Azure Engineer Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft Azure Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in Essex is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 48 42
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 18 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 2.89% 0.70% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.19% 0.75% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 11
10th Percentile £45,125 - £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -17.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £64,125 - £100,000
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +30.00% -18.37% +6.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 565 534 441
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 93.68% 97.78%
Number of salaries quoted 386 309 302
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,890 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £51,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year -19.61% +4.51% +2.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,500 £71,497
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in Essex

Azure Engineer
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 6 October 2025. 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
Chelmsford - 15 £47,500 -
Basildon - 2 £65,000 -
Azure Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2025, 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 18 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (94.44%) PowerShell
3 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
4 15 (83.33%) ITIL
4 15 (83.33%) Windows
4 15 (83.33%) VMware
4 15 (83.33%) Backup Exec
4 15 (83.33%) Veeam
4 15 (83.33%) Hyper-V
4 15 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (83.33%) Patch Management
4 15 (83.33%) Windows Server
4 15 (83.33%) Task Automation
4 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Logistics
6 2 (11.11%) JIRA
6 2 (11.11%) Python
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.11%) Bash
6 2 (11.11%) Docker
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.11%) Terraform
6 2 (11.11%) SDLC

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 15 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) IaaS
4 1 (5.56%) PaaS
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.56%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) ARM Templates
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
1 15 (83.33%) Windows Server
1 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) ITIL
1 15 (83.33%) Patch Management
1 15 (83.33%) Task Automation
2 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Agile
3 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
3 2 (11.11%) DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) ERP
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 2 (11.11%) Logistics
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) SDLC
3 2 (11.11%) Secrets Management
3 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) Bash
2 2 (11.11%) Bicep
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (83.33%) Backup Exec
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 15 (83.33%) Veeam
2 15 (83.33%) VMware