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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 118 212
Rank change year-on-year +90 +94 -117
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 168 13 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 5.56% 0.62% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.42% 2.32% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 33 6 23
10th Percentile £27,500 - £51,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -50.00% -6.40%
75th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £91,357
90th Percentile £32,950 £44,750 £114,789
UK median annual salary £31,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -50.40% -3.85% -7.14%

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 661 561 916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.86% 26.78% 18.69%
Number of salaries quoted 233 218 533
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,313 £26,700
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK 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 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
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 12 March 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
Edinburgh +53 56 £30,500 -44.04% 11
Glasgow +26 40 £30,250 -6.92% 8
Aberdeen - 39 £30,000 - 5
Dundee - 33 - - 1
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 5 (2.98%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (30.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.19%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 168 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (30.95%) Azure AI
2 52 (30.95%) Power Platform
3 35 (20.83%) AWS
4 27 (16.07%) GitHub
5 1 (0.60%) IaaS
5 1 (0.60%) PaaS
5 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (19.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (30.95%) Power BI
1 52 (30.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (16.07%) Git
General
1 134 (79.76%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.64%) Multimedia
3 2 (1.19%) Finance
3 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (61.90%) Analyst
1 104 (61.90%) Junior
1 104 (61.90%) Junior Analyst
2 52 (30.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 52 (30.95%) Data Analyst
2 52 (30.95%) Junior Data Analyst
2 52 (30.95%) Junior Security Analyst
2 52 (30.95%) Security Analyst
3 33 (19.64%) Trainee
4 28 (16.67%) Ethical Hacker
5 17 (10.12%) Developer
5 17 (10.12%) Trainee Developer
6 11 (6.55%) Software Developer
6 11 (6.55%) Trainee Software Developer
7 6 (3.57%) Trainee Web Developer
7 6 (3.57%) Web Developer
8 5 (2.98%) Administrator
8 5 (2.98%) Trainee Administrator
8 5 (2.98%) Web Administrator
9 2 (1.19%) Associate Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (19.64%) CSS
1 33 (19.64%) HTML
2 6 (3.57%) React
2 6 (3.57%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.67%) Cyberattack
2 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.19%) Linux
1 2 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (49.40%) Mentoring
3 55 (32.74%) AI
4 52 (30.95%) Business Intelligence
5 28 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
6 11 (6.55%) Web Development
7 2 (1.19%) Biotechnology
7 2 (1.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 2 (1.19%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (1.19%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (1.19%) Contract Management
7 2 (1.19%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 2 (1.19%) Machine Learning
7 2 (1.19%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (1.19%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (1.19%) Process Improvement
7 2 (1.19%) Project Management
7 2 (1.19%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (1.19%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 85 (50.60%) Python
2 52 (30.95%) SQL
3 33 (19.64%) JavaScript
4 16 (9.52%) R
5 1 (0.60%) Bicep
5 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (30.95%) CompTIA CySA+
1 52 (30.95%) CompTIA Security+
2 35 (20.83%) AWS Certification
3 34 (20.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (19.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 28 (16.67%) CEH
6 2 (1.19%) CISM
6 2 (1.19%) CISSP
6 2 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.19%) Degree
6 2 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.19%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (1.19%) Docker
1 2 (1.19%) vSphere
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 166 (98.81%) Microsoft
2 80 (47.62%) ForeScout