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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 157 473
Rank change year-on-year -164 +316 -51
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 872 2,266 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 2.30% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.17% 6.95% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 600 622 652
10th Percentile £32,950 £35,075 £41,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +1.71% +14.71%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £86,563
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -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 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

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 23 May 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 23 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
England -158 771 £65,000 -7.14% 319
UK excluding London -195 554 £57,500 -11.54% 226
Work from Home +67 409 £67,500 -2.80% 112
London -49 271 £77,500 +6.90% 137
North of England -134 192 £55,000 -21.43% 55
South East +18 156 £65,000 +13.04% 61
Midlands -145 99 £67,500 +42.11% 42
North West -157 86 £61,206 -25.81% 30
Yorkshire -65 68 £53,750 -22.60% 18
West Midlands -126 55 £70,000 +33.33% 23
East Midlands -42 44 £61,000 +62.67% 19
North East +26 38 £32,500 -48.00% 7
Scotland -122 36 £65,000 -6.40% 13
South West -49 25 £57,500 -12.01% 25
East of England -72 25 £41,500 +6.10% 19
Northern Ireland +33 12 - - 5
Wales 0 9 - - 8

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 62 (7.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.28%) WebLogic
4 12 (1.38%) Confluence
5 10 (1.15%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.80%) IIS
7 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.57%) Apache
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 49 (5.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 872 (100.00%) Azure
2 311 (35.67%) AWS
3 202 (23.17%) Microsoft 365
4 157 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
5 100 (11.47%) PaaS
6 98 (11.24%) IaaS
7 88 (10.09%) Entra ID
8 84 (9.63%) Power Platform
9 71 (8.14%) GCP
10 67 (7.68%) Cloud Computing
11 62 (7.11%) Amazon EKS
12 50 (5.73%) Serverless
13 46 (5.28%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (5.16%) SaaS
15 40 (4.59%) IBM Cloud
16 37 (4.24%) Azure AKS
16 37 (4.24%) Azure Data Factory
17 33 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
18 29 (3.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 26 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 120 (13.76%) Firewall
2 110 (12.61%) DNS
3 65 (7.45%) TCP/IP
4 63 (7.22%) WAN
5 52 (5.96%) SSL
6 51 (5.85%) VPN
7 47 (5.39%) BGP
7 47 (5.39%) Network Security
8 42 (4.82%) SD-WAN
9 34 (3.90%) DHCP
9 34 (3.90%) LAN
10 31 (3.56%) SAN
11 23 (2.64%) VLAN
12 19 (2.18%) Wireless
13 14 (1.61%) Internet
13 14 (1.61%) NetScaler
14 10 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.92%) Intranet
16 8 (0.92%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (10.21%) Data Lake
2 80 (9.17%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (7.80%) Relational Database
4 65 (7.45%) SQL Server
5 62 (7.11%) Amazon RDS
6 56 (6.42%) Power BI
7 54 (6.19%) Oracle Database
8 49 (5.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 47 (5.39%) RDBMS
10 42 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
11 31 (3.56%) NoSQL
12 21 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
13 20 (2.29%) Metadata
14 19 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.83%) MySQL
16 15 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 14 (1.61%) Big Data
18 12 (1.38%) Redis
18 12 (1.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 7 (0.80%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 45 (5.16%) Jenkins
2 41 (4.70%) Git
3 27 (3.10%) JIRA
4 12 (1.38%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.38%) Terragrunt
5 7 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.57%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.23%) GitLab
9 2 (0.23%) Moq
9 2 (0.23%) Postman
9 2 (0.23%) Selenium
9 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.11%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 335 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 189 (21.67%) Finance
3 107 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (12.04%) Public Sector
5 98 (11.24%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (3.56%) Law
8 28 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.10%) Banking
10 20 (2.29%) Retail
11 19 (2.18%) Legal
12 18 (2.06%) Financial Institution
13 16 (1.83%) Marketing
13 16 (1.83%) Retail Banking
14 14 (1.61%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.80%) Police
19 5 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 280 (32.11%) Architect
2 162 (18.58%) Senior
3 138 (15.83%) Lead
4 107 (12.27%) Solutions Architect
5 83 (9.52%) Consultant
6 80 (9.17%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (8.83%) Lead Architect
8 69 (7.91%) Security Architect
9 67 (7.68%) Cloud Architect
10 66 (7.57%) Azure Architect
11 61 (7.00%) Senior Consultant
12 56 (6.42%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (6.42%) Developer
13 50 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 48 (5.50%) Data Consultant
14 48 (5.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 48 (5.50%) Support Engineer
15 47 (5.39%) Senior Technology Consultant
15 47 (5.39%) Technology Consultant
16 40 (4.59%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.88%) Spring Boot
2 51 (5.85%) ARM Templates
3 46 (5.28%) RabbitMQ
4 43 (4.93%) .NET
5 28 (3.21%) Node.js
6 27 (3.10%) REST
7 22 (2.52%) Web Services
8 21 (2.41%) JSON
9 19 (2.18%) XML
