Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure
North West > Manchester
The median Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in Manchester is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 157 | 191 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +34 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Platform Engineer | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.079% | 0.28% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.087% | 0.30% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,850 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £51,750 | £55,000 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,500 | £60,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.50% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £58,250 | £65,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £58,550 | £67,750 | - |
| North West median annual salary | £62,500 | £60,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title | 2,300 | 4,349 | 3,220 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 95.10% | 91.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,377 | 2,872 | 2,257 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £32,000 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £42,500 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £69,575 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,600 | £82,500 | £83,850 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Azure Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured Azure Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Azure Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Platform Engineer in Manchester.
Azure Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Azure Platform 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 Manchester region featuring Azure Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Azure Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: