Azure Certification Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft Azure Certification
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 48 47
Rank change year-on-year +22 -1 +22
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 11 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 3.13% 0.56% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 2.99% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £44,514 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,660 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,522 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.63% -66.32% +122.22%
75th Percentile £32,750 £54,586 -
90th Percentile - £55,253 -
South Wales median annual salary £56,631 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.91% +4.00% -16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 67 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 21.94% 18.87% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 36 35 51
10th Percentile £30,625 £42,580 £33,426
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,713 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,537 £60,500 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +5.60% +31.23%
75th Percentile £65,625 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,790 £81,340 £86,250
South Wales median annual salary £54,537 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.84% +15.79% +2.54%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Azure AI
2 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
1 5 (45.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Analyst
1 10 (90.91%) Junior
1 10 (90.91%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Data Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Junior Data Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Junior Security Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
2 5 (45.45%) AI
2 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CompTIA CySA+
1 5 (45.45%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) ForeScout