Azure Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Azure Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 552 516
Rank change year-on-year +29 -36 +219
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Specialist 2 11 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.030% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.032% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 33
10th Percentile - - £46,261
25th Percentile £37,500 £54,375 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +2.17% -11.54%
75th Percentile £42,500 £63,125 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £74,250
UK median annual salary £56,250 £80,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -29.69% +45.45% -15.38%

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 38,055 33,958 30,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.42% 92.95% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 23,081 16,702 23,207
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

Azure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Azure Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Azure Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
South East +18 1 - -
North of England +17 1 £40,000 -31.91% 1
North West - 1 £40,000 - 1
Azure Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Azure Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Bicep
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform

Azure Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft