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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,414 1,414 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.30% 20.40% 18.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.27% 53.16% 44.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 801 1,009
10th Percentile £33,550 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,200 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

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 2,758 2,660 3,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.85% 38.37% 41.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,126 1,678 2,461
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,736 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +4.26% +11.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 -1 514 £60,000 +0.80% 126
Gloucestershire +4 384 £55,000 - 75
Wiltshire -3 178 £60,000 +23.08% 29
Devon +12 100 £47,500 +15.15% 40
Somerset -2 100 £50,000 - 35
Dorset -16 99 £48,750 +15.04% 25
Cornwall -14 17 £30,000 -16.08% 6
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
1 124 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 116 (8.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.19%) ArcGIS
4 27 (1.91%) GeoServer
4 27 (1.91%) Umbraco
5 26 (1.84%) CMS
6 25 (1.77%) Apache Spark
7 21 (1.49%) Apache
8 18 (1.27%) IIS
9 16 (1.13%) Headless CMS
9 16 (1.13%) Kentico
9 16 (1.13%) Sitecore CMS
10 9 (0.64%) SharePoint 2010
10 9 (0.64%) SharePoint 2013
11 7 (0.50%) Confluence
12 5 (0.35%) JBoss
13 4 (0.28%) nginx
13 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
Applications
1 53 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.42%) Trello
4 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.071%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 38 (2.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.71%) Maximo
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
4 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.071%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 553 (39.11%) AWS
2 387 (27.37%) Microsoft 365
3 253 (17.89%) Azure DevOps
4 184 (13.01%) GCP
5 143 (10.11%) Power Platform
6 129 (9.12%) Entra ID
7 106 (7.50%) SaaS
8 67 (4.74%) PaaS
9 65 (4.60%) OpenShift
10 60 (4.24%) OneDrive
11 59 (4.17%) IaaS
12 49 (3.47%) Serverless
13 31 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (1.91%) GitHub
16 26 (1.84%) Power Automate
16 26 (1.84%) PowerApps
17 24 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
18 19 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 136 (9.62%) Firewall
2 110 (7.78%) DNS
3 83 (5.87%) WAN
4 80 (5.66%) DHCP
5 77 (5.45%) LAN
6 69 (4.88%) TCP/IP
7 55 (3.89%) VPN
8 41 (2.90%) HTTP
9 39 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (2.33%) SAN
11 31 (2.19%) Wireless
12 30 (2.12%) VLAN
13 28 (1.98%) Internet
14 22 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (1.56%) SD-WAN
15 14 (0.99%) AMQP
15 14 (0.99%) IPsec
16 12 (0.85%) Network Security
16 12 (0.85%) VoIP
16 12 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (17.96%) SQL Server
2 103 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (6.44%) Power BI
4 54 (3.82%) NoSQL
5 53 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (3.11%) BigQuery
7 41 (2.90%) GIS
8 40 (2.83%) Big Data
8 40 (2.83%) Looker
9 38 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
10 34 (2.40%) MongoDB
10 34 (2.40%) MySQL
11 33 (2.33%) Relational Database
12 31 (2.19%) Data Lake
12 31 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 29 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (1.91%) QGIS
15 24 (1.70%) Hadoop
16 22 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
16 22 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (6.65%) Git
2 58 (4.10%) JIRA
3 38 (2.69%) GitLab
4 31 (2.19%) Visual Studio
5 24 (1.70%) Jenkins
6 20 (1.41%) Selenium
6 20 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.50%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.50%) Maven
9 7 (0.50%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.42%) RStudio
10 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.28%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.28%) Subversion
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 300 (21.22%) Social Skills
2 129 (9.12%) Finance
3 94 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (5.59%) Aerospace
5 58 (4.10%) Retail
6 51 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 39 (2.76%) Legal
8 34 (2.40%) Banking
9 33 (2.33%) Billing
9 33 (2.33%) Law
10 32 (2.26%) Marketing
11 28 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.70%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (1.34%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.92%) Advertising
14 13 (0.92%) Tech for Good
15 12 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (0.78%) Games
17 10 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 325 (22.98%) Developer
2 265 (18.74%) Senior
3 171 (12.09%) .NET Developer
4 148 (10.47%) Architect
5 138 (9.76%) Software Engineer
6 126 (8.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 118 (8.35%) Lead
8 97 (6.86%) Analyst
9 95 (6.72%) Senior Developer
10 92 (6.51%) Support Engineer
11 83 (5.87%) C# Developer
12 80 (5.66%) C# .NET Developer
13 79 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
14 72 (5.09%) IT Engineer
15 66 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
16 64 (4.53%) IT Support
17 62 (4.38%) Software Developer
18 61 (4.31%) Consultant
