Azure Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 776 775 1,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.27% 21.75% 19.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.84% 57.15% 56.17%
Number of salaries quoted 509 664 1,088
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +8.33%

All Cloud 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 1,557 1,356 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.64% 38.06% 35.12%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,177 1,953
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% +7.50%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

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 26 October 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
Birmingham -1 368 £57,500 +4.55% 97
Warwickshire -15 100 £65,000 +21.50% 18
Staffordshire -6 89 £53,300 +18.44% 34
Worcestershire 0 51 £43,500 -10.34% 20
Coventry -1 32 £70,000 +33.33% 12
Solihull +3 28 £62,500 +11.61% 8
Herefordshire -3 14 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Wolverhampton -5 11 £35,000 -46.15% 4
Shropshire -12 7 £40,000 -19.19% 7
West Bromwich - 5 £37,000 - 1
Walsall -6 4 £42,500 - 3
Sutton Coldfield -12 1 £27,000 -
Stourbridge - 1 £40,000 -
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 57 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (7.22%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.42%) Confluence
4 6 (0.77%) IIS
5 5 (0.64%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.52%) CMS
7 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.26%) Apache
8 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.26%) Magento
3 2 (0.26%) Maximo
3 2 (0.26%) TIBCO iProcess
3 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 168 (21.65%) Azure DevOps
2 160 (20.62%) AWS
3 145 (18.69%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (13.92%) Power Platform
5 80 (10.31%) Entra ID
6 65 (8.38%) SaaS
7 54 (6.96%) PaaS
8 42 (5.41%) Power Automate
9 41 (5.28%) IaaS
9 41 (5.28%) PowerApps
10 38 (4.90%) GitHub
11 31 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
13 28 (3.61%) GCP
14 25 (3.22%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 19 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (1.93%) Serverless
19 14 (1.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 96 (12.37%) Firewall
2 47 (6.06%) DNS
3 41 (5.28%) VPN
4 35 (4.51%) WAN
5 34 (4.38%) DHCP
6 31 (3.99%) LAN
7 30 (3.87%) Wireless
8 24 (3.09%) TCP/IP
9 23 (2.96%) Network Security
9 23 (2.96%) VLAN
10 21 (2.71%) Internet
10 21 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (2.45%) SAN
12 15 (1.93%) VoIP
13 12 (1.55%) 5G
14 10 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (1.29%) SD-WAN
15 9 (1.16%) NetScaler
15 9 (1.16%) SSL
16 8 (1.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (18.43%) SQL Server
2 92 (11.86%) Power BI
3 49 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (4.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (3.61%) MySQL
6 26 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.32%) Data Lake
8 17 (2.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (1.93%) BusinessObjects
9 15 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.93%) Tableau
10 14 (1.80%) Big Data
11 12 (1.55%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.55%) Redis
11 12 (1.55%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.42%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.03%) Metadata
14 7 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (5.15%) Git
2 28 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 25 (3.22%) SonarQube
4 24 (3.09%) Visual Studio
5 22 (2.84%) JIRA
6 17 (2.19%) GitLab
7 16 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (1.42%) Selenium
9 8 (1.03%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.90%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.77%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio Team System
13 4 (0.52%) Postman
14 3 (0.39%) Chocolatey
14 3 (0.39%) Maven
14 3 (0.39%) RStudio
14 3 (0.39%) WebDriver
15 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 170 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 74 (9.54%) Finance
3 64 (8.25%) Public Sector
4 55 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.12%) Retail
7 29 (3.74%) Legal
8 26 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.58%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.19%) Automotive
11 10 (1.29%) Police
12 9 (1.16%) Back Office
13 8 (1.03%) Law
13 8 (1.03%) Marketing
14 7 (0.90%) Advertising
14 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.64%) Local Government
16 4 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (26.03%) Developer
2 151 (19.46%) Senior
3 87 (11.21%) Architect
4 84 (10.82%) Senior Developer
5 68 (8.76%) .NET Developer
6 65 (8.38%) Analyst
7 53 (6.83%) Azure Engineer
7 53 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 53 (6.83%) Lead
8 41 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (4.77%) Cloud Engineer
9 37 (4.77%) DevOps Engineer
10 36 (4.64%) Data Engineer
11 34 (4.38%) Network Engineer
12 31 (3.99%) Senior .NET Developer
13 29 (3.74%) IT Engineer
14 25 (3.22%) Azure Architect
15 23 (2.96%) Azure Developer
15 23 (2.96%) IT Support
15 23 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (23.97%) .NET
2 55 (7.09%) .NET Framework
3 47 (6.06%) React
4 46 (5.93%) HTML
5 44 (5.67%) .NET Core
5 44 (5.67%) AngularJS
6 41 (5.28%) CSS
7 36 (4.64%) ASP.NET
8 35 (4.51%) ASP.NET Web API
9 31 (3.99%) Entity Framework
9 31 (3.99%) RESTful
10 25 (3.22%) Node.js
10 25 (3.22%) Vue
11 22 (2.84%) XML
12 18 (2.32%) Django
13 17 (2.19%) ARM Templates
14 16 (2.06%) Azure Blueprints
14 16 (2.06%) JSON
14 16 (2.06%) OAuth
15 13 (1.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 39 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.09%) Public Cloud
4 19 (2.45%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.19%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.93%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.68%) Driving Licence
8 13 (1.68%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.29%) PMI
10 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.16%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.16%) Replication
11 9 (1.16%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (1.03%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 146 (18.81%) Windows
2 93 (11.98%) Windows Server
3 43 (5.54%) Linux
4 21 (2.71%) Windows 10
4 21 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (1.93%) Android
6 15 (1.93%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.03%) Unix
8 6 (0.77%) VMS
9 4 (0.52%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.26%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.26%) Solaris
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (29.51%) DevOps
2 164 (21.13%) Agile
3 137 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (15.59%) CI/CD
5 88 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
6 86 (11.08%) Business Intelligence
7 71 (9.15%) ITIL
8 69 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (8.89%) Mentoring
8 69 (8.89%) Software Engineering
9 64 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 59 (7.60%) Analytics
10 59 (7.60%) Customer Service
11 54 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
12 51 (6.57%) Test Automation
13 50 (6.44%) Full-Stack Development
14 49 (6.31%) ETL
15 47 (6.06%) Containerisation
16 46 (5.93%) Roadmaps
17 42 (5.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 182 (23.45%) C#
2 178 (22.94%) SQL
3 89 (11.47%) JavaScript
4 76 (9.79%) PowerShell
5 73 (9.41%) Python
6 56 (7.22%) TypeScript
7 42 (5.41%) T-SQL
8 27 (3.48%) Java
9 24 (3.09%) PHP
10 17 (2.19%) C++
11 15 (1.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (1.29%) Bash
13 9 (1.16%) Shell Script
14 8 (1.03%) VB
15 5 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.64%) R
16 4 (0.52%) Bicep
16 4 (0.52%) Perl
16 4 (0.52%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.26%) Jython
Qualifications
1 100 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 88 (11.34%) Degree
3 64 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 59 (7.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 51 (6.57%) Azure Certification
6 28 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.96%) MCSE
8 21 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.45%) CCNA
10 14 (1.80%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.42%) MCSA
12 10 (1.29%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.16%) MCP
14 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.03%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.77%) CISSP
17 5 (0.64%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.74%) NCSC
2 22 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.71%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.45%) SLA
5 15 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.68%) GDPR
7 11 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.16%) QA
9 8 (1.03%) NIST
10 7 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.52%) FedRAMP
11 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 140 (18.04%) Active Directory
2 69 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (7.47%) Docker
4 54 (6.96%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.80%) XenApp
5 14 (1.80%) XenDesktop
6 11 (1.42%) vSphere
7 10 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.64%) Firmware
9 5 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (10.95%) Terraform
2 58 (7.47%) Kubernetes
3 53 (6.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (4.77%) Ansible
5 23 (2.96%) SCCM
6 18 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (1.16%) Grafana
8 9 (1.16%) SCOM
9 7 (0.90%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.90%) Puppet
10 6 (0.77%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.52%) Nessus
12 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.39%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.26%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 348 (44.85%) Microsoft
2 94 (12.11%) VMware
3 37 (4.77%) Citrix
4 29 (3.74%) Databricks
5 25 (3.22%) Cisco
6 20 (2.58%) Google
6 20 (2.58%) Oracle
7 19 (2.45%) SAP
7 19 (2.45%) Xamarin
8 18 (2.32%) Zscaler
9 12 (1.55%) HP
9 12 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.29%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.29%) SolarWinds
10 10 (1.29%) Veeam
11 9 (1.16%) Avaya
12 8 (1.03%) IBM
13 7 (0.90%) Adobe
13 7 (0.90%) Aruba
13 7 (0.90%) Fortinet