Azure Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 795 924 1,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.96% 19.35% 17.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.58% 54.74% 50.23%
Number of salaries quoted 462 476 577
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,883 1,688 1,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.38% 35.36% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 959 1,288
10th Percentile £28,275 £31,530 £30,442
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,403 £72,500 £68,813
90th Percentile £82,543 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -42 396 £50,000 -9.09% 63
Edinburgh 0 279 £65,000 +8.33% 71
Aberdeen +14 39 £52,500 -4.55% 12
Dundee +4 19 £45,000 +11.80% 4
Lanarkshire -2 14 £45,500 -13.33% 13
Aberdeenshire +12 7 £28,500 -29.19%
Dumfries and Galloway - 7 £40,000 - 3
Fife -12 5 £33,000 +10.00%
North Lanarkshire -6 3 £45,000 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Midlothian -4 2 - - 11
Stirling - 2 £45,500 -
Highlands - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire -2 1 £27,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 - 1
West Lothian - 1 £60,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
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 60 (7.55%) ArcGIS
1 60 (7.55%) GeoServer
2 33 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (3.02%) IIS
5 16 (2.01%) Cloud Foundry
6 10 (1.26%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.88%) Captiva
7 7 (0.88%) FileNet
7 7 (0.88%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.88%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.63%) Confluence
9 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.50%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.38%) Apache
10 3 (0.38%) CMS
11 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 388 (48.81%) AWS
2 188 (23.65%) GCP
3 159 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (9.81%) Entra ID
5 68 (8.55%) Power Platform
6 62 (7.80%) SaaS
7 58 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (5.53%) PaaS
9 39 (4.91%) IaaS
10 38 (4.78%) Cloud Computing
11 22 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.64%) GitHub
13 16 (2.01%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (1.89%) Datadog
15 13 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (1.38%) Serverless
17 10 (1.26%) Power Automate
18 9 (1.13%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 57 (7.17%) WAN
2 40 (5.03%) Firewall
3 34 (4.28%) DNS
4 22 (2.77%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.52%) Internet
6 19 (2.39%) VPN
7 17 (2.14%) Kerberos
7 17 (2.14%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.89%) LAN
9 14 (1.76%) VLAN
10 12 (1.51%) Wireless
11 11 (1.38%) BGP
11 11 (1.38%) NetScaler
12 10 (1.26%) Broadband
13 9 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (1.01%) DHCP
14 8 (1.01%) DKIM
14 8 (1.01%) DMARC
14 8 (1.01%) SSL
15 7 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (14.59%) SQL Server
2 72 (9.06%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (7.67%) GIS
4 60 (7.55%) QGIS
5 59 (7.42%) Power BI
6 52 (6.54%) Data Lake
7 40 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (4.91%) NoSQL
9 36 (4.53%) Qlik Sense
10 29 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 29 (3.65%) Relational Database
11 19 (2.39%) Big Data
12 16 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
12 16 (2.01%) CockroachDB
13 14 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.51%) Oracle Database
15 10 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (1.26%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.01%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 43 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.65%) JIRA
3 22 (2.77%) Git
4 17 (2.14%) GitLab
5 15 (1.89%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.26%) Selenium
7 9 (1.13%) Maven
7 9 (1.13%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.63%) IBM UrbanCode
9 5 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.50%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.50%) Snyk
10 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.50%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.38%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.25%) Gradle
12 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 243 (30.57%) Finance
2 175 (22.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 148 (18.62%) Law
4 137 (17.23%) Social Skills
5 76 (9.56%) Banking
6 69 (8.68%) Marketing
7 55 (6.92%) Legal
8 40 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
9 37 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.77%) Investment Banking
10 22 (2.77%) Public Sector
11 21 (2.64%) Games
12 16 (2.01%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.38%) Billing
14 10 (1.26%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.75%) Police
15 6 (0.75%) Retail
16 3 (0.38%) Private Banking
17 2 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 224 (28.18%) Senior
2 196 (24.65%) Software Engineer
3 148 (18.62%) Lead
4 113 (14.21%) Developer
5 100 (12.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 85 (10.69%) Architect
7 60 (7.55%) Data Engineer
8 58 (7.30%) Analyst
9 53 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
9 53 (6.67%) Lead Software Engineer
10 45 (5.66%) Java Engineer
10 45 (5.66%) Java Software Engineer
