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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 203 221
Rank change year-on-year +171 +18 -170
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 789 49 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.31% 0.76% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.09% 1.75% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 191 42 127
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% - -31.25%
75th Percentile £42,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £84,919
England median annual salary £31,500 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -51.54% +2.36% -9.29%

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 4,617 2,795 3,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 31.06% 43.17% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,434 1,300 2,413
10th Percentile - £26,725 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,264 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +8.05% -4.35%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +107 435 £30,500 -32.60% 41
North West +101 242 £30,500 -52.97% 30
North East - 112 £30,500 - 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 26 (3.30%) WordPress
2 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 226 (28.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 789 (100.00%) Azure
2 227 (28.77%) Power Platform
3 226 (28.64%) Azure AI
4 167 (21.17%) AWS
5 137 (17.36%) GitHub
6 30 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (2.79%) Serverless
8 17 (2.15%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.89%) IaaS
10 6 (0.76%) SaaS
11 5 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.63%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.63%) Intacct
12 3 (0.38%) Azure Functions
12 3 (0.38%) PaaS
13 2 (0.25%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.25%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 131 (16.60%) Internet
2 12 (1.52%) Firewall
3 7 (0.89%) VPN
4 6 (0.76%) VLAN
5 5 (0.63%) DMZ
5 5 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (0.63%) SAN
5 5 (0.63%) STUN
5 5 (0.63%) VoIP
6 3 (0.38%) DNS
7 2 (0.25%) DHCP
7 2 (0.25%) Network Security
8 1 (0.13%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.13%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (28.77%) Power BI
2 226 (28.64%) Tableau
3 7 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 131 (16.60%) Git
2 5 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
2 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.13%) JIRA
General
1 633 (80.23%) Social Skills
2 131 (16.60%) Multimedia
3 13 (1.65%) Finance
4 6 (0.76%) Legal
5 5 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (0.63%) Public Sector
6 2 (0.25%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.25%) Retail
7 1 (0.13%) Games
7 1 (0.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 452 (57.29%) Analyst
1 452 (57.29%) Junior
1 452 (57.29%) Junior Analyst
2 226 (28.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 226 (28.64%) Data Analyst
2 226 (28.64%) Junior Data Analyst
2 226 (28.64%) Junior Security Analyst
2 226 (28.64%) Security Analyst
3 135 (17.11%) Ethical Hacker
4 131 (16.60%) Trainee
5 58 (7.35%) Developer
6 57 (7.22%) Trainee Developer
7 55 (6.97%) Software Developer
7 55 (6.97%) Trainee Software Developer
8 27 (3.42%) Administrator
9 26 (3.30%) Architect
9 26 (3.30%) Trainee Administrator
9 26 (3.30%) Web Administrator
10 17 (2.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (1.77%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (16.60%) CSS
1 131 (16.60%) HTML
2 5 (0.63%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.25%) React
3 2 (0.25%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 135 (17.11%) Cyberattack
2 19 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (0.63%) PACS
5 4 (0.51%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.38%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.38%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.13%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.13%) PKI
7 1 (0.13%) PMI
7 1 (0.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.03%) Windows
2 6 (0.76%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.63%) Debian
3 5 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (59.95%) Cybersecurity
2 359 (45.50%) Mentoring
3 232 (29.40%) AI
4 227 (28.77%) Business Intelligence
5 135 (17.11%) Ethical Hacking
6 28 (3.55%) Web Development
7 27 (3.42%) Computer Science
7 27 (3.42%) TOGAF
8 25 (3.17%) Migration
8 25 (3.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 22 (2.79%) Application Security
9 22 (2.79%) Enterprise Architecture
10 19 (2.41%) Architectural Patterns
10 19 (2.41%) Data Modelling
10 19 (2.41%) EAI
10 19 (2.41%) ITIL
10 19 (2.41%) Microservices
11 15 (1.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (1.90%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (1.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 392 (49.68%) Python
2 234 (29.66%) SQL
3 150 (19.01%) JavaScript
4 74 (9.38%) R
5 21 (2.66%) PowerShell
6 19 (2.41%) C#
6 19 (2.41%) Java
6 19 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.01%) Bicep
8 5 (0.63%) Bash
9 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 226 (28.64%) CompTIA CySA+
1 226 (28.64%) CompTIA Security+
2 169 (21.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 167 (21.17%) AWS Certification
4 136 (17.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 135 (17.11%) CEH
6 31 (3.93%) Degree
7 26 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 23 (2.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 22 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.38%) CISSP
12 3 (0.38%) MBA
13 2 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.13%) CSPO
14 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.63%) DICOM
4 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.25%) NIST
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.51%) Docker
4 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) XenApp
6 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.27%) Terraform
2 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 776 (98.35%) Microsoft
2 361 (45.75%) ForeScout
3 12 (1.52%) VMware
4 6 (0.76%) Cisco
5 5 (0.63%) Google
5 5 (0.63%) Sage
5 5 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (0.51%) Mitel
7 2 (0.25%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.13%) Citrix
8 1 (0.13%) Commvault
8 1 (0.13%) Databricks
8 1 (0.13%) F5
8 1 (0.13%) HP
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle
8 1 (0.13%) Veeam