Azure Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure 563 691 897
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 11.22% 15.95% 20.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.33% 49.93% 49.31%
Number of salaries quoted 357 364 743
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% -6.15%

All Cloud Computing 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 1,165 1,384 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.22% 31.94% 41.40%
Number of salaries quoted 774 766 1,475
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Azure job vacancy trend in the South West

Azure
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 30 December 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 30 December 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 -4 164 £55,000 -12.00% 221
Somerset +8 102 £45,000 -18.18% 172
Wiltshire -2 84 £55,000 -12.00% 152
Devon +20 77 £42,500 -26.09% 258
Gloucestershire -12 59 £60,000 -7.69% 324
Dorset +10 51 £35,000 -32.69% 149
Cornwall -4 20 £55,000 +36.65% 6
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 44
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 122 (21.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (9.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.24%) IIS
4 4 (0.71%) Apache
5 3 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.53%) CMS
5 3 (0.53%) Confluence
5 3 (0.53%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 204 (36.23%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (22.74%) AWS
3 89 (15.81%) Entra ID
4 77 (13.68%) Power Platform
5 61 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (8.53%) GitHub
7 35 (6.22%) Azure AI
8 24 (4.26%) SaaS
9 23 (4.09%) OneDrive
10 21 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (3.37%) Serverless
12 18 (3.20%) GCP
13 15 (2.66%) Azure Stack
13 15 (2.66%) IaaS
14 13 (2.31%) PaaS
15 10 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (1.60%) OpenShift
17 8 (1.42%) Azure AKS
17 8 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
18 6 (1.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 149 (26.47%) DNS
2 136 (24.16%) DHCP
3 53 (9.41%) Firewall
4 33 (5.86%) VPN
5 30 (5.33%) VLAN
6 28 (4.97%) Internet
7 26 (4.62%) TCP/IP
8 23 (4.09%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (3.73%) VoIP
10 17 (3.02%) LAN
11 16 (2.84%) Network Security
12 15 (2.66%) WAN
13 13 (2.31%) IPsec
14 9 (1.60%) DKIM
14 9 (1.60%) DMARC
14 9 (1.60%) Wireless
15 7 (1.24%) NAS
16 6 (1.07%) Cisco IOS
17 5 (0.89%) Intranet
17 5 (0.89%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (17.23%) Amazon RDS
2 66 (11.72%) Power BI
3 36 (6.39%) Tableau
4 31 (5.51%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.24%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.24%) MySQL
5 7 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.07%) Neo4j
6 6 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.71%) Metadata
8 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.53%) GIS
10 2 (0.36%) Big Data
10 2 (0.36%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 34 (6.04%) Git
2 16 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.31%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.42%) JIRA
5 6 (1.07%) GitLab
6 5 (0.89%) Selenium
7 4 (0.71%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.71%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.53%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.53%) Postman
9 2 (0.36%) Gatling
9 2 (0.36%) JUnit
9 2 (0.36%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.36%) Locust
9 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.36%) TestRail
9 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.18%) TestNG
10 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 261 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 102 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (7.28%) Finance
4 28 (4.97%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.26%) Manufacturing
6 20 (3.55%) Multimedia
7 19 (3.37%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.66%) Marketing
10 13 (2.31%) Law
11 11 (1.95%) Advertising
11 11 (1.95%) Retail
12 9 (1.60%) Electronics
12 9 (1.60%) Legal
13 7 (1.24%) Billing
14 6 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.71%) Military
15 4 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 92 (16.34%) Analyst
2 86 (15.28%) Systems Engineer
3 70 (12.43%) Junior
4 66 (11.72%) Junior Analyst
5 61 (10.83%) Developer
6 50 (8.88%) IT Support
7 36 (6.39%) Architect
7 36 (6.39%) Data Analyst
8 35 (6.22%) Junior Data Analyst
9 32 (5.68%) Senior
10 31 (5.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 31 (5.51%) Junior Security Analyst
10 31 (5.51%) Security Analyst
10 31 (5.51%) Software Developer
11 28 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (4.62%) IT Engineer
12 26 (4.62%) Support Engineer
13 25 (4.44%) Lead
14 21 (3.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 20 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.75%) .NET
2 28 (4.97%) CSS
3 27 (4.80%) HTML
4 23 (4.09%) React
5 19 (3.37%) .NET Core
6 16 (2.84%) AngularJS
