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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 339 334 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.51% 20.19% 20.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 55.39% 61.62% 49.24%
Number of salaries quoted 264 188 284
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £30,725
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,078 £74,125 £67,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £64,029 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.85% +2.45% +8.70%

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 612 542 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 29.81% 32.77% 41.34%
Number of salaries quoted 470 330 571
10th Percentile £28,290 £28,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,101 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,978 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 0 254 £50,685 -7.85% 71
West Wales +5 57 £50,000 +33.33% 23
North Wales -10 22 £40,000 -11.11% 12
Mid Wales -7 1 - - 3
Dyfed - 1 £38,000 - 2
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 27 (7.96%) ArcGIS
1 27 (7.96%) GeoServer
2 16 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.54%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.47%) Confluence
5 4 (1.18%) IIS
5 4 (1.18%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.88%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.59%) Apache
7 2 (0.59%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 118 (34.81%) AWS
2 61 (17.99%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (16.52%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (9.14%) Power Platform
4 31 (9.14%) SaaS
5 30 (8.85%) GCP
6 27 (7.96%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.42%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.47%) PaaS
10 5 (1.47%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (1.18%) Azure API Management
11 4 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.88%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.88%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.08%) Firewall
2 22 (6.49%) DNS
3 13 (3.83%) Remote Desktop
4 11 (3.24%) Internet
5 9 (2.65%) DHCP
5 9 (2.65%) SAN
5 9 (2.65%) WAN
6 8 (2.36%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.06%) LAN
7 7 (2.06%) Network Security
8 6 (1.77%) BGP
8 6 (1.77%) MPLS
8 6 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.47%) Extranet
9 5 (1.47%) Unified Communications
9 5 (1.47%) VPN
9 5 (1.47%) Wireless
10 4 (1.18%) SSL
11 2 (0.59%) EIGRP
11 2 (0.59%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 41 (12.09%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.26%) GIS
4 27 (7.96%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (7.96%) QGIS
5 13 (3.83%) Power BI
6 10 (2.95%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.77%) Big Data
10 6 (1.77%) MySQL
11 5 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.47%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.18%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.18%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.18%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (7.37%) Git
2 19 (5.60%) Jenkins
2 19 (5.60%) Selenium
3 17 (5.01%) JIRA
4 13 (3.83%) GitLab
5 11 (3.24%) Postman
6 10 (2.95%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.65%) JMeter
8 8 (2.36%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.47%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.88%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.88%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.59%) DBeaver
11 2 (0.59%) JUnit
11 2 (0.59%) NUnit
11 2 (0.59%) TestNG
General
1 70 (20.65%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.99%) Finance
3 21 (6.19%) Games
4 15 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (3.83%) Retail
6 11 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.24%) Marketing
7 10 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.95%) Banking
7 10 (2.95%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.06%) Law
8 7 (2.06%) Welsh Language
9 6 (1.77%) Legal
9 6 (1.77%) Local Government
9 6 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.47%) Police
11 4 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.18%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.88%) Advertising
13 2 (0.59%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 93 (27.43%) Developer
2 67 (19.76%) Senior
3 51 (15.04%) Lead
4 36 (10.62%) Architect
5 33 (9.73%) .NET Developer
5 33 (9.73%) Software Engineer
6 25 (7.37%) Support Engineer
7 19 (5.60%) C# Developer
7 19 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (4.72%) C# .NET Developer
9 15 (4.42%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.83%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (3.83%) Desktop Support
10 13 (3.83%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 13 (3.83%) IT Engineer
10 13 (3.83%) IT Support
11 12 (3.54%) Analyst
11 12 (3.54%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.24%) Technical Leader
13 10 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (30.09%) .NET
2 64 (18.88%) .NET Core
3 62 (18.29%) React
4 49 (14.45%) CSS
5 35 (10.32%) AngularJS
6 31 (9.14%) HTML
7 27 (7.96%) Leaflet
7 27 (7.96%) OpenLayers
7 27 (7.96%) PostGIS
8 23 (6.78%) ASP.NET
9 20 (5.90%) HTML5
10 18 (5.31%) RESTful
11 16 (4.72%) ASP.NET MVC
11 16 (4.72%) ASP.NET Web API
11 16 (4.72%) Spring Boot
12 14 (4.13%) REST
13 13 (3.83%) Blazor
13 13 (3.83%) CSS3
13 13 (3.83%) Spring
14 12 (3.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.90%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (5.31%) Public Cloud
3 13 (3.83%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.65%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.06%) PKI
7 7 (2.06%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.77%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.47%) Tandem
10 4 (1.18%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.18%) FMCG
10 4 (1.18%) iPad
10 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.18%) Replication
11 3 (0.88%) Clustering
11 3 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.88%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.88%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 67 (19.76%) Windows
2 34 (10.03%) Linux
3 30 (8.85%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.24%) Android
5 7 (2.06%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.77%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.88%) VMS
8 3 (0.88%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) Unix
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (38.94%) Agile
2 115 (33.92%) DevOps
3 54 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (14.16%) Software Engineering
5 47 (13.86%) Actionable Insight
6 43 (12.68%) CI/CD
6 43 (12.68%) Full Stack Development
7 41 (12.09%) Scrum
7 41 (12.09%) Test Automation
8 40 (11.80%) Migration
9 28 (8.26%) Roadmaps
9 28 (8.26%) Web Development
10 26 (7.67%) Mentoring
11 25 (7.37%) Microservices
11 25 (7.37%) Software Testing
12 22 (6.49%) TDD
13 20 (5.90%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (5.90%) Containerisation
13 20 (5.90%) Continuous Integration
13 20 (5.90%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 97 (28.61%) C#
2 91 (26.84%) JavaScript
2 91 (26.84%) SQL
3 37 (10.91%) Python
4 36 (10.62%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.67%) Java
6 13 (3.83%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.06%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.77%) C++
9 4 (1.18%) C
9 4 (1.18%) Groovy
9 4 (1.18%) PHP
10 3 (0.88%) Bash
11 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 51 (15.04%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.49%) Degree
4 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.65%) CCNA
5 9 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.06%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.88%) CCNP
9 2 (0.59%) CISSP
9 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.29%) CISM
10 1 (0.29%) CISMP
10 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.72%) QA
2 8 (2.36%) SLA
3 7 (2.06%) GDPR
4 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.96%) Docker
3 15 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.90%) Terraform
3 18 (5.31%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.24%) Ansible
5 7 (2.06%) Puppet
6 6 (1.77%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.47%) SCCM
7 5 (1.47%) SCOM
8 3 (0.88%) Perfmon
8 3 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.59%) Grafana
9 2 (0.59%) Kibana
9 2 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 118 (34.81%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.96%) ESRI
3 17 (5.01%) Oracle
3 17 (5.01%) VMware
4 16 (4.72%) Google
5 12 (3.54%) Cisco
6 10 (2.95%) Veeam
7 7 (2.06%) Meraki
8 6 (1.77%) Citrix
8 6 (1.77%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.77%) OutSystems
9 5 (1.47%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.47%) HP
9 5 (1.47%) NetApp
10 4 (1.18%) Sparx
10 4 (1.18%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.88%) Databricks
11 3 (0.88%) IBM
11 3 (0.88%) Okta
11 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow