Azure Certification Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 49 254
Rank change year-on-year -164 +205 -37
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 85 487 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.85% 6.31% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.56% 18.16% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 63 58 33
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,525 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £82,500 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +54.64% -17.92%
75th Percentile £71,250 £86,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,919 - £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

Azure Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,388 2,682 2,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 23.98% 34.77% 30.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,634 916 1,302
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,630
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +18.56% -3.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £64,079
90th Percentile £79,600 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the North West

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in the North West.

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the North West

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the North West

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Manchester -119 56 £60,000 -20.00% 11
Merseyside -21 18 £62,500 -24.24%
Lancashire -44 7 £79,842 +104.13% 2
Cheshire -46 4 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (9.41%) WebLogic
2 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 85 (100.00%) Azure
2 41 (48.24%) AWS
3 14 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (12.94%) Power Platform
5 8 (9.41%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (9.41%) Amazon SQS
5 8 (9.41%) Entra ID
5 8 (9.41%) GCP
6 7 (8.24%) IaaS
7 5 (5.88%) Azure AKS
7 5 (5.88%) PaaS
8 4 (4.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (2.35%) Azure Storage
11 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.82%) WAN
2 15 (17.65%) SD-WAN
3 13 (15.29%) DNS
4 9 (10.59%) SSL
5 8 (9.41%) BGP
5 8 (9.41%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.35%) DHCP
6 2 (2.35%) Firewall
6 2 (2.35%) VPN
7 1 (1.18%) DMZ
7 1 (1.18%) Network Security
7 1 (1.18%) VLAN
7 1 (1.18%) VoIP
7 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (12.94%) Data Lake
3 9 (10.59%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (10.59%) Power BI
3 9 (10.59%) RDBMS
3 9 (10.59%) Relational Database
4 8 (9.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 8 (9.41%) NoSQL
4 8 (9.41%) Oracle Database
5 7 (8.24%) MySQL
6 6 (7.06%) Data Vault
6 6 (7.06%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (7.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (7.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (7.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (7.06%) Star Schema
7 3 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (3.53%) Big Data
7 3 (3.53%) Hadoop
7 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.94%) Finance
3 8 (9.41%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.88%) Local Government
6 2 (2.35%) Law
6 2 (2.35%) Legal
6 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.18%) Electronics
7 1 (1.18%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
7 1 (1.18%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (36.47%) Architect
2 27 (31.76%) Lead
3 19 (22.35%) Senior
4 17 (20.00%) Lead Architect
5 16 (18.82%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (17.65%) Cloud Engineer
6 15 (17.65%) Security Architect
7 12 (14.12%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (10.59%) Developer
8 9 (10.59%) Lead Security Architect
9 8 (9.41%) .NET Developer
9 8 (9.41%) Consultant
9 8 (9.41%) Data Consultant
9 8 (9.41%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 8 (9.41%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (9.41%) Senior Technology Consultant
9 8 (9.41%) Technology Consultant
10 7 (8.24%) IT Manager
10 7 (8.24%) Lead .NET Developer
10 7 (8.24%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.41%) .NET
1 8 (9.41%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (9.41%) Spring Boot
2 7 (8.24%) .NET Framework
2 7 (8.24%) Web Services
3 5 (5.88%) CSS
3 5 (5.88%) HTML
4 4 (4.71%) ARM Templates
5 3 (3.53%) PySpark
6 1 (1.18%) Node.js
6 1 (1.18%) React
6 1 (1.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 15 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.94%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (9.41%) Public Cloud
4 7 (8.24%) Video\Live Streaming
5 6 (7.06%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.18%) iPhone
8 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.76%) Linux
2 8 (9.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (7.06%) Windows
4 5 (5.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.71%) Agile
2 20 (23.53%) Migration
3 18 (21.18%) ITIL
4 16 (18.82%) Information Security
4 16 (18.82%) Scrum
5 15 (17.65%) Application Security
5 15 (17.65%) Identity Management
5 15 (17.65%) Mentoring
5 15 (17.65%) OWASP
5 15 (17.65%) Secure Coding
5 15 (17.65%) Security Architecture
6 14 (16.47%) CI/CD
7 13 (15.29%) Design Patterns
7 13 (15.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 13 (15.29%) Performance Optimisation
8 12 (14.12%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (14.12%) DevOps
8 12 (14.12%) Roadmaps
8 12 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (12.94%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.29%) SQL
2 10 (11.76%) C#
3 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
3 9 (10.59%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.71%) Bicep
5 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.35%) Python
7 1 (1.18%) Bash
7 1 (1.18%) Java
7 1 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (47.06%) AWS Certification
2 18 (21.18%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (18.82%) CISSP
4 15 (17.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 15 (17.65%) CCSK
4 15 (17.65%) CCSP
4 15 (17.65%) CISM
4 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (16.47%) SC Cleared
5 14 (16.47%) Security Cleared
6 13 (15.29%) Degree
7 9 (10.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (9.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.53%) CCNA
9 3 (3.53%) CCNP
10 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.18%) APMP
11 1 (1.18%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.65%) NIST
2 6 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.71%) SLA
4 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (17.65%) Docker
2 13 (15.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 15 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (15.29%) Terraform
4 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.18%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 40 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.41%) Oracle
2 8 (9.41%) Sparx
3 4 (4.71%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (4.71%) Cisco
4 3 (3.53%) Databricks
4 3 (3.53%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.18%) Apple
5 1 (1.18%) Meraki
5 1 (1.18%) SAP
5 1 (1.18%) Veeam
5 1 (1.18%) VMware