Azure Certification Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Azure Certification
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 58 66
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 +27
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 27 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 3.49% 1.25% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.36% 4.65% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £27,950 £45,475 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,631 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +4.00% -22.48%
75th Percentile £80,000 £54,799 £100,000
90th Percentile - £55,338 £130,000
Wales median annual salary £43,566 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.22% +4.00% -22.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 188 172 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 24.29% 26.96% 29.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67 95 103
10th Percentile £29,400 £41,500 £32,659
25th Percentile £34,125 £43,600 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,537 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +15.79% +2.15%
75th Percentile £76,944 £65,000 £61,445
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,418 £74,985
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £46,060
% change year-on-year -4.55% +19.41% +2.38%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in South Wales

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in South Wales

Azure Certification
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
Newport +3 12 £30,250 -41.83% 7
Cardiff +23 11 £30,500 -39.63% 10
Monmouthshire - 3 £80,000 - 2
Bridgend -5 1 £56,631 -
Azure Certification
Wales

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (3.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) Azure AI
2 10 (37.04%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Stack
3 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.11%) GitHub
4 1 (3.70%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) Power BI
1 10 (37.04%) Tableau
2 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) git-flow
General
1 21 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Multimedia
2 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Analyst
1 20 (74.07%) Junior
1 20 (74.07%) Junior Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Data Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Junior Data Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Junior Security Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Security Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Trainee
4 2 (7.41%) Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Trainee Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Trainee Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) CSS
1 3 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 3 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Rocky
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Mentoring
2 12 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (37.04%) AI
3 10 (37.04%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (11.11%) Containerisation
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.70%) Agile
5 1 (3.70%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) CQRS
5 1 (3.70%) DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) Event-Driven
5 1 (3.70%) Event-Driven Programming
5 1 (3.70%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.70%) Microservices
5 1 (3.70%) Observability
5 1 (3.70%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) Python
2 11 (40.74%) SQL
3 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.41%) R
5 1 (3.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) CompTIA CySA+
1 10 (37.04%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 3 (11.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (37.04%) ForeScout
3 3 (11.11%) Dell