Azure Certification Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 47 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.58% - 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.02% - 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 27 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -62.86%
75th Percentile £40,125 - £33,750
90th Percentile £110,000 - £47,750
England median annual salary £33,750 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -46.00% -3.85% -10.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 361 237 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 35.19% 24.13% 25.80%
Number of salaries quoted 154 114 126
10th Percentile - £29,550 £29,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +5.50% +11.94%
75th Percentile £57,500 £74,145 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,470 £95,000 £78,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the North East

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the North East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the North East

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tyne and Wear - 37 £30,500 - 12
Durham - 10 - -
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Azure
2 24 (51.06%) AWS
3 21 (44.68%) GitHub
4 10 (21.28%) Azure AI
4 10 (21.28%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.13%) IaaS
7 1 (2.13%) PaaS
7 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (42.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) Power BI
1 10 (21.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (42.55%) Git
General
1 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 20 (42.55%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Analyst
1 20 (42.55%) Junior
1 20 (42.55%) Junior Analyst
1 20 (42.55%) Trainee
2 12 (25.53%) Developer
2 12 (25.53%) Software Developer
2 12 (25.53%) Trainee Developer
2 12 (25.53%) Trainee Software Developer
3 10 (21.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 10 (21.28%) Data Analyst
3 10 (21.28%) Junior Data Analyst
3 10 (21.28%) Junior Security Analyst
3 10 (21.28%) Security Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Head of IT
4 4 (8.51%) Head of IT Security
4 4 (8.51%) Head of Security
5 3 (6.38%) Head of Engineering
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (42.55%) CSS
1 20 (42.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (63.83%) Mentoring
3 10 (21.28%) AI
3 10 (21.28%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
5 5 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (8.51%) Business Continuity
6 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
6 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.51%) High Availability
6 4 (8.51%) Incident Management
6 4 (8.51%) Information Security
6 4 (8.51%) ITIL
6 4 (8.51%) Migration
6 4 (8.51%) Problem Management
6 4 (8.51%) Risk Management
6 4 (8.51%) Service Management
6 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.51%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (63.83%) Python
2 20 (42.55%) JavaScript
3 10 (21.28%) SQL
4 8 (17.02%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (51.06%) AWS Certification
1 24 (51.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (42.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 10 (21.28%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (21.28%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (8.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (8.51%) Degree
4 4 (8.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.13%) CCNP
5 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.13%) CISSP
5 1 (2.13%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Ansible
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (97.87%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.28%) ForeScout