Microsoft Azure Storage
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Storage skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Storage over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 622 943 847
Rank change year-on-year +321 -96 -270
Permanent jobs citing Azure Storage 122 142 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.53% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 103 114 173
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,875 £39,800
25th Percentile £56,525 £57,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +6.15% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £91,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £117,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £72,372 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.28% +60.83% -25.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Storage 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 22,884 53,922 60,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.63% 43.04% 46.76%
Number of salaries quoted 18,101 35,975 42,567
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,543 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure Storage
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Storage over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Storage within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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 +287 115 £70,000 +1.45% 20
UK excluding London +256 66 £70,000 -3.28% 12
Work from Home +247 59 £60,000 -15.93% 15
London +250 49 £74,250 +7.61% 9
South East +157 25 £56,525 +2.77% 4
North of England +127 24 £75,000 -18.92% 2
North West +126 21 £75,000 -3.23% 1
Midlands +145 14 £53,500 -20.59% 2
West Midlands +143 9 £53,500 -20.59% 1
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 1
North East +49 3 £60,000 +29.73%
South West - 2 £58,000 - 1
Scotland +39 1 - - 1

Azure Storage
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 6 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.64%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.82%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 122 (100.00%) Azure
2 74 (60.66%) Entra ID
3 47 (38.52%) Azure Monitor
4 37 (30.33%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (27.05%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (23.77%) IaaS
7 27 (22.13%) Serverless
8 25 (20.49%) Azure Functions
9 21 (17.21%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (14.75%) Azure App Service
11 17 (13.93%) SaaS
12 16 (13.11%) PaaS
13 15 (12.30%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (11.48%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (9.84%) Azure Cognitive Search
16 11 (9.02%) AWS
16 11 (9.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 10 (8.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 9 (7.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 9 (7.38%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (28.69%) Firewall
2 33 (27.05%) DNS
3 27 (22.13%) DHCP
4 5 (4.10%) HTTP
4 5 (4.10%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.28%) HTTPS
5 4 (3.28%) VPN
6 3 (2.46%) BGP
7 1 (0.82%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.82%) FTP
7 1 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.82%) LAN
7 1 (0.82%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.82%) OSPF
7 1 (0.82%) SAN
7 1 (0.82%) WAN
7 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (26.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (16.39%) SQL Server
3 12 (9.84%) InterSystems Cache
4 5 (4.10%) Data Lake
4 5 (4.10%) DTS
4 5 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (3.28%) Metadata
6 3 (2.46%) Power BI
7 2 (1.64%) MySQL
7 2 (1.64%) Redis
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (9.02%) Axure RP
2 8 (6.56%) Git
3 5 (4.10%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.64%) JIRA
5 1 (0.82%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.82%) GitLab
5 1 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.82%) Moq
5 1 (0.82%) Postman
5 1 (0.82%) Selenium
5 1 (0.82%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.82%) Subversion
5 1 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 41 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.75%) Finance
3 17 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.28%) Back Office
4 4 (3.28%) Front Office
5 3 (2.46%) Law
5 3 (2.46%) Retail
6 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.82%) Billing
7 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (22.13%) Azure Engineer
2 26 (21.31%) Lead
3 22 (18.03%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (16.39%) Developer
5 18 (14.75%) Senior
6 13 (10.66%) Active Directory Specialist
7 11 (9.02%) Active Directory Support
7 11 (9.02%) Azure Specialist
8 10 (8.20%) Support Specialist
9 9 (7.38%) Azure Developer
9 9 (7.38%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (6.56%) Architect
10 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (6.56%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.92%) Azure Architect
11 6 (4.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 5 (4.10%) .NET Developer
12 5 (4.10%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (4.10%) Lead DevOps
12 5 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (27.87%) ARM Templates
2 16 (13.11%) .NET
3 9 (7.38%) .NET Framework
4 6 (4.92%) JSON
5 5 (4.10%) YAML
6 4 (3.28%) .NET Core
6 4 (3.28%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.28%) HTML
6 4 (3.28%) SOAP
7 3 (2.46%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.46%) CSS
7 3 (2.46%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (2.46%) RESTful
8 2 (1.64%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (1.64%) CSS3
8 2 (1.64%) HTML5
8 2 (1.64%) REST
8 2 (1.64%) Sass
8 2 (1.64%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.67%) PKI
2 14 (11.48%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.74%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.10%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Clustering
6 3 (2.46%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.82%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.82%) IoT
8 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.82%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.82%) Replication
8 1 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.82%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 41 (33.61%) Windows
2 29 (23.77%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.11%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (5.74%) Linux
6 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.64%) Unix
8 1 (0.82%) Debian
8 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (53.28%) CI/CD
1 65 (53.28%) DevOps
2 62 (50.82%) Agile
3 36 (29.51%) Analytics
4 30 (24.59%) Release Management
5 28 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 28 (22.95%) ITIL
5 28 (22.95%) Log Analytics
5 28 (22.95%) Migration
6 26 (21.31%) Service Management
7 24 (19.67%) RBAC
8 23 (18.85%) Cost Optimisation
8 23 (18.85%) Identity Management
8 23 (18.85%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 23 (18.85%) Privileged Identity Management
9 19 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (15.57%) SDLC
10 13 (10.66%) Roadmaps
11 12 (9.84%) Microservices
11 12 (9.84%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (50.82%) PowerShell
2 51 (41.80%) SQL
3 45 (36.89%) C#
4 22 (18.03%) VB
4 22 (18.03%) VBScript
5 20 (16.39%) Bicep
6 18 (14.75%) Python
7 5 (4.10%) Bash
7 5 (4.10%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.10%) PHP
8 4 (3.28%) Java
8 4 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.64%) Perl
9 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.64%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (22.13%) Degree
2 25 (20.49%) Security Cleared
3 24 (19.67%) DV Cleared
4 22 (18.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 22 (18.03%) SC Cleared
5 18 (14.75%) Azure Certification
6 11 (9.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (4.10%) MCSE
9 2 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.82%) CCNA
10 1 (0.82%) CCNP
10 1 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.38%) QA
2 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 78 (63.93%) Active Directory
2 48 (39.34%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (19.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (11.48%) Docker
5 10 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (4.10%) Firmware
6 5 (4.10%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (36.07%) Kubernetes
2 28 (22.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (19.67%) SCCM
4 23 (18.85%) SCOM
4 23 (18.85%) WSUS
5 22 (18.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (12.30%) Terraform
7 2 (1.64%) Nagios
7 2 (1.64%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (1.64%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.64%) Puppet
8 1 (0.82%) Ansible
8 1 (0.82%) Grafana
8 1 (0.82%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.82%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.82%) Rancher
8 1 (0.82%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.82%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.82%) vRealize
Vendors
1 69 (56.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.20%) VMware
3 8 (6.56%) Databricks
4 4 (3.28%) Commvault
4 4 (3.28%) Google
5 3 (2.46%) HP
5 3 (2.46%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.64%) Cisco
6 2 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.64%) Dell
6 2 (1.64%) EMC
6 2 (1.64%) Hitachi
6 2 (1.64%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.64%) McAfee
6 2 (1.64%) NetApp
6 2 (1.64%) Okta
6 2 (1.64%) SAP
6 2 (1.64%) Symantec
6 2 (1.64%) Trend Micro
6 2 (1.64%) Veritas