Azure Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 3 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,040 1,495 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.27% 18.77% 21.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.46% 52.31% 49.55%
Number of salaries quoted 757 1,062 1,077
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,764
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £72,433 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,056 £83,625 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +7.83%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,021 2,858 3,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.29% 35.88% 43.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,499 1,978 2,323
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,425 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,044 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% +4.17% +3.16%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,889 £82,500 £77,500
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 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 7 December 2023.

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 7 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
Bristol -1 429 £62,500 +19.05% 101
Gloucestershire +8 222 £57,500 - 39
Wiltshire +3 159 £50,000 -1.96% 31
Somerset +6 88 £49,750 -0.50% 49
Devon -1 62 £38,169 -4.58% 30
Dorset -3 44 £50,000 +11.11% 26
Cornwall +13 14 £38,750 +21.09% 10
Avon - 3 £32,500 - 22
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
1 110 (10.58%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.31%) Umbraco
3 19 (1.83%) MS Exchange
4 17 (1.63%) CMS
5 12 (1.15%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.67%) Apache
6 7 (0.67%) Confluence
6 7 (0.67%) IIS
7 6 (0.58%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.58%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.48%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.38%) Luigi
9 4 (0.38%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.29%) Captiva
10 3 (0.29%) FileNet
10 3 (0.29%) nginx
10 3 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.19%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.19%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
5 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 34 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.63%) Maximo
3 15 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) Magento
6 1 (0.096%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 405 (38.94%) AWS
2 296 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
3 146 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
4 139 (13.37%) Power Platform
5 129 (12.40%) Entra ID
5 129 (12.40%) GCP
6 113 (10.87%) SaaS
7 87 (8.37%) PaaS
8 77 (7.40%) IaaS
9 68 (6.54%) Serverless
10 57 (5.48%) OpenShift
11 55 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (3.65%) Azure Functions
13 36 (3.46%) OneDrive
14 31 (2.98%) Power Automate
15 28 (2.69%) PowerApps
16 25 (2.40%) GitHub
17 22 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
18 20 (1.92%) WhatsApp
19 15 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 120 (11.54%) DNS
2 112 (10.77%) Firewall
3 93 (8.94%) DHCP
4 78 (7.50%) WAN
5 69 (6.63%) VPN
6 63 (6.06%) TCP/IP
7 57 (5.48%) VLAN
8 56 (5.38%) LAN
9 42 (4.04%) HTTP
10 39 (3.75%) Wireless
11 28 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (2.40%) OSPF
13 22 (2.12%) IPsec
14 20 (1.92%) SAN
14 20 (1.92%) SD-WAN
15 19 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
15 19 (1.83%) VoIP
16 15 (1.44%) BGP
17 11 (1.06%) IPv4
17 11 (1.06%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (9.13%) SQL Server
2 69 (6.63%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (6.25%) Power BI
4 63 (6.06%) NoSQL
5 33 (3.17%) Data Lake
6 29 (2.79%) Big Data
7 26 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.83%) MongoDB
9 19 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.35%) GIS
12 14 (1.35%) MySQL
12 14 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (1.25%) Redis
14 11 (1.06%) Tableau
15 9 (0.87%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.67%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 75 (7.21%) Jenkins
2 41 (3.94%) Git
3 38 (3.65%) GitLab
3 38 (3.65%) JIRA
4 23 (2.21%) Selenium
5 22 (2.12%) Cucumber
6 19 (1.83%) Cypress.io
6 19 (1.83%) Team Foundation Server
7 16 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 15 (1.44%) Maven
9 13 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
10 12 (1.15%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.58%) JUnit
11 6 (0.58%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
13 4 (0.38%) JIRA Agile
13 4 (0.38%) JMeter
13 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Subversion
14 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
General
1 203 (19.52%) Finance
2 172 (16.54%) Social Skills
3 84 (8.08%) Banking
4 69 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 41 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (3.17%) Retail
7 31 (2.98%) Marketing
8 28 (2.69%) Legal
9 24 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.21%) Law
11 22 (2.12%) Aerospace
11 22 (2.12%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.25%) Electronics
14 13 (1.25%) Tech for Good
15 9 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 161 (15.48%) Developer
2 160 (15.38%) Senior
3 159 (15.29%) Architect
4 107 (10.29%) Software Engineer
5 105 (10.10%) Lead
6 83 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 76 (7.31%) DevOps Engineer
7 76 (7.31%) Solutions Architect
8 73 (7.02%) Support Engineer
9 58 (5.58%) Analyst
10 49 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
11 48 (4.62%) IT Support
12 47 (4.52%) IT Engineer
13 45 (4.33%) .NET Developer
14 42 (4.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 36 (3.46%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 34 (3.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 33 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support
