Azure Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 814 888 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.18% 19.06% 17.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.81% 53.72% 51.14%
Number of salaries quoted 468 442 589
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,916
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,611 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.16% +6.57% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £64,402 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.39% +3.04% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,927 1,653 2,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.78% 35.49% 34.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 921 1,295
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,442
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure in Scotland.

Salary trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 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
Glasgow -43 410 £50,000 -9.09% 51
Edinburgh +1 284 £65,000 +8.33% 72
Aberdeen +8 37 £51,250 -6.82% 14
Dundee +6 20 £51,250 +27.33% 3
Lanarkshire 0 14 £45,500 -13.33% 16
Aberdeenshire +14 7 £28,500 -29.19% 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 7 £40,000 - 2
Fife -11 5 £33,000 +10.00%
North Lanarkshire -4 3 £45,000 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
Midlothian -3 2 - - 10
Stirling - 2 £45,500 -
West Dunbartonshire -2 1 £27,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 - 1
Highlands - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 £60,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 60 (7.37%) ArcGIS
1 60 (7.37%) GeoServer
2 31 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (2.21%) IIS
5 17 (2.09%) Cloud Foundry
6 10 (1.23%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.98%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.86%) Captiva
8 7 (0.86%) FileNet
8 7 (0.86%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.74%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.61%) Confluence
11 4 (0.49%) Apache
11 4 (0.49%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.37%) CMS
13 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.12%) SAS
14 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 407 (50.00%) AWS
2 198 (24.32%) GCP
3 154 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (8.97%) Entra ID
5 69 (8.48%) Power Platform
6 65 (7.99%) SaaS
7 56 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (5.41%) PaaS
9 40 (4.91%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (4.79%) IaaS
11 23 (2.83%) GitHub
12 22 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.97%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (1.84%) Datadog
15 13 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.35%) Serverless
17 10 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (1.23%) OpenShift
18 9 (1.11%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.27%) WAN
2 40 (4.91%) Firewall
3 34 (4.18%) DNS
4 22 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.46%) Internet
5 20 (2.46%) VPN
6 19 (2.33%) Kerberos
7 17 (2.09%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.84%) LAN
9 14 (1.72%) VLAN
10 12 (1.47%) NetScaler
11 11 (1.35%) BGP
11 11 (1.35%) Wireless
12 10 (1.23%) Broadband
13 8 (0.98%) DHCP
13 8 (0.98%) DKIM
13 8 (0.98%) DMARC
13 8 (0.98%) SSL
13 8 (0.98%) VoIP
14 7 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 73 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (7.49%) GIS
4 60 (7.37%) Data Lake
4 60 (7.37%) Power BI
4 60 (7.37%) QGIS
5 44 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (4.79%) Qlik Sense
7 38 (4.67%) NoSQL
8 30 (3.69%) Relational Database
9 29 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 21 (2.58%) Big Data
11 17 (2.09%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.09%) CockroachDB
12 14 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 12 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.47%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (4.79%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.69%) JIRA
3 22 (2.70%) Git
4 15 (1.84%) GitLab
5 12 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.23%) Selenium
7 9 (1.11%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.74%) Maven
10 5 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.49%) Snyk
11 4 (0.49%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.37%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.25%) Gradle
13 2 (0.25%) Postman
13 2 (0.25%) webpack
14 1 (0.12%) Spinnaker
General
1 246 (30.22%) Finance
2 186 (22.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 152 (18.67%) Law
4 137 (16.83%) Social Skills
5 74 (9.09%) Banking
6 71 (8.72%) Marketing
7 57 (7.00%) Legal
8 43 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (2.83%) Investment Banking
11 22 (2.70%) Games
11 22 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.97%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.35%) Billing
14 10 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.74%) Police
15 6 (0.74%) Retail
16 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.37%) Private Banking
18 2 (0.25%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 223 (27.40%) Senior
2 204 (25.06%) Software Engineer
3 153 (18.80%) Lead
4 120 (14.74%) Developer
5 102 (12.53%) Senior Software Engineer
6 89 (10.93%) Architect
7 65 (7.99%) Data Engineer
8 60 (7.37%) Analyst
9 55 (6.76%) Lead Software Engineer
10 53 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
11 47 (5.77%) Java Engineer
11 47 (5.77%) Java Software Engineer
12 44 (5.41%) .NET Developer
13 40 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (4.91%) Lead Java Engineer
14 36 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
14 36 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
15 35 (4.30%) Cloud Architect
16 33 (4.05%) Senior Developer
17 31 (3.81%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (22.73%) .NET
2 99 (12.16%) .NET Core
3 94 (11.55%) React
4 88 (10.81%) CSS
5 68 (8.35%) AngularJS
6 60 (7.37%) Leaflet
6 60 (7.37%) OpenLayers
6 60 (7.37%) PostGIS
7 46 (5.65%) ASP.NET Web API
8 43 (5.28%) ASP.NET
8 43 (5.28%) Spring
9 42 (5.16%) .NET Framework
9 42 (5.16%) PySpark
9 42 (5.16%) Spring Boot
10 36 (4.42%) HTML
11 35 (4.30%) Entity Framework
12 34 (4.18%) REST
13 33 (4.05%) Kafka
14 28 (3.44%) ASP.NET MVC
14 28 (3.44%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 158 (19.41%) Public Cloud
2 69 (8.48%) Algorithms
3 61 (7.49%) Onboarding
4 53 (6.51%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.07%) Private Cloud
6 20 (2.46%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (1.97%) Clustering
9 15 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.84%) Social Media
10 14 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.72%) PKI
10 14 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.72%) Replication
11 11 (1.35%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.11%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.98%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 114 (14.00%) Windows
2 84 (10.32%) Linux
3 69 (8.48%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.19%) Unix
5 18 (2.21%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.35%) VMS
7 9 (1.11%) Android
8 8 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.49%) CentOS
11 4 (0.49%) Mesosphere
12 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (41.03%) Agile
2 251 (30.84%) Software Engineering
3 217 (26.66%) DevOps
4 150 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
5 146 (17.94%) CI/CD
5 146 (17.94%) SDLC
6 115 (14.13%) Operational Stability
7 114 (14.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 108 (13.27%) Machine Learning
9 101 (12.41%) Actionable Insight
10 86 (10.57%) Mentoring
11 78 (9.58%) Community of Practice
12 74 (9.09%) Decision-Making
12 74 (9.09%) Web Development
13 67 (8.23%) Migration
14 65 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (7.99%) OO
15 64 (7.86%) Microservices
16 62 (7.62%) Client Onboarding
17 61 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 172 (21.13%) Python
2 170 (20.88%) Java
3 167 (20.52%) C#
4 164 (20.15%) SQL
5 123 (15.11%) JavaScript
6 47 (5.77%) PowerShell
7 32 (3.93%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.33%) Bash
8 19 (2.33%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.11%) Groovy
10 6 (0.74%) Perl
11 5 (0.61%) C++
11 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.61%) Go
11 5 (0.61%) PHP
11 5 (0.61%) Ruby
12 4 (0.49%) R
12 4 (0.49%) Scala
13 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.25%) C
Qualifications
1 101 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 85 (10.44%) SC Cleared
3 73 (8.97%) Degree
4 38 (4.67%) Azure Certification
5 34 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (2.58%) AWS Certification
7 21 (2.58%) CCNA
8 19 (2.33%) DBS Check
9 17 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.97%) CISSP
11 14 (1.72%) CISM
12 12 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.11%) MCSE
14 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.74%) HND
14 6 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (0.61%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.67%) QA
2 20 (2.46%) GDPR
3 17 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.84%) NIST
5 11 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.49%) ISO 22301
7 4 (0.49%) SLA
7 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 97 (11.92%) Active Directory
2 67 (8.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (7.62%) Docker
4 29 (3.56%) Hyper-V
4 29 (3.56%) VMware NSX
5 20 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.74%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.49%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) KVM
8 2 (0.25%) Xen
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 103 (12.65%) Kubernetes
2 102 (12.53%) Terraform
3 51 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (5.04%) Ansible
5 19 (2.33%) Grafana
5 19 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.60%) FortiGate
7 12 (1.47%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.98%) CASB
9 7 (0.86%) Puppet
10 6 (0.74%) SCCM
10 6 (0.74%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.49%) Istio
12 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.12%) Nessus
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 255 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 97 (11.92%) VMware
3 88 (10.81%) Google
4 60 (7.37%) ESRI
5 39 (4.79%) Alteryx
6 33 (4.05%) Cisco
7 27 (3.32%) Oracle
8 18 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.97%) Citrix
9 16 (1.97%) Databricks
9 16 (1.97%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.84%) Splunk
11 14 (1.72%) IBM
11 14 (1.72%) NetApp
12 13 (1.60%) Veeam
13 11 (1.35%) Sophos
14 10 (1.23%) Meraki
15 8 (0.98%) Sparx
16 7 (0.86%) Apple
16 7 (0.86%) EMC