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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 189 217
Rank change year-on-year +151 +28 -164
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 510 81 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.10% 1.02% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.81% 2.71% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 194 40 105
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.26% -2.27% -31.25%
75th Percentile £42,500 £73,886 £84,919
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,975 £85,000
England median annual salary £31,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -51.15% - -10.34%

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 4,319 2,987 2,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 34.75% 37.51% 22.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,310 1,220 2,023
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,854 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% +1.71% -6.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +91 270 £30,500 -32.60% 32
North West +96 166 £30,500 -54.54% 40
North East - 74 £30,500 - 13
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 (2.16%) WordPress
2 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 136 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 510 (100.00%) Azure
2 173 (33.92%) AWS
3 140 (27.45%) GitHub
4 137 (26.86%) Power Platform
5 136 (26.67%) Azure AI
6 31 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (5.49%) Serverless
8 17 (3.33%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.18%) IaaS
10 6 (1.18%) SaaS
11 5 (0.98%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.98%) Intacct
12 4 (0.78%) Azure Functions
12 4 (0.78%) PaaS
13 3 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.39%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 130 (25.49%) Internet
2 10 (1.96%) Firewall
3 5 (0.98%) SAN
3 5 (0.98%) VPN
4 4 (0.78%) VLAN
5 3 (0.59%) DMZ
5 3 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.59%) STUN
5 3 (0.59%) VoIP
6 2 (0.39%) DHCP
6 2 (0.39%) Network Security
7 1 (0.20%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.20%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (26.86%) Power BI
2 136 (26.67%) Tableau
3 5 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 132 (25.88%) Git
2 5 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.20%) JIRA
General
1 351 (68.82%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.49%) Multimedia
3 15 (2.94%) Finance
4 6 (1.18%) Legal
5 5 (0.98%) Public Sector
6 3 (0.59%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.39%) Law
7 2 (0.39%) Retail
8 1 (0.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 272 (53.33%) Analyst
1 272 (53.33%) Junior
1 272 (53.33%) Junior Analyst
2 136 (26.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 136 (26.67%) Data Analyst
2 136 (26.67%) Junior Data Analyst
2 136 (26.67%) Junior Security Analyst
2 136 (26.67%) Security Analyst
3 130 (25.49%) Trainee
4 65 (12.75%) Developer
5 63 (12.35%) Software Developer
5 63 (12.35%) Trainee Developer
5 63 (12.35%) Trainee Software Developer
6 32 (6.27%) Architect
7 30 (5.88%) Ethical Hacker
8 15 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (2.55%) Applications Architect
11 12 (2.35%) Administrator
12 11 (2.16%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (25.49%) CSS
1 130 (25.49%) HTML
2 3 (0.59%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.39%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.20%) RESTful
4 1 (0.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.88%) Cyberattack
2 24 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (0.98%) Onboarding
4 5 (0.98%) PACS
5 4 (0.78%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.59%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.39%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.20%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.20%) IoT
8 1 (0.20%) PKI
8 1 (0.20%) PMI
8 1 (0.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.75%) Windows
2 4 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.59%) Debian
3 3 (0.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (57.45%) Cybersecurity
2 287 (56.27%) Mentoring
3 141 (27.65%) AI
4 137 (26.86%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (6.47%) Computer Science
5 33 (6.47%) TOGAF
6 31 (6.08%) Migration
6 31 (6.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (5.88%) Ethical Hacking
8 28 (5.49%) Application Security
9 27 (5.29%) Enterprise Architecture
10 24 (4.71%) Architectural Patterns
10 24 (4.71%) Data Modelling
10 24 (4.71%) EAI
10 24 (4.71%) Microservices
11 21 (4.12%) ITIL
12 16 (3.14%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (2.75%) DevOps
13 14 (2.75%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (2.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 304 (59.61%) Python
2 154 (30.20%) JavaScript
3 142 (27.84%) SQL
4 67 (13.14%) R
5 25 (4.90%) C#
6 24 (4.71%) Java
6 24 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.57%) Bicep
9 3 (0.59%) Bash
Qualifications
1 174 (34.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 173 (33.92%) AWS Certification
3 136 (26.67%) CompTIA CySA+
3 136 (26.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 135 (26.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 37 (7.25%) Degree
6 31 (6.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 30 (5.88%) CEH
8 29 (5.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 28 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.59%) CISSP
13 3 (0.59%) MBA
14 2 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.20%) CCNP
15 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.20%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.98%) DICOM
4 4 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.98%) Docker
5 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (2.16%) Terraform
2 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 494 (96.86%) Microsoft
2 166 (32.55%) ForeScout
3 12 (2.35%) VMware
4 5 (0.98%) Google
4 5 (0.98%) Sage
4 5 (0.98%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (0.78%) Cisco
5 4 (0.78%) Mitel
6 2 (0.39%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.20%) Ariba
7 1 (0.20%) Citrix
7 1 (0.20%) Commvault
7 1 (0.20%) F5
7 1 (0.20%) HP
7 1 (0.20%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle
7 1 (0.20%) SAP
7 1 (0.20%) Veeam