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 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 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,658 1,764 2,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.69% 22.82% 22.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.08% 53.91% 51.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 896 1,134
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £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 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £86,250 £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
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 3,378 3,272 3,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.00% 42.33% 42.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,658 1,883 2,618
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 16 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 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
Manchester -1 1,000 £60,000 +3.79% 226
Merseyside +3 257 £55,087 +25.91% 37
Cheshire -2 203 £46,000 -16.36% 64
Lancashire -2 156 £52,500 +12.84% 43
Cumbria +6 37 £45,000 - 4
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 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 78 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (3.44%) ArcGIS
3 57 (3.44%) GeoServer
4 28 (1.69%) IIS
5 18 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.90%) CMS
7 14 (0.84%) Apache
8 13 (0.78%) Confluence
9 8 (0.48%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.48%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.24%) Skype for Business
12 3 (0.18%) Captiva
12 3 (0.18%) FileNet
12 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 31 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.12%) Sketch
5 1 (0.060%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 41 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.48%) 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 (0.060%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.060%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 489 (29.49%) AWS
2 322 (19.42%) Microsoft 365
3 276 (16.65%) Azure DevOps
4 192 (11.58%) Power Platform
5 165 (9.95%) GCP
6 105 (6.33%) Entra ID
7 101 (6.09%) SaaS
8 89 (5.37%) Serverless
9 80 (4.83%) IBM Cloud
10 67 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
11 64 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 61 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
13 58 (3.50%) Azure Functions
13 58 (3.50%) Azure Service Bus
14 52 (3.14%) PaaS
15 50 (3.02%) Azure API Management
16 48 (2.90%) GitHub
17 46 (2.77%) IaaS
18 34 (2.05%) Power Automate
19 33 (1.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 115 (6.94%) DNS
2 113 (6.82%) Firewall
3 91 (5.49%) WAN
4 73 (4.40%) DHCP
5 65 (3.92%) LAN
6 38 (2.29%) SD-WAN
7 36 (2.17%) Internet
8 35 (2.11%) VPN
9 30 (1.81%) TCP/IP
10 27 (1.63%) SSL
11 26 (1.57%) Network Security
11 26 (1.57%) SAN
12 22 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (1.21%) BGP
14 18 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (0.97%) Wireless
15 16 (0.97%) WLAN
16 13 (0.78%) VoIP
17 12 (0.72%) Broadband
17 12 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 341 (20.57%) SQL Server
2 171 (10.31%) PostgreSQL
3 136 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
4 119 (7.18%) MongoDB
5 115 (6.94%) Power BI
6 110 (6.63%) NoSQL
7 92 (5.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (5.07%) DB2
9 73 (4.40%) Relational Database
10 67 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.44%) GIS
11 57 (3.44%) QGIS
12 54 (3.26%) Data Lake
13 49 (2.96%) Data Vault
14 42 (2.53%) MySQL
15 40 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
16 34 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 31 (1.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 27 (1.63%) Delta Lake
19 26 (1.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 101 (6.09%) Git
2 83 (5.01%) JIRA
3 60 (3.62%) GitLab
4 29 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 28 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (0.84%) Selenium
8 13 (0.78%) Jasmine
9 12 (0.72%) Postman
10 11 (0.66%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.66%) 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
1 298 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 215 (12.97%) Finance
3 157 (9.47%) Public Sector
4 87 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (4.76%) Retail
6 65 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.08%) Legal
8 36 (2.17%) Law
9 31 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.75%) Advertising
11 29 (1.75%) Marketing
12 28 (1.69%) Aerospace
13 25 (1.51%) Banking
14 22 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.03%) Games
16 15 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.66%) Automotive
18 10 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 438 (26.42%) Developer
2 271 (16.34%) Senior
3 192 (11.58%) .NET Developer
4 181 (10.92%) Lead
5 173 (10.43%) Architect
6 156 (9.41%) Software Engineer
7 114 (6.88%) Data Engineer
8 111 (6.69%) Azure Engineer
9 101 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 91 (5.49%) Analyst
11 70 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
12 67 (4.04%) Senior Software Engineer
13 66 (3.98%) Full Stack Developer
13 66 (3.98%) Senior Developer
14 65 (3.92%) Azure Developer
15 63 (3.80%) C# Developer
15 63 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
16 56 (3.38%) Full Stack Engineer
17 52 (3.14%) Consultant
18 46 (2.77%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 500 (30.16%) .NET
2 281 (16.95%) React
3 270 (16.28%) CSS
4 245 (14.78%) HTML
5 234 (14.11%) AngularJS
6 230 (13.87%) ASP.NET
7 204 (12.30%) .NET Core
8 138 (8.32%) REST
9 128 (7.72%) Node.js
10 123 (7.42%) Vue
11 120 (7.24%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 117 (7.06%) .NET Framework
13 110 (6.63%) Web Services
14 109 (6.57%) Entity Framework
15 107 (6.45%) ASP.NET MVC
16 105 (6.33%) jQuery
17 91 (5.49%) ASP.NET Web API
18 83 (5.01%) ASP.NET Core
19 78 (4.70%) Backbone.js
19 78 (4.70%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.08%) Data Structures
2 116 (7.00%) Public Cloud
3 108 (6.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 90 (5.43%) Algorithms
5 84 (5.07%) Blockchain
6 63 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 55 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
8 43 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 43 (2.59%) Reinsurance
8 43 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.23%) e-Learning
10 26 (1.57%) Product Ownership
11 23 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.33%) FMCG
12 22 (1.33%) PKI
13 20 (1.21%) Private Cloud
14 18 (1.09%) Data Centre
15 17 (1.03%) Blog
15 17 (1.03%) Onboarding
16 16 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 292 (17.61%) Windows
2 198 (11.94%) Linux
3 102 (6.15%) Android
4 96 (5.79%) Windows Server
5 92 (5.55%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.39%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.39%) VMS
7 21 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 21 (1.27%) Windows 10
8 20 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.97%) Mac OS
10 16 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.84%) Unix
12 11 (0.66%) CentOS
12 11 (0.66%) Debian
13 9 (0.54%) Windows Phone
14 6 (0.36%) Windows Vista
15 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (39.32%) Agile
2 496 (29.92%) DevOps
3 284 (17.13%) Full Stack Development
4 241 (14.54%) Software Engineering
5 214 (12.91%) MVC
5 214 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (12.79%) Mentoring
7 195 (11.76%) CI/CD
8 171 (10.31%) Scrum
9 169 (10.19%) Web Development
10 168 (10.13%) Microservices
11 164 (9.89%) Migration
12 158 (9.53%) Artificial Intelligence
13 157 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 148 (8.93%) ETL
15 140 (8.44%) ITIL
16 139 (8.38%) Design Patterns
17 132 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
18 130 (7.84%) OO
19 127 (7.66%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 498 (30.04%) SQL
2 496 (29.92%) C#
3 433 (26.12%) JavaScript
4 256 (15.44%) Python
5 127 (7.66%) TypeScript
6 126 (7.60%) PowerShell
7 120 (7.24%) Java
8 90 (5.43%) T-SQL
9 25 (1.51%) Bash
10 24 (1.45%) VB.NET
11 19 (1.15%) Go
12 14 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.78%) C++
13 13 (0.78%) PHP
13 13 (0.78%) VB
14 11 (0.66%) VB6
15 9 (0.54%) Bicep
16 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.30%) R
17 5 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (8.75%) Security Cleared
2 132 (7.96%) Degree
3 110 (6.63%) SC Cleared
4 85 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 76 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (3.44%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.93%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.75%) CISSP
10 26 (1.57%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.33%) Master's Degree
13 21 (1.27%) CCNA
14 18 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.03%) CISM
16 15 (0.90%) CCSK
16 15 (0.90%) CCSP
17 14 (0.84%) CCNP
17 14 (0.84%) PMI Certification
18 13 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 47 (2.83%) QA
3 39 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.23%) GDPR
5 27 (1.63%) NIST
6 24 (1.45%) SLA
7 15 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.84%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) NCSC
12 1 (0.060%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.060%) PMO
12 1 (0.060%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 243 (14.66%) Active Directory
2 101 (6.09%) Docker
3 92 (5.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (4.28%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.84%) Terminal Services
7 13 (0.78%) 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 (0.060%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.060%) Firmware
11 1 (0.060%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.060%) RACF
11 1 (0.060%) Snort
11 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 136 (8.20%) Terraform
2 131 (7.90%) Kubernetes
3 88 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 56 (3.38%) Ansible
5 29 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.03%) Puppet
8 15 (0.90%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.72%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.72%) VxRail
9 12 (0.72%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.60%) CASB
11 9 (0.54%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.36%) WSUS
14 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.30%) Nessus
14 5 (0.30%) SCCM
15 4 (0.24%) Autotask
15 4 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 635 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 134 (8.08%) VMware
3 96 (5.79%) IBM
4 91 (5.49%) Red Hat
5 90 (5.43%) Google
6 82 (4.95%) Oracle
7 63 (3.80%) Databricks
8 57 (3.44%) Cisco
8 57 (3.44%) ESRI
9 49 (2.96%) Informatica
10 46 (2.77%) Citrix
11 39 (2.35%) Veeam
12 27 (1.63%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.27%) SolarWinds
14 17 (1.03%) NetApp
14 17 (1.03%) ServiceNow
15 16 (0.97%) Apple
15 16 (0.97%) Facebook
16 15 (0.90%) Commvault
17 13 (0.78%) Dell