Azure Certification Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 50 45
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +59
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 2 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.61% 0.41% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.94% 1.39% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -20.00% +82.93%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile - - £89,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £68,344
% change year-on-year -4.00% -8.55% -3.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 144 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 31.40% 29.81% 29.38%
Number of salaries quoted 37 51 78
10th Percentile £36,250 - £29,994
25th Percentile £41,750 £34,112 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% -8.53% +29.41%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,275 £69,313
90th Percentile £78,503 £79,225 £80,070
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
County Londonderry - 1 - -
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Microsoft Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Database Security
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft