Azure Engineer Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft Azure Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in Essex is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 50 42
Rank change year-on-year -8 -8 +34
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 1 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.14% 1.10% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 1.21% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 13
10th Percentile - - £43,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £40,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.36% -46.47% +47.83%
75th Percentile £63,750 £51,500 £87,500
90th Percentile - - £100,000
East of England median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 594 413 433
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.47% 90.57% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 350 188 354
10th Percentile £26,975 £21,805 £25,300
25th Percentile £30,063 £33,173 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,161
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.71% -1.68%
75th Percentile £63,125 £65,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,525 £85,875
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -3.91%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Essex

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Essex

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Essex region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft