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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 180 204
Rank change year-on-year +55 +24 +54
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 157 132 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.51% 1.47% 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.87% 3.31% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 43 112 70
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,563 £47,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +13.04% +6.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £72,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £76,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £31,500 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -50.59% -1.92% -10.34%

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 3,227 3,982 3,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.09% 44.35% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 1,739 2,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,313 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 January 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 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
Thames Valley +36 45 £65,000 +6.99% 32
Hampshire +21 36 £33,750 -43.75% 11
Kent +15 28 £42,500 +30.77% 10
Surrey -30 22 £95,000 +46.15% 6
Buckinghamshire +24 20 £71,250 +42.50% 11
West Sussex +16 15 £30,000 -41.75% 8
Berkshire -2 15 £57,500 -17.86% 15
East Sussex +14 11 £30,500 - 6
Oxfordshire +24 10 - - 6
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 1 (0.64%) IIS
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (31.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 157 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (33.12%) Power Platform
3 51 (32.48%) Azure AI
4 26 (16.56%) AWS
5 14 (8.92%) GitHub
6 9 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.10%) Commercetools
8 5 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.55%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.91%) GCP
10 3 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.27%) IaaS
11 2 (1.27%) Serverless
12 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.64%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.64%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.64%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.01%) Internet
1 11 (7.01%) VPN
2 8 (5.10%) Firewall
2 8 (5.10%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.10%) VoIP
2 8 (5.10%) WAN
3 7 (4.46%) LAN
3 7 (4.46%) Unified Communications
3 7 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.18%) DHCP
4 5 (3.18%) DNS
5 4 (2.55%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.55%) VLAN
6 1 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.64%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.64%) NAS
6 1 (0.64%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.64%) PBX
6 1 (0.64%) SAN
6 1 (0.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (32.48%) Power BI
2 50 (31.85%) Tableau
3 3 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.27%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.64%) Metadata
5 1 (0.64%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (5.73%) Git
2 3 (1.91%) GitLab
3 2 (1.27%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
General
1 112 (71.34%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.01%) Multimedia
3 8 (5.10%) Back Office
3 8 (5.10%) Retail
3 8 (5.10%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.27%) Finance
4 2 (1.27%) Military
4 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.64%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.64%) Automotive
5 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 100 (63.69%) Analyst
1 100 (63.69%) Junior
1 100 (63.69%) Junior Analyst
2 50 (31.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 50 (31.85%) Data Analyst
2 50 (31.85%) Junior Data Analyst
2 50 (31.85%) Junior Security Analyst
2 50 (31.85%) Security Analyst
3 11 (7.01%) Trainee
4 8 (5.10%) Developer
4 8 (5.10%) Head of Architecture
5 7 (4.46%) Head of IT
5 7 (4.46%) Head of IT Operations
5 7 (4.46%) Head of Operations
5 7 (4.46%) Trainee Developer
6 6 (3.82%) Architect
7 5 (3.18%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (3.18%) Software Developer
7 5 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.18%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.01%) CSS
1 11 (7.01%) HTML
2 3 (1.91%) .NET
3 2 (1.27%) React
3 2 (1.27%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.64%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.64%) JSON
4 1 (0.64%) OAuth
4 1 (0.64%) PySpark
4 1 (0.64%) REST
4 1 (0.64%) RESTful
4 1 (0.64%) SOAP
4 1 (0.64%) XML
4 1 (0.64%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.46%) Operational Technology
2 4 (2.55%) Cloud Native
3 3 (1.91%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.64%) CMDB
5 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.64%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.64%) Windows
2 6 (3.82%) Linux
2 6 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.91%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (44.59%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (40.76%) Mentoring
3 54 (34.39%) AI
4 51 (32.48%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (15.29%) DevOps
6 14 (8.92%) ITIL
7 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure as Code
7 13 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (8.28%) TOGAF
8 12 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (6.37%) Computer Science
9 10 (6.37%) Logistics
10 9 (5.73%) CI/CD
10 9 (5.73%) Data Protection
10 9 (5.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 9 (5.73%) ERP
10 9 (5.73%) High Availability
11 8 (5.10%) Service Delivery
12 7 (4.46%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (4.46%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (40.76%) Python
2 57 (36.31%) SQL
3 11 (7.01%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.18%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.55%) R
6 3 (1.91%) C#
7 1 (0.64%) Bash
7 1 (0.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 50 (31.85%) CompTIA CySA+
1 50 (31.85%) CompTIA Security+
2 26 (16.56%) AWS Certification
3 17 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (8.28%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (7.64%) Degree
6 11 (7.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (5.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (4.46%) CCNP
9 7 (4.46%) Master's Degree
9 7 (4.46%) PMI Certification
9 7 (4.46%) PMP
10 5 (3.18%) SC Cleared
10 5 (3.18%) Security Cleared
11 3 (1.91%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.27%) CISSP
12 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.64%) CCNA
13 1 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) NIST
2 2 (1.27%) GDPR
3 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.64%) NCSC
3 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.82%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.55%) Docker
4 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.18%) Terraform
3 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.27%) Nessus
4 2 (1.27%) WSUS
5 1 (0.64%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.64%) Argo
5 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.64%) SCCM
5 1 (0.64%) SCOM
Vendors
1 142 (90.45%) Microsoft
2 50 (31.85%) ForeScout
3 8 (5.10%) Cisco
4 5 (3.18%) Databricks
5 1 (0.64%) Citrix
5 1 (0.64%) Commvault
5 1 (0.64%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.64%) Juniper
5 1 (0.64%) Mitel
5 1 (0.64%) Okta
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle
5 1 (0.64%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.64%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.64%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.64%) Veeam
5 1 (0.64%) Veritas
5 1 (0.64%) VMware