Azure Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 5,482 12,762 10,691
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.48% 23.65% 21.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.01% 49.16% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,128 9,085 8,924
10th Percentile £38,125 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,625 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% +8.33% +4.35%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10,746 25,962 25,953
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 47.99% 48.11% 51.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,246 18,654 20,184
10th Percentile £36,270 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,095 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,875 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure.

Azure salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Azure salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 327 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 112 (2.04%) MS Exchange
3 77 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 77 (1.40%) Confluence
4 66 (1.20%) Apache
5 47 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 47 (0.86%) IIS
6 36 (0.66%) CMS
7 32 (0.58%) Umbraco
8 18 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 17 (0.31%) nginx
10 8 (0.15%) Luigi
10 8 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 8 (0.15%) WordPress
11 7 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
11 7 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 6 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
13 5 (0.091%) IBM HTTP Server
14 4 (0.073%) Apache Solr
15 3 (0.055%) Drupal
Applications
1 136 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.091%) Simulink
8 4 (0.073%) Trello
9 3 (0.055%) 3ds Max
9 3 (0.055%) Blender
9 3 (0.055%) Maya
10 2 (0.036%) 1Password
10 2 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.018%) CANalyzer
11 1 (0.018%) PrintSoft PReS
11 1 (0.018%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.018%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 356 (6.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
3 9 (0.16%) Shopify
4 8 (0.15%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.091%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.073%) Magento
7 3 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.055%) Maximo
8 2 (0.036%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.036%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.036%) EuroRunner
8 2 (0.036%) Misys Equation
8 2 (0.036%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.036%) SDL Web 8
8 2 (0.036%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.018%) PlanetPress Connect
9 1 (0.018%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.018%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.018%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1,712 (31.23%) AWS
2 1,080 (19.70%) Azure DevOps
3 978 (17.84%) Power Platform
4 972 (17.73%) Microsoft 365
5 742 (13.54%) GCP
6 702 (12.81%) PaaS
7 701 (12.79%) SaaS
8 665 (12.13%) Dynamics 365
9 632 (11.53%) IaaS
10 486 (8.87%) Serverless
11 432 (7.88%) Entra ID
12 303 (5.53%) Azure Functions
13 186 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
14 178 (3.25%) GitHub
15 144 (2.63%) PowerApps
16 127 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
17 111 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 109 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
19 108 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
20 101 (1.84%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 476 (8.68%) Firewall
2 350 (6.38%) DNS
3 225 (4.10%) WAN
4 224 (4.09%) DHCP
5 192 (3.50%) VPN
6 189 (3.45%) LAN
7 168 (3.06%) TCP/IP
8 132 (2.41%) SAN
9 131 (2.39%) Wireless
10 108 (1.97%) Network Security
11 95 (1.73%) VLAN
12 89 (1.62%) SD-WAN
13 77 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
14 72 (1.31%) VoIP
15 59 (1.08%) Internet
16 52 (0.95%) HTTP
17 46 (0.84%) OSPF
18 45 (0.82%) SSL
19 44 (0.80%) SMTP
20 41 (0.75%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 680 (12.40%) SQL Server
2 431 (7.86%) Power BI
3 337 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
4 265 (4.83%) NoSQL
5 230 (4.20%) Data Lake
6 154 (2.81%) MongoDB
7 147 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 138 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
9 136 (2.48%) Big Data
10 131 (2.39%) Relational Database
11 130 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
12 125 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 114 (2.08%) MySQL
14 94 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 73 (1.33%) Redis
16 70 (1.28%) Hadoop
17 67 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
18 59 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 54 (0.99%) Metadata
20 47 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 311 (5.67%) Git
2 294 (5.36%) Jenkins
3 189 (3.45%) JIRA
4 100 (1.82%) GitLab
5 87 (1.59%) Selenium
6 70 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 68 (1.24%) Cucumber
8 47 (0.86%) Cypress.io
9 46 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
9 46 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
10 43 (0.78%) TeamCity
11 42 (0.77%) Postman
12 37 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
13 35 (0.64%) Maven
14 32 (0.58%) Jasmine
15 30 (0.55%) Mockito
16 25 (0.46%) Eclipse
17 24 (0.44%) IntelliJ
18 22 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
19 20 (0.36%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,431 (26.10%) Finance
2 1,115 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 415 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 340 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 294 (5.36%) Banking
6 225 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 184 (3.36%) Retail
8 149 (2.72%) Marketing
9 145 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
10 131 (2.39%) Law
11 126 (2.30%) Legal
12 98 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 78 (1.42%) Manufacturing
14 62 (1.13%) Front Office
15 46 (0.84%) Telecoms
16 43 (0.78%) Electronics
17 42 (0.77%) Advertising
18 40 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
19 37 (0.67%) Financial Institution
19 37 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,152 (21.01%) Developer
2 1,026 (18.72%) Architect
3 932 (17.00%) Senior
4 508 (9.27%) Lead
5 414 (7.55%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 373 (6.80%) Software Engineer
7 366 (6.68%) Solutions Architect
8 335 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 322 (5.87%) Azure Engineer
10 315 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
11 311 (5.67%) .NET Developer
12 279 (5.09%) Analyst
13 246 (4.49%) Data Engineer
14 229 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