11 42 (5.28%) Systems Engineer
12 41 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (4.91%) Lead Java Engineer
14 38 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
15 37 (4.65%) .NET Developer
16 35 (4.40%) Cloud Architect
16 35 (4.40%) Senior Developer
17 30 (3.77%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (21.51%) .NET
2 98 (12.33%) React
3 95 (11.95%) .NET Core
4 88 (11.07%) CSS
5 67 (8.43%) AngularJS
6 60 (7.55%) Leaflet
6 60 (7.55%) OpenLayers
6 60 (7.55%) PostGIS
7 44 (5.53%) Spring Boot
8 42 (5.28%) ASP.NET
8 42 (5.28%) ASP.NET Web API
9 41 (5.16%) Spring
10 39 (4.91%) PySpark
11 36 (4.53%) .NET Framework
11 36 (4.53%) HTML
11 36 (4.53%) REST
12 31 (3.90%) Entity Framework
12 31 (3.90%) Kafka
13 28 (3.52%) OAuth
14 27 (3.40%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 162 (20.38%) Public Cloud
2 66 (8.30%) Algorithms
3 56 (7.04%) Onboarding
4 52 (6.54%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.14%) Private Cloud
6 24 (3.02%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.77%) Clustering
7 22 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.76%) PKI
10 14 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.76%) Replication
11 12 (1.51%) Social Media
12 10 (1.26%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.13%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.01%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 119 (14.97%) Windows
2 87 (10.94%) Linux
3 71 (8.93%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.40%) Unix
5 20 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.38%) VMS
7 9 (1.13%) Android
8 8 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.63%) CentOS
12 4 (0.50%) Mesosphere
13 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (40.75%) Agile
2 242 (30.44%) Software Engineering
3 214 (26.92%) DevOps
4 155 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (18.49%) CI/CD
6 140 (17.61%) SDLC
7 110 (13.84%) Operational Stability
8 105 (13.21%) Actionable Insight
8 105 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
9 102 (12.83%) Machine Learning
10 86 (10.82%) Mentoring
11 75 (9.43%) Community of Practice
12 74 (9.31%) Decision-Making
12 74 (9.31%) Web Development
13 64 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 64 (8.05%) Microservices
14 63 (7.92%) Migration
15 62 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
15 62 (7.80%) Infrastructure as Code
16 60 (7.55%) OO
Programming Languages
1 167 (21.01%) Java
1 167 (21.01%) Python
2 166 (20.88%) SQL
3 154 (19.37%) C#
4 125 (15.72%) JavaScript
5 51 (6.42%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.90%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.64%) Bash
8 19 (2.39%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.13%) Groovy
10 5 (0.63%) C++
10 5 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.63%) Go
10 5 (0.63%) Perl
10 5 (0.63%) PHP
11 4 (0.50%) Ruby
12 3 (0.38%) R
12 3 (0.38%) Scala
12 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.25%) C
Qualifications
1 107 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 88 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.56%) Degree
4 35 (4.40%) Azure Certification
4 35 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (2.64%) CCNA
7 19 (2.39%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.01%) CISSP
10 14 (1.76%) CISM
11 12 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.01%) MCSE
13 7 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.75%) HND
14 6 (0.75%) OCP
14 6 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.63%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.78%) QA
2 19 (2.39%) GDPR
3 16 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.89%) NIST
5 10 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.50%) SLA
7 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.38%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 101 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 69 (8.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (7.92%) Docker
4 35 (4.40%) VMware NSX
5 29 (3.65%) Hyper-V
6 20 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.63%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.50%) vSphere
10 1 (0.13%) KVM
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.13%) Xen
10 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 105 (13.21%) Terraform
2 103 (12.96%) Kubernetes
3 55 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (5.28%) Ansible
5 21 (2.64%) Grafana
5 21 (2.64%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.64%) FortiGate
7 12 (1.51%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.13%) CASB
9 7 (0.88%) Puppet
9 7 (0.88%) SCCM
10 5 (0.63%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.50%) Istio
12 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.13%) Nessus
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 265 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 102 (12.83%) VMware
3 87 (10.94%) Google
4 60 (7.55%) ESRI
5 36 (4.53%) Alteryx
6 33 (4.15%) Cisco
7 27 (3.40%) Oracle
8 19 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 16 (2.01%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.89%) Citrix
10 15 (1.89%) Databricks
10 15 (1.89%) Splunk
11 14 (1.76%) IBM
11 14 (1.76%) NetApp
12 12 (1.51%) Veeam
13 11 (1.38%) Sophos
14 10 (1.26%) Meraki
15 8 (1.01%) Sparx
16 7 (0.88%) Apple
16 7 (0.88%) Kofax