Azure Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 126 384
Rank change year-on-year -205 +258 +44
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 565 1,576 632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 2.85% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.74% 7.52% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 345 327 299
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,992 £41,134
25th Percentile £39,750 £44,227 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,351 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +18.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £84,528 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £91,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year -7.14% +1.71% +14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,605 20,946 25,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.72% 37.91% 33.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,346 7,921 10,596
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +0.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the UK excluding London

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England -166 190 £55,000 -18.36% 63
South East -3 156 £62,500 -3.85% 34
Midlands -157 109 £67,500 +28.57% 40
North West -181 86 £61,206 -15.58% 33
Yorkshire -75 67 £55,000 -18.36% 19
West Midlands -144 57 £70,000 +33.33% 18
East Midlands -56 52 £61,000 +62.67% 22
North East +13 37 £32,500 -46.94% 11
Scotland -133 34 £73,000 +8.31% 13
South West -78 28 £57,500 -18.98% 19
East of England -85 27 £41,500 +6.10% 16
Northern Ireland +26 12 - - 6
Wales +5 9 - - 8
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 42 (7.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (7.08%) WebLogic
3 35 (6.19%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.30%) Confluence
5 5 (0.88%) IIS
5 5 (0.88%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (7.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 565 (100.00%) Azure
2 209 (36.99%) AWS
3 140 (24.78%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (17.17%) Azure DevOps
5 57 (10.09%) Entra ID
6 49 (8.67%) Cloud Computing
6 49 (8.67%) Power Platform
7 48 (8.50%) Amazon EKS
8 40 (7.08%) Amazon SQS
8 40 (7.08%) Azure AI
8 40 (7.08%) IBM Cloud
9 39 (6.90%) PaaS
10 37 (6.55%) IaaS
11 36 (6.37%) GCP
12 23 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (3.89%) Azure AKS
14 21 (3.72%) SaaS
15 18 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 93 (16.46%) Firewall
2 89 (15.75%) DNS
3 57 (10.09%) TCP/IP
4 54 (9.56%) WAN
5 46 (8.14%) SSL
6 40 (7.08%) BGP
6 40 (7.08%) VPN
7 37 (6.55%) SD-WAN
8 30 (5.31%) Network Security
9 28 (4.96%) SAN
10 24 (4.25%) DHCP
11 17 (3.01%) VLAN
12 14 (2.48%) LAN
13 11 (1.95%) NetScaler
13 11 (1.95%) Wireless
14 10 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (1.24%) Internet
15 7 (1.24%) Intranet
15 7 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (1.06%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.33%) Data Warehouse
2 59 (10.44%) Data Lake
3 55 (9.73%) Amazon RDS
4 52 (9.20%) Relational Database
5 46 (8.14%) Oracle Database
6 43 (7.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 43 (7.61%) SQL Server
7 41 (7.26%) RDBMS
8 31 (5.49%) Power BI
9 28 (4.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (3.36%) NoSQL
11 14 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (2.30%) MySQL
13 11 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (1.95%) Redis
13 11 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (1.42%) Big Data
16 6 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (1.06%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (4.78%) JIRA
2 22 (3.89%) Jenkins
3 19 (3.36%) Git
4 10 (1.77%) SonarQube
4 10 (1.77%) Terragrunt
5 6 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.71%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.18%) GitLab
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 223 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 89 (15.75%) Finance
3 64 (11.33%) Presentation Skills
4 56 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.83%) Legal
8 14 (2.48%) Retail
9 11 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.77%) Law
11 9 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.59%) Marketing
12 7 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.88%) Local Government
13 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.71%) Aviation
14 4 (0.71%) Avionics
14 4 (0.71%) Banking
14 4 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 152 (26.90%) Architect
2 102 (18.05%) Senior
3 97 (17.17%) Lead
4 65 (11.50%) Solutions Architect
5 64 (11.33%) Lead Architect
6 60 (10.62%) Consultant
7 49 (8.67%) Senior Consultant
8 43 (7.61%) Azure Engineer
9 41 (7.26%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 40 (7.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 40 (7.08%) Data Consultant
10 40 (7.08%) Senior Technology Consultant
10 40 (7.08%) Technology Consultant
11 38 (6.73%) Security Architect
12 36 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 34 (6.02%) Support Engineer
14 33 (5.84%) Developer
15 31 (5.49%) IT Engineer
16 28 (4.96%) IT Manager
16 28 (4.96%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.96%) Spring Boot
2 40 (7.08%) RabbitMQ
3 32 (5.66%) .NET
4 23 (4.07%) ARM Templates
5 19 (3.36%) REST
6 17 (3.01%) Node.js
6 17 (3.01%) Web Services
7 14 (2.48%) OAuth
7 14 (2.48%) OpenID
7 14 (2.48%) SAML
8 13 (2.30%) Middleware
