Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search (formerly Azure Search)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Azure Cognitive Search skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure Cognitive Search over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 706 | 905 | 923 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +199 | +18 | +270 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search | 2 | 9 | 30 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.004% | 0.009% | 0.031% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.013% | 0.025% | 0.071% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £74,250 | - | £57,425 |
| 25th Percentile | £76,875 | £52,500 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.86% | +7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £86,875 | £80,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,750 | £86,500 | £68,475 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £82,500 | £71,250 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | +9.62% | - |
All Cloud Skills
UK
Azure Cognitive Search 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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 15,066 | 35,825 | 42,083 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 27.47% | 34.91% | 43.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9,925 | 26,875 | 27,585 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £30,000 | £34,723 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £41,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -11.54% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £76,250 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,900 | £96,250 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,688 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.38% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Azure Cognitive Search
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure Cognitive Search as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search.
Azure Cognitive Search
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
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Top 3 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +195 | 2 | £82,500 | +15.79% | |
| England | +170 | 2 | £82,500 | +17.86% | 2 |
| South East | - | 2 | £82,500 | - |
Azure Cognitive Search
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: