Azure Certification Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 155 134
Rank change year-on-year +137 -21 +20
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 464 14 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 6.34% 0.40% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.10% 0.89% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 40
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,400 £29,708
25th Percentile £30,500 £39,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,125 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% -7.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,129 1,565 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.44% 44.32% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 473 385 445
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,525 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,750 £72,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in Yorkshire

Azure Certification
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
South Yorkshire +48 156 £42,500 +46.55% 10
West Yorkshire +63 108 £47,000 -24.80% 22
North Yorkshire +58 99 £33,000 -52.86% 5
East Yorkshire - 98 - - 4
Humberside - 2 £42,500 - 3
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (23.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 464 (100.00%) Azure
2 162 (34.91%) Azure AI
3 113 (24.35%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.16%) AWS
6 9 (1.94%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.29%) GitHub
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.72%) Firewall
2 7 (1.51%) Internet
3 5 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.08%) Wireless
4 3 (0.65%) LAN
4 3 (0.65%) WAN
5 2 (0.43%) DHCP
5 2 (0.43%) DNS
5 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (23.28%) Power BI
1 108 (23.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Git
General
1 447 (96.34%) Social Skills
2 7 (1.51%) Multimedia
3 5 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 216 (46.55%) Analyst
1 216 (46.55%) Junior
1 216 (46.55%) Junior Analyst
2 117 (25.22%) Ethical Hacker
3 108 (23.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 108 (23.28%) Data Analyst
3 108 (23.28%) Junior Data Analyst
3 108 (23.28%) Junior Security Analyst
3 108 (23.28%) Security Analyst
4 54 (11.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 54 (11.64%) Network Engineer
5 7 (1.51%) Trainee
6 5 (1.08%) Administrator
6 5 (1.08%) Architect
6 5 (1.08%) IT Engineer
6 5 (1.08%) IT Support
6 5 (1.08%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (1.08%) Support Engineer
6 5 (1.08%) Trainee Administrator
6 5 (1.08%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.51%) CSS
1 7 (1.51%) HTML
2 1 (0.22%) PySpark
2 1 (0.22%) React
2 1 (0.22%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 117 (25.22%) Cyberattack
2 1 (0.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.94%) Windows
1 9 (1.94%) Windows Server
2 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (50.43%) Cybersecurity
2 163 (35.13%) AI
3 117 (25.22%) Ethical Hacking
4 111 (23.92%) Mentoring
5 108 (23.28%) Business Intelligence
6 54 (11.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 10 (2.16%) ITIL
8 8 (1.72%) Business Continuity
8 8 (1.72%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (1.51%) Identity Management
10 6 (1.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (1.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (1.29%) Roadmaps
10 6 (1.29%) Web Development
11 5 (1.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (1.08%) Service Management
11 5 (1.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (1.08%) Technology Roadmap
12 4 (0.86%) Infrastructure Transformation
12 4 (0.86%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 170 (36.64%) Python
2 109 (23.49%) SQL
3 11 (2.37%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.51%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.08%) R
6 3 (0.65%) Bicep
7 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (25.22%) CEH
2 108 (23.28%) CompTIA CySA+
2 108 (23.28%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (12.93%) CCNA
3 60 (12.93%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (11.64%) Network+ Certification
5 12 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 406 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 279 (60.13%) ForeScout
3 58 (12.50%) Cisco
4 5 (1.08%) Veeam
4 5 (1.08%) VMware
5 1 (0.22%) Databricks