Azure Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,411 1,377 1,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.25% 20.55% 18.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.99% 53.50% 45.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 758 998
10th Percentile £33,675 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,913 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% +5.83% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,825 £76,250
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,714 2,574 3,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.32% 38.41% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,119 1,606 2,405
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,466 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,625 £38,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,590 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% +3.98% +11.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol -1 514 £60,000 - 130
Gloucestershire +5 381 £55,000 - 66
Wiltshire -1 176 £60,000 +33.33% 32
Dorset -17 102 £50,000 +18.34% 27
Devon +15 101 £47,500 +15.15% 54
Somerset 0 100 £50,000 - 37
Cornwall -14 16 £30,000 -11.76% 7
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 124 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 113 (8.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.20%) ArcGIS
4 28 (1.98%) Umbraco
5 27 (1.91%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.91%) CMS
5 27 (1.91%) GeoServer
6 24 (1.70%) Apache
7 18 (1.28%) IIS
8 17 (1.20%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.20%) Kentico
8 17 (1.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 10 (0.71%) SharePoint 2010
9 10 (0.71%) SharePoint 2013
10 7 (0.50%) Confluence
11 6 (0.43%) JBoss
12 5 (0.35%) nginx
13 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.43%) Trello
4 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.21%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.071%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 37 (2.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (0.64%) Maximo
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
4 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.071%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 560 (39.69%) AWS
2 380 (26.93%) Microsoft 365
3 251 (17.79%) Azure DevOps
4 185 (13.11%) GCP
5 145 (10.28%) Power Platform
6 126 (8.93%) Entra ID
7 105 (7.44%) SaaS
8 69 (4.89%) OpenShift
9 67 (4.75%) PaaS
10 59 (4.18%) IaaS
10 59 (4.18%) OneDrive
11 50 (3.54%) Serverless
12 34 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
13 29 (2.06%) GitHub
14 28 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (1.84%) Power Automate
16 24 (1.70%) PowerApps
17 23 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
18 21 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 137 (9.71%) Firewall
2 106 (7.51%) DNS
3 85 (6.02%) WAN
4 77 (5.46%) LAN
5 76 (5.39%) DHCP
6 70 (4.96%) TCP/IP
7 54 (3.83%) VPN
8 39 (2.76%) HTTP
9 38 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (2.27%) SAN
11 31 (2.20%) Wireless
12 29 (2.06%) VLAN
13 28 (1.98%) Internet
14 23 (1.63%) SD-WAN
15 22 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (1.13%) AMQP
17 13 (0.92%) IPsec
18 12 (0.85%) WLAN
19 11 (0.78%) Broadband
19 11 (0.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (17.72%) SQL Server
2 102 (7.23%) Data Warehouse
3 94 (6.66%) Power BI
4 51 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 50 (3.54%) NoSQL
6 44 (3.12%) BigQuery
7 42 (2.98%) Big Data
8 40 (2.83%) GIS
8 40 (2.83%) Looker
9 37 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
10 35 (2.48%) MongoDB
10 35 (2.48%) MySQL
11 34 (2.41%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.27%) Relational Database
13 31 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 28 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 27 (1.91%) QGIS
16 25 (1.77%) Hadoop
17 21 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
18 20 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 94 (6.66%) Git
2 56 (3.97%) JIRA
3 37 (2.62%) GitLab
4 32 (2.27%) Visual Studio
5 27 (1.91%) Jenkins
6 21 (1.49%) Selenium
7 19 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.92%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
10 7 (0.50%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.50%) JMeter
10 7 (0.50%) Maven
10 7 (0.50%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.50%) Vagrant
11 6 (0.43%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.43%) RStudio
12 4 (0.28%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 306 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 127 (9.00%) Finance
3 95 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (6.45%) Aerospace
5 58 (4.11%) Retail
6 51 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 36 (2.55%) Legal
8 33 (2.34%) Billing
9 32 (2.27%) Banking
9 32 (2.27%) Law
9 32 (2.27%) Marketing
10 26 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.70%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.49%) Telecoms
13 14 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.92%) Advertising
14 13 (0.92%) Tech for Good
15 12 (0.85%) Games
16 10 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 328 (23.25%) Developer
2 262 (18.57%) Senior
3 174 (12.33%) .NET Developer
4 149 (10.56%) Architect
5 137 (9.71%) Software Engineer
6 122 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 118 (8.36%) Lead
8 98 (6.95%) Senior Developer
9 93 (6.59%) Support Engineer
10 90 (6.38%) Analyst
11 87 (6.17%) C# Developer
12 84 (5.95%) C# .NET Developer
13 79 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
14 71 (5.03%) IT Engineer
15 66 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
16 64 (4.54%) Consultant
16 64 (4.54%) IT Support
17 63 (4.46%) Software Developer
18 57 (4.04%) Senior .NET Developer
19 47 (3.33%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 373 (26.44%) .NET
2 206 (14.60%) React
3 173 (12.26%) CSS
4 164 (11.62%) .NET Core
5 163 (11.55%) ASP.NET
6 162 (11.48%) AngularJS
7 153 (10.84%) HTML
8 135 (9.57%) .NET Framework
9 106 (7.51%) Entity Framework
10 78 (5.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 68 (4.82%) Vue
12 55 (3.90%) Node.js
13 54 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web API
14 51 (3.61%) Blazor
15 49 (3.47%) Spring
16 41 (2.91%) REST
17 38 (2.69%) HTML5
18 34 (2.41%) CSS3
19 32 (2.27%) jQuery
19 32 (2.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.75%) Product Ownership
2 57 (4.04%) Public Cloud
2 57 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
3 53 (3.76%) Private Cloud
4 41 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 35 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.91%) Management Information System
9 26 (1.84%) Virtual Team
10 20 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 18 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.99%) iPhone
14 10 (0.71%) Blockchain
15 9 (0.64%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.64%) Replication
15 9 (0.64%) Taxonomies
16 7 (0.50%) Algorithms
16 7 (0.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 311 (22.04%) Windows
2 186 (13.18%) Linux
3 134 (9.50%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.60%) Windows 10
5 70 (4.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (1.84%) Ubuntu
7 26 (1.84%) Unix
8 25 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (1.42%) Android
9 20 (1.42%) Debian
10 18 (1.28%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.20%) CentOS
12 16 (1.13%) Mac OS
13 14 (0.99%) VMS
14 11 (0.78%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.57%) AIX
17 7 (0.50%) Solaris
18 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (38.63%) Agile
2 491 (34.80%) DevOps
3 244 (17.29%) CI/CD
4 226 (16.02%) Full Stack Development
5 215 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
6 192 (13.61%) Scrum
7 185 (13.11%) Software Engineering
8 157 (11.13%) Actionable Insight
9 155 (10.99%) Microservices
10 149 (10.56%) MVC
11 141 (9.99%) Collaborative Working
12 140 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 130 (9.21%) Continuous Integration
14 128 (9.07%) Mentoring
15 120 (8.50%) ITIL
16 107 (7.58%) Roadmaps
17 104 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (7.02%) Kanban
18 99 (7.02%) Project Management
19 92 (6.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 372 (26.36%) JavaScript
2 331 (23.46%) C#
3 229 (16.23%) SQL
4 208 (14.74%) Python
5 205 (14.53%) Java
6 143 (10.13%) PowerShell
7 116 (8.22%) TypeScript
8 62 (4.39%) Bash
9 52 (3.69%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.06%) Bicep
10 15 (1.06%) C++
10 15 (1.06%) Go
10 15 (1.06%) PHP
11 14 (0.99%) R
11 14 (0.99%) Scala
12 9 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.64%) Ruby
13 8 (0.57%) C
13 8 (0.57%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 338 (23.95%) Security Cleared
2 193 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 154 (10.91%) Degree
4 130 (9.21%) DV Cleared
5 65 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 49 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 35 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
8 26 (1.84%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.63%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.56%) CISSP
11 19 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.35%) MCSE
12 18 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.20%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.99%) CEH
14 14 (0.99%) MCP
15 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.78%) CCNA
15 11 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.80%) QA
2 39 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.13%) SLA
4 24 (1.70%) GDPR
5 18 (1.28%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.28%) NIST
6 13 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (0.92%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.35%) SOC 1
9 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.21%) WCAG
11 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 1 (0.071%) GRC
System Software
1 243 (17.22%) Active Directory
2 147 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (10.21%) Docker
4 111 (7.87%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.56%) vSphere
6 19 (1.35%) XenApp
7 17 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.92%) XenDesktop
10 7 (0.50%) Firmware
11 6 (0.43%) KVM
12 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.21%) Ceph
13 3 (0.21%) Gluster
13 3 (0.21%) oVirt
13 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.14%) Apache Flume
14 2 (0.14%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 176 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 121 (8.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 115 (8.15%) Ansible
4 107 (7.58%) Terraform
5 65 (4.61%) Puppet
6 56 (3.97%) SCCM
7 20 (1.42%) Nagios
8 15 (1.06%) Progress Chef
9 14 (0.99%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.57%) Packer
10 8 (0.57%) WSUS
11 7 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.50%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
11 7 (0.50%) SCVMM
11 7 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.35%) Argo
12 5 (0.35%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.35%) OfficeScan
Vendors
1 601 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 196 (13.89%) VMware
3 140 (9.92%) Google
4 72 (5.10%) Red Hat
5 66 (4.68%) Oracle
6 62 (4.39%) Cisco
7 43 (3.05%) Citrix
8 37 (2.62%) Sparx
9 31 (2.20%) ESRI
9 31 (2.20%) HP
10 30 (2.13%) Veeam
11 28 (1.98%) Databricks
12 20 (1.42%) Dell
13 17 (1.20%) Optimizely
13 17 (1.20%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.20%) Sitecore
14 16 (1.13%) SaltStack
14 16 (1.13%) SolarWinds
15 15 (1.06%) Meraki
15 15 (1.06%) Xamarin