Azure Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 986 1,243 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.15% 21.20% 18.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.60% 55.17% 49.61%
Number of salaries quoted 766 768 837
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,198 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £100,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% +7.27%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,988 2,253 2,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.53% 38.43% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,486 1,447 1,745
10th Percentile £30,188 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +4.76%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire -4 456 £52,500 -19.23% 62
Buckinghamshire -5 272 £48,750 -7.14% 59
Oxfordshire -2 258 £52,500 -4.55% 42
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 119 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (7.61%) SharePoint
3 35 (3.55%) IIS
4 29 (2.94%) ArcGIS
4 29 (2.94%) GeoServer
5 28 (2.84%) OpenStack
6 24 (2.43%) CMS
6 24 (2.43%) Headless CMS
6 24 (2.43%) Kentico
7 19 (1.93%) Exchange Server 2010
7 19 (1.93%) Sitecore CMS
7 19 (1.93%) Umbraco
8 13 (1.32%) Confluence
9 7 (0.71%) WordPress
10 6 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.61%) nginx
11 5 (0.51%) Apache
12 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 298 (30.22%) Microsoft 365
2 266 (26.98%) AWS
3 161 (16.33%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (12.17%) Power Platform
5 101 (10.24%) Entra ID
6 74 (7.51%) GCP
7 53 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
8 49 (4.97%) Azure Monitor
9 35 (3.55%) SaaS
10 30 (3.04%) OneDrive
11 29 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
11 29 (2.94%) PowerApps
12 28 (2.84%) Serverless
13 26 (2.64%) Azure Storage
14 25 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (2.33%) Amazon ECS
15 23 (2.33%) Power Automate
16 21 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.93%) GitHub
17 19 (1.93%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 149 (15.11%) Firewall
2 120 (12.17%) DNS
3 70 (7.10%) DHCP
4 58 (5.88%) VPN
5 32 (3.25%) SAN
6 30 (3.04%) WAN
7 27 (2.74%) Wireless
8 25 (2.54%) TCP/IP
9 24 (2.43%) Internet
10 22 (2.23%) Network Security
11 21 (2.13%) LAN
12 20 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
13 15 (1.52%) NAS
13 15 (1.52%) VLAN
14 14 (1.42%) VoIP
14 14 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (1.12%) BGP
15 11 (1.12%) SNMP
16 10 (1.01%) DKIM
16 10 (1.01%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 82 (8.32%) Data Warehouse
2 82 (8.32%) Power BI
3 70 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.26%) Data Lake
5 41 (4.16%) BigQuery
6 40 (4.06%) Looker
7 38 (3.85%) NoSQL
8 37 (3.75%) Relational Database
9 31 (3.14%) GIS
10 29 (2.94%) QGIS
11 28 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
12 25 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
13 20 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (2.03%) MySQL
14 18 (1.83%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (1.32%) Power Query
18 9 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 67 (6.80%) Git
2 48 (4.87%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.96%) JIRA
4 25 (2.54%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.33%) NUnit
6 14 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.42%) Selenium
7 13 (1.32%) GitLab
8 9 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.91%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.61%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.51%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.51%) MSTest
10 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.30%) Postman
12 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
13 1 (0.10%) Appium
13 1 (0.10%) JMeter
13 1 (0.10%) JUnit
13 1 (0.10%) Maven
General
1 239 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 109 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (6.39%) Finance
4 50 (5.07%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.77%) Retail
6 37 (3.75%) Legal
7 36 (3.65%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.35%) Billing
9 30 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.33%) Law
10 23 (2.33%) Marketing
11 18 (1.83%) Back Office
12 17 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.52%) Health Technology
13 15 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.22%) Tech for Good
16 10 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.81%) Games
17 8 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 261 (26.47%) Developer
2 138 (14.00%) Senior
3 97 (9.84%) .NET Developer
4 88 (8.92%) Architect
5 82 (8.32%) Analyst
6 80 (8.11%) Lead
7 73 (7.40%) Senior Developer
8 68 (6.90%) Software Engineer
9 66 (6.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (5.98%) Support Engineer
11 53 (5.38%) C# Developer
12 47 (4.77%) C# .NET Developer
13 44 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
14 42 (4.26%) IT Support
15 40 (4.06%) Full Stack Developer
16 38 (3.85%) Senior .NET Developer
17 35 (3.55%) IT Analyst
18 34 (3.45%) IT Engineer
19 33 (3.35%) Active Directory Specialist
19 33 (3.35%) Azure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (23.53%) .NET
2 129 (13.08%) .NET Core
3 114 (11.56%) React
4 88 (8.92%) CSS
5 86 (8.72%) ASP.NET
6 71 (7.20%) AngularJS
7 68 (6.90%) .NET Framework
8 58 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
9 56 (5.68%) HTML
10 49 (4.97%) Node.js
11 43 (4.36%) Entity Framework
12 35 (3.55%) Web Services
13 34 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
14 32 (3.25%) JSON
15 31 (3.14%) RESTful
16 29 (2.94%) Leaflet
16 29 (2.94%) OpenLayers
16 29 (2.94%) PostGIS
16 29 (2.94%) Spring Boot
17 28 (2.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (4.87%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.16%) PKI
4 36 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.55%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.23%) Driving Licence
7 19 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.83%) Client/Server
9 17 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.52%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.42%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.42%) Smartphone
13 13 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
14 12 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (1.22%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 220 (22.31%) Windows
2 132 (13.39%) Windows Server
3 131 (13.29%) Linux
4 84 (8.52%) Windows 10
5 50 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (4.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (1.93%) Android
9 18 (1.83%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.62%) Ubuntu
10 16 (1.62%) Windows XP
11 12 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (1.12%) CentOS
13 10 (1.01%) VMS
14 5 (0.51%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.41%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.41%) Rocky
15 4 (0.41%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (32.86%) DevOps
2 313 (31.74%) Agile
3 173 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (13.49%) CI/CD
5 122 (12.37%) Full Stack Development
6 109 (11.05%) Scrum
7 94 (9.53%) Software Engineering
8 92 (9.33%) Microservices
9 88 (8.92%) MVC
10 84 (8.52%) Analytics
10 84 (8.52%) Business Intelligence
11 83 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 82 (8.32%) ITIL
13 78 (7.91%) Mentoring
13 78 (7.91%) Project Management
14 73 (7.40%) CRM
15 71 (7.20%) Web Development
16 67 (6.80%) TDD
17 65 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
18 61 (6.19%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 239 (24.24%) C#
2 211 (21.40%) JavaScript
3 193 (19.57%) SQL
4 131 (13.29%) Python
5 76 (7.71%) PowerShell
6 72 (7.30%) Java
7 58 (5.88%) TypeScript
8 32 (3.25%) T-SQL
9 29 (2.94%) Bash
10 23 (2.33%) VB
10 23 (2.33%) VBScript
11 20 (2.03%) Bicep
12 17 (1.72%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (1.12%) Go
15 10 (1.01%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.81%) Ruby
17 7 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
18 6 (0.61%) R
18 6 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (18.76%) Security Cleared
2 135 (13.69%) Degree
3 132 (13.39%) SC Cleared
4 53 (5.38%) DV Cleared
5 52 (5.27%) Azure Certification
6 47 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (3.35%) CCNA
9 31 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (2.84%) CISSP
11 27 (2.74%) AWS Certification
12 21 (2.13%) DBS Check
12 21 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 20 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (1.62%) CTC Cleared
15 14 (1.42%) CCNP
16 13 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (1.22%) MCP
18 11 (1.12%) MCSE
19 8 (0.81%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.69%) QA
2 28 (2.84%) GDPR
3 26 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.43%) SLA
5 21 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (1.32%) NIST
8 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 219 (22.21%) Active Directory
2 82 (8.32%) Docker
3 78 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 52 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 31 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.71%) vSphere
9 5 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.30%) XenApp
10 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.20%) Firmware
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (9.23%) Kubernetes
3 56 (5.68%) Terraform
4 50 (5.07%) Ansible
5 45 (4.56%) SCCM
6 40 (4.06%) SCOM
7 32 (3.25%) WSUS
8 30 (3.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 18 (1.83%) vCenter Server
10 16 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (1.32%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.81%) CASB
13 7 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.61%) Puppet
15 5 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.51%) Suricata
16 3 (0.30%) Grafana
16 3 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 496 (50.30%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.36%) VMware
3 69 (7.00%) Google
4 51 (5.17%) Cisco
5 37 (3.75%) Oracle
6 29 (2.94%) Citrix
6 29 (2.94%) ESRI
6 29 (2.94%) Juniper
7 26 (2.64%) HP
8 25 (2.54%) Veeam
9 23 (2.33%) Dell
10 22 (2.23%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.93%) EMC
11 19 (1.93%) Optimizely
11 19 (1.93%) Sitecore
12 17 (1.72%) Databricks
12 17 (1.72%) WSO2
13 15 (1.52%) Aruba
14 14 (1.42%) Apple
14 14 (1.42%) Splunk