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 1 November 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 249 185
Rank change year-on-year +33 -64 -17
Permanent Azure Engineer jobs 152 46 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.63% 0.48% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.54% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 116 38 87
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -23.28%
75th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,375 £88,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +2.27% +1.54%

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 adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title 22,272 8,457 11,853
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.62% 89.02% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 16,126 4,820 6,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £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% -6.10%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,457 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.13% -6.96% -4.17%

Azure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Azure Engineer job postings 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 Azure Engineer jobs in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 November 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 Azure Engineer jobs within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North West +16 92 £70,000 +15.70% 16
Yorkshire -11 47 £82,500 +32.00% 7
North East -63 13 £65,000 -8.77% 4
Azure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, Azure Engineer job ads cited 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 Azure Engineer job ads across the North of England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure100.0%152
2Microsoft31.6%48
3DevOps28.9%44
4Azure DevOps21.7%33
5Platform Engineering21.1%32
6Terraform14.5%22
7CI/CD13.8%21
8Infrastructure as Code12.5%19
9Azure AI9.2%14
9Foundry9.2%14
9SQL9.2%14
12Bicep8.6%13
12SDLC8.6%13
14Entra ID7.9%12
14PowerShell7.9%12
16Active Directory6.6%10
16Agile6.6%10
16Customer Engagement6.6%10
16Microsoft 3656.6%10
16PaaS6.6%10
16Site Reliability Engineering6.6%10
22ARM Templates5.9%9
22Azure Data Factory5.9%9
22Continuous Improvement5.9%9
22Python5.9%9
26Software Engineering5.3%8
26Windows5.3%8
28Azure Monitor4.6%7
28Cost Optimisation4.6%7
28Data Pipeline4.6%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 Engineer25.7%39
2Azure Platform Engineer19.1%29
2Cloud Platform Engineer19.1%29
4Azure DevOps Engineer14.5%22
5Microsoft Engineer11.8%18
6Artificial Intelligence Engineer9.2%14
7Data Engineer7.9%12
8Principal Engineer7.2%11
9Azure Data Engineer6.6%10
9Site Reliability Engineer6.6%10
11Site Engineer5.9%9
12Azure Software Engineer5.3%8
12Lead Cloud Engineer5.3%8
14Senior Cloud Engineer4.6%7
15Support Engineer3.9%6
16C# Software Engineer3.3%5
16Graduate Software Engineer3.3%5
16PHP Software Engineer3.3%5
193rd Line Support Engineer2.6%4
19AWS Engineer2.6%4
27 Azure Engineer jobs in the North of England