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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Azure 118 273 255
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 7.13% 22.66% 23.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.30% 60.53% 64.56%
Number of salaries quoted 95 208 219
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £32,900
25th Percentile £41,875 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £96,500 £83,750 £73,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 682 451 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 41.21% 37.43% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 267 279 336
10th Percentile £28,450 £37,350 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £52,125 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.45% -11.30%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 0 20 £52,500 -20.75% 32
Staines +7 11 £67,500 - 1
Weybridge -3 9 £50,000 -20.00% 6
Epsom -10 9 £80,000 +23.08% 2
Woking -1 8 £100,000 +86.05% 32
Reigate -6 6 £37,500 -55.88% 9
Leatherhead +1 5 £55,000 - 3
Horley -5 4 £45,000 -47.06%
Redhill +1 3 £47,500 +86.27%
Caterham - 3 £41,000 -
Warlingham - 3 £41,000 -
Camberley +1 2 - - 5
Farnham - 2 £41,250 - 1
Windlesham 0 1 £60,000 +110.53%
Godalming - 1 £52,500 -
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 11 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (4.24%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.54%) CATIA
2 3 (2.54%) Siemens NX
2 3 (2.54%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (2.54%) Windchill
3 2 (1.69%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (18.64%) AWS
3 21 (17.80%) Entra ID
4 18 (15.25%) GitHub
5 17 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (10.17%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (5.08%) OneDrive
8 6 (5.08%) SaaS
9 5 (4.24%) Azure AI
9 5 (4.24%) Miro
10 4 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.54%) Serverless
12 2 (1.69%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.69%) GCP
13 1 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.95%) Firewall
2 14 (11.86%) VPN
3 13 (11.02%) DHCP
3 13 (11.02%) DNS
3 13 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (10.17%) TCP/IP
5 11 (9.32%) VLAN
6 10 (8.47%) WAN
7 9 (7.63%) LAN
7 9 (7.63%) Wireless
8 8 (6.78%) SD-WAN
9 7 (5.93%) BGP
9 7 (5.93%) Unified Communications
9 7 (5.93%) VoIP
10 6 (5.08%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (5.08%) EIGRP
10 6 (5.08%) OSPF
11 3 (2.54%) Network Security
12 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.85%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.17%) Power BI
2 11 (9.32%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.24%) Tableau
4 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (7.63%) Git
2 5 (4.24%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.85%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 42 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.32%) Finance
4 8 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.93%) Retail
6 4 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.39%) Legal
7 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.69%) Marketing
8 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (22.03%) Developer
2 18 (15.25%) Analyst
2 18 (15.25%) Lead
3 16 (13.56%) IT Support
4 10 (8.47%) Junior
4 10 (8.47%) Junior Analyst
5 9 (7.63%) Applications Developer
6 8 (6.78%) Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (5.93%) .NET Developer
7 7 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (5.93%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 7 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (5.93%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.93%) Head of IT Operations
7 7 (5.93%) Head of Operations
7 7 (5.93%) Network Engineer
7 7 (5.93%) Senior
7 7 (5.93%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.08%) Lead Network Engineer
8 6 (5.08%) Network Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (21.19%) .NET
2 18 (15.25%) CSS
2 18 (15.25%) HTML
3 16 (13.56%) React
4 10 (8.47%) .NET Core
5 9 (7.63%) Bootstrap
5 9 (7.63%) JSON
5 9 (7.63%) React Native
5 9 (7.63%) XML
6 7 (5.93%) AngularJS
6 7 (5.93%) Blazor
6 7 (5.93%) REST
6 7 (5.93%) Vue
7 6 (5.08%) OAuth
8 5 (4.24%) OpenID
8 5 (4.24%) SAML
9 4 (3.39%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (3.39%) OAuth2
9 4 (3.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.63%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.93%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.85%) IoT
6 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.85%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.19%) Windows
2 19 (16.10%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.17%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.54%) Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.42%) Agile
1 30 (25.42%) DevOps
2 21 (17.80%) Customer Service
2 21 (17.80%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (15.25%) Service Delivery
4 17 (14.41%) Mentoring
5 16 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (13.56%) CI/CD
6 15 (12.71%) Service Management
7 14 (11.86%) Front End Development
7 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.86%) Wireframes
8 13 (11.02%) API Integration
8 13 (11.02%) Clean Code
8 13 (11.02%) Unit Testing
9 12 (10.17%) Logistics
10 11 (9.32%) Data Protection
11 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (8.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.66%) SQL
2 16 (13.56%) C#
3 15 (12.71%) PowerShell
4 12 (10.17%) Python
5 11 (9.32%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.08%) Bash
7 4 (3.39%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (3.39%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.85%) R
8 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (18.64%) Azure Certification
2 16 (13.56%) Degree
3 14 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (11.02%) CCNP
5 9 (7.63%) AWS Certification
6 8 (6.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (6.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (5.93%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.93%) PMI Certification
7 7 (5.93%) PMP
8 5 (4.24%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (2.54%) CREST Certified
9 3 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.69%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.85%) CCNA
11 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.85%) MCSE
11 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.17%) NIST
2 5 (4.24%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.39%) QA
4 2 (1.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (21.19%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.54%) Docker
3 3 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.69%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (22.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.54%) Ansible
2 3 (2.54%) SCCM
2 3 (2.54%) Terraform
3 2 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.69%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.85%) Argo
4 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) Podman
4 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 51 (43.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.10%) Cisco
3 9 (7.63%) VMware
4 7 (5.93%) Fortinet
4 7 (5.93%) Meraki
5 6 (5.08%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.24%) ForeScout
7 4 (3.39%) Veeam
8 2 (1.69%) Databricks
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle
9 1 (0.85%) Adobe
9 1 (0.85%) Apple
9 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.85%) Citrix
9 1 (0.85%) NetApp
9 1 (0.85%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.85%) Splunk