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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 167 472
Rank change year-on-year -168 +305 -43
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 855 2,284 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 2.26% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.11% 6.93% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 608 630 652
10th Percentile £31,925 £32,200 £41,825
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,333 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,447 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +0.91% +14.71%
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,750 £107,375
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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 10 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 10 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 -159 758 £65,000 -7.14% 172
UK excluding London -213 536 £57,500 -11.54% 123
Work from Home +69 401 £67,500 -2.80% 102
London -45 272 £77,500 +6.90% 56
North of England -139 189 £55,000 -21.43% 32
South East +21 154 £65,000 +13.04% 35
Midlands -159 92 £62,500 +38.89% 27
North West -160 82 £61,206 -25.81% 18
Yorkshire -63 68 £52,500 -24.70% 12
West Midlands -136 53 £67,500 +31.71% 14
North East +26 39 £32,500 -48.00% 3
East Midlands -58 39 £55,000 +71.88% 13
Scotland -120 36 £65,000 -6.40% 4
East of England -60 26 £40,750 +4.19% 11
South West -55 21 £57,500 -11.54% 17
Northern Ireland +28 11 - - 2
Wales -3 7 - - 1

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 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.38%) WebLogic
4 12 (1.40%) Confluence
5 10 (1.17%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.82%) IIS
7 6 (0.70%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.58%) Apache
9 3 (0.35%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.47%) 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 (5.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 855 (100.00%) Azure
2 285 (33.33%) AWS
3 206 (24.09%) Microsoft 365
4 154 (18.01%) Azure DevOps
5 105 (12.28%) PaaS
6 103 (12.05%) IaaS
7 92 (10.76%) Entra ID
8 80 (9.36%) Power Platform
9 62 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
10 58 (6.78%) GCP
11 54 (6.32%) Cloud Computing
12 49 (5.73%) Serverless
13 46 (5.38%) Amazon SQS
13 46 (5.38%) SaaS
14 40 (4.68%) IBM Cloud
15 38 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
16 36 (4.21%) Azure AKS
17 35 (4.09%) Azure Monitor
18 28 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 22 (2.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 117 (13.68%) Firewall
2 111 (12.98%) DNS
3 66 (7.72%) TCP/IP
4 62 (7.25%) WAN
5 53 (6.20%) VPN
6 51 (5.96%) SSL
7 48 (5.61%) Network Security
8 47 (5.50%) BGP
9 42 (4.91%) SD-WAN
10 37 (4.33%) DHCP
11 34 (3.98%) LAN
12 33 (3.86%) SAN
13 24 (2.81%) VLAN
14 20 (2.34%) Wireless
15 14 (1.64%) Internet
15 14 (1.64%) NetScaler
16 11 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.94%) Intranet
18 8 (0.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.77%) Data Lake
2 71 (8.30%) SQL Server
3 69 (8.07%) Relational Database
4 68 (7.95%) Data Warehouse
5 64 (7.49%) Amazon RDS
6 54 (6.32%) Oracle Database
7 52 (6.08%) Power BI
8 47 (5.50%) RDBMS
9 42 (4.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 36 (4.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 31 (3.63%) NoSQL
12 21 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.11%) Metadata
14 17 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.87%) MySQL
16 14 (1.64%) Big Data
16 14 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 12 (1.40%) Redis
17 12 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 7 (0.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (4.80%) Git
2 31 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.87%) JIRA
4 7 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.23%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) Moq
7 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 2 (0.23%) Selenium
7 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.12%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.12%) JIRA Agile
8 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 327 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 182 (21.29%) Finance
3 106 (12.40%) Public Sector
4 105 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (10.06%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (3.51%) Law
8 29 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.92%) Banking
10 19 (2.22%) Legal
10 19 (2.22%) Retail
11 18 (2.11%) Financial Institution
12 17 (1.99%) Marketing
13 14 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.64%) Retail Banking
14 11 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.94%) Police
17 7 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (0.58%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 278 (32.51%) Architect
2 146 (17.08%) Senior
3 137 (16.02%) Lead
4 104 (12.16%) Solutions Architect
5 81 (9.47%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (9.01%) Lead Architect
7 71 (8.30%) Security Architect
8 69 (8.07%) Azure Architect
8 69 (8.07%) Consultant
9 66 (7.72%) Cloud Architect
10 59 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 55 (6.43%) Developer
12 53 (6.20%) Support Engineer
13 52 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 49 (5.73%) Senior Consultant
15 48 (5.61%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 43 (5.03%) Infrastructure Architect
17 42 (4.91%) IT Support
18 35 (4.09%) Data Consultant
18 35 (4.09%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.02%) Spring Boot
2 46 (5.38%) RabbitMQ
3 42 (4.91%) .NET
4 36 (4.21%) ARM Templates
5 26 (3.04%) REST
6 22 (2.57%) Web Services
7 21 (2.46%) JSON
