Azure Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 343 329
Rank change year-on-year -53 -14 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 318 817 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.83% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.88% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 273 590 900
10th Percentile £46,300 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,500 £61,750
% change year-on-year +9.24% -3.64% +2.92%

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 -48 298 £70,000 +7.69% 116
London +30 164 £85,000 +21.43% 48
UK excluding London -63 133 £65,000 +9.24% 77
Work from Home +28 111 £65,000 - 81
South East +62 44 £70,000 +20.53% 31
North of England -37 36 £62,500 +4.17% 17
North West -56 29 £57,500 +4.55% 12
Midlands -51 22 £46,000 -16.36% 6
West Midlands +19 15 £57,500 +4.55% 2
South West +98 12 £73,750 +13.46% 12
East of England +46 11 £67,000 +7.20% 5
Yorkshire +46 10 £55,000 -22.07% 4
Scotland +98 8 £67,500 +3.85% 7
East Midlands -33 7 £40,000 -26.27% 4
North East +43 1 £75,500 +0.67% 1
Northern Ireland +34 1 £47,500 - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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.

1 318 (100.00%) Azure
2 169 (53.14%) DevOps
3 147 (46.23%) CI/CD
4 136 (42.77%) Terraform
5 132 (41.51%) Microsoft
6 112 (35.22%) Python
7 103 (32.39%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (31.45%) PowerShell
9 99 (31.13%) Kubernetes
9 99 (31.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 97 (30.50%) Social Skills
11 86 (27.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 85 (26.73%) Finance
13 77 (24.21%) SQL
14 69 (21.70%) Windows
15 68 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
16 62 (19.50%) Agile
17 57 (17.92%) Docker
18 55 (17.30%) PaaS
19 53 (16.67%) Firewall
19 53 (16.67%) Azure Certification
20 52 (16.35%) Databricks
21 49 (15.41%) Azure Data Factory
21 49 (15.41%) Analytics
22 48 (15.09%) Windows Server
23 47 (14.78%) Active Directory
24 43 (13.52%) Containerisation
25 42 (13.21%) Ansible
25 42 (13.21%) SQL Server
26 41 (12.89%) AWS

