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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 208 223
Rank change year-on-year +182 +15 -168
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 1,148 53 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.71% 0.78% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.40% 1.72% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 172 42 140
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £62,205 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.97% +13.10% -30.93%
75th Percentile £42,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,425 £81,000 £84,919
England median annual salary £33,750 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -46.00% -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 4,905 3,078 3,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.68% 45.11% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,525 1,323 2,567
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £38,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,400 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.31% +5.38% -9.52%
75th Percentile £64,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +119 648 £30,500 -37.76% 38
North West +118 340 £30,500 -57.63% 26
North East - 160 £30,500 - 20
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 (2.26%) WordPress
2 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.26%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 301 (26.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1,148 (100.00%) Azure
2 376 (32.75%) Azure AI
3 304 (26.48%) Power Platform
4 152 (13.24%) AWS
5 123 (10.71%) GitHub
6 25 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (1.74%) Serverless
8 18 (1.57%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.61%) IaaS
11 6 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.52%) SaaS
12 5 (0.44%) Intacct
13 4 (0.35%) Azure AKS
13 4 (0.35%) Azure Functions
13 4 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.35%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.26%) Azure Storage
14 3 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 117 (10.19%) Internet
2 14 (1.22%) Firewall
3 8 (0.70%) VPN
4 7 (0.61%) VLAN
5 5 (0.44%) DMZ
5 5 (0.44%) DNS
5 5 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (0.44%) STUN
5 5 (0.44%) VoIP
6 4 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.26%) Network Security
7 3 (0.26%) SAN
8 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.17%) WAN
9 1 (0.087%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.087%) LAN
9 1 (0.087%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 304 (26.48%) Power BI
2 302 (26.31%) Tableau
3 6 (0.52%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.17%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.087%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.087%) Big Data
6 1 (0.087%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.087%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.087%) Metadata
6 1 (0.087%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 118 (10.28%) Git
2 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 1,002 (87.28%) Social Skills
2 117 (10.19%) Multimedia
3 14 (1.22%) Finance
4 5 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (0.44%) Legal
5 4 (0.35%) Public Sector
6 3 (0.26%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (0.26%) Retail
7 1 (0.087%) Games
7 1 (0.087%) Law
7 1 (0.087%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 604 (52.61%) Analyst
2 602 (52.44%) Junior
2 602 (52.44%) Junior Analyst
3 302 (26.31%) Data Analyst
4 301 (26.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 301 (26.22%) Junior Data Analyst
4 301 (26.22%) Junior Security Analyst
4 301 (26.22%) Security Analyst
5 210 (18.29%) Ethical Hacker
6 117 (10.19%) Trainee
7 76 (6.62%) Network Engineer
8 75 (6.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 51 (4.44%) Developer
10 50 (4.36%) Trainee Developer
11 48 (4.18%) Software Developer
11 48 (4.18%) Trainee Software Developer
12 27 (2.35%) Administrator
13 26 (2.26%) Trainee Administrator
13 26 (2.26%) Web Administrator
14 23 (2.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (10.19%) CSS
1 117 (10.19%) HTML
2 5 (0.44%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (0.26%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.17%) React
4 2 (0.17%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.087%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 210 (18.29%) Cyberattack
2 16 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (0.44%) PACS
4 3 (0.26%) Cloud Native
4 3 (0.26%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.087%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.087%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.087%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.087%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.087%) PKI
6 1 (0.087%) PMI
6 1 (0.087%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.48%) Windows
2 7 (0.61%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.52%) Linux
4 5 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (52.87%) Cybersecurity
2 416 (36.24%) Mentoring
3 384 (33.45%) AI
4 304 (26.48%) Business Intelligence
5 210 (18.29%) Ethical Hacking
6 75 (6.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 28 (2.44%) Web Development
8 24 (2.09%) Computer Science
9 22 (1.92%) Migration
9 22 (1.92%) TOGAF
10 21 (1.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (1.66%) Enterprise Architecture
12 18 (1.57%) Application Security
12 18 (1.57%) Data Modelling
13 17 (1.48%) Architectural Patterns
14 16 (1.39%) EAI
14 16 (1.39%) ITIL
14 16 (1.39%) Microservices
15 15 (1.31%) DevOps
15 15 (1.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 528 (45.99%) Python
2 309 (26.92%) SQL
3 133 (11.59%) JavaScript
4 67 (5.84%) R
5 22 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.39%) C#
6 16 (1.39%) Java
6 16 (1.39%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.78%) Bicep
8 6 (0.52%) Bash
9 1 (0.087%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 301 (26.22%) CompTIA CySA+
1 301 (26.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 210 (18.29%) CEH
3 150 (13.07%) AWS Certification
4 149 (12.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 121 (10.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 79 (6.88%) Cisco Certification
7 76 (6.62%) CCNA
8 75 (6.53%) Network+ Certification
9 28 (2.44%) Degree
10 22 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 19 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.44%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.26%) CISSP
13 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.26%) MBA
14 2 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.44%) DICOM
2 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.17%) NIST
4 1 (0.087%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.087%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.44%) Docker
4 5 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.087%) Firmware
6 1 (0.087%) XenApp
6 1 (0.087%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (1.13%) Terraform
2 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.087%) Ansible
4 1 (0.087%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.087%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,056 (91.99%) Microsoft
2 586 (51.05%) ForeScout
3 81 (7.06%) Cisco
4 10 (0.87%) VMware
5 5 (0.44%) Sage
5 5 (0.44%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (0.35%) Google
7 3 (0.26%) Databricks
7 3 (0.26%) Mitel
8 2 (0.17%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.087%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.087%) Citrix
9 1 (0.087%) Commvault
9 1 (0.087%) Dataiku
9 1 (0.087%) F5
9 1 (0.087%) HP
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle
9 1 (0.087%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.087%) Veeam