Azure Job Trends in Taunton

Microsoft Azure
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 17 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 21.25% 33.33% 29.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 54.84% 87.50% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 5
10th Percentile - £36,925 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,688 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% +12.34% -9.61%
75th Percentile £49,375 £48,688 £51,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £50,975 £52,050
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -5.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 31 8 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 38.75% 38.10% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 8
10th Percentile £27,925 £37,600 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,375 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,750 £52,313
90th Percentile £57,500 £51,000 £61,125
Somerset median annual salary £39,928 £50,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -20.15% +9.89% -9.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Taunton

Azure
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Taunton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Taunton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Taunton

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (35.29%) Entra ID
4 4 (23.53%) AWS
4 4 (23.53%) GitHub
4 4 (23.53%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) DKIM
1 6 (35.29%) DMARC
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (5.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Tester
2 4 (23.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) IT Support
3 3 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Manual Tester
3 3 (17.65%) Support Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Software Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) API Testing
2 6 (35.29%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) Kanban
2 6 (35.29%) Manual Testing
2 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Regression Testing
2 6 (35.29%) Scrum
2 6 (35.29%) Software Testing
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 4 (23.53%) Containerisation
3 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) PowerShell
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) ISTQB
1 6 (35.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft