Azure Certification Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Azure Certification
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 11 103
Rank change year-on-year -35 +92 -
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 13 113 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 2.01% 17.94% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.81% 28.75% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -31.25% -
South West median annual salary £30,500 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -60.65% +10.71% +4.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 270 393 564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.67% 62.38% 57.73%
Number of salaries quoted 174 160 334
10th Percentile £35,375 £41,250 £29,533
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,395 £57,500 £50,300
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% +14.31% -8.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,150 £82,125
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Cheltenham +16 10 - - 3
Gloucester +4 3 £80,000 - 1
Azure Certification
South West

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure AI
2 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Stack
3 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Power BI
1 5 (38.46%) Tableau
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) Junior
1 10 (76.92%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Data Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Junior Data Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Junior Security Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IT Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Rocky
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) AI
1 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
2 3 (23.08%) Containerisation
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Python
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CompTIA CySA+
1 5 (38.46%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) ForeScout
3 3 (23.08%) Dell