Azure Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > South East

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 235 219
Rank change year-on-year +42 -16 -12
Permanent Azure Engineer jobs 167 48 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.83% 0.53% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.59% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 146 30 72
10th Percentile £49,338 £42,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -21.11% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,500 £78,625
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 18,660 8,119 11,051
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.92% 90.14% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,970 4,579 6,213
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.63% -6.52% -4.17%

Azure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Azure Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure Engineer Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Azure Engineer Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for Azure Engineer jobs in the South East over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in the South East

Azure Engineer Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Azure Engineer jobs within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +61 82 £62,500 +38.89% 21
Oxfordshire - 36 £62,500 - 6
Hampshire -51 32 £70,000 +43.59% 14
Surrey -12 30 £75,000 +7.14% 7
Buckinghamshire +23 26 £60,000 +26.32% 10
Berkshire +14 20 £65,000 +44.44% 5
Kent - 8 £25,000 - 4
West Sussex -23 6 £70,000 -3.45% 2
Sussex - 1 £70,000 -
Azure Engineer
England

Azure Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 October 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 South East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure100.0%167
2Microsoft34.7%58
3DevOps32.9%55
4Platform Engineering25.7%43
5CI/CD24.0%40
5Infrastructure as Code24.0%40
7Azure DevOps22.8%38
7C#22.8%38
9Kubernetes22.2%37
10PowerShell19.8%33
10Security Cleared19.8%33
12Terraform17.4%29
13SQL16.2%27
14Agile15.6%26
14SC Cleared15.6%26
16SQL Server15.0%25
17.NET14.4%24
18Azure AKS13.2%22
18Continuous Improvement13.2%22
20Software Engineering12.6%21
21Analytics12.0%20
21Computer Science12.0%20
21Infrastructure Engineering12.0%20
24Azure SQL Database11.4%19
24Degree11.4%19
24IaaS11.4%19
24Python11.4%19
24Windows11.4%19
29Azure Certification10.8%18
29Business Intelligence10.8%18

Azure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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
1Azure Platform Engineer24.0%40
1Cloud Platform Engineer24.0%40
3Cloud Engineer20.4%34
4Azure DevOps Engineer17.4%29
5Senior Platform Engineer15.0%25
6Azure Data Engineer12.6%21
7Azure Software Engineer12.0%20
7C# Software Engineer12.0%20
9Azure Infrastructure Engineer10.8%18
10.NET Software Engineer9.0%15
11Cloud Infrastructure Engineer6.6%11
12Microsoft Engineer5.4%9
133rd Line Engineer4.8%8
13Systems Engineer4.8%8
15Azure Architect3.6%6
15Lead Cloud Engineer3.6%6
15Senior Data Engineer3.6%6
18CloudOps Engineer3.0%5
18Graduate Software Engineer3.0%5
18PHP Software Engineer3.0%5
55 Azure Engineer jobs in the South East