19 54 (3.82%) Senior .NET Developer
20 48 (3.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (26.31%) .NET
2 205 (14.50%) React
3 171 (12.09%) CSS
4 166 (11.74%) AngularJS
5 161 (11.39%) ASP.NET
6 160 (11.32%) .NET Core
7 151 (10.68%) HTML
8 133 (9.41%) .NET Framework
9 106 (7.50%) Entity Framework
10 77 (5.45%) ASP.NET MVC
11 67 (4.74%) Vue
12 54 (3.82%) ASP.NET Web API
12 54 (3.82%) Node.js
13 52 (3.68%) Blazor
14 50 (3.54%) Spring
15 40 (2.83%) REST
16 37 (2.62%) HTML5
17 33 (2.33%) CSS3
18 32 (2.26%) jQuery
18 32 (2.26%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.67%) Product Ownership
2 57 (4.03%) Public Cloud
3 56 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (3.75%) Private Cloud
5 39 (2.76%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.05%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.84%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.99%) iPhone
15 12 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.78%) Blockchain
17 10 (0.71%) Replication
18 9 (0.64%) Taxonomies
19 7 (0.50%) CCTV
19 7 (0.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 320 (22.63%) Windows
2 184 (13.01%) Linux
3 139 (9.83%) Windows Server
4 81 (5.73%) Windows 10
5 69 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 31 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (1.98%) Unix
8 25 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 23 (1.63%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.34%) Android
11 18 (1.27%) Apple iOS
11 18 (1.27%) Debian
12 15 (1.06%) Mac OS
13 14 (0.99%) CentOS
13 14 (0.99%) VMS
14 11 (0.78%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.57%) AIX
17 7 (0.50%) Solaris
18 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (38.26%) Agile
2 494 (34.94%) DevOps
3 240 (16.97%) CI/CD
4 231 (16.34%) Full Stack Development
5 217 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
6 194 (13.72%) Scrum
7 188 (13.30%) Software Engineering
8 173 (12.23%) Actionable Insight
9 158 (11.17%) Microservices
10 147 (10.40%) MVC
11 144 (10.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 132 (9.34%) Continuous Integration
13 129 (9.12%) Collaborative Working
13 129 (9.12%) Mentoring
14 122 (8.63%) ITIL
15 105 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
16 104 (7.36%) Roadmaps
17 102 (7.21%) Project Management
18 98 (6.93%) Kanban
19 95 (6.72%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 371 (26.24%) JavaScript
2 328 (23.20%) C#
3 235 (16.62%) SQL
4 211 (14.92%) Python
5 208 (14.71%) Java
6 150 (10.61%) PowerShell
7 120 (8.49%) TypeScript
8 62 (4.38%) Bash
9 53 (3.75%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.13%) PHP
11 15 (1.06%) Bicep
11 15 (1.06%) C++
11 15 (1.06%) Go
11 15 (1.06%) R
11 15 (1.06%) Scala
12 9 (0.64%) Ruby
13 8 (0.57%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.50%) C
14 7 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 338 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 188 (13.30%) SC Cleared
3 156 (11.03%) Degree
4 130 (9.19%) DV Cleared
5 64 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (1.77%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.63%) CISSP
10 21 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.34%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.34%) MCSE
12 18 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.99%) MCP
14 13 (0.92%) CEH
14 13 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.78%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.07%) QA
2 40 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.12%) SLA
4 25 (1.77%) GDPR
5 19 (1.34%) NIST
6 18 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.57%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.35%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.21%) WCAG
14 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
14 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 1 (0.071%) GRC
15 1 (0.071%) NCSC
System Software
1 250 (17.68%) Active Directory
2 150 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (10.18%) Docker
4 113 (7.99%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (1.49%) vSphere
7 18 (1.27%) XenApp
8 17 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.85%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.50%) Firmware
12 6 (0.42%) KVM
13 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.21%) Ceph
14 3 (0.21%) Gluster
14 3 (0.21%) oVirt
15 2 (0.14%) Apache Flume
15 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 173 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 122 (8.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 111 (7.85%) Ansible
4 101 (7.14%) Terraform
5 64 (4.53%) Puppet
6 55 (3.89%) SCCM
7 19 (1.34%) Nagios
8 14 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.57%) Packer
9 8 (0.57%) WSUS
10 7 (0.50%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
10 7 (0.50%) SCVMM
11 6 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.42%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.35%) Argo
12 5 (0.35%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 603 (42.64%) Microsoft
2 198 (14.00%) VMware
3 140 (9.90%) Google
4 71 (5.02%) Red Hat
5 65 (4.60%) Oracle
6 59 (4.17%) Cisco
7 45 (3.18%) Citrix
8 38 (2.69%) Sparx
9 31 (2.19%) ESRI
9 31 (2.19%) HP
10 30 (2.12%) Veeam
11 28 (1.98%) Databricks
12 18 (1.27%) Dell
12 18 (1.27%) SolarWinds
13 17 (1.20%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.13%) IBM
14 16 (1.13%) Optimizely
14 16 (1.13%) Sitecore
14 16 (1.13%) Xamarin
15 15 (1.06%) Meraki