Azure Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 268 99 188
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 17.26% 17.10% 13.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 59.03% 50.25% 47.59%
Number of salaries quoted 93 90 159
10th Percentile £41,250 £26,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £48,289 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +14.29% +23.53%
75th Percentile £83,500 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,875 £78,400
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 454 197 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 29.23% 34.02% 28.50%
Number of salaries quoted 259 169 308
10th Percentile £31,125 £26,000 £28,675
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £74,985 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,500 £80,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 July 2026. 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
Sheffield -2 141 £65,000 +18.18% 29
Doncaster +5 62 £50,000 -16.67% 2
Barnsley - 58 £60,000 -
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 14 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) WordPress
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 45 (16.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 68 (25.37%) Azure AI
2 64 (23.88%) Power Platform
3 30 (11.19%) AWS
4 28 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.60%) Azure Functions
6 15 (5.60%) Serverless
7 14 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (2.61%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.24%) GitHub
11 4 (1.49%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.49%) Google Play
11 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.60%) Firewall
2 8 (2.99%) VPN
3 6 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.87%) LAN
4 5 (1.87%) WAN
5 3 (1.12%) DHCP
5 3 (1.12%) DNS
6 2 (0.75%) Internet
6 2 (0.75%) VLAN
6 2 (0.75%) Wireless
7 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.66%) Power BI
2 45 (16.79%) Tableau
3 13 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.85%) MongoDB
4 12 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.48%) Spark SQL
5 5 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.87%) MySQL
5 5 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.12%) Power Query
7 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.75%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.37%) Big Data
9 1 (0.37%) Metadata
9 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 11 (4.10%) Git
2 5 (1.87%) GitLab
2 5 (1.87%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 196 (73.13%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.34%) Public Sector
3 7 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.24%) Finance
5 3 (1.12%) Law
5 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.12%) Tech for Good
6 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (0.75%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.37%) Games
7 1 (0.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 92 (34.33%) Analyst
2 90 (33.58%) Junior
2 90 (33.58%) Junior Analyst
3 46 (17.16%) Data Analyst
4 45 (16.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 45 (16.79%) Ethical Hacker
4 45 (16.79%) Junior Data Analyst
4 45 (16.79%) Junior Security Analyst
4 45 (16.79%) Security Analyst
5 20 (7.46%) Lead
6 18 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 18 (6.72%) Network Engineer
7 17 (6.34%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.34%) Senior
7 17 (6.34%) Software Engineer
8 14 (5.22%) Developer
8 14 (5.22%) Lead Data Engineer
9 12 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (3.36%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.09%) .NET
2 13 (4.85%) PySpark
3 12 (4.48%) REST
4 11 (4.10%) Node.js
5 10 (3.73%) React
5 10 (3.73%) RESTful
6 9 (3.36%) ARM Templates
7 8 (2.99%) CSS
8 5 (1.87%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.87%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.87%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (1.49%) Blazor
9 4 (1.49%) HTML
9 4 (1.49%) ML.NET
10 3 (1.12%) Next.js
10 3 (1.12%) Tailwind CSS
11 2 (0.75%) HTML5 Canvas
11 2 (0.75%) JSON
12 1 (0.37%) Bootstrap
12 1 (0.37%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.79%) Cyberattack
2 7 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (1.49%) Cloud Native
3 4 (1.49%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.49%) iPhone
3 4 (1.49%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.37%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.37%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.37%) Life Science
6 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.09%) Windows
2 14 (5.22%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.24%) Android
4 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.49%) Linux
5 4 (1.49%) Unix
6 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (37.31%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (29.10%) AI
3 65 (24.25%) Mentoring
4 50 (18.66%) Business Intelligence
5 45 (16.79%) Ethical Hacking
6 42 (15.67%) CI/CD
7 39 (14.55%) DevOps
8 33 (12.31%) Agile
9 27 (10.07%) Software Engineering
10 23 (8.58%) Test Automation
11 18 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
11 18 (6.72%) Coaching
12 17 (6.34%) Data Engineering
13 16 (5.97%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (5.60%) Data Modelling
15 13 (4.85%) Deployment Automation
15 13 (4.85%) Disaster Recovery
15 13 (4.85%) Full-Stack Development
15 13 (4.85%) Microservices
15 13 (4.85%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 80 (29.85%) Python
2 76 (28.36%) SQL
3 25 (9.33%) C#
4 14 (5.22%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.10%) Java
6 10 (3.73%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.87%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.12%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.75%) Bicep
9 2 (0.75%) C++
9 2 (0.75%) R
9 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.37%) Bash
10 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 181 (67.54%) Azure Certification
2 45 (16.79%) CEH
2 45 (16.79%) CompTIA CySA+
2 45 (16.79%) CompTIA Security+
3 24 (8.96%) CCNA
3 24 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (6.72%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (4.10%) Degree
6 10 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.75%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.10%) GDPR
2 8 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.12%) QA
5 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.87%) Docker
3 5 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.75%) vSphere
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) XenApp
5 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 15 (5.60%) Terraform
2 4 (1.49%) Argo
3 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.37%) Ansible
4 1 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 190 (70.90%) Microsoft
2 108 (40.30%) ForeScout
3 23 (8.58%) Cisco
4 16 (5.97%) Databricks
5 10 (3.73%) VMware
6 9 (3.36%) Veeam
7 5 (1.87%) Google
8 2 (0.75%) Apple
8 2 (0.75%) Samsung
9 1 (0.37%) Citrix
9 1 (0.37%) Commvault
9 1 (0.37%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.37%) Foundry
9 1 (0.37%) Informatica
9 1 (0.37%) Meraki
9 1 (0.37%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow