Azure Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 333 440
Rank change year-on-year +72 +107 -105
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 412 371 521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.22% 0.92% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.31% 3.58% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 263 308 380
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,356 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,447 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +2.88% +3.85%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,419 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £68,823
% change year-on-year -6.40% +0.91% +14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,558 10,364 16,451
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.27% 25.68% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,898 6,281 8,795
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

Azure Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Certification.

Azure Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Azure Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (11.17%) WebLogic
2 12 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.21%) IIS
5 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (11.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 412 (100.00%) Azure
2 181 (43.93%) AWS
3 85 (20.63%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (13.83%) PaaS
5 53 (12.86%) Amazon EKS
5 53 (12.86%) IaaS
6 52 (12.62%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (11.17%) Amazon SQS
8 34 (8.25%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (5.58%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (5.58%) SaaS
9 23 (5.58%) Serverless
10 22 (5.34%) Entra ID
11 20 (4.85%) Power Platform
12 17 (4.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 17 (4.13%) GCP
13 15 (3.64%) Azure AKS
13 15 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (2.67%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 79 (19.17%) DNS
2 59 (14.32%) TCP/IP
3 50 (12.14%) WAN
4 47 (11.41%) BGP
4 47 (11.41%) SSL
5 45 (10.92%) Firewall
6 34 (8.25%) SD-WAN
7 21 (5.10%) SAN
8 20 (4.85%) VPN
9 12 (2.91%) Network Security
9 12 (2.91%) VLAN
10 10 (2.43%) DHCP
11 9 (2.18%) Wireless
12 8 (1.94%) LAN
13 6 (1.46%) MPLS
14 5 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (0.97%) Internet
15 4 (0.97%) NetScaler
15 4 (0.97%) WLAN
16 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.56%) Data Lake
2 59 (14.32%) Amazon RDS
3 55 (13.35%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (13.35%) Relational Database
4 49 (11.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 48 (11.65%) Oracle Database
5 48 (11.65%) SQL Server
6 46 (11.17%) RDBMS
7 20 (4.85%) NoSQL
8 17 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (4.13%) Power BI
9 15 (3.64%) MySQL
10 12 (2.91%) Redis
11 11 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.70%) MariaDB
12 7 (1.70%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.97%) Big Data
15 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.40%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.67%) Git
3 7 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.49%) GitLab
6 2 (0.49%) Moq
6 2 (0.49%) Postman
6 2 (0.49%) Selenium
6 2 (0.49%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.49%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 129 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 96 (23.30%) Finance
3 55 (13.35%) Presentation Skills
4 29 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (4.85%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.37%) Law
9 15 (3.64%) Retail
10 5 (1.21%) Marketing
11 4 (0.97%) Banking
11 4 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.73%) Police
12 3 (0.73%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.49%) Legal
13 2 (0.49%) Public Speaking
13 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.49%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.24%) Back Office
14 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 163 (39.56%) Architect
2 105 (25.49%) Lead
3 92 (22.33%) Senior
4 77 (18.69%) Lead Architect
5 76 (18.45%) Solutions Architect
6 64 (15.53%) Consultant
7 57 (13.83%) Senior Consultant
8 48 (11.65%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 47 (11.41%) Data Consultant
9 47 (11.41%) Senior Technology Consultant
9 47 (11.41%) Technology Consultant
10 45 (10.92%) Azure Architect
11 38 (9.22%) Security Architect
12 34 (8.25%) Cloud Architect
13 32 (7.77%) Support Engineer
14 31 (7.52%) Azure Engineer
14 31 (7.52%) Developer
14 31 (7.52%) Infrastructure Architect
15 28 (6.80%) 3rd Line Support
16 27 (6.55%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.14%) Spring Boot
2 46 (11.17%) RabbitMQ
3 28 (6.80%) .NET
4 21 (5.10%) ARM Templates
5 16 (3.88%) REST
6 14 (3.40%) .NET Framework
7 13 (3.16%) OAuth
8 12 (2.91%) OpenID
8 12 (2.91%) SAML
9 9 (2.18%) .NET Core
9 9 (2.18%) Web Services
10 8 (1.94%) React
10 8 (1.94%) RESTful
11 7 (1.70%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.70%) CSS
11 7 (1.70%) Entity Framework
11 7 (1.70%) HTML
12 5 (1.21%) JSON
12 5 (1.21%) Middleware
12 5 (1.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (20.87%) Public Cloud
2 47 (11.41%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (10.44%) Management Information System
4 36 (8.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 21 (5.10%) Driving Licence
6 20 (4.85%) Enterprise Storage
7 17 (4.13%) Cloud Native
8 15 (3.64%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (3.16%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.70%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.70%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.21%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.97%) Kindle
13 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.73%) iPhone
14 3 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (18.45%) Linux
2 56 (13.59%) Windows
3 46 (11.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (4.61%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.46%) VMS
7 5 (1.21%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.97%) Unix
9 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (27.43%) Agile
2 85 (20.63%) DevOps
3 83 (20.15%) Scrum
4 73 (17.72%) CI/CD
5 71 (17.23%) Actionable Insight
5 71 (17.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (16.02%) Migration
7 64 (15.53%) Roadmaps
8 62 (15.05%) Kanban
8 62 (15.05%) Open Source
9 60 (14.56%) Presales
10 58 (14.08%) Artificial Intelligence
11 57 (13.83%) SDLC
12 55 (13.35%) TOGAF
13 54 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (12.86%) Project Management
15 51 (12.38%) Cloud Operations
15 51 (12.38%) Data Architecture
16 50 (12.14%) Data Migration
16 50 (12.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.38%) SQL
2 34 (8.25%) PowerShell
3 33 (8.01%) C#
4 26 (6.31%) Java
5 23 (5.58%) Bicep
5 23 (5.58%) TypeScript
6 20 (4.85%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.61%) Bash
8 18 (4.37%) Python
9 9 (2.18%) Go
10 8 (1.94%) PHP
11 7 (1.70%) Groovy
11 7 (1.70%) Ruby
12 6 (1.46%) R
13 4 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 160 (38.83%) AWS Certification
2 93 (22.57%) Security Cleared
3 83 (20.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 83 (20.15%) SC Cleared
4 66 (16.02%) Cisco Certification
5 64 (15.53%) Degree
6 52 (12.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 47 (11.41%) CISSP
8 41 (9.95%) CISM
9 38 (9.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 37 (8.98%) CCSP
11 33 (8.01%) CCSK
12 32 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (6.31%) CCNA
14 21 (5.10%) CCNP
15 6 (1.46%) MCSE
15 6 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (1.21%) MCITP
16 5 (1.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 4 (0.97%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.68%) NIST
2 32 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (4.37%) SLA
4 13 (3.16%) GDPR
4 13 (3.16%) QA
5 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) WCAG
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (15.05%) Active Directory
2 55 (13.35%) Docker
3 25 (6.07%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (3.16%) Virtual Servers
6 10 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.97%) vSphere
7 4 (0.97%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.49%) XenApp
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 75 (18.20%) Terraform
2 59 (14.32%) Kubernetes
3 37 (8.98%) Single Sign-On
4 34 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (3.64%) Ansible
6 12 (2.91%) Grafana
6 12 (2.91%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.70%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.70%) Puppet
8 6 (1.46%) SCOM
9 4 (0.97%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.24%) CASB
11 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.24%) SCOrch
11 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 184 (44.66%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.86%) Oracle
3 49 (11.89%) Sparx
4 33 (8.01%) Cisco
5 29 (7.04%) Citrix
6 19 (4.61%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.37%) VMware
8 9 (2.18%) Google
9 8 (1.94%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.70%) Apple
10 7 (1.70%) BMC
10 7 (1.70%) Juniper
10 7 (1.70%) New Relic
10 7 (1.70%) Remedy
10 7 (1.70%) SaltStack
11 6 (1.46%) Adobe
11 6 (1.46%) Databricks
12 4 (0.97%) Meraki
12 4 (0.97%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.97%) SAP