15 221 (4.03%) CRM Architect
16 220 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM Architect
17 204 (3.72%) Senior Developer
18 187 (3.41%) Support Engineer
19 172 (3.14%) Consultant
20 159 (2.90%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,077 (19.65%) .NET
2 469 (8.56%) React
3 442 (8.06%) AngularJS
4 408 (7.44%) HTML
5 373 (6.80%) .NET Core
6 354 (6.46%) CSS
7 299 (5.45%) .NET Framework
8 237 (4.32%) ASP.NET
9 220 (4.01%) Node.js
10 196 (3.58%) REST
11 161 (2.94%) JSON
12 156 (2.85%) RESTful
13 121 (2.21%) Web Services
14 113 (2.06%) ASP.NET Web API
15 108 (1.97%) Kafka
15 108 (1.97%) YAML
16 107 (1.95%) Spring
17 106 (1.93%) Entity Framework
18 96 (1.75%) Blazor
19 95 (1.73%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 421 (7.68%) Public Cloud
2 251 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 209 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 196 (3.58%) Product Ownership
5 179 (3.27%) Private Cloud
6 149 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
7 125 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 112 (2.04%) Virtual Team
9 106 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 104 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 80 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 77 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
13 75 (1.37%) Onboarding
14 67 (1.22%) Cyberattack
15 53 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
15 53 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
16 50 (0.91%) PKI
17 48 (0.88%) Mobile App
18 47 (0.86%) Blockchain
19 45 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 949 (17.31%) Windows
2 544 (9.92%) Windows Server
3 473 (8.63%) Linux
4 143 (2.61%) Unix
5 140 (2.55%) Windows 10
6 124 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 115 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 88 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 55 (1.00%) Android
10 41 (0.75%) Apple iOS
11 39 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 30 (0.55%) Mac OS
13 25 (0.46%) Ubuntu
14 20 (0.36%) CentOS
14 20 (0.36%) VMS
15 18 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
16 15 (0.27%) Debian
17 10 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
18 7 (0.13%) Solaris
18 7 (0.13%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,229 (40.66%) Agile
2 1,967 (35.88%) DevOps
3 925 (16.87%) CI/CD
4 787 (14.36%) Actionable Insight
5 744 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
6 741 (13.52%) Mentoring
7 690 (12.59%) Software Engineering
8 639 (11.66%) Infrastructure as Code
9 600 (10.94%) Roadmaps
10 508 (9.27%) Microservices
11 476 (8.68%) Scrum
12 434 (7.92%) Analytics
12 434 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
13 415 (7.57%) CRM
14 413 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 412 (7.52%) Full Stack Development
16 374 (6.82%) Presales
17 372 (6.79%) Containerisation
18 371 (6.77%) ITIL
19 368 (6.71%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1,266 (23.09%) SQL
2 1,043 (19.03%) C#
3 883 (16.11%) Python
4 808 (14.74%) JavaScript
5 702 (12.81%) PowerShell
6 468 (8.54%) Java
7 283 (5.16%) Bash
8 239 (4.36%) TypeScript
9 203 (3.70%) T-SQL
10 115 (2.10%) Go
11 83 (1.51%) C++
12 82 (1.50%) Bicep
12 82 (1.50%) Ruby
13 77 (1.40%) PHP
14 53 (0.97%) Kotlin
15 52 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 42 (0.77%) R
17 41 (0.75%) Perl
18 35 (0.64%) Rust
19 33 (0.60%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 614 (11.20%) Degree
2 561 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 352 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 252 (4.60%) Azure Certification
5 185 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 117 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 111 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
8 107 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 101 (1.84%) AWS Certification
9 101 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
10 74 (1.35%) CCNP
10 74 (1.35%) CISSP
11 71 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 52 (0.95%) CCNA
13 46 (0.84%) MCSE
14 39 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
15 38 (0.69%) Master's Degree
16 35 (0.64%) CISM
17 34 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 33 (0.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (3.25%) QA
2 145 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 114 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 82 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 80 (1.46%) GDPR
6 77 (1.40%) SLA
7 62 (1.13%) Accessibility
8 58 (1.06%) NIST
9 39 (0.71%) NCSC
10 35 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 20 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.18%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.15%) WCAG
14 7 (0.13%) COBIT
14 7 (0.13%) HL7
15 6 (0.11%) DICOM
15 6 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.091%) GRC
16 5 (0.091%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.073%) NIST 800
System Software
1 816 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 663 (12.09%) Docker
3 330 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 196 (3.58%) Hyper-V
5 109 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 96 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
7 91 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 79 (1.44%) vSphere
9 27 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
10 23 (0.42%) VMware NSX
11 22 (0.40%) Firmware
12 10 (0.18%) BitLocker
12 10 (0.18%) DFS Replication
13 9 (0.16%) XenApp
14 5 (0.091%) KVM
14 5 (0.091%) NFS
14 5 (0.091%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.073%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
16 3 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 762 (13.90%) Kubernetes
2 712 (12.99%) Terraform
3 355 (6.48%) Ansible
4 328 (5.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 158 (2.88%) SCCM
6 93 (1.70%) Puppet
7 68 (1.24%) Progress Chef
8 55 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 52 (0.95%) Grafana
10 42 (0.77%) FortiGate
11 40 (0.73%) vCenter Server
12 34 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
13 30 (0.55%) Prometheus
14 29 (0.53%) SCOM
14 29 (0.53%) WSUS
15 25 (0.46%) Istio
16 18 (0.33%) Nessus
17 16 (0.29%) Nagios
18 14 (0.26%) Packer
19 12 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 2,214 (40.39%) Microsoft
2 493 (8.99%) VMware
3 276 (5.03%) Google
4 263 (4.80%) Cisco
4 263 (4.80%) Oracle
5 190 (3.47%) Databricks
6 177 (3.23%) Citrix
7 89 (1.62%) Meraki
8 77 (1.40%) IBM
9 63 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 61 (1.11%) CheckPoint
11 59 (1.08%) SAP
12 53 (0.97%) Veeam
13 52 (0.95%) Salesforce
13 52 (0.95%) Splunk
14 50 (0.91%) SolarWinds
15 47 (0.86%) Aruba
16 44 (0.80%) HP
17 40 (0.73%) ServiceNow
18 35 (0.64%) F5