Azure Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 437 1,407 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.55% 15.38% 20.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.55% 51.28% 52.76%
Number of salaries quoted 371 1,064 815
10th Percentile £30,750 £34,012 £31,100
25th Percentile £37,625 £42,500 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,625 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,526 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -8.42% +4.00%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 882 2,744 2,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.34% 30.00% 38.39%
Number of salaries quoted 731 2,118 1,702
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,025
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,813 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +1.94%
75th Percentile £70,417 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Bristol -3 195 £62,500 +4.17% 156
Wiltshire 0 68 £55,000 -8.33% 45
Somerset -9 54 £45,000 -10.00% 40
Gloucestershire -22 45 £55,000 - 116
Devon -14 37 £32,500 -31.58% 38
Dorset -10 26 £35,000 -30.00% 19
Cornwall +9 11 £34,500 +15.00% 5
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 39 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (6.64%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.52%) IIS
4 7 (1.60%) Confluence
5 6 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.69%) Apache
7 2 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.46%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.46%) CMS
7 2 (0.46%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.46%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.23%) Luigi
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.23%) Magento
2 1 (0.23%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 148 (33.87%) AWS
2 118 (27.00%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (14.19%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (13.27%) Entra ID
5 55 (12.59%) GCP
6 47 (10.76%) Power Platform
7 30 (6.86%) SaaS
8 23 (5.26%) OneDrive
9 21 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (4.81%) GitHub
10 19 (4.35%) PaaS
11 17 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (3.66%) Serverless
13 15 (3.43%) IaaS
13 15 (3.43%) Power Automate
14 14 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (3.20%) npm
15 12 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (2.29%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 90 (20.59%) Firewall
2 57 (13.04%) DNS
3 46 (10.53%) WAN
4 41 (9.38%) VPN
5 38 (8.70%) DHCP
6 35 (8.01%) VLAN
7 34 (7.78%) LAN
8 25 (5.72%) Network Security
9 20 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (3.66%) SD-WAN
10 16 (3.66%) VoIP
11 11 (2.52%) OSPF
12 10 (2.29%) ADSL
12 10 (2.29%) EIGRP
13 8 (1.83%) MPLS
14 7 (1.60%) BGP
14 7 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (1.60%) TCP/IP
14 7 (1.60%) Wireless
15 6 (1.37%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.61%) SQL Server
2 33 (7.55%) Power BI
3 19 (4.35%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.52%) Tableau
8 9 (2.06%) BigQuery
8 9 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.60%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.37%) Redis
12 5 (1.14%) Big Data
12 5 (1.14%) Data Hub
12 5 (1.14%) Looker
13 4 (0.92%) MySQL
14 3 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (13.50%) Git
2 26 (5.95%) JIRA
3 16 (3.66%) GitLab
4 15 (3.43%) Cucumber
4 15 (3.43%) Cypress.io
5 13 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
5 13 (2.97%) webpack
6 8 (1.83%) Postman
6 8 (1.83%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.60%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.37%) Selenium
8 6 (1.37%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.69%) Subversion
10 3 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.46%) Maven
11 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.46%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.23%) RStudio
General
1 121 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 90 (20.59%) Finance
3 52 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (9.38%) Banking
5 32 (7.32%) Retail
6 25 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.06%) Games
9 9 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.06%) Legal
10 8 (1.83%) Electronics
11 7 (1.60%) Automotive
12 6 (1.37%) Marketing
12 6 (1.37%) Police
13 5 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (18.99%) Developer
2 65 (14.87%) Senior
3 55 (12.59%) Analyst
4 50 (11.44%) Software Engineer
5 45 (10.30%) 2nd Line Support
5 45 (10.30%) IT Support
6 44 (10.07%) Lead
7 32 (7.32%) Support Analyst
8 27 (6.18%) Architect
9 24 (5.49%) IT Analyst
10 23 (5.26%) Senior Developer
11 22 (5.03%) IT Engineer
12 19 (4.35%) .NET Developer
12 19 (4.35%) Data Engineer
12 19 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
