Azure Certification Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 152 201
Rank change year-on-year +126 +49 -78
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 302 17 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.84% 0.57% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.54% 1.21% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 21 15 26
10th Percentile £27,500 - £30,938
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £28,750 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year +108.70% -29.45% +4.19%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,625 £50,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,400 £55,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,402 1,410 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 22.49% 47.28% 26.25%
Number of salaries quoted 569 577 1,105
10th Percentile £29,661 £28,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,560 £72,500 £72,500
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 of England

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the East of England

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Essex +36 77 £31,500 -63.37% 10
Cambridgeshire +32 76 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Suffolk +60 69 - - 2
Norfolk +22 69 - - 13
Hertfordshire -27 10 £60,000 +118.18% 11
Bedfordshire +20 1 £37,500 +30.43% 15
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (1.99%) WordPress
2 1 (0.33%) SAS
2 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 84 (27.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 302 (100.00%) Azure
2 108 (35.76%) Azure AI
3 84 (27.81%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.30%) IaaS
5 10 (3.31%) AWS
5 10 (3.31%) GitHub
6 9 (2.98%) Azure AKS
6 9 (2.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (2.98%) Azure Key Vault
6 9 (2.98%) Azure Storage
7 7 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.32%) PaaS
9 3 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.33%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.30%) DNS
2 9 (2.98%) Internet
3 7 (2.32%) DHCP
3 7 (2.32%) Firewall
3 7 (2.32%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.32%) VLAN
5 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (27.81%) Power BI
1 84 (27.81%) Tableau
2 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 9 (2.98%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 280 (92.72%) Social Skills
2 10 (3.31%) Law
3 9 (2.98%) Multimedia
4 4 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.33%) Finance
5 1 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 169 (55.96%) Analyst
2 168 (55.63%) Junior
2 168 (55.63%) Junior Analyst
3 84 (27.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 84 (27.81%) Data Analyst
3 84 (27.81%) Junior Data Analyst
3 84 (27.81%) Junior Security Analyst
3 84 (27.81%) Security Analyst
4 60 (19.87%) Ethical Hacker
5 24 (7.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 24 (7.95%) Network Engineer
6 11 (3.64%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (2.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (2.98%) Trainee
8 6 (1.99%) Administrator
8 6 (1.99%) Trainee Administrator
8 6 (1.99%) Web Administrator
9 4 (1.32%) Consultant
9 4 (1.32%) Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.98%) CSS
1 9 (2.98%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (19.87%) Cyberattack
2 1 (0.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.32%) VMS
1 4 (1.32%) Windows
1 4 (1.32%) Windows Server
1 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (50.66%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (37.42%) AI
3 89 (29.47%) Mentoring
4 84 (27.81%) Business Intelligence
5 60 (19.87%) Ethical Hacking
6 24 (7.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 13 (4.30%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (2.98%) Agile
8 9 (2.98%) Containerisation
8 9 (2.98%) High Availability
8 9 (2.98%) Load Balancing
9 6 (1.99%) Web Development
10 5 (1.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (1.66%) ITIL
11 4 (1.32%) Capacity Management
11 4 (1.32%) Change Management
11 4 (1.32%) Cost Management
11 4 (1.32%) Proactive Maintenance
11 4 (1.32%) Project Delivery
11 4 (1.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (38.74%) Python
2 84 (27.81%) SQL
3 13 (4.30%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.98%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.99%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (27.81%) CompTIA CySA+
1 84 (27.81%) CompTIA Security+
2 60 (19.87%) CEH
3 28 (9.27%) Network+ Certification
4 24 (7.95%) CCNA
4 24 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.31%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.99%) Degree
9 1 (0.33%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.33%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.33%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.32%) vSphere
4 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (1.32%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 268 (88.74%) Microsoft
2 168 (55.63%) ForeScout
3 25 (8.28%) Cisco
4 6 (1.99%) VMware
5 4 (1.32%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.66%) Citrix
7 1 (0.33%) Databricks
7 1 (0.33%) SonicWALL