Azure Certification Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 273 345
Rank change year-on-year -19 +72 +81
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 142 386 366
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.87% 1.14% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.55% 4.07% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 112 266 306
10th Percentile £37,170 £31,250 £35,279
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,763 £67,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% -2.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £84,919 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,800 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +1.71%

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 5,573 9,494 10,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.97% 28.04% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,100 5,921 6,582
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

Azure Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Certification trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Certification.

Azure Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Azure Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (14.08%) SharePoint
2 15 (10.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.52%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.11%) Apache
4 3 (2.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 142 (100.00%) Azure
2 49 (34.51%) AWS
3 45 (31.69%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (20.42%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (16.20%) GCP
5 23 (16.20%) PaaS
6 21 (14.79%) Power Platform
7 20 (14.08%) Entra ID
7 20 (14.08%) IaaS
8 19 (13.38%) SaaS
9 16 (11.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (7.04%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (7.04%) GitHub
11 8 (5.63%) OneDrive
12 7 (4.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (4.93%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (4.93%) PowerApps
13 6 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.08%) DNS
2 12 (8.45%) VPN
3 11 (7.75%) Firewall
4 9 (6.34%) DHCP
4 9 (6.34%) WAN
5 8 (5.63%) HTTPS
5 8 (5.63%) SAN
6 6 (4.23%) NAS
7 5 (3.52%) SD-WAN
7 5 (3.52%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.52%) VSAN
8 4 (2.82%) LAN
8 4 (2.82%) VLAN
8 4 (2.82%) Wireless
9 3 (2.11%) Network Security
10 2 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.41%) Wireless Security
11 1 (0.70%) 4G
11 1 (0.70%) VoIP
11 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.68%) SQL Server
2 16 (11.27%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (11.27%) Power BI
3 13 (9.15%) Data Lake
4 10 (7.04%) NoSQL
5 9 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 6 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (3.52%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.82%) BigQuery
8 4 (2.82%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.41%) Big Data
10 2 (1.41%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.70%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.70%) MySQL
11 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.52%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.82%) Git
3 4 (2.82%) JIRA
3 4 (2.82%) WiX
4 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.70%) ERwin
5 1 (0.70%) JMeter
5 1 (0.70%) JUnit
5 1 (0.70%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.70%) Selenium
5 1 (0.70%) TestRail
General
1 69 (48.59%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.90%) Finance
3 13 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.75%) Retail
5 8 (5.63%) Welsh Language
6 7 (4.93%) Law
7 6 (4.23%) Automotive
7 6 (4.23%) Banking
8 5 (3.52%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.82%) Humanities
9 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.11%) Marketing
10 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Advertising
11 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Local Government
11 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (25.35%) Cloud Engineer
2 33 (23.24%) Senior
3 27 (19.01%) Azure Engineer
4 24 (16.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 21 (14.79%) Architect
6 19 (13.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (9.86%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (9.15%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (7.04%) Data Engineer
9 10 (7.04%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Analyst
10 8 (5.63%) Senior Architect
10 8 (5.63%) Senior Data Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Server Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) AWS DevOps
11 7 (4.93%) AWS Solution Architect
11 7 (4.93%) DevOps Architect
11 7 (4.93%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (4.93%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.93%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.34%) .NET
1 9 (6.34%) ARM Templates
2 6 (4.23%) REST
3 5 (3.52%) .NET Framework
3 5 (3.52%) Blazor
3 5 (3.52%) Middleware
4 4 (2.82%) COM
4 4 (2.82%) Entity Framework
4 4 (2.82%) JSON
4 4 (2.82%) Kafka
4 4 (2.82%) LDAP
4 4 (2.82%) RESTful
4 4 (2.82%) SOAP
5 2 (1.41%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (1.41%) HTML
5 2 (1.41%) PySpark
5 2 (1.41%) SAML
6 1 (0.70%) CSS
6 1 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.15%) Cloud Native
1 13 (9.15%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (7.04%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.34%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.63%) IoT
4 8 (5.63%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.82%) Data Fabric
5 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.82%) Wiki
6 3 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.11%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.11%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.41%) PKI
7 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (27.46%) Windows
2 19 (13.38%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.75%) Linux
4 5 (3.52%) Mac OS
4 5 (3.52%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.11%) CentOS
6 3 (2.11%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.70%) VMS
7 1 (0.70%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (46.48%) DevOps
2 52 (36.62%) CI/CD
3 46 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (31.69%) Agile
5 32 (22.54%) ITIL
6 30 (21.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (20.42%) Containerisation
8 27 (19.01%) Migration
9 26 (18.31%) Computer Science
10 24 (16.90%) Disaster Recovery
11 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (15.49%) Mentoring
12 22 (15.49%) Project Delivery
13 18 (12.68%) Roadmaps
14 17 (11.97%) Analytics
15 16 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
16 15 (10.56%) Incident Management
16 15 (10.56%) Service Management
16 15 (10.56%) TOGAF
17 14 (9.86%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 46 (32.39%) PowerShell
2 32 (22.54%) SQL
3 28 (19.72%) Python
4 23 (16.20%) C#
5 11 (7.75%) Java
6 10 (7.04%) Bash
6 10 (7.04%) Bicep
7 7 (4.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (2.82%) C++
9 3 (2.11%) Scala
10 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (30.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (27.46%) AWS Certification
2 39 (27.46%) Degree
3 19 (13.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (10.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 10 (7.04%) DBS Check
6 8 (5.63%) CCNA
6 8 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (5.63%) MCSA
6 8 (5.63%) MCSE
6 8 (5.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (4.23%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (4.23%) Master's Degree
7 6 (4.23%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.52%) CCNP
8 5 (3.52%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (2.82%) CISSP
9 4 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.82%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.27%) GDPR
2 14 (9.86%) Data Quality
3 13 (9.15%) SLA
4 12 (8.45%) HIPAA
5 8 (5.63%) NIST
6 6 (4.23%) QA
7 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (26.06%) Active Directory
2 19 (13.38%) Docker
3 10 (7.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (6.34%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.52%) VMware NSX
8 3 (2.11%) Dovecot
8 3 (2.11%) Postfix
8 3 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (19.72%) Terraform
2 23 (16.20%) Kubernetes
3 19 (13.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (7.75%) Ansible
5 7 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (4.23%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.11%) SCCM
8 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.70%) Grafana
8 1 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.70%) Nagios
8 1 (0.70%) Puppet
8 1 (0.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (66.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.38%) Google
3 17 (11.97%) Databricks
3 17 (11.97%) VMware
4 7 (4.93%) Cisco
5 5 (3.52%) Meraki
5 5 (3.52%) Oracle
6 4 (2.82%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.82%) SAP
7 3 (2.11%) Acronis
7 3 (2.11%) Apple
7 3 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.11%) Okta
7 3 (2.11%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.11%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (1.41%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.41%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.41%) Informatica
8 2 (1.41%) Veeam
8 2 (1.41%) Yardi