Azure
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Reading over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Reading

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 13 (14.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (11.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.60%) CMS
4 1 (1.15%) IIS
4 1 (1.15%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.15%) Sitefinity
4 1 (1.15%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (36.78%) Azure DevOps
2 23 (26.44%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (19.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 15 (17.24%) AWS
5 13 (14.94%) Azure Service Bus
6 12 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (13.79%) Power Platform
7 11 (12.64%) SonarCloud
8 9 (10.34%) Entra ID
9 7 (8.05%) SaaS
10 6 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (6.90%) GitHub
10 6 (6.90%) IaaS
11 5 (5.75%) GCP
11 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (5.75%) Serverless
12 4 (4.60%) Azure Functions
12 4 (4.60%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (4.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) DNS
2 6 (6.90%) DHCP
3 5 (5.75%) SAN
4 4 (4.60%) Firewall
5 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.30%) VPN
5 2 (2.30%) WAN
6 1 (1.15%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.15%) LAN
6 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.15%) VLAN
6 1 (1.15%) Wireless
6 1 (1.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.64%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (11.49%) Power BI
4 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (3.45%) MongoDB
5 3 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.30%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.30%) MySQL
6 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (21.84%) Git
2 13 (14.94%) Visual Studio
3 11 (12.64%) MSBuild
3 11 (12.64%) Octopus Deploy
3 11 (12.64%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (3.45%) JIRA
5 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.15%) GitLab
6 1 (1.15%) Selenium
6 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (22.99%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Finance
3 12 (13.79%) Retail
4 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.34%) Law
6 4 (4.60%) Marketing
7 3 (3.45%) Games
7 3 (3.45%) Legal
7 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (24.14%) Architect
2 20 (22.99%) Developer
3 14 (16.09%) Technical Architect
4 11 (12.64%) Lead
5 10 (11.49%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 9 (10.34%) Senior
6 9 (10.34%) Support Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) Azure Developer
7 7 (8.05%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (8.05%) IT Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) IT Support
7 7 (8.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Support
9 5 (5.75%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.75%) Team Leader
10 3 (3.45%) Applications Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Data Manager
10 3 (3.45%) IT Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Developer
10 3 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (31.03%) .NET
2 14 (16.09%) CSS
2 14 (16.09%) HTML
2 14 (16.09%) REST
3 13 (14.94%) ASP.NET
4 11 (12.64%) Bootstrap
4 11 (12.64%) gRPC
4 11 (12.64%) JSON
4 11 (12.64%) XML
5 10 (11.49%) React
6 7 (8.05%) .NET Framework
7 5 (5.75%) AngularJS
7 5 (5.75%) SAML
8 4 (4.60%) Node.js
9 2 (2.30%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.30%) GraphQL
9 2 (2.30%) HTML5
9 2 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (2.30%) Vue
10 1 (1.15%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) PKI
2 5 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.30%) NHS
4 2 (2.30%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Clustering
5 1 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.15%) Replication
5 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.14%) Windows
2 11 (12.64%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.20%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (3.45%) Linux
6 2 (2.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.15%) Unix
7 1 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (45.98%) DevOps
2 31 (35.63%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (20.69%) Agile
4 17 (19.54%) Microservices
5 16 (18.39%) Migration
6 15 (17.24%) CI/CD
7 13 (14.94%) Code Quality
7 13 (14.94%) Mentoring
7 13 (14.94%) Technical Leadership
8 12 (13.79%) API Integration
8 12 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (13.79%) Data Management
8 12 (13.79%) Event-Driven
8 12 (13.79%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 12 (13.79%) MVC
9 11 (12.64%) Data Encryption
9 11 (12.64%) Design Patterns
9 11 (12.64%) Performance Optimisation
9 11 (12.64%) Performance Testing
10 10 (11.49%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 26 (29.89%) C#
2 22 (25.29%) SQL
3 17 (19.54%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.90%) Python
4 6 (6.90%) X++
5 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.30%) Apex Code
6 2 (2.30%) SOQL
7 1 (1.15%) Bicep
7 1 (1.15%) Java
7 1 (1.15%) PHP
7 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.15%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Certification
5 6 (6.90%) Degree
5 6 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (5.75%) CCNA
6 5 (5.75%) CCNP
6 5 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.15%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.24%) GDPR
2 8 (9.20%) SLA
3 7 (8.05%) Data Quality
4 5 (5.75%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.30%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 17 (19.54%) Docker
3 11 (12.64%) Hyper-V
4 10 (11.49%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.30%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.15%) NFS
7 1 (1.15%) vCloud
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.60%) Terraform
5 2 (2.30%) Ansible
5 2 (2.30%) Grafana
5 2 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.15%) Argo
6 1 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.15%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.15%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 42 (48.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.94%) VMware
3 5 (5.75%) Veeam
4 3 (3.45%) Databricks
5 2 (2.30%) IBM
5 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.15%) Apple
6 1 (1.15%) Cisco
6 1 (1.15%) Meraki