Azure Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Microsoft Azure Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 102 135
Rank change year-on-year +13 +33 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 5 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.55% 0.66% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.69% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £48,811 £52,625 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,183 £64,063 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -6.40% -
75th Percentile £67,500 - £77,715
90th Percentile £72,000 - £82,000
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +8.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 849 1,457 2,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 95.86% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 418 1,029 1,187
10th Percentile £29,125 £32,950 £36,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,047 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in Edinburgh

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Azure Engineer in Edinburgh

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 across the Edinburgh region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) PaaS
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 2 (40.00%) IaaS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
4 1 (20.00%) Terraform
4 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Serverless
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (20.00%) IoT
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Progress Chef
4 1 (20.00%) Ansible
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) VMS
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) PaaS
3 2 (40.00%) IaaS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) SaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft