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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 228 226
Rank change year-on-year +209 -2 -157
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 1,181 59 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.41% 0.78% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.01% 1.73% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 134 40 145
10th Percentile £27,725 £44,075 £31,175
25th Percentile £28,250 £51,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.20% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £47,500 £74,477 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £81,025 £84,919
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% -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 4,373 3,410 3,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 23.73% 44.99% 20.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,519 1,325 2,600
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,625 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.72%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +116 677 £30,500 -41.90% 39
North West +141 341 £31,500 -56.24% 39
North East - 163 £30,500 - 27
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 23 (1.95%) WordPress
2 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 316 (26.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1,181 (100.00%) Azure
2 407 (34.46%) Azure AI
3 322 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 114 (9.65%) AWS
5 87 (7.37%) GitHub
6 21 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.19%) Serverless
9 9 (0.76%) IaaS
10 8 (0.68%) SaaS
11 5 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.42%) Intacct
11 5 (0.42%) PaaS
12 4 (0.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.34%) dbt
12 4 (0.34%) GCP
12 4 (0.34%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.25%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 83 (7.03%) Internet
2 17 (1.44%) Firewall
3 8 (0.68%) VPN
4 7 (0.59%) VLAN
5 6 (0.51%) DNS
6 5 (0.42%) DHCP
6 5 (0.42%) DMZ
6 5 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.42%) STUN
6 5 (0.42%) VoIP
7 4 (0.34%) SAN
8 3 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.17%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.17%) WAN
9 2 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.085%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.085%) LAN
10 1 (0.085%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 320 (27.10%) Power BI
2 317 (26.84%) Tableau
3 6 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (0.34%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.25%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.25%) Metadata
6 3 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.085%) Big Data
8 1 (0.085%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.085%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 82 (6.94%) Git
2 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.17%) JIRA
3 2 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1,075 (91.02%) Social Skills
2 83 (7.03%) Multimedia
3 12 (1.02%) Finance
4 5 (0.42%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (0.34%) Legal
6 3 (0.25%) Retail
6 3 (0.25%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.17%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.085%) Games
8 1 (0.085%) Law
Job Titles
1 634 (53.68%) Analyst
2 632 (53.51%) Junior
2 632 (53.51%) Junior Analyst
3 317 (26.84%) Data Analyst
4 316 (26.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 316 (26.76%) Junior Data Analyst
4 316 (26.76%) Junior Security Analyst
4 316 (26.76%) Security Analyst
5 225 (19.05%) Ethical Hacker
6 91 (7.71%) Network Engineer
7 90 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 83 (7.03%) Trainee
9 34 (2.88%) Developer
10 33 (2.79%) Trainee Developer
11 31 (2.62%) Software Developer
11 31 (2.62%) Trainee Software Developer
12 24 (2.03%) Administrator
13 23 (1.95%) Trainee Administrator
13 23 (1.95%) Web Administrator
14 20 (1.69%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.03%) CSS
1 83 (7.03%) HTML
2 5 (0.42%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.17%) React
3 2 (0.17%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.085%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.085%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 225 (19.05%) Cyberattack
2 12 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (0.42%) Cloud Native
3 5 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (0.42%) PACS
4 3 (0.25%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.17%) Clustering
5 2 (0.17%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (0.17%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.085%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.085%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.085%) PKI
6 1 (0.085%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.61%) Windows
2 12 (1.02%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.51%) Linux
4 5 (0.42%) Debian
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (51.31%) Cybersecurity
2 415 (35.14%) AI
3 394 (33.36%) Mentoring
4 320 (27.10%) Business Intelligence
5 225 (19.05%) Ethical Hacking
6 90 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 25 (2.12%) Web Development
8 21 (1.78%) Computer Science
9 17 (1.44%) Data Modelling
9 17 (1.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (1.35%) Application Security
10 16 (1.35%) DevOps
10 16 (1.35%) Migration
11 15 (1.27%) Architectural Patterns
11 15 (1.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (1.27%) TOGAF
12 14 (1.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (1.19%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (1.10%) CI/CD
13 13 (1.10%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 518 (43.86%) Python
2 327 (27.69%) SQL
3 95 (8.04%) JavaScript
4 50 (4.23%) R
5 21 (1.78%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.02%) C#
6 12 (1.02%) Java
6 12 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.68%) Bicep
8 6 (0.51%) Bash
9 1 (0.085%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 316 (26.76%) CompTIA CySA+
1 316 (26.76%) CompTIA Security+
2 225 (19.05%) CEH
3 114 (9.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 110 (9.31%) AWS Certification
5 93 (7.87%) CCNA
5 93 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
6 90 (7.62%) Network+ Certification
7 86 (7.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 25 (2.12%) Degree
9 16 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.42%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.34%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.25%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.17%) MCSA
14 2 (0.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.085%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.42%) DICOM
3 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.085%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.085%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.25%) Docker
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.085%) Firmware
6 1 (0.085%) XenApp
6 1 (0.085%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (1.27%) Terraform
2 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.17%) Ansible
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.085%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.085%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,070 (90.60%) Microsoft
2 631 (53.43%) ForeScout
3 97 (8.21%) Cisco
4 11 (0.93%) VMware
5 5 (0.42%) Databricks
5 5 (0.42%) Sage
5 5 (0.42%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (0.25%) Google
6 3 (0.25%) Veeam
7 2 (0.17%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.17%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.085%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.085%) Citrix
8 1 (0.085%) Commvault
8 1 (0.085%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.085%) F5
8 1 (0.085%) HP
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle