Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 327 392
Rank change year-on-year -18 +65 -169
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 815 1,056 1,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.04% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.14% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 576 883 1,172
10th Percentile £41,750 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 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
England -2 711 £65,000 -7.14% 134
UK excluding London +3 491 £60,000 -7.69% 75
Work from Home -72 290 £65,000 -6.40% 89
London -22 254 £72,500 -6.45% 64
North of England +44 158 £60,000 -13.19% 20
Midlands +53 141 £55,000 - 15
North West +76 115 £57,500 -14.46% 15
East Midlands +63 93 £53,500 -0.47% 5
South East -51 93 £60,000 -11.11% 18
West Midlands -3 48 £57,500 +4.55% 10
Scotland -51 38 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Yorkshire +19 35 £70,576 +1.62% 5
South West -33 30 £61,250 +2.08% 12
East of England +19 20 £61,250 +11.36% 4
Wales +3 10 £50,685 +12.63% 5
North East -5 10 £75,000 +36.36%
Northern Ireland +20 3 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 815 (100.00%) Azure
2 330 (40.49%) DevOps
3 301 (36.93%) SQL
4 276 (33.87%) Microsoft
5 274 (33.62%) Agile
6 249 (30.55%) Windows
7 244 (29.94%) Terraform
8 218 (26.75%) CI/CD
9 210 (25.77%) Azure DevOps
10 192 (23.56%) Kubernetes
11 191 (23.44%) Linux
12 185 (22.70%) PowerShell
13 181 (22.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 178 (21.84%) Python
15 166 (20.37%) C#
16 163 (20.00%) .NET
17 161 (19.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 153 (18.77%) Mentoring
19 151 (18.53%) Finance
20 142 (17.42%) Artificial Intelligence
21 136 (16.69%) JavaScript
22 133 (16.32%) PostgreSQL
23 130 (15.95%) Public Sector
24 129 (15.83%) Hybrid Cloud
25 128 (15.71%) Design Patterns
26 127 (15.58%) Social Skills
27 126 (15.46%) MongoDB
28 125 (15.34%) React
29 120 (14.72%) Coaching
29 120 (14.72%) Algorithms

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 33 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.58%) IIS
4 7 (0.86%) WordPress
5 6 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.74%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
6 4 (0.49%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.37%) Confluence
7 3 (0.37%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.25%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 815 (100.00%) Azure
2 210 (25.77%) Azure DevOps
3 120 (14.72%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (13.62%) IBM Cloud
5 95 (11.66%) PaaS
6 92 (11.29%) Entra ID
7 83 (10.18%) Power Platform
8 79 (9.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 76 (9.33%) SaaS
10 73 (8.96%) IaaS
11 71 (8.71%) AWS
12 64 (7.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 61 (7.48%) Azure AKS
14 48 (5.89%) GitHub
15 39 (4.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 34 (4.17%) GCP
17 30 (3.68%) Serverless
18 27 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
19 24 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
20 21 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 95 (11.66%) Firewall
2 64 (7.85%) DNS
3 46 (5.64%) VPN
4 42 (5.15%) Network Security
5 29 (3.56%) WAN
6 20 (2.45%) LAN
6 20 (2.45%) TCP/IP
7 18 (2.21%) DHCP
8 12 (1.47%) SAN
8 12 (1.47%) Wireless
9 9 (1.10%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.10%) VLAN
10 8 (0.98%) NAS
10 8 (0.98%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.98%) VoIP
11 7 (0.86%) Fibre Channel
11 7 (0.86%) IPv4
11 7 (0.86%) iSCSI
11 7 (0.86%) WLAN
12 6 (0.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (16.32%) PostgreSQL
2 126 (15.46%) MongoDB
3 118 (14.48%) NoSQL
4 110 (13.50%) DB2
5 77 (9.45%) Data Warehouse
6 76 (9.33%) Data Lake
6 76 (9.33%) SQL Server
7 75 (9.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 74 (9.08%) Power BI
9 22 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (2.33%) Big Data
11 17 (2.09%) MySQL
11 17 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 16 (1.96%) Metadata
12 16 (1.96%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 16 (1.96%) Relational Database
13 14 (1.72%) Delta Lake
13 14 (1.72%) Redis
14 13 (1.60%) InfluxDB
15 11 (1.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 55 (6.75%) Git
2 45 (5.52%) Jenkins
3 28 (3.44%) GitLab
4 13 (1.60%) TeamCity
5 12 (1.47%) SonarQube
6 11 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (1.23%) MLflow
7 10 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.98%) JIRA
8 8 (0.98%) MSBuild
9 7 (0.86%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.49%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.49%) git-flow
10 4 (0.49%) Subversion
10 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.25%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.25%) Maven
12 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (19.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 151 (18.53%) Finance
3 130 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 127 (15.58%) Social Skills
5 37 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (4.42%) Law
7 26 (3.19%) Marketing
8 22 (2.70%) Legal
9 20 (2.45%) Retail
10 18 (2.21%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.72%) Banking
13 13 (1.60%) Electronics
14 10 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.10%) Games
15 9 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.49%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (20.00%) .NET
2 125 (15.34%) React
3 117 (14.36%) AngularJS
3 117 (14.36%) ASP.NET
4 115 (14.11%) REST
5 113 (13.87%) ASP.NET Core
5 113 (13.87%) Web Services
6 112 (13.74%) CSS
6 112 (13.74%) HTML
7 110 (13.50%) Backbone.js
7 110 (13.50%) Ember.js
7 110 (13.50%) jQuery
7 110 (13.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 110 (13.50%) Vue
8 39 (4.79%) PySpark
9 30 (3.68%) YAML
10 28 (3.44%) JSON
11 25 (3.07%) ARM Templates
12 20 (2.45%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 129 (15.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 120 (14.72%) Algorithms
3 119 (14.60%) Data Structures
4 111 (13.62%) Blockchain
5 110 (13.50%) e-Learning
6 44 (5.40%) Public Cloud
7 35 (4.29%) Linux Command Line
8 32 (3.93%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (2.09%) Data Centre
10 17 (2.09%) Product Ownership
11 16 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.84%) Private Cloud
13 12 (1.47%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.10%) Client/Server
14 9 (1.10%) NHS
14 9 (1.10%) PKI
14 9 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 249 (30.55%) Windows
2 191 (23.44%) Linux
3 112 (13.74%) Android
3 112 (13.74%) Apple iOS
4 81 (9.94%) Windows Server
5 25 (3.07%) VMS
6 17 (2.09%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (1.10%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.25%) CentOS
12 2 (0.25%) Unix
12 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (40.49%) DevOps
2 274 (33.62%) Agile
3 218 (26.75%) CI/CD
4 181 (22.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 153 (18.77%) Mentoring
6 142 (17.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 128 (15.71%) Design Patterns
8 120 (14.72%) Coaching
9 117 (14.36%) OOP
10 115 (14.11%) Full Stack Development
10 115 (14.11%) OO
10 115 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
11 112 (13.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 112 (13.74%) MVC
11 112 (13.74%) SOLID
12 111 (13.62%) Code Quality
12 111 (13.62%) Design Thinking
13 110 (13.50%) Co-Creation
13 110 (13.50%) User Experience
13 110 (13.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 301 (36.93%) SQL
2 185 (22.70%) PowerShell
3 178 (21.84%) Python
4 166 (20.37%) C#
5 136 (16.69%) JavaScript
6 65 (7.98%) Bash
7 60 (7.36%) Java
8 28 (3.44%) Bicep
9 24 (2.94%) T-SQL
10 21 (2.58%) Go
11 20 (2.45%) Ruby
12 11 (1.35%) Perl
13 9 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (1.10%) TypeScript
14 8 (0.98%) U-SQL
15 7 (0.86%) Groovy
15 7 (0.86%) PHP
16 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (9.82%) Azure Certification
2 46 (5.64%) Degree
3 34 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (2.58%) Security Cleared
5 12 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.35%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.86%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.25%) CISSP
10 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.25%) MCSE
10 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.12%) CCNA
11 1 (0.12%) CEH
11 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 13 (1.60%) QA
3 9 (1.10%) GDPR
3 9 (1.10%) SLA
4 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.37%) NIST
7 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 118 (14.48%) Docker
2 108 (13.25%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.96%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.86%) vSphere
8 5 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.37%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.25%) NFS
10 2 (0.25%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.25%) XenApp
11 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 244 (29.94%) Terraform
2 192 (23.56%) Kubernetes
3 70 (8.59%) Ansible
4 38 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (4.29%) Grafana
5 35 (4.29%) Prometheus
6 34 (4.17%) Puppet
7 26 (3.19%) Progress Chef
8 18 (2.21%) SCCM
9 11 (1.35%) Salt
9 11 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.74%) Istio
12 5 (0.61%) Pingdom
13 4 (0.49%) CASB
13 4 (0.49%) WSUS
14 3 (0.37%) Packer
15 2 (0.25%) Nessus
15 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 276 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 111 (13.62%) IBM
3 110 (13.50%) Red Hat
4 78 (9.57%) Databricks
5 40 (4.91%) VMware
6 24 (2.94%) Cisco
7 21 (2.58%) SolarWinds
8 19 (2.33%) SAP
9 16 (1.96%) Meraki
10 14 (1.72%) Veeam
11 13 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.60%) Zscaler
12 11 (1.35%) New Relic
13 9 (1.10%) Oracle
13 9 (1.10%) Remedy
14 8 (0.98%) Citrix
15 7 (0.86%) ProCurve
15 7 (0.86%) SaltStack
15 7 (0.86%) Synology
15 7 (0.86%) Zerto