Azure Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Azure
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 12 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,020 2,854 2,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.53% 16.20% 19.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.39% 54.15% 54.09%
Number of salaries quoted 629 2,235 1,953
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,598 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -2.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -9.23% +4.00%

All Cloud 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 2,108 5,271 5,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.77% 29.91% 36.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 4,062 3,588
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,875
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.51% +1.59%
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South East

Azure
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South East.

Salary trend for Azure in the South East

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

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 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
Thames Valley -4 431 £55,000 +6.59% 297
Berkshire -4 273 £64,500 +22.86% 158
Surrey +1 208 £62,500 +13.64% 100
Hampshire -13 181 £57,500 +4.55% 163
Buckinghamshire -26 87 £50,000 - 80
Middlesex +6 78 £90,000 +111.76% 7
Oxfordshire -9 71 £47,500 -9.52% 88
Kent -17 59 £55,000 - 83
West Sussex -2 32 £60,000 +9.09% 57
East Sussex -27 20 £50,000 - 24
Sussex +2 6 £58,750 +17.50% 36
Home Counties +2 1 £70,000 +45.83%
Isle of Wight - 1 £47,500 - 1
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 90 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 51 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.25%) CMS
4 20 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.27%) IIS
6 12 (1.18%) Confluence
6 12 (1.18%) IBM Domino
7 7 (0.69%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.29%) Apache
10 3 (0.29%) Appian
11 1 (0.098%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.098%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 30 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.59%) Trello
4 3 (0.29%) Productboard
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.098%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.20%) Sage 1000
2 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.098%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.098%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 263 (25.78%) AWS
2 220 (21.57%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (19.12%) Azure DevOps
4 155 (15.20%) GCP
5 139 (13.63%) Power Platform
6 100 (9.80%) Entra ID
7 86 (8.43%) SaaS
8 66 (6.47%) PaaS
9 64 (6.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 59 (5.78%) Serverless
11 58 (5.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 51 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
13 49 (4.80%) PowerApps
14 48 (4.71%) Power Automate
15 47 (4.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 38 (3.73%) GitHub
17 36 (3.53%) Snowflake
18 32 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
19 31 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
20 30 (2.94%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 78 (7.65%) Firewall
2 56 (5.49%) DNS
3 52 (5.10%) WAN
4 44 (4.31%) LAN
5 40 (3.92%) DHCP
6 30 (2.94%) VPN
7 25 (2.45%) Broadband
7 25 (2.45%) SAN
7 25 (2.45%) TCP/IP
8 23 (2.25%) VLAN
9 22 (2.16%) SD-WAN
10 21 (2.06%) Network Security
11 14 (1.37%) VoIP
12 12 (1.18%) NAS
13 11 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (0.88%) Wireless
16 8 (0.78%) WLAN
17 7 (0.69%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (11.18%) Data Lake
2 111 (10.88%) SQL Server
3 103 (10.10%) Power BI
4 69 (6.76%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
6 46 (4.51%) Big Data
7 32 (3.14%) Metadata
8 28 (2.75%) Tableau
9 26 (2.55%) NoSQL
10 25 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (2.06%) MongoDB
13 18 (1.76%) Relational Database
13 18 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 17 (1.67%) MySQL
15 15 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
16 14 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (1.27%) Data Mining
18 12 (1.18%) Hadoop
19 7 (0.69%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 82 (8.04%) Git
2 45 (4.41%) Visual Studio
3 36 (3.53%) JIRA
4 34 (3.33%) Octopus Deploy
5 30 (2.94%) MSBuild
5 30 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
6 20 (1.96%) Selenium
7 19 (1.86%) Jenkins
8 14 (1.37%) GitLab
9 13 (1.27%) SonarQube
10 11 (1.08%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.78%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.78%) Maven
11 8 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.59%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.59%) Postman
13 5 (0.49%) TestComplete
14 4 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
15 3 (0.29%) git-flow
15 3 (0.29%) Mockito
General
1 368 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 178 (17.45%) Finance
3 166 (16.27%) Law
4 162 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (5.78%) Retail
7 51 (5.00%) Legal
8 35 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (2.45%) Marketing
10 24 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 18 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.47%) Banking
13 9 (0.88%) Automotive
14 8 (0.78%) Advertising
15 5 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.49%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.39%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 233 (22.84%) Senior
2 169 (16.57%) Lead
3 142 (13.92%) Developer
4 81 (7.94%) Architect
5 79 (7.75%) Support Engineer
6 61 (5.98%) Analyst
7 48 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
8 47 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
8 47 (4.61%) IT Support
9 44 (4.31%) Software Engineer
10 43 (4.22%) Data Engineer
10 43 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
11 38 (3.73%) Senior Developer
12 36 (3.53%) IT Engineer
13 35 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (3.43%) Technical Architect
14 32 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
15 30 (2.94%) Team Leader
16 28 (2.75%) Security Engineer
16 28 (2.75%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (19.71%) .NET
2 82 (8.04%) HTML
3 76 (7.45%) CSS
4 64 (6.27%) React
5 60 (5.88%) ASP.NET
6 54 (5.29%) REST
7 46 (4.51%) Node.js
8 45 (4.41%) XML
9 41 (4.02%) JSON
9 41 (4.02%) Kafka
10 38 (3.73%) Bootstrap
11 36 (3.53%) .NET Framework
12 30 (2.94%) gRPC
13 29 (2.84%) AngularJS
14 25 (2.45%) Pandas
15 22 (2.16%) YAML
16 21 (2.06%) .NET Core
17 18 (1.76%) Blazor
18 16 (1.57%) HTML5
18 16 (1.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.22%) Cloud Native
4 39 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 37 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (2.94%) Security Posture
8 23 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.96%) NHS
9 20 (1.96%) PKI
10 19 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 19 (1.86%) Cyberattack
10 19 (1.86%) e-Learning
11 16 (1.57%) Clustering
11 16 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.08%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 172 (16.86%) Windows
2 79 (7.75%) Windows Server
3 78 (7.65%) Linux
4 39 (3.82%) Mac OS
5 28 (2.75%) Apple iOS
6 27 (2.65%) Android
6 27 (2.65%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.69%) SUSE
10 5 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 5 (0.49%) VMS
11 4 (0.39%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.29%) Unix
13 2 (0.20%) Debian
14 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (33.53%) Agile
2 309 (30.29%) DevOps
3 276 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (21.76%) Analytics
5 214 (20.98%) CI/CD
6 198 (19.41%) Mentoring
7 133 (13.04%) Data Science
8 129 (12.65%) Business Intelligence
8 129 (12.65%) Roadmaps
9 123 (12.06%) Data Engineering
10 117 (11.47%) Computer Science
11 115 (11.27%) Machine Learning
12 111 (10.88%) Software Engineering
13 105 (10.29%) Data Governance
14 102 (10.00%) Coaching
15 99 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (9.71%) ITIL
16 97 (9.51%) Test Automation
17 94 (9.22%) Data Modelling
18 92 (9.02%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 273 (26.76%) SQL
2 234 (22.94%) Python
3 191 (18.73%) C#
4 139 (13.63%) JavaScript
5 107 (10.49%) PowerShell
6 104 (10.20%) Java
7 44 (4.31%) TypeScript
8 39 (3.82%) Rust
9 25 (2.45%) Bash
10 23 (2.25%) C++
11 20 (1.96%) Go
12 16 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 15 (1.47%) Bicep
14 13 (1.27%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.98%) R
15 10 (0.98%) X++
16 8 (0.78%) Scala
17 6 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.49%) PHP
19 4 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 229 (22.45%) Degree
2 70 (6.86%) Azure Certification
3 68 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 67 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (4.12%) Master's Degree
7 40 (3.92%) DBS Check
7 40 (3.92%) DV Cleared
8 28 (2.75%) SC Cleared
9 25 (2.45%) PhD
10 15 (1.47%) MCP
11 14 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 13 (1.27%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (1.08%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.08%) CISSP
15 10 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.78%) CCNP
17 7 (0.69%) CCNA
17 7 (0.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 67 (6.57%) GDPR
3 60 (5.88%) QA
4 42 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (3.82%) Accessibility
6 27 (2.65%) NIST
7 22 (2.16%) SLA
8 17 (1.67%) NCSC
9 14 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.88%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.20%) GRC
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.098%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 149 (14.61%) Active Directory
2 120 (11.76%) Docker
3 69 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (5.98%) Hyper-V
5 33 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.67%) vSphere
9 13 (1.27%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.59%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.59%) NFS
11 2 (0.20%) HDFS
11 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.098%) vCloud
12 1 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.098%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.098%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 111 (10.88%) Kubernetes
2 67 (6.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 66 (6.47%) Terraform
4 58 (5.69%) Ansible
5 21 (2.06%) Grafana
5 21 (2.06%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.57%) Puppet
6 16 (1.57%) vCenter Server
7 12 (1.18%) vMotion
8 10 (0.98%) SCCM
8 10 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.69%) PowerCLI
9 7 (0.69%) vRealize
10 6 (0.59%) Nagios
11 5 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.39%) QRadar
13 3 (0.29%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.29%) WSUS
14 2 (0.20%) RSA Security Analytics
14 2 (0.20%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 487 (47.75%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.73%) Databricks
3 87 (8.53%) VMware
4 43 (4.22%) Cisco
5 39 (3.82%) Google
6 36 (3.53%) Citrix
7 34 (3.33%) SAP
8 30 (2.94%) IBM
9 29 (2.84%) ServiceNow
10 28 (2.75%) Apple
11 23 (2.25%) Meraki
12 20 (1.96%) Red Hat
13 19 (1.86%) Salesforce
13 19 (1.86%) Veeam
14 16 (1.57%) HP
15 15 (1.47%) Oracle
16 14 (1.37%) OpenAI
17 12 (1.18%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.98%) Sophos
19 9 (0.88%) Atlassian