Azure Certification Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure Certification
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 91 134
Rank change year-on-year +63 +43 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 170 8 20
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 5.58% 0.70% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.01% 1.97% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 37 4 8
10th Percentile - £45,125 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £49,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.96% +9.52% -34.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £77,480
90th Percentile - - £88,985
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £45,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -32.97% -13.33% -33.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 607 407 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 19.93% 35.67% 19.79%
Number of salaries quoted 272 195 371
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,125 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £36,244
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -18.49% -10.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,625 £67,075
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,886 £80,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -9.52%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in West Yorkshire

Azure Certification
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Leeds +35 104 £31,000 -36.41% 8
Bradford - 65 £30,000 - 2
Huddersfield - 1 £30,500 -
Azure Certification
Yorkshire

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (1.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 170 (100.00%) Azure
2 50 (29.41%) Azure AI
3 41 (24.12%) AWS
4 40 (23.53%) Power Platform
5 20 (11.76%) GitHub
6 16 (9.41%) Serverless
7 4 (2.35%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (23.53%) Power BI
1 40 (23.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (11.76%) Git
General
1 148 (87.06%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.35%) Multimedia
3 4 (2.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 80 (47.06%) Analyst
1 80 (47.06%) Junior
1 80 (47.06%) Junior Analyst
2 40 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 40 (23.53%) Data Analyst
2 40 (23.53%) Junior Data Analyst
2 40 (23.53%) Junior Security Analyst
2 40 (23.53%) Security Analyst
3 28 (16.47%) Ethical Hacker
4 21 (12.35%) Trainee
5 16 (9.41%) Architect
6 10 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 10 (5.88%) Developer
6 10 (5.88%) Network Engineer
6 10 (5.88%) Trainee Developer
7 9 (5.29%) Software Developer
7 9 (5.29%) Trainee Software Developer
8 8 (4.71%) Applications Architect
8 8 (4.71%) Software Architect
9 4 (2.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.35%) CSS
1 21 (12.35%) HTML
2 1 (0.59%) PySpark
2 1 (0.59%) React
2 1 (0.59%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.47%) Cyberattack
2 16 (9.41%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (51.18%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (44.71%) Mentoring
3 51 (30.00%) AI
4 40 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
5 28 (16.47%) Ethical Hacking
6 16 (9.41%) Application Security
6 16 (9.41%) Architectural Patterns
6 16 (9.41%) Computer Science
6 16 (9.41%) Data Modelling
6 16 (9.41%) EAI
6 16 (9.41%) Enterprise Architecture
6 16 (9.41%) Microservices
6 16 (9.41%) Migration
6 16 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (9.41%) TOGAF
7 10 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 5 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (2.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (2.35%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (1.76%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 88 (51.76%) Python
2 41 (24.12%) SQL
3 37 (21.76%) JavaScript
4 16 (9.41%) C#
4 16 (9.41%) Java
4 16 (9.41%) TypeScript
5 11 (6.47%) R
6 1 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (24.12%) AWS Certification
1 41 (24.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (23.53%) CompTIA CySA+
2 40 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 28 (16.47%) CEH
4 25 (14.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 16 (9.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (9.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (9.41%) Degree
5 16 (9.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 10 (5.88%) CCNA
6 10 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (2.35%) Hyper-V
1 4 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 159 (93.53%) Microsoft
2 78 (45.88%) ForeScout
3 10 (5.88%) Cisco
4 4 (2.35%) Google
4 4 (2.35%) VMware
5 1 (0.59%) Databricks