Azure Developer Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 625 556
Rank change year-on-year -8 -69 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Developer 127 48 339
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.097% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 122 44 181
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,500 £52,313 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,400 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% -9.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,983 44,278 92,243
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 89.92% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 64,514 26,221 65,394
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,596
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Azure Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Developer job vacancies in the UK

Azure Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Developer in the UK

Azure Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 July 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
England +2 113 £70,000 +16.67% 9
UK excluding London -40 64 £57,500 +5.70% 4
London -12 49 £82,500 +13.79% 5
Work from Home +8 39 £25,000 -58.33% 5
South East -17 25 £57,500 +5.70% 1
East of England -7 15 £25,000 +2.04%
North of England -23 15 £80,000 +88.24% 1
North West - 11 £85,000 -
Midlands -24 9 £70,000 +16.67% 2
West Midlands -13 7 £70,000 +16.67% 2
North East -45 3 £75,000 +200.00%
East Midlands -14 2 £24,500 -53.33%
Yorkshire -36 1 £57,500 -4.17% 1

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 July 2026, Azure Developer 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 featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 127 (100.00%) Azure
2 92 (72.44%) C#
3 62 (48.82%) .NET
4 50 (39.37%) SQL
5 44 (34.65%) Microsoft
6 41 (32.28%) Agile
7 38 (29.92%) DevOps
8 37 (29.13%) SQL Server
9 35 (27.56%) CI/CD
10 32 (25.20%) Computer Science
10 32 (25.20%) Degree
11 31 (24.41%) AWS
12 30 (23.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 27 (21.26%) Computer Science Degree
14 26 (20.47%) PHP
15 24 (18.90%) Serverless
16 23 (18.11%) Full-Stack Development
17 22 (17.32%) MVC
18 20 (15.75%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (15.75%) TypeScript
19 19 (14.96%) Azure Functions
19 19 (14.96%) CSS
19 19 (14.96%) Software Engineering
20 17 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
20 17 (13.39%) Git
20 17 (13.39%) Java
20 17 (13.39%) JavaScript
20 17 (13.39%) Terraform
21 16 (12.60%) C++
21 16 (12.60%) jQuery

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 127 (100.00%) Azure
2 31 (24.41%) AWS
3 30 (23.62%) Azure Logic Apps
4 24 (18.90%) Serverless
5 20 (15.75%) Azure Service Bus
6 19 (14.96%) Azure Functions
7 17 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (10.24%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (7.09%) Azure AKS
9 9 (7.09%) GitHub
10 8 (6.30%) Azure API Management
10 8 (6.30%) Azure Event Grid
10 8 (6.30%) SaaS
11 5 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.94%) PaaS
11 5 (3.94%) Power Automate
11 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
11 5 (3.94%) PowerApps
12 4 (3.15%) Azure App Service
13 3 (2.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (29.13%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.45%) MySQL
3 5 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.36%) DynamoDB
4 3 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (13.39%) Git
2 2 (1.57%) git-flow
2 2 (1.57%) Terragrunt
General
1 38 (29.92%) Finance
2 16 (12.60%) Banking
3 14 (11.02%) Social Skills
4 12 (9.45%) Retail Banking
5 4 (3.15%) Legal
5 4 (3.15%) Retail
6 3 (2.36%) Games
7 2 (1.57%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (48.82%) .NET
2 19 (14.96%) CSS
3 16 (12.60%) jQuery
4 15 (11.81%) Blazor
5 11 (8.66%) ASP.NET
5 11 (8.66%) React
6 10 (7.87%) .NET Core
7 9 (7.09%) .NET Framework
7 9 (7.09%) ASP.NET Core
7 9 (7.09%) REST
8 8 (6.30%) OAuth
8 8 (6.30%) OAuth2
9 5 (3.94%) RESTful
10 3 (2.36%) AngularJS
10 3 (2.36%) Entity Framework
10 3 (2.36%) HTML
10 3 (2.36%) Swagger
10 3 (2.36%) WinForms
11 2 (1.57%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (1.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (7.09%) Low-Code
3 8 (6.30%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.51%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.15%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.36%) IoT
8 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.28%) Agile
2 38 (29.92%) DevOps
3 35 (27.56%) CI/CD
4 32 (25.20%) Computer Science
5 23 (18.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 22 (17.32%) MVC
7 19 (14.96%) Software Engineering
8 16 (12.60%) OOP
9 15 (11.81%) Secure Coding
10 13 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (9.45%) Digital Banking
11 12 (9.45%) Product Management
11 12 (9.45%) Scrum
12 11 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (8.66%) Test Automation
13 10 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (7.09%) Containerisation
15 8 (6.30%) Roadmaps
15 8 (6.30%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 92 (72.44%) C#
2 50 (39.37%) SQL
3 26 (20.47%) PHP
4 20 (15.75%) TypeScript
5 17 (13.39%) Java
5 17 (13.39%) JavaScript
6 16 (12.60%) C++
7 13 (10.24%) Bicep
8 12 (9.45%) Python
9 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (25.20%) Degree
2 27 (21.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.94%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.94%) GDPR
2 3 (2.36%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (13.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (34.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.94%) Oracle
3 4 (3.15%) Workday