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Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft
RANK #45 / 100 STABLE DEMAND 86 ► 2026-Q3 DATA
$175,642
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Your benchmark against real contributors — the median beside top-of-band, plus stacking uplift and vintage decay.

What the verdict means

STABLEHolding its value — steady this quarter
DEMAND 86 ►Relative hiring demand for Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate this quarter.

The analyst note

The read

The volume workhorse of the Azure track. The figure is strong, and it's earned by sheer ubiquity — this is the baseline credential for running the world's second-largest cloud.

Who holds it

Azure administrators managing subscriptions, Entra identity, VNets, storage and governance. They are the operational backbone of just about every Microsoft-stack enterprise.

The case for the verdict

Demand is broad but flat — essential work that is commoditising at the edges as automation takes over the routine admin. It's a core hold. The growth move from here is AZ-305 or the security administrator track.

The risk

The threat is Copilot for operations. Microsoft is building AI to handle first-line Azure administration, which makes the vendor itself the thing most likely to replace the tasks this exam tests.

The benchmark check

Are you being paid what you deserve?

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Where it sits

Top half of the CertBueno Top 100.

This certification pays 3% above the rest of the Top 100.

Vendor

One of 12 Microsoft certifications in the Top 100 — ranked 6th among them.

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