10 18 (2.06%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.83%) .NET Framework
12 14 (1.61%) .NET Core
12 14 (1.61%) Middleware
12 14 (1.61%) OAuth
12 14 (1.61%) Spring
13 13 (1.49%) OpenID
13 13 (1.49%) SAML
14 12 (1.38%) React
15 11 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
16 10 (1.15%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 110 (12.61%) Public Cloud
2 91 (10.44%) Management Information System
3 68 (7.80%) Cloud Native
4 59 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (6.65%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (5.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 50 (5.73%) Data Centre
8 41 (4.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 40 (4.59%) Blockchain
10 29 (3.33%) Driving Licence
11 26 (2.98%) Product Ownership
12 21 (2.41%) Onboarding
13 20 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
14 19 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (1.83%) Cyberattack
15 16 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
16 14 (1.61%) iPhone
17 13 (1.49%) Security Posture
18 11 (1.26%) IoT
19 9 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 151 (17.32%) Linux
2 136 (15.60%) Windows
3 52 (5.96%) Windows Server
4 47 (5.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.70%) CentOS
6 40 (4.59%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.59%) Debian
7 22 (2.52%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.29%) VMS
9 17 (1.95%) Unix
9 17 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (1.26%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (1.03%) Solaris
14 5 (0.57%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.34%) Android
17 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
17 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (29.59%) DevOps
2 224 (25.69%) Agile
3 188 (21.56%) CI/CD
4 169 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
5 141 (16.17%) Infrastructure as Code
6 128 (14.68%) Scrum
7 124 (14.22%) Migration
8 119 (13.65%) Roadmaps
9 116 (13.30%) Artificial Intelligence
10 115 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
11 112 (12.84%) ITIL
12 110 (12.61%) Information Security
13 96 (11.01%) Project Management
14 89 (10.21%) Mentoring
15 84 (9.63%) Kanban
16 83 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 81 (9.29%) Presales
18 79 (9.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 78 (8.94%) Computer Science
20 77 (8.83%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 121 (13.88%) SQL
2 108 (12.39%) PowerShell
3 79 (9.06%) Python
4 64 (7.34%) C#
5 61 (7.00%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.59%) Java
7 28 (3.21%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.87%) Bicep
9 22 (2.52%) Bash
10 17 (1.95%) PHP
11 9 (1.03%) Go
12 8 (0.92%) Groovy
12 8 (0.92%) Scala
12 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.80%) Ruby
13 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.69%) R
15 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.34%) Dart
17 2 (0.23%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 266 (30.50%) AWS Certification
2 242 (27.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 167 (19.15%) Degree
4 156 (17.89%) Security Cleared
5 140 (16.06%) SC Cleared
6 107 (12.27%) Cisco Certification
7 91 (10.44%) CISSP
8 69 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (7.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 57 (6.54%) CISM
11 56 (6.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 56 (6.42%) MCSE
12 51 (5.85%) CCSP
13 46 (5.28%) MCSA
14 42 (4.82%) CCNA
15 34 (3.90%) CCSK
16 27 (3.10%) CCNP
17 15 (1.72%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.54%) NIST
2 53 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (3.33%) SLA
5 25 (2.87%) QA
6 21 (2.41%) GDPR
6 21 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.61%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.69%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.57%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.57%) IASME
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.46%) NCSC
11 4 (0.46%) PMO
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 170 (19.50%) Active Directory
2 144 (16.51%) Docker
3 54 (6.19%) Hyper-V
4 53 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (1.61%) XenDesktop
8 10 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.92%) XenApp
10 7 (0.80%) vSphere
11 4 (0.46%) pfSense
12 3 (0.34%) Firmware
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.11%) LXC
14 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
14 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 195 (22.36%) Terraform
2 181 (20.76%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (5.28%) Ansible
5 39 (4.47%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.83%) SCCM
7 13 (1.49%) Grafana
7 13 (1.49%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.15%) SCOM
9 9 (1.03%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.80%) Puppet
12 5 (0.57%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.57%) Suricata
13 4 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.46%) SmoothWall
14 2 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
14 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (0.23%) Istio
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 457 (52.41%) Microsoft
2 84 (9.63%) Cisco
3 77 (8.83%) VMware
4 63 (7.22%) Oracle
5 49 (5.62%) Sparx
6 48 (5.50%) Citrix
7 43 (4.93%) IBM
8 41 (4.70%) Red Hat
9 33 (3.78%) Fortinet
10 23 (2.64%) Veeam
11 20 (2.29%) Databricks
12 16 (1.83%) Google
13 15 (1.72%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.49%) Apple
15 12 (1.38%) Black Duck
15 12 (1.38%) Juniper
16 11 (1.26%) Palo Alto
17 10 (1.15%) WSO2
18 9 (1.03%) Dell
19 8 (0.92%) Commvault