Azure AI Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Azure AI Platform
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 169 193
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 +68
Permanent jobs citing Azure AI 18 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.45% 0.29% 0.050%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.49% 0.91% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 2
10th Percentile £43,000 £50,600 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -35.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,000 - -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% +4.17% -24.05%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

Azure AI 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,210 1,104 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.18% 32.41% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 639 567 961
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £88,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

Azure AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Azure AI job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure AI
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure AI

Azure AI
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AI in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure AI in the Thames Valley

Azure AI
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire -7 6 £50,000 -20.00% 8
Buckinghamshire - 6 £45,000 - 6
Oxfordshire - 6 £65,000 - 2
Azure AI
South East

Azure AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 18 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (94.44%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 2 (11.11%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.56%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (88.89%) Power BI
2 15 (83.33%) Tableau
3 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
General
1 16 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Analyst
1 15 (83.33%) Data Analyst
1 15 (83.33%) Junior
1 15 (83.33%) Junior Analyst
1 15 (83.33%) Junior Data Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.56%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (5.56%) Blazor
1 1 (5.56%) ML.NET
1 1 (5.56%) React
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.56%) Low-Code
1 1 (5.56%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) AI
2 16 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.56%) DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (5.56%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.56%) Multithreading
4 1 (5.56%) OO
4 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.56%) SDLC
4 1 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) SQL
2 15 (83.33%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) OpenAI
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle