Azure Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Developer
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Azure Developer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 280 264
Rank change year-on-year +32 -16 +146
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Developer 11 7 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.10% 0.077% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.082% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 15
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,800 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,625 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,375 £100,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - +6.12% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,493 8,534 8,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 94.06% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,527 4,016 6,544
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,875 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £82,344 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Azure Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Azure Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Azure Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Developer in the North of England

Azure Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
North West +31 8 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Yorkshire -6 2 £55,000 +19.57% 1
North East +4 1 £25,000 -50.00% 1
Azure Developer
England

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Azure Developer 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 North of England region featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (81.82%) C#
3 8 (72.73%) .NET
4 6 (54.55%) .NET Core
4 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
5 5 (45.45%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (36.36%) AngularJS
6 4 (36.36%) API Integration
6 4 (36.36%) DevOps
6 4 (36.36%) Docker
6 4 (36.36%) React
6 4 (36.36%) SQL
6 4 (36.36%) Vue
7 3 (27.27%) Agile
7 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
7 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
7 3 (27.27%) CSS
7 3 (27.27%) MVC
7 3 (27.27%) Python
7 3 (27.27%) RESTful
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
8 2 (18.18%) API Design
8 2 (18.18%) API Development
8 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
8 2 (18.18%) Data Design
8 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
8 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
8 2 (18.18%) Git

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure AI
2 1 (9.09%) Azure API Management
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) NoSQL
3 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) MySQL
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
3 1 (9.09%) Redis
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Law
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 6 (54.55%) .NET Core
3 4 (36.36%) AngularJS
3 4 (36.36%) React
3 4 (36.36%) Vue
4 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
4 3 (27.27%) CSS
4 3 (27.27%) RESTful
5 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (18.18%) HTML
5 2 (18.18%) OpenAPI
5 2 (18.18%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (18.18%) Sass
5 2 (18.18%) Swagger
6 1 (9.09%) jQuery
6 1 (9.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
1 2 (18.18%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (36.36%) API Integration
2 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) MVC
4 2 (18.18%) API Design
4 2 (18.18%) API Development
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Data Design
4 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Kanban
4 2 (18.18%) Microservices
4 2 (18.18%) OO
4 2 (18.18%) SOLID
4 2 (18.18%) Web Development
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) API Management
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) Java
6 1 (9.09%) C++
6 1 (9.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft