Azure Certification Job Trends 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 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 211 259
Rank change year-on-year +181 +48 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 646 67 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.41% 0.86% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.34% 1.82% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 50 44 76
10th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,188 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £63,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -1.18% -1.92%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £81,463 £93,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -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 3,176 3,682 5,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.68% 47.18% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,803 1,516 3,652
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £38,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.24% -1.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

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 14 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
Thames Valley +127 205 £60,000 +60.00% 34
Hampshire +65 137 £57,500 -5.74% 6
Kent +49 119 £65,000 -16.13% 2
Buckinghamshire +56 74 £60,000 -27.93% 16
Berkshire +53 68 £47,500 +46.15% 12
Surrey +18 65 £75,500 +7.86% 5
Oxfordshire +48 63 £42,500 - 7
East Sussex +36 60 £31,000 -40.95% 3
West Sussex - 60 £31,000 - 3
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.77%) WordPress
2 3 (0.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.31%) IIS
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 160 (24.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 646 (100.00%) Azure
2 221 (34.21%) Azure AI
3 162 (25.08%) Power Platform
4 15 (2.32%) Azure AKS
4 15 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
5 14 (2.17%) AWS
6 13 (2.01%) IaaS
7 12 (1.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (1.70%) Azure Storage
9 10 (1.55%) GitHub
10 9 (1.39%) Azure Functions
10 9 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.39%) Serverless
11 6 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.77%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.46%) GCP
14 2 (0.31%) Datadog
14 2 (0.31%) PaaS
14 2 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.79%) DNS
2 7 (1.08%) VPN
3 6 (0.93%) Firewall
4 5 (0.77%) DHCP
4 5 (0.77%) Internet
5 4 (0.62%) SSL
5 4 (0.62%) VLAN
5 4 (0.62%) WAN
6 3 (0.46%) LAN
6 3 (0.46%) Network Security
6 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.31%) BGP
8 1 (0.15%) IPsec
8 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.15%) SNMP
8 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (24.92%) Power BI
2 160 (24.77%) Tableau
3 11 (1.70%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.15%) Metadata
6 1 (0.15%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 15 (2.32%) Git
2 3 (0.46%) GitLab
3 2 (0.31%) MSI
4 1 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 612 (94.74%) Social Skills
2 12 (1.86%) Law
3 6 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (0.77%) Multimedia
5 2 (0.31%) Finance
5 2 (0.31%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.31%) Retail
5 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.15%) Advertising
6 1 (0.15%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 320 (49.54%) Analyst
1 320 (49.54%) Junior
1 320 (49.54%) Junior Analyst
2 160 (24.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 160 (24.77%) Data Analyst
2 160 (24.77%) Junior Data Analyst
2 160 (24.77%) Junior Security Analyst
2 160 (24.77%) Security Analyst
3 150 (23.22%) Ethical Hacker
4 61 (9.44%) Network Engineer
5 60 (9.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 21 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (1.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (1.24%) Developer
9 8 (1.24%) Software Engineer
10 7 (1.08%) Software Developer
11 6 (0.93%) .NET Software Engineer
11 6 (0.93%) Azure Software Engineer
11 6 (0.93%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.63%) .NET
2 5 (0.77%) CSS
2 5 (0.77%) HTML
3 3 (0.46%) React
3 3 (0.46%) YAML
4 2 (0.31%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.31%) ADO
4 2 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.31%) REST
4 2 (0.31%) Web Services
4 2 (0.31%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.15%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.15%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.15%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.15%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.15%) Node.js
5 1 (0.15%) PySpark
5 1 (0.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 150 (23.22%) Cyberattack
2 9 (1.39%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.15%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.15%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.15%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.15%) FMCG
4 1 (0.15%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.15%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.15%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.15%) PKI
4 1 (0.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.55%) Windows
2 8 (1.24%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.15%) Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (48.45%) Cybersecurity
2 221 (34.21%) AI
3 164 (25.39%) Mentoring
4 162 (25.08%) Business Intelligence
5 150 (23.22%) Ethical Hacking
6 60 (9.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 20 (3.10%) Agile
8 19 (2.94%) CI/CD
8 19 (2.94%) High Availability
9 17 (2.63%) Computer Science
10 16 (2.48%) Software Engineering
11 15 (2.32%) Containerisation
11 15 (2.32%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (2.32%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (2.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (1.86%) DevOps
14 11 (1.70%) API Management
14 11 (1.70%) Load Balancing
15 10 (1.55%) Cloud Security
16 8 (1.24%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 237 (36.69%) Python
2 174 (26.93%) SQL
3 17 (2.63%) C#
3 17 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.77%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.77%) R
5 2 (0.31%) Bash
5 2 (0.31%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.15%) Bicep
6 1 (0.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 161 (24.92%) CompTIA CySA+
1 161 (24.92%) CompTIA Security+
2 150 (23.22%) CEH
3 64 (9.91%) Cisco Certification
4 61 (9.44%) Network+ Certification
5 60 (9.29%) CCNA
6 17 (2.63%) Degree
6 17 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.46%) CCSP
10 3 (0.46%) CISM
10 3 (0.46%) CISSP
11 2 (0.31%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.31%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.15%) CCNP
12 1 (0.15%) MCSE
12 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.24%) GDPR
2 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.31%) NIST
3 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.15%) NCSC
3 1 (0.15%) QA
3 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.93%) Docker
2 4 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.93%) Terraform
3 4 (0.62%) Argo
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.31%) Grafana
5 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 558 (86.38%) Microsoft
2 370 (57.28%) ForeScout
3 64 (9.91%) Cisco
4 9 (1.39%) Oracle
5 3 (0.46%) VMware
6 2 (0.31%) Aruba
7 1 (0.15%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.15%) EMC
7 1 (0.15%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.15%) Juniper
7 1 (0.15%) New Relic
7 1 (0.15%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.15%) ServiceNow