Azure Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 341 431
Rank change year-on-year +84 +90 -109
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 411 358 511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.22% 0.88% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.31% 3.45% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 264 296 374
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,975
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,188 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -0.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,419 £89,688
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £68,823
% change year-on-year -6.40% +0.91% +14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,526 10,381 16,011
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.24% 25.51% 22.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,319 8,615
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.40% +8.36% -

Azure Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

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 46 (11.19%) WebLogic
2 11 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.22%) IIS
5 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (11.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 411 (100.00%) Azure
2 180 (43.80%) AWS
3 84 (20.44%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (14.60%) PaaS
5 56 (13.63%) IaaS
6 53 (12.90%) Amazon EKS
7 52 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (11.19%) Amazon SQS
9 34 (8.27%) Cloud Computing
10 24 (5.84%) SaaS
11 23 (5.60%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (5.60%) Entra ID
12 22 (5.35%) Serverless
13 18 (4.38%) Power Platform
14 17 (4.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 17 (4.14%) GCP
15 15 (3.65%) Azure AKS
16 14 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
18 11 (2.68%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 77 (18.73%) DNS
2 59 (14.36%) TCP/IP
3 49 (11.92%) WAN
4 47 (11.44%) BGP
5 46 (11.19%) SSL
6 42 (10.22%) Firewall
7 34 (8.27%) SD-WAN
8 22 (5.35%) SAN
9 19 (4.62%) VPN
10 12 (2.92%) Network Security
10 12 (2.92%) VLAN
11 10 (2.43%) DHCP
12 9 (2.19%) Wireless
13 7 (1.70%) LAN
14 6 (1.46%) MPLS
15 5 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (0.97%) Internet
16 4 (0.97%) NetScaler
16 4 (0.97%) WLAN
17 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.60%) Amazon RDS
2 59 (14.36%) Data Lake
3 55 (13.38%) Relational Database
4 54 (13.14%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (11.92%) SQL Server
6 48 (11.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 48 (11.68%) Oracle Database
7 46 (11.19%) RDBMS
8 20 (4.87%) NoSQL
9 17 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (3.65%) MySQL
10 15 (3.65%) Power BI
11 12 (2.92%) Redis
12 11 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.70%) MariaDB
13 7 (1.70%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.97%) Big Data
15 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.41%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.68%) Git
3 7 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.49%) GitLab
6 2 (0.49%) Moq
6 2 (0.49%) Postman
6 2 (0.49%) Selenium
6 2 (0.49%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.49%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 128 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 96 (23.36%) Finance
3 54 (13.14%) Presentation Skills
4 28 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.87%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.38%) Law
8 14 (3.41%) Retail
9 5 (1.22%) Marketing
10 4 (0.97%) Banking
10 4 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.73%) Police
11 3 (0.73%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.49%) Legal
12 2 (0.49%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.49%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.24%) Back Office
13 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 164 (39.90%) Architect
2 104 (25.30%) Lead
3 91 (22.14%) Senior
4 77 (18.73%) Lead Architect
5 76 (18.49%) Solutions Architect
6 63 (15.33%) Consultant
7 57 (13.87%) Senior Consultant
8 48 (11.68%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 47 (11.44%) Azure Architect
9 47 (11.44%) Data Consultant
9 47 (11.44%) Senior Technology Consultant
9 47 (11.44%) Technology Consultant
10 39 (9.49%) Security Architect
11 35 (8.52%) Cloud Architect
12 33 (8.03%) Infrastructure Architect
12 33 (8.03%) Support Engineer
13 31 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
13 31 (7.54%) Developer
14 29 (7.06%) 3rd Line Support
15 27 (6.57%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.17%) Spring Boot
2 46 (11.19%) RabbitMQ
3 28 (6.81%) .NET
4 21 (5.11%) ARM Templates
