Azure Engineer Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Azure Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in Berkshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 113 133
Rank change year-on-year +26 +20 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 13 9 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.60% 0.62% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.81% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 18
10th Percentile £39,000 £52,300 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £67,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £75,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% +42.86% -19.85%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £56,250
90th Percentile £61,750 £77,250 £68,125
South East median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -17.86% +24.44% -13.46%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,006 1,105 2,738
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 76.63% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 537 2,153
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £29,240
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. 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
Reading -3 3 £60,000 -20.00%
Maidenhead - 2 £45,000 -
Azure Engineer
South East

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 31 March 2026, Azure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
3 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
6 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (53.85%) Entra ID
7 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (23.08%) Firewall
8 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (23.08%) SLA
9 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
9 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (15.38%) Terraform
9 2 (15.38%) Windows
10 1 (7.69%) ARM Templates
10 1 (7.69%) AWS
10 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
10 1 (7.69%) Bicep
10 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (7.69%) CCNA
10 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
10 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
10 1 (7.69%) Datadog
10 1 (7.69%) Degree
10 1 (7.69%) DHCP

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (53.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Datadog
4 1 (7.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) FinOps
4 1 (7.69%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Network Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Bicep
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CCNA
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) HND
1 1 (7.69%) MCSA
1 1 (7.69%) MCSE
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) VMware