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 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 192 244 233
Rank change year-on-year +52 -11 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 162 46 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.83% 0.51% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.57% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 143 27 71
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £44,375 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -25.93% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,750 £82,250 £81,250
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 vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 18,154 8,060 11,167
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 90.07% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 12,750 4,525 6,317
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,125
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.24% -1.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
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 South East

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 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 jobs citing Azure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 18 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 IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +51 78 £62,500 +38.89% 23
Oxfordshire - 34 £62,500 - 7
Surrey -7 33 £75,000 +7.14% 6
Hampshire -46 33 £72,500 +52.63% 10
Buckinghamshire +17 25 £60,000 +26.32% 11
Berkshire +15 19 £65,000 +44.44% 5
Kent - 8 £25,000 - 3
West Sussex - 6 £70,000 -
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 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 South East region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure100.0%162
2Microsoft35.8%58
3DevOps34.0%55
4Platform Engineering26.5%43
5CI/CD24.7%40
6C#24.1%39
6Infrastructure as Code24.1%39
8Kubernetes23.5%38
9Azure DevOps21.6%35
10PowerShell19.1%31
10Security Cleared19.1%31
10Terraform19.1%31
13SQL16.7%27
14Agile16.0%26
14SC Cleared16.0%26
16.NET15.4%25
16SQL Server15.4%25
18Azure AKS14.2%23
18Software Engineering14.2%23
20Continuous Improvement13.6%22
21Computer Science13.0%21
22Analytics12.3%20
22Degree12.3%20
22Infrastructure Engineering12.3%20
25Azure SQL Database11.7%19
26IaaS11.1%18
26Python11.1%18
26RBAC11.1%18
29Azure Certification10.5%17
29Containerisation10.5%17

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 Engineer24.7%40
1Cloud Platform Engineer24.7%40
3Cloud Engineer19.8%32
4Azure DevOps Engineer17.3%28
5Senior Platform Engineer16.7%27
6Azure Software Engineer13.6%22
6C# Software Engineer13.6%22
8Azure Data Engineer11.1%18
8Azure Infrastructure Engineer11.1%18
10.NET Software Engineer10.5%17
11Cloud Infrastructure Engineer6.8%11
123rd Line Engineer4.9%8
12Systems Engineer4.9%8
14Microsoft Engineer4.3%7
15Azure Architect3.7%6
15Lead Cloud Engineer3.7%6
15SaaS Software Engineer3.7%6
15Senior Cloud Engineer3.7%6
19CloudOps Engineer3.1%5
19Graduate Software Engineer3.1%5
51 Azure Engineer jobs in the South East