Azure Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 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 3 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 1,150 1,253 1,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.58% 19.92% 20.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.44% 54.72% 54.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 824 1,121
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,188 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,750 £79,625 £81,250
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +8.70%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,424 2,290 2,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.84% 36.41% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,081 1,505 2,026
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,600 £82,970
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +1 512 £57,500 - 130
Staffordshire -4 140 £52,500 +10.53% 32
Warwickshire +13 117 £52,500 -4.55% 37
Worcestershire -6 62 £47,500 +3.26% 12
Shropshire +14 46 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Coventry -1 43 £62,500 +13.64% 33
Solihull -7 25 £62,500 +16.28% 5
Wolverhampton -8 19 £55,000 - 8
Herefordshire -4 15 £32,500 -35.00% 5
Halesowen - 14 £56,250 - 5
Walsall +2 9 £45,000 - 8
Wednesbury +2 7 £30,000 -33.33%
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Stourbridge - 4 £55,000 -
Brierley Hill -6 3 £32,500 -
West Bromwich - 2 £28,500 - 3
Dudley -7 1 £55,000 - 7
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £27,000 - 1
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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
1 116 (10.09%) SharePoint
2 86 (7.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (4.70%) IIS
4 12 (1.04%) Apache
5 9 (0.78%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.35%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) Liferay
8 2 (0.17%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.17%) WordPress
9 1 (0.087%) Confluence
9 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 57 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.087%) Magento
3 1 (0.087%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 294 (25.57%) Microsoft 365
2 231 (20.09%) AWS
3 181 (15.74%) Azure DevOps
4 180 (15.65%) Power Platform
5 144 (12.52%) Entra ID
6 76 (6.61%) GCP
6 76 (6.61%) SaaS
7 61 (5.30%) PaaS
8 59 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (4.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 56 (4.87%) IaaS
10 39 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 39 (3.39%) GitHub
11 38 (3.30%) PowerApps
12 33 (2.87%) Snowflake
13 29 (2.52%) Serverless
14 28 (2.43%) Azure Stack
15 24 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
16 22 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
16 22 (1.91%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 171 (14.87%) Firewall
2 87 (7.57%) WAN
3 83 (7.22%) DNS
4 67 (5.83%) DHCP
5 48 (4.17%) SAN
6 46 (4.00%) LAN
7 42 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (3.57%) VPN
9 36 (3.13%) TCP/IP
10 35 (3.04%) SD-WAN
11 32 (2.78%) Wireless
12 30 (2.61%) Network Security
13 24 (2.09%) VLAN
14 18 (1.57%) PBX
15 16 (1.39%) MPLS
16 15 (1.30%) BIG-IP
16 15 (1.30%) NGFW
17 13 (1.13%) Internet
18 12 (1.04%) SMTP
18 12 (1.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (23.13%) SQL Server
2 138 (12.00%) Power BI
3 115 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 71 (6.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 39 (3.39%) Data Lake
6 36 (3.13%) Relational Database
7 35 (3.04%) NoSQL
7 35 (3.04%) Tableau
8 34 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 33 (2.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 28 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (2.17%) MongoDB
12 20 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 20 (1.74%) BigQuery
13 19 (1.65%) MySQL
14 18 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (1.48%) Looker
15 17 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
16 16 (1.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 73 (6.35%) Git
2 33 (2.87%) Visual Studio
3 22 (1.91%) GitLab
4 14 (1.22%) JIRA
5 13 (1.13%) Postman
6 11 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.87%) MSTest
7 10 (0.87%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
8 9 (0.78%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.70%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.70%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.61%) NUnit
11 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.43%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.43%) Karma Test Runner
12 5 (0.43%) Maven
13 4 (0.35%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.35%) ESLint
13 4 (0.35%) IntelliJ
General
1 262 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 133 (11.57%) Finance
3 75 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.17%) Retail
5 57 (4.96%) Law
6 49 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 38 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 36 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 26 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.83%) Legal
12 18 (1.57%) Marketing
13 15 (1.30%) Automotive
14 14 (1.22%) Local Government
15 12 (1.04%) Advertising
16 10 (0.87%) Digital Healthcare
16 10 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.78%) Banking
18 8 (0.70%) Police
18 8 (0.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 259 (22.52%) Developer
2 182 (15.83%) Senior
3 91 (7.91%) Analyst
4 90 (7.83%) .NET Developer
4 90 (7.83%) Architect
5 89 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 84 (7.30%) Support Engineer
7 82 (7.13%) IT Engineer
8 72 (6.26%) IT Support
9 63 (5.48%) Data Engineer
10 54 (4.70%) Lead
11 52 (4.52%) Network Engineer
12 50 (4.35%) Software Engineer
13 48 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
14 45 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
15 41 (3.57%) C# Developer
16 38 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
16 38 (3.30%) Senior Developer
17 32 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support
18 30 (2.61%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (21.13%) .NET
2 102 (8.87%) .NET Core
3 92 (8.00%) AngularJS
4 89 (7.74%) ASP.NET
5 88 (7.65%) .NET Framework
6 86 (7.48%) HTML
7 78 (6.78%) Entity Framework
8 77 (6.70%) React
8 77 (6.70%) RESTful
9 71 (6.17%) ASP.NET Web API
10 61 (5.30%) CSS
11 59 (5.13%) ASP.NET MVC
12 50 (4.35%) REST
13 44 (3.83%) Vue
14 41 (3.57%) Blazor
15 37 (3.22%) JSON
16 35 (3.04%) XML
17 28 (2.43%) HTML5
17 28 (2.43%) Web Services
18 25 (2.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 47 (4.09%) Data Centre
3 46 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 42 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.57%) Clustering
5 41 (3.57%) Public Cloud
6 34 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 34 (2.96%) Replication
7 27 (2.35%) Data Structures
8 24 (2.09%) Private Cloud
9 23 (2.00%) Driving Licence
9 23 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.22%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.04%) IoT
13 12 (1.04%) Low-Code
13 12 (1.04%) Mobile App
14 11 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 250 (21.74%) Windows
2 144 (12.52%) Windows Server
3 55 (4.78%) Windows 10
4 51 (4.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 43 (3.74%) Linux
6 34 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (1.04%) Unix
8 12 (1.04%) VMS
9 10 (0.87%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.87%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.78%) Android
11 7 (0.61%) Solaris
12 6 (0.52%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.17%) SUSE
14 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.087%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (28.00%) DevOps
2 297 (25.83%) Agile
3 181 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (14.35%) CI/CD
5 149 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
6 118 (10.26%) ETL
7 116 (10.09%) Software Engineering
8 112 (9.74%) Full Stack Development
9 108 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 100 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
11 97 (8.43%) ITIL
11 97 (8.43%) Microservices
12 96 (8.35%) Scrum
13 90 (7.83%) Data Modelling
14 89 (7.74%) Mentoring
15 86 (7.48%) Analytics
16 83 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 82 (7.13%) MVC
18 67 (5.83%) Data Engineering
19 66 (5.74%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 334 (29.04%) SQL
2 266 (23.13%) C#
3 159 (13.83%) JavaScript
4 99 (8.61%) PowerShell
5 98 (8.52%) Python
6 89 (7.74%) T-SQL
7 66 (5.74%) TypeScript
8 38 (3.30%) Java
9 18 (1.57%) Bicep
10 14 (1.22%) Bash
11 13 (1.13%) XAML
12 12 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.87%) VB
14 9 (0.78%) C++
15 8 (0.70%) C
16 6 (0.52%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.43%) Go
17 5 (0.43%) VB6
18 4 (0.35%) PHP
19 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (11.57%) Degree
2 98 (8.52%) Security Cleared
3 76 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.70%) Azure Certification
5 45 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 41 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (3.22%) CCNA
8 27 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.91%) CCNP
10 20 (1.74%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.30%) MCSE
11 15 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
12 14 (1.22%) A+ Certification
13 11 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.70%) CCSA
14 8 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.61%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.65%) QA
2 41 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.26%) GDPR
4 23 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.30%) SLA
7 13 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 10 (0.87%) NCSC
9 8 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.70%) NIST
9 8 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.61%) PMO
11 6 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.17%) GRC
13 1 (0.087%) IFRS
13 1 (0.087%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.087%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.087%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.087%) Solvency II
System Software
1 216 (18.78%) Active Directory
2 139 (12.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (10.17%) Hyper-V
4 54 (4.70%) Docker
5 39 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.48%) VMware NSX
8 13 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.04%) vSphere
10 8 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.52%) pfSense
12 5 (0.43%) NFS
13 3 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.087%) XenApp
14 1 (0.087%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 96 (8.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (7.74%) Terraform
3 53 (4.61%) Kubernetes
4 42 (3.65%) SCCM
5 19 (1.65%) Ansible
6 14 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (0.70%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.35%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.35%) Autotask
9 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.26%) SCOM
11 2 (0.17%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.17%) Kibana
11 2 (0.17%) MIIS
11 2 (0.17%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 2 (0.17%) WSUS
12 1 (0.087%) Grafana
12 1 (0.087%) Nessus
Vendors
1 567 (49.30%) Microsoft
2 189 (16.43%) VMware
3 79 (6.87%) Cisco
4 69 (6.00%) Databricks
5 57 (4.96%) Veeam
6 47 (4.09%) Citrix
7 27 (2.35%) Aruba
8 26 (2.26%) Sophos
9 24 (2.09%) CheckPoint
9 24 (2.09%) HP
10 22 (1.91%) Meraki
11 21 (1.83%) Google
12 20 (1.74%) Dell
13 19 (1.65%) Fortinet
14 17 (1.48%) Juniper
14 17 (1.48%) Oracle
15 15 (1.30%) F5
15 15 (1.30%) Informatica
16 14 (1.22%) Alteryx
17 13 (1.13%) Facebook