Azure Engineer Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 262 244
Rank change year-on-year +45 -18 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 185 169 259
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.13% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.24% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 134 127 240
10th Percentile £46,625 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £91,875 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,266 13,659 19,942
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 91.49% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,504 7,859 16,122
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,420
25th Percentile £50,084 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -0.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in London

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in London

Azure Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Central London +13 30 £77,500 +3.33% 9
East London - 14 - - 1
West London -2 9 £47,500 -29.63% 3
North London - 7 £75,000 -
South London +40 4 £80,000 +73.91% 1
Azure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 February 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 London region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 185 (100.00%) Azure
2 74 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 69 (37.30%) DevOps
4 64 (34.59%) Terraform
5 62 (33.51%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (32.97%) CI/CD
7 55 (29.73%) Degree
7 55 (29.73%) PowerShell
8 52 (28.11%) Active Directory
8 52 (28.11%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (26.49%) Firewall
9 49 (26.49%) Python
10 48 (25.95%) SQL
11 45 (24.32%) Computer Science
12 41 (22.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 40 (21.62%) Analytics
13 40 (21.62%) Computer Science Degree
14 39 (21.08%) Windows
15 37 (20.00%) AWS
16 35 (18.92%) Azure Certification
16 35 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (16.76%) Entra ID
17 31 (16.76%) Wi-Fi
18 30 (16.22%) PaaS
18 30 (16.22%) VPN
19 29 (15.68%) Disaster Recovery
19 29 (15.68%) IaaS
19 29 (15.68%) SaaS
20 28 (15.14%) Cloud Security
21 27 (14.59%) AI

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 17 (9.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.86%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 185 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (28.11%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (20.00%) AWS
4 35 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (16.76%) Entra ID
6 30 (16.22%) PaaS
7 29 (15.68%) IaaS
7 29 (15.68%) SaaS
8 26 (14.05%) Power Platform
9 24 (12.97%) GCP
10 22 (11.89%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (11.89%) Datadog
11 21 (11.35%) GitHub
12 19 (10.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (9.73%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (8.65%) Azure AKS
15 15 (8.11%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (6.49%) Azure Storage
16 12 (6.49%) Serverless
17 11 (5.95%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 49 (26.49%) Firewall
2 31 (16.76%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (16.22%) VPN
4 26 (14.05%) WAN
5 25 (13.51%) DNS
6 18 (9.73%) DHCP
7 14 (7.57%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (7.57%) Cisco Firepower
7 14 (7.57%) LAN
8 12 (6.49%) SAN
9 11 (5.95%) VLAN
10 6 (3.24%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.24%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.16%) Internet
12 2 (1.08%) Network Security
13 1 (0.54%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.05%) SQL Server
2 25 (13.51%) Power BI
3 12 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (5.41%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.70%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.16%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.16%) Metadata
6 4 (2.16%) Power Query
6 4 (2.16%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.08%) Big Data
7 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.54%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.95%) Chocolatey
2 7 (3.78%) Git
3 6 (3.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.62%) GitLab
6 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.54%) MLflow
7 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 68 (36.76%) Finance
2 37 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.03%) Banking
5 12 (6.49%) Legal
6 8 (4.32%) Law
7 7 (3.78%) Marketing
8 6 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.16%) Retail
10 3 (1.62%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.62%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Billing
12 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.19%) .NET
2 8 (4.32%) ADO
2 8 (4.32%) OAuth
2 8 (4.32%) SAML
2 8 (4.32%) YAML
3 7 (3.78%) .NET Core
4 6 (3.24%) PySpark
5 4 (2.16%) React
6 3 (1.62%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.08%) OpenAPI
7 2 (1.08%) REST
7 2 (1.08%) Swagger
7 2 (1.08%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.54%) CSS
8 1 (0.54%) CSS3
8 1 (0.54%) Flask
8 1 (0.54%) HTML5
8 1 (0.54%) Kafka
8 1 (0.54%) Middleware
8 1 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.97%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (6.49%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.95%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (5.41%) Hedge funds
5 10 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.86%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.70%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.16%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.62%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.62%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.08%) FMCG
11 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.54%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 39 (21.08%) Windows
2 20 (10.81%) Windows Server
3 19 (10.27%) VMS
4 13 (7.03%) Unix
5 12 (6.49%) Linux
6 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (37.30%) DevOps
2 62 (33.51%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (32.97%) CI/CD
4 45 (24.32%) Computer Science
5 41 (22.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (21.62%) Analytics
7 29 (15.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 28 (15.14%) Cloud Security
9 27 (14.59%) AI
10 26 (14.05%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (12.97%) Data Engineering
12 24 (12.97%) Process Improvement
13 21 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (11.35%) Identity Management
13 21 (11.35%) Migration
14 20 (10.81%) Root Cause Analysis
15 19 (10.27%) Incident Response
15 19 (10.27%) Log Analytics
16 18 (9.73%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 55 (29.73%) PowerShell
2 49 (26.49%) Python
3 48 (25.95%) SQL
4 21 (11.35%) Kusto Query Language
5 19 (10.27%) Bash
6 18 (9.73%) C#
7 16 (8.65%) Bicep
8 6 (3.24%) Scala
9 5 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (2.16%) R
11 2 (1.08%) Java
12 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (29.73%) Degree
2 40 (21.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (18.92%) Azure Certification
4 17 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (8.65%) CCNA
5 16 (8.65%) CCNP
6 14 (7.57%) CCIE
6 14 (7.57%) CCSA
6 14 (7.57%) CCSE
7 12 (6.49%) CISSP
8 10 (5.41%) CCSK
8 10 (5.41%) Security Cleared
9 7 (3.78%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.54%) CISA
12 1 (0.54%) CISM
12 1 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (0.54%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.81%) SLA
2 17 (9.19%) GDPR
3 16 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (8.11%) Data Quality
5 9 (4.86%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.62%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 52 (28.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.78%) Docker
5 4 (2.16%) Firmware
5 4 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.54%) vSphere
7 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (34.59%) Terraform
2 25 (13.51%) Kubernetes
3 23 (12.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (10.81%) Ansible
5 15 (8.11%) SCCM
6 14 (7.57%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.16%) Grafana
7 4 (2.16%) logstash
7 4 (2.16%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.62%) SCOM
9 2 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.51%) Cisco
2 25 (13.51%) VMware
3 16 (8.65%) Palo Alto
4 15 (8.11%) Databricks
5 14 (7.57%) CheckPoint
5 14 (7.57%) Fortinet
6 13 (7.03%) AppDynamics
7 12 (6.49%) Tenable
8 11 (5.95%) Dynatrace
9 10 (5.41%) Google
10 8 (4.32%) Zscaler
11 4 (2.16%) EMC
11 4 (2.16%) F5
11 4 (2.16%) Juniper
12 3 (1.62%) Meraki
12 3 (1.62%) Splunk
13 2 (1.08%) CyberArk
13 2 (1.08%) New Relic
13 2 (1.08%) SolarWinds