Azure Certification Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 163 171
Rank change year-on-year +102 +8 -28
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 161 31 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.33% 0.80% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.52% 1.88% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 37 12 11
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,225 £26,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £32,500 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% -42.49% -8.49%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,844 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £108,613 £70,000
South East median annual salary £58,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.00% -23.08% -2.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,286 1,650 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.57% 42.66% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 767 501 780
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,675
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,308
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,500 £54,998
% change year-on-year +18.81% -8.18% +4.76%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the Thames Valley

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Berkshire +57 58 £45,000 +38.46% 28
Buckinghamshire +45 57 £60,000 -19.06% 8
Oxfordshire +15 46 £42,500 - 8
Azure Certification
South East

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 13 (8.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.11%) Apache
3 5 (3.11%) nginx
4 2 (1.24%) IIS
4 2 (1.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (16.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 161 (100.00%) Azure
2 48 (29.81%) Azure AI
3 29 (18.01%) Power Platform
4 19 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (9.32%) IaaS
6 11 (6.83%) Azure Key Vault
7 10 (6.21%) Azure AKS
7 10 (6.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 10 (6.21%) Azure Storage
8 7 (4.35%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.11%) GitHub
10 4 (2.48%) AWS
10 4 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.86%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.66%) DNS
2 15 (9.32%) Firewall
3 7 (4.35%) DHCP
4 6 (3.73%) SSL
4 6 (3.73%) VLAN
5 4 (2.48%) VPN
6 3 (1.86%) LAN
6 3 (1.86%) WAN
7 2 (1.24%) Internet
7 2 (1.24%) Network Security
7 2 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (16.77%) Power BI
1 27 (16.77%) Tableau
2 2 (1.24%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Git
General
1 139 (86.34%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.21%) Law
3 9 (5.59%) Retail
4 7 (4.35%) Finance
4 7 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.11%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.24%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.24%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 54 (33.54%) Analyst
1 54 (33.54%) Junior
1 54 (33.54%) Junior Analyst
2 27 (16.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 27 (16.77%) Data Analyst
2 27 (16.77%) Ethical Hacker
2 27 (16.77%) Junior Data Analyst
2 27 (16.77%) Junior Security Analyst
2 27 (16.77%) Security Analyst
3 18 (11.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 18 (11.18%) Network Engineer
4 11 (6.83%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (6.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 10 (6.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (3.11%) NOC Manager
6 5 (3.11%) Operations Manager
6 5 (3.11%) Support Engineer
7 4 (2.48%) IT Support
8 3 (1.86%) Head of Infrastructure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.35%) Web Services
2 5 (3.11%) .NET
2 5 (3.11%) React
3 3 (1.86%) FastAPI
3 3 (1.86%) Model Context Protocol
3 3 (1.86%) Node.js
4 2 (1.24%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (1.24%) CSS
4 2 (1.24%) HTML
4 2 (1.24%) REST
4 2 (1.24%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.77%) Cyberattack
2 8 (4.97%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.86%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.24%) Autonomous Agent
4 2 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.62%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.18%) Windows
2 15 (9.32%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.97%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.11%) Linux
5 3 (1.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.89%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (29.81%) AI
3 29 (18.01%) Mentoring
4 28 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
5 27 (16.77%) Ethical Hacking
6 22 (13.66%) High Availability
7 18 (11.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 16 (9.94%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (9.32%) Load Balancing
9 15 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (8.07%) Agile
11 12 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (7.45%) Project Delivery
12 11 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (6.21%) Containerisation
14 7 (4.35%) DevOps
14 7 (4.35%) Identity Access Management
14 7 (4.35%) ITIL
14 7 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (3.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.68%) Python
2 30 (18.63%) SQL
3 21 (13.04%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.11%) C#
5 2 (1.24%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.24%) R
5 2 (1.24%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.62%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (16.77%) CEH
1 27 (16.77%) CompTIA CySA+
1 27 (16.77%) CompTIA Security+
2 21 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (11.80%) Network+ Certification
4 18 (11.18%) CCNA
5 16 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.11%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.11%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.86%) CCSP
8 3 (1.86%) CISM
8 3 (1.86%) CISSP
8 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.86%) Degree
8 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.48%) NCSC
3 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.62%) GDPR
3 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (6.21%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.11%) Squid
3 5 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.24%) Docker
4 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (9.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 122 (75.78%) Microsoft
2 72 (44.72%) ForeScout
3 18 (11.18%) Cisco
4 7 (4.35%) VMware
5 5 (3.11%) Veeam
6 3 (1.86%) Aruba
6 3 (1.86%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.86%) Juniper
6 3 (1.86%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.86%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.62%) Alteryx