Azure Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 39 27 4
Rank change year-on-year -12 -23 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 234 814 834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.72% 11.92% 18.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.62% 28.08% 53.26%
Number of salaries quoted 122 457 406
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £38,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -6.35% +0.80%

All Cloud 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 549 2,899 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.10% 42.47% 35.57%
Number of salaries quoted 289 1,012 861
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,210 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

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 31 May 2025. 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 -12 103 £60,000 -7.69% 94
Glasgow +25 67 £62,500 +25.00% 102
Lanarkshire -8 21 £56,500 +24.18% 9
Renfrewshire - 6 £45,000 - 46
Perth and Kinross - 5 £33,000 - 3
Highlands +8 4 £40,000 -
North Lanarkshire +1 4 - -
Stirling -2 3 - - 1
Fife -8 3 £45,000 +36.36% 1
West Lothian +6 2 - -
Aberdeen +1 2 - - 25
West Dunbartonshire -2 2 - -
Inverclyde -10 1 - - 1
East Ayrshire -27 1 - - 3
North Ayrshire - 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Strathclyde - 1 - -
Falkirk - 1 - -
Ayrshire - 1 - - 1
Clackmannanshire - 1 - -
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 49 (20.94%) Confluence
2 14 (5.98%) Umbraco
3 12 (5.13%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (2.56%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.28%) Apache
6 3 (1.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.85%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
7 2 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.43%) IIS
8 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 127 (54.27%) AWS
2 112 (47.86%) GCP
3 25 (10.68%) SaaS
4 20 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.56%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (3.85%) GitHub
8 8 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (2.56%) IaaS
9 6 (2.56%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.56%) PaaS
10 5 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.14%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.14%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.14%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.98%) DNS
1 14 (5.98%) Firewall
2 13 (5.56%) VPN
3 12 (5.13%) DHCP
4 6 (2.56%) Wireless
5 5 (2.14%) DKIM
5 5 (2.14%) DMARC
5 5 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.71%) BGP
6 4 (1.71%) IPsec
6 4 (1.71%) Network Security
6 4 (1.71%) SSL
6 4 (1.71%) VLAN
7 3 (1.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (1.28%) OSPF
8 2 (0.85%) WAN
9 1 (0.43%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.43%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (31.20%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.98%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.70%) BigQuery
5 9 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 9 (3.85%) Power BI
6 7 (2.99%) MySQL
7 5 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.71%) Big Data
9 3 (1.28%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.85%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (25.64%) GitLab
2 53 (22.65%) JIRA
3 52 (22.22%) Maven
4 50 (21.37%) Bitbucket
5 49 (20.94%) Cucumber
5 49 (20.94%) Selenium
5 49 (20.94%) SonarQube
5 49 (20.94%) Sonatype Nexus
6 15 (6.41%) Git
7 13 (5.56%) Jenkins
8 9 (3.85%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.28%) Fiddler
9 3 (1.28%) Gradle
9 3 (1.28%) JUnit
9 3 (1.28%) Postman
9 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.85%) Mockito
10 2 (0.85%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.85%) webpack
General
1 110 (47.01%) Finance
2 75 (32.05%) Banking
3 69 (29.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 42 (17.95%) Social Skills
5 18 (7.69%) Law
6 15 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.98%) Marketing
8 5 (2.14%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.71%) Agriculture
9 4 (1.71%) Games
9 4 (1.71%) Retail
10 3 (1.28%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Electronics
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Billing
12 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (35.47%) Software Engineer
2 42 (17.95%) Senior
3 34 (14.53%) Developer
3 34 (14.53%) Lead
4 30 (12.82%) Architect
5 19 (8.12%) Senior Software Engineer
6 15 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.98%) Analyst
8 11 (4.70%) Lead Architect
8 11 (4.70%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.85%) .NET Developer
9 9 (3.85%) Data Architect
10 8 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.42%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.42%) Team Leader
11 7 (2.99%) Java Developer
12 6 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (2.56%) Data Engineer
12 6 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (2.56%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (36.75%) React
2 72 (30.77%) CSS
3 64 (27.35%) Spring
4 62 (26.50%) Kafka
4 62 (26.50%) Spring Boot
5 59 (25.21%) HTML
6 53 (22.65%) Hibernate
7 52 (22.22%) JPA
8 51 (21.79%) Redux
9 35 (14.96%) .NET
10 22 (9.40%) RESTful
11 16 (6.84%) .NET Core
11 16 (6.84%) OAuth
12 15 (6.41%) OpenID
12 15 (6.41%) SAML
13 14 (5.98%) AngularJS
14 13 (5.56%) jQuery
15 11 (4.70%) Ajax
15 11 (4.70%) REST
16 9 (3.85%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 53 (22.65%) Enterprise Software
2 52 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 15 (6.41%) Public Cloud
4 11 (4.70%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.42%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.99%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.71%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.71%) Replication
9 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.85%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.38%) Windows
2 20 (8.55%) Linux
3 11 (4.70%) Unix
3 11 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.56%) VMS
4 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (46.58%) DevOps
2 107 (45.73%) Agile
3 101 (43.16%) CI/CD
4 92 (39.32%) Software Engineering
5 77 (32.91%) Microservices
6 74 (31.62%) Containerisation
7 70 (29.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 66 (28.21%) SDLC
9 65 (27.78%) Test Automation
10 59 (25.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (24.36%) Front End Development
11 57 (24.36%) TDD
12 56 (23.93%) Clean Code
13 52 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
14 35 (14.96%) Analytics
15 31 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
16 29 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
17 20 (8.55%) MVC
18 17 (7.26%) Artificial Intelligence
19 16 (6.84%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 96 (41.03%) SQL
2 87 (37.18%) Java
3 82 (35.04%) JavaScript
4 32 (13.68%) Python
5 29 (12.39%) C#
6 20 (8.55%) PowerShell
7 13 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.99%) C++
8 7 (2.99%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.56%) Go
10 5 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.71%) C
12 3 (1.28%) Bash
13 2 (0.85%) Elixir
13 2 (0.85%) F#
13 2 (0.85%) Ruby
13 2 (0.85%) Scala
14 1 (0.43%) JCL
14 1 (0.43%) PHP
14 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (7.26%) Degree
2 9 (3.85%) Azure Certification
2 9 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.56%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.14%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.28%) CCNP
6 3 (1.28%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.85%) ACCA
7 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (0.85%) CCNA
7 2 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.85%) PMP
8 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (24.36%) QA
2 7 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.71%) GDPR
3 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) JTAG
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (33.33%) Docker
2 13 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.99%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.43%) Firmware
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 88 (37.61%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.69%) Terraform
3 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.14%) Grafana
6 4 (1.71%) Ansible
6 4 (1.71%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.43%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 49 (20.94%) Solace
3 9 (3.85%) VMware
4 8 (3.42%) Google
5 6 (2.56%) Cisco
5 6 (2.56%) Databricks
6 5 (2.14%) Apple
6 5 (2.14%) ArcSight
6 5 (2.14%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.14%) Oracle
7 4 (1.71%) Splunk
8 3 (1.28%) F5
8 3 (1.28%) Facebook
8 3 (1.28%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.85%) Aruba
9 2 (0.85%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.85%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.85%) Sybase