Azure Software Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Software Engineer - Microsoft Azure
England > North of England

The median Software Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 - 371
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Software Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.005% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -39.39%

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 18,138 6,895 16,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 89.74% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,431 3,441 12,951
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% +4.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
% change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%

Azure Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Azure Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Azure Software 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 Software Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 - 1 £65,000 - 2
Azure Software Engineer
England

Azure Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Azure Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Azure Software Engineer 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft