Azure Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 132 428
Rank change year-on-year -196 +296 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 546 1,599 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.76% 2.70% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.80% 7.35% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 350 338 284
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £41,134
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £84,056 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £90,000 £77,125
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
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,526 21,760 23,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.79% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 8,079 10,449
10th Percentile £27,338 £28,175 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 20 May 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 20 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
North of England -133 191 £55,000 -21.43% 55
South East +21 156 £65,000 +13.04% 45
Midlands -143 96 £66,250 +47.22% 49
North West -157 84 £61,206 -25.81% 29
Yorkshire -67 68 £52,500 -24.40% 17
West Midlands -132 54 £70,000 +40.00% 29
East Midlands -58 42 £61,000 +93.65% 20
North East +32 39 £32,500 -48.00% 9
Scotland -125 36 £65,000 -6.40% 12
East of England -74 25 £41,500 +6.10% 19
South West -57 23 £55,000 -15.84% 24
Northern Ireland +37 11 - - 6
Wales 0 8 - - 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 45 (8.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (7.33%) WebLogic
3 32 (5.86%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.83%) Confluence
5 7 (1.28%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.92%) IIS
7 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.18%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 40 (7.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 546 (100.00%) Azure
2 200 (36.63%) AWS
3 136 (24.91%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (17.40%) Azure DevOps
5 57 (10.44%) Entra ID
6 53 (9.71%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (8.79%) Power Platform
8 40 (7.33%) Amazon SQS
8 40 (7.33%) IBM Cloud
9 39 (7.14%) PaaS
10 38 (6.96%) IaaS
11 37 (6.78%) Cloud Computing
12 25 (4.58%) GCP
13 21 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (3.48%) Azure AKS
14 19 (3.48%) SaaS
15 16 (2.93%) Serverless
16 15 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (2.56%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 89 (16.30%) DNS
2 88 (16.12%) Firewall
3 58 (10.62%) TCP/IP
4 54 (9.89%) WAN
5 46 (8.42%) SSL
6 42 (7.69%) VPN
7 40 (7.33%) BGP
8 37 (6.78%) SD-WAN
9 33 (6.04%) Network Security
10 29 (5.31%) SAN
11 26 (4.76%) DHCP
12 16 (2.93%) VLAN
13 14 (2.56%) LAN
14 13 (2.38%) NetScaler
14 13 (2.38%) Wireless
15 9 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (1.28%) Internet
16 7 (1.28%) Intranet
17 6 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
18 5 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.72%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (11.17%) Data Lake
3 58 (10.62%) Relational Database
4 57 (10.44%) Amazon RDS
5 46 (8.42%) Oracle Database
6 45 (8.24%) SQL Server
7 42 (7.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 41 (7.51%) RDBMS
9 32 (5.86%) Power BI
10 26 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 25 (4.58%) NoSQL
12 17 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (2.38%) MySQL
15 11 (2.01%) Redis
15 11 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 8 (1.47%) Big Data
18 6 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
18 6 (1.10%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.58%) Git
2 19 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.38%) JIRA
4 6 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.73%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.18%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 212 (38.83%) Social Skills
2 92 (16.85%) Finance
3 61 (11.17%) Presentation Skills
4 58 (10.62%) Public Sector
5 50 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.93%) Legal
8 14 (2.56%) Retail
9 10 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.83%) Marketing
10 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.47%) Law
11 7 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.92%) Local Government
12 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.73%) Aviation
13 4 (0.73%) Avionics
13 4 (0.73%) Banking
13 4 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 144 (26.37%) Architect
2 99 (18.13%) Senior
3 97 (17.77%) Lead
4 66 (12.09%) Solutions Architect
5 64 (11.72%) Lead Architect
6 56 (10.26%) Consultant
7 49 (8.97%) Senior Consultant
8 41 (7.51%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 40 (7.33%) Azure Engineer
9 40 (7.33%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (7.33%) Data Consultant
9 40 (7.33%) Senior Technology Consultant
9 40 (7.33%) Technology Consultant
10 38 (6.96%) Developer
10 38 (6.96%) Security Architect
11 37 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 36 (6.59%) Support Engineer
13 32 (5.86%) IT Support
14 31 (5.68%) IT Engineer
15 25 (4.58%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.34%) Spring Boot
2 40 (7.33%) RabbitMQ
3 32 (5.86%) .NET
4 21 (3.85%) REST
5 19 (3.48%) Web Services
6 15 (2.75%) XML
7 13 (2.38%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.38%) JSON
7 13 (2.38%) Node.js
8 12 (2.20%) .NET Framework
8 12 (2.20%) ARM Templates
8 12 (2.20%) Middleware
9 11 (2.01%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.01%) OAuth
9 11 (2.01%) OpenID
9 11 (2.01%) React
9 11 (2.01%) SAML
9 11 (2.01%) Spring
10 8 (1.47%) CSS
10 8 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.82%) Public Cloud
2 58 (10.62%) Management Information System
3 53 (9.71%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (8.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 44 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (7.33%) Blockchain
7 32 (5.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 30 (5.49%) Cloud Native
8 30 (5.49%) Driving Licence
9 26 (4.76%) Data Centre
10 21 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
11 17 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (2.20%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.65%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.28%) Biopharmaceutical
14 7 (1.28%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (1.10%) Replication
15 6 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 124 (22.71%) Linux
2 93 (17.03%) Windows
3 42 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 41 (7.51%) CentOS
5 40 (7.33%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (7.33%) Debian
5 40 (7.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (3.30%) VMS
7 16 (2.93%) Windows 10
7 16 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (2.38%) Unix
9 8 (1.47%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (1.28%) Solaris
11 6 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.92%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.73%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.37%) Android
15 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (27.84%) DevOps
2 137 (25.09%) Agile
3 117 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 97 (17.77%) Artificial Intelligence
5 94 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (16.67%) ITIL
7 90 (16.48%) Scrum
8 77 (14.10%) Roadmaps
9 75 (13.74%) Cybersecurity
10 74 (13.55%) Information Security
11 72 (13.19%) Migration
12 69 (12.64%) Kanban
12 69 (12.64%) Project Management
13 62 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
14 60 (10.99%) Collaborative Working
15 59 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 56 (10.26%) Presales
17 55 (10.07%) TOGAF
18 54 (9.89%) SDLC
19 53 (9.71%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.84%) SQL
2 57 (10.44%) PowerShell
3 52 (9.52%) C#
4 41 (7.51%) Python
5 34 (6.23%) JavaScript
6 31 (5.68%) Java
7 26 (4.76%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.75%) PHP
9 11 (2.01%) Bicep
10 10 (1.83%) Bash
11 7 (1.28%) Go
12 6 (1.10%) Groovy
12 6 (1.10%) Ruby
12 6 (1.10%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.73%) R
13 4 (0.73%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.55%) Dart
15 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 175 (32.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 164 (30.04%) AWS Certification
3 99 (18.13%) Degree
4 81 (14.84%) Cisco Certification
5 80 (14.65%) Security Cleared
6 77 (14.10%) SC Cleared
7 55 (10.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 55 (10.07%) CISSP
8 53 (9.71%) MCSE
9 43 (7.88%) MCSA
10 42 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 39 (7.14%) CCNA
12 38 (6.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 38 (6.96%) CCSP
13 36 (6.59%) CISM
14 29 (5.31%) CCSK
15 24 (4.40%) CCNP
16 11 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 8 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.33%) NIST
2 39 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.58%) SLA
4 23 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.75%) GDPR
6 13 (2.38%) QA
7 10 (1.83%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (1.65%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.73%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.73%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.73%) NCSC
9 4 (0.73%) PMO
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 119 (21.79%) Active Directory
2 101 (18.50%) Docker
3 53 (9.71%) Hyper-V
4 37 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.56%) XenDesktop
7 12 (2.20%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.47%) XenApp
9 7 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.73%) pfSense
11 2 (0.37%) Firmware
11 2 (0.37%) vSphere
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 125 (22.89%) Kubernetes
2 105 (19.23%) Terraform
3 50 (9.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (5.31%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (3.85%) Ansible
6 11 (2.01%) Grafana
6 11 (2.01%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.01%) SCCM
7 8 (1.47%) SCOM
8 6 (1.10%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.10%) Puppet
8 6 (1.10%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.92%) Suricata
10 4 (0.73%) SmoothWall
11 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
13 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 279 (51.10%) Microsoft
2 68 (12.45%) Cisco
3 54 (9.89%) Oracle
4 53 (9.71%) VMware
5 41 (7.51%) IBM
5 41 (7.51%) Red Hat
6 40 (7.33%) Sparx
7 30 (5.49%) Fortinet
8 25 (4.58%) Citrix
9 22 (4.03%) Veeam
10 15 (2.75%) Databricks
11 11 (2.01%) Apple
11 11 (2.01%) Juniper
12 8 (1.47%) Commvault
12 8 (1.47%) Dell
13 7 (1.28%) WSO2
14 6 (1.10%) New Relic
14 6 (1.10%) Nimble Storage
14 6 (1.10%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.10%) SaltStack