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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 248 264
Rank change year-on-year +19 +16 +60
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 68 155 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.71% 0.92% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.25% 2.69% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 53 83 84
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £28,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £93,750 £91,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -

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 5,446 5,770 5,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.09% 34.40% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 3,618 2,516
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £52,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +2.97% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +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 16 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 16 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 +66 32 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Hampshire +26 13 £77,500 +3.33% 6
Thames Valley +23 13 £50,000 -1.96% 29
Berkshire +5 10 £32,500 -22.62% 21
Middlesex - 7 £90,000 -
Oxfordshire +30 2 £82,500 +32.00% 3
Buckinghamshire +36 1 £50,000 - 6
West Sussex +29 1 £30,500 -53.08%
Kent +22 1 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Sussex +18 1 £30,500 -45.78% 2
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 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.94%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 68 (100.00%) Azure
2 26 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (33.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 22 (32.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 21 (30.88%) Power Platform
6 17 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (23.53%) Entra ID
8 14 (20.59%) AWS
9 12 (17.65%) IaaS
10 9 (13.24%) PowerApps
11 8 (11.76%) GitHub
11 8 (11.76%) PaaS
11 8 (11.76%) SaaS
12 7 (10.29%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (10.29%) Power Automate
13 6 (8.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (8.82%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (8.82%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (5.88%) GCP
14 4 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.71%) Firewall
2 6 (8.82%) VPN
3 5 (7.35%) DNS
4 4 (5.88%) SAN
4 4 (5.88%) SD-WAN
4 4 (5.88%) WAN
5 1 (1.47%) DHCP
5 1 (1.47%) Network Security
5 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.47%) VLAN
5 1 (1.47%) VoIP
5 1 (1.47%) VoLTE
5 1 (1.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.47%) Power BI
2 13 (19.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (13.24%) Data Lake
3 9 (13.24%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 4 (5.88%) MySQL
5 4 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (4.41%) NoSQL
6 3 (4.41%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.94%) Big Data
7 2 (2.94%) Hadoop
8 1 (1.47%) Metadata
8 1 (1.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Automotive
4 7 (10.29%) Finance
5 2 (2.94%) Law
5 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
6 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (41.18%) Senior
2 20 (29.41%) Data Engineer
3 19 (27.94%) Senior Data Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) Architect
5 5 (7.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Developer
6 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (4.41%) Administrator
7 3 (4.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
7 3 (4.41%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Azure Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Data Analytics Director
8 2 (2.94%) Field Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) IT Technician
8 2 (2.94%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.53%) .NET
2 4 (5.88%) SAML
2 4 (5.88%) XML
3 3 (4.41%) CSS
3 3 (4.41%) HTML
3 3 (4.41%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (2.94%) Kafka
5 1 (1.47%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (1.47%) Node.js
5 1 (1.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.88%) NHS
2 4 (5.88%) PKI
3 3 (4.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.47%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.12%) Windows
2 6 (8.82%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.88%) VMS
3 4 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.41%) Linux
5 2 (2.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.65%) Agile
2 22 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 20 (29.41%) Analytics
3 20 (29.41%) DevOps
4 18 (26.47%) ITIL
5 16 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (20.59%) Mentoring
8 13 (19.12%) Sprint Planning
9 12 (17.65%) Decision-Making
9 12 (17.65%) Service Management
10 11 (16.18%) Project Management
10 11 (16.18%) Roadmaps
11 10 (14.71%) Data Governance
11 10 (14.71%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (14.71%) Migration
11 10 (14.71%) Visualisation
12 9 (13.24%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (57.35%) SQL
2 28 (41.18%) Python
3 23 (33.82%) C#
4 21 (30.88%) PowerShell
5 6 (8.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (5.88%) Bicep
6 4 (5.88%) T-SQL
7 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.47%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (25.00%) Degree
3 9 (13.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.35%) AWS Certification
4 5 (7.35%) CCNP
4 5 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.88%) A+ Certification
5 4 (5.88%) CCNA
5 4 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 4 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (4.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.94%) CEH
7 2 (2.94%) CISSP
7 2 (2.94%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (1.47%) CFA
8 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.18%) GDPR
2 8 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 8 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.88%) SLA
4 2 (2.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.94%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.94%) NIST
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.65%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (8.82%) Hyper-V
3 6 (8.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.41%) Docker
6 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.82%) Terraform
4 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.47%) Ansible
5 1 (1.47%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (60.29%) Microsoft
2 28 (41.18%) Databricks
3 7 (10.29%) Citrix
3 7 (10.29%) VMware
4 6 (8.82%) Apple
4 6 (8.82%) Google
5 4 (5.88%) Meraki
5 4 (5.88%) Veeam
6 1 (1.47%) Informatica