Azure Certification Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 220 294
Rank change year-on-year +132 +74 -121
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 962 483 283
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 1.30% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.78% 3.46% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 374 227 229
10th Percentile - £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £56,509 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.03% -5.82% -15.79%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £74,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £31,750 £62,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year -49.20% -6.72% -7.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,183 13,943 9,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.81% 37.42% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,129 5,412 6,477
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,475 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +149 337 £30,500 -35.79% 85
Yorkshire +81 177 £30,500 -35.79% 31
Midlands +96 174 £32,500 -43.48% 73
South East +49 158 £42,500 -34.62% 85
North West +96 113 £30,500 -44.55% 43
South West -14 108 £31,000 -60.00% 29
West Midlands +64 106 £31,500 -45.22% 45
East of England +52 75 £34,000 +23.64% 41
Scotland +65 74 £30,500 -6.15% 24
East Midlands +40 67 £32,500 -33.33% 27
North East - 47 £30,500 - 14
Wales +35 39 £56,631 +8.91% 15
Northern Ireland +3 11 £62,500 +4.17% 4
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (2.60%) WordPress
2 13 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.52%) Confluence
5 4 (0.42%) nginx
6 1 (0.10%) IIS
Applications
1 272 (28.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.42%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.21%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 962 (100.00%) Azure
2 307 (31.91%) AWS
3 287 (29.83%) Power Platform
4 271 (28.17%) Azure AI
5 239 (24.84%) GitHub
6 57 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (3.95%) Serverless
8 32 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (2.60%) Entra ID
10 18 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (1.25%) Commercetools
12 11 (1.14%) IaaS
13 10 (1.04%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.04%) PaaS
14 8 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (0.73%) GCP
15 7 (0.73%) Power Automate
16 6 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 229 (23.80%) Internet
2 37 (3.85%) Firewall
3 29 (3.01%) DNS
4 26 (2.70%) VPN
5 19 (1.98%) DHCP
6 17 (1.77%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.66%) WAN
8 13 (1.35%) SD-WAN
9 11 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.04%) LAN
10 10 (1.04%) VLAN
10 10 (1.04%) VoIP
11 9 (0.94%) SAN
12 8 (0.83%) HTTP
13 7 (0.73%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.52%) FTP
14 5 (0.52%) Network Security
14 5 (0.52%) SMTP
14 5 (0.52%) SSH
14 5 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 281 (29.21%) Power BI
2 271 (28.17%) Tableau
3 12 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.21%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.10%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.10%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.10%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.10%) GIS
9 1 (0.10%) QlikView
9 1 (0.10%) Redis
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 228 (23.70%) Git
2 6 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.52%) JIRA
3 5 (0.52%) Vagrant
4 3 (0.31%) GitLab
4 3 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.21%) Moq
5 2 (0.21%) MSTest
5 2 (0.21%) NSubstitute
5 2 (0.21%) NUnit
6 1 (0.10%) git-flow
6 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 633 (65.80%) Social Skills
2 227 (23.60%) Multimedia
3 25 (2.60%) Finance
4 19 (1.98%) Public Sector
5 16 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (1.46%) Retail
7 12 (1.25%) Back Office
7 12 (1.25%) Telecoms
8 7 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (0.62%) Legal
10 5 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.42%) Law
12 3 (0.31%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.31%) Military
13 2 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.21%) Marketing
13 2 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.10%) Automotive
14 1 (0.10%) Electronics
14 1 (0.10%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 543 (56.44%) Analyst
2 540 (56.13%) Junior
2 540 (56.13%) Junior Analyst
3 270 (28.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 270 (28.07%) Data Analyst
3 270 (28.07%) Junior Data Analyst
3 270 (28.07%) Junior Security Analyst
3 270 (28.07%) Security Analyst
4 227 (23.60%) Trainee
5 116 (12.06%) Developer
6 108 (11.23%) Trainee Developer
7 102 (10.60%) Software Developer
8 101 (10.50%) Trainee Software Developer
9 48 (4.99%) Architect
10 28 (2.91%) Administrator
11 25 (2.60%) Trainee Administrator
11 25 (2.60%) Web Administrator
12 22 (2.29%) Senior
