Microsoft Azure
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 6,818 16,580 23,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 17.08% 22.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.89% 47.34% 52.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,414 13,182 15,081
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -9.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure 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 15,187 35,025 45,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.12% 36.08% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11,139 26,635 29,860
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,550 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the UK

Azure
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure in the UK

Azure
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the UK

Azure
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 21 April 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
England -4 6,243 £62,500 +5.04% 5,693
UK excluding London -5 3,826 £55,000 +4.76% 3,284
Work from Home -2 2,739 £62,500 +4.17% 3,151
London 0 2,568 £77,000 +2.67% 3,004
South East -5 961 £60,000 +9.09% 873
North of England -14 957 £60,000 +9.09% 853
Midlands -8 826 £52,500 +5.00% 511
West Midlands -7 587 £55,000 +3.29% 330
North West -24 518 £61,603 +7.13% 491
South West -5 432 £55,000 - 384
Yorkshire -9 349 £55,000 - 267
East of England -4 346 £50,000 - 280
East Midlands -10 237 £47,500 -5.00% 170
Scotland -11 203 £62,500 +13.64% 241
Wales -8 95 £57,500 +15.00% 87
North East -5 94 £57,500 +21.05% 97
Northern Ireland -4 23 £52,500 -4.55% 119
Isle of Man +4 5 £38,000 -18.28% 5
Channel Islands -2 2 £78,750 -7.35%

Azure
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
1 548 (8.04%) SharePoint
2 494 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 102 (1.50%) Confluence
4 97 (1.42%) Apache Spark
5 83 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 81 (1.19%) IIS
7 68 (1.00%) CMS
8 48 (0.70%) Apache
9 24 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 21 (0.31%) IBM Domino
11 17 (0.25%) Headless CMS
12 15 (0.22%) Tomcat
13 14 (0.21%) WordPress
14 9 (0.13%) nginx
14 9 (0.13%) SAS
15 8 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 7 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
17 6 (0.088%) NServiceBus
17 6 (0.088%) OpenStack
17 6 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 208 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 34 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 21 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 20 (0.29%) Trello
8 10 (0.15%) Maya
9 7 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.044%) Productboard
11 3 (0.044%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.029%) InDesign
12 2 (0.029%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.029%) S-PLUS
13 1 (0.015%) 1Password
13 1 (0.015%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.015%) Revit
13 1 (0.015%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 166 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 10 (0.15%) Sage 50
5 9 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
5 9 (0.13%) Endur
6 8 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.10%) Sage 200
7 7 (0.10%) SAP IBP
7 7 (0.10%) Shopify
8 6 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.073%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.073%) Markit EDM
9 5 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.059%) Carpe Diem
10 4 (0.059%) Magento
10 4 (0.059%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 2 (0.029%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 2,012 (29.51%) AWS
2 1,545 (22.66%) Microsoft 365
3 1,034 (15.17%) GCP
4 950 (13.93%) Power Platform
5 933 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
6 672 (9.86%) Entra ID
7 538 (7.89%) SaaS
8 379 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 354 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
10 327 (4.80%) GitHub
11 320 (4.69%) PaaS
12 280 (4.11%) PowerApps
13 268 (3.93%) Serverless
14 258 (3.78%) Power Automate
15 247 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 213 (3.12%) IaaS
17 209 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
18 177 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
18 177 (2.60%) OneDrive
19 159 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 768 (11.26%) Firewall
2 460 (6.75%) DNS
3 436 (6.39%) WAN
4 366 (5.37%) LAN
5 353 (5.18%) VPN
6 324 (4.75%) DHCP
7 265 (3.89%) Network Security
8 220 (3.23%) TCP/IP
9 185 (2.71%) VLAN
10 178 (2.61%) SD-WAN
11 155 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
12 115 (1.69%) Wireless
13 105 (1.54%) VoIP
14 89 (1.31%) SAN
15 84 (1.23%) BGP
16 72 (1.06%) Internet
17 70 (1.03%) OSPF
18 62 (0.91%) MPLS
19 61 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
20 57 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 849 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 615 (9.02%) Power BI
3 361 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
4 304 (4.46%) Data Lake
5 236 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 236 (3.46%) NoSQL
6 187 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
7 177 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 171 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 152 (2.23%) MongoDB
10 145 (2.13%) MySQL
11 143 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
12 138 (2.02%) Relational Database
13 128 (1.88%) Tableau
14 122 (1.79%) Big Data
15 103 (1.51%) Metadata
16 79 (1.16%) BigQuery
17 65 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
18 53 (0.78%) Hadoop
18 53 (0.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 462 (6.78%) Git
2 272 (3.99%) JIRA
3 235 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 153 (2.24%) Visual Studio
5 105 (1.54%) GitLab
6 78 (1.14%) Selenium
7 75 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
8 70 (1.03%) TeamCity
9 69 (1.01%) Postman
10 66 (0.97%) SonarQube
11 55 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
12 53 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
13 52 (0.76%) JUnit
14 44 (0.65%) Maven
15 41 (0.60%) Cypress.io
15 41 (0.60%) MSBuild
16 39 (0.57%) JMeter
17 34 (0.50%) NUnit
18 33 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 33 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 2,089 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 1,532 (22.47%) Finance
3 777 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 437 (6.41%) Law
5 399 (5.85%) Banking
6 313 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 274 (4.02%) Retail
8 230 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 224 (3.29%) Legal
10 161 (2.36%) Marketing
11 139 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 94 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 92 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
14 90 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 85 (1.25%) Front Office
16 71 (1.04%) Games
17 66 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
18 59 (0.87%) Advertising
19 58 (0.85%) Automotive
20 55 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,312 (19.24%) Senior
2 1,189 (17.44%) Developer
3 768 (11.26%) Lead
4 705 (10.34%) Architect
5 587 (8.61%) Analyst
6 396 (5.81%) Data Engineer
7 382 (5.60%) Software Engineer
8 339 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 326 (4.78%) IT Support
10 320 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
11 319 (4.68%) Support Engineer
12 305 (4.47%) Senior Developer
13 293 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
14 274 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
15 252 (3.70%) .NET Developer
16 231 (3.39%) IT Engineer
17 195 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
18 184 (2.70%) Support Analyst
19 171 (2.51%) Software Developer
20 165 (2.42%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,202 (17.63%) .NET
2 558 (8.18%) React
3 398 (5.84%) CSS
4 377 (5.53%) HTML
5 346 (5.07%) AngularJS
6 320 (4.69%) .NET Framework
6 320 (4.69%) ASP.NET
7 297 (4.36%) REST
8 289 (4.24%) .NET Core
9 269 (3.95%) Node.js
10 235 (3.45%) RESTful
11 180 (2.64%) Kafka
12 171 (2.51%) JSON
13 149 (2.19%) Entity Framework
14 127 (1.86%) Web Services
15 125 (1.83%) Spring
16 121 (1.77%) Vue
16 121 (1.77%) XML
17 116 (1.70%) ASP.NET Web API
18 113 (1.66%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 301 (4.41%) Management Information System
2 283 (4.15%) Cloud Native
3 223 (3.27%) Data Centre
4 215 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 203 (2.98%) Public Cloud
6 149 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 136 (1.99%) Security Posture
8 135 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
9 115 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 113 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 104 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
12 98 (1.44%) Data Structures
12 98 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 91 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
14 90 (1.32%) Driving Licence
15 89 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
16 87 (1.28%) Private Cloud
17 84 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
18 72 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
19 68 (1.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,425 (20.90%) Windows
2 678 (9.94%) Windows Server
3 602 (8.83%) Linux
4 258 (3.78%) Windows 10
5 137 (2.01%) Android
6 124 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 105 (1.54%) Mac OS
7 105 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 102 (1.50%) Apple iOS
9 85 (1.25%) Unix
10 72 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
