Azure Certification Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands citing Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	167	129	125
Rank change year-on-year	-38	-4	-20
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification	16	5	31
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands	0.23%	0.23%	0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category	1.84%	0.76%	3.37%
Number of salaries quoted	10	2	19
10^th Percentile	£40,500	-	£35,750
25^th Percentile	£44,750	£31,250	£39,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£32,500	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+84.62%	-43.48%	-8.00%
75^th Percentile	£79,375	£33,750	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£97,500	-	£73,500
England median annual salary	£65,000	£57,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+13.04%	-11.54%	-2.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	871	659	919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands	12.67%	30.47%	26.70%
Number of salaries quoted	494	250	231
10^th Percentile	£28,500	-	£28,703
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£28,750	£34,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£38,500	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+29.87%	-14.44%	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£62,000	£52,969	£61,250
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£72,500	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£58,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-5.17%	+0.87%

Azure Certification Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Azure Certification Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure Certification.

Azure Certification Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the East Midlands

Azure Certification Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Nottinghamshire	-16	6	£60,000	-	9
Northamptonshire	-	5	£41,000	-	5
Derbyshire	-	4	-	-	6
Leicestershire	-44	1	-	-	8
Azure Certification England

Azure Certification Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, job vacancies citing Azure Certification also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region citing Azure Certification.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	100.0%	16
2	Microsoft	62.5%	10
3	Continuous Improvement	56.3%	9
3	Disaster Recovery	56.3%	9
5	DNS	50.0%	8
5	PowerShell	50.0%	8
5	Windows	50.0%	8
8	Degree	43.8%	7
8	Firewall	43.8%	7
8	ITIL	43.8%	7
8	Microsoft 365	43.8%	7
8	Windows Server	43.8%	7
13	Active Directory	37.5%	6
13	Cybersecurity	37.5%	6
13	Entra ID	37.5%	6
13	Kubernetes	37.5%	6
17	Analytics	31.3%	5
17	Business Continuity	31.3%	5
17	DHCP	31.3%	5
17	Infrastructure Engineering	31.3%	5
17	Microsoft Exchange	31.3%	5
17	Patch Management	31.3%	5
17	Problem-Solving	31.3%	5
17	Roadmaps	31.3%	5
17	Stakeholder Management	31.3%	5
17	VLAN	31.3%	5
17	VPN	31.3%	5
28	Agile	25.0%	4
28	AI	25.0%	4
28	Azure AKS	25.0%	4

Azure Certification Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	43.8%	7
2	CCNA	18.8%	3
2	Cisco Certification	18.8%	3
2	CISM	18.8%	3
2	CISSP	18.8%	3
2	Microsoft Certification	18.8%	3
7	AWS Certification	12.5%	2
7	CISMP	12.5%	2
7	SC Cleared	12.5%	2
7	Security Cleared	12.5%	2
11	AWS Certified Solutions Architect	6.3%	1
11	TOGAF Certification	6.3%	1