Azure Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft Azure
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Azure 68 73 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 16.59% 14.40% 23.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.00% 46.20% 61.81%
Number of salaries quoted 57 27 82
10th Percentile £27,550 £33,000 £24,900
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £57,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.96% +49.35% -31.56%
75th Percentile £42,500 £75,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £76,500 - £70,875
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £61,500 £42,105
% change year-on-year -50.41% +46.06% -17.03%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 136 158 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 33.17% 31.16% 37.60%
Number of salaries quoted 114 57 125
10th Percentile £26,325 £29,730 £24,450
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,875 £75,000 £75,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -40.91% +29.41% -15.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Azure
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Sheffield over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Sheffield

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.47%) IIS
2 1 (1.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.12%) AWS
2 28 (41.18%) GitHub
3 16 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.35%) Azure AI
4 5 (7.35%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.88%) SaaS
6 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (36.76%) Internet
2 8 (11.76%) DNS
3 6 (8.82%) Firewall
3 6 (8.82%) SAN
4 5 (7.35%) DHCP
5 1 (1.47%) Broadband
5 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.47%) VoIP
5 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.35%) MySQL
1 5 (7.35%) Power BI
1 5 (7.35%) Tableau
2 4 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.41%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.94%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (39.71%) Git
2 2 (2.94%) GitLab
General
1 25 (36.76%) Multimedia
2 23 (33.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.82%) Law
5 5 (7.35%) Finance
6 4 (5.88%) Retail
7 2 (2.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (36.76%) Trainee
2 20 (29.41%) Developer
3 17 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 14 (20.59%) Analyst
5 13 (19.12%) Trainee Developer
5 13 (19.12%) Trainee Software Developer
6 10 (14.71%) Junior
6 10 (14.71%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (8.82%) IT Support
8 5 (7.35%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (7.35%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (7.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (7.35%) Data Analyst
8 5 (7.35%) Junior Data Analyst
8 5 (7.35%) Junior Security Analyst
8 5 (7.35%) Lead
8 5 (7.35%) Security Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Graduate
9 4 (5.88%) Graduate Developer
10 3 (4.41%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (45.59%) CSS
2 28 (41.18%) HTML
3 8 (11.76%) .NET
4 6 (8.82%) ASP.NET
5 3 (4.41%) .NET Core
5 3 (4.41%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.41%) CSS3
5 3 (4.41%) HTML5
5 3 (4.41%) jQuery
5 3 (4.41%) Node.js
5 3 (4.41%) Sass
6 2 (2.94%) RESTful
7 1 (1.47%) JSON
7 1 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.94%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.18%) Windows
2 10 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (52.94%) Mentoring
2 35 (51.47%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.71%) Agile
4 10 (14.71%) ITIL
5 8 (11.76%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.29%) AI
7 6 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (8.82%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.35%) Computer Science
8 5 (7.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 4 (5.88%) Coaching
9 4 (5.88%) SDLC
9 4 (5.88%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (4.41%) Analytics
10 3 (4.41%) DevOps
10 3 (4.41%) MVC
10 3 (4.41%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 34 (50.00%) Python
2 25 (36.76%) JavaScript
3 13 (19.12%) SQL
4 12 (17.65%) R
5 9 (13.24%) C#
6 4 (5.88%) Java
6 4 (5.88%) PHP
7 3 (4.41%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (51.47%) Azure Certification
2 25 (36.76%) AWS Certification
2 25 (36.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 25 (36.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.35%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (7.35%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (5.88%) Degree
5 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.94%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 8 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.94%) Docker
2 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) VMware
3 5 (7.35%) Datto
3 5 (7.35%) ForeScout
4 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow