Azure Certification Job Trends in Dorset

Microsoft Azure Certification
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 45 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 7.51% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 38.46% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £93,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - -
75th Percentile £101,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -44.55% -15.38% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 117 74 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 19.53% 35.58% 25.66%
Number of salaries quoted 47 44 113
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £63,995 £69,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.56% +0.19% +2.40%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Dorset

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 29 March 2026. 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
Bournemouth - 44 - - 7
Azure Certification
South West

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 16 (35.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 45 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (37.78%) Azure AI
3 16 (35.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (35.56%) Power BI
1 16 (35.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) GitLab
1 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (71.11%) Analyst
1 32 (71.11%) Junior
1 32 (71.11%) Junior Analyst
2 16 (35.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 16 (35.56%) Data Analyst
2 16 (35.56%) Junior Data Analyst
2 16 (35.56%) Junior Security Analyst
2 16 (35.56%) Security Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Ethical Hacker
4 1 (2.22%) Architect
4 1 (2.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Architect
4 1 (2.22%) Network Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (37.78%) AI
3 16 (35.56%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (35.56%) Mentoring
4 10 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (2.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 1 (2.22%) CI/CD
5 1 (2.22%) DevOps
5 1 (2.22%) DevSecOps
5 1 (2.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (37.78%) Python
2 16 (35.56%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) Bicep
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) CompTIA CySA+
1 16 (35.56%) CompTIA Security+
2 10 (22.22%) CEH
3 2 (4.44%) CCNA
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (95.56%) Microsoft
2 27 (60.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (2.22%) Cisco