Azure Key Vault Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Key Vault
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure Key Vault skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 662 693
Rank change year-on-year +81 +31 +199
Permanent jobs citing Azure Key Vault 61 43 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.080% 0.059%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.30% 0.22% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 28
10th Percentile £46,750 £42,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £81,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% -13.58% +15.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £102,438
90th Percentile £120,000 £79,875 £111,746
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,225 £69,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.03% -0.71% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure Key Vault 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 20,367 19,394 22,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.33% 36.11% 40.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,129 11,407 18,508
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £46,597 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Azure Key Vault
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure Key Vault job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Key Vault
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Key Vault.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Key Vault over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Key Vault in the UK

Azure Key Vault
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 Key Vault within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London +67 45 £63,225 -9.03% 23
England +75 41 £68,500 -2.14% 31
Work from Home +102 33 £62,500 -10.71% 13
Scotland +23 19 - - 1
London +46 14 £120,000 +52.38% 13
Midlands - 9 £60,000 - 4
South East +17 7 £75,000 +7.14% 7
West Midlands - 7 £60,000 - 2
North of England +24 6 £53,750 +16.22% 4
Yorkshire - 4 £47,500 -
South West - 3 £60,000 - 5
East Midlands - 2 £75,000 - 2
North East - 2 £68,500 -
East of England - 1 £82,500 -

Azure Key Vault
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 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (100.00%) Azure
2 42 (68.85%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (44.26%) Entra ID
4 20 (32.79%) GitHub
5 19 (31.15%) dbt
5 19 (31.15%) Snowflake
6 16 (26.23%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (24.59%) Azure Monitor
8 14 (22.95%) Azure AKS
9 13 (21.31%) Serverless
10 10 (16.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (16.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (14.75%) Datadog
12 8 (13.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (13.11%) Azure Functions
13 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (8.20%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (8.20%) Azure Storage
14 5 (8.20%) IaaS
14 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.95%) Firewall
2 12 (19.67%) VPN
3 10 (16.39%) WAN
4 7 (11.48%) Network Security
5 3 (4.92%) DNS
6 1 (1.64%) DMARC
6 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (11.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (6.56%) Power BI
4 3 (4.92%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Git
2 6 (9.84%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 30 (49.18%) Finance
2 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.92%) Law
4 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Back Office
5 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Marketing
5 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (47.54%) Azure Engineer
2 23 (37.70%) Senior
3 12 (19.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 11 (18.03%) Platform Engineer
5 8 (13.11%) Developer
5 8 (13.11%) Lead
6 6 (9.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 6 (9.84%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (8.20%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Operations Support Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Platform Support Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Software Developer
10 2 (3.28%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) IT Manager
10 2 (3.28%) IT Security Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Lead Developer
10 2 (3.28%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (36.07%) OAuth
2 17 (27.87%) YAML
3 11 (18.03%) GraphQL
3 11 (18.03%) OpenAPI
3 11 (18.03%) Swagger
4 10 (16.39%) SAML
5 9 (14.75%) ADO
6 8 (13.11%) ARM Templates
7 6 (9.84%) .NET
8 5 (8.20%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.92%) Blazor
10 2 (3.28%) Entity Framework
10 2 (3.28%) OpenID
10 2 (3.28%) WebAssembly
11 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
11 1 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
11 1 (1.64%) KnockoutJS
11 1 (1.64%) OAuth2
11 1 (1.64%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Onboarding
2 7 (11.48%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (9.84%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.87%) VMS
2 3 (4.92%) Windows
3 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.64%) Linux
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (78.69%) DevOps
2 46 (75.41%) CI/CD
3 34 (55.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (45.90%) RBAC
5 20 (32.79%) Agile
5 20 (32.79%) Coaching
6 19 (31.15%) Asset Management
6 19 (31.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (29.51%) Observability
8 17 (27.87%) Platform Engineering
9 15 (24.59%) Mentoring
9 15 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (22.95%) Cloud Security
10 14 (22.95%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (21.31%) Analytics
11 13 (21.31%) Network Virtualisation
12 12 (19.67%) Business Continuity
12 12 (19.67%) Containerisation
12 12 (19.67%) Identity Management
13 11 (18.03%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 37 (60.66%) PowerShell
2 36 (59.02%) SQL
3 16 (26.23%) C#
4 11 (18.03%) Python
5 10 (16.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (14.75%) Bash
7 3 (4.92%) Bicep
7 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
8 2 (3.28%) T-SQL
8 2 (3.28%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.64%) Go
9 1 (1.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Azure Certification
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.92%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.28%) CISM
4 2 (3.28%) CISSP
5 1 (1.64%) CCSP
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.39%) GDPR
1 10 (16.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (16.39%) SOC 2
2 9 (14.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (36.07%) Active Directory
2 11 (18.03%) Docker
3 10 (16.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (70.49%) Terraform
2 16 (26.23%) Kubernetes
3 10 (16.39%) Ansible
4 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.28%) SCCM
5 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.64%) CASB
6 1 (1.64%) QRadar
Vendors
1 53 (86.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.39%) Palo Alto
3 9 (14.75%) Zscaler
4 2 (3.28%) Cisco
4 2 (3.28%) Exabeam
4 2 (3.28%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.64%) Citrix
5 1 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.64%) Databricks
5 1 (1.64%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.64%) Foundry
5 1 (1.64%) HP
5 1 (1.64%) Meraki
5 1 (1.64%) Qualys
5 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.64%) Splunk
5 1 (1.64%) Thales
5 1 (1.64%) VMware