Azure Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Azure
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure 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 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 293 305 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 25.91% 18.69% 22.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 64.25% 53.51% 55.19%
Number of salaries quoted 193 232 322
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £30,525
25th Percentile £42,069 £42,142 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,689 £75,575 £70,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% +4.35%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 456 570 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 40.32% 34.93% 41.50%
Number of salaries quoted 313 427 521
10th Percentile £30,225 £32,437 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,875 £35,074
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,648 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +4.35%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Wales

Azure
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Azure in Wales

Azure
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Azure in Wales

Azure
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Wales region 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
South Wales +1 248 £55,000 +4.76% 89
West Wales +15 29 £44,710 +5.20% 18
North Wales +3 3 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Mid Wales - 3 £42,000 - 1
Dyfed +1 2 £63,750 -34.62%
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 12 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.73%) Confluence
2 8 (2.73%) Tomcat
2 8 (2.73%) Umbraco
3 4 (1.37%) IIS
4 3 (1.02%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (9.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (29.01%) Azure DevOps
2 80 (27.30%) AWS
3 56 (19.11%) Power Platform
4 52 (17.75%) SaaS
5 42 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (13.31%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (13.31%) PaaS
7 36 (12.29%) IaaS
8 34 (11.60%) GCP
8 34 (11.60%) Serverless
9 25 (8.53%) Azure Functions
10 20 (6.83%) Entra ID
11 15 (5.12%) GitHub
12 12 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.39%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (2.05%) OneDrive
17 5 (1.71%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.85%) DNS
2 22 (7.51%) Firewall
3 19 (6.48%) TCP/IP
4 14 (4.78%) SAN
5 11 (3.75%) WAN
6 9 (3.07%) DHCP
7 8 (2.73%) SSL
8 7 (2.39%) LAN
9 5 (1.71%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (1.37%) HTTP
10 4 (1.37%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (1.02%) NAS
11 3 (1.02%) VLAN
11 3 (1.02%) Wireless
12 2 (0.68%) BGP
12 2 (0.68%) Network Security
12 2 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.41%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.80%) Power BI
3 16 (5.46%) MySQL
4 13 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.75%) Redis
6 10 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.39%) Big Data
8 6 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.71%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.37%) GIS
10 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.02%) Data Vault
11 3 (1.02%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.34%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 46 (15.70%) Git
2 19 (6.48%) JIRA
3 16 (5.46%) Team Foundation Server
3 16 (5.46%) Visual Studio Team System
4 14 (4.78%) Visual Studio Code
5 9 (3.07%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.73%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.39%) MSBuild
8 5 (1.71%) Selenium
9 4 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (1.02%) GitLab
11 2 (0.68%) Capybara
11 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.68%) RSpec
12 1 (0.34%) IBM UrbanCode
12 1 (0.34%) JMeter
12 1 (0.34%) Liquibase
12 1 (0.34%) MSTest
12 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
General
1 72 (24.57%) Finance
2 60 (20.48%) Social Skills
3 25 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.78%) Banking
6 12 (4.10%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Advertising
9 6 (2.05%) Local Government
9 6 (2.05%) Police
9 6 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.37%) Law
11 4 (1.37%) Legal
12 3 (1.02%) Back Office
12 3 (1.02%) Retail
13 2 (0.68%) Billing
13 2 (0.68%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.34%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 78 (26.62%) Architect
2 51 (17.41%) Developer
3 47 (16.04%) Senior
4 34 (11.60%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 27 (9.22%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (9.22%) Solutions Architect
6 22 (7.51%) Software Engineer
7 20 (6.83%) Lead
8 19 (6.48%) Analyst
8 19 (6.48%) CRM Architect
8 19 (6.48%) Dynamics CRM Architect
9 17 (5.80%) Applications Support
10 15 (5.12%) Applications Support Analyst
10 15 (5.12%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.78%) Junior
12 13 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (4.10%) Data Engineer
13 12 (4.10%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 12 (4.10%) Support Engineer
14 11 (3.75%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (22.18%) .NET
2 30 (10.24%) AngularJS
3 29 (9.90%) ASP.NET
4 27 (9.22%) HTML
5 26 (8.87%) CSS
6 22 (7.51%) Vue
7 18 (6.14%) .NET Framework
7 18 (6.14%) jQuery
7 18 (6.14%) React
8 15 (5.12%) ASP.NET MVC
9 11 (3.75%) .NET Core
9 11 (3.75%) Blazor
9 11 (3.75%) RESTful
10 8 (2.73%) Node.js
11 6 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (2.05%) Next.js
12 5 (1.71%) Django
13 4 (1.37%) Express.js
13 4 (1.37%) PySpark
14 3 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.24%) Public Cloud
2 17 (5.80%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.41%) Private Cloud
4 8 (2.73%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.73%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.68%) Blog
10 2 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.68%) NHS
10 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.34%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.36%) Windows
2 38 (12.97%) Linux
3 22 (7.51%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.75%) Unix
5 7 (2.39%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.02%) CentOS
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (48.12%) Agile
1 141 (48.12%) DevOps
2 90 (30.72%) Actionable Insight
3 84 (28.67%) Mentoring
4 48 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (14.33%) CI/CD
5 42 (14.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 39 (13.31%) Scrum
7 38 (12.97%) Project Management
7 38 (12.97%) Test Automation
8 30 (10.24%) Computer Science
9 29 (9.90%) Software Engineering
10 28 (9.56%) CRM
10 28 (9.56%) TOGAF
11 27 (9.22%) Roadmaps
12 26 (8.87%) Presales
13 25 (8.53%) Containerisation
14 22 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (7.51%) Strategic Roadmap
14 22 (7.51%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.99%) C#
2 57 (19.45%) SQL
3 49 (16.72%) JavaScript
4 46 (15.70%) Python
5 32 (10.92%) PowerShell
6 24 (8.19%) Bash
7 19 (6.48%) Java
8 7 (2.39%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.37%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.02%) Ruby
11 2 (0.68%) R
12 1 (0.34%) Bicep
12 1 (0.34%) C++
12 1 (0.34%) Go
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) Perl
12 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (18.43%) Degree
2 28 (9.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (8.87%) Security Cleared
4 22 (7.51%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.46%) DBS Check
6 13 (4.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.37%) CCNA
8 4 (1.37%) CCNP
8 4 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.02%) GIAC
10 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.68%) GCWN
10 2 (0.68%) GSEC
10 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.34%) GCIA
11 1 (0.34%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.44%) SLA
2 6 (2.05%) QA
3 3 (1.02%) GDPR
3 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (11.26%) Active Directory
2 23 (7.85%) Docker
3 11 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.02%) Firmware
6 3 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (14.68%) Terraform
2 26 (8.87%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.48%) Ansible
3 19 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.05%) Grafana
4 6 (2.05%) SCCM
5 5 (1.71%) Puppet
6 3 (1.02%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 3 (1.02%) SCOM
7 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.34%) Autotask
8 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.34%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 138 (47.10%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.48%) VMware
3 14 (4.78%) Oracle
4 13 (4.44%) Cisco
5 12 (4.10%) Databricks
6 9 (3.07%) Citrix
7 8 (2.73%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.39%) SAP
9 6 (2.05%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.05%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.71%) Google
11 4 (1.37%) New Relic
11 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.37%) Splunk
12 3 (1.02%) Dell
12 3 (1.02%) ESRI
12 3 (1.02%) HP
12 3 (1.02%) IBM
12 3 (1.02%) Juniper
13 2 (0.68%) Mitel