Azure Certification Jobs

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 151 481
Rank change year-on-year -175 +330 -53
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 883 2,259 1,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 2.38% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 7.05% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 596 618 650
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,419 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,351 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +18.82% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Azure Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England -159 783 £65,000 -7.14% 186
UK excluding London -209 560 £57,500 -12.01% 114
Work from Home +70 423 £67,500 -3.57% 110
London -52 274 £77,500 +6.90% 71
North of England -147 190 £55,000 -20.80% 36
South East +1 156 £65,000 +13.04% 21
Midlands -137 106 £67,500 +35.00% 21
North West -172 86 £61,206 -23.14% 21
Yorkshire -76 66 £55,000 -20.80% 7
West Midlands -139 58 £70,000 +33.33% 9
East Midlands -46 48 £64,250 +71.33% 12
North East +21 38 £32,500 -48.00% 8
Scotland -128 35 £69,000 -0.64% 7
South West -67 27 £57,500 -14.69% 13
East of England -83 25 £41,500 +6.10% 14
Northern Ireland +26 12 - - 3
Wales -3 9 - - 1

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 58 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.21%) WebLogic
4 13 (1.47%) Confluence
5 9 (1.02%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.79%) IIS
7 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.45%) Apache
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (5.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 883 (100.00%) Azure
2 309 (34.99%) AWS
3 207 (23.44%) Microsoft 365
4 158 (17.89%) Azure DevOps
5 95 (10.76%) PaaS
6 92 (10.42%) IaaS
7 89 (10.08%) Entra ID
7 89 (10.08%) Power Platform
8 69 (7.81%) GCP
9 66 (7.47%) Cloud Computing
10 59 (6.68%) Amazon EKS
11 47 (5.32%) Serverless
12 46 (5.21%) Amazon SQS
13 44 (4.98%) SaaS
14 40 (4.53%) IBM Cloud
15 38 (4.30%) Azure AKS
15 38 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
16 36 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
17 32 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 27 (3.06%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 119 (13.48%) Firewall
2 110 (12.46%) DNS
3 65 (7.36%) TCP/IP
4 63 (7.13%) WAN
5 52 (5.89%) SSL
6 50 (5.66%) VPN
7 47 (5.32%) BGP
8 45 (5.10%) Network Security
9 42 (4.76%) SD-WAN
10 34 (3.85%) LAN
11 33 (3.74%) DHCP
12 30 (3.40%) SAN
13 23 (2.60%) VLAN
14 18 (2.04%) Wireless
15 14 (1.59%) Internet
16 13 (1.47%) NetScaler
17 10 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
18 9 (1.02%) MPLS
19 8 (0.91%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (10.19%) Data Lake
2 82 (9.29%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (7.36%) Relational Database
4 63 (7.13%) SQL Server
5 62 (7.02%) Amazon RDS
6 61 (6.91%) Power BI
7 54 (6.12%) Oracle Database
8 50 (5.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 47 (5.32%) RDBMS
10 46 (5.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (3.17%) NoSQL
12 21 (2.38%) Metadata
13 19 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
15 16 (1.81%) MySQL
16 15 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 14 (1.59%) Big Data
18 12 (1.36%) Redis
18 12 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 7 (0.79%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 42 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 38 (4.30%) Git
3 29 (3.28%) JIRA
4 12 (1.36%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.36%) Terragrunt
5 7 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.23%) GitLab
8 2 (0.23%) Moq
8 2 (0.23%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) Selenium
8 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 340 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 187 (21.18%) Finance
3 109 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (11.78%) Public Sector
5 99 (11.21%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (3.74%) Law
8 28 (3.17%) Banking
8 28 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.38%) Retail
10 19 (2.15%) Financial Institution
10 19 (2.15%) Legal
11 17 (1.93%) Retail Banking
12 14 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.59%) Marketing
13 11 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.02%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.79%) Police
17 5 (0.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 287 (32.50%) Architect
2 168 (19.03%) Senior
3 138 (15.63%) Lead
4 106 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
5 85 (9.63%) Consultant
6 80 (9.06%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (8.72%) Lead Architect
8 71 (8.04%) Cloud Architect
9 69 (7.81%) Security Architect
10 67 (7.59%) Azure Architect
11 61 (6.91%) Senior Consultant
12 59 (6.68%) Cloud Engineer
13 54 (6.12%) Developer
14 48 (5.44%) Data Consultant
14 48 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 48 (5.44%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 47 (5.32%) Senior Technology Consultant
15 47 (5.32%) Support Engineer
15 47 (5.32%) Technology Consultant
16 39 (4.42%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.46%) Spring Boot
2 53 (6.00%) ARM Templates
3 46 (5.21%) RabbitMQ
4 43 (4.87%) .NET
5 25 (2.83%) Node.js
6 24 (2.72%) REST
7 21 (2.38%) Web Services
8 17 (1.93%) JSON
9 16 (1.81%) .NET Framework
10 15 (1.70%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.70%) OAuth
11 14 (1.59%) .NET Core
11 14 (1.59%) Middleware
11 14 (1.59%) OpenID
11 14 (1.59%) SAML
11 14 (1.59%) XML
12 13 (1.47%) React
13 11 (1.25%) CSS
13 11 (1.25%) HTML
13 11 (1.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 110 (12.46%) Public Cloud
2 91 (10.31%) Management Information System
3 69 (7.81%) Cloud Native
4 58 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (6.57%) Enterprise Software
5 53 (6.00%) Data Centre
6 52 (5.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (4.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 40 (4.53%) Blockchain
9 28 (3.17%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.83%) Product Ownership
11 20 (2.27%) Onboarding
12 19 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (2.15%) Enterprise Storage
12 19 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (1.81%) Cyberattack
13 16 (1.81%) iPhone
14 13 (1.47%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.13%) IoT
16 9 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 156 (17.67%) Linux
2 141 (15.97%) Windows
3 50 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 48 (5.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.76%) CentOS
6 40 (4.53%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.53%) Debian
7 22 (2.49%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.27%) VMS
9 17 (1.93%) Unix
10 16 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (1.36%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
13 9 (1.02%) Solaris
13 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.57%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.45%) Android
15 4 (0.45%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (29.22%) DevOps
2 226 (25.59%) Agile
3 190 (21.52%) CI/CD
4 173 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (16.65%) Infrastructure as Code
6 129 (14.61%) Migration
7 127 (14.38%) Roadmaps
8 126 (14.27%) Scrum
9 118 (13.36%) Artificial Intelligence
9 118 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
10 116 (13.14%) ITIL
11 111 (12.57%) Information Security
12 99 (11.21%) Project Management
13 89 (10.08%) Mentoring
14 87 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 85 (9.63%) Computer Science
16 83 (9.40%) Presales
17 82 (9.29%) Kanban
18 81 (9.17%) Data Architecture
19 80 (9.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 124 (14.04%) SQL
2 108 (12.23%) PowerShell
3 78 (8.83%) Python
4 65 (7.36%) C#
5 59 (6.68%) JavaScript
6 38 (4.30%) Java
7 28 (3.17%) TypeScript
8 26 (2.94%) Bicep
9 23 (2.60%) Bash
10 17 (1.93%) PHP
11 10 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.02%) Go
13 8 (0.91%) Groovy
13 8 (0.91%) Scala
14 7 (0.79%) Ruby
14 7 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.68%) R
16 3 (0.34%) Dart
17 2 (0.23%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 264 (29.90%) AWS Certification
2 244 (27.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 174 (19.71%) Degree
4 159 (18.01%) Security Cleared
5 142 (16.08%) SC Cleared
6 109 (12.34%) Cisco Certification
7 90 (10.19%) CISSP
8 75 (8.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (7.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 57 (6.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 56 (6.34%) CISM
12 55 (6.23%) MCSE
13 52 (5.89%) CCSP
14 45 (5.10%) MCSA
15 43 (4.87%) CCNA
16 34 (3.85%) CCSK
17 27 (3.06%) CCNP
18 14 (1.59%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 13 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.34%) NIST
2 54 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (3.17%) SLA
5 26 (2.94%) QA
6 23 (2.60%) GDPR
7 21 (2.38%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.59%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.79%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.68%) IASME
12 5 (0.57%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.57%) NCSC
13 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.45%) PMO
14 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.23%) WCAG
15 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 173 (19.59%) Active Directory
2 144 (16.31%) Docker
3 54 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 54 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (1.59%) XenDesktop
8 10 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.02%) vSphere
10 8 (0.91%) XenApp
11 4 (0.45%) pfSense
12 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.23%) Firmware
13 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.11%) LXC
14 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
14 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 197 (22.31%) Terraform
2 181 (20.50%) Kubernetes
3 69 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (4.76%) Ansible
5 39 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (1.47%) Grafana
6 13 (1.47%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.47%) SCCM
7 9 (1.02%) SCOM
7 9 (1.02%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.79%) Puppet
10 6 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.57%) Suricata
12 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.45%) SmoothWall
13 2 (0.23%) Istio
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 2 (0.23%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 463 (52.43%) Microsoft
2 85 (9.63%) Cisco
3 79 (8.95%) VMware
4 62 (7.02%) Oracle
5 49 (5.55%) Sparx
6 46 (5.21%) Citrix
7 42 (4.76%) IBM
8 40 (4.53%) Red Hat
9 32 (3.62%) Fortinet
10 23 (2.60%) Veeam
11 20 (2.27%) Databricks
12 17 (1.93%) Google
13 15 (1.70%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.59%) Apple
14 14 (1.59%) Juniper
15 12 (1.36%) Black Duck
16 11 (1.25%) Palo Alto
17 10 (1.13%) Dell
18 9 (1.02%) BMC
18 9 (1.02%) Remedy