Azure Certification Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 239 224
Rank change year-on-year +213 -15 -154
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 1,119 59 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.69% 0.76% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.71% 1.69% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 127 37 142
10th Percentile £27,950 £45,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £51,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.60% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £48,750 £76,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £70,357 £81,100 £84,919
England median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,353 3,484 3,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.12% 45.06% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,580 1,194 2,619
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,750 £34,001 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.45%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the North of England

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Yorkshire +133 636 £30,500 -46.96% 34
North West +131 326 £37,500 -47.91% 45
North East +53 157 £40,000 -15.79% 22
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (1.88%) WordPress
2 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.63%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.18%) Confluence
5 2 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 286 (25.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.089%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1,119 (100.00%) Azure
2 377 (33.69%) Azure AI
3 296 (26.45%) Power Platform
4 99 (8.85%) AWS
5 73 (6.52%) GitHub
6 28 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (2.06%) Entra ID
8 10 (0.89%) IaaS
8 10 (0.89%) Serverless
9 8 (0.71%) SaaS
10 6 (0.54%) PaaS
11 5 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.45%) Intacct
12 4 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.36%) dbt
12 4 (0.36%) GCP
12 4 (0.36%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.27%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.18%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 68 (6.08%) Internet
2 21 (1.88%) Firewall
3 10 (0.89%) DNS
4 9 (0.80%) DHCP
5 8 (0.71%) VPN
6 7 (0.63%) VLAN
7 6 (0.54%) SAN
8 5 (0.45%) DMZ
8 5 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.45%) STUN
8 5 (0.45%) VoIP
9 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.27%) Network Security
11 2 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.18%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.18%) SNMP
11 2 (0.18%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.18%) WAN
12 1 (0.089%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.089%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 292 (26.09%) Power BI
2 287 (25.65%) Tableau
3 8 (0.71%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (0.36%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.27%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.27%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.27%) Metadata
6 3 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.18%) Looker
8 1 (0.089%) Big Data
8 1 (0.089%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 67 (5.99%) Git
2 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.18%) JIRA
3 2 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1,015 (90.71%) Social Skills
2 68 (6.08%) Multimedia
3 15 (1.34%) Finance
4 7 (0.63%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (0.54%) Legal
6 5 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (0.27%) Law
7 3 (0.27%) Retail
7 3 (0.27%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.089%) Games
9 1 (0.089%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 578 (51.65%) Analyst
2 572 (51.12%) Junior
2 572 (51.12%) Junior Analyst
3 289 (25.83%) Data Analyst
4 286 (25.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 286 (25.56%) Junior Data Analyst
4 286 (25.56%) Junior Security Analyst
4 286 (25.56%) Security Analyst
5 225 (20.11%) Ethical Hacker
6 91 (8.13%) Network Engineer
7 90 (8.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 68 (6.08%) Trainee
9 27 (2.41%) Developer
10 26 (2.32%) Trainee Developer
11 24 (2.14%) Administrator
11 24 (2.14%) Software Developer
11 24 (2.14%) Trainee Software Developer
12 21 (1.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (1.88%) Trainee Administrator
12 21 (1.88%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.08%) CSS
1 68 (6.08%) HTML
2 5 (0.45%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.18%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.18%) React
3 2 (0.18%) SAML
3 2 (0.18%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.089%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 225 (20.11%) Cyberattack
2 8 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (0.63%) Data Centre
3 7 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (0.54%) Cloud Native
4 6 (0.54%) Management Information System
5 5 (0.45%) PACS
6 4 (0.36%) Clustering
6 4 (0.36%) Driving Licence
6 4 (0.36%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (0.27%) PKI
8 2 (0.18%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.18%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.18%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.089%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.089%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.089%) NHS
9 1 (0.089%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.77%) Windows
2 23 (2.06%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.63%) Linux
4 5 (0.45%) Debian
4 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (50.58%) Cybersecurity
2 387 (34.58%) AI
3 348 (31.10%) Mentoring
4 292 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
5 225 (20.11%) Ethical Hacking
6 90 (8.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 23 (2.06%) ITIL
7 23 (2.06%) Web Development
8 20 (1.79%) DevOps
9 19 (1.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (1.61%) Computer Science
10 18 (1.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (1.52%) CI/CD
11 17 (1.52%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (1.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (1.52%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (1.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (1.25%) Application Security
14 13 (1.16%) Data Modelling
14 13 (1.16%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 471 (42.09%) Python
2 301 (26.90%) SQL
3 76 (6.79%) JavaScript
4 42 (3.75%) R
5 25 (2.23%) PowerShell
6 10 (0.89%) Bicep
7 8 (0.71%) C#
7 8 (0.71%) Java
7 8 (0.71%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.089%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 286 (25.56%) CompTIA CySA+
1 286 (25.56%) CompTIA Security+
2 225 (20.11%) CEH
3 101 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (8.58%) CCNA
4 96 (8.58%) Cisco Certification
5 95 (8.49%) AWS Certification
6 90 (8.04%) Network+ Certification
7 71 (6.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 24 (2.14%) Degree
9 13 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (0.71%) Security Cleared
13 7 (0.63%) SC Cleared
14 4 (0.36%) MCSA
14 4 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 2 (0.18%) Master's Degree
17 1 (0.089%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.45%) DICOM
3 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.089%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.089%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.27%) Docker
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.089%) Firmware
7 1 (0.089%) XenApp
7 1 (0.089%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (1.61%) Terraform
2 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.54%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.27%) Ansible
4 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.089%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,000 (89.37%) Microsoft
2 601 (53.71%) ForeScout
3 98 (8.76%) Cisco
4 17 (1.52%) VMware
5 7 (0.63%) Veeam
6 5 (0.45%) Databricks
6 5 (0.45%) Google
6 5 (0.45%) Sage
6 5 (0.45%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.18%) Aderant
7 2 (0.18%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.18%) iManage
7 2 (0.18%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.18%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.089%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.089%) Citrix
8 1 (0.089%) Commvault
8 1 (0.089%) F5
8 1 (0.089%) HP
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle