Azure Certification Jobs in England

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 147 487
Rank change year-on-year -172 +340 -81
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 741 2,122 956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.87% 2.35% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.06% 7.20% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 549 575 547
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £51,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,250 £100,000 £105,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £68,823
% change year-on-year -6.40% +0.91% +14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Azure Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,214 29,487 35,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.60% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,696 13,357 16,642
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,800 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in England.

Salary trend for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
London -45 268 £77,500 +6.90% 63
North of England -139 186 £55,000 -21.43% 34
South East +27 150 £65,000 +14.04% 37
Midlands -156 87 £62,500 +38.89% 25
North West -161 80 £61,206 -25.81% 19
Yorkshire -68 68 £52,500 -25.00% 12
West Midlands -127 51 £67,500 +35.00% 11
North East +28 38 £32,500 -48.00% 4
East Midlands -61 36 £55,000 +71.88% 14
East of England -62 27 £40,000 +2.27% 13
South West -66 19 £57,500 - 19
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 63 (8.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (6.34%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.78%) WebLogic
4 12 (1.62%) Confluence
5 10 (1.35%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.81%) IIS
7 4 (0.54%) Apache
8 3 (0.40%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (3.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 741 (100.00%) Azure
2 212 (28.61%) AWS
3 187 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
4 146 (19.70%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (11.61%) PaaS
6 80 (10.80%) Entra ID
7 79 (10.66%) IaaS
8 77 (10.39%) Power Platform
9 50 (6.75%) GCP
10 42 (5.67%) Serverless
11 41 (5.53%) Amazon EKS
12 40 (5.40%) Cloud Computing
12 40 (5.40%) IBM Cloud
13 38 (5.13%) SaaS
14 37 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
15 32 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
16 28 (3.78%) Amazon SQS
17 27 (3.64%) Azure AKS
18 26 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 22 (2.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 104 (14.04%) Firewall
2 93 (12.55%) DNS
3 61 (8.23%) WAN
4 47 (6.34%) TCP/IP
4 47 (6.34%) VPN
5 40 (5.40%) Network Security
6 38 (5.13%) SD-WAN
7 37 (4.99%) DHCP
8 33 (4.45%) SAN
8 33 (4.45%) SSL
9 28 (3.78%) BGP
10 21 (2.83%) Wireless
11 20 (2.70%) VLAN
12 17 (2.29%) LAN
13 10 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.21%) Internet
14 9 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (1.08%) Intranet
16 7 (0.94%) MPLS
16 7 (0.94%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.50%) SQL Server
2 51 (6.88%) Data Lake
2 51 (6.88%) Relational Database
3 49 (6.61%) Power BI
4 44 (5.94%) Amazon RDS
4 44 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (4.59%) Oracle Database
7 29 (3.91%) RDBMS
8 28 (3.78%) NoSQL
9 21 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (2.29%) Metadata
11 16 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (2.02%) MySQL
13 14 (1.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 13 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (1.62%) Redis
15 12 (1.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (0.94%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.94%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (5.40%) Git
2 29 (3.91%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.16%) JIRA
4 7 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.67%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.13%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.13%) Moq
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 274 (36.98%) Social Skills
2 153 (20.65%) Finance
3 93 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.93%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
6 42 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.37%) Law
9 23 (3.10%) Banking
10 19 (2.56%) Retail
11 18 (2.43%) Legal
12 17 (2.29%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.16%) Marketing
14 14 (1.89%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.75%) Retail Banking
16 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.94%) Police
18 5 (0.67%) Automotive
18 5 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 221 (29.82%) Architect
2 116 (15.65%) Lead
3 109 (14.71%) Senior
4 73 (9.85%) Solutions Architect
5 72 (9.72%) Azure Engineer
6 59 (7.96%) Azure Architect
7 58 (7.83%) Lead Architect
8 53 (7.15%) Developer
8 53 (7.15%) Security Architect
9 50 (6.75%) Cloud Architect
10 48 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
10 48 (6.48%) Support Engineer
11 47 (6.34%) Consultant
12 43 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 43 (5.80%) IT Support
13 38 (5.13%) Infrastructure Architect
14 35 (4.72%) IT Engineer
15 32 (4.32%) 3rd Line Support
16 31 (4.18%) IT Manager
17 30 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.67%) Spring Boot
2 40 (5.40%) .NET
3 32 (4.32%) ARM Templates
4 28 (3.78%) RabbitMQ
5 26 (3.51%) REST
6 21 (2.83%) Web Services
7 18 (2.43%) XML
8 17 (2.29%) AngularJS
8 17 (2.29%) JSON
9 16 (2.16%) Node.js
10 15 (2.02%) .NET Framework
11 14 (1.89%) Spring
12 13 (1.75%) OAuth
13 12 (1.62%) .NET Core
13 12 (1.62%) Middleware
13 12 (1.62%) OpenID
13 12 (1.62%) SAML
14 11 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
14 11 (1.48%) React
14 11 (1.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.07%) Public Cloud
2 67 (9.04%) Management Information System
3 56 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (6.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (5.53%) Cloud Native
5 41 (5.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 41 (5.53%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (5.40%) Blockchain
7 31 (4.18%) Data Centre
8 30 (4.05%) Driving Licence
9 21 (2.83%) Enterprise Storage
10 19 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.75%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.62%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.08%) IoT
15 7 (0.94%) Replication
15 7 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 123 (16.60%) Windows
2 114 (15.38%) Linux
3 49 (6.61%) Windows Server
4 40 (5.40%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (5.40%) CentOS
4 40 (5.40%) Debian
5 28 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (3.24%) Windows 10
7 20 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (2.56%) VMS
9 14 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.48%) Unix
12 8 (1.08%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.94%) Solaris
14 5 (0.67%) Android
15 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.54%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (29.69%) DevOps
2 173 (23.35%) Agile
3 166 (22.40%) CI/CD
4 154 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 109 (14.71%) ITIL
7 93 (12.55%) Scrum
8 92 (12.42%) Migration
9 89 (12.01%) Cybersecurity
10 88 (11.88%) Information Security
11 79 (10.66%) Artificial Intelligence
12 73 (9.85%) Project Management
13 70 (9.45%) Computer Science
13 70 (9.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 68 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (8.77%) Analytics
15 65 (8.77%) Mentoring
16 64 (8.64%) Cloud Security
17 63 (8.50%) Kanban
18 62 (8.37%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 109 (14.71%) SQL
2 103 (13.90%) PowerShell
3 61 (8.23%) C#
3 61 (8.23%) Python
4 45 (6.07%) JavaScript
5 39 (5.26%) Java
6 27 (3.64%) TypeScript
7 22 (2.97%) Bicep
8 18 (2.43%) Bash
9 16 (2.16%) PHP
10 8 (1.08%) Go
10 8 (1.08%) Groovy
10 8 (1.08%) Scala
10 8 (1.08%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.94%) Ruby
12 6 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.81%) R
12 6 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.40%) Dart
14 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 224 (30.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 173 (23.35%) AWS Certification
3 160 (21.59%) Degree
4 98 (13.23%) Security Cleared
5 96 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
6 85 (11.47%) SC Cleared
7 71 (9.58%) CISSP
8 63 (8.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (7.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 50 (6.75%) MCSE
11 46 (6.21%) CCSP
12 45 (6.07%) MCSA
13 44 (5.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 39 (5.26%) CISM
15 36 (4.86%) CCNA
16 34 (4.59%) CCSK
17 27 (3.64%) CCNP
18 13 (1.75%) PMI Certification
18 13 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
19 12 (1.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.56%) NIST
2 50 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.18%) SLA
4 24 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (2.83%) PCI DSS
6 20 (2.70%) QA
7 18 (2.43%) GDPR
8 13 (1.75%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.67%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.54%) PMO
12 3 (0.40%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 146 (19.70%) Active Directory
2 122 (16.46%) Docker
3 54 (7.29%) Hyper-V
4 43 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.81%) XenApp
8 6 (0.81%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.54%) Firmware
9 4 (0.54%) pfSense
9 4 (0.54%) vSphere
10 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.13%) LXC
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.13%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 169 (22.81%) Terraform
2 149 (20.11%) Kubernetes
3 66 (8.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (3.91%) Ansible
6 19 (2.56%) SCCM
7 13 (1.75%) Grafana
7 13 (1.75%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.48%) SCOM
9 8 (1.08%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.94%) Puppet
11 6 (0.81%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (0.54%) SmoothWall
12 4 (0.54%) Suricata
13 2 (0.27%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (0.27%) Istio
13 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 425 (57.35%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.99%) Cisco
3 71 (9.58%) VMware
4 47 (6.34%) Citrix
5 44 (5.94%) Oracle
6 43 (5.80%) IBM
7 41 (5.53%) Red Hat
8 31 (4.18%) Fortinet
9 28 (3.78%) Sparx
10 22 (2.97%) Databricks
11 19 (2.56%) Veeam
12 13 (1.75%) Apple
13 11 (1.48%) Google
14 10 (1.35%) Commvault
14 10 (1.35%) WSO2
15 9 (1.21%) Dell
15 9 (1.21%) Juniper
16 8 (1.08%) Meraki
16 8 (1.08%) Palo Alto
17 7 (0.94%) New Relic