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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 6,782 16,700 23,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.00% 16.98% 22.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.98% 47.23% 51.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,342 13,221 14,733
10th Percentile £35,750 £34,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,059 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -9.14% +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 15,077 35,358 44,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.91% 35.95% 43.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,032 26,774 29,301
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,725 £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 30 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 30 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 6,205 £62,500 +5.02% 3,927
UK excluding London -5 3,814 £55,000 +4.76% 2,506
Work from Home -3 2,696 £62,500 +4.17% 2,460
London 0 2,545 £75,000 - 1,650
South East -4 968 £60,000 +9.09% 547
North of England -15 942 £60,000 +9.09% 745
Midlands -10 814 £52,500 +5.00% 442
West Midlands -7 577 £55,000 +1.85% 294
North West -29 510 £60,000 +4.35% 457
South West -5 435 £55,000 - 298
East of England -4 349 £50,000 - 208
Yorkshire -10 344 £57,500 +4.55% 209
East Midlands -15 235 £45,000 -7.22% 144
Scotland -3 201 £60,000 +9.09% 187
Wales -11 95 £55,000 +10.00% 69
North East -10 92 £57,500 +21.05% 81
Northern Ireland -6 22 £52,500 -4.55% 51
Isle of Man +5 5 £38,000 -18.28% 8
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 (8.08%) SharePoint
2 501 (7.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 101 (1.49%) Apache Spark
3 101 (1.49%) Confluence
4 81 (1.19%) IIS
5 73 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 72 (1.06%) CMS
7 47 (0.69%) Apache
8 24 (0.35%) Umbraco
9 21 (0.31%) IBM Domino
10 18 (0.27%) Headless CMS
11 16 (0.24%) Tomcat
12 14 (0.21%) WordPress
13 9 (0.13%) SAS
14 8 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 7 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
16 6 (0.088%) Jupyter
16 6 (0.088%) NServiceBus
16 6 (0.088%) OpenStack
16 6 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 217 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 132 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 35 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 23 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 19 (0.28%) Trello
8 10 (0.15%) Maya
9 7 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.044%) Productboard
11 3 (0.044%) SOLIDWORKS
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
1 167 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 10 (0.15%) Endur
5 9 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
5 9 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.13%) Sage 50
6 8 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 8 (0.12%) SAP IBP
7 7 (0.10%) Shopify
8 6 (0.088%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.088%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.074%) Carpe Diem
9 5 (0.074%) Markit EDM
9 5 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.074%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.059%) Magento
10 4 (0.059%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 2 (0.029%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,996 (29.43%) AWS
2 1,549 (22.84%) Microsoft 365
3 1,032 (15.22%) GCP
4 959 (14.14%) Power Platform
5 923 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
6 678 (10.00%) Entra ID
7 535 (7.89%) SaaS
8 376 (5.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 360 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
10 315 (4.64%) PaaS
11 311 (4.59%) GitHub
12 276 (4.07%) PowerApps
13 271 (4.00%) Power Automate
14 262 (3.86%) Serverless
15 241 (3.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 216 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
17 200 (2.95%) IaaS
18 177 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
19 176 (2.60%) OneDrive
20 158 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 776 (11.44%) Firewall
2 462 (6.81%) DNS
3 445 (6.56%) WAN
4 365 (5.38%) LAN
5 358 (5.28%) VPN
6 325 (4.79%) DHCP
7 258 (3.80%) Network Security
8 221 (3.26%) TCP/IP
9 188 (2.77%) VLAN
10 183 (2.70%) SD-WAN
11 164 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
12 116 (1.71%) Wireless
13 108 (1.59%) VoIP
14 91 (1.34%) SAN
15 85 (1.25%) BGP
16 71 (1.05%) OSPF
17 70 (1.03%) Internet
18 61 (0.90%) MPLS
19 58 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
20 55 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 836 (12.33%) SQL Server
2 624 (9.20%) Power BI