8 18 (2.11%) AngularJS
8 18 (2.11%) XML
9 16 (1.87%) .NET Framework
9 16 (1.87%) Node.js
10 14 (1.64%) Spring
11 13 (1.52%) .NET Core
11 13 (1.52%) OAuth
12 12 (1.40%) Middleware
12 12 (1.40%) OpenID
12 12 (1.40%) React
12 12 (1.40%) RESTful
12 12 (1.40%) SAML
13 11 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 113 (13.22%) Public Cloud
2 92 (10.76%) Management Information System
3 59 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (6.55%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (6.08%) Cloud Native
5 52 (6.08%) Data Centre
6 51 (5.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (4.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 40 (4.68%) Blockchain
9 30 (3.51%) Driving Licence
10 22 (2.57%) Onboarding
11 21 (2.46%) Enterprise Storage
12 19 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (1.99%) Cyberattack
14 15 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.64%) iPhone
15 14 (1.64%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.64%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.29%) IoT
17 9 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 147 (17.19%) Linux
2 140 (16.37%) Windows
3 58 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 46 (5.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.80%) CentOS
6 40 (4.68%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.68%) Debian
7 24 (2.81%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.34%) VMS
9 19 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (1.75%) Unix
11 14 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
12 12 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (1.05%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.82%) Solaris
15 5 (0.58%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.47%) Android
16 4 (0.47%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
17 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (28.30%) DevOps
2 204 (23.86%) Agile
3 174 (20.35%) CI/CD
4 169 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
5 132 (15.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 117 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
6 117 (13.68%) Migration
7 115 (13.45%) ITIL
8 114 (13.33%) Scrum
9 112 (13.10%) Information Security
10 106 (12.40%) Roadmaps
11 104 (12.16%) Artificial Intelligence
12 95 (11.11%) Project Management
13 81 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 81 (9.47%) Kanban
14 79 (9.24%) Computer Science
15 78 (9.12%) Mentoring
16 77 (9.01%) TOGAF
17 75 (8.77%) Collaborative Working
18 73 (8.54%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 120 (14.04%) SQL
2 114 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 69 (8.07%) Python
4 63 (7.37%) C#
5 48 (5.61%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.56%) Java
7 28 (3.27%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.92%) Bicep
9 23 (2.69%) Bash
10 17 (1.99%) PHP
11 9 (1.05%) Go
12 8 (0.94%) Groovy
12 8 (0.94%) Scala
12 8 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.82%) Ruby
13 7 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.70%) R
15 3 (0.35%) Dart
16 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 243 (28.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 239 (27.95%) AWS Certification
3 173 (20.23%) Degree
4 144 (16.84%) Security Cleared
5 127 (14.85%) SC Cleared
6 109 (12.75%) Cisco Certification
7 94 (10.99%) CISSP
8 70 (8.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (7.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 59 (6.90%) CISM
11 57 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 57 (6.67%) MCSE
12 51 (5.96%) CCSP
13 46 (5.38%) MCSA
14 42 (4.91%) CCNA
15 34 (3.98%) CCSK
16 29 (3.39%) CCNP
17 15 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (1.75%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.13%) NIST
2 58 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (3.63%) SLA
4 30 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (3.04%) QA
6 22 (2.57%) GDPR
6 22 (2.57%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.58%) IASME
11 4 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.47%) NCSC
11 4 (0.47%) PMO
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 177 (20.70%) Active Directory
2 128 (14.97%) Docker
3 55 (6.43%) Hyper-V
4 54 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.64%) XenDesktop
8 13 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.94%) XenApp
11 7 (0.82%) vSphere
12 4 (0.47%) Firmware
12 4 (0.47%) pfSense
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.12%) LXC
14 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
14 1 (0.12%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 184 (21.52%) Terraform
2 164 (19.18%) Kubernetes
3 70 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (4.56%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (3.86%) Ansible
6 18 (2.11%) SCCM
7 13 (1.52%) Grafana
7 13 (1.52%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.29%) SCOM
9 9 (1.05%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.94%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.82%) Puppet
12 6 (0.70%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.58%) Suricata
14 4 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.47%) SmoothWall
15 3 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 2 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
16 2 (0.23%) Istio
Vendors
1 461 (53.92%) Microsoft
2 85 (9.94%) Cisco
3 81 (9.47%) VMware
4 64 (7.49%) Oracle
5 54 (6.32%) Citrix
6 49 (5.73%) Sparx
7 43 (5.03%) IBM
8 41 (4.80%) Red Hat
9 32 (3.74%) Fortinet
10 24 (2.81%) Veeam
11 22 (2.57%) Databricks
12 17 (1.99%) Google
13 13 (1.52%) Apple
14 11 (1.29%) Juniper
15 10 (1.17%) Palo Alto
15 10 (1.17%) WSO2
16 9 (1.05%) Commvault
16 9 (1.05%) Dell
16 9 (1.05%) SAP
17 8 (0.94%) Remedy