7 11 (1.95%) .NET Framework
7 11 (1.95%) RESTful
7 11 (1.95%) YAML
8 9 (1.60%) Playwright
9 8 (1.42%) Blazor
10 7 (1.24%) REST
10 7 (1.24%) WPF
11 6 (1.07%) MERN Stack
11 6 (1.07%) PySpark
12 5 (0.89%) Universal Windows Platform
12 5 (0.89%) WinUI
13 4 (0.71%) ASP.NET
14 3 (0.53%) Middleware
14 3 (0.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.16%) Legacy Systems
2 33 (5.86%) Cloud Native
3 30 (5.33%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.42%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.24%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.24%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.07%) Clustering
8 6 (1.07%) Digital Signage
8 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.07%) IoT
8 6 (1.07%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.89%) e-Learning
9 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.89%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.71%) iPad
10 4 (0.71%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 206 (36.59%) Windows
2 180 (31.97%) Windows Server
3 113 (20.07%) Linux
4 90 (15.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.49%) Mac OS
7 12 (2.13%) Windows 10
8 10 (1.78%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.07%) Android
9 6 (1.07%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.89%) Debian
10 5 (0.89%) Rocky
11 4 (0.71%) CentOS
11 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (28.60%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (22.91%) Customer Service
3 113 (20.07%) DevOps
4 110 (19.54%) Migration
5 101 (17.94%) Cybersecurity
6 88 (15.63%) Kalman Filter
7 87 (15.45%) Customer Experience
8 86 (15.28%) Email Filtering
8 86 (15.28%) Web Filtering
9 85 (15.10%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 85 (15.10%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 84 (14.92%) Agile
10 84 (14.92%) Mentoring
11 82 (14.56%) CI/CD
12 77 (13.68%) Business Intelligence
13 71 (12.61%) ITIL
14 64 (11.37%) AI
15 53 (9.41%) Containerisation
16 47 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 46 (8.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 133 (23.62%) Python
2 94 (16.70%) SQL
3 73 (12.97%) PowerShell
4 56 (9.95%) JavaScript
5 50 (8.88%) C#
6 26 (4.62%) Java
7 23 (4.09%) Bash
7 23 (4.09%) TypeScript
8 21 (3.73%) Bicep
9 18 (3.20%) R
10 7 (1.24%) C
10 7 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.89%) Go
12 3 (0.53%) C++
12 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.53%) VBScript
13 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.36%) XAML
14 1 (0.18%) Perl
14 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 164 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 132 (23.45%) SC Cleared
3 109 (19.36%) Azure Certification
4 48 (8.53%) Degree
5 35 (6.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 33 (5.86%) CompTIA CySA+
7 32 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (5.51%) DV Cleared
9 29 (5.15%) AWS Certification
10 20 (3.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 18 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (3.20%) MCP
12 15 (2.66%) ISTQB
13 10 (1.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 6 (1.07%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (17.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 92 (16.34%) PCI DSS
3 23 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.02%) QA
5 15 (2.66%) GDPR
6 9 (1.60%) NIST
6 9 (1.60%) SLA
7 8 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.42%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) COBIT
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.18%) P3O
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 189 (33.57%) Active Directory
2 130 (23.09%) Hyper-V
3 84 (14.92%) Terminal Server
4 55 (9.77%) Docker
5 40 (7.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.78%) vSphere
9 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.18%) KVM
11 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (12.43%) Kubernetes
2 65 (11.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (7.28%) Terraform
4 17 (3.02%) Ansible
5 11 (1.95%) SCCM
5 11 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.60%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.07%) Autotask
9 5 (0.89%) Grafana
9 5 (0.89%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (0.71%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.53%) WSUS
12 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.36%) Nessus
12 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.36%) Puppet
13 1 (0.18%) CASB
13 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 333 (59.15%) Microsoft
2 129 (22.91%) VMware
3 104 (18.47%) Veeam
4 93 (16.52%) SolarWinds
5 86 (15.28%) Splunk
6 84 (14.92%) Brocade
6 84 (14.92%) Nimble Storage
6 84 (14.92%) Tanium
7 32 (5.68%) Cisco
8 31 (5.51%) ForeScout
9 16 (2.84%) Datto
10 14 (2.49%) Fortinet
11 13 (2.31%) Apple
12 11 (1.95%) Oracle
12 11 (1.95%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.78%) Palo Alto
13 10 (1.78%) SAP
14 9 (1.60%) Databricks
14 9 (1.60%) Sophos
15 7 (1.24%) CrowdStrike