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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 966 2,806 2,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.41% 16.82% 19.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.70% 54.10% 53.39%
Number of salaries quoted 683 2,222 2,055
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.43%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £92,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.04% -8.46% +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 2,161 5,187 5,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.53% 31.08% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,409 4,055 3,859
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -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 1 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 1 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 -2 390 £60,000 +14.29% 226
Berkshire -4 213 £64,500 +22.86% 136
Surrey +5 206 £62,500 +13.64% 80
Hampshire -12 186 £57,500 +4.55% 112
Buckinghamshire -11 102 £55,000 +5.37% 39
Oxfordshire -3 75 £49,000 -6.67% 80
Middlesex +5 72 £90,000 +111.76% 6
Kent -19 46 £55,000 - 58
West Sussex -1 37 £60,000 +9.09% 37
East Sussex -17 19 £50,000 - 19
Sussex +1 6 £62,500 +13.64% 29
Home Counties 0 1 £70,000 +45.83%
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 85 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 47 (4.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (2.07%) IBM Domino
4 17 (1.76%) IIS
5 16 (1.66%) CMS
6 11 (1.14%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.41%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) Confluence
8 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.10%) SAS
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.10%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 40 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.62%) Trello
4 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.31%) Productboard
5 2 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.10%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 244 (25.26%) Microsoft 365
2 232 (24.02%) AWS
3 178 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
4 128 (13.25%) Power Platform
5 112 (11.59%) GCP
6 108 (11.18%) SaaS
7 75 (7.76%) Entra ID
8 73 (7.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 66 (6.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 63 (6.52%) PaaS
11 59 (6.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 57 (5.90%) Azure Service Bus
13 48 (4.97%) PowerApps
14 46 (4.76%) GitHub
15 45 (4.66%) Power Automate
16 40 (4.14%) Serverless
17 35 (3.62%) SonarCloud
18 31 (3.21%) Snowflake
19 26 (2.69%) Azure Functions
20 24 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.14%) Firewall
2 54 (5.59%) DNS
3 44 (4.55%) WAN
4 40 (4.14%) LAN
5 38 (3.93%) DHCP
6 35 (3.62%) Network Security
7 33 (3.42%) VPN
8 26 (2.69%) TCP/IP
9 20 (2.07%) VLAN
10 18 (1.86%) SD-WAN
11 15 (1.55%) SAN
12 13 (1.35%) Wireless
13 11 (1.14%) VoIP
14 10 (1.04%) NAS
15 9 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.83%) VSAN
16 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.83%) WLAN
17 6 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 91 (9.42%) Power BI
3 74 (7.66%) Data Lake
4 61 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
5 57 (5.90%) Elasticsearch
6 41 (4.24%) Big Data
7 33 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (3.00%) Tableau
9 27 (2.80%) Metadata
10 26 (2.69%) NoSQL
11 18 (1.86%) MongoDB
11 18 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (1.55%) Data Mining
13 14 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (1.35%) MySQL
15 11 (1.14%) Relational Database
16 9 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (0.93%) QlikView
17 7 (0.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 95 (9.83%) Git
2 53 (5.49%) Visual Studio
3 38 (3.93%) Octopus Deploy
4 37 (3.83%) JIRA
5 36 (3.73%) MSBuild
6 35 (3.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (2.80%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.24%) Selenium
9 7 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.72%) GitLab
10 6 (0.62%) Postman
10 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.52%) JUnit
11 5 (0.52%) Mockito
11 5 (0.52%) TestComplete
12 4 (0.41%) git-flow
13 3 (0.31%) ESLint
14 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
14 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 323 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 162 (16.77%) Finance
3 107 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (10.97%) Law
5 69 (7.14%) Retail
6 50 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (3.62%) Legal
8 31 (3.21%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.59%) Marketing
10 20 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (1.76%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.24%) Automotive
14 7 (0.72%) Public Sector
15 6 (0.62%) Advertising
16 5 (0.52%) Banking
16 5 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.52%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.41%) Electronics
18 3 (0.31%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 177 (18.32%) Senior
2 169 (17.49%) Lead
3 153 (15.84%) Developer
4 88 (9.11%) Support Engineer
5 83 (8.59%) Architect
6 54 (5.59%) Analyst
7 52 (5.38%) Cloud Engineer
8 49 (5.07%) Data Engineer
9 46 (4.76%) IT Support
10 44 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
10 44 (4.55%) Software Engineer
11 43 (4.45%) Senior Developer
12 41 (4.24%) IT Engineer
13 40 (4.14%) Technical Architect
14 38 (3.93%) DevOps Engineer
15 37 (3.83%) IT Support Engineer
16 33 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (3.42%) Team Leader