12 19 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (4.12%) Support Engineer
14 17 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 17 (3.89%) Software Developer
15 16 (3.66%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (13.04%) React
2 56 (12.81%) .NET
3 36 (8.24%) AngularJS
3 36 (8.24%) RESTful
4 30 (6.86%) HTML
5 28 (6.41%) CSS
6 26 (5.95%) .NET Framework
7 25 (5.72%) ASP.NET
7 25 (5.72%) Spring Boot
8 24 (5.49%) Web Services
9 20 (4.58%) REST
10 18 (4.12%) .NET Core
10 18 (4.12%) Entity Framework
10 18 (4.12%) Node.js
11 14 (3.20%) JSON
12 13 (2.97%) Jest
12 13 (2.97%) Spring
13 11 (2.52%) GraphQL
13 11 (2.52%) XML
14 10 (2.29%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.95%) Driving Licence
2 20 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (3.43%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.97%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.52%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.29%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.06%) Distributed Applications
8 9 (2.06%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.37%) DataPower
10 6 (1.37%) N-Tier
10 6 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (18.99%) Windows
2 56 (12.81%) Windows Server
3 33 (7.55%) Linux
4 15 (3.43%) Apple iOS
5 13 (2.97%) Android
5 13 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (2.75%) Windows 10
7 11 (2.52%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (32.95%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (29.98%) DevOps
3 112 (25.63%) Agile
4 111 (25.40%) CI/CD
5 78 (17.85%) Software Engineering
6 60 (13.73%) Mentoring
7 58 (13.27%) ITIL
8 56 (12.81%) Containerisation
9 50 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
9 50 (11.44%) Full-Stack Development
10 49 (11.21%) Customer Service
11 44 (10.07%) Business Intelligence
11 44 (10.07%) Microservices
11 44 (10.07%) Test Automation
12 43 (9.84%) Data Modelling
12 43 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 37 (8.47%) Analytics
14 36 (8.24%) Roadmaps
15 33 (7.55%) Scrum
16 31 (7.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 97 (22.20%) SQL
2 72 (16.48%) Python
3 66 (15.10%) JavaScript
4 62 (14.19%) C#
5 61 (13.96%) Java
6 47 (10.76%) PowerShell
7 27 (6.18%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.89%) Bash
9 11 (2.52%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.52%) VB.NET
10 6 (1.37%) Go
11 5 (1.14%) C++
11 5 (1.14%) R
12 4 (0.92%) Bicep
12 4 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.92%) VB
13 3 (0.69%) PHP
14 2 (0.46%) VB6
14 2 (0.46%) VBA
14 2 (0.46%) XAML
Qualifications
1 64 (14.65%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.76%) Degree
3 41 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.18%) Azure Certification
6 23 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (3.43%) A+ Certification
7 15 (3.43%) AWS Certification
7 15 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.75%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.75%) MCITP
10 10 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.06%) CCNA
12 8 (1.83%) CISSP
12 8 (1.83%) MCP
13 6 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.37%) MCSA
13 6 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.66%) GDPR
2 15 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.43%) QA
3 12 (2.75%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (1.83%) NIST
6 7 (1.60%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.60%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.60%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) COBIT
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.46%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 107 (24.49%) Active Directory
2 55 (12.59%) Docker
3 26 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.58%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.37%) vSphere
6 5 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (12.13%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.72%) Terraform
4 9 (2.06%) Grafana
4 9 (2.06%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.83%) Ansible
6 6 (1.37%) SCCM
7 4 (0.92%) Iperf
8 3 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.69%) Puppet
8 3 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.46%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.23%) Nagios
10 1 (0.23%) Packer
10 1 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 158 (36.16%) Microsoft
2 44 (10.07%) VMware
3 28 (6.41%) Cisco
4 25 (5.72%) Google
5 19 (4.35%) Databricks
6 16 (3.66%) SolarWinds
7 14 (3.20%) Fortinet
8 12 (2.75%) CheckPoint
9 11 (2.52%) IBM
10 8 (1.83%) Apple
11 7 (1.60%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.60%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.37%) Aruba
12 6 (1.37%) F5
12 6 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.37%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.14%) Citrix
13 5 (1.14%) Okta
13 5 (1.14%) Veeam
14 4 (0.92%) Meraki