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 4 July 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 300 234
Rank change year-on-year -62 -66 +147
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 107 349 517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 1.02% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.06% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 92 288 459
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year - -0.54% +0.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%

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 18,743 32,911 34,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 96.21% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,476 24,767 25,553
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 4 July 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 4 July 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.

1 107 (100.00%) Azure
2 49 (45.79%) DevOps
2 49 (45.79%) Microsoft
3 43 (40.19%) Terraform
4 38 (35.51%) Python
5 37 (34.58%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (31.78%) CI/CD
7 30 (28.04%) PowerShell
8 29 (27.10%) Kubernetes
8 29 (27.10%) Windows
9 28 (26.17%) Azure Certification
10 26 (24.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (21.50%) Ansible
12 21 (19.63%) Docker
13 20 (18.69%) Finance
14 19 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (16.82%) ARM Templates
15 18 (16.82%) C#
15 18 (16.82%) SQL Server
16 17 (15.89%) SQL
16 17 (15.89%) Active Directory
16 17 (15.89%) Bicep
17 16 (14.95%) Databricks
17 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
17 16 (14.95%) .NET
18 15 (14.02%) SaaS
19 14 (13.08%) IaaS
19 14 (13.08%) Entra ID
19 14 (13.08%) Linux
19 14 (13.08%) Infrastructure Automation

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 8 (7.48%) IIS
2 4 (3.74%) nginx
3 1 (0.93%) Apache
3 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.93%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 107 (100.00%) Azure
2 37 (34.58%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (14.02%) SaaS
4 14 (13.08%) Entra ID
4 14 (13.08%) IaaS
5 13 (12.15%) AWS
6 12 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (11.21%) PaaS
7 10 (9.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (9.35%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (9.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (8.41%) Azure AKS
9 7 (6.54%) Power Platform
10 6 (5.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (5.61%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (5.61%) GitHub
11 5 (4.67%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (4.67%) Cloudflare
11 5 (4.67%) GCP
11 5 (4.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.41%) Firewall
2 8 (7.48%) VPN
3 6 (5.61%) Internet
3 6 (5.61%) WAN
4 5 (4.67%) VLAN
5 4 (3.74%) HTTPS
5 4 (3.74%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.80%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.87%) BGP
7 2 (1.87%) OSPF
7 2 (1.87%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.93%) LAN
8 1 (0.93%) MPLS
8 1 (0.93%) Network Security
8 1 (0.93%) SAN
8 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.82%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.28%) Data Lake
3 10 (9.35%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (7.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 6 (5.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (5.61%) Power BI
6 2 (1.87%) Metadata
6 2 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.93%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.93%) DB2
7 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (12.15%) Git
2 5 (4.67%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (3.74%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.74%) JIRA
4 2 (1.87%) Selenium
4 2 (1.87%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.93%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.93%) GitLab
5 1 (0.93%) JMeter
5 1 (0.93%) Locust
5 1 (0.93%) Postman
5 1 (0.93%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (18.69%) Finance
2 13 (12.15%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.74%) Banking
4 4 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.74%) Law
5 2 (1.87%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.93%) Advertising
6 1 (0.93%) Electronics
6 1 (0.93%) Games
6 1 (0.93%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Marketing
6 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.82%) ARM Templates
2 16 (14.95%) .NET
3 7 (6.54%) PySpark
4 4 (3.74%) Loki
4 4 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (2.80%) Node.js
5 3 (2.80%) REST
5 3 (2.80%) YAML
6 2 (1.87%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.87%) CSS
6 2 (1.87%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.87%) HTML
6 2 (1.87%) SAML
7 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.93%) Blazor
7 1 (0.93%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (0.93%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.93%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.93%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.48%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (2.80%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.87%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.93%) PropTech
4 1 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (27.10%) Windows
2 14 (13.08%) Linux
3 13 (12.15%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.93%) VMS
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (45.79%) DevOps
2 34 (31.78%) CI/CD
3 26 (24.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (13.08%) Infrastructure Automation
6 12 (11.21%) Agile
7 10 (9.35%) Cloud Security
7 10 (9.35%) Containerisation
7 10 (9.35%) Mentoring
8 9 (8.41%) Analytics
8 9 (8.41%) Configuration Management
8 9 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (8.41%) Microservices
8 9 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (7.48%) Collaborative Culture
9 8 (7.48%) Data Engineering
9 8 (7.48%) Data Management
10 7 (6.54%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (6.54%) Project Management
10 7 (6.54%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (35.51%) Python
2 30 (28.04%) PowerShell
3 18 (16.82%) C#
4 17 (15.89%) Bicep
4 17 (15.89%) SQL
5 12 (11.21%) Bash
6 8 (7.48%) R
7 4 (3.74%) Java
7 4 (3.74%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.80%) Scala
9 2 (1.87%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.93%) PHP
10 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.93%) Ruby
10 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (26.17%) Azure Certification
2 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (10.28%) SC Cleared
2 11 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.74%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (2.80%) Degree
5 2 (1.87%) CCNA
5 2 (1.87%) CCNP
5 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.87%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) GDPR
2 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.87%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 21 (19.63%) Docker
2 17 (15.89%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.48%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.93%) KVM
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.93%) vSphere
5 1 (0.93%) Xen
Systems Management
1 43 (40.19%) Terraform
2 29 (27.10%) Kubernetes
3 23 (21.50%) Ansible
4 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (5.61%) SCCM
6 5 (4.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (3.74%) Grafana
8 2 (1.87%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.87%) Puppet
9 1 (0.93%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.93%) SCOM
9 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (45.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.95%) Databricks
3 11 (10.28%) VMware
4 4 (3.74%) Cisco
5 3 (2.80%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.80%) Google
6 2 (1.87%) Cloudera
6 2 (1.87%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.87%) F5
6 2 (1.87%) HP
6 2 (1.87%) Meraki
6 2 (1.87%) Oracle
6 2 (1.87%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.87%) SAP
7 1 (0.93%) Aruba
7 1 (0.93%) Informatica
7 1 (0.93%) Okta
7 1 (0.93%) Pega
7 1 (0.93%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.93%) Veeam