Azure Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 23 30
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 -26
Permanent jobs citing Azure 460 239 681
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 14.16% 10.79% 10.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.86% 41.64% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 122 118 459
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £30,125 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,205 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.49% +6.33% -6.40%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 795 574 2,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.48% 25.93% 39.38%
Number of salaries quoted 367 272 1,016
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -3.64%
75th Percentile £78,125 £80,000 £68,114
90th Percentile £93,500 £96,125 £81,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.45%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Scotland

Azure
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Edinburgh +15 154 £50,000 -23.08% 56
Glasgow +21 133 £55,000 -12.00% 45
Aberdeen +7 62 £37,500 - 3
Dundee +7 59 - - 4
Fife +3 12 £34,750 -22.78% 3
Stirling +3 10 - - 4
West Dunbartonshire +1 10 - -
West Lothian +2 6 - - 2
Midlothian - 5 - - 34
Lanarkshire 0 3 £51,250 -9.29% 21
Falkirk +2 2 - -
North Lanarkshire -9 1 - - 1
Moray - 1 £62,500 - 1
Scottish Borders - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 1
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 24 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.65%) WordPress
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.43%) IIS
5 2 (0.43%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 67 (14.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.43%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.22%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 97 (21.09%) Azure AI
2 95 (20.65%) Power Platform
3 66 (14.35%) Entra ID
4 60 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (7.17%) AWS
6 32 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (6.09%) SaaS
8 25 (5.43%) GitHub
8 25 (5.43%) Google Workspace
9 16 (3.48%) OneDrive
10 11 (2.39%) GCP
11 9 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.96%) Snowflake
12 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.09%) Azure Machine Learning
14 5 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.09%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.87%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.39%) Broadband
2 15 (3.26%) DNS
3 14 (3.04%) Firewall
4 11 (2.39%) Internet
5 9 (1.96%) DHCP
6 6 (1.30%) Network Security
6 6 (1.30%) VPN
7 5 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.87%) VSAN
9 3 (0.65%) LAN
9 3 (0.65%) VLAN
9 3 (0.65%) WAN
10 2 (0.43%) BGP
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.43%) EIGRP
10 2 (0.43%) Mobile Broadband
10 2 (0.43%) MPLS
10 2 (0.43%) OSPF
10 2 (0.43%) Softphone
10 2 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (18.70%) Power BI
2 68 (14.78%) Tableau
3 19 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.87%) Delta Lake
5 4 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.43%) Metadata
7 2 (0.43%) MySQL
8 1 (0.22%) Big Data
8 1 (0.22%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.70%) Git
2 8 (1.74%) JIRA
3 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.65%) fastlane
5 2 (0.43%) ERwin
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.43%) Xcode
5 2 (0.43%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.22%) Appium
6 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) Gradle
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) Selenium
6 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.22%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 314 (68.26%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.26%) Finance
3 37 (8.04%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (5.22%) Games
5 11 (2.39%) Multimedia
6 10 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.17%) Billing
7 9 (1.96%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.09%) Legal
10 3 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.65%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.65%) Marketing
11 2 (0.43%) Banking
12 1 (0.22%) Advertising
12 1 (0.22%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.22%) Retail
12 1 (0.22%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 174 (37.83%) Analyst
2 134 (29.13%) Junior
3 128 (27.83%) Junior Analyst
4 64 (13.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 64 (13.91%) Data Analyst
4 64 (13.91%) Junior Data Analyst
4 64 (13.91%) Junior Security Analyst
4 64 (13.91%) Security Analyst
5 60 (13.04%) Ethical Hacker
6 51 (11.09%) Senior
7 41 (8.91%) Support Analyst
8 31 (6.74%) IT Support
9 29 (6.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 27 (5.87%) Network Engineer
11 26 (5.65%) IT Analyst
12 25 (5.43%) Applications Support
13 24 (5.22%) Developer
14 23 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
15 21 (4.57%) Support Engineer
16 16 (3.48%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.09%) OAuth
1 28 (6.09%) REST
1 28 (6.09%) SOAP
2 26 (5.65%) GraphQL
2 26 (5.65%) SAML
3 25 (5.43%) LDAP
3 25 (5.43%) OpenID
4 19 (4.13%) .NET
5 12 (2.61%) CSS
5 12 (2.61%) HTML
5 12 (2.61%) React
6 10 (2.17%) .NET Core
6 10 (2.17%) RESTful
7 8 (1.74%) ASP.NET
8 6 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
8 6 (1.30%) Blazor
8 6 (1.30%) Web Services
9 4 (0.87%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.87%) LangChain
9 4 (0.87%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 84 (18.26%) Cyberattack
2 24 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.83%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.39%) Client/Server
5 11 (2.39%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.09%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.87%) BBC
9 4 (0.87%) Clustering
9 4 (0.87%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.87%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (0.87%) Social Media
10 3 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.39%) Windows
2 13 (2.83%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.17%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.87%) Linux
7 4 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.65%) Debian
8 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.43%) Android
10 1 (0.22%) AIX
10 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (36.30%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (26.09%) AI
3 117 (25.43%) Mentoring
4 85 (18.48%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (13.26%) DevOps
6 60 (13.04%) Ethical Hacking
7 42 (9.13%) Agile
8 40 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (7.61%) Roadmaps
10 30 (6.52%) CI/CD
11 29 (6.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 28 (6.09%) Identity Access Management
13 25 (5.43%) ITIL
13 25 (5.43%) Regulatory Compliance
14 24 (5.22%) Analytics
14 24 (5.22%) Programme Delivery
15 22 (4.78%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (4.13%) Customer Service
18 17 (3.70%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 123 (26.74%) Python
2 120 (26.09%) SQL
3 44 (9.57%) PowerShell
4 28 (6.09%) T-SQL
5 26 (5.65%) Bash
6 25 (5.43%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.83%) C#
8 10 (2.17%) Java
9 6 (1.30%) R
10 3 (0.65%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.43%) Scala
11 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.22%) Bicep
12 1 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 253 (55.00%) Azure Certification
2 64 (13.91%) CompTIA CySA+
2 64 (13.91%) CompTIA Security+
3 61 (13.26%) CEH
4 27 (5.87%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (5.43%) CCNA
6 24 (5.22%) Network+ Certification
7 22 (4.78%) Degree
7 22 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.39%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 10 (2.17%) HND
10 4 (0.87%) CISM
10 4 (0.87%) CISSP
11 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.43%) MCSE
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.43%) MOS
11 2 (0.43%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.30%) NIST
2 24 (5.22%) NCSC
3 15 (3.26%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.17%) SLA
5 7 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.52%) QA
6 6 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.09%) GDPR
8 3 (0.65%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (17.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.52%) Docker
2 7 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (3.91%) Terraform
2 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.96%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.65%) Ansible
6 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.65%) SCCM
7 2 (0.43%) Grafana
8 1 (0.22%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.22%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 324 (70.43%) Microsoft
2 148 (32.17%) ForeScout
3 30 (6.52%) Cisco
4 10 (2.17%) Adobe
4 10 (2.17%) Databricks
4 10 (2.17%) Freshdesk
4 10 (2.17%) Google
4 10 (2.17%) Nintex
5 8 (1.74%) VMware
6 6 (1.30%) HP
7 5 (1.09%) Apple
7 5 (1.09%) Dell
7 5 (1.09%) Foundry
7 5 (1.09%) Oracle
8 4 (0.87%) Facebook
8 4 (0.87%) Meraki
8 4 (0.87%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.87%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.87%) Yahoo!