Azure Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Azure
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 543 567 797
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 13.21% 25.95% 23.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.36% 51.36% 48.72%
Number of salaries quoted 409 456 679
10th Percentile £49,750 £43,295 £43,500
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Central London

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,282 1,104 1,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 31.18% 50.53% 48.22%
Number of salaries quoted 967 897 1,322
10th Percentile £43,400 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £106,250
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +3.33%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Azure job vacancy trend in Central London

Azure
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Central London over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Central London

Azure
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 July 2026. 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
City of London 0 519 £82,500 +6.45% 135
West End of London +5 3 £71,000 -30.73% 5
Southwark 0 2 £34,000 -55.41%
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £130,000 -
Azure
London

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.58%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.29%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.29%) Mule
6 4 (0.74%) Apache
7 3 (0.55%) Confluence
8 2 (0.37%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) CICS
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.03%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.73%) AWS
2 84 (15.47%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (14.92%) GCP
4 74 (13.63%) Power Platform
5 72 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (12.71%) Entra ID
7 34 (6.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.52%) SaaS
9 28 (5.16%) PaaS
10 25 (4.60%) Serverless
11 22 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.68%) GitHub
13 19 (3.50%) Azure AKS
14 18 (3.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (3.31%) Power Automate
15 17 (3.13%) IaaS
16 16 (2.95%) dbt
17 14 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (2.39%) OneDrive
18 13 (2.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (8.47%) Firewall
2 26 (4.79%) DNS
3 21 (3.87%) DHCP
3 21 (3.87%) Network Security
3 21 (3.87%) VPN
4 16 (2.95%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.21%) WAN
5 12 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.84%) LAN
7 8 (1.47%) BGP
7 8 (1.47%) OSPF
8 7 (1.29%) Kerberos
8 7 (1.29%) SSL
8 7 (1.29%) WLAN
9 6 (1.10%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (1.10%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.10%) Wireless
10 5 (0.92%) VLAN
11 4 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 44 (8.10%) Power BI
3 25 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.24%) BigQuery
5 21 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (3.68%) Data Lake
7 17 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (2.21%) Db2
10 11 (2.03%) Spark SQL
11 10 (1.84%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.66%) Tableau
13 7 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.29%) Metabase
13 7 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (1.10%) Looker
14 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
15 4 (0.74%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (6.45%) Git
2 14 (2.58%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.39%) JIRA
4 12 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.21%) Visual Studio
5 11 (2.03%) GitLab
6 10 (1.84%) MLflow
7 4 (0.74%) Maven
7 4 (0.74%) TestRail
7 4 (0.74%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.55%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.55%) JUnit
8 3 (0.55%) Mockito
8 3 (0.55%) Spock
8 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.37%) Vite
10 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.18%) Postman
10 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 156 (28.73%) Finance
2 97 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 41 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.24%) Law
5 19 (3.50%) Banking
6 15 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.39%) Legal
8 10 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.66%) Front Office
9 9 (1.66%) Retail
10 5 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.55%) Advertising
12 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.55%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Marketing
13 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 97 (17.86%) Architect
1 97 (17.86%) Senior
2 88 (16.21%) Lead
3 71 (13.08%) Azure Engineer
4 54 (9.94%) Developer
5 38 (7.00%) Solutions Architect
6 37 (6.81%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (6.63%) Data Engineer
8 32 (5.89%) Azure Architect
9 31 (5.71%) Analyst
9 31 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.42%) IT Architect
11 22 (4.05%) Consultant
12 21 (3.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 20 (3.68%) IT Support
14 18 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.31%) Support Engineer
15 17 (3.13%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 17 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
16 16 (2.95%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.50%) .NET
2 24 (4.42%) React
3 20 (3.68%) Django
4 19 (3.50%) OAuth
4 19 (3.50%) REST
5 18 (3.31%) LangChain
6 16 (2.95%) Kafka
6 16 (2.95%) PySpark
7 13 (2.39%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.03%) OpenID
8 11 (2.03%) RESTful
8 11 (2.03%) TensorFlow
9 9 (1.66%) LlamaIndex
9 9 (1.66%) OAuth2
9 9 (1.66%) Spring
9 9 (1.66%) Spring Boot
10 8 (1.47%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.47%) Blazor
10 8 (1.47%) JWT
10 8 (1.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.10%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.05%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.68%) Data Centre
7 17 (3.13%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.95%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.21%) AI Agents
10 11 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.47%) Clustering
13 8 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.29%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
15 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
16 5 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
16 5 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 79 (14.55%) Windows
2 37 (6.81%) Linux
3 29 (5.34%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.74%) Android
7 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.55%) Unix
7 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.37%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (29.47%) DevOps
2 115 (21.18%) CI/CD
3 89 (16.39%) Agile
4 87 (16.02%) AI
5 82 (15.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (14.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 66 (12.15%) Mentoring
8 63 (11.60%) Data Engineering
9 58 (10.68%) Microservices
9 58 (10.68%) Roadmaps
10 52 (9.58%) Analytics
11 50 (9.21%) Data Pipeline
12 47 (8.66%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (8.66%) Machine Learning
13 44 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
14 43 (7.92%) Software Engineering
15 42 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
16 39 (7.18%) Generative AI
17 38 (7.00%) ITIL
18 37 (6.81%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 114 (20.99%) Python
2 112 (20.63%) SQL
3 61 (11.23%) C#
4 56 (10.31%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.60%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.24%) Java
7 14 (2.58%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.03%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.03%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.66%) Bash
9 9 (1.66%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.29%) Bicep
10 7 (1.29%) C++
10 7 (1.29%) DataWeave
11 5 (0.92%) C
11 5 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.92%) Go
12 4 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.74%) R
12 4 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 46 (8.47%) Degree
2 29 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (4.79%) CISSP
3 26 (4.79%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.42%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.87%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.03%) CEH
8 9 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.10%) CISM
10 5 (0.92%) CCSP
10 5 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.92%) GIAC
11 4 (0.74%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.74%) GPEN
11 4 (0.74%) GXPN
11 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.74%) OSCE
11 4 (0.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.87%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.31%) GDPR
3 17 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.13%) QA
4 16 (2.95%) NIST
5 7 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.55%) COBIT
7 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.55%) SLA
7 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.37%) PMO
8 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 78 (14.36%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.97%) Docker
3 26 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.84%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.18%) Firmware
7 1 (0.18%) NLBS
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (15.84%) Terraform
2 75 (13.81%) Kubernetes
3 44 (8.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (4.79%) Ansible
5 22 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.21%) SCCM
7 7 (1.29%) CloudHub
8 6 (1.10%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.74%) Grafana
11 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.18%) Argo
12 1 (0.18%) Cilium
12 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.18%) Kibana
12 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 186 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.76%) Databricks
3 40 (7.37%) VMware
4 36 (6.63%) ServiceNow
5 28 (5.16%) Google
6 19 (3.50%) Cisco
7 14 (2.58%) SAP
8 13 (2.39%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.21%) OpenAI
10 11 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (2.03%) Palo Alto
11 10 (1.84%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.66%) iManage
13 8 (1.47%) Citrix
13 8 (1.47%) Dell
13 8 (1.47%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.29%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.29%) Oracle
15 6 (1.10%) Okta
15 6 (1.10%) Workday