Azure Certification Jobs

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 273 405
Rank change year-on-year -43 +132 +41
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 758 1,098 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.36% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 4.03% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 484 548 734
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,419 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,509 £61,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.12% +11.82% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,768 27,219 48,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.30% 33.73% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 13,767 20,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,425 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification.

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England -55 670 £65,000 -3.70% 101
UK excluding London -57 482 £56,509 -8.12% 84
Work from Home +65 373 £67,500 -6.90% 45
London -22 225 £77,500 -3.13% 27
North of England -63 155 £55,000 -8.33% 16
South East +29 129 £65,000 -2.99% 18
Midlands -30 105 £62,500 +13.64% 22
North West -86 69 £60,000 -4.00% 7
Yorkshire +10 64 £55,000 -0.90% 8
West Midlands -43 58 £70,000 +16.67% 17
East Midlands +6 47 £45,000 +20.00% 5
Scotland -55 29 £68,750 -8.33% 2
South West -33 23 £52,500 -22.22% 9
North East +7 22 £39,000 -35.00% 2
East of England -15 22 £42,500 -26.09% 10
Wales +23 10 £40,000 -14.44%
Northern Ireland +23 9 - - 8

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (6.07%) WebLogic
2 45 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (5.67%) SharePoint
4 16 (2.11%) Confluence
5 6 (0.79%) IIS
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.26%) Apache
7 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 49 (6.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 12 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 758 (100.00%) Azure
2 265 (34.96%) AWS
3 186 (24.54%) Microsoft 365
4 154 (20.32%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (10.95%) Entra ID
6 79 (10.42%) PaaS
7 74 (9.76%) IaaS
8 72 (9.50%) Power Platform
9 70 (9.23%) Cloud Computing
10 60 (7.92%) GCP
11 48 (6.33%) Amazon EKS
12 46 (6.07%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (5.67%) SaaS
14 42 (5.54%) Azure AI
14 42 (5.54%) Azure Monitor
15 41 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
16 39 (5.15%) IBM Cloud
17 31 (4.09%) Azure Storage
18 30 (3.96%) Serverless
19 29 (3.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 110 (14.51%) DNS
2 99 (13.06%) Firewall
3 63 (8.31%) TCP/IP
4 52 (6.86%) SSL
5 50 (6.60%) WAN
6 46 (6.07%) BGP
7 43 (5.67%) VPN
8 36 (4.75%) Network Security
9 31 (4.09%) SD-WAN
10 30 (3.96%) DHCP
10 30 (3.96%) LAN
11 20 (2.64%) SAN
12 19 (2.51%) VLAN
13 17 (2.24%) Wireless
14 11 (1.45%) Internet
14 11 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.92%) NAS
17 6 (0.79%) MPLS
17 6 (0.79%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (10.29%) Data Warehouse
2 76 (10.03%) Data Lake
3 57 (7.52%) Amazon RDS
4 55 (7.26%) Relational Database
5 51 (6.73%) Power BI
6 50 (6.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 49 (6.46%) Oracle Database
8 47 (6.20%) RDBMS
9 43 (5.67%) SQL Server
10 42 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 19 (2.51%) Metadata
12 14 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.58%) Big Data
14 11 (1.45%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 6 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (0.66%) Redis
18 3 (0.40%) Hadoop
18 3 (0.40%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 35 (4.62%) Git
2 33 (4.35%) JIRA
3 31 (4.09%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.58%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.58%) Terragrunt
5 5 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.53%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.40%) Moq
7 3 (0.40%) Postman
7 3 (0.40%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.40%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 289 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 146 (19.26%) Finance
3 95 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.74%) Presentation Skills
4 89 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.75%) Law
6 31 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.03%) Banking
8 19 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.98%) Legal
10 15 (1.98%) Retail Banking
11 12 (1.58%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.45%) Marketing
13 10 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.19%) Automotive
14 9 (1.19%) Retail
15 8 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.53%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 233 (30.74%) Architect
2 141 (18.60%) Senior
3 118 (15.57%) Lead
4 93 (12.27%) Azure Engineer
5 84 (11.08%) Solutions Architect
6 80 (10.55%) Consultant
7 73 (9.63%) Lead Architect
8 63 (8.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 59 (7.78%) Senior Consultant
10 57 (7.52%) Cloud Architect
11 54 (7.12%) Security Architect
12 50 (6.60%) Data Consultant
13 47 (6.20%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 47 (6.20%) Senior Technology Consultant
13 47 (6.20%) Technology Consultant
14 46 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (4.88%) IT Manager
16 36 (4.75%) Azure Architect
17 32 (4.22%) Support Engineer
18 31 (4.09%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.99%) ARM Templates
2 47 (6.20%) Spring Boot
3 46 (6.07%) RabbitMQ
4 30 (3.96%) .NET
5 17 (2.24%) REST
5 17 (2.24%) SAML
6 16 (2.11%) Middleware
6 16 (2.11%) OAuth
6 16 (2.11%) OpenID
7 13 (1.72%) Node.js
8 11 (1.45%) YAML
9 10 (1.32%) CSS
9 10 (1.32%) HTML
9 10 (1.32%) Loki
10 8 (1.06%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.06%) Web Services
11 7 (0.92%) ASP.NET
11 7 (0.92%) React
12 6 (0.79%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 89 (11.74%) Public Cloud
2 76 (10.03%) Management Information System
3 62 (8.18%) Cloud Native
4 54 (7.12%) Hybrid Cloud
5 50 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (6.07%) Data Centre
8 39 (5.15%) Blockchain
9 33 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 20 (2.64%) Driving Licence
10 20 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
11 19 (2.51%) Product Ownership
12 15 (1.98%) Cyberattack
13 12 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.45%) iPhone
14 11 (1.45%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 9 (1.19%) Housing Association
17 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 154 (20.32%) Linux
2 134 (17.68%) Windows
3 50 (6.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 46 (6.07%) Windows Server
5 41 (5.41%) CentOS
6 39 (5.15%) Alpine Linux
6 39 (5.15%) Debian
7 29 (3.83%) VMS
8 21 (2.77%) Windows 10
9 15 (1.98%) Unix
9 15 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (1.45%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (1.19%) Solaris
13 5 (0.66%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.53%) Android
14 4 (0.53%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (31.00%) DevOps
2 198 (26.12%) Agile
3 191 (25.20%) CI/CD
4 151 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
5 139 (18.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 122 (16.09%) Scrum
7 119 (15.70%) Roadmaps
8 116 (15.30%) Artificial Intelligence
9 115 (15.17%) ITIL
10 106 (13.98%) Migration
11 102 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
12 95 (12.53%) Information Security
13 93 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 87 (11.48%) Project Management
15 84 (11.08%) Computer Science
15 84 (11.08%) Kanban
16 83 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 81 (10.69%) Data Architecture
18 74 (9.76%) TOGAF
19 72 (9.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 107 (14.12%) PowerShell
2 97 (12.80%) SQL
3 66 (8.71%) Python
4 43 (5.67%) C#
5 40 (5.28%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.96%) Bicep
7 26 (3.43%) Java
8 17 (2.24%) Bash
9 10 (1.32%) PHP
9 10 (1.32%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.92%) Scala
12 4 (0.53%) X++
13 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.26%) C
14 2 (0.26%) C++
14 2 (0.26%) C-shell
14 2 (0.26%) Fortran
14 2 (0.26%) Go
14 2 (0.26%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 218 (28.76%) AWS Certification
2 202 (26.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 158 (20.84%) Degree
4 152 (20.05%) Security Cleared
5 133 (17.55%) SC Cleared
6 87 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
7 72 (9.50%) CISSP
8 71 (9.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 58 (7.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 48 (6.33%) MCSE
11 46 (6.07%) MCSA
12 42 (5.54%) CCNA
13 41 (5.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 41 (5.41%) CISM
14 37 (4.88%) CCSP
15 24 (3.17%) CCNP
15 24 (3.17%) CCSK
16 18 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 15 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (1.45%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (5.28%) NIST
3 38 (5.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (3.69%) SLA
5 26 (3.43%) QA
6 25 (3.30%) GDPR
7 14 (1.85%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.45%) HIPAA
9 11 (1.45%) IASME
9 11 (1.45%) ISO 9001
10 8 (1.06%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.79%) NCSC
12 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.53%) PMO
14 3 (0.40%) WCAG
15 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 148 (19.53%) Active Directory
2 107 (14.12%) Docker
3 46 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (5.94%) Hyper-V
5 36 (4.75%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (2.51%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.32%) vSphere
9 7 (0.92%) XenDesktop
10 6 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.66%) XenApp
12 4 (0.53%) pfSense
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.26%) Firmware
14 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
15 1 (0.13%) OpenDJ
15 1 (0.13%) RACF
15 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 176 (23.22%) Terraform
2 155 (20.45%) Kubernetes
3 57 (7.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (4.09%) Ansible
5 28 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.32%) SCCM
8 9 (1.19%) SCOM
9 8 (1.06%) Grafana
10 6 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.66%) CSIRT
11 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.66%) Suricata
12 4 (0.53%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.53%) SmoothWall
12 4 (0.53%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.40%) SCVMM
13 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.26%) Istio
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 406 (53.56%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.76%) Cisco
3 61 (8.05%) VMware
4 55 (7.26%) Oracle
5 49 (6.46%) Sparx
6 42 (5.54%) IBM
7 40 (5.28%) Red Hat
8 31 (4.09%) Fortinet
9 30 (3.96%) Databricks
10 25 (3.30%) Citrix
11 20 (2.64%) Veeam
12 17 (2.24%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.85%) Juniper
14 13 (1.72%) Google
15 12 (1.58%) Black Duck
15 12 (1.58%) BMC
15 12 (1.58%) Remedy
16 11 (1.45%) Dell
16 11 (1.45%) Meraki
17 10 (1.32%) SolarWinds