Azure Software Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Software Engineer - Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The median Software Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the North West 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 232 - 280
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Software Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.009% - 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £57,500
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,972 4,007 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 88.61% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,926 1,973 7,211
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 West

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 West.

Azure Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Azure Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Azure Software Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Lancashire - 1 £65,000 -
Azure Software Engineer
England

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

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 West 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 West 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