5 15 (3.65%) REST
6 14 (3.41%) .NET Framework
7 12 (2.92%) OAuth
8 11 (2.68%) OpenID
8 11 (2.68%) SAML
9 9 (2.19%) .NET Core
9 9 (2.19%) Web Services
10 8 (1.95%) React
10 8 (1.95%) RESTful
11 7 (1.70%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.70%) CSS
11 7 (1.70%) Entity Framework
11 7 (1.70%) HTML
12 5 (1.22%) JSON
12 5 (1.22%) Middleware
12 5 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (21.41%) Public Cloud
2 47 (11.44%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (10.46%) Management Information System
4 36 (8.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 22 (5.35%) Driving Licence
6 21 (5.11%) Enterprise Storage
7 17 (4.14%) Cloud Native
8 15 (3.65%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (3.16%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.70%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.70%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (1.22%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.97%) Kindle
12 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.73%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (18.25%) Linux
2 56 (13.63%) Windows
3 46 (11.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (4.87%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.46%) VMS
7 5 (1.22%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.97%) Unix
9 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (27.25%) Agile
2 85 (20.68%) DevOps
3 82 (19.95%) Scrum
4 73 (17.76%) CI/CD
4 73 (17.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 71 (17.27%) Actionable Insight
6 65 (15.82%) Migration
7 62 (15.09%) Roadmaps
8 61 (14.84%) Kanban
9 60 (14.60%) Open Source
10 59 (14.36%) Presales
11 58 (14.11%) Artificial Intelligence
11 58 (14.11%) SDLC
12 55 (13.38%) TOGAF
13 52 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
14 51 (12.41%) Cloud Operations
14 51 (12.41%) Project Management
15 50 (12.17%) Data Architecture
15 50 (12.17%) Data Migration
15 50 (12.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.92%) SQL
2 35 (8.52%) PowerShell
3 32 (7.79%) C#
4 25 (6.08%) Java
5 23 (5.60%) Bicep
5 23 (5.60%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.87%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.62%) Bash
8 18 (4.38%) Python
9 9 (2.19%) Go
10 8 (1.95%) PHP
11 7 (1.70%) Groovy
11 7 (1.70%) Ruby
12 6 (1.46%) R
13 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 160 (38.93%) AWS Certification
2 92 (22.38%) Security Cleared
3 83 (20.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (19.95%) SC Cleared
5 65 (15.82%) Cisco Certification
6 61 (14.84%) Degree
7 52 (12.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 48 (11.68%) CISSP
9 42 (10.22%) CISM
10 38 (9.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 37 (9.00%) CCSP
12 33 (8.03%) CCSK
13 29 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
14 25 (6.08%) CCNA
15 21 (5.11%) CCNP
16 6 (1.46%) MCSE
16 6 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (1.22%) MCITP
17 5 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 4 (0.97%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.19%) NIST
2 34 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (4.38%) SLA
4 14 (3.41%) GDPR
5 13 (3.16%) QA
6 5 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.49%) WCAG
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.24%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (15.33%) Active Directory
2 55 (13.38%) Docker
3 25 (6.08%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.92%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.97%) vSphere
7 4 (0.97%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.49%) XenApp
10 1 (0.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 77 (18.73%) Terraform
2 59 (14.36%) Kubernetes
3 37 (9.00%) Single Sign-On
4 33 (8.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (3.65%) Ansible
6 12 (2.92%) Grafana
6 12 (2.92%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.70%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.70%) Puppet
8 6 (1.46%) SCOM
9 4 (0.97%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.24%) CASB
11 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.24%) SCOrch
11 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 183 (44.53%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.90%) Oracle
3 49 (11.92%) Sparx
4 32 (7.79%) Cisco
5 31 (7.54%) Citrix
6 18 (4.38%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.14%) VMware
8 9 (2.19%) Google
9 8 (1.95%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.70%) Apple
10 7 (1.70%) BMC
10 7 (1.70%) New Relic
10 7 (1.70%) Remedy
10 7 (1.70%) SaltStack
11 6 (1.46%) Adobe
11 6 (1.46%) Databricks
11 6 (1.46%) Juniper
12 4 (0.97%) Meraki
12 4 (0.97%) SAP
13 3 (0.73%) Sophos