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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 207 205
Rank change year-on-year +142 -2 -92
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 320 83 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.07% 0.85% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.28% 2.41% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 155 35 56
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.79% +11.76% -46.88%
75th Percentile £51,875 £57,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,906 £96,539
England median annual salary £36,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -41.60% -3.85% -12.16%

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 4,395 3,446 1,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.15% 35.39% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,206 1,242 1,158
10th Percentile £27,375 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,308
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,625
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -8.47% +4.05%
75th Percentile £60,245 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,075
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 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
Yorkshire +66 166 £30,500 -35.79% 30
North West +93 110 £30,500 -44.55% 46
North East - 44 £30,500 - 14
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 11 (3.44%) WordPress
2 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 75 (23.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 320 (100.00%) Azure
2 146 (45.63%) AWS
3 117 (36.56%) GitHub
4 76 (23.75%) Power Platform
5 75 (23.44%) Azure AI
6 23 (7.19%) Serverless
7 20 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.88%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.25%) GCP
12 3 (0.94%) Azure Functions
12 3 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.94%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.63%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.63%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.63%) IaaS
13 2 (0.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 109 (34.06%) Internet
2 4 (1.25%) Firewall
3 3 (0.94%) SAN
4 2 (0.63%) Network Security
4 2 (0.63%) VPN
4 2 (0.63%) Wireless
5 1 (0.31%) DHCP
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
5 1 (0.31%) Junos
5 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.31%) VLAN
5 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (23.44%) Power BI
1 75 (23.44%) Tableau
2 4 (1.25%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 111 (34.69%) Git
2 3 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 184 (57.50%) Social Skills
2 109 (34.06%) Multimedia
3 10 (3.13%) Finance
4 4 (1.25%) Public Sector
5 3 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (0.94%) Legal
6 2 (0.63%) Law
6 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 150 (46.88%) Analyst
1 150 (46.88%) Junior
1 150 (46.88%) Junior Analyst
2 109 (34.06%) Trainee
3 75 (23.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 75 (23.44%) Data Analyst
3 75 (23.44%) Junior Data Analyst
3 75 (23.44%) Junior Security Analyst
3 75 (23.44%) Security Analyst
4 52 (16.25%) Developer
5 51 (15.94%) Software Developer
5 51 (15.94%) Trainee Developer
5 51 (15.94%) Trainee Software Developer
6 29 (9.06%) Architect
7 11 (3.44%) Administrator
7 11 (3.44%) Applications Architect
7 11 (3.44%) Trainee Administrator
7 11 (3.44%) Web Administrator
8 9 (2.81%) Software Architect
9 8 (2.50%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (34.06%) CSS
1 109 (34.06%) HTML
2 2 (0.63%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.31%) OpenAPI
3 1 (0.31%) RESTful
3 1 (0.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.56%) Cloud Native
3 5 (1.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (0.94%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.94%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.31%) IoT
6 1 (0.31%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.25%) Windows
2 1 (0.31%) Android
2 1 (0.31%) CentOS
2 1 (0.31%) Check Point GAiA
2 1 (0.31%) Linux
2 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (62.19%) Mentoring
2 182 (56.88%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (23.44%) AI
3 75 (23.44%) Business Intelligence
4 31 (9.69%) TOGAF
5 28 (8.75%) Migration
5 28 (8.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (8.44%) Enterprise Architecture
7 25 (7.81%) Computer Science
8 24 (7.50%) Application Security
8 24 (7.50%) Microservices
9 20 (6.25%) Architectural Patterns
9 20 (6.25%) Data Modelling
9 20 (6.25%) EAI
10 17 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (5.31%) ITIL
11 16 (5.00%) DevOps
12 14 (4.38%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (4.38%) Roadmaps
13 11 (3.44%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 214 (66.88%) Python
2 129 (40.31%) JavaScript
3 82 (25.63%) SQL
4 58 (18.13%) R
5 25 (7.81%) C#
6 24 (7.50%) Java
7 20 (6.25%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 146 (45.63%) AWS Certification
2 142 (44.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 112 (35.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 75 (23.44%) CompTIA CySA+
4 75 (23.44%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (9.38%) Degree
6 28 (8.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (7.81%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.94%) CISSP
12 3 (0.94%) MBA
13 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.63%) CCNA
14 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.31%) CCNP
14 1 (0.31%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (1.88%) NIST
2 5 (1.56%) GDPR
2 5 (1.56%) HIPAA
3 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (3.13%) Docker
2 6 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.25%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.31%) Postfix
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.25%) Terraform
3 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.31%) Ansible
5 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 305 (95.31%) Microsoft
2 75 (23.44%) ForeScout
3 7 (2.19%) Google
3 7 (2.19%) VMware
4 4 (1.25%) Mitel
5 3 (0.94%) Cisco
5 3 (0.94%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.63%) Aruba
6 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.63%) Meraki
6 2 (0.63%) Veeam
6 2 (0.63%) Zerto
7 1 (0.31%) Ariba
7 1 (0.31%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.31%) Juniper
7 1 (0.31%) Okta
7 1 (0.31%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.31%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.31%) SAP