Azure Certification Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 246 259
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 +69
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 70 158 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.73% 0.90% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.26% 2.67% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 47 81 82
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,375
90th Percentile £77,450 £93,750 £91,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -3.85% -6.40% -0.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,559 5,907 5,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.70% 33.68% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 3,633 2,495
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the South East

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in the South East.

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the South East

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the South East

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Surrey +57 29 £70,000 +115.38% 26
Thames Valley +43 21 £37,500 -10.71% 125
Berkshire +17 19 £32,500 -22.62% 72
Hampshire +30 11 £70,000 -6.67% 44
Middlesex - 7 £90,000 -
Oxfordshire +31 1 - - 17
Buckinghamshire +28 1 £83,250 - 36
East Sussex +26 1 £52,500 +16.67% 13
Kent +23 1 £60,000 -7.69% 29
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (12.86%) Apache Spark
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 70 (100.00%) Azure
2 26 (37.14%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 18 (25.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 18 (25.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 17 (24.29%) AWS
5 17 (24.29%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (22.86%) Entra ID
7 13 (18.57%) IaaS
8 10 (14.29%) GCP
8 10 (14.29%) PowerApps
9 9 (12.86%) SaaS
10 8 (11.43%) GitHub
10 8 (11.43%) PaaS
10 8 (11.43%) Power Automate
11 7 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (8.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (8.57%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (5.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.86%) Firewall
2 6 (8.57%) VPN
3 5 (7.14%) DNS
3 5 (7.14%) SAN
4 4 (5.71%) SD-WAN
4 4 (5.71%) WAN
5 2 (2.86%) Network Security
5 2 (2.86%) VLAN
6 1 (1.43%) DHCP
6 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.43%) VoIP
6 1 (1.43%) VoLTE
6 1 (1.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (24.29%) Power BI
2 16 (22.86%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (20.00%) Data Lake
4 12 (17.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (14.29%) NoSQL
6 9 (12.86%) Big Data
6 9 (12.86%) Hadoop
7 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (5.71%) MySQL
8 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
8 4 (5.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (4.29%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.43%) Metadata
10 1 (1.43%) Oracle Database
10 1 (1.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.86%) Law
4 8 (11.43%) Automotive
5 7 (10.00%) Finance
6 1 (1.43%) Legal
6 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (35.71%) Senior
2 17 (24.29%) Data Engineer
2 17 (24.29%) Senior Data Engineer
3 9 (12.86%) Data Analytics Director
4 7 (10.00%) Architect
5 5 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
6 4 (5.71%) Analyst
6 4 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (5.71%) Developer
7 3 (4.29%) Administrator
7 3 (4.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 3 (4.29%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
7 3 (4.29%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Azure Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Azure Security Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.57%) .NET
2 9 (12.86%) Kafka
3 5 (7.14%) SAML
4 4 (5.71%) XML
5 3 (4.29%) CSS
5 3 (4.29%) HTML
5 3 (4.29%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (2.86%) Node.js
7 1 (1.43%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.43%) FreeSWITCH
7 1 (1.43%) React
7 1 (1.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Cloud Native
1 9 (12.86%) Management Information System
1 9 (12.86%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.14%) PKI
3 4 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.71%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.71%) NHS
4 3 (4.29%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.43%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.57%) Windows
2 6 (8.57%) Apple iOS
2 6 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.71%) VMS
4 1 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.14%) Agile
2 27 (38.57%) DevOps
3 26 (37.14%) CI/CD
4 25 (35.71%) Analytics
5 22 (31.43%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (27.14%) ITIL
7 18 (25.71%) Decision-Making
8 16 (22.86%) Computer Science
8 16 (22.86%) Data Analytics
8 16 (22.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (21.43%) Data Engineering
9 15 (21.43%) Data Governance
10 14 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (20.00%) Data Modelling
10 14 (20.00%) Mentoring
10 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (18.57%) Artificial Intelligence
11 13 (18.57%) Data Science
11 13 (18.57%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 42 (60.00%) SQL
2 26 (37.14%) Python
3 22 (31.43%) PowerShell
4 19 (27.14%) C#
5 6 (8.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (5.71%) Bicep
6 4 (5.71%) T-SQL
7 3 (4.29%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (35.71%) Degree
2 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (22.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (14.29%) AWS Certification
5 9 (12.86%) Master's Degree
6 6 (8.57%) CCNP
6 6 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (7.14%) CCNA
7 5 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (5.71%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.86%) A+ Certification
9 2 (2.86%) CEH
9 2 (2.86%) CISSP
10 1 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.43%) CFA
10 1 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.43%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (25.71%) GDPR
2 9 (12.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 8 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (10.00%) Data Quality
5 5 (7.14%) SLA
6 2 (2.86%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.86%) NIST
7 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.43%) NCSC
7 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.14%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (8.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 5 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (12.86%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (7.14%) Terraform
3 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (55.71%) Microsoft
2 23 (32.86%) Databricks
3 13 (18.57%) Google
4 7 (10.00%) Citrix
5 6 (8.57%) Apple
5 6 (8.57%) Veeam
5 6 (8.57%) VMware
6 4 (5.71%) Meraki
7 1 (1.43%) Commvault
7 1 (1.43%) Informatica
7 1 (1.43%) Oracle
7 1 (1.43%) SolarWinds