Azure Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,649 1,778 2,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.72% 22.78% 22.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.02% 53.86% 51.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 912 1,142
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,364 3,301 4,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.11% 42.29% 42.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,655 1,911 2,637
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the North West

Azure
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester -1 996 £60,000 +3.79% 221
Merseyside +4 254 £55,087 +25.91% 38
Cheshire -2 204 £46,000 -16.36% 64
Lancashire 0 153 £51,000 +11.48% 36
Cumbria +7 37 £45,000 - 5
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 87 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.46%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.46%) GeoServer
4 28 (1.70%) IIS
5 18 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.91%) CMS
7 14 (0.85%) Apache
8 12 (0.73%) Confluence
9 8 (0.49%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.49%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.24%) Captiva
11 4 (0.24%) FileNet
11 4 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.061%) Jetty
13 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 31 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.061%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 41 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.30%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.30%) SAP PP
4 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 486 (29.47%) AWS
2 323 (19.59%) Microsoft 365
3 275 (16.68%) Azure DevOps
4 191 (11.58%) Power Platform
5 167 (10.13%) GCP
6 103 (6.25%) Entra ID
7 102 (6.19%) SaaS
8 89 (5.40%) Serverless
9 80 (4.85%) IBM Cloud
10 68 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
11 61 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 61 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
12 58 (3.52%) Azure Functions
12 58 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
13 52 (3.15%) PaaS
14 50 (3.03%) Azure API Management
15 49 (2.97%) GitHub
16 46 (2.79%) IaaS
17 34 (2.06%) Power Automate
18 33 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 116 (7.03%) DNS
2 113 (6.85%) Firewall
3 92 (5.58%) WAN
4 74 (4.49%) DHCP
5 66 (4.00%) LAN
6 38 (2.30%) SD-WAN
7 36 (2.18%) Internet
7 36 (2.18%) VPN
8 30 (1.82%) TCP/IP
9 27 (1.64%) SSL
10 26 (1.58%) Network Security
10 26 (1.58%) SAN
11 22 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.21%) BGP
13 18 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
14 16 (0.97%) Wireless
14 16 (0.97%) WLAN
15 13 (0.79%) VoIP
16 12 (0.73%) Broadband
16 12 (0.73%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 340 (20.62%) SQL Server
2 172 (10.43%) PostgreSQL
3 134 (8.13%) Data Warehouse
4 118 (7.16%) MongoDB
5 115 (6.97%) Power BI
6 110 (6.67%) NoSQL
7 92 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (5.09%) DB2
9 73 (4.43%) Relational Database
10 67 (4.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.46%) GIS
11 57 (3.46%) QGIS
12 54 (3.27%) Data Lake
13 49 (2.97%) Data Vault
14 43 (2.61%) MySQL
15 40 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
16 34 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 31 (1.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 27 (1.64%) Delta Lake
19 26 (1.58%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 102 (6.19%) Git
2 84 (5.09%) JIRA
3 60 (3.64%) GitLab
4 29 (1.76%) Visual Studio
5 28 (1.70%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (0.85%) Selenium
8 13 (0.79%) Jasmine
9 12 (0.73%) Postman
10 11 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.67%) Karma Test Runner
11 7 (0.42%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.30%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.30%) NUnit
13 5 (0.30%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.24%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.24%) GCC
14 4 (0.24%) GDB
14 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 294 (17.83%) Social Skills
2 216 (13.10%) Finance
3 157 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 88 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (4.79%) Retail
6 65 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.09%) Legal
8 36 (2.18%) Law
9 31 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.76%) Advertising
11 29 (1.76%) Marketing
12 28 (1.70%) Aerospace
13 26 (1.58%) Banking
14 21 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.03%) Games
16 15 (0.91%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.67%) Automotive
18 10 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 438 (26.56%) Developer
2 272 (16.49%) Senior
3 191 (11.58%) .NET Developer
4 180 (10.92%) Lead
5 167 (10.13%) Architect
6 155 (9.40%) Software Engineer
7 113 (6.85%) Data Engineer
8 110 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
9 101 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 91 (5.52%) Analyst
11 69 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
12 67 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
13 66 (4.00%) Full Stack Developer
13 66 (4.00%) Senior Developer
14 65 (3.94%) Azure Developer
15 63 (3.82%) C# Developer
16 61 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
17 56 (3.40%) Full Stack Engineer
18 52 (3.15%) Consultant
19 46 (2.79%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 498 (30.20%) .NET
2 280 (16.98%) React
3 271 (16.43%) CSS
4 246 (14.92%) HTML
5 233 (14.13%) AngularJS
6 230 (13.95%) ASP.NET
7 204 (12.37%) .NET Core
8 138 (8.37%) REST
9 127 (7.70%) Node.js
10 122 (7.40%) Vue
11 120 (7.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 116 (7.03%) .NET Framework
13 109 (6.61%) Web Services
14 108 (6.55%) Entity Framework
15 107 (6.49%) ASP.NET MVC
16 105 (6.37%) jQuery
17 90 (5.46%) ASP.NET Web API
18 83 (5.03%) ASP.NET Core
19 78 (4.73%) Backbone.js
19 78 (4.73%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.13%) Data Structures
2 116 (7.03%) Public Cloud
3 108 (6.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 90 (5.46%) Algorithms
5 85 (5.15%) Blockchain
6 60 (3.64%) Cloud Native
7 55 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
8 44 (2.67%) Management Information System
9 43 (2.61%) Reinsurance
9 43 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (2.24%) e-Learning
11 25 (1.52%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.33%) FMCG
12 22 (1.33%) PKI
13 21 (1.27%) Private Cloud
14 18 (1.09%) Data Centre
15 17 (1.03%) Blog
15 17 (1.03%) Onboarding
16 16 (0.97%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 293 (17.77%) Windows
2 200 (12.13%) Linux
3 101 (6.12%) Android
4 98 (5.94%) Windows Server
5 91 (5.52%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.39%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.39%) VMS
7 22 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (1.27%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (1.03%) Unix
10 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.97%) Mac OS
11 16 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (0.73%) CentOS
12 12 (0.73%) Debian
13 9 (0.55%) Windows Phone
14 6 (0.36%) Windows Vista
15 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (39.48%) Agile
2 490 (29.71%) DevOps
3 283 (17.16%) Full Stack Development
4 239 (14.49%) Software Engineering
5 216 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
6 214 (12.98%) MVC
7 213 (12.92%) Mentoring
8 196 (11.89%) CI/CD
9 170 (10.31%) Scrum
10 169 (10.25%) Web Development
11 167 (10.13%) Microservices
12 161 (9.76%) Migration
13 159 (9.64%) Artificial Intelligence
14 157 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 148 (8.98%) ETL
16 141 (8.55%) ITIL
17 137 (8.31%) Design Patterns
18 132 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
19 127 (7.70%) OO
20 126 (7.64%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 498 (30.20%) SQL
2 493 (29.90%) C#
3 433 (26.26%) JavaScript
4 257 (15.59%) Python
5 128 (7.76%) TypeScript
6 126 (7.64%) PowerShell
7 120 (7.28%) Java
8 91 (5.52%) T-SQL
9 25 (1.52%) Bash
10 24 (1.46%) VB.NET
11 20 (1.21%) Go
12 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.79%) C++
13 13 (0.79%) PHP
13 13 (0.79%) VB
14 11 (0.67%) VB6
15 8 (0.49%) Bicep
16 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.30%) R
17 5 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (8.79%) Security Cleared
2 132 (8.00%) Degree
3 110 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 84 (5.09%) Azure Certification
5 75 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.76%) CISSP
10 26 (1.58%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.27%) CCNA
13 18 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (1.03%) CISM
15 15 (0.91%) CCSK
15 15 (0.91%) CCSP
16 14 (0.85%) CCNP
16 14 (0.85%) PMI Certification
17 13 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.34%) Data Quality
2 46 (2.79%) QA
3 39 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (2.30%) GDPR
5 27 (1.64%) NIST
6 24 (1.46%) SLA
7 15 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) NCSC
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
12 1 (0.061%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 244 (14.80%) Active Directory
2 99 (6.00%) Docker
3 93 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (4.37%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.85%) Terminal Services
7 13 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.36%) vSphere
9 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.061%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.061%) Firmware
11 1 (0.061%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.061%) RACF
11 1 (0.061%) Snort
11 1 (0.061%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 133 (8.07%) Terraform
2 130 (7.88%) Kubernetes
3 87 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 56 (3.40%) Ansible
5 28 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.03%) Puppet
8 15 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.73%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.73%) VxRail
9 12 (0.73%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.61%) CASB
11 9 (0.55%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.36%) WSUS
14 5 (0.30%) Nessus
15 4 (0.24%) Autotask
15 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.24%) SCCM
15 4 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 633 (38.39%) Microsoft
2 134 (8.13%) VMware
3 96 (5.82%) IBM
4 92 (5.58%) Red Hat
5 90 (5.46%) Google
6 82 (4.97%) Oracle
7 62 (3.76%) Databricks
8 57 (3.46%) Cisco
8 57 (3.46%) ESRI
9 49 (2.97%) Informatica
10 47 (2.85%) Citrix
11 39 (2.37%) Veeam
12 27 (1.64%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.27%) SolarWinds
14 18 (1.09%) ServiceNow
15 17 (1.03%) NetApp
16 16 (0.97%) Apple
16 16 (0.97%) Facebook
17 15 (0.91%) Commvault
18 14 (0.85%) SAP