Azure Certification Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 140 116
Rank change year-on-year +42 -24 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 46 16 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.69% 0.49% 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.24% 2.10% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 22 8 26
10th Percentile £27,575 £29,675 £46,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -53.20% +15.75%
75th Percentile £32,750 £39,250 £97,260
90th Percentile - £58,900 £117,236
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £67,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -10.45% -7.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 558 762 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.54% 23.30% 23.19%
Number of salaries quoted 226 292 372
10th Percentile £26,375 £31,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,343 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -0.30% +0.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +0.77%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Scotland

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in Scotland

Azure Certification
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
Edinburgh +24 19 £30,500 -25.15% 16
Glasgow +6 16 £30,500 -6.15% 10
Aberdeen - 7 £30,000 - 8
Dundee - 4 - -
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (4.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 46 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (50.00%) AWS
3 20 (43.48%) GitHub
4 8 (17.39%) Azure AI
4 8 (17.39%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Azure AKS
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (6.52%) GCP
6 1 (2.17%) IaaS
6 1 (2.17%) PaaS
6 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (45.65%) Internet
2 1 (2.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) Power BI
1 8 (17.39%) Tableau
2 3 (6.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (6.52%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (45.65%) Multimedia
2 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Finance
4 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (13.04%) Law
4 6 (13.04%) Marketing
5 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Trainee
2 16 (34.78%) Analyst
2 16 (34.78%) Junior
2 16 (34.78%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (21.74%) Developer
3 10 (21.74%) Trainee Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Software Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Trainee Software Developer
5 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 8 (17.39%) Data Analyst
5 8 (17.39%) Junior Data Analyst
5 8 (17.39%) Junior Security Analyst
5 8 (17.39%) Security Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Site Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (45.65%) CSS
1 21 (45.65%) HTML
2 3 (6.52%) .NET
2 3 (6.52%) REST
3 1 (2.17%) React
3 1 (2.17%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.17%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (6.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (63.04%) Mentoring
2 27 (58.70%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (21.74%) AI
4 8 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.52%) Black-Box Testing
7 3 (6.52%) CI/CD
7 3 (6.52%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (6.52%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (6.52%) Deployment Automation
7 3 (6.52%) Observability
7 3 (6.52%) Service-Level Objective
7 3 (6.52%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 3 (6.52%) Software Engineering
7 3 (6.52%) Web Development
8 1 (2.17%) Business Case
8 1 (2.17%) Conflict Resolution
8 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 1 (2.17%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 35 (76.09%) Python
2 21 (45.65%) JavaScript
3 11 (23.91%) R
3 11 (23.91%) SQL
4 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.52%) Java
6 1 (2.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) AWS Certification
1 22 (47.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (45.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 8 (17.39%) CompTIA CySA+
3 8 (17.39%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.17%) CCNA
4 1 (2.17%) CCNP
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.17%) CISM
4 1 (2.17%) CISSP
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.17%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (15.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (13.04%) Terraform
3 3 (6.52%) Grafana
3 3 (6.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.39%) ForeScout
3 3 (6.52%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.52%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco
4 1 (2.17%) Fortinet