Azure Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Azure
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 319 176 321
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 14.00% 14.85% 15.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.93% 49.16% 59.01%
Number of salaries quoted 240 151 255
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,875 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,063 £68,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £83,875 £83,750 £86,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 652 358 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 28.61% 30.21% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 484 270 405
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,625 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -3.78%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Surrey

Azure
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Surrey

Azure
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Guildford +14 87 £72,500 +26.09% 3
Woking -2 43 £57,500 +27.78% 1
Staines +4 29 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Reigate +4 28 £100,000 +166.67%
Epsom -7 12 £70,000 +7.69% 1
Egham - 10 £65,000 - 2
Camberley -2 6 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Leatherhead -14 5 £35,000 -36.36% 3
Cobham - 5 £42,500 - 1
Farnham - 5 £55,000 - 2
Horley +8 3 £55,000 -
Redhill +7 3 £63,625 -12.24%
Warlingham 0 3 £32,500 -20.73%
Caterham -1 3 £32,500 -20.73% 1
Weybridge -6 3 £50,000 -20.00%
Godalming -9 3 £45,000 -14.29%
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Sunbury-on-Thames -5 2 £57,500 -30.30% 2
Chertsey - 2 £47,500 - 1
Oxted - 2 £40,000 -
Esher 0 1 £62,500 -3.85%
Virginia Water - 1 £31,000 -
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 42 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (12.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.57%) IIS
4 5 (1.57%) nginx
5 4 (1.25%) Apache
5 4 (1.25%) Confluence
6 3 (0.94%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.94%) SAS
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) JBoss
7 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 74 (23.20%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (19.75%) Entra ID
3 61 (19.12%) SaaS
4 51 (15.99%) AWS
4 51 (15.99%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (10.34%) Mimecast
6 27 (8.46%) Azure AI
7 21 (6.58%) Azure Service Bus
7 21 (6.58%) GCP
8 20 (6.27%) GitHub
9 19 (5.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 19 (5.96%) Power Platform
10 18 (5.64%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (4.70%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (3.45%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.88%) Cloudflare
14 6 (1.88%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (1.88%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.46%) Firewall
2 16 (5.02%) DNS
3 11 (3.45%) VPN
4 9 (2.82%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.51%) DHCP
6 7 (2.19%) Wireless
7 6 (1.88%) LAN
7 6 (1.88%) WAN
8 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.94%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.94%) Internet
9 3 (0.94%) Network Security
10 2 (0.63%) Broadband
10 2 (0.63%) SAN
10 2 (0.63%) VLAN
10 2 (0.63%) VSAN
11 1 (0.31%) BGP
11 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.31%) SNMP
11 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 35 (10.97%) SQL Server
3 32 (10.03%) MongoDB
4 23 (7.21%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (4.39%) Power BI
6 12 (3.76%) Tableau
7 11 (3.45%) MySQL
8 8 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.57%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.57%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.25%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.94%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.63%) MS Access
13 2 (0.63%) Pinecone
13 2 (0.63%) Redis
13 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (11.91%) JIRA
2 25 (7.84%) Git
3 6 (1.88%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.63%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.63%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.63%) MSI
4 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) NUnit
5 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 121 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.66%) Legal
3 26 (8.15%) Finance
4 25 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.76%) Games
7 9 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.51%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.57%) Advertising
9 5 (1.57%) Music Industry
9 5 (1.57%) Retail
10 4 (1.25%) Law
11 3 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Local Government
13 1 (0.31%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (20.06%) Developer
2 47 (14.73%) .NET Developer
3 42 (13.17%) Lead
4 37 (11.60%) Analyst
5 36 (11.29%) Azure Engineer
6 33 (10.34%) IT Support
