Azure Administrator Jobs

Microsoft Azure Administrator
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Administrator salary in the UK is £56,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 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
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 707 886 917
Rank change year-on-year +179 +31 +307
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Administrator 4 24 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.024% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.025% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 42
10th Percentile £52,075 £42,500 £41,375
25th Percentile £53,313 £52,688 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,313 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,125 - £63,625
UK excluding London median annual salary - £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +35.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,632 96,004 89,734
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.77% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 25,825 68,588 56,653
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Azure Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Administrator in the UK

Azure Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Administrator.

Salary trend for Azure Administrator in the UK

Azure Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Administrator over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Administrator in the UK

Azure Administrator
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +131 4 £56,750 -15.93% 68
London +122 4 £56,750 -12.69% 3
Work from Home +114 3 £56,000 -17.04% 75

Azure Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 May 2025, Azure Administrator 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 featuring Azure Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Terraform
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (25.00%) Data Science
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Netskope
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) DataOps

Azure Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (25.00%) OCI
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) CAPA
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Database Security
2 1 (25.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Netskope
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle