Azure: mercado
Azure is the enterprise-segment cloud: where infrastructure is already built on Active Directory, the Office ecosystem and .NET, the cloud trail almost always leads to Azure. We track 21 510 open positions listing Azure, 19 644 of them fresh. The demand core is AKS, Azure DevOps, Data Factory, Synapse and Entra ID; a notable share of the market is hybrid setups where the cloud coexists with on-prem. The main roles are DevOps, Data and Architect. Alongside Azure, employers most often ask for AWS, GCP and Python. 40% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of demand for engineers with Azure skills.
El mercado de Azure tiene ahora 21.510 puestos abiertos, 19.644 de ellos observados recientemente. Median salary $8333/mo. Observed candidate pool — 954.
40% of Azure postings allow fully remote work; enterprise customers lean hybrid more often.
⚠ salary known for 1977 of 21510 jobs; remote share from 17250 with a stated format; 19644 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Azure postings appeared each week since Aug 10, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 247
New sources connected: Aug 17 +30 · Aug 24 +19 · Aug 31 +14 · Sep 7 +15 · Sep 14 +14 · Sep 21 +27 · Sep 28 +8 · Oct 5 +14 · Oct 12 +12 · Oct 19 +17
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses. A posting belongs to the technology by its stack tag; the series starts on 10 Aug 2026 — earlier tags were assigned differently and are not comparable. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Salaries over time
Median Azure salary per week, USD per month.
Median salary, USD per month
Only postings with a USD salary and a known period (month or year), $500–$50,000 per month. Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank — that means no data, not zero.
Remote work over time
Share of Azure postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Azure postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demanda y oferta observada
| Demanda abierta | 21.510 |
| Oferta observada | 954 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Distribución de salarios
Uno de cada diez gana menos de $4250, uno de cada diez más de $16.645. La mitad del mercado está entre $5778 y $12.608. Muestra: 1977.
The Azure range histogram uses only postings with an explicit compensation range.
Geografía de la demanda
| país | empleos |
|---|---|
| PL | 5277 |
| US | 4284 |
| IN | 1679 |
| GB | 1166 |
| DE | 819 |
| CA | 438 |
| HK | 366 |
| BR | 262 |
| TH | 219 |
| NL | 219 |
The top country for Azure demand is Poland (5 277 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Se usa junto con
Azure most often appears next to AWS, GCP and Python: the platform rarely shows up without a language and DevOps tooling.
Roles que la usan
| rol | empleos |
|---|---|
| DevOps | 3986 |
| Data | 2610 |
| Architect | 1973 |
| Fullstack | 1693 |
| Platform Engineer | 1551 |
| Backend | 1512 |
| Security | 1455 |
| AI Engineer | 993 |
| ML/AI | 790 |
| QA | 597 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demanda por nivel
| nivel | empleos |
|---|---|
| senior | 8474 |
| lead | 1471 |
| middle | 1341 |
| principal | 1092 |
| junior | 450 |
Senior-and-above is about 86% of 12 828 graded Azure postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Empleadores
La demanda se reparte entre 6026 empleadores. El mayor concentra el 7.4%, los diez primeros el 12.9%; el 87.1% restante es cola larga.
| proporción | valor |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 7.4% |
| top-3 | 9.9% |
| top-10 | 12.9% |
| cola larga | 87.1% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Dónde ve Zorky este mercado
Observado en 174 fuentes; la mayor concentra el 18.2%: este mercado no depende de un solo canal.
Azure postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Vacantes recientes
- Technology Support Specialist (Temporary)
- Full Stack AI Engineer
- IT Data Integration & DevOps Analyst · US · $8958
- Sr. Product Manager, OEM Integrations · US
- Staff Software Engineer · US
- Security Engineer · IN
- Senior Principal AI Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack & DevOps) · GB
Mercados adyacentes
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
Cómo se mide
- Vacante
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Candidato observado
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Candidato emparejable
- not counted yet
- Ventana
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
Sobre los datos
- Algunos desgloses están ocultos: su cobertura de datos aún no es suficiente.
- Las estadísticas se muestran solo donde la muestra supera un control de calidad.
- Que falte un bloque no significa que el valor sea cero.
Desgloses ocultos actualmente: 7.
Datos a 2026-10-27
Preguntas frecuentes
Frequently asked questions about the Azure market — short answers from the slice.
How does Azure demand differ from AWS demand?
Azure is stronger in the enterprise segment: Entra ID (Active Directory) integration, hybrid scenarios and the data platform (Data Factory, Synapse, Fabric). AWS is wider in product and startup stacks. The skills transfer: networking, IaC and containers match conceptually — the services differ.
Which roles need Azure?
DevOps, Data, Architect and Fullstack lead the demand. DevOps and cloud engineers need AKS and Azure DevOps, data engineers — Data Factory and Synapse, backend — App Service and Functions, security — Entra ID and Defender.
What should I learn first for Azure jobs?
The foundation: networking and IAM (Entra ID), one IaC tool (Terraform or Bicep), AKS and containers, plus monitoring. AZ-104/AZ-400/DP-203 certifications appear in postings as a plus; hands-on practice with a live subscription is valued higher.
Is remote work available in Azure jobs?
40% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 21 510 open Azure positions. Hybrid is notably more common in the enterprise segment than the market average.