7 32 (10.03%) Support Engineer
8 31 (9.72%) Senior
9 28 (8.78%) IT Engineer
10 25 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (7.84%) Junior
11 24 (7.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 24 (7.52%) 3rd Line Support
11 24 (7.52%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 24 (7.52%) IT Support Engineer
11 24 (7.52%) Junior Analyst
12 18 (5.64%) Architect
13 17 (5.33%) Consultant
14 16 (5.02%) Data Engineer
15 14 (4.39%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (24.14%) .NET
2 49 (15.36%) .NET Core
3 41 (12.85%) ASP.NET
4 30 (9.40%) ASP.NET Core
5 25 (7.84%) REST
6 23 (7.21%) Blazor
7 16 (5.02%) Entity Framework
7 16 (5.02%) Node.js
7 16 (5.02%) React
8 15 (4.70%) AngularJS
8 15 (4.70%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (4.08%) RESTful
10 12 (3.76%) HTML
10 12 (3.76%) LINQ
11 11 (3.45%) gRPC
11 11 (3.45%) Vue
12 9 (2.82%) CSS
13 6 (1.88%) ARM Templates
13 6 (1.88%) PySpark
13 6 (1.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.27%) Driving Licence
2 12 (3.76%) Cyberattack
2 12 (3.76%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
3 11 (3.45%) iSeries
3 11 (3.45%) Replication
4 8 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.19%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.19%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.19%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.88%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.57%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.25%) iPhone
8 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.11%) Windows
2 33 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 14 (4.39%) Linux
4 4 (1.25%) Android
5 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (20.69%) DevOps
2 59 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (18.18%) Agile
4 57 (17.87%) AI
5 44 (13.79%) CI/CD
5 44 (13.79%) Mentoring
6 41 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (12.85%) Microservices
7 39 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
8 37 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
9 34 (10.66%) Workflow
10 33 (10.34%) Change Management
11 30 (9.40%) Identity Management
11 30 (9.40%) Incident Management
12 29 (9.09%) Software Engineering
13 28 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (8.15%) Disaster Recovery
15 23 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (6.58%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 84 (26.33%) SQL
2 83 (26.02%) C#
3 49 (15.36%) Python
4 29 (9.09%) R
5 21 (6.58%) TypeScript
6 18 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.64%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.08%) Java
8 7 (2.19%) Bicep
9 4 (1.25%) Bash
10 3 (0.94%) C++
10 3 (0.94%) DataWeave
10 3 (0.94%) Scala
10 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.63%) PHP
12 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 58 (18.18%) Azure Certification
2 19 (5.96%) CEH
2 19 (5.96%) Degree
3 15 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
6 12 (3.76%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.51%) CISM
8 8 (2.51%) CISSP
9 7 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.88%) CCNA
10 6 (1.88%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.57%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.25%) GIAC
13 3 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.94%) CRISC
13 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.84%) QA
3 10 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.19%) NIST
5 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.94%) GDPR
5 3 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.94%) WCAG
6 1 (0.31%) GRC
6 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.31%) SLA
6 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (19.75%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.72%) Docker
3 25 (7.84%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (4.39%) Firmware
6 6 (1.88%) VMware Server
7 5 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.63%) vSphere
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (8.15%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.76%) Terraform
4 8 (2.51%) Grafana
4 8 (2.51%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.94%) Argo
5 3 (0.94%) SCCM
6 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.63%) VxRail
7 1 (0.31%) Ansible
7 1 (0.31%) CASB
7 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 186 (58.31%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.40%) ForeScout
2 30 (9.40%) VMware
3 29 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (5.02%) Veeam
5 14 (4.39%) Google
6 12 (3.76%) EMC
7 11 (3.45%) Commvault
7 11 (3.45%) Databricks
7 11 (3.45%) HP
7 11 (3.45%) IBM
8 9 (2.82%) Cisco
9 8 (2.51%) Splunk
10 6 (1.88%) Meraki
10 6 (1.88%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (1.57%) Facebook
11 5 (1.57%) YouTube
12 4 (1.25%) Acronis
12 4 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.25%) New Relic