Azure Certification Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 188 233
Rank change year-on-year +162 +45 -157
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 814 44 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.24% 0.87% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.64% 2.10% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 53 30 69
10th Percentile - £29,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -17.20% +38.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £79,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,303 2,095 2,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.30% 41.19% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 935 775 1,871
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,375 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,571 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £74,014 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the Midlands

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
East Midlands +114 430 £60,000 +90.48% 24
West Midlands +105 382 £35,000 -46.15% 30
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (0.74%) WordPress
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 231 (28.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 814 (100.00%) Azure
2 297 (36.49%) Azure AI
3 237 (29.12%) Power Platform
4 26 (3.19%) AWS
5 22 (2.70%) GitHub
6 9 (1.11%) Azure AKS
7 8 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (0.86%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (0.86%) Azure Storage
8 7 (0.86%) IaaS
9 6 (0.74%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.37%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.12%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.58%) Internet
2 9 (1.11%) DNS
3 2 (0.25%) DHCP
3 2 (0.25%) LAN
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) WAN
3 2 (0.25%) Wireless
4 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (29.12%) Power BI
2 233 (28.62%) Tableau
3 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.12%) Power Query
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (2.58%) Git
2 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
General
1 764 (93.86%) Social Skills
2 21 (2.58%) Multimedia
3 10 (1.23%) Finance
4 7 (0.86%) Law
5 2 (0.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (0.25%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.25%) Social Housing
6 1 (0.12%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.12%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 464 (57.00%) Analyst
2 462 (56.76%) Junior
2 462 (56.76%) Junior Analyst
3 231 (28.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 231 (28.38%) Data Analyst
3 231 (28.38%) Junior Data Analyst
3 231 (28.38%) Junior Security Analyst
3 231 (28.38%) Security Analyst
4 165 (20.27%) Ethical Hacker
5 66 (8.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 66 (8.11%) Network Engineer
6 21 (2.58%) Trainee
7 13 (1.60%) Developer
8 12 (1.47%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (1.11%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (0.98%) Software Developer
10 8 (0.98%) Trainee Developer
10 8 (0.98%) Trainee Software Developer
11 7 (0.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 6 (0.74%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.58%) CSS
1 21 (2.58%) HTML
2 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 165 (20.27%) Cyberattack
2 3 (0.37%) Cloud Native
2 3 (0.37%) Security Posture
3 2 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (0.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.12%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.49%) Windows
2 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.12%) Linux
3 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (50.98%) Cybersecurity
2 298 (36.61%) AI
3 250 (30.71%) Mentoring
4 236 (28.99%) Business Intelligence
5 165 (20.27%) Ethical Hacking
6 66 (8.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 12 (1.47%) Agile
8 11 (1.35%) Containerisation
8 11 (1.35%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (0.98%) ITIL
10 7 (0.86%) High Availability
10 7 (0.86%) Load Balancing
10 7 (0.86%) Service Delivery
11 6 (0.74%) CI/CD
11 6 (0.74%) Cloud Security
11 6 (0.74%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (0.74%) Web Development
12 5 (0.61%) DevOps
12 5 (0.61%) Infrastructure as Code
13 4 (0.49%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 323 (39.68%) Python
2 239 (29.36%) SQL
3 21 (2.58%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.84%) R
5 11 (1.35%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.37%) Bicep
6 3 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.12%) Bash
7 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 232 (28.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 231 (28.38%) CompTIA CySA+
3 165 (20.27%) CEH
4 67 (8.23%) Network+ Certification
5 66 (8.11%) CCNA
5 66 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.83%) AWS Certification
8 21 (2.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.49%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.49%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.25%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.25%) MCSE
12 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.12%) Degree
12 1 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.37%) GDPR
2 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.61%) Terraform
3 2 (0.25%) Grafana
3 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.25%) SCCM
4 1 (0.12%) Argo
Vendors
1 732 (89.93%) Microsoft
2 462 (56.76%) ForeScout
3 67 (8.23%) Cisco
4 2 (0.25%) Civica
4 2 (0.25%) Google
4 2 (0.25%) Northgate
4 2 (0.25%) Orchard
4 2 (0.25%) Veeam
4 2 (0.25%) VMware
5 1 (0.12%) Databricks
5 1 (0.12%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (0.12%) Meraki
5 1 (0.12%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.12%) SolarWinds