Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure ExpressRoute skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure ExpressRoute over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 881 1149
Rank change year-on-year +25 +268 -343
Permanent jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 58 83 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.080% 0.055%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.16% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 52 65 47
10th Percentile - £38,999 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% - -16.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £71,625
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,000 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -7.00% +2.56% -22.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure ExpressRoute is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,320 44,215 75,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.85% 42.74% 48.20%
Number of salaries quoted 26,705 29,050 41,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,988 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,600 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure ExpressRoute
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure ExpressRoute as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure ExpressRoute in the UK

Azure ExpressRoute
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Salary trend for Azure ExpressRoute in the UK

Azure ExpressRoute
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure ExpressRoute in the UK

Azure ExpressRoute
Top 12 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 5 May 2024. 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 +84 55 £69,500 +32.38% 11
London +131 27 £85,000 +25.93% 4
UK excluding London -33 25 £46,500 -7.00% 8
West Midlands +33 14 £46,500 -22.50% 1
Midlands +28 14 £46,500 -19.13% 3
Work from Home +41 7 £85,000 +70.00% 5
South West - 4 £60,000 - 3
North of England +26 3 £45,500 +7.46%
South East +23 3 £65,000 +116.67%
North West +14 2 - -
North East - 1 £45,500 -
Wales - 1 £36,000 - 1

Azure ExpressRoute
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.90%) IIS
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 58 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (39.66%) AWS
3 22 (37.93%) IaaS
4 16 (27.59%) PaaS
4 16 (27.59%) SaaS
5 15 (25.86%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (17.24%) Entra ID
6 10 (17.24%) GCP
7 8 (13.79%) AWS Direct Connect
8 7 (12.07%) Azure Storage
9 6 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (10.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (6.90%) Azure AKS
10 4 (6.90%) Azure Pipelines
10 4 (6.90%) Azure Stack
10 4 (6.90%) Nutanix
11 3 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (50.00%) Firewall
2 20 (34.48%) DNS
3 16 (27.59%) VPN
4 14 (24.14%) Network Security
5 13 (22.41%) BGP
5 13 (22.41%) LAN
5 13 (22.41%) MPLS
5 13 (22.41%) WAN
6 9 (15.52%) DHCP
7 7 (12.07%) OSPF
7 7 (12.07%) SNMP
7 7 (12.07%) SSL
8 6 (10.34%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (10.34%) DMZ
8 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
8 6 (10.34%) Unified Communications
8 6 (10.34%) VLAN
8 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (10.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (10.34%) Data Lake
4 4 (6.90%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (25.86%) Telecoms
2 8 (13.79%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Law
5 3 (5.17%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.72%) Police
6 1 (1.72%) Retail
6 1 (1.72%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (36.21%) Network Engineer
2 19 (32.76%) Senior
3 11 (18.97%) Architect
4 10 (17.24%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Network Security Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Security Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Azure Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Azure Data Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Data Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Lead
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Security Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (8.62%) Senior Architect
7 5 (8.62%) Senior Systems Architect
7 5 (8.62%) Systems Architect
8 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (32.76%) 802.1X
2 9 (15.52%) ARM Templates
3 7 (12.07%) Azure Blueprints
4 5 (8.62%) HTML
4 5 (8.62%) XML
5 1 (1.72%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Data Centre
2 10 (17.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.90%) PKI
4 2 (3.45%) Replication
4 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Linux
2 5 (8.62%) Unix
3 4 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Mentoring
2 20 (34.48%) DevOps
3 19 (32.76%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (27.59%) Network Virtualisation
5 15 (25.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (20.69%) Change Management
6 12 (20.69%) Configuration Management
6 12 (20.69%) Fault Management
6 12 (20.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (18.97%) CI/CD
7 11 (18.97%) Load Balancing
7 11 (18.97%) Network Management
7 11 (18.97%) Open Source
7 11 (18.97%) Roadmaps
8 10 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (17.24%) ITIL
9 9 (15.52%) Analytics
10 8 (13.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 6 (10.34%) Service Design
11 6 (10.34%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
3 8 (13.79%) Bicep
4 5 (8.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
1 16 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) CCNA
2 9 (15.52%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.45%) CCNP
5 2 (3.45%) MCSE
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.72%) Degree
6 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) NCSC
2 4 (6.90%) SLA
3 2 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.07%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (10.34%) Docker
4 4 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.45%) Firmware
5 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (3.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 9 (15.52%) Terraform
3 7 (12.07%) Puppet
3 7 (12.07%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (8.62%) Progress Chef
5 4 (6.90%) Istio
5 4 (6.90%) PowerCLI
5 4 (6.90%) vCenter Server
5 4 (6.90%) vRealize
5 4 (6.90%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 2 (3.45%) Ansible
6 2 (3.45%) HP SIM
6 2 (3.45%) Nessus
6 2 (3.45%) SCOM
6 2 (3.45%) SCOrch
6 2 (3.45%) WSUS
7 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 19 (32.76%) Juniper
3 18 (31.03%) Cisco
4 12 (20.69%) Aruba
5 8 (13.79%) Palo Alto
5 8 (13.79%) SolarWinds
6 7 (12.07%) Fortinet
7 6 (10.34%) CheckPoint
7 6 (10.34%) Databricks
7 6 (10.34%) HP
7 6 (10.34%) VMware
8 5 (8.62%) Arista
8 5 (8.62%) Google
8 5 (8.62%) Tufin
9 4 (6.90%) 3PAR
9 4 (6.90%) Brocade
9 4 (6.90%) Citrix
9 4 (6.90%) Nimble Storage
9 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (3.45%) Aerohive Networks