17 33 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
18 32 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (13.75%) .NET
2 92 (8.85%) AngularJS
3 89 (8.56%) React
4 58 (5.58%) CSS
5 55 (5.29%) HTML
6 52 (5.00%) .NET Core
7 44 (4.23%) ASP.NET
8 43 (4.13%) REST
9 35 (3.37%) Spring
10 33 (3.17%) Blazor
11 32 (3.08%) JSON
11 32 (3.08%) Kafka
12 29 (2.79%) RESTful
13 28 (2.69%) Web Services
14 25 (2.40%) Node.js
14 25 (2.40%) Vue
15 24 (2.31%) Spring Boot
16 23 (2.21%) ARM Templates
17 19 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.83%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 76 (7.31%) Public Cloud
2 47 (4.52%) Private Cloud
3 38 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.27%) Cloud Native
4 34 (3.27%) Driving Licence
5 30 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.40%) Data Structures
7 23 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 18 (1.73%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.63%) Blockchain
11 15 (1.44%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.25%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.15%) NHS
15 10 (0.96%) Mobile App
15 10 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 8 (0.77%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 263 (25.29%) Windows
2 162 (15.58%) Linux
3 132 (12.69%) Windows Server
4 47 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (3.27%) Unix
5 34 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (3.08%) Windows 10
6 32 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (2.02%) Android
9 17 (1.63%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.87%) CentOS
11 8 (0.77%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.38%) Debian
12 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.19%) Solaris
15 1 (0.096%) VMS
15 1 (0.096%) Windows Mobile
15 1 (0.096%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (35.58%) Agile
2 366 (35.19%) DevOps
3 179 (17.21%) Actionable Insight
4 172 (16.54%) CI/CD
5 155 (14.90%) Software Engineering
6 129 (12.40%) Mentoring
7 128 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
8 123 (11.83%) Infrastructure as Code
9 116 (11.15%) ITIL
10 109 (10.48%) Roadmaps
11 108 (10.38%) Scrum
12 104 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
13 102 (9.81%) Microservices
14 101 (9.71%) Full Stack Development
15 100 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 97 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
17 95 (9.13%) Customer Service
18 75 (7.21%) Containerisation
19 69 (6.63%) Migration
19 69 (6.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 224 (21.54%) Python
2 188 (18.08%) Java
3 182 (17.50%) JavaScript
4 161 (15.48%) SQL
5 144 (13.85%) PowerShell
6 138 (13.27%) C#
7 102 (9.81%) Bash
8 57 (5.48%) TypeScript
9 30 (2.88%) C++
10 19 (1.83%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.73%) Go
12 17 (1.63%) Kotlin
12 17 (1.63%) PHP
13 16 (1.54%) Ruby
14 12 (1.15%) Bicep
15 11 (1.06%) Perl
15 11 (1.06%) Scala
16 7 (0.67%) C
16 7 (0.67%) Rust
17 6 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 235 (22.60%) Security Cleared
2 142 (13.65%) SC Cleared
3 114 (10.96%) Degree
4 66 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 62 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (3.56%) Azure Certification
7 35 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.98%) TOGAF Certification
9 29 (2.79%) MCSE
10 26 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (2.40%) CCNA
11 25 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (2.02%) A+ Certification
13 20 (1.92%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.92%) MCP
14 18 (1.73%) CCNP
15 13 (1.25%) CISSP
16 12 (1.15%) DBS Check
17 11 (1.06%) MCSA
18 8 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (3.37%) QA
3 30 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.83%) SLA
5 14 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (0.96%) GDPR
7 10 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.67%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.58%) NCSC
10 5 (0.48%) DICOM
10 5 (0.48%) HL7
10 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.38%) COBIT
11 4 (0.38%) GRC
12 2 (0.19%) NIST
13 1 (0.096%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.096%) PMO
13 1 (0.096%) SOC 1
13 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 233 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 185 (17.79%) Docker
3 116 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 97 (9.33%) Hyper-V
5 21 (2.02%) vSphere
6 14 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.15%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.58%) XenApp
10 6 (0.58%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.48%) Firmware
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.19%) Apache Flume
14 1 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.096%) HDFS
14 1 (0.096%) KVM
Systems Management
1 221 (21.25%) Kubernetes
2 117 (11.25%) Ansible
2 117 (11.25%) Terraform
3 96 (9.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (5.48%) Puppet
5 20 (1.92%) FortiGate
6 16 (1.54%) Packer
7 13 (1.25%) Grafana
8 11 (1.06%) SCCM
9 10 (0.96%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.96%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.77%) Nagios
11 7 (0.67%) Istio
12 5 (0.48%) Nessus
13 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.29%) EdgeSight
14 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 421 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 164 (15.77%) VMware
3 64 (6.15%) Google
4 63 (6.06%) Cisco
5 45 (4.33%) Red Hat
6 34 (3.27%) Oracle
7 25 (2.40%) CheckPoint
7 25 (2.40%) Dell
8 23 (2.21%) SolarWinds
9 22 (2.12%) Meraki
10 20 (1.92%) Citrix
11 19 (1.83%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.73%) IBM
12 18 (1.73%) SAP
13 17 (1.63%) HP
14 15 (1.44%) Apple
14 15 (1.44%) Sparx
15 11 (1.06%) Aruba
15 11 (1.06%) Databricks
15 11 (1.06%) Juniper