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 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	173	140	129
Rank change year-on-year	-33	-11	-18
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification	18	6	31
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands	0.26%	0.26%	0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category	2.21%	0.70%	3.27%
Number of salaries quoted	12	3	19
10^th Percentile	£40,500	£30,050	£35,750
25^th Percentile	£53,250	£30,500	£39,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£32,500	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+84.62%	-43.48%	-5.74%
75^th Percentile	£73,125	£33,750	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£96,000	-	£73,500
England median annual salary	£63,750	£60,000	£62,500
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-4.00%	-7.41%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	814	863	949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands	11.98%	37.46%	26.86%
Number of salaries quoted	470	234	238
10^th Percentile	£28,250	-	£29,436
25^th Percentile	£40,125	£28,750	£34,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,500	£38,500	£45,076
Median % change year-on-year	+33.77%	-14.59%	-18.04%
75^th Percentile	£62,500	£51,223	£61,188
90^th Percentile	£75,113	£71,750	£78,750
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£57,560
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-4.45%	+0.10%

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 22 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 22 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
Nottinghamshire	-14	8	£60,000	+90.48%	4
Northamptonshire	-	5	£41,000	-	5
Derbyshire	-	4	-	-	2
Leicestershire	-43	1	-	-	5
Azure Certification England

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 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 with a requirement for Azure Certification.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	100.0%	18
2	DNS	55.6%	10
2	Microsoft	55.6%	10
2	PowerShell	55.6%	10
5	Continuous Improvement	50.0%	9
5	Disaster Recovery	50.0%	9
7	Kubernetes	44.4%	8
7	Windows	44.4%	8
9	Degree	38.9%	7
9	Firewall	38.9%	7
9	ITIL	38.9%	7
9	Microsoft 365	38.9%	7
9	Windows Server	38.9%	7
14	Active Directory	33.3%	6
14	Agile	33.3%	6
14	Azure AKS	33.3%	6
14	Containerisation	33.3%	6
14	Cybersecurity	33.3%	6
14	Entra ID	33.3%	6
14	IaaS	33.3%	6
21	Analytics	27.8%	5
21	Azure ExpressRoute	27.8%	5
21	Azure Key Vault	27.8%	5
21	Azure Storage	27.8%	5
21	Business Continuity	27.8%	5
21	DHCP	27.8%	5
21	High Availability	27.8%	5
21	Infrastructure Engineering	27.8%	5
21	Load Balancing	27.8%	5
21	Microsoft Exchange	27.8%	5

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	38.9%	7
2	CCNA	16.7%	3
2	Cisco Certification	16.7%	3
2	CISM	16.7%	3
2	CISSP	16.7%	3
2	Microsoft Certification	16.7%	3
7	AWS Certification	11.1%	2
7	CISMP	11.1%	2
7	SC Cleared	11.1%	2
7	Security Cleared	11.1%	2
11	AWS Certified Solutions Architect	5.6%	1
11	TOGAF Certification	5.6%	1