Azure Certification Jobs

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 151 473
Rank change year-on-year -173 +322 -54
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 884 2,253 1,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 2.40% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 7.08% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 593 611 661
10th Percentile £33,800 £36,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +8.00%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,419 £86,250
90th Percentile £104,750 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,175 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.78% +18.50% -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 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 6 June 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 6 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
England -171 784 £65,000 -7.14% 321
UK excluding London -210 564 £57,500 -11.78% 208
Work from Home +61 424 £67,500 -3.57% 117
London -70 271 £77,500 +6.90% 128
North of England -155 191 £55,000 -20.80% 63
South East +12 156 £65,000 +12.07% 38
Midlands -141 107 £67,500 +35.00% 41
North West -170 87 £61,206 -15.58% 35
Yorkshire -73 67 £55,000 -20.43% 18
West Midlands -152 58 £70,000 +33.33% 18
East Midlands -53 49 £64,250 +71.33% 23
North East +14 37 £32,500 -48.00% 10
Scotland -134 35 £69,000 -0.64% 13
South West -70 28 £57,500 -20.69% 18
East of England -92 26 £41,500 +6.10% 26
Northern Ireland +27 12 - - 5
Wales +2 9 - - 7

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 58 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (5.77%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.20%) WebLogic
4 14 (1.58%) Confluence
5 9 (1.02%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.79%) IIS
7 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.45%) Apache
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (5.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 884 (100.00%) Azure
2 308 (34.84%) AWS
3 208 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
4 159 (17.99%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (10.63%) PaaS
6 91 (10.29%) IaaS
7 89 (10.07%) Entra ID
8 87 (9.84%) Power Platform
9 69 (7.81%) GCP
10 67 (7.58%) Cloud Computing
11 58 (6.56%) Amazon EKS
12 46 (5.20%) Amazon SQS
13 44 (4.98%) SaaS
14 43 (4.86%) Serverless
15 42 (4.75%) Azure AI
16 40 (4.52%) IBM Cloud
17 39 (4.41%) Azure AKS
17 39 (4.41%) Azure Monitor
18 36 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
19 30 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 120 (13.57%) Firewall
2 110 (12.44%) DNS
3 65 (7.35%) TCP/IP
4 63 (7.13%) WAN
5 52 (5.88%) SSL
6 49 (5.54%) VPN
7 47 (5.32%) BGP
8 45 (5.09%) Network Security
9 42 (4.75%) SD-WAN
10 34 (3.85%) LAN
11 32 (3.62%) DHCP
12 29 (3.28%) SAN
13 22 (2.49%) VLAN
14 18 (2.04%) Wireless
15 13 (1.47%) Internet
15 13 (1.47%) NetScaler
16 10 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (1.02%) MPLS
17 9 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (0.90%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (9.84%) Data Lake
2 82 (9.28%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (7.24%) Relational Database
4 62 (7.01%) Amazon RDS
5 61 (6.90%) SQL Server
6 59 (6.67%) Power BI
7 54 (6.11%) Oracle Database
8 50 (5.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 47 (5.32%) RDBMS
10 45 (5.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (3.05%) NoSQL
12 21 (2.38%) Metadata
13 19 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
15 16 (1.81%) MySQL
16 15 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 14 (1.58%) Big Data
18 12 (1.36%) Redis
18 12 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 7 (0.79%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (4.64%) Jenkins
2 37 (4.19%) Git
3 30 (3.39%) JIRA
4 12 (1.36%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.36%) Terragrunt
5 7 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.34%) 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 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 342 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 184 (20.81%) Finance
3 109 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 99 (11.20%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (3.73%) Law
8 28 (3.17%) Banking
8 28 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.38%) Retail
10 19 (2.15%) Legal
11 18 (2.04%) Financial Institution
12 17 (1.92%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.47%) Marketing
15 11 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.02%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.79%) Police
18 6 (0.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 286 (32.35%) Architect
2 168 (19.00%) Senior
3 138 (15.61%) Lead
4 103 (11.65%) Solutions Architect
5 85 (9.62%) Consultant
6 82 (9.28%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (8.71%) Lead Architect
8 71 (8.03%) Cloud Architect
9 69 (7.81%) Security Architect
10 64 (7.24%) Azure Architect
11 61 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
12 60 (6.79%) Cloud Engineer
13 53 (6.00%) Developer
14 49 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 48 (5.43%) Data Consultant
15 48 (5.43%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 47 (5.32%) Senior Technology Consultant
16 47 (5.32%) Technology Consultant
17 46 (5.20%) Support Engineer
18 38 (4.30%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.33%) Spring Boot
2 54 (6.11%) ARM Templates
3 46 (5.20%) RabbitMQ
4 43 (4.86%) .NET
5 24 (2.71%) Node.js
5 24 (2.71%) REST
6 21 (2.38%) Web Services
7 16 (1.81%) .NET Framework
7 16 (1.81%) JSON
7 16 (1.81%) OAuth
8 15 (1.70%) OpenID
8 15 (1.70%) SAML
9 14 (1.58%) .NET Core
9 14 (1.58%) AngularJS
9 14 (1.58%) Middleware
10 13 (1.47%) React
10 13 (1.47%) XML
11 11 (1.24%) CSS
11 11 (1.24%) HTML
12 10 (1.13%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 106 (11.99%) Public Cloud
2 91 (10.29%) Management Information System
3 68 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 58 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
5 53 (6.00%) Data Centre
5 53 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (4.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 40 (4.52%) Blockchain
8 28 (3.17%) Driving Licence
9 25 (2.83%) Product Ownership
10 20 (2.26%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
13 16 (1.81%) Cyberattack
13 16 (1.81%) iPhone
14 13 (1.47%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.13%) IoT
15 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 157 (17.76%) Linux
2 142 (16.06%) Windows
3 51 (5.77%) Windows Server
4 48 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.75%) CentOS
6 40 (4.52%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.52%) Debian
7 21 (2.38%) VMS
7 21 (2.38%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.92%) Unix
9 16 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (1.36%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (1.02%) Solaris
12 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.57%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.45%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.34%) Android
16 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (29.30%) DevOps
2 225 (25.45%) Agile
3 192 (21.72%) CI/CD
4 175 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (16.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 130 (14.71%) Migration
7 128 (14.48%) Roadmaps
8 126 (14.25%) Scrum
9 117 (13.24%) Artificial Intelligence
9 117 (13.24%) ITIL
10 116 (13.12%) Cybersecurity
11 110 (12.44%) Information Security
12 100 (11.31%) Project Management
13 89 (10.07%) Mentoring
14 87 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 83 (9.39%) Computer Science
15 83 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 82 (9.28%) Kanban
17 81 (9.16%) Data Architecture
18 80 (9.05%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 124 (14.03%) SQL
2 112 (12.67%) PowerShell
3 79 (8.94%) Python
4 65 (7.35%) C#
5 58 (6.56%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.41%) Java
7 28 (3.17%) TypeScript
8 27 (3.05%) Bicep
9 23 (2.60%) Bash
10 17 (1.92%) PHP
11 10 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.02%) Go
12 9 (1.02%) Scala
13 8 (0.90%) Groovy
14 7 (0.79%) Ruby
14 7 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.34%) Dart
15 3 (0.34%) R
16 2 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 263 (29.75%) AWS Certification
2 243 (27.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 174 (19.68%) Degree
4 159 (17.99%) Security Cleared
5 143 (16.18%) SC Cleared
6 109 (12.33%) Cisco Certification
7 89 (10.07%) CISSP
8 73 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (7.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 56 (6.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 56 (6.33%) CISM
11 55 (6.22%) MCSE
12 52 (5.88%) CCSP
13 46 (5.20%) MCSA
14 44 (4.98%) CCNA
15 34 (3.85%) CCSK
16 28 (3.17%) CCNP
17 14 (1.58%) PMI Certification
17 14 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 13 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 56 (6.33%) NIST
2 33 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (3.28%) SLA
4 26 (2.94%) QA
5 23 (2.60%) GDPR
6 21 (2.38%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.58%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.79%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.68%) IASME
11 5 (0.57%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.57%) NCSC
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.45%) PMO
13 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) WCAG
14 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 172 (19.46%) Active Directory
2 144 (16.29%) Docker
3 55 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 54 (6.11%) Hyper-V
5 30 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
8 14 (1.58%) XenDesktop
9 10 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.13%) vSphere
10 8 (0.90%) XenApp
11 4 (0.45%) pfSense
12 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.23%) Firmware
13 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.11%) LXC
14 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
14 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 198 (22.40%) Terraform
2 181 (20.48%) Kubernetes
3 70 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (4.75%) Ansible
5 39 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (1.47%) Grafana
6 13 (1.47%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.36%) SCCM
8 9 (1.02%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.02%) SCOM
8 9 (1.02%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.79%) Puppet
10 6 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.57%) Suricata
12 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.45%) SmoothWall
13 2 (0.23%) Istio
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 2 (0.23%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 464 (52.49%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.73%) Cisco
3 80 (9.05%) VMware
4 62 (7.01%) Oracle
5 49 (5.54%) Sparx
6 45 (5.09%) Citrix
7 42 (4.75%) IBM
8 40 (4.52%) Red Hat
9 33 (3.73%) Fortinet
10 24 (2.71%) Veeam
11 22 (2.49%) Databricks
12 17 (1.92%) Google
13 15 (1.70%) Juniper
13 15 (1.70%) ServiceNow
14 12 (1.36%) Apple
14 12 (1.36%) Black Duck
15 11 (1.24%) Palo Alto
16 10 (1.13%) Dell
17 9 (1.02%) BMC
17 9 (1.02%) Remedy