3 351 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
4 292 (4.31%) Data Lake
5 235 (3.47%) NoSQL
6 230 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 186 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
8 174 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 168 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 145 (2.14%) MongoDB
11 141 (2.08%) MySQL
12 140 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
13 138 (2.03%) Relational Database
14 129 (1.90%) Tableau
15 121 (1.78%) Big Data
16 102 (1.50%) Metadata
17 77 (1.14%) BigQuery
18 69 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
19 55 (0.81%) Hadoop
20 50 (0.74%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 448 (6.61%) Git
2 268 (3.95%) JIRA
3 230 (3.39%) Jenkins
4 147 (2.17%) Visual Studio
5 105 (1.55%) GitLab
6 78 (1.15%) Selenium
7 73 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
8 71 (1.05%) Postman
9 67 (0.99%) TeamCity
10 62 (0.91%) SonarQube
11 54 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
12 52 (0.77%) JUnit
12 52 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
13 43 (0.63%) Maven
14 42 (0.62%) Cypress.io
15 40 (0.59%) MSBuild
16 39 (0.58%) JMeter
17 34 (0.50%) webpack
18 33 (0.49%) NUnit
19 31 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2,073 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 1,527 (22.52%) Finance
3 767 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
4 435 (6.41%) Law
5 399 (5.88%) Banking
6 324 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 274 (4.04%) Retail
8 224 (3.30%) Public Sector
9 223 (3.29%) Legal
10 154 (2.27%) Marketing
11 142 (2.09%) Manufacturing
12 94 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
12 94 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
13 87 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 82 (1.21%) Front Office
15 69 (1.02%) Games
16 66 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
17 59 (0.87%) Advertising
18 58 (0.86%) Automotive
19 52 (0.77%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,268 (18.70%) Senior
2 1,158 (17.07%) Developer
3 752 (11.09%) Lead
4 708 (10.44%) Architect
5 599 (8.83%) Analyst
6 377 (5.56%) Data Engineer
7 376 (5.54%) Software Engineer
8 343 (5.06%) IT Support
9 338 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 324 (4.78%) Support Engineer
11 318 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
12 294 (4.34%) Cloud Engineer
13 282 (4.16%) Senior Developer
14 276 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
15 233 (3.44%) .NET Developer
16 230 (3.39%) IT Engineer
17 196 (2.89%) DevOps Engineer
18 191 (2.82%) Support Analyst
19 161 (2.37%) Software Developer
20 151 (2.23%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,151 (16.97%) .NET
2 550 (8.11%) React
3 379 (5.59%) CSS
4 360 (5.31%) HTML
5 329 (4.85%) AngularJS
6 305 (4.50%) .NET Framework
7 303 (4.47%) ASP.NET
8 298 (4.39%) REST
9 272 (4.01%) .NET Core
10 264 (3.89%) Node.js
11 232 (3.42%) RESTful
12 175 (2.58%) JSON
12 175 (2.58%) Kafka
13 139 (2.05%) Entity Framework
14 128 (1.89%) XML
15 124 (1.83%) Web Services
16 122 (1.80%) Vue
17 120 (1.77%) Spring
18 110 (1.62%) ASP.NET Web API
19 108 (1.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 297 (4.38%) Management Information System
2 286 (4.22%) Cloud Native
3 213 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 212 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 197 (2.90%) Public Cloud
6 147 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 137 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 123 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
9 117 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 115 (1.70%) Algorithms
11 108 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
12 106 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
13 98 (1.45%) Data Structures
14 93 (1.37%) Driving Licence
15 92 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
16 91 (1.34%) Mobile App
17 87 (1.28%) Private Cloud
18 82 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
19 71 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
20 65 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,415 (20.86%) Windows
2 675 (9.95%) Windows Server
3 600 (8.85%) Linux
4 250 (3.69%) Windows 10
5 132 (1.95%) Android
5 132 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 113 (1.67%) Mac OS
7 102 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 97 (1.43%) Apple iOS
9 86 (1.27%) Unix
10 71 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
11 40 (0.59%) VMS
12 33 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 27 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 21 (0.31%) CentOS
