Azure Certification Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 40 247
Rank change year-on-year -171 +207 -44
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 79 567 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 7.12% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.34% 20.38% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 61 75 50
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £82,500 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +54.64% -17.92%
75th Percentile £71,250 £86,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £84,919 - £75,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,365 2,782 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.39% 34.94% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 938 1,303
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,787 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the North West

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the North West

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the North West

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester -126 52 £60,000 -24.65% 12
Merseyside -34 16 £62,500 -24.24%
Lancashire -48 7 £79,842 +104.13% 1
Cheshire -55 4 £45,000 -33.33% 4
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (10.13%) WebLogic
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.27%) Aareon QL
2 1 (1.27%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (1.27%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.27%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 79 (100.00%) Azure
2 36 (45.57%) AWS
3 15 (18.99%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (13.92%) Power Platform
5 9 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (10.13%) Amazon EKS
6 8 (10.13%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (10.13%) Entra ID
7 7 (8.86%) GCP
8 5 (6.33%) IaaS
9 4 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (5.06%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (3.80%) Azure AKS
10 3 (3.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (3.80%) PaaS
11 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (2.53%) Azure Storage
12 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) WAN
2 15 (18.99%) SD-WAN
3 13 (16.46%) DNS
4 9 (11.39%) SSL
5 8 (10.13%) BGP
5 8 (10.13%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.53%) DHCP
6 2 (2.53%) Firewall
6 2 (2.53%) VPN
7 1 (1.27%) DMZ
7 1 (1.27%) Network Security
7 1 (1.27%) VLAN
7 1 (1.27%) VoIP
7 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (11.39%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (11.39%) Power BI
2 9 (11.39%) RDBMS
2 9 (11.39%) Relational Database
3 8 (10.13%) Oracle Database
4 7 (8.86%) Data Lake
4 7 (8.86%) NoSQL
5 6 (7.59%) Data Vault
5 6 (7.59%) MySQL
5 6 (7.59%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (7.59%) Star Schema
6 4 (5.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (3.80%) Big Data
7 3 (3.80%) Hadoop
7 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.86%) Documentation Skills
2 7 (8.86%) Finance
2 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Local Government
5 4 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Law
6 3 (3.80%) Legal
7 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.27%) Electronics
8 1 (1.27%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (39.24%) Architect
2 26 (32.91%) Lead
3 17 (21.52%) Lead Architect
4 15 (18.99%) Security Architect
4 15 (18.99%) Senior
5 14 (17.72%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (16.46%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (15.19%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (11.39%) Lead Security Architect
9 8 (10.13%) Developer
9 8 (10.13%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 7 (8.86%) .NET Developer
10 7 (8.86%) IT Manager
11 6 (7.59%) Lead .NET Developer
11 6 (7.59%) Lead Developer
11 6 (7.59%) Senior Architect
11 6 (7.59%) Senior Security Architect
12 5 (6.33%) Migration Engineer
13 4 (5.06%) Data Consultant
13 4 (5.06%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.13%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (10.13%) Spring Boot
2 7 (8.86%) .NET
3 6 (7.59%) .NET Framework
3 6 (7.59%) Web Services
4 5 (6.33%) CSS
4 5 (6.33%) HTML
5 4 (5.06%) ARM Templates
6 3 (3.80%) PySpark
7 1 (1.27%) Node.js
7 1 (1.27%) React
7 1 (1.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.25%) Management Information System
2 15 (18.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (13.92%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (10.13%) Public Cloud
5 6 (7.59%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.27%) iPhone
8 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Linux
2 8 (10.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (7.59%) Windows
4 5 (6.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) Agile
1 20 (25.32%) Migration
2 17 (21.52%) ITIL
3 16 (20.25%) Application Security
3 16 (20.25%) Information Security
4 15 (18.99%) Identity Management
4 15 (18.99%) OWASP
4 15 (18.99%) Scrum
4 15 (18.99%) Secure Coding
4 15 (18.99%) Security Architecture
5 14 (17.72%) CI/CD
5 14 (17.72%) Mentoring
6 12 (15.19%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (15.19%) Design Patterns
6 12 (15.19%) Performance Optimisation
6 12 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (13.92%) Analytics
7 11 (13.92%) Cloud Operations
7 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (12.66%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.46%) SQL
2 9 (11.39%) C#
2 9 (11.39%) PowerShell
3 8 (10.13%) TypeScript
4 4 (5.06%) Bicep
5 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.53%) Python
7 1 (1.27%) Bash
7 1 (1.27%) Java
7 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (44.30%) AWS Certification
2 18 (22.78%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (20.25%) CISSP
4 15 (18.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 15 (18.99%) CCSK
4 15 (18.99%) CCSP
4 15 (18.99%) CISM
5 14 (17.72%) SC Cleared
5 14 (17.72%) Security Cleared
6 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (15.19%) Degree
8 8 (10.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (10.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.80%) CCNA
9 3 (3.80%) CCNP
10 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.27%) APMP
11 1 (1.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.99%) NIST
2 6 (7.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.06%) SLA
4 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (18.99%) Docker
2 13 (16.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (22.78%) Kubernetes
2 15 (18.99%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (13.92%) Terraform
4 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.27%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 39 (49.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.13%) Oracle
2 8 (10.13%) Sparx
3 4 (5.06%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (5.06%) Cisco
4 3 (3.80%) Databricks
4 3 (3.80%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.27%) Aareon
5 1 (1.27%) Apple
5 1 (1.27%) Capita
5 1 (1.27%) Civica
5 1 (1.27%) Meraki
5 1 (1.27%) NEC
5 1 (1.27%) SAP
5 1 (1.27%) Veeam
5 1 (1.27%) VMware