Azure Certification Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Azure Certification
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 31 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 4.78% - 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.90% - 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 - £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £36,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -54.69%
75th Percentile £32,750 - £50,625
90th Percentile - - £56,250
North West median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -44.55% -8.33% -25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 208 199 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 32.10% 38.05% 24.48%
Number of salaries quoted 84 73 60
10th Percentile £27,725 - £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £44,063
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -9.22% -11.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £75,250 £73,625
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.10% -4.66% -2.24%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 28 December 2025. 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
Liverpool - 30 £30,500 - 6
Birkenhead - 1 £30,000 - 2
Azure Certification
North West

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (3.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 31 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (67.74%) AWS
2 21 (67.74%) GitHub
3 5 (16.13%) Azure AI
3 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (67.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Power BI
1 5 (16.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (67.74%) Git
General
1 21 (67.74%) Multimedia
2 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (67.74%) Trainee
2 11 (35.48%) Developer
2 11 (35.48%) Software Developer
2 11 (35.48%) Trainee Developer
2 11 (35.48%) Trainee Software Developer
3 10 (32.26%) Analyst
3 10 (32.26%) Junior
3 10 (32.26%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Data Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Junior Security Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Administrator
5 1 (3.23%) Trainee Administrator
5 1 (3.23%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (67.74%) CSS
1 21 (67.74%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (80.65%) Mentoring
2 5 (16.13%) AI
2 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.23%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 26 (83.87%) Python
2 21 (67.74%) JavaScript
3 10 (32.26%) R
4 5 (16.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) AWS Certification
1 21 (67.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (16.13%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (16.13%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) ForeScout