Azure Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Azure
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 4 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,536 3,011 4,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.81% 17.29% 22.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 54.62% 47.76% 51.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,218 2,251 2,987
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +6.96%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,812 6,304 8,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 36.27% 36.20% 43.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,193 4,603 5,829
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 0 676 £52,500 -12.50% 221
Berkshire -3 362 £52,500 -16.00% 91
Surrey +6 267 £52,500 -12.50% 109
Hampshire -7 240 £55,000 -8.33% 90
Buckinghamshire +2 188 £55,000 -8.33% 70
East Sussex +4 169 £62,009 +7.27% 23
Oxfordshire +8 126 £50,000 +17.65% 60
Kent 0 80 £55,000 +10.00% 67
West Sussex +3 73 £57,500 -4.17% 56
Sussex +18 2 £47,500 - 5
Middlesex +9 2 £42,500 -23.42% 2
M4 Corridor - 1 £95,000 -
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
1 135 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.52%) MS Exchange
3 47 (3.06%) IIS
4 22 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.37%) CMS
6 18 (1.17%) Apache
7 9 (0.59%) Confluence
7 9 (0.59%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.52%) nginx
8 8 (0.52%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.46%) Kentico
9 7 (0.46%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.39%) Headless CMS
10 6 (0.39%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.26%) IBM Domino
11 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.20%) WordPress
13 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
13 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 62 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.59%) AutoCAD
4 9 (0.59%) PTC Creo
4 9 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
5 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Simulink
7 3 (0.20%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 33 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.065%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.065%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.065%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.065%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 439 (28.58%) Microsoft 365
2 346 (22.53%) AWS
3 221 (14.39%) Azure DevOps
4 169 (11.00%) Entra ID
5 160 (10.42%) Power Platform
6 128 (8.33%) SaaS
7 105 (6.84%) PaaS
8 97 (6.32%) GCP
9 91 (5.92%) IaaS
10 81 (5.27%) Dynamics 365
11 70 (4.56%) Serverless
12 58 (3.78%) Cloud Computing
13 45 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
14 40 (2.60%) GitHub
15 36 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 32 (2.08%) Azure Functions
17 27 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (1.69%) Snowflake
19 25 (1.63%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 232 (15.10%) Firewall
2 171 (11.13%) DNS
3 128 (8.33%) DHCP
4 76 (4.95%) WAN
5 73 (4.75%) VPN
6 69 (4.49%) LAN
7 65 (4.23%) TCP/IP
8 57 (3.71%) VoIP
9 48 (3.13%) SAN
10 31 (2.02%) SNMP
10 31 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (1.89%) Internet
11 29 (1.89%) VLAN
11 29 (1.89%) Wireless
12 19 (1.24%) Network Security
13 18 (1.17%) BGP
14 14 (0.91%) Wireshark
15 12 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
16 9 (0.59%) OSPF
17 8 (0.52%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (11.91%) SQL Server
2 104 (6.77%) Power BI
3 81 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.99%) NoSQL
5 41 (2.67%) Data Lake
6 36 (2.34%) Relational Database
7 32 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (1.89%) MySQL
9 26 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
10 25 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (1.37%) Big Data
12 16 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.04%) Metadata
12 16 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 15 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 14 (0.91%) MongoDB
15 13 (0.85%) SAP HANA
16 12 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (0.72%) Hadoop
18 10 (0.65%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 92 (5.99%) Git
2 80 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 48 (3.13%) JIRA
4 44 (2.86%) Selenium
5 25 (1.63%) Visual Studio
6 24 (1.56%) Robot Framework
7 19 (1.24%) TeamCity
8 18 (1.17%) GitLab
9 15 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 13 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
11 12 (0.78%) Visual Studio Team System
12 11 (0.72%) Axure RP
13 9 (0.59%) Chocolatey
13 9 (0.59%) NUnit
14 8 (0.52%) Gradle
14 8 (0.52%) JetBrains Rider
14 8 (0.52%) Maven
15 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 6 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
16 6 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 350 (22.79%) Social Skills
2 288 (18.75%) Finance
3 147 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (3.39%) Retail
5 48 (3.13%) Legal
6 36 (2.34%) Public Sector
7 35 (2.28%) Law
8 34 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 26 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.43%) Financial Institution
12 19 (1.24%) Marketing
13 17 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.04%) Banking
14 16 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (0.98%) Electronics
15 15 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (0.72%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.72%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 284 (18.49%) Developer
2 211 (13.74%) Senior
3 183 (11.91%) Architect
4 144 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 132 (8.59%) Analyst
6 117 (7.62%) Support Engineer
7 108 (7.03%) .NET Developer
8 107 (6.97%) IT Engineer
9 103 (6.71%) Lead
10 92 (5.99%) Solutions Architect
11 91 (5.92%) IT Support
12 81 (5.27%) Azure Engineer
13 73 (4.75%) Senior Developer
14 71 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
15 63 (4.10%) C# Developer
16 60 (3.91%) Data Engineer
17 56 (3.65%) Software Developer
18 54 (3.52%) IT Support Engineer
19 49 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 48 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 317 (20.64%) .NET
2 107 (6.97%) .NET Core
3 101 (6.58%) HTML
4 90 (5.86%) React
5 76 (4.95%) AngularJS
5 76 (4.95%) CSS
6 56 (3.65%) .NET Framework
7 54 (3.52%) ASP.NET
8 47 (3.06%) Blazor
9 42 (2.73%) REST
9 42 (2.73%) XML
10 39 (2.54%) Node.js
11 37 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
12 35 (2.28%) JSON
13 32 (2.08%) RESTful
14 27 (1.76%) HTML5
15 25 (1.63%) Entity Framework
15 25 (1.63%) Kafka
16 23 (1.50%) Spring
16 23 (1.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.78%) Public Cloud
2 44 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 40 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 38 (2.47%) PKI
5 32 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 32 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (1.89%) Client/Server
9 25 (1.63%) CMDB
9 25 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.63%) Private Cloud
10 23 (1.50%) IoT
11 22 (1.43%) Driving Licence
12 17 (1.11%) Onboarding
13 15 (0.98%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.85%) NHS
15 12 (0.78%) Clustering
15 12 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 456 (29.69%) Windows
2 248 (16.15%) Windows Server
3 158 (10.29%) Linux
4 59 (3.84%) Windows 10
5 57 (3.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 54 (3.52%) Android
7 49 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 31 (2.02%) Apple iOS
10 30 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 20 (1.30%) Windows 8
12 19 (1.24%) Mac OS
13 18 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
14 13 (0.85%) Ubuntu
15 7 (0.46%) CentOS
15 7 (0.46%) Debian
15 7 (0.46%) Windows Mobile
16 6 (0.39%) VMS
16 6 (0.39%) Windows XP
17 5 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (27.73%) DevOps
2 419 (27.28%) Agile
3 295 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
4 186 (12.11%) CI/CD
5 182 (11.85%) ITIL
6 167 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 150 (9.77%) Analytics
8 142 (9.24%) Mentoring
9 130 (8.46%) Actionable Insight
10 124 (8.07%) Customer Service
11 118 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
12 117 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 112 (7.29%) Microservices
14 103 (6.71%) Migration
15 100 (6.51%) Cybersecurity
15 100 (6.51%) Roadmaps
16 96 (6.25%) Scrum
17 91 (5.92%) Software Engineering
18 90 (5.86%) Full Stack Development
19 83 (5.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 360 (23.44%) SQL
2 326 (21.22%) C#
3 221 (14.39%) PowerShell
4 201 (13.09%) Python
5 186 (12.11%) JavaScript
6 86 (5.60%) Java
7 63 (4.10%) Bash
8 52 (3.39%) T-SQL
9 49 (3.19%) VBScript
10 42 (2.73%) Bicep
11 38 (2.47%) C++
12 33 (2.15%) TypeScript
13 27 (1.76%) VB
14 24 (1.56%) R
15 23 (1.50%) Go
16 18 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 15 (0.98%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.91%) Perl
18 14 (0.91%) PHP
19 12 (0.78%) C
Qualifications
1 241 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 216 (14.06%) Degree
3 173 (11.26%) SC Cleared
4 94 (6.12%) Azure Certification
5 80 (5.21%) DV Cleared
6 71 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (2.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 33 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 23 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.04%) MCSE
13 15 (0.98%) CCNA
13 15 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (0.91%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.85%) MCSA
16 12 (0.78%) CISSP
17 9 (0.59%) Citrix Certification
18 7 (0.46%) A+ Certification
18 7 (0.46%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (4.62%) SLA
2 36 (2.34%) GDPR
3 29 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.69%) Data Quality
5 24 (1.56%) QA
6 21 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.72%) NIST
8 8 (0.52%) PMO
9 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.13%) GRC
11 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.065%) GLP
12 1 (0.065%) GMP
12 1 (0.065%) GxP
12 1 (0.065%) WCAG
System Software
1 374 (24.35%) Active Directory
2 153 (9.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (9.44%) Hyper-V
4 131 (8.53%) Docker
5 41 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
6 35 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 33 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.17%) vSphere
9 9 (0.59%) Firmware
10 5 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.26%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.26%) XenApp
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.065%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 154 (10.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (9.83%) Kubernetes
3 145 (9.44%) Terraform
4 78 (5.08%) Ansible
5 72 (4.69%) SCCM
6 71 (4.62%) SCOM
7 36 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 35 (2.28%) WSUS
9 16 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (0.98%) Grafana
11 12 (0.78%) Puppet
12 11 (0.72%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.72%) NetBackup
13 8 (0.52%) Icinga
13 8 (0.52%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
15 6 (0.39%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
16 5 (0.33%) Nagios
17 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 697 (45.38%) Microsoft
2 209 (13.61%) VMware
3 78 (5.08%) Cisco
4 64 (4.17%) Databricks
5 62 (4.04%) Oracle
6 36 (2.34%) SAP
7 33 (2.15%) Veeam
8 31 (2.02%) Citrix
9 30 (1.95%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.76%) HP
11 26 (1.69%) Dynatrace
12 23 (1.50%) Google
12 23 (1.50%) IBM
12 23 (1.50%) Juniper
13 19 (1.24%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.24%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.11%) SolarWinds
15 16 (1.04%) Dell
16 15 (0.98%) Meraki
16 15 (0.98%) Red Hat