17 30 (3.11%) Full-Stack Developer
17 30 (3.11%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (24.22%) .NET
2 98 (10.14%) HTML
3 89 (9.21%) CSS
4 77 (7.97%) React
5 75 (7.76%) ASP.NET
6 60 (6.21%) REST
7 51 (5.28%) XML
8 46 (4.76%) Node.js
9 44 (4.55%) .NET Framework
9 44 (4.55%) Bootstrap
10 43 (4.45%) JSON
11 37 (3.83%) AngularJS
12 35 (3.62%) gRPC
13 31 (3.21%) .NET Core
13 31 (3.21%) HTML5
14 27 (2.80%) Pandas
15 25 (2.59%) Blazor
16 24 (2.48%) Kafka
17 19 (1.97%) RESTful
17 19 (1.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.45%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.93%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.83%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
6 26 (2.69%) Security Posture
7 23 (2.38%) Algorithms
8 22 (2.28%) Public Cloud
9 18 (1.86%) Cyberattack
10 17 (1.76%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.66%) Private Cloud
12 15 (1.55%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.45%) Clustering
13 14 (1.45%) Data Centre
14 13 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.14%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.14%) PKI
16 10 (1.04%) Replication
16 10 (1.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 186 (19.25%) Windows
2 99 (10.25%) Linux
3 71 (7.35%) Windows Server
4 40 (4.14%) Mac OS
5 33 (3.42%) Apple iOS
6 29 (3.00%) Android
7 26 (2.69%) Windows 10
8 10 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.83%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.72%) SUSE
12 6 (0.62%) VMS
13 5 (0.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.21%) CentOS
14 2 (0.21%) Debian
15 1 (0.10%) Unix
15 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (30.43%) DevOps
2 264 (27.33%) Agile
3 225 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
4 188 (19.46%) Analytics
5 179 (18.53%) CI/CD
6 145 (15.01%) Mentoring
7 122 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
8 114 (11.80%) Software Engineering
9 113 (11.70%) Data Engineering
10 96 (9.94%) Computer Science
11 91 (9.42%) Data Governance
12 87 (9.01%) Coaching
12 87 (9.01%) ITIL
13 86 (8.90%) Microservices
14 84 (8.70%) Containerisation
15 83 (8.59%) Full-Stack Development
16 81 (8.39%) Roadmaps
17 79 (8.18%) Data Modelling
18 78 (8.07%) Data Management
19 76 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 260 (26.92%) SQL
2 221 (22.88%) Python
3 213 (22.05%) C#
4 153 (15.84%) JavaScript
5 117 (12.11%) PowerShell
6 105 (10.87%) Java
7 39 (4.04%) Rust
8 26 (2.69%) Bash
8 26 (2.69%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.38%) Go
10 22 (2.28%) C++
11 15 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (1.45%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.24%) R
14 11 (1.14%) Bicep
15 10 (1.04%) Scala
16 6 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.52%) X++
18 3 (0.31%) PHP
18 3 (0.31%) RPG
Qualifications
1 168 (17.39%) Degree
2 68 (7.04%) Azure Certification
3 59 (6.11%) Security Cleared
4 45 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.73%) DV Cleared
7 24 (2.48%) DBS Check
7 24 (2.48%) SC Cleared
8 20 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (2.07%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.55%) A+ Certification
10 14 (1.45%) MCP
11 12 (1.24%) CISSP
12 10 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.93%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (0.83%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.83%) MCSE
15 7 (0.72%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 58 (6.00%) GDPR
3 50 (5.18%) QA
4 35 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (3.11%) Accessibility
6 26 (2.69%) SLA
7 23 (2.38%) NIST
8 14 (1.45%) NCSC
9 10 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.04%) GRC
9 10 (1.04%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.72%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.52%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.10%) CDISC
14 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 135 (13.98%) Active Directory
2 126 (13.04%) Docker
3 74 (7.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (5.80%) Hyper-V
5 28 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (2.07%) vSphere
8 8 (0.83%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.62%) NFS
10 5 (0.52%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.21%) HDFS
11 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.10%) vCloud
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.10%) XenApp
12 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 117 (12.11%) Kubernetes
2 75 (7.76%) Terraform
3 62 (6.42%) Ansible
4 55 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.97%) Puppet
5 19 (1.97%) vCenter Server
6 11 (1.14%) SCCM
7 10 (1.04%) vMotion
8 7 (0.72%) Grafana
8 7 (0.72%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.62%) PowerCLI
9 6 (0.62%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.62%) vRealize
10 5 (0.52%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.52%) Nagios
11 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 4 (0.41%) WSUS
12 3 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.31%) Graylog
12 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 472 (48.86%) Microsoft
2 94 (9.73%) Databricks
3 88 (9.11%) VMware
4 55 (5.69%) Cisco
5 46 (4.76%) Google
6 38 (3.93%) SAP
7 33 (3.42%) Citrix
8 27 (2.80%) ServiceNow
9 26 (2.69%) Apple
10 25 (2.59%) Meraki
11 24 (2.48%) Oracle
12 22 (2.28%) IBM
13 17 (1.76%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.66%) HP
15 14 (1.45%) Veeam
16 13 (1.35%) Palo Alto
17 12 (1.24%) Red Hat
18 11 (1.14%) Fortinet
19 10 (1.04%) Atlassian
20 9 (0.93%) Rackspace