Azure Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in Scotland is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 197 230
Rank change year-on-year -51 +33 -70
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 36 25 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.54% 0.55% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.61% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 15
10th Percentile £40,475 £46,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,188 £52,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £74,375 £75,107 £64,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,422 £78,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,508 4,108 5,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.89% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 2,223 3,003
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,414 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in Scotland

Azure Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Azure Engineer in Scotland

Azure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Engineer in Scotland

Azure Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -97 24 £75,000 +36.36%
Edinburgh +29 10 £65,000 -6.40% 3
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Azure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 across the Scotland region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (63.89%) Agile
3 20 (55.56%) Terraform
4 19 (52.78%) Public Cloud
4 19 (52.78%) SDLC
4 19 (52.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (52.78%) Finance
5 18 (50.00%) Law
5 18 (50.00%) Java
5 18 (50.00%) AWS
5 18 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 18 (50.00%) Operational Stability
5 18 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (50.00%) GCP
5 18 (50.00%) API Development
6 12 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
6 12 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (33.33%) Tech Ops
6 12 (33.33%) Marketing
6 12 (33.33%) Machine Learning
6 12 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (25.00%) DevOps
8 8 (22.22%) SQL
8 8 (22.22%) Kubernetes
9 7 (19.44%) CI/CD
9 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
10 6 (16.67%) Programme Management
10 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (16.67%) PaaS

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 36 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (50.00%) AWS
2 18 (50.00%) GCP
3 6 (16.67%) ChatGPT
3 6 (16.67%) PaaS
4 4 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (11.11%) IaaS
4 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 4 (11.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.78%) Azure App Service
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Firewall
1 1 (2.78%) NetScaler
1 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Big Data
2 4 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (11.11%) Power BI
2 4 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 19 (52.78%) Finance
2 18 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 18 (50.00%) Law
3 12 (33.33%) Marketing
4 4 (11.11%) Games
5 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) PySpark
2 1 (2.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (52.78%) Public Cloud
2 4 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (63.89%) Agile
2 19 (52.78%) Infrastructure as Code
2 19 (52.78%) SDLC
3 18 (50.00%) API Development
3 18 (50.00%) Operational Stability
3 18 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 12 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
4 12 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 12 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 12 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (33.33%) Tech Ops
5 9 (25.00%) DevOps
6 7 (19.44%) CI/CD
7 6 (16.67%) Community of Practice
7 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (16.67%) Programme Management
7 6 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (11.11%) Data Migration
8 4 (11.11%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 18 (50.00%) Java
2 8 (22.22%) SQL
3 4 (11.11%) Python
4 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.78%) Bicep
5 1 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.78%) MCSE
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (55.56%) Terraform
2 8 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Databricks
3 1 (2.78%) Citrix
3 1 (2.78%) Meraki
3 1 (2.78%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (2.78%) Veeam
3 1 (2.78%) VMware