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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 198 215
Rank change year-on-year +167 +17 -161
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 939 49 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.10% 0.77% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.33% 1.80% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 191 42 134
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,750 £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 £80,775 £84,919
England median annual salary £31,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -51.54% - -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 4,619 2,728 3,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 30.03% 42.69% 21.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 1,288 2,469
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,768 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 31 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 31 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 +120 523 £30,500 -32.22% 41
North West +117 283 £30,500 -57.63% 32
North East - 133 £30,500 - 21
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 (2.77%) WordPress
2 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.32%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.21%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 256 (27.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 939 (100.00%) Azure
2 286 (30.46%) Azure AI
3 258 (27.48%) Power Platform
4 166 (17.68%) AWS
5 137 (14.59%) GitHub
6 31 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (2.13%) Serverless
8 17 (1.81%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.75%) IaaS
9 7 (0.75%) SaaS
10 5 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (0.53%) Google Workspace
10 5 (0.53%) Intacct
11 3 (0.32%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.32%) PaaS
12 2 (0.21%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.21%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.21%) Azure Storage
12 2 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 131 (13.95%) Internet
2 13 (1.38%) Firewall
3 7 (0.75%) VPN
4 6 (0.64%) VLAN
5 5 (0.53%) DMZ
5 5 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (0.53%) SAN
5 5 (0.53%) STUN
5 5 (0.53%) VoIP
6 4 (0.43%) DNS
7 3 (0.32%) DHCP
8 2 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.11%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.11%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (27.48%) Power BI
2 257 (27.37%) Tableau
3 7 (0.75%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.11%) Big Data
5 1 (0.11%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 131 (13.95%) Git
2 5 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
2 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.21%) JIRA
General
1 781 (83.17%) Social Skills
2 131 (13.95%) Multimedia
3 13 (1.38%) Finance
4 6 (0.64%) Legal
5 5 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (0.53%) Public Sector
6 3 (0.32%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.21%) Retail
8 1 (0.11%) Games
8 1 (0.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 513 (54.63%) Analyst
2 512 (54.53%) Junior
2 512 (54.53%) Junior Analyst
3 257 (27.37%) Data Analyst
4 256 (27.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 256 (27.26%) Junior Data Analyst
4 256 (27.26%) Junior Security Analyst
4 256 (27.26%) Security Analyst
5 165 (17.57%) Ethical Hacker
6 131 (13.95%) Trainee
7 58 (6.18%) Developer
8 57 (6.07%) Trainee Developer
9 55 (5.86%) Software Developer
9 55 (5.86%) Trainee Software Developer
10 30 (3.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 30 (3.19%) Network Engineer
11 27 (2.88%) Administrator
12 26 (2.77%) Trainee Administrator
12 26 (2.77%) Web Administrator
13 24 (2.56%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (13.95%) CSS
1 131 (13.95%) HTML
2 5 (0.53%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.21%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.21%) React
3 2 (0.21%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 165 (17.57%) Cyberattack
2 17 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (0.53%) PACS
5 4 (0.43%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.32%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.32%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.11%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.11%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.11%) PKI
7 1 (0.11%) PMI
7 1 (0.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.81%) Windows
2 7 (0.75%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.53%) Debian
3 5 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (56.76%) Cybersecurity
2 387 (41.21%) Mentoring
3 293 (31.20%) AI
4 258 (27.48%) Business Intelligence
5 165 (17.57%) Ethical Hacking
6 30 (3.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 28 (2.98%) Web Development
8 25 (2.66%) Computer Science
8 25 (2.66%) TOGAF
9 24 (2.56%) Migration
9 24 (2.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (2.13%) Application Security
10 20 (2.13%) Enterprise Architecture
11 19 (2.02%) ITIL
12 18 (1.92%) Data Modelling
13 17 (1.81%) Architectural Patterns
13 17 (1.81%) EAI
13 17 (1.81%) Microservices
14 16 (1.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 15 (1.60%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 452 (48.14%) Python
2 265 (28.22%) SQL
3 148 (15.76%) JavaScript
4 74 (7.88%) R
5 22 (2.34%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.81%) C#
6 17 (1.81%) Java
6 17 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.96%) Bicep
8 5 (0.53%) Bash
9 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 256 (27.26%) CompTIA CySA+
1 256 (27.26%) CompTIA Security+
2 168 (17.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 165 (17.57%) AWS Certification
3 165 (17.57%) CEH
4 136 (14.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 33 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (3.19%) CCNA
6 30 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
7 29 (3.09%) Degree
8 24 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 21 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.64%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.32%) CISSP
13 3 (0.32%) MBA
14 2 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.53%) DICOM
4 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.21%) NIST
6 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.43%) Docker
4 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) XenApp
6 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.06%) Terraform
2 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.11%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 895 (95.31%) Microsoft
2 451 (48.03%) ForeScout
3 37 (3.94%) Cisco
4 13 (1.38%) VMware
5 5 (0.53%) Google
5 5 (0.53%) Sage
5 5 (0.53%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (0.43%) Mitel
7 2 (0.21%) Databricks
7 2 (0.21%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.11%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.11%) Citrix
8 1 (0.11%) Commvault
8 1 (0.11%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.11%) F5
8 1 (0.11%) HP
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle
8 1 (0.11%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.11%) Veeam