Azure AI Job Trends in the South East

Azure AI Platform
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Azure AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 269 310
Rank change year-on-year +29 +41 -
Permanent jobs citing Azure AI 96 27 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.50% 0.30% 0.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.65% 1.09% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 48 8 6
10th Percentile £43,125 - £58,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -48.28% -
75th Percentile £69,375 £51,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,750 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

Azure AI 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,624 2,478 3,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.01% 27.73% 28.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,794 1,533 1,924
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -17.03% +4.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,740 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.57% -7.69% +4.00%

Azure AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Azure AI job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure AI
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure AI

Azure AI
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AI in the South East over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure AI in the South East

Azure AI
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Thames Valley -4 24 £62,500 +13.64% 9
Hampshire -32 19 £60,000 +60.00% 3
Berkshire +3 16 £62,500 - 4
West Sussex -11 14 £75,000 -11.76% 2
East Sussex - 14 £51,250 - 1
Surrey - 13 £75,000 - 6
Kent - 12 £55,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire -5 4 - - 2
Oxfordshire -34 4 - - 4
Azure AI
England

Azure AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 20 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 96 (100.00%) Azure
2 27 (28.13%) GitHub
2 27 (28.13%) GitHub Copilot
3 26 (27.08%) Power Platform
4 23 (23.96%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (7.29%) Copilot Studio
5 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (5.21%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (4.17%) Google Play
8 3 (3.13%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (3.13%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 2 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.08%) Figma
9 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.08%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.08%) Snowflake
10 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (45.83%) MongoDB
2 38 (39.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 23 (23.96%) Power BI
4 22 (22.92%) Tableau
5 2 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (2.08%) GIS
General
1 46 (47.92%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.42%) Marketing
3 9 (9.38%) Advertising
4 3 (3.13%) Finance
4 3 (3.13%) Retail
5 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (48.96%) Developer
2 44 (45.83%) .NET Developer
3 22 (22.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 20 (20.83%) Analyst
4 20 (20.83%) Data Analyst
4 20 (20.83%) Junior
4 20 (20.83%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (20.83%) Junior Data Analyst
5 7 (7.29%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
5 7 (7.29%) Consultant
6 5 (5.21%) Senior
6 5 (5.21%) Solutions Consultant
7 3 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 2 (2.08%) Automation Engineer
8 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (2.08%) Power Platform Engineer
8 2 (2.08%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (2.08%) Senior Developer
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (1.04%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (48.96%) .NET
2 44 (45.83%) ASP.NET
2 44 (45.83%) ASP.NET Core
2 44 (45.83%) ML.NET
3 38 (39.58%) .NET Core
4 24 (25.00%) Blazor
4 24 (25.00%) CSS
4 24 (25.00%) HTML
5 23 (23.96%) React
6 20 (20.83%) RESTful
7 3 (3.13%) FastAPI
7 3 (3.13%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (3.13%) Node.js
8 2 (2.08%) Django
8 2 (2.08%) Flask
8 2 (2.08%) PyTorch
8 2 (2.08%) scikit-learn
8 2 (2.08%) Streamlit
8 2 (2.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (5.21%) Digital TV
3 4 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.17%) iPhone
3 4 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.17%) Social Network
4 3 (3.13%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.08%) Autonomous Agent
5 2 (2.08%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) AI
2 49 (51.04%) Machine Learning
3 47 (48.96%) Full-Stack Development
4 29 (30.21%) CI/CD
5 26 (27.08%) Agile
6 24 (25.00%) DevOps
7 23 (23.96%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (20.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 20 (20.83%) Multithreading
9 15 (15.63%) OO
10 5 (5.21%) BDD
10 5 (5.21%) LLM
10 5 (5.21%) Mentoring
10 5 (5.21%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (5.21%) Prompt Engineering
10 5 (5.21%) Prototyping
10 5 (5.21%) TDD
11 4 (4.17%) Code Quality
11 4 (4.17%) Crowdfunding
11 4 (4.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (60.42%) SQL
2 47 (48.96%) C#
3 45 (46.88%) Python
4 20 (20.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 44 (45.83%) Azure Certification
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (2.08%) Degree
3 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 24 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (76.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.21%) OpenAI
3 4 (4.17%) Facebook
3 4 (4.17%) Google
4 2 (2.08%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.08%) Databricks
4 2 (2.08%) Foundry
4 2 (2.08%) SAP
4 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow