Azure Certification Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Azure Certification
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 135 131
Rank change year-on-year +53 -4 -87
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 50 22 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.72% 0.83% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.11% 2.37% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 36 3 21
10th Percentile - £48,019 £44,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £56,298 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £71,991 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -57.63% +17.62% -19.73%
75th Percentile £60,914 £76,318 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,125 £77,777 £96,539
North West median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -44.55% -10.14% -23.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 979 928 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.74% 34.98% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 338 387 408
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,000 £37,431
25th Percentile £28,688 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £68,375 £68,750 £71,546
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,500 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.11% -4.66% -4.55%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Manchester

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in Manchester

Azure Certification
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bolton - 2 £31,500 - 2
Stockport +6 1 £77,500 +72.22% 2
Azure Certification
North West

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.00%) WordPress
3 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (100.00%) Azure
2 29 (58.00%) GitHub
3 28 (56.00%) AWS
4 8 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (10.00%) Azure AI
5 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (8.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.00%) Azure AKS
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Storage
7 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (4.00%) Serverless
8 1 (2.00%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.00%) GCP
8 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (46.00%) Internet
2 4 (8.00%) SAN
3 1 (2.00%) DHCP
3 1 (2.00%) DNS
3 1 (2.00%) Firewall
3 1 (2.00%) Network Security
3 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.00%) VLAN
3 1 (2.00%) VPN
3 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Power BI
1 5 (10.00%) Tableau
2 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (50.00%) Git
2 4 (8.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 23 (46.00%) Multimedia
2 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (46.00%) Trainee
2 11 (22.00%) Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Software Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Trainee Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Trainee Software Developer
3 10 (20.00%) Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Junior
3 10 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Junior Security Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Architecture Director
7 2 (4.00%) Administrator
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Senior
7 2 (4.00%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (46.00%) CSS
1 23 (46.00%) HTML
2 2 (4.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Cybersecurity
1 29 (58.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (18.00%) DevOps
2 9 (18.00%) TOGAF
3 7 (14.00%) ITIL
4 5 (10.00%) AI
4 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (8.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 4 (8.00%) CI/CD
5 4 (8.00%) Containerisation
5 4 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (6.00%) ArchiMate
6 3 (6.00%) Lean Six Sigma
6 3 (6.00%) Migration
6 3 (6.00%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 34 (68.00%) Python
2 23 (46.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (24.00%) R
4 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 7 (14.00%) SQL
6 6 (12.00%) Bicep
7 1 (2.00%) C#
7 1 (2.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (58.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (56.00%) AWS Certification
3 23 (46.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 6 (12.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (6.00%) Degree
6 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
6 3 (6.00%) MBA
7 2 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.00%) CISSP
7 2 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) NIST
2 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (8.00%) Docker
2 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.00%) Firmware
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 44 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) ForeScout
3 4 (8.00%) VMware
4 1 (2.00%) Ariba
4 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) SAP