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

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 149 475
Rank change year-on-year -177 +326 -57
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 887 2,249 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 2.40% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 7.08% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 592 608 659
10th Percentile £33,650 £35,925 £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 £103,625 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,351 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +18.82% -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 28,250 31,784 46,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.18% 33.91% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,298 14,393 19,390
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,861
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,549
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.96% -0.90%

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 7 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 7 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 -170 787 £65,000 -6.77% 167
UK excluding London -212 565 £57,500 -12.01% 104
Work from Home +62 426 £67,500 -3.57% 108
London -72 273 £77,500 +6.90% 64
North of England -150 192 £55,000 -20.80% 37
South East -7 155 £62,500 +6.84% 20
Midlands -145 108 £66,250 +26.19% 19
North West -159 86 £61,206 -12.56% 21
Yorkshire -76 68 £55,000 -20.43% 9
West Midlands -140 58 £70,000 +33.33% 7
East Midlands -51 50 £61,000 +62.67% 12
North East +16 38 £32,500 -48.00% 7
Scotland -124 35 £69,000 -0.64% 7
South West -62 28 £57,500 -20.69% 9
East of England -80 26 £41,500 +6.10% 8
Northern Ireland +25 12 - - 3
Wales -1 9 - - 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 59 (6.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (5.86%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.19%) WebLogic
4 14 (1.58%) Confluence
5 8 (0.90%) 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 (2.82%) 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 (5.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 887 (100.00%) Azure
2 306 (34.50%) AWS
3 212 (23.90%) Microsoft 365
4 159 (17.93%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (10.48%) PaaS
6 92 (10.37%) Entra ID
7 90 (10.15%) IaaS
7 90 (10.15%) Power Platform
8 69 (7.78%) GCP
9 68 (7.67%) Cloud Computing
10 57 (6.43%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (5.19%) Amazon SQS
12 44 (4.96%) SaaS
13 42 (4.74%) Azure AI
13 42 (4.74%) Serverless
14 41 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
15 40 (4.51%) IBM Cloud
16 39 (4.40%) Azure AKS
17 38 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
18 30 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 120 (13.53%) Firewall
2 109 (12.29%) DNS
3 65 (7.33%) TCP/IP
4 63 (7.10%) WAN
5 52 (5.86%) SSL
6 49 (5.52%) VPN
7 47 (5.30%) BGP
8 45 (5.07%) Network Security
9 42 (4.74%) SD-WAN
10 34 (3.83%) LAN
11 32 (3.61%) DHCP
12 29 (3.27%) SAN
13 22 (2.48%) VLAN
14 18 (2.03%) Wireless
15 13 (1.47%) Internet
15 13 (1.47%) NetScaler
16 10 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (1.01%) MPLS
17 9 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (0.90%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (9.81%) Data Lake
2 82 (9.24%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (7.10%) Relational Database
3 63 (7.10%) SQL Server
4 62 (6.99%) Amazon RDS
5 61 (6.88%) Power BI
6 54 (6.09%) Oracle Database
7 50 (5.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 48 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 47 (5.30%) RDBMS
10 25 (2.82%) NoSQL
11 21 (2.37%) Metadata
11 21 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.80%) MySQL
13 15 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (1.58%) Big Data
15 12 (1.35%) Redis
15 12 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (0.79%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (4.40%) Jenkins
2 36 (4.06%) Git
3 31 (3.49%) JIRA
4 12 (1.35%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.35%) 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
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 346 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 183 (20.63%) Finance
3 111 (12.51%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (11.61%) Public Sector
5 99 (11.16%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.06%) Law
8 28 (3.16%) Banking
8 28 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.37%) Retail
10 19 (2.14%) Legal
11 18 (2.03%) 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 (1.01%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.79%) Police
18 6 (0.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 285 (32.13%) Architect
2 169 (19.05%) Senior
3 138 (15.56%) Lead
4 103 (11.61%) Solutions Architect
5 87 (9.81%) Consultant
6 84 (9.47%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (8.68%) Lead Architect
8 71 (8.00%) Cloud Architect
9 69 (7.78%) Security Architect
10 63 (7.10%) Azure Architect
10 63 (7.10%) Cloud Engineer
11 61 (6.88%) Senior Consultant
12 52 (5.86%) Developer
13 50 (5.64%) Data Consultant
14 48 (5.41%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 47 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 47 (5.30%) Senior Technology Consultant
15 47 (5.30%) Technology Consultant
16 45 (5.07%) Support Engineer
17 38 (4.28%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.09%) ARM Templates
1 54 (6.09%) Spring Boot
2 46 (5.19%) RabbitMQ
3 43 (4.85%) .NET
4 23 (2.59%) REST
5 22 (2.48%) Node.js
6 20 (2.25%) Web Services
7 16 (1.80%) .NET Framework
7 16 (1.80%) OAuth
8 15 (1.69%) JSON
8 15 (1.69%) OpenID
8 15 (1.69%) SAML
9 14 (1.58%) .NET Core
9 14 (1.58%) Middleware
9 14 (1.58%) React
10 12 (1.35%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.35%) CSS
10 12 (1.35%) HTML
10 12 (1.35%) XML
11 10 (1.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.06%) Public Cloud
2 91 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 68 (7.67%) Cloud Native
4 58 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
5 57 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
6 53 (5.98%) Data Centre
6 53 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (4.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 40 (4.51%) Blockchain
9 28 (3.16%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.82%) Product Ownership
11 21 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
12 20 (2.25%) Onboarding
13 19 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (2.03%) Enterprise Storage
15 16 (1.80%) Cyberattack
15 16 (1.80%) iPhone
16 13 (1.47%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
18 10 (1.13%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 159 (17.93%) Linux
2 143 (16.12%) Windows
3 50 (5.64%) Windows Server
4 48 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.74%) CentOS
6 40 (4.51%) Alpine Linux
6 40 (4.51%) Debian
7 22 (2.48%) VMS
8 21 (2.37%) Windows 10
9 17 (1.92%) Unix
10 16 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (1.35%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
13 9 (1.01%) Solaris
13 9 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.56%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.45%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.34%) Android
17 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
18 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (29.20%) DevOps
2 224 (25.25%) Agile
3 194 (21.87%) CI/CD
4 177 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
5 151 (17.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 132 (14.88%) Migration
7 128 (14.43%) Roadmaps
8 126 (14.21%) Scrum
9 117 (13.19%) Artificial Intelligence
9 117 (13.19%) ITIL
10 116 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
11 110 (12.40%) Information Security
12 101 (11.39%) Project Management
13 91 (10.26%) Mentoring
14 90 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 86 (9.70%) Computer Science
16 83 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 81 (9.13%) Data Architecture
17 81 (9.13%) Kanban
18 80 (9.02%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 125 (14.09%) SQL
2 113 (12.74%) PowerShell
3 81 (9.13%) Python
4 65 (7.33%) C#
5 57 (6.43%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.17%) Java
7 28 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 27 (3.04%) Bicep
9 25 (2.82%) Bash
10 17 (1.92%) PHP
11 10 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.01%) Go
12 9 (1.01%) Scala
13 8 (0.90%) Groovy
14 7 (0.79%) Ruby
15 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.34%) Dart
16 3 (0.34%) R
17 2 (0.23%) SAS Macro
17 2 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 261 (29.43%) AWS Certification
2 246 (27.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 177 (19.95%) Degree
4 159 (17.93%) Security Cleared
5 141 (15.90%) SC Cleared
6 109 (12.29%) Cisco Certification
7 89 (10.03%) CISSP
8 76 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (7.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 56 (6.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 56 (6.31%) CISM
11 55 (6.20%) MCSE
12 52 (5.86%) CCSP
13 46 (5.19%) MCSA
14 44 (4.96%) CCNA
15 34 (3.83%) CCSK
16 28 (3.16%) CCNP
17 14 (1.58%) PMI Certification
17 14 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 13 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (6.31%) NIST
3 33 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (3.27%) SLA
5 26 (2.93%) QA
6 24 (2.71%) GDPR
7 21 (2.37%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.58%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.79%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.68%) IASME
12 5 (0.56%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.56%) NCSC
13 4 (0.45%) PMO
14 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.23%) WCAG
15 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 175 (19.73%) Active Directory
2 143 (16.12%) Docker
3 55 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 53 (5.98%) Hyper-V
5 32 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.59%) 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
1 196 (22.10%) Terraform
2 181 (20.41%) Kubernetes
3 70 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 40 (4.51%) Ansible
5 39 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.58%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.47%) Grafana
8 12 (1.35%) SCCM
9 9 (1.01%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.01%) SCOM
9 9 (1.01%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.79%) Puppet
11 6 (0.68%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.56%) Suricata
13 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.45%) SmoothWall
14 2 (0.23%) Istio
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 2 (0.23%) SCVMM
14 2 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 471 (53.10%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.70%) Cisco
3 80 (9.02%) VMware
4 62 (6.99%) Oracle
5 49 (5.52%) Sparx
6 44 (4.96%) Citrix
7 42 (4.74%) IBM
8 40 (4.51%) Red Hat
9 33 (3.72%) Fortinet
10 24 (2.71%) Veeam
11 22 (2.48%) Databricks
12 17 (1.92%) Google
13 15 (1.69%) Juniper
13 15 (1.69%) ServiceNow
14 12 (1.35%) Apple
14 12 (1.35%) Black Duck
15 11 (1.24%) BMC
15 11 (1.24%) Palo Alto
15 11 (1.24%) Remedy
16 10 (1.13%) Dell