Azure Platform Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK > Work from Home

The median Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary for remote or hybrid work is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 557 654
Rank change year-on-year +154 +97 +165
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Platform Engineer 10 32 17
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.067% 0.095% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.099% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 10
10th Percentile £64,750 £55,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £61,288 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £92,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% +42.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £82,500
90th Percentile - £110,000 £96,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +30.77% -7.14%

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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Azure Platform Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Azure Platform Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Azure Platform Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Azure Platform Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Azure Platform 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 Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) Docker
2 8 (80.00%) DevOps
2 8 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (80.00%) Python
3 7 (70.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (60.00%) Bicep
4 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
5 5 (50.00%) Azure AKS
5 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (40.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
6 4 (40.00%) SQL
6 4 (40.00%) Migration
6 4 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (30.00%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (30.00%) Databricks
7 3 (30.00%) Data Development
7 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (30.00%) Data Security
7 3 (30.00%) Data Architecture
7 3 (30.00%) Kafka
7 3 (30.00%) Data Analytics
7 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning

Azure Platform 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 3 (30.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Azure AKS
3 4 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) GitHub
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (10.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (10.00%) MariaDB
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (10.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (10.00%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (10.00%) TeamCity
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Kafka
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) ADO
2 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (10.00%) Node.js
2 1 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) DevOps
3 7 (70.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (40.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (40.00%) Migration
7 3 (30.00%) Analytics
7 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (30.00%) Data Analytics
7 3 (30.00%) Data Architecture
7 3 (30.00%) Data Development
7 3 (30.00%) Data Security
7 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
7 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) Bicep
3 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
5 2 (20.00%) Bash
6 1 (10.00%) C#
6 1 (10.00%) Ruby
6 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (30.00%) Terraform
3 2 (20.00%) Ansible
4 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (10.00%) Progress Chef
4 1 (10.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Databricks