Azure Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 3 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,876 996 2,876
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 12.73% 12.75% 15.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.37% 48.94% 53.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,128 614 2,285
10th Percentile £31,495 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -9.23%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,515 2,035 5,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.85% 26.06% 28.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,382 1,244 4,135
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Azure in the South East

Azure
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 within the South East 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
Thames Valley +4 677 £51,500 -1.90% 286
Hampshire +8 369 £60,000 +4.35% 156
Kent +13 267 £50,000 -9.09% 112
Buckinghamshire +27 261 £53,750 +7.50% 127
Berkshire +2 253 £50,000 -25.84% 107
Surrey +1 249 £55,000 -12.00% 113
East Sussex +27 177 £55,000 +10.00% 80
Oxfordshire +5 163 £56,500 +18.95% 54
West Sussex +6 115 £70,000 +16.67% 94
Sussex -11 6 £59,500 +40.00% 4
Isle of Wight +8 4 £45,750 -3.68% 1
Middlesex +1 3 £60,000 +60.00% 12
Home Counties -2 1 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Azure
England

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 101 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.23%) Confluence
4 11 (0.59%) IIS
5 6 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.27%) WordPress
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) CMS
7 4 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.053%) Camunda
10 1 (0.053%) nginx
10 1 (0.053%) SAS
Applications
1 177 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.053%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.053%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.053%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.053%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.053%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 309 (16.47%) AWS
2 304 (16.20%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (14.82%) Azure AI
4 242 (12.90%) Power Platform
5 196 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
6 168 (8.96%) Entra ID
7 111 (5.92%) SaaS
8 104 (5.54%) GCP
9 90 (4.80%) GitHub
10 65 (3.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 55 (2.93%) IaaS
12 50 (2.67%) PaaS
13 38 (2.03%) Azure AKS
14 36 (1.92%) Serverless
15 29 (1.55%) GitHub Copilot
16 27 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
16 27 (1.44%) Snowflake
17 26 (1.39%) Azure Machine Learning
17 26 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
18 25 (1.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 161 (8.58%) Firewall
2 113 (6.02%) DNS
3 90 (4.80%) VPN
4 64 (3.41%) DHCP
5 55 (2.93%) WAN
6 49 (2.61%) LAN
7 46 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (1.97%) Network Security
9 36 (1.92%) TCP/IP
10 33 (1.76%) VLAN
11 28 (1.49%) Internet
12 22 (1.17%) Wireless
13 17 (0.91%) SSL
14 15 (0.80%) VoIP
15 14 (0.75%) MQTT
16 10 (0.53%) BGP
16 10 (0.53%) SAN
17 8 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
18 6 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
18 6 (0.32%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (11.41%) Power BI
2 172 (9.17%) SQL Server
3 160 (8.53%) Tableau
4 100 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 92 (4.90%) MongoDB
6 45 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
8 29 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (1.44%) NoSQL
10 24 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 23 (1.23%) MySQL
12 17 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.75%) Metadata
14 14 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
16 6 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
17 5 (0.27%) Oracle Database
17 5 (0.27%) Redis
17 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (5.17%) Git
2 53 (2.83%) JIRA
3 46 (2.45%) GitLab
4 12 (0.64%) Selenium
5 10 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.37%) JUnit
6 7 (0.37%) Postman
7 6 (0.32%) Zephyr
8 5 (0.27%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.21%) NUnit
9 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.16%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.16%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.16%) Mockito
10 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
General
1 891 (47.49%) Social Skills
2 189 (10.07%) Finance
3 138 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (1.65%) Legal
6 30 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (1.60%) Manufacturing
6 30 (1.60%) Retail
7 28 (1.49%) Public Sector
8 23 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (1.17%) Law
10 21 (1.12%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.01%) Games
12 17 (0.91%) Advertising
13 16 (0.85%) Marketing
14 15 (0.80%) Local Government
15 12 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.43%) Billing
16 8 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.37%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 407 (21.70%) Analyst
2 320 (17.06%) Junior
2 320 (17.06%) Junior Analyst
3 240 (12.79%) Developer
4 176 (9.38%) Security Analyst
5 171 (9.12%) Data Analyst
6 169 (9.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 160 (8.53%) Junior Data Analyst
7 160 (8.53%) Junior Security Analyst
8 150 (8.00%) Ethical Hacker
9 149 (7.94%) Azure Engineer
10 133 (7.09%) IT Support
11 130 (6.93%) Senior
12 120 (6.40%) .NET Developer
13 117 (6.24%) Architect
14 113 (6.02%) IT Engineer
15 106 (5.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 105 (5.60%) Support Engineer
17 83 (4.42%) Cloud Engineer
18 82 (4.37%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (13.27%) .NET
2 123 (6.56%) ASP.NET
3 102 (5.44%) .NET Core
4 100 (5.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 94 (5.01%) React
6 70 (3.73%) REST
7 65 (3.46%) CSS
7 65 (3.46%) HTML
8 52 (2.77%) Blazor
8 52 (2.77%) RESTful
9 51 (2.72%) AngularJS
10 42 (2.24%) Vue
11 41 (2.19%) Node.js
12 36 (1.92%) Entity Framework
13 35 (1.87%) ASP.NET Web API
14 33 (1.76%) JSON
15 30 (1.60%) SOAP
16 28 (1.49%) ML.NET
17 27 (1.44%) XML
18 23 (1.23%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.10%) Cyberattack
2 66 (3.52%) Cloud Native
3 55 (2.93%) Driving Licence
4 54 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 34 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 31 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 29 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
11 26 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 24 (1.28%) Replication
13 23 (1.23%) Mobile App
14 21 (1.12%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.12%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (0.85%) Low-Code
16 15 (0.80%) Client/Server
17 11 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 244 (13.01%) Windows
2 164 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 130 (6.93%) Linux
4 38 (2.03%) Ubuntu
5 24 (1.28%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.80%) CentOS
8 14 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.53%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.37%) Android
11 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.27%) Unix
13 2 (0.11%) VMS
14 1 (0.053%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.053%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (25.59%) Cybersecurity
2 374 (19.94%) AI
3 329 (17.54%) DevOps
4 314 (16.74%) Agile
5 289 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
6 274 (14.61%) CI/CD
7 250 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 225 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
9 162 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (8.53%) Full-Stack Development
11 151 (8.05%) Ethical Hacking
12 136 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 134 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
14 130 (6.93%) Software Engineering
15 115 (6.13%) Microservices
16 108 (5.76%) ITIL
16 108 (5.76%) Machine Learning
17 103 (5.49%) Containerisation
18 99 (5.28%) Data Modelling
19 96 (5.12%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 481 (25.64%) SQL
2 451 (24.04%) Python
3 271 (14.45%) C#
4 134 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 111 (5.92%) JavaScript
6 79 (4.21%) TypeScript
7 65 (3.46%) Java
8 63 (3.36%) Bash
9 33 (1.76%) C++
10 31 (1.65%) Rust
11 26 (1.39%) R
11 26 (1.39%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.17%) Bicep
13 19 (1.01%) C
14 17 (0.91%) PHP
15 12 (0.64%) Go
16 6 (0.32%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.27%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.27%) Scala
18 3 (0.16%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 645 (34.38%) Azure Certification
2 175 (9.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 165 (8.80%) CompTIA CySA+
4 152 (8.10%) CEH
5 145 (7.73%) Degree
6 120 (6.40%) Security Cleared
7 87 (4.64%) SC Cleared
8 82 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
9 73 (3.89%) CCNA
10 71 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 67 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
12 37 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (1.12%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.80%) DBS Check
15 12 (0.64%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.64%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.53%) CISSP
17 9 (0.48%) CISM
17 9 (0.48%) ICAEW
18 8 (0.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.00%) QA
2 59 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (1.33%) SLA
6 22 (1.17%) GDPR
6 22 (1.17%) NIST
7 17 (0.91%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.48%) WCAG
11 5 (0.27%) NCSC
11 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.21%) GRC
13 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.11%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.053%) COBIT
15 1 (0.053%) HIPAA
System Software
1 233 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 135 (7.20%) Docker
3 123 (6.56%) Hyper-V
4 104 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 38 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.23%) KVM
7 15 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.75%) vSphere
9 12 (0.64%) Firmware
10 5 (0.27%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.21%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.053%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 162 (8.64%) Terraform
2 151 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 105 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (3.25%) Ansible
5 29 (1.55%) Grafana
5 29 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.85%) vCenter Server
7 15 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 13 (0.69%) Graylog
9 10 (0.53%) Nagios
10 9 (0.48%) Backup Exec
10 9 (0.48%) Podman
10 9 (0.48%) Proxmox
11 8 (0.43%) Nessus
11 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.43%) ZABBIX
12 7 (0.37%) Puppet
13 6 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,176 (62.69%) Microsoft
2 370 (19.72%) ForeScout
3 134 (7.14%) VMware
4 115 (6.13%) Cisco
5 79 (4.21%) Databricks
6 43 (2.29%) Google
7 42 (2.24%) Veeam
8 37 (1.97%) Red Hat
9 32 (1.71%) Oracle
10 28 (1.49%) Fortinet
11 25 (1.33%) Palo Alto
12 22 (1.17%) HP
13 21 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
14 19 (1.01%) IBM
15 18 (0.96%) Meraki
15 18 (0.96%) Splunk
16 16 (0.85%) ServiceNow
17 15 (0.80%) Facebook
18 14 (0.75%) Citrix
18 14 (0.75%) Juniper