Microsoft Azure Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 326 163 484
Rank change year-on-year -163 +321 -64
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 864 2,269 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 2.29% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 6.93% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 605 614 649
10th Percentile £32,200 £32,200 £41,650
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,724 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +1.31% +14.71%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £99,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,478 32,741 43,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.54% 32.99% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,239 14,745 18,961
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,393 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,090 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.01% +4.18% +1.83%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the UK 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
England -157 765 £65,000 -7.14% 189
UK excluding London -204 548 £57,500 -11.54% 130
Work from Home +87 412 £67,500 -2.80% 97
London -48 271 £77,500 +6.90% 67
North of England -138 192 £55,000 -21.43% 29
South East +12 156 £65,000 +13.04% 37
Midlands -145 97 £65,000 +44.44% 27
North West -164 85 £61,206 -25.81% 14
Yorkshire -76 68 £52,500 -24.40% 10
West Midlands -128 55 £70,000 +47.37% 15
East Midlands -50 42 £61,000 +93.65% 12
North East +29 39 £32,500 -48.00% 6
Scotland -118 37 £65,000 -6.40% 5
East of England -68 25 £41,500 +6.10% 15
South West -52 22 £57,500 -14.46% 18
Northern Ireland +29 11 - - 3
Wales +5 8 - - 2

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 62 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.32%) WebLogic
4 12 (1.39%) Confluence
5 10 (1.16%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.81%) IIS
7 6 (0.69%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.58%) Apache
9 3 (0.35%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 49 (5.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 864 (100.00%) Azure
2 294 (34.03%) AWS
3 206 (23.84%) Microsoft 365
4 156 (18.06%) Azure DevOps
5 104 (12.04%) PaaS
6 102 (11.81%) IaaS
7 91 (10.53%) Entra ID
8 82 (9.49%) Power Platform
9 62 (7.18%) Amazon EKS
10 57 (6.60%) GCP
11 55 (6.37%) Cloud Computing
12 50 (5.79%) Serverless
13 46 (5.32%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (5.21%) SaaS
15 40 (4.63%) IBM Cloud
16 37 (4.28%) Azure AKS
17 36 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
18 34 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
19 29 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 22 (2.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 118 (13.66%) Firewall
2 111 (12.85%) DNS
3 66 (7.64%) TCP/IP
4 62 (7.18%) WAN
5 52 (6.02%) VPN
6 51 (5.90%) SSL
7 48 (5.56%) Network Security
8 47 (5.44%) BGP
9 42 (4.86%) SD-WAN
10 36 (4.17%) DHCP
11 33 (3.82%) LAN
11 33 (3.82%) SAN
12 24 (2.78%) VLAN
13 19 (2.20%) Wireless
14 14 (1.62%) Internet
14 14 (1.62%) NetScaler
15 11 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (0.93%) Intranet
17 8 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (10.30%) Data Lake
2 81 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (7.99%) Relational Database
3 69 (7.99%) SQL Server
4 63 (7.29%) Amazon RDS
5 54 (6.25%) Oracle Database
5 54 (6.25%) Power BI
6 49 (5.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 47 (5.44%) RDBMS
8 42 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (3.59%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (2.20%) Metadata
12 17 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.85%) MySQL
14 14 (1.62%) Big Data
14 14 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (1.39%) Redis
15 12 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (0.81%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (4.75%) Git
2 31 (3.59%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.74%) JIRA
4 7 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.23%) GitLab
8 2 (0.23%) Moq
8 2 (0.23%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) Selenium
8 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.12%) Chocolatey
9 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 323 (37.38%) Social Skills
2 190 (21.99%) Finance
3 107 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (12.15%) Public Sector
5 98 (11.34%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (3.59%) Law
8 29 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (3.01%) Banking
10 19 (2.20%) Financial Institution
10 19 (2.20%) Legal
10 19 (2.20%) Retail
11 16 (1.85%) Marketing
12 15 (1.74%) Retail Banking
13 13 (1.50%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.04%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.93%) Police
17 5 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 278 (32.18%) Architect
2 160 (18.52%) Senior
3 138 (15.97%) Lead
4 106 (12.27%) Solutions Architect
5 82 (9.49%) Consultant
6 81 (9.38%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (8.91%) Lead Architect
8 69 (7.99%) Azure Architect
8 69 (7.99%) Security Architect
9 66 (7.64%) Cloud Architect
10 61 (7.06%) Senior Consultant
11 59 (6.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (6.48%) Developer
13 51 (5.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 50 (5.79%) Support Engineer
15 48 (5.56%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 47 (5.44%) Data Consultant
16 47 (5.44%) Senior Technology Consultant
16 47 (5.44%) Technology Consultant
17 41 (4.75%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.94%) Spring Boot
2 46 (5.32%) RabbitMQ
3 42 (4.86%) .NET
4 37 (4.28%) ARM Templates
5 26 (3.01%) REST
6 22 (2.55%) Web Services
7 21 (2.43%) JSON
8 19 (2.20%) XML
9 18 (2.08%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.85%) .NET Framework
10 16 (1.85%) Node.js
11 14 (1.62%) Spring
12 13 (1.50%) .NET Core
12 13 (1.50%) Middleware
12 13 (1.50%) OAuth
13 12 (1.39%) OpenID
13 12 (1.39%) React
13 12 (1.39%) SAML
14 11 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
15 10 (1.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 113 (13.08%) Public Cloud
2 91 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 59 (6.83%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (6.48%) Distributed Systems
5 54 (6.25%) Cloud Native
6 52 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 51 (5.90%) Data Centre
8 41 (4.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 40 (4.63%) Blockchain
10 30 (3.47%) Driving Licence
11 21 (2.43%) Enterprise Storage
11 21 (2.43%) Onboarding
12 19 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.85%) Cyberattack
14 15 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.62%) iPhone
15 14 (1.62%) Product Ownership
16 13 (1.50%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.27%) IoT
18 9 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 148 (17.13%) Linux
2 138 (15.97%) Windows
3 55 (6.37%) Windows Server
4 46 (5.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.75%) CentOS
6 40 (4.63%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.63%) Debian
7 23 (2.66%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.31%) VMS
9 18 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (1.85%) Unix
11 13 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
13 10 (1.16%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.93%) Solaris
15 5 (0.58%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
17 3 (0.35%) Android
18 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
18 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (28.24%) DevOps
2 207 (23.96%) Agile
3 175 (20.25%) CI/CD
4 169 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
5 131 (15.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 121 (14.00%) Migration
7 118 (13.66%) Roadmaps
8 116 (13.43%) Artificial Intelligence
9 115 (13.31%) Cybersecurity
9 115 (13.31%) ITIL
10 114 (13.19%) Scrum
11 110 (12.73%) Information Security
12 97 (11.23%) Project Management
13 82 (9.49%) Kanban
14 81 (9.38%) Presales
15 80 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 77 (8.91%) Computer Science
16 77 (8.91%) Mentoring
17 76 (8.80%) Data Architecture
17 76 (8.80%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 121 (14.00%) SQL
2 111 (12.85%) PowerShell
3 67 (7.75%) Python
4 63 (7.29%) C#
5 49 (5.67%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.51%) Java
7 28 (3.24%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.89%) Bicep
9 23 (2.66%) Bash
10 17 (1.97%) PHP
11 9 (1.04%) Go
12 8 (0.93%) Groovy
12 8 (0.93%) Scala
12 8 (0.93%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.81%) Ruby
13 7 (0.81%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.69%) R
15 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.35%) Dart
17 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 250 (28.94%) AWS Certification
2 244 (28.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 168 (19.44%) Degree
4 144 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 127 (14.70%) SC Cleared
6 108 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
7 91 (10.53%) CISSP
8 68 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (7.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 57 (6.60%) CISM
10 57 (6.60%) MCSE
11 56 (6.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 51 (5.90%) CCSP
13 46 (5.32%) MCSA
14 42 (4.86%) CCNA
15 34 (3.94%) CCSK
16 29 (3.36%) CCNP
17 15 (1.74%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (1.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.71%) NIST
2 54 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (3.36%) SLA
5 25 (2.89%) QA
6 21 (2.43%) GDPR
6 21 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.58%) IASME
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.46%) NCSC
11 4 (0.46%) PMO
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 175 (20.25%) Active Directory
2 129 (14.93%) Docker
3 54 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 53 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.62%) XenDesktop
8 13 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.93%) XenApp
11 7 (0.81%) vSphere
12 4 (0.46%) pfSense
13 3 (0.35%) Firmware
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.12%) LXC
15 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
15 1 (0.12%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 185 (21.41%) Terraform
2 166 (19.21%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (4.51%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (3.82%) Ansible
6 17 (1.97%) SCCM
7 13 (1.50%) Grafana
7 13 (1.50%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.16%) SCOM
9 9 (1.04%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.93%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.81%) Puppet
12 5 (0.58%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.58%) Suricata
13 4 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.46%) SmoothWall
14 2 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
14 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (0.23%) Istio
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 461 (53.36%) Microsoft
2 84 (9.72%) Cisco
3 79 (9.14%) VMware
4 64 (7.41%) Oracle
5 51 (5.90%) Citrix
6 49 (5.67%) Sparx
7 43 (4.98%) IBM
8 41 (4.75%) Red Hat
9 33 (3.82%) Fortinet
10 23 (2.66%) Veeam
11 22 (2.55%) Databricks
12 16 (1.85%) Google
13 13 (1.50%) Apple
14 11 (1.27%) Juniper
15 10 (1.16%) Palo Alto
15 10 (1.16%) WSO2
16 9 (1.04%) Dell
17 8 (0.93%) Commvault
17 8 (0.93%) SAP
17 8 (0.93%) SolarWinds