Azure Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 318 421
Rank change year-on-year -23 +103 -188
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 840 1,047 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 1.10% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.21% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 609 868 1,143
10th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.46% +8.33% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer.

Salary trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 0 744 £65,000 -7.14% 133
UK excluding London -28 501 £59,500 -8.46% 74
Work from Home -73 310 £65,000 -3.70% 67
London -2 276 £74,137 -4.34% 62
North of England +9 166 £59,500 -8.95% 16
Midlands +55 147 £55,000 +4.76% 16
North West +43 119 £53,750 -17.75% 12
South East -61 95 £60,000 -11.11% 24
East Midlands +57 92 £55,000 +2.33% 6
West Midlands -13 55 £57,500 +9.52% 10
Yorkshire -12 36 £70,000 +7.11% 3
Scotland -58 32 £65,000 +8.33% 4
South West -38 28 £60,000 -8.19% 9
East of England -10 20 £61,250 +11.36% 1
North East -15 13 £66,250 +16.23% 1
Wales +4 12 £50,685 +12.63% 3
Northern Ireland +14 2 - - 1

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Azure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 840 (100.00%) Azure
2 323 (38.45%) DevOps
3 305 (36.31%) SQL
4 282 (33.57%) Microsoft
5 265 (31.55%) Agile
6 243 (28.93%) Terraform
7 238 (28.33%) Windows
8 213 (25.36%) CI/CD
9 205 (24.40%) Azure DevOps
10 182 (21.67%) Python
11 180 (21.43%) Kubernetes
12 174 (20.71%) Linux
13 173 (20.60%) PowerShell
14 171 (20.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 163 (19.40%) C#
16 162 (19.29%) Infrastructure as Code
17 158 (18.81%) .NET
18 155 (18.45%) Mentoring
19 153 (18.21%) Finance
20 142 (16.90%) Artificial Intelligence
21 135 (16.07%) JavaScript
22 134 (15.95%) PostgreSQL
23 127 (15.12%) MongoDB
23 127 (15.12%) Design Patterns
24 125 (14.88%) Public Sector
25 122 (14.52%) Algorithms
25 122 (14.52%) OOP
26 121 (14.40%) Social Skills
27 120 (14.29%) OO
27 120 (14.29%) React

Azure Engineer Skill Set
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 32 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.50%) IIS
4 7 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.83%) WordPress
5 6 (0.71%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.48%) CMS
6 4 (0.48%) Confluence
6 4 (0.48%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.36%) Apache
8 2 (0.24%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 840 (100.00%) Azure
2 205 (24.40%) Azure DevOps
3 118 (14.05%) Microsoft 365
4 110 (13.10%) IBM Cloud
5 99 (11.79%) Entra ID
6 92 (10.95%) PaaS
7 86 (10.24%) Power Platform
8 77 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 75 (8.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 74 (8.81%) SaaS
11 64 (7.62%) Azure AKS
11 64 (7.62%) IaaS
12 61 (7.26%) AWS
13 50 (5.95%) GitHub
14 40 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 32 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
15 32 (3.81%) Serverless
16 28 (3.33%) GCP
17 23 (2.74%) Azure Storage
18 21 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 97 (11.55%) Firewall
2 62 (7.38%) DNS
3 44 (5.24%) Network Security
4 42 (5.00%) VPN
5 32 (3.81%) WAN
6 19 (2.26%) TCP/IP
7 18 (2.14%) LAN
8 15 (1.79%) DHCP
9 14 (1.67%) SD-WAN
10 12 (1.43%) Wireless
11 11 (1.31%) Unified Communications
12 10 (1.19%) BGP
13 9 (1.07%) OSPF
13 9 (1.07%) SAN
14 8 (0.95%) iSCSI
14 8 (0.95%) VoIP
15 7 (0.83%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (0.83%) IPv4
15 7 (0.83%) NAS
15 7 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (15.95%) PostgreSQL
2 127 (15.12%) MongoDB
3 120 (14.29%) NoSQL
4 110 (13.10%) DB2
5 79 (9.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 78 (9.29%) Data Lake
7 77 (9.17%) Power BI
8 75 (8.93%) Data Warehouse
9 73 (8.69%) SQL Server
10 26 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (2.38%) Big Data
11 20 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 18 (2.14%) MySQL
13 18 (2.14%) Relational Database
14 16 (1.90%) Redis
15 15 (1.79%) Metadata
16 13 (1.55%) MariaDB
17 11 (1.31%) Delta Lake
18 8 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 55 (6.55%) Git
2 33 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.14%) GitLab
4 14 (1.67%) Octopus Deploy
5 13 (1.55%) TeamCity
6 11 (1.31%) MLflow
7 10 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.95%) JIRA
8 8 (0.95%) MSBuild
9 7 (0.83%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.48%) git-flow
10 4 (0.48%) Subversion
10 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.24%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.24%) Maven
12 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 171 (20.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 153 (18.21%) Finance
3 125 (14.88%) Public Sector
4 121 (14.40%) Social Skills
5 33 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (3.81%) Law
7 18 (2.14%) Legal
7 18 (2.14%) Retail
8 17 (2.02%) Marketing
9 15 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.07%) Banking
12 9 (1.07%) Games
12 9 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.95%) Health Technology
13 8 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.83%) Electronics
15 6 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (18.81%) .NET
2 120 (14.29%) React
3 115 (13.69%) AngularJS
3 115 (13.69%) ASP.NET
3 115 (13.69%) REST
4 113 (13.45%) ASP.NET Core
5 112 (13.33%) CSS
5 112 (13.33%) HTML
6 110 (13.10%) Backbone.js
6 110 (13.10%) Ember.js
6 110 (13.10%) jQuery
6 110 (13.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 110 (13.10%) Vue
6 110 (13.10%) Web Services
7 49 (5.83%) PySpark
8 31 (3.69%) ARM Templates
9 29 (3.45%) YAML
10 20 (2.38%) JSON
11 15 (1.79%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.95%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (14.52%) Algorithms
2 120 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 118 (14.05%) Data Structures
4 111 (13.21%) Blockchain
5 110 (13.10%) e-Learning
6 40 (4.76%) Cloud Native
7 34 (4.05%) Linux Command Line
8 28 (3.33%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.38%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (1.79%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.79%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.43%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.19%) NHS
15 9 (1.07%) Client/Server
15 9 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 238 (28.33%) Windows
2 174 (20.71%) Linux
3 112 (13.33%) Android
3 112 (13.33%) Apple iOS
4 77 (9.17%) Windows Server
5 24 (2.86%) VMS
6 14 (1.67%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (1.19%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.24%) CentOS
11 2 (0.24%) Unix
12 1 (0.12%) Debian
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (38.45%) DevOps
2 265 (31.55%) Agile
3 213 (25.36%) CI/CD
4 162 (19.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 155 (18.45%) Mentoring
6 142 (16.90%) Artificial Intelligence
7 127 (15.12%) Design Patterns
8 122 (14.52%) OOP
9 120 (14.29%) OO
10 119 (14.17%) Coaching
11 118 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
12 113 (13.45%) MVC
13 112 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 111 (13.21%) Code Quality
14 111 (13.21%) Design Thinking
14 111 (13.21%) User Experience
15 110 (13.10%) MVVM
15 110 (13.10%) Responsive Web Design
15 110 (13.10%) SOLID
15 110 (13.10%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 305 (36.31%) SQL
2 182 (21.67%) Python
3 173 (20.60%) PowerShell
4 163 (19.40%) C#
5 135 (16.07%) JavaScript
6 56 (6.67%) Bash
7 54 (6.43%) Java
8 30 (3.57%) Bicep
9 26 (3.10%) T-SQL
10 21 (2.50%) Go
11 17 (2.02%) Ruby
12 10 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (1.19%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.07%) U-SQL
14 7 (0.83%) Groovy
14 7 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.83%) PHP
15 5 (0.60%) Perl
16 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (9.52%) Azure Certification
2 43 (5.12%) Degree
3 36 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (2.62%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.31%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.83%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.24%) CISSP
9 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.12%) CCNA
10 1 (0.12%) CEH
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.12%) MCSE
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.43%) GDPR
2 12 (1.43%) QA
3 9 (1.07%) SLA
4 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.48%) NIST
6 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 114 (13.57%) Active Directory
2 101 (12.02%) Docker
3 27 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (1.67%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.95%) vSphere
8 7 (0.83%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.71%) XenApp
10 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.24%) NFS
11 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.12%) Firmware
12 1 (0.12%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 243 (28.93%) Terraform
2 180 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 66 (7.86%) Ansible
4 38 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (3.45%) Puppet
6 23 (2.74%) Prometheus
7 22 (2.62%) Grafana
7 22 (2.62%) Progress Chef
8 17 (2.02%) SCCM
9 10 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.71%) CASB
11 6 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.71%) Salt
12 5 (0.60%) Pingdom
13 4 (0.48%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.36%) Packer
15 2 (0.24%) Kibana
15 2 (0.24%) logstash
15 2 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 282 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 110 (13.10%) IBM
2 110 (13.10%) Red Hat
3 90 (10.71%) Databricks
4 33 (3.93%) VMware
5 30 (3.57%) Cisco
6 19 (2.26%) Meraki
6 19 (2.26%) SolarWinds
7 14 (1.67%) Zscaler
8 13 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 13 (1.55%) Veeam
9 12 (1.43%) Remedy
10 11 (1.31%) Citrix
10 11 (1.31%) New Relic
10 11 (1.31%) SAP
11 9 (1.07%) Oracle
12 8 (0.95%) Aruba
12 8 (0.95%) BMC
12 8 (0.95%) Synology
13 7 (0.83%) SaltStack