Hybrid/Remote Azure Certification Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 262 294
Rank change year-on-year +20 +32 +46
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 166 143 325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.93% 1.08% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.88% 3.57% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 105 114 270
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,170 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,763 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.34% -1.09% -2.80%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £84,919
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £31,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -47.50% -7.69% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,273 4,002 8,745
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.05% 30.14% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,847 2,478 5,956
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,048
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.39% -6.00%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Certification and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Certification
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Azure Certification salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (3.01%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.20%) Apache
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Drupal
3 1 (0.60%) IIS
3 1 (0.60%) nginx
3 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 166 (100.00%) Azure
2 57 (34.34%) AWS
3 34 (20.48%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (17.47%) Serverless
5 25 (15.06%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (10.24%) Entra ID
7 15 (9.04%) GCP
7 15 (9.04%) GitHub
8 13 (7.83%) Power Platform
9 12 (7.23%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (6.02%) IaaS
11 9 (5.42%) Azure AKS
11 9 (5.42%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (4.82%) SaaS
13 7 (4.22%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (3.61%) Azure AI
14 6 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (3.01%) Azure API Management
15 5 (3.01%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 34 (20.48%) Firewall
2 17 (10.24%) DNS
3 14 (8.43%) DHCP
4 13 (7.83%) TCP/IP
4 13 (7.83%) VPN
5 11 (6.63%) WAN
6 9 (5.42%) LAN
7 8 (4.82%) Network Security
7 8 (4.82%) VLAN
8 6 (3.61%) SD-WAN
8 6 (3.61%) Wireless
9 5 (3.01%) DMZ
9 5 (3.01%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (3.01%) STUN
9 5 (3.01%) VoIP
10 4 (2.41%) SAN
10 4 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.81%) BGP
11 3 (1.81%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (1.81%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.64%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.02%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.82%) Power BI
4 6 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.01%) Tableau
6 3 (1.81%) MySQL
6 3 (1.81%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.20%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.60%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.60%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.60%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.60%) Redis
8 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (9.04%) Git
2 9 (5.42%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (3.61%) MLflow
4 5 (3.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (2.41%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.81%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.20%) JIRA
8 1 (0.60%) Gatling
8 1 (0.60%) git-flow
8 1 (0.60%) JMeter
8 1 (0.60%) Vagrant
General
1 67 (40.36%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.08%) Finance
3 18 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (10.84%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.02%) Banking
6 8 (4.82%) Law
7 6 (3.61%) Legal
7 6 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.01%) Advertising
8 5 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.41%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.41%) Retail
10 3 (1.81%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.20%) Military
11 2 (1.20%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.60%) Games
12 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.60%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 45 (27.11%) Architect
2 39 (23.49%) Azure Engineer
3 36 (21.69%) Senior
4 23 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (8.43%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (8.43%) Lead
5 14 (8.43%) Platform Engineer
6 13 (7.83%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (7.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 12 (7.23%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 11 (6.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (6.63%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 11 (6.63%) Support Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (6.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Security Architect
10 9 (5.42%) Azure Architect
10 9 (5.42%) Developer
10 9 (5.42%) Senior Architect
11 8 (4.82%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.63%) .NET
2 8 (4.82%) LangChain
3 7 (4.22%) Kafka
3 7 (4.22%) PySpark
4 5 (3.01%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (2.41%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.41%) ADO
5 4 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (2.41%) REST
5 4 (2.41%) RESTful
6 3 (1.81%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.81%) Pandas
6 3 (1.81%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.81%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.60%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.60%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.60%) Memcached
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.60%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.25%) Public Cloud
2 19 (11.45%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (7.83%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.02%) Private Cloud
5 7 (4.22%) AI Agents
5 7 (4.22%) PKI
6 6 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.41%) CMDB
7 4 (2.41%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.41%) Insider Threat
7 4 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.81%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.20%) IoT
10 1 (0.60%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 48 (28.92%) Windows
2 33 (19.88%) Linux
3 30 (18.07%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.01%) Debian
4 5 (3.01%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.60%) CentOS
6 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (31.33%) CI/CD
1 52 (31.33%) Mentoring
2 49 (29.52%) DevOps
3 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 35 (21.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (20.48%) Migration
6 32 (19.28%) Microservices
7 30 (18.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (17.47%) Architectural Patterns
9 27 (16.27%) Roadmaps
9 27 (16.27%) TOGAF
10 26 (15.66%) AI
10 26 (15.66%) Computer Science
10 26 (15.66%) Data Modelling
11 25 (15.06%) Analytics
12 23 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (13.25%) Cloud Security
13 22 (13.25%) ITIL
13 22 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
14 21 (12.65%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 52 (31.33%) Python
2 35 (21.08%) PowerShell
3 30 (18.07%) C#
4 29 (17.47%) SQL
5 24 (14.46%) Java
6 16 (9.64%) Bicep
6 16 (9.64%) JavaScript
6 16 (9.64%) TypeScript
7 10 (6.02%) Bash
8 4 (2.41%) Kotlin
8 4 (2.41%) Scala
9 2 (1.20%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.20%) R
9 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (38.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 42 (25.30%) AWS Certification
3 37 (22.29%) Degree
4 27 (16.27%) TOGAF Certification
5 26 (15.66%) Security Cleared
6 24 (14.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 24 (14.46%) SC Cleared
7 22 (13.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (10.24%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (8.43%) CISSP
10 10 (6.02%) CISM
11 7 (4.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (3.61%) CCNP
12 6 (3.61%) Master's Degree
13 5 (3.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (2.41%) CCNA
14 4 (2.41%) CREST Certified
14 4 (2.41%) DV Cleared
14 4 (2.41%) MCSE
14 4 (2.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (9.04%) GDPR
3 13 (7.83%) NIST
4 9 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (5.42%) PCI DSS
5 8 (4.82%) NCSC
6 6 (3.61%) Data Quality
7 4 (2.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.41%) EU AI Act
7 4 (2.41%) QA
8 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (25.30%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.05%) Docker
3 15 (9.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.22%) vSphere
5 4 (2.41%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.60%) Firmware
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (25.30%) Terraform
2 39 (23.49%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.43%) Ansible
4 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.01%) Packer
6 4 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.41%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.41%) logstash
7 3 (1.81%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.20%) Nessus
8 2 (1.20%) SCCM
8 2 (1.20%) WSUS
9 1 (0.60%) Consul
9 1 (0.60%) Grafana
9 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 108 (65.06%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.86%) Cisco
3 21 (12.65%) VMware
4 14 (8.43%) Databricks
5 9 (5.42%) Google
5 9 (5.42%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.22%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.61%) OpenAI
7 6 (3.61%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.01%) Okta
8 5 (3.01%) Sage
8 5 (3.01%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (2.41%) EMC
9 4 (2.41%) F5
9 4 (2.41%) Juniper
9 4 (2.41%) OneLogin
10 3 (1.81%) Citrix
10 3 (1.81%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.20%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.20%) Red Hat