Azure Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 622 492 772
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.96% 25.59% 24.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.94% 51.52% 47.42%
Number of salaries quoted 471 398 673
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,350 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% +6.16% +4.29%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,271 955 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.56% 49.66% 51.62%
Number of salaries quoted 947 775 1,363
10th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,425 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,350 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +1.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 32 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.48%) Apache
5 3 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) Mule
7 1 (0.16%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.77%) PlantUML
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.16%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 126 (20.26%) AWS
2 102 (16.40%) Azure DevOps
3 96 (15.43%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (14.79%) GCP
5 75 (12.06%) Power Platform
6 65 (10.45%) Entra ID
7 36 (5.79%) PaaS
7 36 (5.79%) SaaS
8 34 (5.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 28 (4.50%) Serverless
10 23 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 23 (3.70%) GitHub
11 22 (3.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 21 (3.38%) dbt
13 20 (3.22%) Azure AKS
14 19 (3.05%) IaaS
15 16 (2.57%) Power Automate
16 15 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
16 15 (2.41%) OneDrive
17 14 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.32%) Firewall
2 29 (4.66%) VPN
3 27 (4.34%) DNS
4 22 (3.54%) DHCP
5 19 (3.05%) Network Security
6 15 (2.41%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.93%) WAN
8 11 (1.77%) LAN
9 8 (1.29%) WLAN
10 6 (0.96%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.96%) Wireless
11 5 (0.80%) BGP
11 5 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.80%) OSPF
12 3 (0.48%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.48%) WebEx
13 2 (0.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.36%) SQL Server
2 47 (7.56%) Power BI
3 35 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
4 31 (4.98%) BigQuery
5 30 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (3.86%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (3.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.77%) DB2
11 10 (1.61%) Spark SQL
12 9 (1.45%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.45%) Metabase
13 8 (1.29%) Tableau
14 7 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.13%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.96%) Looker
15 6 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
16 4 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (4.98%) Git
2 20 (3.22%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.09%) JIRA
4 9 (1.45%) GitLab
4 9 (1.45%) MLflow
4 9 (1.45%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.80%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.48%) TestRail
7 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.16%) Appium
9 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.16%) Mockito
9 1 (0.16%) Postman
9 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.16%) Spock
9 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 176 (28.30%) Finance
2 108 (17.36%) Social Skills
3 48 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.38%) Law
5 18 (2.89%) Banking
6 14 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.93%) Legal
8 10 (1.61%) Retail
9 9 (1.45%) Front Office
10 8 (1.29%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.80%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.48%) Advertising
13 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Billing
14 1 (0.16%) French Language
14 1 (0.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (17.85%) Senior
2 98 (15.76%) Architect
3 94 (15.11%) Lead
4 68 (10.93%) Azure Engineer
5 53 (8.52%) Developer
6 42 (6.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 41 (6.59%) Data Engineer
8 37 (5.95%) Analyst
9 35 (5.63%) Azure Architect
10 34 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (4.98%) Platform Engineer
12 30 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (4.66%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 27 (4.34%) Software Engineer
15 26 (4.18%) Support Engineer
16 22 (3.54%) Consultant
16 22 (3.54%) IT Architect
16 22 (3.54%) IT Support
17 21 (3.38%) Network Engineer
18 20 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (12.54%) .NET
2 27 (4.34%) Django
3 23 (3.70%) React
4 18 (2.89%) REST
5 16 (2.57%) Kafka
6 15 (2.41%) LangChain
6 15 (2.41%) PySpark
6 15 (2.41%) RESTful
7 13 (2.09%) OAuth
8 12 (1.93%) OpenID
8 12 (1.93%) PyTorch
9 11 (1.77%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.61%) Blazor
11 9 (1.45%) YAML
12 8 (1.29%) LlamaIndex
12 8 (1.29%) Model Context Protocol
12 8 (1.29%) SAML
13 7 (1.13%) CSS
13 7 (1.13%) HTML
13 7 (1.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.79%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (4.02%) Algorithms
6 17 (2.73%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.09%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.45%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.45%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.13%) Clustering
13 7 (1.13%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 87 (13.99%) Windows
2 30 (4.82%) Linux
2 30 (4.82%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.22%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.64%) Android
6 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.32%) Unix
8 2 (0.32%) VMS
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (31.83%) DevOps
2 116 (18.65%) CI/CD
3 109 (17.52%) AI
4 104 (16.72%) Agile
5 93 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (12.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 77 (12.38%) Mentoring
8 75 (12.06%) Analytics
9 72 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (10.77%) Microservices
11 60 (9.65%) Roadmaps
12 56 (9.00%) Data Engineering
13 55 (8.84%) ITIL
14 51 (8.20%) Data Pipeline
15 50 (8.04%) Software Engineering
16 48 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
17 47 (7.56%) Machine Learning
18 45 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
19 43 (6.91%) Computer Science
20 40 (6.43%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 146 (23.47%) Python
2 138 (22.19%) SQL
3 77 (12.38%) C#
4 61 (9.81%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.02%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.22%) Java
7 11 (1.77%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.77%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.77%) VB.NET
8 10 (1.61%) Bash
8 10 (1.61%) Bicep
9 7 (1.13%) C++
10 6 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.96%) Go
11 5 (0.80%) C
11 5 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.64%) Perl
13 3 (0.48%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.48%) Scala
13 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (9.97%) Degree
2 36 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (4.50%) CISSP
4 26 (4.18%) Azure Certification
5 17 (2.73%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.93%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.77%) CEH
9 9 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.13%) CISM
11 7 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.13%) GIAC
11 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.80%) GPEN
13 5 (0.80%) OSCP
14 4 (0.64%) CISA
14 4 (0.64%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (4.02%) GDPR
2 25 (4.02%) NIST
3 19 (3.05%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.09%) QA
5 8 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.80%) COBIT
6 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.80%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.48%) NCSC
7 3 (0.48%) SLA
8 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.32%) SOC 1
8 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.82%) Docker
3 20 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.09%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.16%) NLBS
8 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (12.38%) Terraform
2 65 (10.45%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (3.70%) Ansible
6 13 (2.09%) SCCM
7 11 (1.77%) Grafana
8 7 (1.13%) Kibana
9 5 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.80%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) Cilium
11 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.16%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.16%) QRadar
11 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 200 (32.15%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.68%) Databricks
3 38 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 35 (5.63%) VMware
5 33 (5.31%) Google
6 17 (2.73%) Cisco
7 13 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
7 13 (2.09%) CyberArk
8 12 (1.93%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.45%) Guidewire
9 9 (1.45%) iManage
9 9 (1.45%) SAP
10 8 (1.29%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.13%) Dell
11 7 (1.13%) Okta
12 6 (0.96%) Citrix
12 6 (0.96%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.96%) Oracle
12 6 (0.96%) Rapid7
12 6 (0.96%) Thales