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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 82 288 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.53% 16.27% 26.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.05% 52.65% 60.91%
Number of salaries quoted 70 187 219
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £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 £81,563 £71,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £64,750 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.33% -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 182 547 678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 36.69% 30.90% 43.91%
Number of salaries quoted 109 359 377
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,375 £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 £85,200 £105,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 24 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 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.88%) CMS
4 3 (3.66%) IIS
5 1 (1.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.22%) Sitefinity
5 1 (1.22%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 29 (35.37%) Azure DevOps
2 22 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (20.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 15 (18.29%) AWS
5 13 (15.85%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (13.41%) SonarCloud
7 9 (10.98%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (10.98%) Entra ID
7 9 (10.98%) Power Platform
8 7 (8.54%) SaaS
9 6 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (7.32%) GitHub
9 6 (7.32%) IaaS
10 5 (6.10%) Serverless
11 4 (4.88%) Azure Functions
11 4 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (4.88%) GCP
11 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (4.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.76%) DNS
2 7 (8.54%) DHCP
3 5 (6.10%) Firewall
3 5 (6.10%) SAN
4 4 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.88%) VPN
5 2 (2.44%) WAN
6 1 (1.22%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.22%) LAN
6 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.22%) VLAN
6 1 (1.22%) Wireless
6 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 11 (13.41%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (8.54%) Power BI
4 4 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.44%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.44%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.44%) MySQL
6 2 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (23.17%) Git
2 13 (15.85%) Visual Studio
3 11 (13.41%) MSBuild
3 11 (13.41%) Octopus Deploy
3 11 (13.41%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (3.66%) JIRA
5 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.22%) GitLab
6 1 (1.22%) Selenium
6 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.29%) Finance
3 12 (14.63%) Retail
4 10 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.32%) Law
6 4 (4.88%) Marketing
7 3 (3.66%) Legal
7 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Banking
8 2 (2.44%) Games
9 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) Architect
2 16 (19.51%) Developer
3 14 (17.07%) Technical Architect
4 10 (12.20%) Lead
5 9 (10.98%) Senior
5 9 (10.98%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Azure Developer
6 7 (8.54%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 7 (8.54%) IT Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) IT Support
6 7 (8.54%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (6.10%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (6.10%) Team Leader
9 3 (3.66%) .NET Developer
9 3 (3.66%) Applications Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Data Manager
9 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (28.05%) .NET
2 14 (17.07%) CSS
2 14 (17.07%) HTML
2 14 (17.07%) REST
3 13 (15.85%) ASP.NET
4 11 (13.41%) Bootstrap
4 11 (13.41%) gRPC
4 11 (13.41%) JSON
4 11 (13.41%) XML
5 9 (10.98%) React
6 5 (6.10%) .NET Framework
6 5 (6.10%) SAML
7 4 (4.88%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.66%) Node.js
9 2 (2.44%) GraphQL
9 2 (2.44%) HTML5
9 2 (2.44%) Lightning Web Components
10 1 (1.22%) .NET Core
10 1 (1.22%) CSS3
10 1 (1.22%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) PKI
2 5 (6.10%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.66%) Clustering
4 3 (3.66%) Replication
5 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.44%) NHS
5 2 (2.44%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (26.83%) Windows
2 12 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.76%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.88%) Linux
6 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.22%) Unix
7 1 (1.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.90%) DevOps
2 29 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (20.73%) Agile
3 17 (20.73%) Microservices
4 14 (17.07%) CI/CD
5 13 (15.85%) Code Quality
5 13 (15.85%) Migration
5 13 (15.85%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (14.63%) API Integration
6 12 (14.63%) Event-Driven
6 12 (14.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 12 (14.63%) Mentoring
6 12 (14.63%) MVC
7 11 (13.41%) Data Encryption
7 11 (13.41%) Design Patterns
7 11 (13.41%) Performance Optimisation
7 11 (13.41%) Performance Testing
8 9 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (10.98%) Data Management
8 9 (10.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) C#
2 19 (23.17%) SQL
3 16 (19.51%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 6 (7.32%) X++
5 5 (6.10%) Python
6 2 (2.44%) Apex Code
6 2 (2.44%) SOQL
7 1 (1.22%) Bicep
7 1 (1.22%) Java
7 1 (1.22%) PHP
7 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.22%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (8.54%) Azure Certification
3 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) Degree
4 6 (7.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (6.10%) CCNA
5 5 (6.10%) CCNP
5 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.22%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.29%) GDPR
2 9 (10.98%) SLA
3 6 (7.32%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.88%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.44%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (23.17%) Active Directory
2 17 (20.73%) Docker
3 12 (14.63%) Hyper-V
4 9 (10.98%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.44%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.22%) NFS
7 1 (1.22%) vCloud
7 1 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.32%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.88%) Terraform
4 3 (3.66%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.44%) Ansible
5 2 (2.44%) Grafana
5 2 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.22%) Argo
6 1 (1.22%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 39 (47.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) VMware
3 5 (6.10%) Veeam
4 3 (3.66%) Cisco
4 3 (3.66%) Databricks
5 2 (2.44%) IBM
5 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.22%) Apple
6 1 (1.22%) Meraki