Azure Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,927 1,777 2,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.04% 19.48% 20.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.13% 53.35% 52.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,592 1,089 1,682
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,922 3,331 4,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.65% 36.51% 37.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,205 2,086 3,075
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £28,321
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +3.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Midlands +2 1,153 £55,000 - 288
East Midlands +3 769 £47,500 -9.52% 190
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 195 (10.12%) SharePoint
2 131 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 75 (3.89%) IIS
4 30 (1.56%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.45%) ArcGIS
6 15 (0.78%) Apache
7 12 (0.62%) Confluence
8 9 (0.47%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.31%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.21%) CMS
10 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.10%) Liferay
12 2 (0.10%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 95 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.10%) CATIA
6 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.10%) Trello
7 1 (0.052%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 33 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.10%) Shopify
5 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) Maximo
6 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.052%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 484 (25.12%) Microsoft 365
2 453 (23.51%) AWS
3 251 (13.03%) Azure DevOps
4 245 (12.71%) Entra ID
5 226 (11.73%) Power Platform
6 131 (6.80%) GCP
7 113 (5.86%) SaaS
8 75 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (3.68%) IBM Cloud
10 69 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 69 (3.58%) PaaS
11 62 (3.22%) IaaS
12 52 (2.70%) PowerApps
13 49 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 46 (2.39%) GitHub
15 39 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
15 39 (2.02%) Serverless
16 38 (1.97%) Snowflake
17 37 (1.92%) OneDrive
18 29 (1.50%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 269 (13.96%) Firewall
2 176 (9.13%) DNS
3 133 (6.90%) DHCP
4 117 (6.07%) WAN
5 92 (4.77%) TCP/IP
6 86 (4.46%) SAN
7 83 (4.31%) VPN
8 69 (3.58%) LAN
9 62 (3.22%) VLAN
10 61 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (2.28%) SD-WAN
12 42 (2.18%) Wireless
13 40 (2.08%) Network Security
14 30 (1.56%) Internet
15 20 (1.04%) MPLS
16 18 (0.93%) PBX
16 18 (0.93%) WLAN
17 15 (0.78%) Broadband
17 15 (0.78%) HTTP
17 15 (0.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (21.12%) SQL Server
2 177 (9.19%) Power BI
3 153 (7.94%) Data Warehouse
4 132 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
5 119 (6.18%) NoSQL
6 112 (5.81%) MongoDB
7 92 (4.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 76 (3.94%) DB2
9 62 (3.22%) Data Lake
10 45 (2.34%) Relational Database
11 44 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
11 44 (2.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 44 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 38 (1.97%) Tableau
13 36 (1.87%) BigQuery
14 35 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 33 (1.71%) Looker
16 30 (1.56%) GIS
17 29 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
17 29 (1.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 112 (5.81%) Git
2 36 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 31 (1.61%) GitLab
4 30 (1.56%) JIRA
5 24 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 17 (0.88%) Postman
7 11 (0.57%) Jasmine
7 11 (0.57%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.57%) Karma Test Runner
8 10 (0.52%) MSTest
8 10 (0.52%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.47%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
9 9 (0.47%) SoapUI
10 8 (0.42%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.36%) NUnit
12 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.31%) JMeter
12 6 (0.31%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 421 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 179 (9.29%) Finance
3 131 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (6.49%) Public Sector
5 105 (5.45%) Retail
6 95 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 82 (4.26%) Law
8 73 (3.79%) Manufacturing
9 51 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 34 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (1.45%) Marketing
12 25 (1.30%) Legal
13 23 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.04%) Advertising
15 19 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.78%) Automotive
17 14 (0.73%) Banking
17 14 (0.73%) Local Government
18 10 (0.52%) Digital Healthcare
18 10 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 427 (22.16%) Developer
2 292 (15.15%) Senior
3 182 (9.44%) .NET Developer
4 157 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 143 (7.42%) Architect
6 139 (7.21%) Azure Engineer
7 135 (7.01%) Support Engineer
8 129 (6.69%) IT Engineer
9 121 (6.28%) IT Support
10 113 (5.86%) Analyst
11 111 (5.76%) Software Engineer
12 101 (5.24%) Lead
13 78 (4.05%) Data Engineer
13 78 (4.05%) Full Stack Engineer
14 73 (3.79%) C# Developer
15 71 (3.68%) Administrator
16 70 (3.63%) Senior Developer
17 66 (3.43%) Network Engineer
18 64 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
19 59 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 510 (26.47%) .NET
2 243 (12.61%) ASP.NET
3 240 (12.45%) AngularJS
3 240 (12.45%) React
4 214 (11.11%) HTML
5 209 (10.85%) .NET Core
6 191 (9.91%) CSS
7 159 (8.25%) REST
8 145 (7.52%) Vue
9 120 (6.23%) ASP.NET Web API
10 117 (6.07%) .NET Framework
10 117 (6.07%) Web Services
11 114 (5.92%) RESTful
12 106 (5.50%) ASP.NET MVC
13 102 (5.29%) Entity Framework
14 94 (4.88%) jQuery
15 86 (4.46%) ASP.NET Core
16 84 (4.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 71 (3.68%) Backbone.js
17 71 (3.68%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.24%) Data Structures
2 92 (4.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 86 (4.46%) Algorithms
4 74 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (3.68%) Blockchain
5 71 (3.68%) e-Learning
6 69 (3.58%) Data Centre
7 66 (3.43%) Public Cloud
8 64 (3.32%) Management Information System
9 56 (2.91%) Cloud Native
9 56 (2.91%) Product Ownership
10 55 (2.85%) Clustering
11 45 (2.34%) Driving Licence
12 42 (2.18%) Replication
13 35 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
14 32 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
15 31 (1.61%) Onboarding
16 30 (1.56%) Private Cloud
17 26 (1.35%) IoT
18 24 (1.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 507 (26.31%) Windows
2 248 (12.87%) Windows Server
3 185 (9.60%) Linux
4 94 (4.88%) Android
5 89 (4.62%) Apple iOS
6 67 (3.48%) Windows 10
7 58 (3.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 51 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 44 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (1.04%) VMS
11 17 (0.88%) Ubuntu
12 15 (0.78%) Unix
13 12 (0.62%) Debian
13 12 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 10 (0.52%) CentOS
15 9 (0.47%) SUSE
16 7 (0.36%) Solaris
16 7 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.31%) Mac OS X
18 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (30.93%) Agile
2 492 (25.53%) DevOps
3 308 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
4 270 (14.01%) Full Stack Development
5 231 (11.99%) MVC
6 225 (11.68%) Mentoring
7 222 (11.52%) CI/CD
8 199 (10.33%) Software Engineering
9 190 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
10 182 (9.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 159 (8.25%) ETL
12 158 (8.20%) Microservices
13 157 (8.15%) Scrum
14 154 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
15 150 (7.78%) Artificial Intelligence
16 130 (6.75%) Web Development
17 127 (6.59%) Data Modelling
18 126 (6.54%) Migration
19 124 (6.43%) ITIL
20 121 (6.28%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 551 (28.59%) SQL
2 534 (27.71%) C#
3 390 (20.24%) JavaScript
4 171 (8.87%) Python
5 154 (7.99%) PowerShell
6 133 (6.90%) TypeScript
7 111 (5.76%) T-SQL
8 57 (2.96%) Java
9 34 (1.76%) Bash
10 25 (1.30%) Bicep
11 24 (1.25%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.19%) VB
13 17 (0.88%) C++
14 14 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (0.67%) XAML
16 12 (0.62%) C
17 11 (0.57%) VB6
18 10 (0.52%) Go
19 7 (0.36%) Ruby
20 5 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 188 (9.76%) Degree
2 151 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 118 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 96 (4.98%) Azure Certification
5 86 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 60 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (2.70%) CCNA
8 41 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.76%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.56%) CCNP
11 25 (1.30%) MCSE
12 18 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (0.73%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.62%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.62%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.57%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (5.71%) QA
2 53 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.39%) GDPR
4 29 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 29 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.14%) SLA
7 13 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 10 (0.52%) NCSC
9 9 (0.47%) NIST
10 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.36%) PMO
12 6 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.16%) GRC
13 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.052%) ITGC
14 1 (0.052%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.052%) SOC 2
System Software
1 371 (19.25%) Active Directory
2 193 (10.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 174 (9.03%) Hyper-V
4 109 (5.66%) Docker
5 39 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (0.88%) VMware NSX
9 16 (0.83%) vSphere
10 14 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.42%) pfSense
12 5 (0.26%) NFS
13 4 (0.21%) Firmware
14 3 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.16%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.16%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.10%) XenApp
15 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
16 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 170 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 117 (6.07%) Terraform
3 89 (4.62%) Kubernetes
4 52 (2.70%) SCCM
5 33 (1.71%) Ansible
6 16 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
7 11 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (0.47%) WSUS
9 8 (0.42%) SmoothWall
9 8 (0.42%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.36%) SCOM
11 5 (0.26%) Autotask
11 5 (0.26%) Grafana
12 4 (0.21%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.16%) vMotion
Vendors
1 859 (44.58%) Microsoft
2 270 (14.01%) VMware
3 119 (6.18%) Cisco
4 104 (5.40%) Veeam
5 76 (3.94%) Databricks
5 76 (3.94%) IBM
6 73 (3.79%) Red Hat
7 69 (3.58%) Google
8 57 (2.96%) Citrix
9 42 (2.18%) Meraki
10 37 (1.92%) HP
11 32 (1.66%) Sophos
12 31 (1.61%) Aruba
13 30 (1.56%) Dell
14 28 (1.45%) ESRI
14 28 (1.45%) Oracle
15 24 (1.25%) CheckPoint
15 24 (1.25%) Fortinet
16 20 (1.04%) Acronis
16 20 (1.04%) Facebook