Azure AI Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Azure AI Platform
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure AI 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 247 553 560
Rank change year-on-year +306 +7 +199
Permanent jobs citing Azure AI 297 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.036% 0.038%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.18% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 25 13 12
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £57,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -36.72% +39.58%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £110,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +24.00% - -4.58%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,614 11,604 12,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.10% 32.30% 36.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,850 6,313 10,415
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure AI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure AI
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure AI

Azure AI
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure AI in the UK excluding London

Azure AI
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England - 82 £65,000 - 41
Midlands - 61 £63,750 - 16
South East +85 59 £37,500 -40.00% 52
Yorkshire - 46 £40,000 - 13
South West - 35 - - 18
West Midlands - 31 £63,750 - 7
East Midlands - 30 - - 8
North West - 24 £72,500 - 19
Scotland +27 23 £90,000 +125.00% 10
East of England - 22 £57,500 - 28
Wales - 15 - - 14
North East - 12 - - 10
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 2
Azure AI
UK

Azure AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 272 (91.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 297 (100.00%) Azure
2 281 (94.61%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.70%) Power Automate
4 10 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
5 9 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.35%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.67%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 2 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.67%) GitHub
9 1 (0.34%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.34%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.34%) Firebase
9 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.34%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.34%) Google Play
9 1 (0.34%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.34%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (93.60%) Power BI
2 270 (90.91%) Tableau
3 6 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.68%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
General
1 276 (92.93%) Social Skills
2 3 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (1.01%) Finance
3 2 (0.67%) Back Office
3 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 270 (90.91%) Analyst
1 270 (90.91%) Data Analyst
1 270 (90.91%) Junior
1 270 (90.91%) Junior Analyst
1 270 (90.91%) Junior Data Analyst
2 15 (5.05%) Developer
3 6 (2.02%) .NET Developer
4 5 (1.68%) Azure Developer
4 5 (1.68%) IT Engineer
4 5 (1.68%) IT Security Engineer
4 5 (1.68%) IT Support
4 5 (1.68%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (1.68%) Python Developer
4 5 (1.68%) Security Engineer
4 5 (1.68%) Security Support Engineer
4 5 (1.68%) Support Engineer
5 4 (1.35%) Automation Developer
5 4 (1.35%) Senior
5 4 (1.35%) Senior Developer
5 4 (1.35%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.69%) .NET
2 5 (1.68%) .NET Core
2 5 (1.68%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.68%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.68%) ML.NET
2 5 (1.68%) React
3 4 (1.35%) Blazor
3 4 (1.35%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.34%) CSS
4 1 (0.34%) HTML
4 1 (0.34%) OAuth
4 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.34%) OpenID
4 1 (0.34%) React Native
4 1 (0.34%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (1.68%) Onboarding
2 4 (1.35%) AI Agents
3 2 (0.67%) Driving Licence
3 2 (0.67%) Mobile App
3 2 (0.67%) Social Network
4 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.34%) BBC
4 1 (0.34%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.34%) Digital TV
4 1 (0.34%) iPhone
4 1 (0.34%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.34%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.34%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.34%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.34%) Android
1 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (100.00%) AI
2 278 (93.60%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (2.69%) Machine Learning
4 6 (2.02%) DevOps
4 6 (2.02%) ITIL
5 5 (1.68%) Data Protection
5 5 (1.68%) Digital Strategy
5 5 (1.68%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (1.68%) Intelligent Automation
5 5 (1.68%) Roadmaps
5 5 (1.68%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (1.68%) Threat Detection
6 4 (1.35%) Agile
6 4 (1.35%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (1.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (1.35%) Multithreading
6 4 (1.35%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (1.01%) OO
7 3 (1.01%) Workflow
8 2 (0.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 280 (94.28%) SQL
2 279 (93.94%) Python
3 8 (2.69%) C#
4 4 (1.35%) Java
4 4 (1.35%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.35%) R
5 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 271 (91.25%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.68%) Accessibility
1 5 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 293 (98.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.68%) UiPath
3 2 (0.67%) Google
4 1 (0.34%) Apple
4 1 (0.34%) Blue Prism
4 1 (0.34%) Facebook
4 1 (0.34%) Foundry
4 1 (0.34%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle
4 1 (0.34%) Sony
4 1 (0.34%) Yahoo!