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 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.94%) Confluence
5 3 (0.94%) IIS
6 2 (0.63%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) WordPress
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 318 (100.00%) Azure
2 103 (32.39%) Azure DevOps
3 55 (17.30%) PaaS
4 49 (15.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 41 (12.89%) AWS
6 40 (12.58%) Entra ID
7 37 (11.64%) IaaS
8 35 (11.01%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (10.38%) SaaS
10 32 (10.06%) GitHub
11 30 (9.43%) Azure AKS
11 30 (9.43%) Power Platform
12 27 (8.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 21 (6.60%) Serverless
14 19 (5.97%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (5.35%) GCP
16 16 (5.03%) Azure Functions
16 16 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (4.09%) Microsoft Purview
18 12 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (16.67%) Firewall
2 22 (6.92%) VPN
3 16 (5.03%) DNS
4 15 (4.72%) SD-WAN
4 15 (4.72%) WAN
5 14 (4.40%) Network Security
6 13 (4.09%) LAN
7 8 (2.52%) DHCP
8 7 (2.20%) BGP
8 7 (2.20%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (2.20%) OSPF
9 6 (1.89%) BIG-IP
9 6 (1.89%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.89%) TACACS
9 6 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.89%) Wireless
9 6 (1.89%) WLAN
10 5 (1.57%) VLAN
11 4 (1.26%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.81%) Data Lake
3 26 (8.18%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.60%) Power BI
5 11 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.89%) MySQL
8 5 (1.57%) Big Data
8 5 (1.57%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.26%) HDInsight
9 4 (1.26%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.63%) Metadata
11 1 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.31%) Power Query
11 1 (0.31%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (9.12%) Jenkins
2 22 (6.92%) Git
3 8 (2.52%) JIRA
4 7 (2.20%) GitLab
5 6 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.89%) Selenium
5 6 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.63%) Postman
6 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.31%) kappa
7 1 (0.31%) Locust
7 1 (0.31%) MLflow
7 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.31%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.31%) Vagrant
General
1 97 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 85 (26.73%) Finance
3 19 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.46%) Banking
6 9 (2.83%) Law
7 7 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.57%) Advertising
8 5 (1.57%) Automotive
8 5 (1.57%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.57%) Legal
8 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.94%) Front Office
9 3 (0.94%) Health Technology
9 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.94%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.31%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.55%) ARM Templates
2 19 (5.97%) .NET
3 15 (4.72%) PySpark
4 12 (3.77%) YAML
5 9 (2.83%) 802.1X
6 8 (2.52%) Azure Blueprints
7 7 (2.20%) Kafka
7 7 (2.20%) SAML
8 5 (1.57%) REST
8 5 (1.57%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.94%) Node.js
9 3 (0.94%) pytest
9 3 (0.94%) React
10 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.63%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.63%) Great Expectations
10 2 (0.63%) OAuth
10 2 (0.63%) PyTorch
10 2 (0.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (3.46%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.14%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.14%) Clustering
3 10 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.83%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.83%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (2.83%) Hedge funds
5 7 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.20%) e-Learning
6 6 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.89%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.57%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.57%) IoT
7 5 (1.57%) Life Science
7 5 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 69 (21.70%) Windows
2 48 (15.09%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.01%) Linux
4 11 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.89%) VMS
6 5 (1.57%) Android
6 5 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.94%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.94%) Unix
8 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.31%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (53.14%) DevOps
2 147 (46.23%) CI/CD
3 99 (31.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 86 (27.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 68 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (19.50%) Agile
7 49 (15.41%) Analytics
8 43 (13.52%) Containerisation
9 41 (12.89%) Cloud Security
9 41 (12.89%) Platform Engineering
10 40 (12.58%) Data Engineering
11 32 (10.06%) High Availability
12 30 (9.43%) Data Pipeline
13 29 (9.12%) Infrastructure Automation
14 27 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (8.49%) Mentoring
15 26 (8.18%) Artificial Intelligence
15 26 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
16 25 (7.86%) Migration
17 24 (7.55%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (35.22%) Python
2 100 (31.45%) PowerShell
3 77 (24.21%) SQL
4 32 (10.06%) Bash
5 27 (8.49%) Bicep
6 22 (6.92%) C#
7 16 (5.03%) Java
8 15 (4.72%) Scala
9 6 (1.89%) R
10 5 (1.57%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.57%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.26%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.94%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) C++
13 1 (0.31%) Perl
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 28 (8.81%) Degree
3 23 (7.23%) Security Cleared
4 21 (6.60%) SC Cleared
5 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.83%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.20%) CCNP
8 7 (2.20%) CISSP
9 5 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.26%) CCSP
10 4 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.94%) CCIE
12 2 (0.63%) CEH
12 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.31%) CCSK
13 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.55%) GDPR
2 11 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.52%) HIPAA
3 8 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.20%) NIST
5 6 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.57%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.26%) QA
8 2 (0.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 57 (17.92%) Docker
2 47 (14.78%) Active Directory
3 24 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.52%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.26%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 136 (42.77%) Terraform
2 99 (31.13%) Kubernetes
3 42 (13.21%) Ansible
4 38 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (6.92%) SCCM
6 8 (2.52%) Progress Chef
7 7 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.57%) Puppet
8 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.94%) CASB
9 3 (0.94%) Istio
9 3 (0.94%) linkerd
9 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.63%) Consul
10 2 (0.63%) Grafana
10 2 (0.63%) SCOM
11 1 (0.31%) Packer
11 1 (0.31%) Salt
11 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (41.51%) Microsoft
2 52 (16.35%) Databricks
3 32 (10.06%) VMware
4 23 (7.23%) Palo Alto
5 18 (5.66%) Citrix
6 16 (5.03%) Cisco
7 14 (4.40%) Red Hat
8 10 (3.14%) Google
9 7 (2.20%) F5
9 7 (2.20%) IBM
9 7 (2.20%) Meraki
10 6 (1.89%) LogicMonitor
11 5 (1.57%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.57%) Hitachi
11 5 (1.57%) NetApp
11 5 (1.57%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.94%) Apple
12 3 (0.94%) Sophos
12 3 (0.94%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.63%) Concur