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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 155 474
Rank change year-on-year -172 +319 -50
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 879 2,272 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 2.33% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.17% 7.00% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 602 629 654
10th Percentile £33,050 £35,950 £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% +12.50%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,419 £85,938
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,000 £102,125
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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 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 28 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 -159 779 £65,000 -7.14% 318
UK excluding London -199 559 £57,500 -12.01% 210
Work from Home +75 418 £67,500 -3.57% 119
London -48 272 £77,500 +6.90% 123
North of England -140 190 £55,000 -21.43% 62
South East +18 157 £65,000 +13.04% 35
Midlands -139 103 £67,500 +38.46% 43
North West -161 86 £61,206 -25.81% 30
Yorkshire -71 67 £53,750 -22.60% 19
West Midlands -132 57 £70,000 +33.33% 23
East Midlands -49 46 £61,000 +62.67% 20
North East +25 37 £32,500 -48.00% 13
Scotland -123 36 £65,000 -6.40% 12
South West -63 27 £57,500 -14.69% 24
East of England -80 25 £41,500 +6.10% 25
Northern Ireland +26 12 - - 4
Wales -6 9 - - 7

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 61 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.23%) WebLogic
4 13 (1.48%) Confluence
5 10 (1.14%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.91%) IIS
7 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.57%) Apache
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 49 (5.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 879 (100.00%) Azure
2 313 (35.61%) AWS
3 204 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
4 159 (18.09%) Azure DevOps
5 99 (11.26%) PaaS
6 96 (10.92%) IaaS
7 88 (10.01%) Entra ID
8 86 (9.78%) Power Platform
9 70 (7.96%) GCP
10 67 (7.62%) Cloud Computing
11 61 (6.94%) Amazon EKS
12 49 (5.57%) Serverless
13 46 (5.23%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (5.12%) SaaS
15 40 (4.55%) IBM Cloud
16 38 (4.32%) Azure AKS
17 37 (4.21%) Azure Data Factory
18 35 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
19 30 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 27 (3.07%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 120 (13.65%) Firewall
2 111 (12.63%) DNS
3 65 (7.39%) TCP/IP
4 63 (7.17%) WAN
5 52 (5.92%) SSL
6 51 (5.80%) VPN
7 47 (5.35%) BGP
8 46 (5.23%) Network Security
9 42 (4.78%) SD-WAN
10 34 (3.87%) DHCP
11 33 (3.75%) LAN
12 30 (3.41%) SAN
13 23 (2.62%) VLAN
14 19 (2.16%) Wireless
15 14 (1.59%) Internet
15 14 (1.59%) NetScaler
16 10 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (1.02%) MPLS
17 9 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (0.91%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (10.13%) Data Lake
2 80 (9.10%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (7.62%) Relational Database
4 64 (7.28%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.17%) Amazon RDS
6 58 (6.60%) Power BI
7 54 (6.14%) Oracle Database
8 50 (5.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 47 (5.35%) RDBMS
10 43 (4.89%) Azure SQL Database
11 30 (3.41%) NoSQL
12 20 (2.28%) Metadata
12 20 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (1.82%) MySQL
15 15 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (1.59%) Big Data
17 12 (1.37%) Redis
17 12 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 7 (0.80%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 44 (5.01%) Jenkins
2 40 (4.55%) Git
3 28 (3.19%) JIRA
4 12 (1.37%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.37%) Terragrunt
5 7 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.46%) 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%) Chocolatey
9 1 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 336 (38.23%) Social Skills
2 188 (21.39%) Finance
3 106 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (11.95%) Public Sector
5 97 (11.04%) Presentation Skills
6 51 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (3.64%) Law
8 28 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.96%) Banking
10 21 (2.39%) Retail
11 19 (2.16%) Legal
12 18 (2.05%) Financial Institution
13 16 (1.82%) Marketing
13 16 (1.82%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.71%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.14%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.80%) Police
18 5 (0.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 283 (32.20%) Architect
2 163 (18.54%) Senior
3 138 (15.70%) Lead
4 107 (12.17%) Solutions Architect
5 84 (9.56%) Consultant
6 82 (9.33%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (8.76%) Lead Architect
8 68 (7.74%) Cloud Architect
8 68 (7.74%) Security Architect
9 66 (7.51%) Azure Architect
10 61 (6.94%) Senior Consultant
11 58 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
12 55 (6.26%) Developer
13 51 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 48 (5.46%) Data Consultant
14 48 (5.46%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 47 (5.35%) Senior Technology Consultant
15 47 (5.35%) Support Engineer
15 47 (5.35%) Technology Consultant
16 39 (4.44%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.71%) Spring Boot
2 52 (5.92%) ARM Templates
3 46 (5.23%) RabbitMQ
4 43 (4.89%) .NET
5 27 (3.07%) Node.js
6 26 (2.96%) REST
7 22 (2.50%) Web Services
8 19 (2.16%) JSON
9 17 (1.93%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.93%) XML
10 16 (1.82%) .NET Framework
11 15 (1.71%) OAuth
12 14 (1.59%) .NET Core
12 14 (1.59%) Middleware
12 14 (1.59%) OpenID
12 14 (1.59%) SAML
13 13 (1.48%) Spring
14 12 (1.37%) React
15 11 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
16 10 (1.14%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.63%) Public Cloud
2 90 (10.24%) Management Information System
3 69 (7.85%) Cloud Native
4 59 (6.71%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (6.60%) Distributed Systems
6 52 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 50 (5.69%) Data Centre
8 41 (4.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 40 (4.55%) Blockchain
10 28 (3.19%) Driving Licence
11 26 (2.96%) Product Ownership
12 20 (2.28%) Onboarding
13 19 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (2.16%) Enterprise Storage
14 17 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.71%) Cyberattack
16 14 (1.59%) iPhone
17 13 (1.48%) Security Posture
18 11 (1.25%) IoT
19 9 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 153 (17.41%) Linux
2 140 (15.93%) Windows
3 53 (6.03%) Windows Server
4 47 (5.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.66%) CentOS
6 40 (4.55%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.55%) Debian
7 22 (2.50%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.28%) VMS
9 18 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.93%) Unix
11 12 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (1.25%) Ubuntu
13 10 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 9 (1.02%) Solaris
15 5 (0.57%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.46%) Android
16 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
17 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (29.58%) DevOps
2 225 (25.60%) Agile
3 190 (21.62%) CI/CD
4 172 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
5 145 (16.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 127 (14.45%) Scrum
7 126 (14.33%) Migration
8 122 (13.88%) Roadmaps
9 116 (13.20%) Artificial Intelligence
10 115 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
11 113 (12.86%) ITIL
12 109 (12.40%) Information Security
13 96 (10.92%) Project Management
14 89 (10.13%) Mentoring
15 85 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 84 (9.56%) Kanban
17 82 (9.33%) Presales
18 81 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 80 (9.10%) Computer Science
20 78 (8.87%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 123 (13.99%) SQL
2 112 (12.74%) PowerShell
3 79 (8.99%) Python
4 65 (7.39%) C#
5 60 (6.83%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.55%) Java
7 28 (3.19%) TypeScript
8 26 (2.96%) Bicep
9 23 (2.62%) Bash
10 17 (1.93%) PHP
11 9 (1.02%) Go
11 9 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.91%) Groovy
12 8 (0.91%) Scala
13 7 (0.80%) Ruby
13 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.68%) R
15 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.34%) Dart
17 2 (0.23%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 266 (30.26%) AWS Certification
2 242 (27.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 170 (19.34%) Degree
4 159 (18.09%) Security Cleared
5 142 (16.15%) SC Cleared
6 107 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
7 90 (10.24%) CISSP
8 71 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (7.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 56 (6.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 56 (6.37%) CISM
10 56 (6.37%) MCSE
11 51 (5.80%) CCSP
12 46 (5.23%) MCSA
13 42 (4.78%) CCNA
14 34 (3.87%) CCSK
15 27 (3.07%) CCNP
16 15 (1.71%) PMI Certification
17 14 (1.59%) PMP
18 13 (1.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.48%) NIST
2 53 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (3.30%) SLA
5 25 (2.84%) QA
6 21 (2.39%) GDPR
6 21 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.59%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.68%) 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
1 171 (19.45%) Active Directory
2 144 (16.38%) Docker
3 55 (6.26%) Hyper-V
4 54 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (1.48%) XenDesktop
9 10 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.80%) vSphere
10 7 (0.80%) XenApp
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
1 198 (22.53%) Terraform
2 181 (20.59%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 45 (5.12%) Ansible
5 39 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.71%) SCCM
7 13 (1.48%) Grafana
7 13 (1.48%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.25%) SCOM
9 9 (1.02%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.91%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.80%) Puppet
12 5 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.57%) Suricata
13 4 (0.46%) SmoothWall
14 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
15 2 (0.23%) Istio
15 2 (0.23%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 461 (52.45%) Microsoft
2 85 (9.67%) Cisco
3 79 (8.99%) VMware
4 63 (7.17%) Oracle
5 49 (5.57%) Sparx
6 47 (5.35%) Citrix
7 43 (4.89%) IBM
8 41 (4.66%) Red Hat
9 33 (3.75%) Fortinet
10 24 (2.73%) Veeam
11 20 (2.28%) Databricks
12 16 (1.82%) Google
13 15 (1.71%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.59%) Apple
15 13 (1.48%) Juniper
16 12 (1.37%) Black Duck
17 11 (1.25%) Palo Alto
18 10 (1.14%) Dell
18 10 (1.14%) WSO2
19 9 (1.02%) SolarWinds