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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 206 218
Rank change year-on-year +180 +12 -157
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 1,221 53 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.86% 0.76% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.38% 1.67% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 169 40 140
10th Percentile £28,100 £42,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £62,353 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.08% +13.37% -31.25%
75th Percentile £42,500 £74,477 £66,875
90th Percentile £71,750 £81,025 £84,919
England median annual salary £37,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -37.50% -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 5,009 3,174 3,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.13% 45.32% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 1,324 2,563
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,938 £38,438 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,048 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +5.36% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.55%

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 24 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 24 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 +120 692 £30,500 -37.76% 23
North West +118 358 £30,500 -57.63% 26
North East - 171 £30,500 - 17
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 (2.13%) WordPress
2 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.25%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 316 (25.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.082%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1,221 (100.00%) Azure
2 407 (33.33%) Azure AI
3 320 (26.21%) Power Platform
4 151 (12.37%) AWS
5 123 (10.07%) GitHub
6 23 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (1.56%) Serverless
8 18 (1.47%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (0.66%) IaaS
9 8 (0.66%) SaaS
10 5 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (0.41%) Intacct
11 4 (0.33%) Azure AKS
11 4 (0.33%) Azure Functions
11 4 (0.33%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (0.33%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.33%) PaaS
12 3 (0.25%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 117 (9.58%) Internet
2 15 (1.23%) Firewall
3 8 (0.66%) VPN
4 7 (0.57%) VLAN
5 6 (0.49%) DNS
6 5 (0.41%) DHCP
6 5 (0.41%) DMZ
6 5 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.41%) STUN
6 5 (0.41%) VoIP
7 3 (0.25%) Network Security
7 3 (0.25%) SAN
8 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.16%) WAN
9 1 (0.082%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.082%) LAN
9 1 (0.082%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 320 (26.21%) Power BI
2 317 (25.96%) Tableau
3 6 (0.49%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.16%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.082%) Big Data
6 1 (0.082%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.082%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.082%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.082%) Metadata
6 1 (0.082%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 118 (9.66%) Git
2 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 1,075 (88.04%) Social Skills
2 117 (9.58%) Multimedia
3 13 (1.06%) Finance
4 5 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (0.41%) Legal
5 4 (0.33%) Public Sector
6 3 (0.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (0.25%) Retail
7 1 (0.082%) Games
7 1 (0.082%) Law
7 1 (0.082%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 634 (51.92%) Analyst
2 632 (51.76%) Junior
2 632 (51.76%) Junior Analyst
3 317 (25.96%) Data Analyst
4 316 (25.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 316 (25.88%) Junior Data Analyst
4 316 (25.88%) Junior Security Analyst
4 316 (25.88%) Security Analyst
5 225 (18.43%) Ethical Hacker
6 117 (9.58%) Trainee
7 91 (7.45%) Network Engineer
8 90 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 51 (4.18%) Developer
10 50 (4.10%) Trainee Developer
11 48 (3.93%) Software Developer
11 48 (3.93%) Trainee Software Developer
12 27 (2.21%) Administrator
13 26 (2.13%) Trainee Administrator
13 26 (2.13%) Web Administrator
14 23 (1.88%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (9.58%) CSS
1 117 (9.58%) HTML
2 5 (0.41%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (0.25%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.16%) React
4 2 (0.16%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.082%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 225 (18.43%) Cyberattack
2 15 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (0.41%) PACS
4 3 (0.25%) Cloud Native
4 3 (0.25%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.16%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.16%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.16%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.082%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.082%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.082%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.082%) PKI
6 1 (0.082%) PMI
6 1 (0.082%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.39%) Windows
2 8 (0.66%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.49%) Linux
4 5 (0.41%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 636 (52.09%) Cybersecurity
2 430 (35.22%) Mentoring
3 415 (33.99%) AI
4 320 (26.21%) Business Intelligence
5 225 (18.43%) Ethical Hacking
6 90 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 28 (2.29%) Web Development
8 24 (1.97%) Computer Science
9 21 (1.72%) Migration
9 21 (1.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (1.72%) TOGAF
10 18 (1.47%) Data Modelling
10 18 (1.47%) Enterprise Architecture
11 17 (1.39%) Application Security
12 16 (1.31%) Architectural Patterns
12 16 (1.31%) DevOps
12 16 (1.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (1.23%) EAI
13 15 (1.23%) Microservices
14 14 (1.15%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 558 (45.70%) Python
2 325 (26.62%) SQL
3 132 (10.81%) JavaScript
4 67 (5.49%) R
5 22 (1.80%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.23%) C#
6 15 (1.23%) Java
6 15 (1.23%) TypeScript
7 10 (0.82%) Bicep
8 6 (0.49%) Bash
9 1 (0.082%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 316 (25.88%) CompTIA CySA+
1 316 (25.88%) CompTIA Security+
2 225 (18.43%) CEH
3 149 (12.20%) AWS Certification
3 149 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 121 (9.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 93 (7.62%) Cisco Certification
6 91 (7.45%) CCNA
7 90 (7.37%) Network+ Certification
8 28 (2.29%) Degree
9 21 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.41%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.25%) MBA
14 2 (0.16%) CCNP
14 2 (0.16%) CISSP
14 2 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.41%) DICOM
3 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.082%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.082%) NIST
5 1 (0.082%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.41%) Docker
4 5 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.082%) Firmware
6 1 (0.082%) XenApp
6 1 (0.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (1.06%) Terraform
2 6 (0.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.082%) Ansible
3 1 (0.082%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.082%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,113 (91.15%) Microsoft
2 631 (51.68%) ForeScout
3 97 (7.94%) Cisco
4 11 (0.90%) VMware
5 5 (0.41%) Sage
5 5 (0.41%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (0.33%) Google
7 3 (0.25%) Databricks
8 2 (0.16%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.16%) Mitel
8 2 (0.16%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.082%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.082%) Citrix
9 1 (0.082%) Commvault
9 1 (0.082%) Dataiku
9 1 (0.082%) F5
9 1 (0.082%) HP
9 1 (0.082%) Oracle
9 1 (0.082%) Veeam