Azure ExpressRoute Job Trends

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure ExpressRoute skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 633 826
Rank change year-on-year -30 +193 +5
Permanent jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 73 38 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.086% 0.057%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.28% 0.26% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 61 17 57
10th Percentile - £50,500 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -14.29% +43.59%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £100,000 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +23.66% +3.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure ExpressRoute 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 25,794 14,821 35,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.87% 33.44% 33.69%
Number of salaries quoted 15,782 10,189 27,175
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Azure ExpressRoute
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure ExpressRoute job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure ExpressRoute
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure ExpressRoute in the UK

Azure ExpressRoute
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
England -18 72 £67,500 +12.50% 16
UK excluding London -51 42 £60,000 +4.35% 9
London +6 30 £85,000 +1.80% 12
South East -16 17 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Work from Home +1 13 £78,125 +42.05% 11
East of England -21 9 £60,000 +20.00%
Midlands -29 9 £60,000 -
East Midlands -27 8 £60,000 -
North of England -44 3 £65,000 -
South West -55 3 - - 3
Yorkshire -37 2 £65,000 -
Scotland +4 1 - - 2
North West -4 1 - -
West Midlands -32 1 £72,500 -

Azure ExpressRoute
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) IIS
2 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 73 (100.00%) Azure
2 43 (58.90%) Azure AKS
3 42 (57.53%) IaaS
4 40 (54.79%) Azure Key Vault
5 28 (38.36%) Azure Storage
6 23 (31.51%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (23.29%) Entra ID
8 15 (20.55%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (16.44%) GitHub
10 11 (15.07%) AWS
11 10 (13.70%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (12.33%) PaaS
13 8 (10.96%) Datadog
14 7 (9.59%) Azure Functions
14 7 (9.59%) Serverless
15 6 (8.22%) Azure Sentinel
16 3 (4.11%) GCP
16 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
17 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
17 2 (2.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (47.95%) DNS
2 33 (45.21%) VPN
3 27 (36.99%) Firewall
4 24 (32.88%) WAN
5 15 (20.55%) SD-WAN
6 13 (17.81%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (16.44%) Network Security
8 11 (15.07%) BGP
9 6 (8.22%) LAN
10 5 (6.85%) DHCP
10 5 (6.85%) OSPF
10 5 (6.85%) TCP/IP
11 3 (4.11%) HTTP
12 2 (2.74%) MPLS
12 2 (2.74%) Wireless
13 1 (1.37%) BIG-IP
13 1 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
13 1 (1.37%) EIGRP
13 1 (1.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) GitLab
3 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 30 (41.10%) Law
2 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Finance
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (72.60%) Azure Engineer
2 37 (50.68%) Cloud Engineer
3 28 (38.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 12 (16.44%) Network Engineer
4 12 (16.44%) Senior
5 11 (15.07%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 11 (15.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Cisco Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Lead
6 9 (12.33%) Lead Cisco Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Lead Network Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Azure Consultant
8 5 (6.85%) Consultant
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.11%) Architect
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.74%) Analyst
10 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) ADO
1 8 (10.96%) OAuth
1 8 (10.96%) SAML
1 8 (10.96%) YAML
2 3 (4.11%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.11%) ARM Templates
2 3 (4.11%) JSON
2 3 (4.11%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.37%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (4.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.74%) Podcast
4 2 (2.74%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) VMS
2 5 (6.85%) Windows
3 2 (2.74%) Linux
3 2 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Infrastructure as Code
2 31 (42.47%) Agile
2 31 (42.47%) Root Cause Analysis
3 30 (41.10%) High Availability
4 29 (39.73%) Containerisation
4 29 (39.73%) Load Balancing
5 17 (23.29%) CI/CD
5 17 (23.29%) DevOps
6 15 (20.55%) Analytics
7 13 (17.81%) Cost Management
8 12 (16.44%) Observability
8 12 (16.44%) RBAC
9 11 (15.07%) Log Analytics
10 10 (13.70%) Incident Response
10 10 (13.70%) Network Segmentation
10 10 (13.70%) Zero Trust
11 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (12.33%) Network Architecture
11 9 (12.33%) Network Monitoring
11 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 34 (46.58%) PowerShell
2 18 (24.66%) Bicep
3 11 (15.07%) SQL
4 10 (13.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.74%) Bash
6 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (64.38%) Azure Certification
2 11 (15.07%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (15.07%) Degree
3 10 (13.70%) CCNP
4 9 (12.33%) CCNA
5 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.37%) CCIE
7 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (23.29%) GDPR
3 9 (12.33%) NIST
4 8 (10.96%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (19.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.70%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.11%) vSphere
5 2 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.37%) Docker
6 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (42.47%) Kubernetes
2 23 (31.51%) Terraform
3 10 (13.70%) Cisco Prime
4 9 (12.33%) Ansible
5 1 (1.37%) CASB
5 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.37%) Packer
Vendors
1 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 19 (26.03%) Cisco
3 14 (19.18%) Palo Alto
4 13 (17.81%) SolarWinds
5 11 (15.07%) Zscaler
6 10 (13.70%) Meraki
7 6 (8.22%) Fortinet
8 5 (6.85%) VMware
9 3 (4.11%) SAP
10 2 (2.74%) ScienceLogic
11 1 (1.37%) Aruba
11 1 (1.37%) Databricks
11 1 (1.37%) F5
11 1 (1.37%) Juniper