8 13 (2.30%) React
9 12 (2.12%) .NET Core
9 12 (2.12%) .NET Framework
10 10 (1.77%) CSS
10 10 (1.77%) HTML
11 9 (1.59%) XML
12 8 (1.42%) JSON
13 7 (1.24%) AngularJS
13 7 (1.24%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.86%) Public Cloud
2 58 (10.27%) Management Information System
3 52 (9.20%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (9.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 43 (7.61%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (7.43%) Cloud Native
7 40 (7.08%) Blockchain
8 32 (5.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 29 (5.13%) Data Centre
10 27 (4.78%) Driving Licence
11 20 (3.54%) Product Ownership
12 17 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (3.01%) Enterprise Storage
13 10 (1.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 9 (1.59%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.42%) Replication
16 7 (1.24%) Biopharmaceutical
16 7 (1.24%) iPhone
16 7 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
17 6 (1.06%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 129 (22.83%) Linux
2 95 (16.81%) Windows
3 42 (7.43%) CentOS
4 40 (7.08%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (7.08%) Debian
4 40 (7.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (6.73%) Windows Server
6 21 (3.72%) VMS
7 17 (3.01%) Windows 10
8 14 (2.48%) Unix
8 14 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (1.77%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.42%) Solaris
11 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.88%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.71%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
14 3 (0.53%) Android
15 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (28.50%) DevOps
2 148 (26.19%) Agile
3 127 (22.48%) CI/CD
4 101 (17.88%) Scrum
5 99 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (17.17%) ITIL
7 95 (16.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 84 (14.87%) Roadmaps
9 77 (13.63%) Cybersecurity
10 73 (12.92%) Migration
10 73 (12.92%) Project Management
11 72 (12.74%) Information Security
12 68 (12.04%) Kanban
13 63 (11.15%) Infrastructure as Code
14 62 (10.97%) Actionable Insight
14 62 (10.97%) Mentoring
15 61 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 58 (10.27%) Collaborative Working
16 58 (10.27%) Presales
17 57 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 80 (14.16%) SQL
2 60 (10.62%) PowerShell
3 51 (9.03%) C#
4 48 (8.50%) Python
5 40 (7.08%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.96%) Java
7 26 (4.60%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.65%) PHP
9 13 (2.30%) Bicep
10 9 (1.59%) Bash
11 7 (1.24%) Go
12 6 (1.06%) Groovy
12 6 (1.06%) Ruby
12 6 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.35%) Dart
14 2 (0.35%) R
15 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 180 (31.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 169 (29.91%) AWS Certification
3 111 (19.65%) Degree
4 88 (15.58%) Security Cleared
5 87 (15.40%) SC Cleared
6 82 (14.51%) Cisco Certification
7 56 (9.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 53 (9.38%) CISSP
9 51 (9.03%) MCSE
10 48 (8.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 44 (7.79%) MCSA
12 40 (7.08%) CCNA
13 38 (6.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 38 (6.73%) CCSP
14 34 (6.02%) CISM
15 29 (5.13%) CCSK
16 24 (4.25%) CCNP
17 13 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 10 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 9 (1.59%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (6.73%) NIST
3 25 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (4.25%) SLA
5 16 (2.83%) GDPR
6 13 (2.30%) QA
7 10 (1.77%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (1.59%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.06%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.88%) NCSC
11 4 (0.71%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.71%) PMO
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 118 (20.88%) Active Directory
2 110 (19.47%) Docker
3 51 (9.03%) Hyper-V
4 38 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (3.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (2.83%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (2.30%) XenDesktop
9 8 (1.42%) XenApp
10 6 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.06%) vSphere
11 4 (0.71%) pfSense
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 136 (24.07%) Kubernetes
2 118 (20.88%) Terraform
3 50 (8.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (4.42%) Ansible
6 13 (2.30%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.95%) Grafana
8 9 (1.59%) SCCM
9 7 (1.24%) Progress Chef
10 6 (1.06%) Puppet
10 6 (1.06%) SCOM
11 5 (0.88%) Suricata
11 5 (0.88%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.71%) SmoothWall
13 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.35%) SCVMM
14 2 (0.35%) ZABBIX
15 1 (0.18%) Istio
15 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 289 (51.15%) Microsoft
2 69 (12.21%) Cisco
3 56 (9.91%) VMware
4 52 (9.20%) Oracle
5 40 (7.08%) IBM
5 40 (7.08%) Red Hat
5 40 (7.08%) Sparx
6 30 (5.31%) Fortinet
7 23 (4.07%) Citrix
8 22 (3.89%) Veeam
9 16 (2.83%) Databricks
10 15 (2.65%) Juniper
11 11 (1.95%) Apple
12 10 (1.77%) Black Duck
12 10 (1.77%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.59%) Dell
14 7 (1.24%) Google
14 7 (1.24%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.06%) New Relic
15 6 (1.06%) SaltStack