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 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 334 166 473
Rank change year-on-year -168 +307 -52
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 852 2,281 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 2.25% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.10% 6.89% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 606 626 652
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,447 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +0.91% +14.71%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £107,375
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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 9 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 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
England -160 756 £65,000 -7.14% 302
UK excluding London -200 536 £57,500 -11.54% 206
Work from Home +80 398 £67,500 -2.80% 101
London -50 270 £77,500 +6.90% 119
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
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 63 (7.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.40%) WebLogic
4 12 (1.41%) Confluence
5 10 (1.17%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.70%) IIS
7 5 (0.59%) Apache
8 3 (0.35%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 49 (5.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 852 (100.00%) Azure
2 285 (33.45%) AWS
3 205 (24.06%) Microsoft 365
4 154 (18.08%) Azure DevOps
5 103 (12.09%) PaaS
6 101 (11.85%) IaaS
7 90 (10.56%) Entra ID
8 80 (9.39%) Power Platform
9 62 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
10 58 (6.81%) GCP
11 53 (6.22%) Cloud Computing
12 49 (5.75%) Serverless
13 46 (5.40%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (5.28%) SaaS
15 40 (4.69%) IBM Cloud
16 38 (4.46%) Azure Data Factory
17 36 (4.23%) Azure AKS
18 34 (3.99%) Azure Monitor
19 28 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 22 (2.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 117 (13.73%) Firewall
2 111 (13.03%) DNS
3 66 (7.75%) TCP/IP
4 62 (7.28%) WAN
5 54 (6.34%) VPN
6 51 (5.99%) SSL
7 48 (5.63%) Network Security
8 47 (5.52%) BGP
9 42 (4.93%) SD-WAN
10 37 (4.34%) DHCP
11 34 (3.99%) LAN
12 33 (3.87%) SAN
13 24 (2.82%) VLAN
14 21 (2.46%) Wireless
15 14 (1.64%) Internet
15 14 (1.64%) NetScaler
16 11 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.94%) Intranet
18 8 (0.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.80%) Data Lake
2 70 (8.22%) SQL Server
3 69 (8.10%) Relational Database
4 68 (7.98%) Data Warehouse
5 65 (7.63%) Amazon RDS
6 53 (6.22%) Oracle Database
7 52 (6.10%) Power BI
8 47 (5.52%) RDBMS
9 42 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 36 (4.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 31 (3.64%) NoSQL
12 21 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.11%) Metadata
14 17 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.88%) MySQL
16 14 (1.64%) Big Data
16 14 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 12 (1.41%) Redis
17 12 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 7 (0.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (4.81%) Git
2 31 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.88%) JIRA
4 7 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.23%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) Moq
7 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 2 (0.23%) Selenium
7 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.12%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.12%) JIRA Agile
8 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 327 (38.38%) Social Skills
2 182 (21.36%) Finance
3 105 (12.32%) Public Sector
4 104 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (10.09%) Presentation Skills
6 51 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (3.29%) Law
9 25 (2.93%) Banking
10 19 (2.23%) Retail
11 18 (2.11%) Financial Institution
11 18 (2.11%) Legal
12 17 (2.00%) Marketing
13 14 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.64%) Retail Banking
14 10 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.17%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.94%) Police
16 7 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.59%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 277 (32.51%) Architect
2 146 (17.14%) Senior
3 137 (16.08%) Lead
4 103 (12.09%) Solutions Architect
5 80 (9.39%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (9.04%) Lead Architect
7 71 (8.33%) Security Architect
8 69 (8.10%) Consultant
9 68 (7.98%) Azure Architect
10 65 (7.63%) Cloud Architect
11 57 (6.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 55 (6.46%) Developer
13 53 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 53 (6.22%) Support Engineer
14 49 (5.75%) Senior Consultant
15 48 (5.63%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 43 (5.05%) Infrastructure Architect
17 42 (4.93%) IT Support
18 35 (4.11%) Data Consultant
18 35 (4.11%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.04%) Spring Boot
2 46 (5.40%) RabbitMQ
3 42 (4.93%) .NET
4 36 (4.23%) ARM Templates
5 26 (3.05%) REST
6 22 (2.58%) Web Services
7 21 (2.46%) JSON
8 18 (2.11%) AngularJS
8 18 (2.11%) XML
9 16 (1.88%) .NET Framework
9 16 (1.88%) Node.js
10 14 (1.64%) Spring
11 13 (1.53%) .NET Core
11 13 (1.53%) OAuth
12 12 (1.41%) Middleware
12 12 (1.41%) OpenID
12 12 (1.41%) React
12 12 (1.41%) RESTful
12 12 (1.41%) SAML
13 11 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 112 (13.15%) Public Cloud
2 92 (10.80%) Management Information System
3 59 (6.92%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (6.10%) Data Centre
6 51 (5.99%) Cloud Native
6 51 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (4.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 40 (4.69%) Blockchain
9 30 (3.52%) Driving Licence
10 22 (2.58%) Onboarding
11 21 (2.46%) Enterprise Storage
12 19 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (2.00%) Cyberattack
14 14 (1.64%) iPhone
14 14 (1.64%) Product Ownership
14 14 (1.64%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
16 11 (1.29%) IoT
17 9 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 145 (17.02%) Linux
2 139 (16.31%) Windows
3 58 (6.81%) Windows Server
4 46 (5.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.81%) CentOS
6 40 (4.69%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.69%) Debian
7 23 (2.70%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.35%) VMS
8 20 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (1.64%) Unix
9 14 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (1.06%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.82%) Solaris
13 5 (0.59%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.47%) Android
14 4 (0.47%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (28.29%) DevOps
2 204 (23.94%) Agile
3 173 (20.31%) CI/CD
4 169 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 117 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
6 117 (13.73%) Migration
7 114 (13.38%) ITIL
7 114 (13.38%) Scrum
8 112 (13.15%) Information Security
9 106 (12.44%) Roadmaps
10 104 (12.21%) Artificial Intelligence
11 95 (11.15%) Project Management
12 81 (9.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 81 (9.51%) Kanban
13 78 (9.15%) Computer Science
14 77 (9.04%) Mentoring
14 77 (9.04%) TOGAF
15 75 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
16 73 (8.57%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 119 (13.97%) SQL
2 112 (13.15%) PowerShell
3 69 (8.10%) Python
4 63 (7.39%) C#
5 48 (5.63%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.58%) Java
7 28 (3.29%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.93%) Bicep
9 22 (2.58%) Bash
10 17 (2.00%) PHP
11 9 (1.06%) Go
12 8 (0.94%) Groovy
12 8 (0.94%) Scala
12 8 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.82%) Ruby
13 7 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.70%) R
15 3 (0.35%) Dart
16 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 242 (28.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 239 (28.05%) AWS Certification
3 172 (20.19%) Degree
4 142 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 126 (14.79%) SC Cleared
6 109 (12.79%) Cisco Certification
7 94 (11.03%) CISSP
8 70 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (7.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 59 (6.92%) CISM
11 57 (6.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 56 (6.57%) MCSE
13 51 (5.99%) CCSP
14 45 (5.28%) MCSA
15 42 (4.93%) CCNA
16 34 (3.99%) CCSK
17 29 (3.40%) CCNP
18 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (1.76%) PMI Certification
19 14 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.04%) NIST
2 57 (6.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.76%) SLA
4 30 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (3.05%) QA
6 22 (2.58%) GDPR
6 22 (2.58%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.59%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.59%) IASME
11 4 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.47%) NCSC
11 4 (0.47%) PMO
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 176 (20.66%) Active Directory
2 128 (15.02%) Docker
3 56 (6.57%) Hyper-V
4 54 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.64%) XenDesktop
8 13 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.94%) XenApp
10 6 (0.70%) vSphere
11 4 (0.47%) Firmware
11 4 (0.47%) pfSense
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.12%) LXC
13 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
13 1 (0.12%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 184 (21.60%) Terraform
2 164 (19.25%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (3.87%) Ansible
6 18 (2.11%) SCCM
7 13 (1.53%) Grafana
7 13 (1.53%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.29%) SCOM
9 8 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.94%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.82%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.82%) Puppet
11 5 (0.59%) Suricata
12 4 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (0.47%) SmoothWall
13 2 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (0.23%) Istio
Vendors
1 459 (53.87%) Microsoft
2 86 (10.09%) Cisco
3 81 (9.51%) VMware
4 63 (7.39%) Oracle
5 55 (6.46%) Citrix
6 49 (5.75%) Sparx
7 43 (5.05%) IBM
8 41 (4.81%) Red Hat
9 32 (3.76%) Fortinet
10 25 (2.93%) Veeam
11 22 (2.58%) Databricks
12 17 (2.00%) Google
13 13 (1.53%) Apple
14 11 (1.29%) Juniper
15 10 (1.17%) Commvault
15 10 (1.17%) Palo Alto
15 10 (1.17%) WSO2
16 9 (1.06%) Dell
16 9 (1.06%) SAP
17 8 (0.94%) SolarWinds