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 with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 138 133
Rank change year-on-year +59 -5 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 107 8 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.60% 0.34% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.53% 0.90% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 22
10th Percentile £40,500 - £35,000
25th Percentile £53,250 £29,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £31,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% -44.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73,125 £33,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £33,750 £81,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.64% -9.29%

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 854 893 994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.77% 38.05% 26.14%
Number of salaries quoted 438 237 273
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,150 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -15.21% -15.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,544 £67,500 £75,650
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.95%

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 job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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 8 October 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 8 October 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
Leicestershire -9 31 - - 4
Nottinghamshire +4 23 £60,000 +90.48% 4
Northamptonshire - 20 £41,000 - 6
Derbyshire - 18 - - 3
Lincolnshire - 15 - - 3
Azure Certification
England

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (16.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 107 (100.00%) Azure
2 36 (33.64%) Azure AI
3 18 (16.82%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.61%) Azure AKS
4 6 (5.61%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.61%) IaaS
4 6 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (4.67%) Azure Key Vault
5 5 (4.67%) Azure Storage
6 2 (1.87%) AWS
7 1 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.93%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.93%) GitHub
7 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.93%) PaaS
7 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.35%) DNS
2 6 (5.61%) Firewall
3 5 (4.67%) DHCP
3 5 (4.67%) VLAN
3 5 (4.67%) VPN
4 3 (2.80%) Network Security
4 3 (2.80%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.82%) Power BI
1 18 (16.82%) Tableau
2 2 (1.87%) KNIME
General
1 92 (85.98%) Social Skills
2 5 (4.67%) Law
3 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.80%) Finance
4 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (33.64%) Analyst
1 36 (33.64%) Junior
1 36 (33.64%) Junior Analyst
2 18 (16.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 18 (16.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 18 (16.82%) Data Analyst
2 18 (16.82%) Ethical Hacker
2 18 (16.82%) Junior Data Analyst
2 18 (16.82%) Junior Security Analyst
2 18 (16.82%) Network Engineer
2 18 (16.82%) Security Analyst
3 8 (7.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (5.61%) IT Engineer
5 5 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (2.80%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (2.80%) IT Support
6 3 (2.80%) Senior IT Engineer
6 3 (2.80%) Senior IT Support
6 3 (2.80%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Cyberattack
2 3 (2.80%) Private Cloud
2 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.87%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.93%) PKI
4 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.54%) Windows
2 6 (5.61%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.80%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (39.25%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (36.45%) AI
3 22 (20.56%) Mentoring
4 18 (16.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 18 (16.82%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (16.82%) Ethical Hacking
5 9 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (5.61%) Agile
7 6 (5.61%) Containerisation
7 6 (5.61%) ITIL
8 5 (4.67%) Analytics
8 5 (4.67%) Business Continuity
8 5 (4.67%) High Availability
8 5 (4.67%) Load Balancing
8 5 (4.67%) Patch Management
8 5 (4.67%) Roadmaps
8 5 (4.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (4.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (3.74%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 36 (33.64%) Python
2 18 (16.82%) SQL
3 9 (8.41%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.80%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (19.63%) CCNA
1 21 (19.63%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (16.82%) CEH
2 18 (16.82%) CompTIA CySA+
2 18 (16.82%) CompTIA Security+
2 18 (16.82%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (6.54%) Degree
4 3 (2.80%) CISM
4 3 (2.80%) CISSP
4 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.87%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.87%) CISMP
5 2 (1.87%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.87%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.93%) GDPR
2 1 (0.93%) GRC
2 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.93%) NCSC
2 1 (0.93%) NIST
2 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (5.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.80%) Docker
2 3 (2.80%) Firmware
2 3 (2.80%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Ansible
2 1 (0.93%) Argo
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 81 (75.70%) Microsoft
2 54 (50.47%) ForeScout
3 21 (19.63%) Cisco
4 3 (2.80%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.80%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.80%) SonicWALL
4 3 (2.80%) Sophos
4 3 (2.80%) VMware
4 3 (2.80%) WatchGuard