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 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 345 331
Rank change year-on-year -50 -14 +72
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 341 799 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.81% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.85% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 267 573 874
10th Percentile £45,950 £42,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £59,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.11% -8.08% +8.33%

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 49,982 93,747 91,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.66% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 26,989 67,111 57,934
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £74,014 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

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 15 May 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 15 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 -52 332 £70,000 +7.69% 221
London +46 183 £82,500 +14.58% 123
UK excluding London -75 141 £64,000 +7.11% 131
Work from Home -13 107 £65,000 - 128
South East +56 50 £70,000 +16.67% 47
North of England -55 38 £62,500 +4.17% 48
North West -79 30 £58,000 +5.45% 33
Midlands -47 21 £46,000 -16.36% 15
East of England +38 17 £70,000 +12.00% 4
West Midlands +22 14 £60,000 +4.35% 4
South West +102 12 £71,250 +18.75% 13
Yorkshire +42 11 £55,000 -22.07% 12
East Midlands -43 7 £40,000 -26.27% 11
Scotland +79 1 £55,000 -15.38% 6
Northern Ireland +43 1 £47,500 - 1
North East +33 1 £75,500 +0.67% 3
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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.

1 341 (100.00%) Azure
2 180 (52.79%) DevOps
3 146 (42.82%) CI/CD
4 137 (40.18%) Microsoft
5 133 (39.00%) Terraform
6 119 (34.90%) Azure DevOps
7 111 (32.55%) Python
8 101 (29.62%) Kubernetes
9 97 (28.45%) Infrastructure as Code
10 95 (27.86%) PowerShell
11 90 (26.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 90 (26.39%) Social Skills
12 88 (25.81%) SQL
13 86 (25.22%) Finance
14 85 (24.93%) Windows
14 85 (24.93%) Agile
15 68 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
16 61 (17.89%) Azure Certification
17 57 (16.72%) Databricks
18 55 (16.13%) Windows Server
19 54 (15.84%) Docker
20 53 (15.54%) PaaS
20 53 (15.54%) Firewall
21 51 (14.96%) Containerisation
22 50 (14.66%) Linux
23 49 (14.37%) Azure Data Factory
23 49 (14.37%) Mentoring
23 49 (14.37%) Ansible
23 49 (14.37%) Active Directory
24 47 (13.78%) Hybrid Cloud

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 23 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.17%) IIS
6 3 (0.88%) Apache
6 3 (0.88%) Confluence
7 2 (0.59%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) JBoss
8 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 341 (100.00%) Azure
2 119 (34.90%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (15.54%) PaaS
4 49 (14.37%) Azure Data Factory
5 38 (11.14%) AWS
5 38 (11.14%) Entra ID
6 37 (10.85%) IaaS
7 36 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (9.97%) GitHub
9 33 (9.68%) Power Platform
9 33 (9.68%) SaaS
10 30 (8.80%) Azure AKS
11 26 (7.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 20 (5.87%) Serverless
13 19 (5.57%) GCP
14 18 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (4.40%) Azure Functions
17 14 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 53 (15.54%) Firewall
2 23 (6.74%) VPN
3 17 (4.99%) DNS
3 17 (4.99%) WAN
4 16 (4.69%) SD-WAN
5 12 (3.52%) LAN
6 9 (2.64%) DHCP
6 9 (2.64%) Network Security
7 7 (2.05%) BGP
7 7 (2.05%) OSPF
8 6 (1.76%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.76%) Wireless
9 5 (1.47%) BIG-IP
9 5 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (1.47%) TACACS
9 5 (1.47%) VLAN
9 5 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.47%) WLAN
10 4 (1.17%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.49%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 30 (8.80%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.16%) Power BI
5 14 (4.11%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (3.81%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.23%) DB2
8 10 (2.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.47%) Big Data
10 5 (1.47%) MySQL
10 5 (1.47%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.17%) HDInsight
12 2 (0.59%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.59%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.59%) Metadata
13 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.29%) Spark SQL
13 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (7.92%) Jenkins
2 25 (7.33%) Git
3 9 (2.64%) JIRA
4 6 (1.76%) Selenium
4 6 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.47%) GitLab
5 5 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.59%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.59%) Postman
7 2 (0.59%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.29%) kappa
8 1 (0.29%) Locust
8 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.29%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.29%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 90 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 86 (25.22%) Finance
3 44 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (6.16%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.52%) Banking
6 9 (2.64%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.05%) Law
8 6 (1.76%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.47%) Advertising
10 4 (1.17%) Legal
11 3 (0.88%) Front Office
11 3 (0.88%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.29%) Games
12 1 (0.29%) Military
12 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.04%) ARM Templates
2 18 (5.28%) .NET
2 18 (5.28%) PySpark
3 17 (4.99%) React
4 13 (3.81%) AngularJS
4 13 (3.81%) YAML
5 12 (3.52%) Bootstrap
6 11 (3.23%) Backbone.js
6 11 (3.23%) Ember.js
6 11 (3.23%) jQuery
7 8 (2.35%) 802.1X
7 8 (2.35%) Kafka
8 6 (1.76%) SAML
9 5 (1.47%) Azure Blueprints
9 5 (1.47%) REST
9 5 (1.47%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.88%) Middleware
10 3 (0.88%) Node.js
10 3 (0.88%) pytest
11 2 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.78%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (9.38%) e-Learning
3 12 (3.52%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.23%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.23%) Clustering
4 11 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
4 11 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.93%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.64%) Hedge funds
7 8 (2.35%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.76%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.47%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.47%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.88%) iPad
12 3 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 85 (24.93%) Windows
2 55 (16.13%) Windows Server
3 50 (14.66%) Linux
4 16 (4.69%) Android
4 16 (4.69%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.76%) VMS
6 6 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.88%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (52.79%) DevOps
2 146 (42.82%) CI/CD
3 97 (28.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 90 (26.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 85 (24.93%) Agile
6 68 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (14.96%) Containerisation
8 49 (14.37%) Mentoring
9 46 (13.49%) Artificial Intelligence
10 45 (13.20%) Analytics
11 44 (12.90%) Cloud Security
12 41 (12.02%) Data Engineering
12 41 (12.02%) Platform Engineering
13 35 (10.26%) Coaching
14 34 (9.97%) Test Automation
15 32 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
16 31 (9.09%) High Availability
17 29 (8.50%) Infrastructure Automation
18 25 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
19 24 (7.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 111 (32.55%) Python
2 95 (27.86%) PowerShell
3 88 (25.81%) SQL
4 28 (8.21%) Bash
5 25 (7.33%) Bicep
6 24 (7.04%) C#
7 15 (4.40%) Scala
8 14 (4.11%) Java
9 8 (2.35%) R
9 8 (2.35%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.17%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.88%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.59%) Go
12 2 (0.59%) Perl
12 2 (0.59%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.29%) Groovy
13 1 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (17.89%) Azure Certification
2 28 (8.21%) Degree
3 27 (7.92%) Security Cleared
4 24 (7.04%) SC Cleared
5 20 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.64%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.35%) CISSP
9 7 (2.05%) CCNP
10 6 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.17%) CCSP
12 4 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.88%) CCIE
14 2 (0.59%) CCNA
14 2 (0.59%) CEH
15 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.29%) SANS
15 1 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.04%) GDPR
2 11 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.35%) HIPAA
3 8 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.05%) NIST
5 6 (1.76%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.47%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.17%) QA
8 2 (0.59%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 54 (15.84%) Docker
2 49 (14.37%) Active Directory
3 27 (7.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.35%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 133 (39.00%) Terraform
2 101 (29.62%) Kubernetes
3 49 (14.37%) Ansible
4 38 (11.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (6.16%) SCCM
6 9 (2.64%) Progress Chef
7 8 (2.35%) Puppet
8 6 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.88%) CASB
10 3 (0.88%) Istio
10 3 (0.88%) linkerd
10 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.59%) Consul
11 2 (0.59%) Grafana
11 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.29%) Packer
12 1 (0.29%) Rancher
12 1 (0.29%) Salt
12 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (40.18%) Microsoft
2 57 (16.72%) Databricks
3 39 (11.44%) Red Hat
4 36 (10.56%) VMware
5 35 (10.26%) IBM
6 23 (6.74%) Palo Alto
7 17 (4.99%) Cisco
8 16 (4.69%) Citrix
9 13 (3.81%) Google
10 8 (2.35%) Meraki
11 7 (2.05%) F5
12 5 (1.47%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.47%) LogicMonitor
12 5 (1.47%) NetApp
13 4 (1.17%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.88%) Apple
14 3 (0.88%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.88%) SAP
14 3 (0.88%) Sophos
14 3 (0.88%) Zscaler