Azure Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 330 252
Rank change year-on-year +44 -78 +84
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 113 289 558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 0.85% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.89% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 102 249 477
10th Percentile £44,000 £46,050 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year - -6.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Azure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Engineer.

Azure Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Azure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) Azure
2 58 (51.33%) DevOps
2 58 (51.33%) Microsoft
3 47 (41.59%) CI/CD
4 45 (39.82%) Terraform
5 42 (37.17%) Python
6 38 (33.63%) Kubernetes
7 36 (31.86%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (31.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 34 (30.09%) PowerShell
9 28 (24.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (23.89%) Docker
11 26 (23.01%) Social Skills
12 25 (22.12%) Azure Certification
13 21 (18.58%) Finance
14 20 (17.70%) Ansible
15 19 (16.81%) SaaS
16 18 (15.93%) Windows
16 18 (15.93%) Active Directory
17 17 (15.04%) AWS
18 16 (14.16%) Azure AKS
18 16 (14.16%) Containerisation
18 16 (14.16%) SQL
18 16 (14.16%) Agile
19 15 (13.27%) Platform Engineering
19 15 (13.27%) Cloud Security
19 15 (13.27%) Databricks
20 14 (12.39%) IaaS
20 14 (12.39%) PaaS
20 14 (12.39%) Microsoft 365

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.65%) IIS
4 1 (0.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 113 (100.00%) Azure
2 36 (31.86%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (16.81%) SaaS
4 17 (15.04%) AWS
5 16 (14.16%) Azure AKS
6 14 (12.39%) IaaS
6 14 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (12.39%) PaaS
7 13 (11.50%) Entra ID
8 10 (8.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (7.08%) GCP
9 8 (7.08%) GitHub
9 8 (7.08%) Serverless
10 7 (6.19%) Azure Functions
10 7 (6.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
12 4 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (3.54%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.39%) Firewall
2 8 (7.08%) WAN
3 7 (6.19%) SD-WAN
3 7 (6.19%) VPN
4 5 (4.42%) Network Security
4 5 (4.42%) VLAN
5 4 (3.54%) BGP
5 4 (3.54%) HTTPS
5 4 (3.54%) LAN
5 4 (3.54%) OSPF
6 3 (2.65%) BIG-IP
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (2.65%) TACACS
6 3 (2.65%) Wireless
6 3 (2.65%) WLAN
7 2 (1.77%) DNS
7 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.39%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.08%) Data Lake
2 8 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.42%) Power BI
4 3 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.77%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.88%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.88%) MySQL
6 1 (0.88%) Power Query
6 1 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (10.62%) Git
2 11 (9.73%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.31%) Selenium
4 3 (2.65%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.77%) GitLab
5 2 (1.77%) Postman
5 2 (1.77%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.88%) JMeter
6 1 (0.88%) Locust
6 1 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.88%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.88%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.88%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (23.01%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.58%) Finance
3 7 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.54%) Banking
5 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.65%) Law
6 2 (1.77%) Advertising
6 2 (1.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.88%) Automotive
7 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.85%) ARM Templates
2 9 (7.96%) .NET
3 4 (3.54%) SAML
4 3 (2.65%) 802.1X
4 3 (2.65%) Azure Blueprints
4 3 (2.65%) Kafka
4 3 (2.65%) Node.js
4 3 (2.65%) REST
4 3 (2.65%) YAML
5 2 (1.77%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.77%) GraphQL
5 2 (1.77%) OAuth
5 2 (1.77%) OpenID
5 2 (1.77%) PySpark
5 2 (1.77%) React
6 1 (0.88%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.88%) pytest
6 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.88%) Redux
6 1 (0.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (4.42%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.54%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.65%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.77%) IoT
5 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.93%) Windows
2 10 (8.85%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.19%) Linux
4 5 (4.42%) VMS
5 2 (1.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.33%) DevOps
2 47 (41.59%) CI/CD
3 36 (31.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (24.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (14.16%) Agile
5 16 (14.16%) Containerisation
6 15 (13.27%) Cloud Security
6 15 (13.27%) Platform Engineering
7 13 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (10.62%) Machine Learning
9 11 (9.73%) Analytics
9 11 (9.73%) Artificial Intelligence
9 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (8.85%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (7.96%) High Availability
11 9 (7.96%) Identity Management
11 9 (7.96%) Infrastructure Automation
11 9 (7.96%) Migration
12 8 (7.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 42 (37.17%) Python
2 34 (30.09%) PowerShell
3 16 (14.16%) SQL
4 13 (11.50%) C#
5 12 (10.62%) Bash
5 12 (10.62%) Bicep
6 6 (5.31%) R
7 4 (3.54%) Java
8 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.77%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.88%) C++
10 1 (0.88%) Go
10 1 (0.88%) PHP
10 1 (0.88%) Ruby
10 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (22.12%) Azure Certification
2 11 (9.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (6.19%) AWS Certification
3 7 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.31%) CISSP
4 6 (5.31%) Degree
4 6 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.31%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.54%) CCNP
5 4 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (2.65%) CCIE
6 3 (2.65%) CCSP
7 2 (1.77%) CEH
7 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.88%) CCNA
8 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.96%) GDPR
2 3 (2.65%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.65%) NIST
2 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.77%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 27 (23.89%) Docker
2 18 (15.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (6.19%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (39.82%) Terraform
2 38 (33.63%) Kubernetes
3 20 (17.70%) Ansible
4 14 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (6.19%) SCCM
6 5 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.65%) CASB
7 3 (2.65%) Istio
7 3 (2.65%) linkerd
8 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.77%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.77%) SCOM
9 1 (0.88%) Puppet
9 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 58 (51.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.27%) Databricks
3 7 (6.19%) VMware
4 5 (4.42%) Cisco
4 5 (4.42%) Google
5 4 (3.54%) F5
5 4 (3.54%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.65%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (1.77%) Citrix
7 2 (1.77%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.88%) Aruba
8 1 (0.88%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.88%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.88%) HP
8 1 (0.88%) Meraki
8 1 (0.88%) Okta
8 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.88%) SolarWinds