Azure Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 914 571 1,038
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 11.35% 16.87% 13.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.38% 50.31% 45.31%
Number of salaries quoted 537 494 884
10th Percentile £33,050 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,889 £85,000 £79,275
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -6.07%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,929 1,135 2,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.96% 33.53% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 917 1,874
10th Percentile £32,613 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.21% -9.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Birmingham -3 370 £65,000 +13.04% 69
Staffordshire +14 128 £55,000 +3.10% 13
Herefordshire +3 87 £85,000 +58.14% 3
Coventry +15 82 £65,000 -7.14% 5
Wolverhampton 0 71 £69,000 -1.43% 12
Warwickshire -6 58 £56,900 +3.45% 15
Worcestershire -8 45 £65,000 +106.35% 10
Shropshire -10 27 £51,356 -14.41% 12
Dudley -6 8 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Solihull -12 4 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Halesowen - 2 £34,750 -
West Bromwich -3 1 £60,000 +122.22% 3
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 60 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.09%) IIS
4 7 (0.77%) Confluence
5 4 (0.44%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) Apache
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) Documentum
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 80 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.22%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 159 (17.40%) Power Platform
2 154 (16.85%) AWS
3 129 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
4 121 (13.24%) Azure AI
5 100 (10.94%) Entra ID
6 60 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (5.91%) GCP
8 32 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 32 (3.50%) PaaS
9 28 (3.06%) Snowflake
10 24 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (2.41%) GitHub
11 22 (2.41%) SaaS
12 20 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (1.86%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (1.75%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.53%) IaaS
17 13 (1.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (6.78%) Firewall
2 43 (4.70%) VPN
3 35 (3.83%) DNS
4 33 (3.61%) WAN
5 27 (2.95%) DHCP
6 20 (2.19%) Network Security
7 19 (2.08%) VLAN
8 18 (1.97%) SD-WAN
9 16 (1.75%) LAN
10 15 (1.64%) TCP/IP
11 13 (1.42%) Internet
12 10 (1.09%) VoIP
12 10 (1.09%) Wireless
13 8 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.77%) SAN
15 5 (0.55%) SSL
16 3 (0.33%) FTP
16 3 (0.33%) HTTP
17 2 (0.22%) HTTPS
17 2 (0.22%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (14.55%) Power BI
2 76 (8.32%) Tableau
3 61 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (6.24%) SQL Server
5 39 (4.27%) MongoDB
6 24 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.64%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.77%) MySQL
11 7 (0.77%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.55%) GIS
13 5 (0.55%) Redis
14 4 (0.44%) Power Query
15 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 21 (2.30%) Git
2 17 (1.86%) JIRA
3 13 (1.42%) JUnit
4 12 (1.31%) Selenium
5 11 (1.20%) GitLab
6 10 (1.09%) Maven
6 10 (1.09%) Mockito
7 9 (0.98%) Postman
8 7 (0.77%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.77%) Gatling
8 7 (0.77%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.55%) JMeter
10 5 (0.55%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.55%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.44%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.33%) Yeoman
12 3 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 420 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 103 (11.27%) Finance
3 55 (6.02%) Public Sector
4 45 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (2.30%) Legal
7 16 (1.75%) Retail
8 14 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.42%) Law
10 12 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.09%) Advertising
12 7 (0.77%) Back Office
13 6 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.66%) Marketing
13 6 (0.66%) Multimedia
13 6 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.44%) Games
16 3 (0.33%) Billing
16 3 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 211 (23.09%) Analyst
2 155 (16.96%) Junior
3 150 (16.41%) Junior Analyst
4 112 (12.25%) Senior
5 105 (11.49%) Developer
6 87 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
7 82 (8.97%) Data Analyst
8 78 (8.53%) Security Analyst
9 75 (8.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 75 (8.21%) Ethical Hacker
9 75 (8.21%) Junior Data Analyst
9 75 (8.21%) Junior Security Analyst
10 67 (7.33%) Lead
11 58 (6.35%) Architect
12 45 (4.92%) Network Engineer
13 44 (4.81%) IT Support
14 43 (4.70%) Data Engineer
15 38 (4.16%) Cloud Engineer
15 38 (4.16%) IT Engineer
16 37 (4.05%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (9.30%) .NET
2 44 (4.81%) ASP.NET
3 43 (4.70%) ASP.NET Core
4 41 (4.49%) .NET Core
5 30 (3.28%) React
6 25 (2.74%) REST
7 24 (2.63%) ASP.NET Web API
8 23 (2.52%) RESTful
9 22 (2.41%) Blazor
9 22 (2.41%) CSS
10 20 (2.19%) HTML
11 19 (2.08%) Node.js
12 17 (1.86%) Entity Framework
13 16 (1.75%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.53%) Kafka
15 13 (1.42%) Playwright
16 12 (1.31%) Vue
17 11 (1.20%) .NET Framework
17 11 (1.20%) LINQ
17 11 (1.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 78 (8.53%) Cyberattack
2 34 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (3.50%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.08%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.31%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.31%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 8 (0.88%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.88%) Mobile App
11 8 (0.88%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.77%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.66%) CMDB
13 6 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 74 (8.10%) Windows
2 38 (4.16%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.30%) Linux
4 15 (1.64%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.77%) Android
6 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.44%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.22%) CentOS
7 2 (0.22%) Debian
7 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (23.85%) Cybersecurity
2 192 (21.01%) AI
3 162 (17.72%) Mentoring
4 137 (14.99%) Business Intelligence
5 127 (13.89%) Agile
6 110 (12.04%) DevOps
7 109 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 92 (10.07%) CI/CD
10 75 (8.21%) Ethical Hacking
11 68 (7.44%) Analytics
12 65 (7.11%) ITIL
13 55 (6.02%) Full-Stack Development
14 52 (5.69%) Infrastructure as Code
15 49 (5.36%) Roadmaps
15 49 (5.36%) Technical Leadership
16 47 (5.14%) Microservices
17 44 (4.81%) CRM
17 44 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 41 (4.49%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 244 (26.70%) SQL
2 176 (19.26%) Python
3 89 (9.74%) C#
4 54 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.38%) PowerShell
6 27 (2.95%) Java
7 23 (2.52%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.19%) Bash
9 15 (1.64%) Bicep
10 10 (1.09%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.55%) PHP
14 4 (0.44%) Go
14 4 (0.44%) R
15 3 (0.33%) C++
16 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.11%) Delphi
17 1 (0.11%) JCL
17 1 (0.11%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 327 (35.78%) Azure Certification
2 102 (11.16%) Security Cleared
3 91 (9.96%) SC Cleared
4 77 (8.42%) CompTIA CySA+
5 76 (8.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 75 (8.21%) CEH
7 47 (5.14%) Degree
8 41 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (4.16%) Network+ Certification
10 34 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (3.50%) CCNA
12 27 (2.95%) DV Cleared
13 23 (2.52%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.64%) A+ Certification
15 12 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 5 (0.55%) CITP
18 5 (0.55%) MCITP
19 4 (0.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.50%) QA
2 31 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (2.19%) GDPR
6 15 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (0.66%) NIST
9 6 (0.66%) SLA
10 4 (0.44%) WCAG
11 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.22%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.11%) NCSC
13 1 (0.11%) PSD2
13 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 106 (11.60%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.61%) Docker
3 27 (2.95%) Hyper-V
3 27 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.33%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.33%) vSphere
8 2 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 54 (5.91%) Terraform
2 53 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 48 (5.25%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.88%) Grafana
6 5 (0.55%) Ansible
7 4 (0.44%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.33%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.33%) SCCM
9 2 (0.22%) Argo
9 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.22%) Puppet
10 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.11%) CASB
Vendors
1 551 (60.28%) Microsoft
2 180 (19.69%) ForeScout
3 62 (6.78%) Cisco
4 41 (4.49%) VMware
5 30 (3.28%) Databricks
6 25 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.19%) Oracle
8 15 (1.64%) HP
9 14 (1.53%) Apple
9 14 (1.53%) Google
10 13 (1.42%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.42%) SAP
11 12 (1.31%) Adobe
12 11 (1.20%) Meraki
12 11 (1.20%) SolarWinds
13 10 (1.09%) Facebook
13 10 (1.09%) Zscaler
14 9 (0.98%) Aruba
14 9 (0.98%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.88%) Avaya