Azure Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 342 266
Rank change year-on-year +97 -76 -20
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 618 192 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.56% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.62% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 481 145 277
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -14.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,298 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 80,403 30,800 47,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 89.55% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55,684 17,423 26,302
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -8.33%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Midlands +82 170 £70,000 +3.70% 28
South East +51 160 £65,000 +30.00% 58
North of England +33 149 £70,000 +7.69% 75
West Midlands +29 96 £70,000 +7.69% 18
North West +40 94 £70,000 +7.69% 27
South West -1 81 £80,000 +44.29% 14
East Midlands +34 74 £72,500 +7.41% 10
Yorkshire -8 42 £82,500 +32.00% 32
East of England -63 27 £60,000 -7.69% 21
Scotland +21 22 £75,000 +7.14% 23
Wales -46 22 £45,000 -20.70% 14
North East -54 13 £65,000 -3.70% 16
Azure Engineer
UK

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 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 UK excluding London region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 618 (100.00%) Azure
2 210 (33.98%) DevOps
3 181 (29.29%) Microsoft
4 154 (24.92%) Platform Engineering
5 123 (19.90%) Terraform
6 106 (17.15%) Infrastructure as Code
7 105 (16.99%) Azure DevOps
8 96 (15.53%) CI/CD
9 92 (14.89%) SQL
10 73 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 73 (11.81%) PaaS
11 70 (11.33%) PowerShell
12 69 (11.17%) Azure Certification
13 68 (11.00%) Kubernetes
14 65 (10.52%) C#
15 61 (9.87%) Python
16 60 (9.71%) Agile
17 55 (8.90%) Security Cleared
18 53 (8.58%) Analytics
18 53 (8.58%) Entra ID
19 50 (8.09%) SC Cleared
20 47 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
21 45 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
22 44 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
23 43 (6.96%) Data Pipeline
24 41 (6.63%) Bicep
25 40 (6.47%) Azure AKS
25 40 (6.47%) IaaS
25 40 (6.47%) Software Engineering
26 39 (6.31%) .NET

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.43%) IIS
2 13 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.97%) nginx
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.32%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 618 (100.00%) Azure
2 105 (16.99%) Azure DevOps
3 73 (11.81%) PaaS
4 53 (8.58%) Entra ID
5 45 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (6.47%) Azure AKS
6 40 (6.47%) IaaS
7 37 (5.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (5.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 30 (4.85%) AWS
10 28 (4.53%) Power Platform
11 25 (4.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 25 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (3.56%) Azure AI
12 22 (3.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 21 (3.40%) Azure Storage
14 18 (2.91%) SaaS
15 17 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (2.27%) GitHub
17 11 (1.78%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.18%) DNS
2 23 (3.72%) VPN
3 22 (3.56%) Firewall
4 13 (2.10%) DHCP
5 5 (0.81%) SAN
5 5 (0.81%) WAN
6 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.49%) BGP
7 3 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.49%) NAS
7 3 (0.49%) Network Security
7 3 (0.49%) VLAN
7 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.32%) LAN
9 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.83%) Azure SQL Database
1 36 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.24%) Power BI
3 18 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 14 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.62%) Metadata
7 9 (1.46%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (1.46%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.46%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.46%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (1.46%) Star Schema
8 6 (0.97%) Spark SQL
9 4 (0.65%) MySQL
9 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.32%) Db2
10 2 (0.32%) GIS
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (2.75%) Git
2 7 (1.13%) GitLab
3 5 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (0.49%) Artifactory
4 3 (0.49%) JIRA
5 2 (0.32%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 114 (18.45%) Finance
2 35 (5.66%) Social Skills
3 22 (3.56%) Law
4 12 (1.94%) Retail
5 6 (0.97%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (0.97%) Public Sector
6 5 (0.81%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.65%) Games
7 4 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.49%) Automotive
8 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.32%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.16%) Advertising
10 1 (0.16%) Aviation
10 1 (0.16%) Legal
10 1 (0.16%) Local Government
10 1 (0.16%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (19.90%) Terraform
2 39 (6.31%) .NET
3 23 (3.72%) ARM Templates
4 14 (2.27%) Kafka
5 13 (2.10%) Keycloak
6 8 (1.29%) PySpark
7 7 (1.13%) YAML
8 6 (0.97%) REST
9 5 (0.81%) Loki
9 5 (0.81%) React
10 4 (0.65%) CSS
11 3 (0.49%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.49%) jQuery
11 3 (0.49%) Web Services
12 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET Core
12 2 (0.32%) Blazor
12 2 (0.32%) Node.js
13 1 (0.16%) .NET Core
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
13 1 (0.16%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.02%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (2.43%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.62%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.65%) Replication
8 3 (0.49%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.49%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (0.49%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.49%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.32%) IoT
9 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.16%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.16%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.16%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.34%) Windows
2 19 (3.07%) Linux
3 16 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Solaris
5 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (33.98%) DevOps
2 154 (24.92%) Platform Engineering
3 106 (17.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 96 (15.53%) CI/CD
5 73 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 60 (9.71%) Agile
7 53 (8.58%) Analytics
8 47 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
9 44 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (6.96%) Data Pipeline
11 40 (6.47%) Software Engineering
12 37 (5.99%) ETL
13 36 (5.83%) Computer Science
14 35 (5.66%) Cloud Security
15 33 (5.34%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (5.18%) Containerisation
16 32 (5.18%) RBAC
17 31 (5.02%) High Availability
18 29 (4.69%) Root Cause Analysis
19 27 (4.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 92 (14.89%) SQL
2 70 (11.33%) PowerShell
3 65 (10.52%) C#
4 61 (9.87%) Python
5 41 (6.63%) Bicep
6 18 (2.91%) PHP
7 16 (2.59%) Go
8 7 (1.13%) Java
9 6 (0.97%) Bash
10 5 (0.81%) C++
10 5 (0.81%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (11.17%) Azure Certification
2 55 (8.90%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.02%) Degree
5 18 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.49%) MCSA
10 1 (0.16%) CCNA
10 1 (0.16%) CCNP
10 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.43%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.10%) GDPR
3 11 (1.78%) QA
4 9 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (1.29%) NIST
6 6 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.65%) SLA
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 33 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.37%) Docker
3 19 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (2.43%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.97%) Ansible
3 6 (0.97%) Grafana
3 6 (0.97%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.49%) Autotask
4 3 (0.49%) SCCM
4 3 (0.49%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.32%) Packer
6 1 (0.16%) Argo
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) linkerd
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 181 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.07%) VMware
3 18 (2.91%) Databricks
4 15 (2.43%) Foundry
5 9 (1.46%) Informatica
5 9 (1.46%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.46%) Talend
6 6 (0.97%) Oracle
6 6 (0.97%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.49%) Cisco
7 3 (0.49%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.49%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.49%) Remedy
7 3 (0.49%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.32%) Citrix
8 2 (0.32%) SAP
9 1 (0.16%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.16%) F5
9 1 (0.16%) Google
9 1 (0.16%) HP