11 39 (0.57%) VMS
12 37 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 28 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 24 (0.35%) CentOS
15 17 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.15%) SUSE
17 9 (0.13%) Windows 7
18 8 (0.12%) Mac OS X
19 7 (0.10%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,932 (28.34%) DevOps
2 1,798 (26.37%) Agile
3 1,592 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
4 1,411 (20.70%) CI/CD
5 864 (12.67%) Software Engineering
6 842 (12.35%) Analytics
7 810 (11.88%) Mentoring
8 689 (10.11%) Business Intelligence
9 626 (9.18%) ITIL
10 609 (8.93%) Microservices
11 594 (8.71%) Roadmaps
12 581 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
13 578 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 557 (8.17%) Containerisation
15 538 (7.89%) Computer Science
16 529 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
17 494 (7.25%) Migration
18 474 (6.95%) Artificial Intelligence
19 463 (6.79%) Data Engineering
20 453 (6.64%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1,739 (25.51%) SQL
2 1,409 (20.67%) Python
3 1,161 (17.03%) C#
4 896 (13.14%) JavaScript
5 767 (11.25%) PowerShell
6 681 (9.99%) Java
7 352 (5.16%) TypeScript
8 232 (3.40%) Bash
9 218 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 177 (2.60%) C++
11 126 (1.85%) Go
12 102 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 97 (1.42%) Bicep
14 86 (1.26%) PHP
15 81 (1.19%) Rust
15 81 (1.19%) Scala
16 76 (1.11%) R
17 56 (0.82%) C
18 52 (0.76%) PL/SQL
19 49 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,048 (15.37%) Degree
2 436 (6.39%) Security Cleared
3 434 (6.37%) Azure Certification
4 375 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 342 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 282 (4.14%) SC Cleared
7 202 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
8 152 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 146 (2.14%) DBS Check
10 142 (2.08%) Master's Degree
11 113 (1.66%) CCNP
12 108 (1.58%) CISSP
13 102 (1.50%) DV Cleared
14 95 (1.39%) CCNA
15 64 (0.94%) CISM
16 60 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 57 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
18 52 (0.76%) A+ Certification
18 52 (0.76%) MCSA
19 50 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (4.30%) QA
2 291 (4.27%) GDPR
3 244 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 240 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 175 (2.57%) NIST
6 135 (1.98%) SLA
7 108 (1.58%) Accessibility
8 103 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 97 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 46 (0.67%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 36 (0.53%) NCSC
13 29 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 25 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 22 (0.32%) COBIT
15 22 (0.32%) GRC
16 18 (0.26%) PMO
17 14 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 8 (0.12%) ISO 9001
19 7 (0.10%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1,146 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 768 (11.26%) Docker
3 393 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 286 (4.19%) Hyper-V
5 132 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 126 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 69 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
8 58 (0.85%) vSphere
9 37 (0.54%) VMware NSX
10 33 (0.48%) Firmware
11 22 (0.32%) XenApp
12 12 (0.18%) DFS Replication
13 10 (0.15%) Terminal Services
13 10 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
14 9 (0.13%) BitLocker
14 9 (0.13%) NFS
15 8 (0.12%) HDFS
16 5 (0.073%) KVM
16 5 (0.073%) Postfix
16 5 (0.073%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 842 (12.35%) Kubernetes
2 784 (11.50%) Terraform
3 590 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 336 (4.93%) Ansible
5 155 (2.27%) SCCM
6 109 (1.60%) Grafana
7 105 (1.54%) Prometheus
8 80 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
9 70 (1.03%) FortiGate
10 59 (0.87%) Progress Chef
11 55 (0.81%) Puppet
12 47 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 33 (0.48%) vCenter Server
14 28 (0.41%) NetBackup
14 28 (0.41%) WSUS
15 26 (0.38%) Nagios
16 24 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
17 23 (0.34%) Istio
17 23 (0.34%) SCOM
18 22 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 2,936 (43.06%) Microsoft
2 630 (9.24%) VMware
3 474 (6.95%) Databricks
4 469 (6.88%) Cisco
5 432 (6.34%) Google
6 183 (2.68%) Citrix
7 179 (2.63%) Meraki
8 173 (2.54%) Oracle
9 157 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 119 (1.75%) SAP
11 115 (1.69%) Palo Alto
12 112 (1.64%) SolarWinds
13 99 (1.45%) CheckPoint
14 97 (1.42%) IBM
15 95 (1.39%) Fortinet
16 89 (1.31%) Veeam
17 77 (1.13%) Apple
18 65 (0.95%) Salesforce
19 62 (0.91%) F5
20 56 (0.82%) Splunk