15 17 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.16%) Windows 7
17 10 (0.15%) SUSE
18 8 (0.12%) Debian
18 8 (0.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,918 (28.28%) DevOps
2 1,811 (26.70%) Agile
3 1,571 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
4 1,397 (20.60%) CI/CD
5 846 (12.47%) Analytics
6 843 (12.43%) Software Engineering
7 816 (12.03%) Mentoring
8 691 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
9 633 (9.33%) ITIL
10 603 (8.89%) Roadmaps
11 599 (8.83%) Microservices
12 578 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
13 577 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 560 (8.26%) Containerisation
15 542 (7.99%) Computer Science
16 515 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
17 495 (7.30%) Migration
18 484 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
19 453 (6.68%) Data Modelling
20 448 (6.61%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1,750 (25.80%) SQL
2 1,393 (20.54%) Python
3 1,118 (16.48%) C#
4 878 (12.95%) JavaScript
5 776 (11.44%) PowerShell
6 677 (9.98%) Java
7 352 (5.19%) TypeScript
8 228 (3.36%) Bash
9 217 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 172 (2.54%) C++
11 122 (1.80%) Go
12 98 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 94 (1.39%) Bicep
14 83 (1.22%) PHP
15 78 (1.15%) R
15 78 (1.15%) Rust
15 78 (1.15%) Scala
16 52 (0.77%) PL/SQL
17 51 (0.75%) C
18 49 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,044 (15.39%) Degree
2 444 (6.55%) Azure Certification
3 440 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 386 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 346 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 285 (4.20%) SC Cleared
7 202 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
8 155 (2.29%) AWS Certification
9 149 (2.20%) DBS Check
10 144 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 111 (1.64%) CCNP
11 111 (1.64%) CISSP
12 106 (1.56%) DV Cleared
13 99 (1.46%) CCNA
14 66 (0.97%) CISM
15 60 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 57 (0.84%) MCSA
17 56 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
18 55 (0.81%) MCSE
19 52 (0.77%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (4.38%) QA
2 291 (4.29%) GDPR
3 251 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 236 (3.48%) Data Quality
5 174 (2.57%) NIST
6 138 (2.03%) SLA
7 112 (1.65%) Accessibility
8 104 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 93 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 47 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 34 (0.50%) NCSC
13 29 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 27 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 22 (0.32%) COBIT
15 22 (0.32%) GRC
16 19 (0.28%) PMO
17 14 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 8 (0.12%) ISO 9001
19 7 (0.10%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1,150 (16.96%) Active Directory
2 749 (11.04%) Docker
3 397 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 283 (4.17%) Hyper-V
5 132 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 130 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 79 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
8 60 (0.88%) vSphere
9 36 (0.53%) VMware NSX
10 31 (0.46%) Firmware
11 21 (0.31%) XenApp
12 14 (0.21%) Terminal Services
13 12 (0.18%) DFS Replication
14 11 (0.16%) BitLocker
15 10 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
16 9 (0.13%) NFS
17 7 (0.10%) HDFS
17 7 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
18 5 (0.074%) Postfix
18 5 (0.074%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 838 (12.36%) Kubernetes
2 759 (11.19%) Terraform
3 611 (9.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 339 (5.00%) Ansible
5 153 (2.26%) SCCM
6 106 (1.56%) Grafana
7 102 (1.50%) Prometheus
8 86 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 67 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 56 (0.83%) Progress Chef
10 56 (0.83%) Puppet
11 43 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 37 (0.55%) vCenter Server
13 29 (0.43%) Nagios
13 29 (0.43%) NetBackup
14 24 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 24 (0.35%) SCOM
14 24 (0.35%) WSUS
15 22 (0.32%) Istio
16 21 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 2,937 (43.31%) Microsoft
2 632 (9.32%) VMware
3 462 (6.81%) Databricks
4 457 (6.74%) Cisco
5 439 (6.47%) Google
6 186 (2.74%) Citrix
7 181 (2.67%) Meraki
8 177 (2.61%) Oracle
9 157 (2.31%) ServiceNow
10 120 (1.77%) SAP
11 114 (1.68%) Palo Alto
12 111 (1.64%) SolarWinds
13 110 (1.62%) IBM
14 98 (1.45%) CheckPoint
15 95 (1.40%) Fortinet
16 92 (1.36%) Veeam
17 82 (1.21%) Apple
18 63 (0.93%) Salesforce
19 61 (0.90%) F5
20 60 (0.88%) Red Hat