Azure Engineer Job Trends in the South West
Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > South West
The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the South West is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 164 | 161 | 176 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +15 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer | 77 | 9 | 41 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South West | 0.71% | 0.25% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.77% | 0.27% | 0.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 64 | 8 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,300 | - | £45,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,217 | £52,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £55,445 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.29% | +0.81% | -15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £73,750 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,750 | £83,125 | £75,250 |
| England median annual salary | £70,000 | £67,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.70% | +3.85% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title | 10,012 | 3,366 | 6,047 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.34% | 92.75% | 94.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,826 | 2,206 | 3,737 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £51,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -12.62% | -4.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £59,832 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.80% | -6.09% | -4.17% |
Azure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
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 West.
Azure Engineer Salary Trend in the South West
Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South West.
Azure Engineer Salary Histogram in the South West
Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
Azure Engineer Job Locations in the South West
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 West region over the 6 months to 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | -27 | 24 | £85,000 | +1.49% | |
| Gloucestershire | -41 | 19 | £85,000 | +54.55% | 2 |
| Wiltshire | - | 16 | £53,600 | - | 8 |
| Devon | -19 | 9 | £100,000 | +81.82% | 2 |
| Dorset | -6 | 6 | £45,000 | - | 1 |
| Somerset | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Cornwall | - | 1 | £52,246 | - | |
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Azure Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West
For the 6 months to 21 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 West region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 77 |
| 2 | DevOps | 37.7% | 29 |
| 2 | Infrastructure Engineering | 37.7% | 29 |
| 4 | Azure Certification | 26.0% | 20 |
| 4 | Microsoft | 26.0% | 20 |
| 6 | Analytics | 20.8% | 16 |
| 6 | SC Cleared | 20.8% | 16 |
| 6 | Security Cleared | 20.8% | 16 |
| 6 | Terraform | 20.8% | 16 |
| 10 | Python | 19.5% | 15 |
| 11 | Azure Data Factory | 18.2% | 14 |
| 11 | Data Pipeline | 18.2% | 14 |
| 11 | ETL | 18.2% | 14 |
| 11 | Microsoft 365 | 18.2% | 14 |
| 11 | Workflow | 18.2% | 14 |
| 16 | Data Security | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Decision-Making | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Digital Transformation Programme | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | DV Cleared | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Elasticsearch | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | ETL Development | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Go | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Kafka | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Keycloak | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | Platform Engineering | 16.9% | 13 |
| 16 | PostgreSQL | 16.9% | 13 |
| 27 | Azure DevOps | 10.4% | 8 |
| 28 | CI/CD | 9.1% | 7 |
| 28 | Entra ID | 9.1% | 7 |
| 28 | PaaS | 9.1% | 7 |
Azure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 35.1% | 27 |
| 2 | Cloud Engineer | 27.3% | 21 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 19.5% | 15 |
| 4 | Azure Data Engineer | 18.2% | 14 |
| 5 | Azure Platform Engineer | 16.9% | 13 |
| 5 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 16.9% | 13 |
| 5 | Elasticsearch Engineer | 16.9% | 13 |
| 5 | Kafka Engineer | 16.9% | 13 |
| 5 | Python Data Engineer | 16.9% | 13 |
| 5 | Senior Data Engineer | 16.9% | 13 |
| 11 | Microsoft 365 Engineer | 14.3% | 11 |
| 12 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 13.0% | 10 |
| 13 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 5.2% | 4 |
| 13 | Kubernetes Engineer | 5.2% | 4 |
| 13 | Linux Infrastructure Engineer | 5.2% | 4 |
| 16 | Azure Software Engineer | 3.9% | 3 |
| 16 | C# Software Engineer | 3.9% | 3 |
| 16 | Graduate Software Engineer | 3.9% | 3 |
| 16 | PHP Software Engineer | 3.9% | 3 |
| 16 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 3.9% | 3 |