13 18 (1.87%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (1.87%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (23.70%) CSS
1 228 (23.70%) HTML
2 8 (0.83%) .NET
3 7 (0.73%) React
3 7 (0.73%) Tailwind CSS
4 6 (0.62%) ARM Templates
5 4 (0.42%) LDAP
6 3 (0.31%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.31%) Entity Framework
6 3 (0.31%) REST
7 2 (0.21%) FreeSWITCH
7 2 (0.21%) Node.js
7 2 (0.21%) RESTful
7 2 (0.21%) YAML
8 1 (0.10%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.10%) Kafka
8 1 (0.10%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (0.10%) OAuth
8 1 (0.10%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 25 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (1.56%) Cloud Native
3 11 (1.14%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.04%) Data Centre
4 10 (1.04%) Management Information System
5 9 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (0.73%) Operational Technology
7 5 (0.52%) Replication
7 5 (0.52%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.42%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.31%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.31%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.31%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.31%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.10%) Clustering
10 1 (0.10%) CMDB
10 1 (0.10%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.93%) Windows
2 26 (2.70%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.08%) Linux
4 10 (1.04%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.62%) VMS
6 5 (0.52%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.42%) Rocky
8 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Android
9 1 (0.10%) Unix
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (54.05%) Mentoring
2 496 (51.56%) Cybersecurity
3 280 (29.11%) AI
3 280 (29.11%) Business Intelligence
4 65 (6.76%) DevOps
5 59 (6.13%) ITIL
6 56 (5.82%) TOGAF
7 44 (4.57%) Computer Science
8 40 (4.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (4.16%) Migration
9 38 (3.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (3.53%) Microservices
10 34 (3.53%) Web Development
11 33 (3.43%) Enterprise Architecture
12 31 (3.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (3.12%) Disaster Recovery
13 30 (3.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 29 (3.01%) Application Security
14 29 (3.01%) CI/CD
15 28 (2.91%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 543 (56.44%) Python
2 295 (30.67%) SQL
3 255 (26.51%) JavaScript
4 120 (12.47%) R
5 38 (3.95%) PowerShell
6 37 (3.85%) C#
7 30 (3.12%) Java
8 27 (2.81%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.14%) Bicep
10 5 (0.52%) Bash
10 5 (0.52%) Groovy
11 1 (0.10%) Go
11 1 (0.10%) Perl
11 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 298 (30.98%) AWS Certification
2 293 (30.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 271 (28.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 270 (28.07%) CompTIA CySA+
5 231 (24.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 57 (5.93%) Degree
7 50 (5.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 42 (4.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 36 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (2.39%) Security Cleared
12 22 (2.29%) SC Cleared
13 15 (1.56%) CCNP
14 14 (1.46%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (1.14%) CISSP
17 10 (1.04%) DV Cleared
18 7 (0.73%) PMI Certification
18 7 (0.73%) PMP
19 6 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.87%) NIST
2 12 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.14%) GDPR
4 6 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.31%) QA
7 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.21%) GxP
7 2 (0.21%) NCSC
7 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.10%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.60%) Docker
3 12 (1.25%) Hyper-V
3 12 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.62%) Firmware
6 5 (0.52%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.42%) Dovecot
7 4 (0.42%) Postfix
7 4 (0.42%) Squid
8 2 (0.21%) vSphere
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (2.91%) Terraform
2 25 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.62%) Nessus
4 6 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.52%) Grafana
6 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.21%) SCCM
8 2 (0.21%) WSUS
9 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.10%) Ansible
9 1 (0.10%) Argo
9 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 898 (93.35%) Microsoft
2 270 (28.07%) ForeScout
3 19 (1.98%) Cisco
4 17 (1.77%) VMware
5 10 (1.04%) SolarWinds
6 9 (0.94%) Google
7 8 (0.83%) Dell
7 8 (0.83%) Palo Alto
8 6 (0.62%) Fortinet
8 6 (0.62%) Meraki
9 5 (0.52%) Databricks
9 5 (0.52%) Mitel
9 5 (0.52%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.52%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.42%) Jaspersoft
10 4 (0.42%) Juniper
10 4 (0.42%) Veeam
11 2 (0.21%) Aruba
11 2 (0.21%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.21%) SAP