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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 182 225
Rank change year-on-year +126 +43 -168
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 410 84 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.48% 0.98% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.62% 2.57% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 187 40 95
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -8.70% -28.13%
75th Percentile £42,500 £66,479 £84,919
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,975 £87,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -51.54% - -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 4,260 3,271 2,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 36.19% 38.33% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 1,223 1,982
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +0.11% -6.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,225 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,275 £80,000 £78,750
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 2 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 2 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 +81 216 £30,500 -34.41% 35
North West +91 135 £30,500 -54.54% 45
North East - 59 £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 (2.68%) WordPress
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 105 (25.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 410 (100.00%) Azure
2 170 (41.46%) AWS
3 139 (33.90%) GitHub
4 105 (25.61%) Azure AI
4 105 (25.61%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.59%) Serverless
6 26 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.98%) IaaS
10 4 (0.98%) SaaS
11 3 (0.73%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.73%) Intacct
12 2 (0.49%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.49%) Azure Storage
12 2 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 130 (31.71%) Internet
2 8 (1.95%) Firewall
3 4 (0.98%) SAN
4 3 (0.73%) VLAN
4 3 (0.73%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) DMZ
5 2 (0.49%) Network Security
5 2 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.49%) STUN
5 2 (0.49%) VoIP
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) WAN
6 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (25.61%) Power BI
1 105 (25.61%) Tableau
2 4 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 132 (32.20%) Git
2 4 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 255 (62.20%) Social Skills
2 130 (31.71%) Multimedia
3 13 (3.17%) Finance
4 5 (1.22%) Legal
4 5 (1.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.49%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (0.49%) Retail
6 1 (0.24%) Games
6 1 (0.24%) Law
6 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 210 (51.22%) Analyst
1 210 (51.22%) Junior
1 210 (51.22%) Junior Analyst
2 130 (31.71%) Trainee
3 105 (25.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 105 (25.61%) Data Analyst
3 105 (25.61%) Junior Data Analyst
3 105 (25.61%) Junior Security Analyst
3 105 (25.61%) Security Analyst
4 64 (15.61%) Developer
5 63 (15.37%) Software Developer
5 63 (15.37%) Trainee Developer
5 63 (15.37%) Trainee Software Developer
6 30 (7.32%) Architect
7 13 (3.17%) Applications Architect
8 12 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (2.68%) Software Architect
9 11 (2.68%) Trainee Administrator
9 11 (2.68%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (31.71%) CSS
1 130 (31.71%) HTML
2 2 (0.49%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.24%) OpenAPI
3 1 (0.24%) RESTful
3 1 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.85%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (1.22%) Onboarding
3 4 (0.98%) Management Information System
4 3 (0.73%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (0.73%) PACS
5 1 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.24%) IoT
5 1 (0.24%) PMI
5 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.20%) Windows
2 2 (0.49%) Debian
2 2 (0.49%) Linux
2 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (62.20%) Mentoring
2 232 (56.59%) Cybersecurity
3 108 (26.34%) AI
4 105 (25.61%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (7.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 32 (7.80%) TOGAF
6 31 (7.56%) Computer Science
6 31 (7.56%) Migration
7 28 (6.83%) Application Security
8 27 (6.59%) Enterprise Architecture
9 24 (5.85%) Architectural Patterns
9 24 (5.85%) Data Modelling
9 24 (5.85%) EAI
9 24 (5.85%) Microservices
10 18 (4.39%) ITIL
11 15 (3.66%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (3.17%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (2.93%) DevOps
13 12 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (2.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 270 (65.85%) Python
2 154 (37.56%) JavaScript
3 110 (26.83%) SQL
4 67 (16.34%) R
5 25 (6.10%) C#
6 24 (5.85%) Java
6 24 (5.85%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.41%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.46%) Bicep
9 2 (0.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 171 (41.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 170 (41.46%) AWS Certification
3 135 (32.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 105 (25.61%) CompTIA CySA+
4 105 (25.61%) CompTIA Security+
5 35 (8.54%) Degree
6 30 (7.32%) TOGAF Certification
7 28 (6.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 28 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.73%) CISSP
11 3 (0.73%) MBA
12 2 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.24%) CCNA
13 1 (0.24%) CCNP
13 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.73%) DICOM
5 2 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.22%) Docker
3 5 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.24%) Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) XenApp
6 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (1.71%) Terraform
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 396 (96.59%) Microsoft
2 105 (25.61%) ForeScout
3 10 (2.44%) VMware
4 5 (1.22%) Google
5 4 (0.98%) Cisco
5 4 (0.98%) Mitel
6 3 (0.73%) Sage
6 3 (0.73%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.49%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.24%) Ariba
8 1 (0.24%) Aruba
8 1 (0.24%) Citrix
8 1 (0.24%) Commvault
8 1 (0.24%) Meraki
8 1 (0.24%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.24%) SAP
8 1 (0.24%) Veeam
8 1 (0.24%) Zerto