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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 134 152
Rank change year-on-year +118 +18 -22
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 362 11 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 6.46% 0.48% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.34% 1.36% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 30
10th Percentile £31,350 - £35,000
25th Percentile £47,125 £29,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £31,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% -30.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £33,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,000 - £76,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -3.70%

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 855 811 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.26% 35.70% 21.99%
Number of salaries quoted 349 226 451
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,031 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.76% -7.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +31 117 £31,500 - 4
Nottinghamshire +26 68 £60,000 +90.48% 4
Northamptonshire - 60 £41,000 - 4
Derbyshire - 59 - - 4
Lincolnshire - 57 - - 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 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (24.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 362 (100.00%) Azure
2 126 (34.81%) Azure AI
3 91 (25.14%) Power Platform
4 10 (2.76%) Azure AKS
5 9 (2.49%) IaaS
6 8 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
6 8 (2.21%) Azure Storage
7 5 (1.38%) AWS
8 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.10%) GitHub
8 4 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.28%) Datadog
10 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.31%) DNS
2 4 (1.10%) DHCP
3 3 (0.83%) Firewall
3 3 (0.83%) VLAN
3 3 (0.83%) VPN
4 2 (0.55%) Internet
4 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (25.14%) Power BI
1 91 (25.14%) Tableau
2 2 (0.55%) KNIME
3 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Git
2 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 344 (95.03%) Social Skills
2 8 (2.21%) Law
3 2 (0.55%) Finance
3 2 (0.55%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.28%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (0.28%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 180 (49.72%) Analyst
1 180 (49.72%) Junior
1 180 (49.72%) Junior Analyst
2 90 (24.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 90 (24.86%) Data Analyst
2 90 (24.86%) Ethical Hacker
2 90 (24.86%) Junior Data Analyst
2 90 (24.86%) Junior Security Analyst
2 90 (24.86%) Security Analyst
3 36 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 36 (9.94%) Network Engineer
4 9 (2.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 9 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (1.10%) IT Engineer
7 2 (0.55%) Administrator
7 2 (0.55%) Architect
7 2 (0.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (0.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (0.55%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.55%) CSS
1 2 (0.55%) HTML
2 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 90 (24.86%) Cyberattack
2 2 (0.55%) Data Centre
2 2 (0.55%) Private Cloud
3 1 (0.28%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.28%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (0.28%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.28%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.28%) Operational Technology
3 1 (0.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.38%) Windows
2 3 (0.83%) Linux
2 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (50.28%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (35.08%) AI
3 93 (25.69%) Mentoring
4 91 (25.14%) Business Intelligence
5 90 (24.86%) Ethical Hacking
6 36 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 10 (2.76%) Containerisation
8 9 (2.49%) Agile
8 9 (2.49%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (2.21%) High Availability
9 8 (2.21%) Load Balancing
10 6 (1.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (1.38%) Analytics
11 5 (1.38%) ITIL
12 4 (1.10%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (1.10%) Infrastructure as Code
12 4 (1.10%) Patch Management
12 4 (1.10%) Roadmaps
13 3 (0.83%) Runbook
13 3 (0.83%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 130 (35.91%) Python
2 91 (25.14%) SQL
3 12 (3.31%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.10%) Bicep
5 3 (0.83%) R
6 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 90 (24.86%) CEH
1 90 (24.86%) CompTIA CySA+
1 90 (24.86%) CompTIA Security+
2 37 (10.22%) CCNA
2 37 (10.22%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (9.94%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.10%) Degree
6 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.28%) CISM
7 1 (0.28%) CISMP
7 1 (0.28%) CISSP
7 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.28%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.28%) GDPR
2 1 (0.28%) GRC
2 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.04%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.55%) Terraform
3 1 (0.28%) Ansible
3 1 (0.28%) Argo
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 315 (87.02%) Microsoft
2 216 (59.67%) ForeScout
3 37 (10.22%) Cisco
4 1 (0.28%) Civica
4 1 (0.28%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.28%) Google
4 1 (0.28%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (0.28%) Northgate
4 1 (0.28%) Orchard
4 1 (0.28%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.28%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.28%) SonicWALL
4 1 (0.28%) Sophos
4 1 (0.28%) VMware
4 1 (0.28%) WatchGuard