Azure Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 608 385 935
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 11.38% 13.61% 14.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.06% 43.95% 48.62%
Number of salaries quoted 323 259 797
10th Percentile £31,680 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,412 876 1,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.44% 30.97% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 854 508 1,562
10th Percentile £33,050 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,125 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 April 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 +6 247 £50,000 -23.08% 61
Buckinghamshire +6 229 £50,000 -16.67% 73
Oxfordshire +4 132 £42,500 -13.27% 43
Azure
South East

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.66%) IIS
4 3 (0.49%) Confluence
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.33%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.16%) Camunda
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 67 (11.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 114 (18.75%) AWS
2 108 (17.76%) Power Platform
3 106 (17.43%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (12.83%) Azure AI
5 55 (9.05%) GCP
6 54 (8.88%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (5.76%) Entra ID
8 34 (5.59%) SaaS
9 25 (4.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.29%) Snowflake
11 19 (3.13%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.96%) GitHub
13 17 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (1.81%) Google Workspace
16 8 (1.32%) Serverless
17 7 (1.15%) Azure Storage
17 7 (1.15%) IaaS
18 6 (0.99%) OneDrive
18 6 (0.99%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.21%) Firewall
2 38 (6.25%) DNS
3 24 (3.95%) VPN
4 19 (3.13%) WAN
5 18 (2.96%) LAN
6 16 (2.63%) DHCP
7 14 (2.30%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.48%) Wireless
9 8 (1.32%) VoIP
10 7 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.99%) Modbus
11 6 (0.99%) VLAN
12 5 (0.82%) MQTT
12 5 (0.82%) Network Security
13 2 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
13 2 (0.33%) NAS
13 2 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.33%) SSL
13 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (13.98%) Power BI
2 62 (10.20%) Tableau
3 37 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 33 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.63%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.14%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.32%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.82%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.82%) MySQL
10 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.66%) Metadata
11 4 (0.66%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.49%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.33%) Big Data
13 2 (0.33%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
14 1 (0.16%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 37 (6.09%) Git
2 13 (2.14%) GitLab
3 10 (1.64%) JIRA
4 7 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.49%) MLflow
5 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.33%) git-flow
6 2 (0.33%) Postman
6 2 (0.33%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 302 (49.67%) Social Skills
2 70 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (10.53%) Finance
4 17 (2.80%) Manufacturing
4 17 (2.80%) Retail
5 16 (2.63%) Law
5 16 (2.63%) Telecoms
6 12 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (1.81%) Public Sector
8 7 (1.15%) Games
9 5 (0.82%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.66%) Local Government
10 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.49%) Aviation
12 2 (0.33%) Automotive
12 2 (0.33%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Legal
12 2 (0.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 151 (24.84%) Analyst
2 120 (19.74%) Junior
2 120 (19.74%) Junior Analyst
3 64 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 64 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 62 (10.20%) Data Analyst
5 60 (9.87%) Junior Data Analyst
5 60 (9.87%) Junior Security Analyst
6 59 (9.70%) Developer
7 54 (8.88%) IT Support
7 54 (8.88%) Senior
8 47 (7.73%) Architect
9 43 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
10 42 (6.91%) Ethical Hacker
11 39 (6.41%) Data Engineer
12 30 (4.93%) Software Engineer
13 27 (4.44%) Support Engineer
14 25 (4.11%) Applications Support
15 23 (3.78%) Network Engineer
16 22 (3.62%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.07%) .NET
2 35 (5.76%) REST
3 18 (2.96%) React
4 16 (2.63%) Middleware
5 15 (2.47%) .NET Framework
5 15 (2.47%) ASP.NET
5 15 (2.47%) JSON
5 15 (2.47%) XML
6 14 (2.30%) RESTful
7 11 (1.81%) SOAP
7 11 (1.81%) Web Services
8 10 (1.64%) Entity Framework
9 9 (1.48%) CSS
10 8 (1.32%) .NET Core
10 8 (1.32%) HTML
10 8 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (1.15%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.15%) Blazor
12 6 (0.99%) Kafka
12 6 (0.99%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.91%) Cyberattack
2 26 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (3.95%) Cloud Native
4 20 (3.29%) Low-Code
5 19 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.14%) Client/Server
9 12 (1.97%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.15%) IoT
12 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.99%) Life Science
12 6 (0.99%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 5 (0.82%) SCADA
14 4 (0.66%) Social Media
14 4 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.49%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 70 (11.51%) Windows
2 57 (9.38%) Linux
3 43 (7.07%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.81%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.15%) Unix
6 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.66%) Android
8 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.16%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (25.16%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (18.26%) AI
4 108 (17.76%) DevOps
5 90 (14.80%) Mentoring
6 86 (14.14%) Agile
7 83 (13.65%) CI/CD
8 82 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 60 (9.87%) Data Modelling
11 49 (8.06%) Analytics
12 48 (7.89%) Software Engineering
13 42 (6.91%) Ethical Hacking
14 40 (6.58%) Computer Science
15 38 (6.25%) Containerisation
15 38 (6.25%) ITIL
16 37 (6.09%) Data Engineering
16 37 (6.09%) Data Management
16 37 (6.09%) Test Automation
17 36 (5.92%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 165 (27.14%) Python
2 149 (24.51%) SQL
3 62 (10.20%) C#
4 41 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 24 (3.95%) Java
6 22 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 19 (3.13%) C++
8 15 (2.47%) Bash
8 15 (2.47%) C
8 15 (2.47%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.14%) Rust
10 5 (0.82%) R
11 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.33%) Bicep
13 2 (0.33%) PHP
14 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 204 (33.55%) Azure Certification
2 61 (10.03%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (9.87%) CompTIA CySA+
4 59 (9.70%) Degree
5 45 (7.40%) CEH
6 30 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (4.77%) Security Cleared
8 28 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (4.11%) SC Cleared
10 18 (2.96%) CCNA
10 18 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.97%) CISSP
13 11 (1.81%) CISM
14 9 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (1.48%) CCSP
15 7 (1.15%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.99%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.99%) MCSE
17 5 (0.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.07%) QA
2 21 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.47%) SLA
4 13 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.14%) GDPR
5 10 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.32%) NIST
7 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.66%) GRC
8 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.33%) ECSS
9 2 (0.33%) WCAG
10 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.16%) COBIT
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (11.35%) Active Directory
2 38 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 30 (4.93%) Docker
4 23 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (2.30%) KVM
6 8 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.49%) vSphere
8 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (7.24%) Terraform
2 32 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (3.62%) Kubernetes
4 21 (3.45%) Ansible
5 11 (1.81%) SCCM
6 4 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.66%) Kibana
6 4 (0.66%) SmoothWall
7 2 (0.33%) Grafana
7 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.16%) Argo
8 1 (0.16%) Autotask
8 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 382 (62.83%) Microsoft
2 117 (19.24%) ForeScout
3 31 (5.10%) VMware
4 30 (4.93%) Cisco
5 22 (3.62%) Google
6 18 (2.96%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.63%) Databricks
8 14 (2.30%) Oracle
9 13 (2.14%) Palo Alto
10 10 (1.64%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.15%) Juniper
11 7 (1.15%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.99%) F5
13 5 (0.82%) IBM
13 5 (0.82%) Meraki
14 4 (0.66%) AppDynamics
14 4 (0.66%) Xamarin
15 3 (0.49%) Fortinet
15 3 (0.49%) LogicMonitor
15 3 (0.49%) Tenable