Azure Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the North of England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 244 175
Rank change year-on-year +28 -69 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 149 44 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.62% 0.48% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.55% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 119 34 88
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,075 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 £66,494
90th Percentile £100,000 £69,275 £88,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 22,175 8,010 12,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 87.79% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16,160 4,370 6,549
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,811 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,250 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.72% -6.09% -4.17%

Azure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure Engineer Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Azure Engineer Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in the North of England

Azure Engineer 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 Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 October 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 +25 93 £70,000 +11.55% 36
Yorkshire -5 43 £82,500 +32.00% 29
North East -61 13 £65,000 -3.70% 15
Azure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 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 North of England region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure100.0%149
2Microsoft30.9%46
3DevOps28.9%43
4Platform Engineering23.5%35
5Azure DevOps20.8%31
6CI/CD16.8%25
6Terraform16.8%25
8Infrastructure as Code15.4%23
9SQL12.1%18
10Azure Data Factory9.4%14
11Bicep8.7%13
12Entra ID8.1%12
12PowerShell8.1%12
12Python8.1%12
12Site Reliability Engineering8.1%12
16Active Directory7.4%11
16ARM Templates7.4%11
16PaaS7.4%11
19Agile6.7%10
19Customer Engagement6.7%10
19Microsoft 3656.7%10
19SDLC6.7%10
23Azure Monitor6.0%9
23Continuous Improvement6.0%9
23Cost Optimisation6.0%9
23Windows6.0%9
27Data Integration5.4%8
27Databricks5.4%8
27Observability5.4%8
30Analytics4.7%7

Azure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Engineer28.9%43
2Azure Platform Engineer20.8%31
2Cloud Platform Engineer20.8%31
4Azure DevOps Engineer12.1%18
5Data Engineer10.1%15
6Azure Data Engineer7.4%11
6Microsoft Engineer7.4%11
6Site Reliability Engineer7.4%11
9Site Engineer6.7%10
10Lead Cloud Engineer5.4%8
10Senior Cloud Engineer5.4%8
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer4.7%7
12Azure Software Engineer4.7%7
12Support Engineer4.7%7
15Databricks Data Engineer4.0%6
15Lead Data Engineer4.0%6
15Principal Engineer4.0%6
18C# Software Engineer3.4%5
18Graduate Software Engineer3.4%5
18PHP Software Engineer3.4%5
80 Azure Engineer jobs in the North of England