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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 48 254
Rank change year-on-year -164 +206 -41
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 86 480 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 6.49% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.52% 17.79% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 62 56 34
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,375 £39,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £81,066 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +62.13% -23.08%
75th Percentile £71,250 £86,250 £63,438
90th Percentile £84,919 - £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year -7.14% +1.71% +10.12%

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 2,441 2,698 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.88% 36.50% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 891 1,304
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,125 £62,995
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -125 56 £60,000 -14.29% 14
Merseyside -19 19 £62,500 -24.24%
Lancashire -48 7 £79,842 +104.13% 4
Cheshire -46 4 £45,000 -30.77% 3
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 (9.30%) WebLogic
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.49%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 86 (100.00%) Azure
2 42 (48.84%) AWS
3 15 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (12.79%) Power Platform
5 10 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (11.63%) GCP
6 8 (9.30%) Amazon EKS
6 8 (9.30%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (9.30%) Entra ID
7 7 (8.14%) IaaS
8 5 (5.81%) Azure AKS
8 5 (5.81%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (5.81%) PaaS
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (2.33%) AWS CodeStar
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.60%) WAN
2 15 (17.44%) SD-WAN
3 13 (15.12%) DNS
4 9 (10.47%) SSL
5 8 (9.30%) BGP
5 8 (9.30%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.33%) DHCP
6 2 (2.33%) Firewall
6 2 (2.33%) VPN
7 1 (1.16%) DMZ
7 1 (1.16%) Network Security
7 1 (1.16%) VLAN
7 1 (1.16%) VoIP
7 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.77%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (12.79%) Data Lake
3 9 (10.47%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (10.47%) Power BI
3 9 (10.47%) RDBMS
3 9 (10.47%) Relational Database
4 8 (9.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 8 (9.30%) NoSQL
4 8 (9.30%) Oracle Database
5 7 (8.14%) MySQL
6 6 (6.98%) Data Vault
6 6 (6.98%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (6.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (6.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (6.98%) Star Schema
7 3 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (3.49%) Big Data
7 3 (3.49%) Hadoop
7 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
1 2 (2.33%) SonarQube
1 2 (2.33%) Terragrunt
General
1 22 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.63%) Finance
3 8 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (8.14%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.81%) Local Government
6 2 (2.33%) Law
6 2 (2.33%) Legal
7 1 (1.16%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.16%) Police
7 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (36.05%) Architect
2 27 (31.40%) Lead
3 20 (23.26%) Senior
4 17 (19.77%) Lead Architect
5 15 (17.44%) Security Architect
6 14 (16.28%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (16.28%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (13.95%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (10.47%) Developer
8 9 (10.47%) Lead Security Architect
9 8 (9.30%) .NET Developer
9 8 (9.30%) Consultant
9 8 (9.30%) Data Consultant
9 8 (9.30%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 8 (9.30%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (9.30%) Senior Technology Consultant
9 8 (9.30%) Technology Consultant
10 7 (8.14%) IT Manager
10 7 (8.14%) Lead .NET Developer
10 7 (8.14%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) .NET
1 8 (9.30%) RabbitMQ
1 8 (9.30%) Spring Boot
2 7 (8.14%) .NET Framework
2 7 (8.14%) Web Services
3 6 (6.98%) ARM Templates
4 5 (5.81%) CSS
4 5 (5.81%) HTML
5 3 (3.49%) Node.js
5 3 (3.49%) PySpark
6 1 (1.16%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 15 (17.44%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.79%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (9.30%) Cloud Native
3 8 (9.30%) Public Cloud
4 7 (8.14%) Video\Live Streaming
5 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (4.65%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.16%) iPhone
6 1 (1.16%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.63%) Linux
2 8 (9.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (8.14%) Windows
4 5 (5.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Agile
2 20 (23.26%) Migration
3 19 (22.09%) ITIL
4 18 (20.93%) Scrum
5 17 (19.77%) Mentoring
6 16 (18.60%) Information Security
7 15 (17.44%) Application Security
7 15 (17.44%) CI/CD
7 15 (17.44%) Identity Management
7 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (17.44%) OWASP
7 15 (17.44%) Secure Coding
7 15 (17.44%) Security Architecture
8 13 (15.12%) Design Patterns
8 13 (15.12%) DevOps
8 13 (15.12%) Performance Optimisation
9 12 (13.95%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (13.95%) Roadmaps
9 12 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (11.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) SQL
2 10 (11.63%) C#
3 9 (10.47%) TypeScript
4 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.81%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.65%) Bicep
7 3 (3.49%) Python
8 1 (1.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 42 (48.84%) AWS Certification
2 18 (20.93%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (18.60%) CISSP
3 16 (18.60%) SC Cleared
3 16 (18.60%) Security Cleared
4 15 (17.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 15 (17.44%) CCSK
4 15 (17.44%) CCSP
4 15 (17.44%) CISM
4 15 (17.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (15.12%) Degree
6 8 (9.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.49%) CCNA
7 3 (3.49%) CCNP
8 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.16%) APMP
9 1 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.16%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.16%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.44%) NIST
2 6 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.65%) SLA
4 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (19.77%) Docker
2 14 (16.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.16%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) XenApp
4 1 (1.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (25.58%) Kubernetes
2 15 (17.44%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (17.44%) Terraform
3 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.33%) Ansible
5 1 (1.16%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 39 (45.35%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.30%) Oracle
2 8 (9.30%) Sparx
3 4 (4.65%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (4.65%) Cisco
4 3 (3.49%) Databricks
4 3 (3.49%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.33%) Black Duck
5 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.16%) Apple
6 1 (1.16%) Citrix
6 1 (1.16%) Google
6 1 (1.16%) Meraki
6 1 (1.16%) Veeam
6 1 (1.16%) VMware