Azure Engineer Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 327 323
Rank change year-on-year +112 -4 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 791 346 758
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 0.88% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.98% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 643 267 548
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,900 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,625
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -6.40%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 77,585 35,393 86,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 89.77% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,718 20,425 64,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in England

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in England

Azure Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
London +53 278 £85,000 +6.25% 32
Midlands +73 150 £66,250 +31.19% 23
South East +69 141 £65,000 - 31
North of England +26 103 £61,500 +3.80% 24
West Midlands +36 73 £67,500 +12.50% 13
East Midlands +35 73 £64,000 +60.00% 10
North West +25 73 £60,000 -0.83% 18
South West +4 68 £75,000 +30.43% 19
East of England -12 38 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Yorkshire -31 27 £62,500 +13.64% 5
North East -40 3 £35,000 -53.64% 1
Azure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 England region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 791 (100.00%) Azure
2 301 (38.05%) DevOps
3 247 (31.23%) Microsoft
4 220 (27.81%) Terraform
5 200 (25.28%) CI/CD
6 180 (22.76%) Azure DevOps
7 174 (22.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 129 (16.31%) PowerShell
9 124 (15.68%) SQL
10 122 (15.42%) Platform Engineering
11 116 (14.66%) Kubernetes
12 112 (14.16%) Azure Certification
13 111 (14.03%) Python
14 105 (13.27%) Active Directory
15 102 (12.90%) Firewall
16 98 (12.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 95 (12.01%) IaaS
18 94 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
19 91 (11.50%) Azure AKS
20 86 (10.87%) PaaS
21 85 (10.75%) Agile
22 81 (10.24%) Security Cleared
23 79 (9.99%) Analytics
24 78 (9.86%) Entra ID
24 78 (9.86%) Windows
25 77 (9.73%) AWS
25 77 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
26 73 (9.23%) SQL Server
27 72 (9.10%) .NET
28 71 (8.98%) Azure Monitor

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.01%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.01%) IIS
3 5 (0.63%) Apache
4 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.13%) Confluence
4 1 (0.13%) Drupal
4 1 (0.13%) nginx
4 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 791 (100.00%) Azure
2 180 (22.76%) Azure DevOps
3 95 (12.01%) IaaS
4 94 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
5 91 (11.50%) Azure AKS
6 86 (10.87%) PaaS
7 78 (9.86%) Entra ID
8 77 (9.73%) AWS
9 71 (8.98%) Azure Monitor
10 67 (8.47%) SaaS
11 59 (7.46%) Azure Key Vault
12 55 (6.95%) GitHub
13 53 (6.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 49 (6.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 43 (5.44%) Azure Storage
15 43 (5.44%) Power Platform
16 37 (4.68%) Serverless
17 36 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
18 34 (4.30%) Datadog
18 34 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 102 (12.90%) Firewall
2 70 (8.85%) DNS
3 60 (7.59%) VPN
4 36 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
5 34 (4.30%) DHCP
6 29 (3.67%) WAN
7 23 (2.91%) SAN
8 22 (2.78%) Network Security
9 20 (2.53%) VLAN
10 16 (2.02%) TCP/IP
11 10 (1.26%) LAN
12 9 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
12 9 (1.14%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.63%) BGP
15 2 (0.25%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.25%) HTTP
15 2 (0.25%) Wireless
16 1 (0.13%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.23%) SQL Server
2 39 (4.93%) Power BI
3 38 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.53%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.77%) Spark SQL
7 11 (1.39%) Delta Lake
8 10 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.01%) Metadata
11 5 (0.63%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.63%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.51%) MySQL
13 3 (0.38%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.38%) Tableau
14 2 (0.25%) Redis
15 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
15 1 (0.13%) Big Data
15 1 (0.13%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 28 (3.54%) Git
2 19 (2.40%) Chocolatey
3 11 (1.39%) GitLab
4 10 (1.26%) JIRA
5 9 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.25%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.13%) Gatling
9 1 (0.13%) JMeter
9 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 137 (17.32%) Finance
2 83 (10.49%) Social Skills
3 36 (4.55%) Law
4 32 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (3.79%) Banking
6 10 (1.26%) Legal
6 10 (1.26%) Public Sector
6 10 (1.26%) Retail
7 9 (1.14%) Automotive
7 9 (1.14%) Billing
8 8 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.76%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.63%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.63%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.51%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.38%) Advertising
12 3 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.25%) Military
14 1 (0.13%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (9.10%) .NET
2 32 (4.05%) YAML
3 29 (3.67%) ARM Templates
4 22 (2.78%) ADO
5 21 (2.65%) PySpark
6 19 (2.40%) .NET Core
6 19 (2.40%) REST
7 13 (1.64%) Node.js
7 13 (1.64%) React
8 10 (1.26%) OAuth
9 8 (1.01%) SAML
10 6 (0.76%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.63%) Kafka
12 4 (0.51%) CSS
12 4 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.51%) JSON
12 4 (0.51%) SOAP
13 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.38%) jQuery
13 3 (0.38%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.06%) Cloud Native
2 20 (2.53%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (1.90%) Public Cloud
5 13 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.26%) Hedge funds
6 10 (1.26%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.14%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.01%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.01%) Security Posture
9 7 (0.88%) CMDB
10 6 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.51%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.38%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.38%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.38%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.25%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.25%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 78 (9.86%) Windows
2 48 (6.07%) Linux
3 33 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 32 (4.05%) VMS
5 8 (1.01%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) Debian
6 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (38.05%) DevOps
2 200 (25.28%) CI/CD
3 174 (22.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 122 (15.42%) Platform Engineering
5 98 (12.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 85 (10.75%) Agile
7 79 (9.99%) Analytics
8 77 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (8.47%) Containerisation
9 67 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (7.71%) Cloud Security
11 60 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
12 59 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
13 56 (7.08%) High Availability
14 53 (6.70%) Computer Science
15 52 (6.57%) Data Pipeline
15 52 (6.57%) Observability
16 49 (6.19%) ETL
17 48 (6.07%) Migration
17 48 (6.07%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 129 (16.31%) PowerShell
2 124 (15.68%) SQL
3 111 (14.03%) Python
4 70 (8.85%) C#
5 44 (5.56%) Bicep
6 32 (4.05%) Bash
7 22 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (1.14%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.14%) PHP
9 8 (1.01%) Java
10 5 (0.63%) Go
10 5 (0.63%) Scala
11 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.38%) C++
12 3 (0.38%) R
13 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 112 (14.16%) Azure Certification
2 81 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 67 (8.47%) Degree
4 65 (8.22%) SC Cleared
5 49 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.03%) CCNP
6 24 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (2.28%) CCNA
9 13 (1.64%) CISSP
10 8 (1.01%) CCIE
10 8 (1.01%) CCSA
10 8 (1.01%) CCSE
10 8 (1.01%) CCSK
11 7 (0.88%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.63%) CEH
13 3 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.30%) SLA
2 30 (3.79%) GDPR
3 21 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.64%) NIST
6 9 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.01%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.76%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.76%) QA
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 105 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 51 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (5.56%) Docker
4 19 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.63%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 220 (27.81%) Terraform
2 116 (14.66%) Kubernetes
3 49 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (4.80%) Ansible
5 20 (2.53%) SCCM
6 12 (1.52%) Grafana
7 9 (1.14%) Cisco Prime
8 8 (1.01%) FortiGate
8 8 (1.01%) Packer
8 8 (1.01%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.51%) Argo
10 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.13%) Consul
12 1 (0.13%) logstash
12 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 247 (31.23%) Microsoft
2 69 (8.72%) VMware
3 42 (5.31%) Databricks
4 37 (4.68%) Cisco
5 27 (3.41%) Palo Alto
6 25 (3.16%) Tenable
7 21 (2.65%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.40%) AppDynamics
9 17 (2.15%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.90%) Meraki
10 15 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.77%) CheckPoint
12 12 (1.52%) Google
13 11 (1.39%) Citrix
13 11 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (1.39%) Fortinet
14 10 (1.26%) SolarWinds
15 8 (1.01%) SAP
15 8 (1.01%) Zscaler
16 6 (0.76%) EMC