Azure Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 297 440
Rank change year-on-year +4 +143 -180
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 834 945 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.17% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.28% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 600 781 1,121
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +14.29%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +14 779 £65,000 -3.70% 65
UK excluding London +4 473 £57,500 -8.00% 48
Work from Home -28 325 £65,000 -0.54% 36
London +21 316 £75,000 - 22
Midlands +46 157 £55,000 +1.85% 8
North of England +10 152 £55,000 -8.33% 23
North West +61 123 £55,000 -15.84% 2
South East -20 95 £66,250 -5.36% 7
East Midlands +42 91 £50,000 -6.98% 2
West Midlands +7 66 £57,500 +6.48% 6
South West -10 34 £53,750 -17.75% 4
Yorkshire -2 21 £59,750 -0.42% 6
Scotland -47 17 £53,000 -18.68% 3
East of England -16 12 £62,500 +13.64% 2
North East -20 8 £40,000 -32.77% 15
Wales +23 5 £50,000 +11.11% 1
Northern Ireland +14 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Azure Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 834 (100.00%) Azure
2 317 (38.01%) DevOps
3 310 (37.17%) SQL
4 271 (32.49%) Microsoft
5 236 (28.30%) Windows
6 233 (27.94%) Agile
7 228 (27.34%) Terraform
8 217 (26.02%) CI/CD
9 195 (23.38%) Azure DevOps
10 188 (22.54%) PowerShell
11 175 (20.98%) Linux
12 171 (20.50%) Python
12 171 (20.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 168 (20.14%) Kubernetes
14 159 (19.06%) Mentoring
15 157 (18.82%) Finance
16 147 (17.63%) C#
17 145 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
18 143 (17.15%) .NET
19 132 (15.83%) Active Directory
19 132 (15.83%) Artificial Intelligence
20 131 (15.71%) OO
21 129 (15.47%) OOP
22 127 (15.23%) JavaScript
22 127 (15.23%) Entra ID
23 123 (14.75%) Public Sector
23 123 (14.75%) React
23 123 (14.75%) PostgreSQL
24 122 (14.63%) Analytics
24 122 (14.63%) NoSQL

Azure Engineer 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 29 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.12%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.64%) IIS
4 8 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
5 5 (0.60%) CMS
5 5 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.60%) WordPress
6 4 (0.48%) Confluence
6 4 (0.48%) nginx
6 4 (0.48%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 834 (100.00%) Azure
2 195 (23.38%) Azure DevOps
3 127 (15.23%) Entra ID
4 108 (12.95%) IBM Cloud
5 103 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
6 100 (11.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 97 (11.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 79 (9.47%) Power Platform
9 74 (8.87%) PaaS
10 72 (8.63%) SaaS
11 71 (8.51%) Azure AKS
12 62 (7.43%) GitHub
13 52 (6.24%) IaaS
14 42 (5.04%) AWS
14 42 (5.04%) Azure Monitor
15 34 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 29 (3.48%) Azure Storage
17 25 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
18 23 (2.76%) Serverless
19 19 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 89 (10.67%) Firewall
2 54 (6.47%) DNS
3 41 (4.92%) Network Security
4 31 (3.72%) VPN
4 31 (3.72%) WAN
5 17 (2.04%) LAN
6 14 (1.68%) SD-WAN
7 13 (1.56%) 5G
7 13 (1.56%) DHCP
8 10 (1.20%) BGP
8 10 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 10 (1.20%) Wireless
9 9 (1.08%) iSCSI
9 9 (1.08%) OSPF
10 6 (0.72%) NetScaler
11 5 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (0.60%) NAS
11 5 (0.60%) SAN
11 5 (0.60%) SSL
12 4 (0.48%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (14.75%) PostgreSQL
2 122 (14.63%) NoSQL
3 121 (14.51%) MongoDB
4 108 (12.95%) DB2
5 96 (11.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 76 (9.11%) Power BI
6 76 (9.11%) SQL Server
7 75 (8.99%) Data Warehouse
8 72 (8.63%) Data Lake
9 27 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (2.52%) Relational Database
11 20 (2.40%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 20 (2.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (1.68%) Big Data
12 14 (1.68%) Metadata
13 11 (1.32%) MySQL
14 10 (1.20%) Delta Lake
15 9 (1.08%) MariaDB
15 9 (1.08%) Redis
16 8 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (7.55%) Git
2 28 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.88%) Octopus Deploy
4 18 (2.16%) GitLab
5 12 (1.44%) MLflow
6 9 (1.08%) JIRA
7 7 (0.84%) Katalon Studio
8 6 (0.72%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.36%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.36%) Maven
11 3 (0.36%) Selenium
11 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.24%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.12%) git-flow
13 1 (0.12%) Postman
13 1 (0.12%) Subversion
13 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 171 (20.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 157 (18.82%) Finance
3 123 (14.75%) Public Sector
4 112 (13.43%) Social Skills
5 37 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (3.48%) Law
7 21 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 13 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 12 (1.44%) Health Technology
9 12 (1.44%) Legal
10 11 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (0.96%) Banking
12 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.72%) Games
14 5 (0.60%) Marketing
14 5 (0.60%) Retail
15 4 (0.48%) Electronics
16 2 (0.24%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (17.15%) .NET
2 123 (14.75%) React
3 114 (13.67%) ASP.NET
4 112 (13.43%) CSS
4 112 (13.43%) HTML
5 111 (13.31%) REST
6 110 (13.19%) AngularJS
6 110 (13.19%) ASP.NET Core
6 110 (13.19%) Web Services
7 108 (12.95%) Backbone.js
7 108 (12.95%) Ember.js
7 108 (12.95%) jQuery
7 108 (12.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 108 (12.95%) Vue
8 54 (6.47%) PySpark
9 31 (3.72%) ARM Templates
9 31 (3.72%) YAML
10 19 (2.28%) JSON
10 19 (2.28%) Loki
11 14 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 117 (14.03%) Algorithms
2 114 (13.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 113 (13.55%) Data Structures
4 109 (13.07%) Blockchain
5 108 (12.95%) e-Learning
6 51 (6.12%) Cloud Native
7 27 (3.24%) Linux Command Line
8 18 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.80%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.44%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.20%) Management Information System
15 9 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 236 (28.30%) Windows
2 175 (20.98%) Linux
3 108 (12.95%) Android
3 108 (12.95%) Apple iOS
4 71 (8.51%) Windows Server
5 29 (3.48%) VMS
6 13 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.08%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.08%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.48%) Debian
11 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.12%) Unix
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (38.01%) DevOps
2 233 (27.94%) Agile
3 217 (26.02%) CI/CD
4 159 (19.06%) Mentoring
5 145 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 132 (15.83%) Artificial Intelligence
7 131 (15.71%) OO
8 129 (15.47%) OOP
9 122 (14.63%) Analytics
10 120 (14.39%) Design Patterns
11 118 (14.15%) Coaching
12 117 (14.03%) Full Stack Development
13 114 (13.67%) MVC
14 113 (13.55%) Code Quality
15 109 (13.07%) User Experience
16 108 (12.95%) Co-Creation
16 108 (12.95%) MVVM
16 108 (12.95%) Responsive Web Design
16 108 (12.95%) SOLID
16 108 (12.95%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 310 (37.17%) SQL
2 188 (22.54%) PowerShell
3 171 (20.50%) Python
4 147 (17.63%) C#
5 127 (15.23%) JavaScript
6 65 (7.79%) Bash
7 38 (4.56%) Bicep
8 29 (3.48%) Java
9 27 (3.24%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.80%) Go
11 13 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.20%) U-SQL
14 6 (0.72%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.60%) Scala
16 4 (0.48%) Ruby
17 1 (0.12%) C++
17 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 93 (11.15%) Azure Certification
2 46 (5.52%) Degree
3 37 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (4.08%) Security Cleared
5 21 (2.52%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (0.96%) CISSP
9 7 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (0.72%) CCSP
11 4 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.24%) CCNA
13 1 (0.12%) CCNP
13 1 (0.12%) CEH
13 1 (0.12%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.12%) MCSE
13 1 (0.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 19 (2.28%) GDPR
2 19 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.56%) NCSC
4 12 (1.44%) NIST
4 12 (1.44%) QA
5 11 (1.32%) SOC 2
6 7 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 7 (0.84%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.24%) SLA
9 1 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 132 (15.83%) Active Directory
2 89 (10.67%) Docker
3 47 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
4 27 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (1.68%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.44%) XenDesktop
8 11 (1.32%) XenApp
9 10 (1.20%) vSphere
10 4 (0.48%) Firmware
10 4 (0.48%) NFS
10 4 (0.48%) pfSense
11 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 228 (27.34%) Terraform
2 168 (20.14%) Kubernetes
3 65 (7.79%) Ansible
4 32 (3.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (2.64%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.68%) Grafana
6 14 (1.68%) SCCM
7 12 (1.44%) Progress Chef
7 12 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (1.08%) Puppet
10 6 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (0.72%) Packer
11 5 (0.60%) CASB
11 5 (0.60%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.48%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.36%) McAfee ePO
14 2 (0.24%) Istio
14 2 (0.24%) SCOM
15 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 271 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 110 (13.19%) Red Hat
3 108 (12.95%) IBM
4 105 (12.59%) Databricks
5 39 (4.68%) VMware
6 23 (2.76%) Cisco
7 21 (2.52%) Citrix
8 16 (1.92%) SolarWinds
9 15 (1.80%) Remedy
10 11 (1.32%) BMC
10 11 (1.32%) Oracle
10 11 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 10 (1.20%) Aruba
12 9 (1.08%) Meraki
12 9 (1.08%) Synology
13 8 (0.96%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.84%) SAP
14 7 (0.84%) Splunk
14 7 (0.84%) Veeam
15 5 (0.60%) Google