Azure Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Azure
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 288 94 288
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 18.33% 17.70% 16.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 66.67% 67.14% 53.73%
Number of salaries quoted 80 87 261
10th Percentile £28,225 £37,170 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £56,062 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -9.23%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 432 140 536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.50% 26.37% 30.16%
Number of salaries quoted 166 125 463
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,873 £71,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £74,839 £78,750 £72,433
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Wales

Azure
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Wales over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

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 19 April 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
South Wales +5 208 £50,000 -8.26% 61
West Wales +8 74 £45,000 -8.36% 8
Dyfed -2 2 £40,000 -46.67%
North Wales - 2 £35,750 - 4
Mid Wales - 1 £40,000 -
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 14 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.69%) IIS
3 2 (0.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (21.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (26.74%) Azure AI
2 75 (26.04%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (8.68%) AWS
5 22 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (5.56%) Serverless
7 12 (4.17%) Power Automate
7 12 (4.17%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.82%) Azure Functions
8 11 (3.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.47%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (3.47%) GCP
10 7 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (2.43%) GitHub
11 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.08%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.08%) SaaS
12 5 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.60%) DNS
2 15 (5.21%) DHCP
3 7 (2.43%) Internet
3 7 (2.43%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.08%) Firewall
5 5 (1.74%) SSL
6 4 (1.39%) WAN
7 3 (1.04%) LAN
8 2 (0.69%) VPN
9 1 (0.35%) FTP
9 1 (0.35%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.35%) Network Security
9 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (21.53%) Power BI
2 60 (20.83%) Tableau
3 11 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.04%) Redis
7 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (4.51%) Git
2 3 (1.04%) JMeter
3 2 (0.69%) git-flow
3 2 (0.69%) JIRA
3 2 (0.69%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Moq
4 1 (0.35%) MSTest
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.35%) Postman
4 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 233 (80.90%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (3.13%) Finance
4 8 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (1.74%) Multimedia
5 5 (1.74%) Public Sector
6 2 (0.69%) Legal
7 1 (0.35%) Billing
7 1 (0.35%) Games
7 1 (0.35%) Law
7 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.35%) Marketing
7 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.35%) Police
7 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (43.40%) Junior
2 123 (42.71%) Analyst
3 120 (41.67%) Junior Analyst
4 61 (21.18%) Security Analyst
5 60 (20.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 60 (20.83%) Data Analyst
5 60 (20.83%) Junior Data Analyst
5 60 (20.83%) Junior Security Analyst
6 42 (14.58%) Ethical Hacker
7 21 (7.29%) Senior
8 20 (6.94%) Developer
9 17 (5.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 15 (5.21%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.82%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.47%) IT Support
13 8 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
14 7 (2.43%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 7 (2.43%) IT Engineer
14 7 (2.43%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.78%) .NET
1 8 (2.78%) CSS
1 8 (2.78%) HTML
1 8 (2.78%) Node.js
2 5 (1.74%) RESTful
3 4 (1.39%) Next.js
3 4 (1.39%) React
4 3 (1.04%) Django
4 3 (1.04%) Web Services
5 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.69%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (0.69%) REST
5 2 (0.69%) Vue
6 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.35%) Playwright
6 1 (0.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.58%) Cyberattack
2 9 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.39%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.35%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.35%) Handset
8 1 (0.35%) iPad
8 1 (0.35%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.35%) NHS
8 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.60%) Windows
2 14 (4.86%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.82%) Linux
4 8 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.74%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.04%) Unix
7 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (29.86%) AI
3 77 (26.74%) Mentoring
4 63 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
5 42 (14.58%) Ethical Hacking
6 38 (13.19%) DevOps
7 29 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (8.68%) Agile
8 25 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.25%) Customer Service
9 18 (6.25%) Scrum
10 17 (5.90%) CI/CD
11 15 (5.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 14 (4.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (4.51%) Performance Optimisation
14 12 (4.17%) Acceptance Criteria
14 12 (4.17%) CRM
15 11 (3.82%) Decision-Making
15 11 (3.82%) Migration
16 10 (3.47%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 94 (32.64%) Python
2 69 (23.96%) SQL
3 14 (4.86%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.47%) C#
5 8 (2.78%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.39%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.04%) Bash
7 3 (1.04%) R
8 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 198 (68.75%) Azure Certification
2 60 (20.83%) CompTIA CySA+
2 60 (20.83%) CompTIA Security+
3 46 (15.97%) CEH
4 16 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.21%) CCNA
5 15 (5.21%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (3.82%) Degree
7 9 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.39%) CISM
9 4 (1.39%) CISSP
10 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.35%) MCSE
10 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.78%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.08%) GDPR
3 6 (2.08%) NIST
4 4 (1.39%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.69%) QA
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
System Software
1 24 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.82%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.47%) Docker
4 8 (2.78%) Terminal Server
5 5 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (3.82%) Terraform
2 4 (1.39%) Argo
3 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 234 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 117 (40.63%) ForeScout
3 15 (5.21%) Cisco
4 13 (4.51%) VMware
5 9 (3.13%) SolarWinds
5 9 (3.13%) Veeam
6 8 (2.78%) Brocade
6 8 (2.78%) Nimble Storage
6 8 (2.78%) Splunk
6 8 (2.78%) Tanium
7 4 (1.39%) PagerDuty
8 3 (1.04%) Google
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle
10 1 (0.35%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.35%) Databricks