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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 132 241
Rank change year-on-year +118 +109 -150
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 260 12 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 8.21% 0.54% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.56% 2.49% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 15
10th Percentile - - £55,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £93,250 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £96,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -68.13% +32.19% +5.12%
75th Percentile £39,250 £99,750 £81,875
90th Percentile £52,500 - £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -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 641 482 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.24% 21.78% 15.75%
Number of salaries quoted 165 174 553
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,313 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £51,268 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +6.81% -4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,545 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £86,750 £79,920
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 10 June 2026.

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 10 June 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 +67 73 £30,500 - 13
Aberdeen - 63 £37,500 - 1
Glasgow +59 62 £31,000 -67.88% 6
Dundee - 61 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 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 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.15%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 68 (26.15%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 260 (100.00%) Azure
2 92 (35.38%) Azure AI
3 71 (27.31%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.23%) AWS
5 10 (3.85%) GitHub
6 5 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.92%) SaaS
7 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.77%) IaaS
8 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (26.15%) Power BI
1 68 (26.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (3.85%) Git
General
1 244 (93.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (4.23%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 136 (52.31%) Analyst
1 136 (52.31%) Junior
1 136 (52.31%) Junior Analyst
2 68 (26.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 68 (26.15%) Data Analyst
2 68 (26.15%) Junior Data Analyst
2 68 (26.15%) Junior Security Analyst
2 68 (26.15%) Security Analyst
3 60 (23.08%) Ethical Hacker
4 24 (9.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 24 (9.23%) Network Engineer
5 11 (4.23%) Trainee
6 5 (1.92%) Developer
6 5 (1.92%) Trainee Developer
7 4 (1.54%) Software Developer
7 4 (1.54%) Trainee Software Developer
8 3 (1.15%) Administrator
8 3 (1.15%) Consultant
8 3 (1.15%) Solutions Consultant
8 3 (1.15%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.23%) CSS
1 11 (4.23%) HTML
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.38%) React
3 1 (0.38%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (23.08%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (52.31%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (35.38%) AI
3 76 (29.23%) Mentoring
4 68 (26.15%) Business Intelligence
5 60 (23.08%) Ethical Hacking
6 24 (9.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 4 (1.54%) Web Development
8 3 (1.15%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (1.15%) Employee Productivity
9 2 (0.77%) Change Management
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Security
9 2 (0.77%) Incident Response
9 2 (0.77%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 103 (39.62%) Python
2 68 (26.15%) SQL
3 11 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.31%) R
5 5 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 68 (26.15%) CompTIA CySA+
1 68 (26.15%) CompTIA Security+
2 60 (23.08%) CEH
3 24 (9.23%) CCNA
3 24 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (9.23%) Network+ Certification
4 14 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.23%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (0.77%) CISM
6 2 (0.77%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.77%) GDPR
1 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (0.77%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 236 (90.77%) Microsoft
2 152 (58.46%) ForeScout
3 24 (9.23%) Cisco