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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 528 494 736
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.13% 25.70% 23.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.67% 51.62% 48.23%
Number of salaries quoted 398 392 623
10th Percentile £48,375 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,938 £95,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £106,400 £112,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £82,750 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.77% +6.90% +3.57%

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 1,209 957 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.07% 49.79% 49.35%
Number of salaries quoted 909 783 1,248
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £104,000 £117,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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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 16 July 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 28 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.08%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.14%) Anypoint
5 6 (1.14%) Mule
6 4 (0.76%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Confluence
8 2 (0.38%) Camunda
8 2 (0.38%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (2.08%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.76%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 114 (21.59%) AWS
2 81 (15.34%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (14.77%) GCP
4 75 (14.20%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (13.45%) Power Platform
6 59 (11.17%) Entra ID
7 33 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.68%) SaaS
9 26 (4.92%) PaaS
10 24 (4.55%) Serverless
11 22 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.79%) Azure AKS
12 20 (3.79%) GitHub
13 18 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 18 (3.41%) Power Automate
14 17 (3.22%) dbt
14 17 (3.22%) IaaS
15 14 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.14%) Firewall
2 24 (4.55%) DNS
3 21 (3.98%) Network Security
4 19 (3.60%) DHCP
5 18 (3.41%) VPN
6 14 (2.65%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.08%) WAN
9 10 (1.89%) LAN
10 8 (1.52%) BGP
10 8 (1.52%) OSPF
11 7 (1.33%) WLAN
12 6 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (1.14%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.14%) SSL
13 5 (0.95%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.95%) Wireless
14 4 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (0.76%) VLAN
15 3 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.52%) SQL Server
2 44 (8.33%) Power BI
3 25 (4.73%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.36%) BigQuery
5 20 (3.79%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (3.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.08%) Db2
10 10 (1.89%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.70%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.52%) Metabase
12 8 (1.52%) Tableau
13 7 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (1.14%) Looker
14 6 (1.14%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (6.44%) Git
2 14 (2.65%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.46%) JIRA
3 13 (2.46%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.08%) GitLab
4 11 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.70%) MLflow
6 4 (0.76%) Maven
6 4 (0.76%) TestRail
6 4 (0.76%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.57%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.57%) JUnit
7 3 (0.57%) Mockito
7 3 (0.57%) Spock
7 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.38%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.38%) Postman
8 2 (0.38%) Vite
9 1 (0.19%) Appium
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 149 (28.22%) Finance
2 99 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 42 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.17%) Law
5 18 (3.41%) Banking
6 14 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.08%) Legal
8 9 (1.70%) Front Office
8 9 (1.70%) Retail
9 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.57%) Advertising
11 3 (0.57%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.38%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Marketing
13 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (18.18%) Architect
2 94 (17.80%) Senior
3 87 (16.48%) Lead
4 65 (12.31%) Azure Engineer
5 48 (9.09%) Developer
6 37 (7.01%) Solutions Architect
7 36 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 34 (6.44%) Data Engineer
9 32 (6.06%) Analyst
10 31 (5.87%) Azure Architect
10 31 (5.87%) Platform Engineer
11 25 (4.73%) IT Architect
12 22 (4.17%) Consultant
13 21 (3.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 19 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
15 18 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (3.41%) IT Support
16 17 (3.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 17 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
16 17 (3.22%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.04%) .NET
2 21 (3.98%) React
3 20 (3.79%) Django
3 20 (3.79%) REST
4 18 (3.41%) OAuth
5 17 (3.22%) LangChain
6 14 (2.65%) Kafka
6 14 (2.65%) PySpark
7 13 (2.46%) PyTorch
8 12 (2.27%) OpenID
9 11 (2.08%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.89%) RESTful
11 9 (1.70%) Spring
11 9 (1.70%) Spring Boot
12 8 (1.52%) Blazor
12 8 (1.52%) LlamaIndex
12 8 (1.52%) YAML
13 7 (1.33%) Model Context Protocol
13 7 (1.33%) pgvector
13 7 (1.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.95%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (3.22%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.03%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.27%) AI Agents
10 11 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.52%) Clustering
12 8 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.33%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.14%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (13.83%) Windows
2 30 (5.68%) Linux
3 27 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.41%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.76%) Android
6 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.38%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.36%) DevOps
2 112 (21.21%) CI/CD
3 87 (16.48%) Agile
3 87 (16.48%) AI
4 82 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (14.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 58 (10.98%) Data Engineering
7 58 (10.98%) Microservices
8 55 (10.42%) Roadmaps
9 53 (10.04%) Analytics
10 49 (9.28%) Data Pipeline
11 47 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
12 45 (8.52%) Machine Learning
13 43 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (7.77%) Software Engineering
15 40 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
16 39 (7.39%) ITIL
17 38 (7.20%) Generative AI
18 37 (7.01%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 113 (21.40%) Python
1 113 (21.40%) SQL
2 58 (10.98%) C#
3 50 (9.47%) PowerShell
4 23 (4.36%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.98%) Java
6 13 (2.46%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.08%) PL/SQL
7 11 (2.08%) VB.NET
8 10 (1.89%) Bash
9 9 (1.70%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.33%) Bicep
10 7 (1.33%) C++
11 6 (1.14%) DataWeave
12 5 (0.95%) C
12 5 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.95%) Go
13 4 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.57%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (8.71%) Degree
2 28 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.11%) CISSP
4 23 (4.36%) Azure Certification
4 23 (4.36%) Security Cleared
5 18 (3.41%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.08%) CEH
8 10 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.14%) CISM
10 5 (0.95%) CCSP
10 5 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.95%) GIAC
10 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.76%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.76%) GPEN
11 4 (0.76%) GXPN
11 4 (0.76%) OSCP
11 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.79%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.41%) GDPR
3 17 (3.22%) NIST
3 17 (3.22%) QA
4 16 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.76%) COBIT
8 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) SLA
8 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.38%) NCSC
9 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.19%) PSD2
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 1
System Software
1 68 (12.88%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.73%) Docker
3 18 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.89%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) NLBS
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (14.77%) Terraform
2 67 (12.69%) Kubernetes
3 34 (6.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (4.73%) Ansible
5 23 (4.36%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (2.08%) SCCM
7 6 (1.14%) CloudHub
8 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.95%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.57%) Grafana
10 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) Cilium
11 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.19%) Kibana
11 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.19%) QRadar
11 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 177 (33.52%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.09%) Databricks
3 36 (6.82%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.87%) VMware
5 26 (4.92%) Google
6 18 (3.41%) Cisco
7 13 (2.46%) Guidewire
7 13 (2.46%) SAP
8 12 (2.27%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.89%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.70%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.52%) iManage
13 7 (1.33%) CyberArk
13 7 (1.33%) Dell
13 7 (1.33%) MuleSoft
14 6 (1.14%) Cloudera
14 6 (1.14%) Oracle
14 6 (1.14%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.14%) Workday