Azure Certification Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 73 84
Rank change year-on-year +32 +11 +37
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 36 9 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 3.29% 0.85% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 3.19% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile £27,575 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +4.00% -27.54%
75th Percentile - £54,500 -
90th Percentile - £55,219 £110,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £62,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year -34.40% -6.72% -7.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 252 282 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 23.01% 26.60% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 102 144 206
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £32,620
25th Percentile £39,250 £44,250 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,537 £55,000 £45,547
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +20.75% +1.12%
75th Percentile £73,800 £66,094 £61,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,299 £73,712
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Wales

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Wales over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in Wales

Azure Certification
Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 9 December 2025. 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
South Wales +14 27 £80,000 +53.85% 34
West Wales - 9 £30,000 - 7
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (5.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 36 (100.00%) Azure
2 12 (33.33%) Azure AI
2 12 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 7 (19.44%) Azure Stack
3 7 (19.44%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (11.11%) GitHub
5 1 (2.78%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (33.33%) Power BI
1 12 (33.33%) Tableau
2 1 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) git-flow
General
1 25 (69.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Analyst
1 24 (66.67%) Junior
1 24 (66.67%) Junior Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Junior Data Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Junior Security Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) IT Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Trainee
5 2 (5.56%) Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Trainee Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Web Administrator
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (2.78%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) CSS
1 4 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Data Centre
1 7 (19.44%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (19.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Linux
1 7 (19.44%) Rocky
1 7 (19.44%) Windows
1 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
1 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 14 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (33.33%) AI
3 12 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (19.44%) Containerisation
4 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.56%) Web Development
6 1 (2.78%) Agile
6 1 (2.78%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (2.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.78%) CQRS
6 1 (2.78%) DevOps
6 1 (2.78%) Event-Driven
6 1 (2.78%) Event-Driven Programming
6 1 (2.78%) Identity Management
6 1 (2.78%) Microservices
6 1 (2.78%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 16 (44.44%) Python
2 13 (36.11%) SQL
3 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.33%) R
5 1 (2.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
1 12 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (19.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (19.44%) DV Cleared
2 7 (19.44%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
2 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) AWS Certification
3 4 (11.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
1 7 (19.44%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (80.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (33.33%) ForeScout
3 7 (19.44%) Dell