Azure Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 268 348 424
Rank change year-on-year +80 +76 -108
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 398 359 504
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.18% 0.87% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.19% 3.41% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 264 298 374
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,100 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -0.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £84,919 £85,938 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,250 £112,500
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,505 10,536 15,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 6,443 8,544
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,525
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Azure Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Certification.

Azure Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Azure Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (11.56%) WebLogic
2 10 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.01%) IIS
5 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (12.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 398 (100.00%) Azure
2 168 (42.21%) AWS
3 81 (20.35%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (15.08%) PaaS
5 56 (14.07%) IaaS
6 53 (13.32%) Amazon EKS
7 51 (12.81%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (11.56%) Amazon SQS
9 33 (8.29%) Cloud Computing
10 24 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (5.78%) SaaS
12 22 (5.53%) Serverless
13 20 (5.03%) Entra ID
14 19 (4.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 17 (4.27%) GCP
15 17 (4.27%) Power Platform
16 15 (3.77%) Azure AKS
17 14 (3.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 12 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
19 11 (2.76%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 76 (19.10%) DNS
2 59 (14.82%) TCP/IP
3 49 (12.31%) WAN
4 47 (11.81%) BGP
5 46 (11.56%) SSL
6 42 (10.55%) Firewall
7 34 (8.54%) SD-WAN
8 22 (5.53%) SAN
9 19 (4.77%) VPN
10 12 (3.02%) Network Security
10 12 (3.02%) VLAN
11 9 (2.26%) DHCP
11 9 (2.26%) Wireless
12 7 (1.76%) LAN
13 6 (1.51%) MPLS
14 5 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (1.01%) Internet
15 4 (1.01%) NetScaler
15 4 (1.01%) WLAN
16 2 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.08%) Amazon RDS
2 55 (13.82%) Relational Database
3 50 (12.56%) SQL Server
4 47 (11.81%) Data Lake
4 47 (11.81%) Oracle Database
5 46 (11.56%) RDBMS
6 42 (10.55%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (9.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 20 (5.03%) NoSQL
9 17 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (3.77%) MySQL
11 14 (3.52%) Power BI
12 12 (3.02%) Redis
13 11 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (1.76%) MariaDB
14 7 (1.76%) MongoDB
15 6 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (1.01%) Big Data
16 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.52%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.76%) Git
3 7 (1.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (1.01%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.50%) GitLab
5 2 (0.50%) Moq
5 2 (0.50%) Postman
5 2 (0.50%) Selenium
5 2 (0.50%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.50%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 127 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 85 (21.36%) Finance
3 42 (10.55%) Presentation Skills
4 28 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (4.77%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.77%) Law
9 14 (3.52%) Retail
10 5 (1.26%) Marketing
11 4 (1.01%) Banking
12 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.75%) Police
12 3 (0.75%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.50%) Public Speaking
13 2 (0.50%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.25%) Legal
14 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 165 (41.46%) Architect
2 104 (26.13%) Lead
3 79 (19.85%) Senior
4 77 (19.35%) Lead Architect
5 75 (18.84%) Solutions Architect
6 51 (12.81%) Consultant
7 48 (12.06%) Azure Architect
7 48 (12.06%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 45 (11.31%) Senior Consultant
9 39 (9.80%) Security Architect
10 35 (8.79%) Cloud Architect
10 35 (8.79%) Data Consultant
10 35 (8.79%) Infrastructure Architect
10 35 (8.79%) Senior Technology Consultant
10 35 (8.79%) Technology Consultant
11 33 (8.29%) Support Engineer
12 30 (7.54%) Developer
13 29 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support
13 29 (7.29%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (6.78%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.56%) Spring Boot
2 46 (11.56%) RabbitMQ
3 28 (7.04%) .NET
4 21 (5.28%) ARM Templates
5 15 (3.77%) REST
6 14 (3.52%) .NET Framework
7 12 (3.02%) OAuth
8 11 (2.76%) OpenID
8 11 (2.76%) SAML
9 9 (2.26%) .NET Core
9 9 (2.26%) Web Services
10 8 (2.01%) React
10 8 (2.01%) RESTful
11 7 (1.76%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.76%) Entity Framework
12 6 (1.51%) CSS
12 6 (1.51%) HTML
13 5 (1.26%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.26%) JSON
13 5 (1.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 89 (22.36%) Public Cloud
2 47 (11.81%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (10.80%) Management Information System
4 36 (9.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 22 (5.53%) Driving Licence
6 21 (5.28%) Enterprise Storage
7 16 (4.02%) Cloud Native
8 13 (3.27%) Data Centre
8 13 (3.27%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.76%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.76%) Video\Live Streaming
10 5 (1.26%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.01%) Kindle
11 4 (1.01%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.75%) IoT
12 3 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 73 (18.34%) Linux
2 55 (13.82%) Windows
3 46 (11.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (5.03%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.51%) VMS
7 4 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.75%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (27.89%) Agile
2 83 (20.85%) DevOps
3 82 (20.60%) Scrum
4 75 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (18.09%) CI/CD
6 71 (17.84%) Actionable Insight
7 65 (16.33%) Migration
8 61 (15.33%) Kanban
9 60 (15.08%) Open Source
10 58 (14.57%) SDLC
11 55 (13.82%) TOGAF
12 52 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
13 51 (12.81%) Cloud Operations
13 51 (12.81%) Project Management
14 50 (12.56%) Data Migration
14 50 (12.56%) Roadmaps
15 49 (12.31%) Load Balancing
16 47 (11.81%) Information Security
16 47 (11.81%) ITIL
16 47 (11.81%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.06%) SQL
2 33 (8.29%) PowerShell
3 32 (8.04%) C#
4 25 (6.28%) Java
5 23 (5.78%) Bicep
5 23 (5.78%) TypeScript
6 19 (4.77%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.52%) Bash
7 18 (4.52%) Python
8 9 (2.26%) Go
9 8 (2.01%) PHP
10 7 (1.76%) Groovy
10 7 (1.76%) Ruby
11 6 (1.51%) R
12 3 (0.75%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 148 (37.19%) AWS Certification
2 90 (22.61%) Security Cleared
3 81 (20.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 81 (20.35%) SC Cleared
4 65 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
5 62 (15.58%) Degree
6 52 (13.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 48 (12.06%) CISSP
8 42 (10.55%) CISM
9 38 (9.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 37 (9.30%) CCSP
11 33 (8.29%) CCSK
12 29 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (6.28%) CCNA
14 21 (5.28%) CCNP
15 6 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (1.26%) MCITP
16 5 (1.26%) MCSE
17 4 (1.01%) CEH
17 4 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (11.31%) NIST
2 33 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (4.52%) SLA
4 14 (3.52%) GDPR
5 13 (3.27%) QA
6 4 (1.01%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.50%) WCAG
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (15.08%) Active Directory
2 55 (13.82%) Docker
3 25 (6.28%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (3.02%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.01%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.75%) vSphere
9 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.50%) XenApp
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 80 (20.10%) Terraform
2 59 (14.82%) Kubernetes
3 36 (9.05%) Single Sign-On
4 32 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (3.77%) Ansible
6 12 (3.02%) Grafana
6 12 (3.02%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.76%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.76%) Puppet
8 5 (1.26%) SCOM
9 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.25%) CASB
11 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 181 (45.48%) Microsoft
2 52 (13.07%) Oracle
3 49 (12.31%) Sparx
4 33 (8.29%) Citrix
5 32 (8.04%) Cisco
6 18 (4.52%) Fortinet
7 16 (4.02%) VMware
8 9 (2.26%) Google
9 8 (2.01%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.76%) Apple
10 7 (1.76%) New Relic
10 7 (1.76%) SaltStack
11 6 (1.51%) Adobe
11 6 (1.51%) BMC
11 6 (1.51%) Databricks
11 6 (1.51%) Juniper
11 6 (1.51%) Remedy
12 4 (1.01%) Meraki
12 4 (1.01%) SAP
13 3 (0.75%) Palo Alto