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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 131 159
Rank change year-on-year +62 +28 -59
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 75 15 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.76% 0.58% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.81% 2.16% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 32 6 25
10th Percentile £27,500 - £49,500
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% +8.33%
75th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £96,539
90th Percentile - £44,750 £117,236
UK median annual salary £31,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -49.60% -3.85% -10.34%

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 543 694 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 19.96% 26.92% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 225 241 377
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,500 £27,150
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

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 January 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 +24 32 £30,500 -44.04% 11
Glasgow +25 18 £30,500 -6.15% 6
Aberdeen - 15 £30,000 - 2
Dundee - 10 - -
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 (2.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.67%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 75 (100.00%) Azure
2 34 (45.33%) AWS
3 27 (36.00%) GitHub
4 20 (26.67%) Azure AI
4 20 (26.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.33%) IaaS
5 1 (1.33%) PaaS
5 1 (1.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (42.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (26.67%) Power BI
1 20 (26.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (36.00%) Git
General
1 42 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (42.67%) Multimedia
3 2 (2.67%) Finance
3 2 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (53.33%) Analyst
1 40 (53.33%) Junior
1 40 (53.33%) Junior Analyst
2 32 (42.67%) Trainee
3 20 (26.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 20 (26.67%) Data Analyst
3 20 (26.67%) Junior Data Analyst
3 20 (26.67%) Junior Security Analyst
3 20 (26.67%) Security Analyst
4 17 (22.67%) Developer
4 17 (22.67%) Trainee Developer
5 12 (16.00%) Software Developer
5 12 (16.00%) Trainee Software Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Trainee Web Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Web Developer
7 2 (2.67%) Administrator
7 2 (2.67%) Associate Director
7 2 (2.67%) IT Director
7 2 (2.67%) Trainee Administrator
7 2 (2.67%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (42.67%) CSS
1 32 (42.67%) HTML
2 5 (6.67%) React
2 5 (6.67%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.67%) Linux
1 2 (2.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (70.67%) Mentoring
2 50 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (30.67%) AI
4 20 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (9.33%) Web Development
6 2 (2.67%) Biotechnology
6 2 (2.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (2.67%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.67%) Change Management
6 2 (2.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (2.67%) Contract Management
6 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 2 (2.67%) Machine Learning
6 2 (2.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (2.67%) Process Improvement
6 2 (2.67%) Project Management
6 2 (2.67%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (2.67%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (2.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 52 (69.33%) Python
2 32 (42.67%) JavaScript
3 20 (26.67%) SQL
4 15 (20.00%) R
5 1 (1.33%) Bicep
5 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (45.33%) AWS Certification
2 33 (44.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (42.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 20 (26.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 20 (26.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.67%) CISM
5 2 (2.67%) CISSP
5 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.67%) Degree
5 2 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Docker
1 2 (2.67%) vSphere
2 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (97.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (26.67%) ForeScout