Azure Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 129 421
Rank change year-on-year -200 +292 -6
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 536 1,607 520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.76% 2.67% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 7.34% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 350 337 284
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £41,134
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £84,056 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £75,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £68,823
% change year-on-year -6.40% +0.91% +14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,486 21,880 22,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.38% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,231 8,108 10,239
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,029 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -130 189 £55,000 -21.43% 55
South East +10 154 £65,000 +13.54% 47
Midlands -150 92 £62,500 +38.89% 44
North West -163 82 £61,206 -25.81% 28
Yorkshire -60 69 £52,500 -24.70% 20
West Midlands -131 53 £67,500 +31.71% 23
East Midlands -56 39 £55,000 +71.88% 21
North East +27 38 £32,500 -48.00% 8
Scotland -129 36 £65,000 -6.40% 10
East of England -58 26 £40,750 +4.19% 19
South West -55 21 £57,500 - 25
Northern Ireland +33 11 - - 4
Wales -6 7 - - 8
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 47 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (7.46%) WebLogic
3 32 (5.97%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.87%) Confluence
5 7 (1.31%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.93%) IIS
7 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.19%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 40 (7.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 536 (100.00%) Azure
2 189 (35.26%) AWS
3 140 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (17.72%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (11.19%) Entra ID
6 53 (9.89%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (8.58%) Power Platform
8 40 (7.46%) Amazon SQS
8 40 (7.46%) IBM Cloud
9 38 (7.09%) PaaS
10 37 (6.90%) IaaS
11 36 (6.72%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (4.48%) GCP
13 21 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (3.54%) SaaS
15 18 (3.36%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.99%) Serverless
17 14 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (2.61%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 91 (16.98%) DNS
2 87 (16.23%) Firewall
3 58 (10.82%) TCP/IP
4 53 (9.89%) WAN
5 45 (8.40%) SSL
6 43 (8.02%) VPN
7 40 (7.46%) BGP
8 37 (6.90%) SD-WAN
9 33 (6.16%) Network Security
10 29 (5.41%) SAN
11 28 (5.22%) DHCP
12 16 (2.99%) VLAN
13 15 (2.80%) Wireless
14 13 (2.43%) LAN
14 13 (2.43%) NetScaler
15 9 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (1.31%) Internet
16 7 (1.31%) Intranet
17 6 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
18 5 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.01%) Amazon RDS
2 58 (10.82%) Relational Database
3 53 (9.89%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (9.33%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.58%) Oracle Database
6 45 (8.40%) SQL Server
7 41 (7.65%) RDBMS
8 31 (5.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 30 (5.60%) Power BI
10 26 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 25 (4.66%) NoSQL
12 17 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (2.43%) MySQL
15 11 (2.05%) Redis
15 11 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (1.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 8 (1.49%) Big Data
18 6 (1.12%) MariaDB
18 6 (1.12%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.66%) Git
2 19 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.61%) JIRA
4 6 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.75%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.19%) JIRA Agile
General
1 213 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 83 (15.49%) Finance
3 59 (11.01%) Public Sector
4 50 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.33%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (2.99%) Legal
7 14 (2.61%) Retail
8 10 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.87%) Marketing
9 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.31%) Law
9 7 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.93%) Local Government
10 5 (0.93%) Police
11 4 (0.75%) Aviation
11 4 (0.75%) Avionics
11 4 (0.75%) Banking
11 4 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (26.31%) Architect
2 97 (18.10%) Lead
3 88 (16.42%) Senior
4 65 (12.13%) Solutions Architect
5 64 (11.94%) Lead Architect
6 45 (8.40%) Consultant
7 41 (7.65%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 40 (7.46%) Azure Engineer
8 40 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
9 39 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 39 (7.28%) Senior Consultant
10 38 (7.09%) Security Architect
11 37 (6.90%) Developer
11 37 (6.90%) Support Engineer
12 33 (6.16%) IT Support
13 32 (5.97%) IT Engineer
14 30 (5.60%) Data Consultant
14 30 (5.60%) Senior Technology Consultant
14 30 (5.60%) Technology Consultant
15 25 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.51%) Spring Boot
2 40 (7.46%) RabbitMQ
3 32 (5.97%) .NET
4 21 (3.92%) REST
5 19 (3.54%) Web Services
6 14 (2.61%) XML
7 13 (2.43%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.43%) JSON
7 13 (2.43%) Node.js
