Azure Certification Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 266 243
Rank change year-on-year +95 -23 +17
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 219 160 229
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.57% 1.03% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.51% 3.23% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 141 77 196
10th Percentile - £35,750 £54,375
25th Percentile £28,250 £57,500 £59,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £104,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £31,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -49.60% -3.85% -10.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,976 4,960 4,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.58% 32.04% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,093 2,013 3,553
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.21%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in London

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London +21 26 £78,750 +16.67% 19
West London - 9 £57,500 - 13
East London -5 6 £34,000 +7.94% 15
South London +35 2 - - 8
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.83%) WordPress
4 3 (1.37%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.46%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 219 (100.00%) Azure
2 119 (54.34%) AWS
3 63 (28.77%) GCP
4 45 (20.55%) GitHub
5 35 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (13.70%) Entra ID
8 29 (13.24%) Power Platform
9 16 (7.31%) IaaS
9 16 (7.31%) PaaS
10 12 (5.48%) SaaS
11 10 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (4.57%) Serverless
12 9 (4.11%) Azure AI
13 8 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (3.65%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (3.20%) Azure AKS
14 7 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (3.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 36 (16.44%) Internet
2 26 (11.87%) Firewall
2 26 (11.87%) VPN
3 22 (10.05%) DNS
4 18 (8.22%) DHCP
5 15 (6.85%) VLAN
6 14 (6.39%) WAN
7 13 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (5.02%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.11%) SAN
10 8 (3.65%) LAN
11 7 (3.20%) SD-WAN
11 7 (3.20%) VoIP
12 6 (2.74%) Network Security
13 3 (1.37%) BGP
13 3 (1.37%) EIGRP
13 3 (1.37%) Kerberos
13 3 (1.37%) OSPF
13 3 (1.37%) SSL
14 2 (0.91%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (16.89%) Data Lake
2 32 (14.61%) Metadata
3 23 (10.50%) Power BI
4 13 (5.94%) Tableau
5 12 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.02%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (3.20%) MySQL
9 4 (1.83%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.83%) DataStage
9 4 (1.83%) QlikView
10 3 (1.37%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.46%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 43 (19.63%) Git
2 6 (2.74%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.83%) ER Studio
3 4 (1.83%) ERwin
3 4 (1.83%) MLflow
3 4 (1.83%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.37%) JIRA
4 3 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.91%) GitLab
5 2 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
General
1 72 (32.88%) Finance
2 63 (28.77%) Social Skills
3 46 (21.00%) Banking
4 45 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (19.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (18.26%) Financial Institution
7 35 (15.98%) Multimedia
8 30 (13.70%) Retail Banking
9 13 (5.94%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.57%) Retail
11 9 (4.11%) Law
12 5 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.91%) Advertising
13 2 (0.91%) Billing
13 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.91%) International Banking
13 2 (0.91%) Legal
14 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (27.40%) Architect
2 35 (15.98%) Trainee
3 34 (15.53%) Data Architect
4 33 (15.07%) Senior
5 32 (14.61%) Azure Engineer
6 20 (9.13%) Developer
7 16 (7.31%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (7.31%) Trainee Developer
8 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.39%) Software Developer
8 14 (6.39%) Trainee Software Developer
9 13 (5.94%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.48%) Analyst
11 11 (5.02%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (5.02%) Junior
12 10 (4.57%) Junior Analyst
12 10 (4.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (4.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (4.11%) Senior Architect
14 8 (3.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.98%) CSS
1 35 (15.98%) HTML
2 8 (3.65%) .NET
3 5 (2.28%) PySpark
4 4 (1.83%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.83%) Kafka
4 4 (1.83%) LangChain
5 3 (1.37%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.37%) OAuth
5 3 (1.37%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.37%) OpenID
5 3 (1.37%) React
5 3 (1.37%) REST
5 3 (1.37%) SAML
6 2 (0.91%) RESTful
6 2 (0.91%) Spring
6 2 (0.91%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (0.91%) XML
6 2 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.76%) Public Cloud
2 16 (7.31%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (5.48%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.11%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.28%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.83%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.83%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.83%) Insider Threat
8 4 (1.83%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.83%) Social Media
9 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.37%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.37%) PKI
9 3 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.18%) Windows
2 22 (10.05%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.85%) Linux
4 10 (4.57%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.83%) Android
5 4 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.37%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.22%) Mentoring
2 59 (26.94%) CI/CD
3 57 (26.03%) Migration
4 50 (22.83%) DevOps
5 49 (22.37%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (19.63%) Agile
7 41 (18.72%) Data Modelling
8 37 (16.89%) Infrastructure as Code
9 36 (16.44%) Data Architecture
10 34 (15.53%) AI
11 33 (15.07%) Data Management
12 32 (14.61%) Metadata Management
13 30 (13.70%) Data Strategy
13 30 (13.70%) ITIL
14 29 (13.24%) Logical Data Model
14 29 (13.24%) Physical Data Model
15 28 (12.79%) Asset Management
15 28 (12.79%) Cost Management
15 28 (12.79%) Data Migration
16 27 (12.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (28.31%) Python
2 38 (17.35%) PowerShell
3 36 (16.44%) JavaScript
4 26 (11.87%) SQL
5 19 (8.68%) R
6 16 (7.31%) Bicep
7 15 (6.85%) C#
8 9 (4.11%) Java
9 7 (3.20%) Scala
10 4 (1.83%) Bash
10 4 (1.83%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.46%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 97 (44.29%) AWS Certification
2 70 (31.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (22.37%) Degree
4 35 (15.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 20 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (7.31%) SC Cleared
6 16 (7.31%) Security Cleared
7 11 (5.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.02%) CISSP
8 8 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.65%) CISM
8 8 (3.65%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.74%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.74%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.28%) CCNP
10 5 (2.28%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.83%) OSCE
11 4 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.85%) GDPR
3 13 (5.94%) NIST
4 10 (4.57%) Data Quality
5 7 (3.20%) SLA
6 5 (2.28%) QA
7 4 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.83%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.83%) NCSC
8 3 (1.37%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
System Software
1 39 (17.81%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.39%) Docker
4 12 (5.48%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.37%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.91%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.91%) vSphere
7 2 (0.91%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.46%) KVM
Systems Management
1 35 (15.98%) Terraform
2 28 (12.79%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (5.48%) Ansible
5 8 (3.65%) SCCM
6 4 (1.83%) Autotask
6 4 (1.83%) logstash
6 4 (1.83%) SCOM
7 3 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.46%) Grafana
9 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 164 (74.89%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.79%) VMware
3 15 (6.85%) Databricks
4 10 (4.57%) Cisco
5 9 (4.11%) Google
6 6 (2.74%) AppDynamics
6 6 (2.74%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.74%) Tenable
7 5 (2.28%) ForeScout
7 5 (2.28%) Informatica
7 5 (2.28%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.83%) Datto
8 4 (1.83%) IBM
8 4 (1.83%) Okta
8 4 (1.83%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.37%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.37%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.37%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow