Azure Engineer Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > South East

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the South East is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 304 257
Rank change year-on-year +44 -47 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 47 93 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.54% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.57% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 26 84 120
10th Percentile £46,875 £45,000 £49,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £57,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £80,625
90th Percentile £78,125 £83,875 £95,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 8,226 16,296 12,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.07% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 11,638 8,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the South East

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Azure Engineer 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 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +70 28 £65,000 +30.00% 24
Surrey +40 9 £70,000 -9.68% 19
Thames Valley +27 5 £77,500 +31.27% 60
West Sussex +41 3 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Buckinghamshire +30 3 £77,500 +19.23% 17
Berkshire +28 2 £76,250 +45.24% 36
East Sussex - 1 - - 7
Azure Engineer
England

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Azure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) Azure
2 37 (78.72%) DevOps
3 28 (59.57%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (51.06%) Agile
5 22 (46.81%) Test Automation
6 21 (44.68%) Containerisation
7 20 (42.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (40.43%) Mentoring
8 19 (40.43%) Coaching
8 19 (40.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (40.43%) Artificial Intelligence
8 19 (40.43%) Red Hat
8 19 (40.43%) e-Learning
8 19 (40.43%) IBM
9 16 (34.04%) Python
10 15 (31.91%) CI/CD
11 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
12 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (25.53%) SQL
13 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
14 10 (21.28%) Finance
14 10 (21.28%) Degree
15 9 (19.15%) Software Engineering
15 9 (19.15%) Java
15 9 (19.15%) Data Engineering
16 8 (17.02%) Scala
16 8 (17.02%) Analytics
17 7 (14.89%) GitHub
17 7 (14.89%) Logical Data Model
17 7 (14.89%) Kubernetes

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Azure
2 28 (59.57%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (14.89%) GitHub
4 6 (12.77%) SaaS
5 5 (10.64%) IaaS
5 5 (10.64%) PaaS
6 3 (6.38%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.38%) Mimecast
7 2 (4.26%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.26%) Serverless
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Service Fabric
8 1 (2.13%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.13%) DNS
2 1 (2.13%) Internet
2 1 (2.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) MySQL
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Git
2 3 (6.38%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.38%) Selenium
3 2 (4.26%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (42.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.28%) Finance
4 1 (2.13%) Health Technology
4 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.13%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) GraphQL
1 2 (4.26%) React
1 2 (4.26%) REST
1 2 (4.26%) YAML
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.13%) CSS
2 1 (2.13%) HTML
2 1 (2.13%) Middleware
2 1 (2.13%) Next.js
2 1 (2.13%) Node.js
2 1 (2.13%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (40.43%) e-Learning
1 19 (40.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (6.38%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.13%) Life Science
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (78.72%) DevOps
2 24 (51.06%) Agile
3 22 (46.81%) Test Automation
4 21 (44.68%) Containerisation
5 19 (40.43%) Artificial Intelligence
5 19 (40.43%) Coaching
5 19 (40.43%) Mentoring
6 15 (31.91%) CI/CD
7 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (19.15%) Data Engineering
8 9 (19.15%) Software Engineering
9 8 (17.02%) Analytics
10 7 (14.89%) Change Management
10 7 (14.89%) Data Architecture
10 7 (14.89%) Data Extraction
10 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
10 7 (14.89%) Logical Data Model
10 7 (14.89%) OO
10 7 (14.89%) OOP
10 7 (14.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) Python
2 12 (25.53%) SQL
3 9 (19.15%) Java
4 8 (17.02%) Scala
5 5 (10.64%) PowerShell
6 4 (8.51%) C#
7 3 (6.38%) Bash
8 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
8 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.13%) Bicep
9 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.26%) CEH
3 2 (4.26%) CISSP
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) GDPR
1 3 (6.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Docker
2 3 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) Kubernetes
2 6 (12.77%) Terraform
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (6.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (40.43%) IBM
1 19 (40.43%) Red Hat
2 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.38%) Cisco
3 3 (6.38%) Databricks
3 3 (6.38%) Meraki
3 3 (6.38%) Sophos
4 1 (2.13%) Atlassian