8 12 (2.24%) .NET Framework
8 12 (2.24%) ARM Templates
9 11 (2.05%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.05%) Middleware
9 11 (2.05%) OAuth
9 11 (2.05%) OpenID
9 11 (2.05%) React
9 11 (2.05%) SAML
9 11 (2.05%) Spring
10 8 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (1.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.87%) Public Cloud
2 58 (10.82%) Management Information System
3 53 (9.89%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (9.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 44 (8.21%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (7.46%) Blockchain
7 32 (5.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 30 (5.60%) Driving Licence
9 28 (5.22%) Cloud Native
10 27 (5.04%) Data Centre
11 21 (3.92%) Enterprise Storage
12 17 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (2.24%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.68%) Low-Code
15 7 (1.31%) Biopharmaceutical
15 7 (1.31%) Onboarding
15 7 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
16 6 (1.12%) Clustering
16 6 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (1.12%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 123 (22.95%) Linux
2 96 (17.91%) Windows
3 45 (8.40%) Windows Server
4 41 (7.65%) CentOS
5 40 (7.46%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (7.46%) Debian
5 40 (7.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (3.36%) VMS
6 18 (3.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (3.17%) Windows 10
8 12 (2.24%) Unix
9 10 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.31%) Ubuntu
12 6 (1.12%) Solaris
13 5 (0.93%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.75%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.56%) Android
16 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (28.36%) DevOps
2 137 (25.56%) Agile
3 118 (22.01%) CI/CD
4 93 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
5 92 (17.16%) ITIL
6 90 (16.79%) Scrum
7 87 (16.23%) Artificial Intelligence
8 76 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
9 74 (13.81%) Information Security
10 71 (13.25%) Migration
11 68 (12.69%) Kanban
11 68 (12.69%) Project Management
12 65 (12.13%) Roadmaps
13 62 (11.57%) Actionable Insight
14 61 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 60 (11.19%) Collaborative Working
16 55 (10.26%) TOGAF
17 54 (10.07%) SDLC
18 52 (9.70%) Open Source
19 51 (9.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 79 (14.74%) SQL
2 59 (11.01%) PowerShell
3 52 (9.70%) C#
4 41 (7.65%) Python
5 33 (6.16%) JavaScript
6 31 (5.78%) Java
7 26 (4.85%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.80%) PHP
9 11 (2.05%) Bash
9 11 (2.05%) Bicep
10 7 (1.31%) Go
11 6 (1.12%) Groovy
11 6 (1.12%) Ruby
11 6 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.93%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.75%) R
14 3 (0.56%) Dart
15 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 176 (32.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 153 (28.54%) AWS Certification
3 98 (18.28%) Degree
4 82 (15.30%) Security Cleared
5 81 (15.11%) Cisco Certification
6 78 (14.55%) SC Cleared
7 56 (10.45%) CISSP
8 54 (10.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 54 (10.07%) MCSE
9 43 (8.02%) MCSA
10 40 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (7.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 38 (7.09%) CCNA
11 38 (7.09%) CCSP
12 37 (6.90%) CISM
13 29 (5.41%) CCSK
14 25 (4.66%) CCNP
15 12 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 8 (1.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.65%) NIST
2 40 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.22%) SLA
4 23 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (2.99%) GDPR
6 14 (2.61%) QA
7 10 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (1.68%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.75%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.75%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.75%) NCSC
9 4 (0.75%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 124 (23.13%) Active Directory
2 101 (18.84%) Docker
3 54 (10.07%) Hyper-V
4 38 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.61%) XenDesktop
7 12 (2.24%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.49%) XenApp
9 6 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.75%) Firmware
10 4 (0.75%) pfSense
11 2 (0.37%) vSphere
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 124 (23.13%) Kubernetes
2 103 (19.22%) Terraform
3 52 (9.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (3.92%) Ansible
6 12 (2.24%) SCCM
7 11 (2.05%) Grafana
7 11 (2.05%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.87%) SCOM
9 6 (1.12%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.12%) Puppet
9 6 (1.12%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.93%) Suricata
11 4 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.75%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 4 (0.75%) SmoothWall
12 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.19%) Istio
Vendors
1 280 (52.24%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.06%) Cisco
3 56 (10.45%) VMware
4 54 (10.07%) Oracle
5 41 (7.65%) IBM
5 41 (7.65%) Red Hat
6 40 (7.46%) Sparx
7 30 (5.60%) Fortinet
8 27 (5.04%) Citrix
9 24 (4.48%) Veeam
10 15 (2.80%) Databricks
11 11 (2.05%) Apple
12 10 (1.87%) Commvault
12 10 (1.87%) Juniper
13 8 (1.49%) Dell
14 7 (1.31%) WSO2
15 6 (1.12%) New Relic
15 6 (1.12%) Nimble Storage
15 6 (1.12%) SaltStack
15 6 (1.12%) SolarWinds