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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 580 575 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 18.54% 26.55% 24.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.36% 52.66% 47.44%
Number of salaries quoted 453 467 692
10th Percentile £46,500 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +0.67% -0.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £104,500 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - +3.45%

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 1,087 1,092 1,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 34.75% 50.42% 51.87%
Number of salaries quoted 832 845 1,428
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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

Azure
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

Azure
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 March 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 45 (7.76%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.52%) IIS
6 2 (0.34%) Confluence
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.69%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (20.34%) Azure DevOps
2 117 (20.17%) AWS
3 114 (19.66%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (18.45%) Power Platform
5 79 (13.62%) GCP
6 52 (8.97%) Entra ID
7 38 (6.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (6.03%) Power Automate
9 28 (4.83%) PowerApps
10 27 (4.66%) SaaS
11 26 (4.48%) PaaS
12 24 (4.14%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (3.79%) dbt
14 21 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (3.45%) GitHub
15 20 (3.45%) Serverless
16 19 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
17 17 (2.93%) Mimecast
18 16 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 14 (2.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 50 (8.62%) Firewall
2 29 (5.00%) VPN
3 23 (3.97%) DHCP
3 23 (3.97%) DNS
4 17 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (2.41%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.07%) WAN
7 11 (1.90%) LAN
8 9 (1.55%) Network Security
8 9 (1.55%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.86%) NetScaler
9 5 (0.86%) WebEx
9 5 (0.86%) Wireless
10 4 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.69%) VoIP
10 4 (0.69%) WLAN
11 3 (0.52%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.34%) Broadband
12 2 (0.34%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.62%) Power BI
2 65 (11.21%) SQL Server
3 46 (7.93%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (4.48%) Elasticsearch
6 25 (4.31%) BigQuery
7 22 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (3.79%) Data Lake
8 13 (2.24%) Metabase
9 11 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.72%) DB2
11 9 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.21%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.03%) Tableau
14 5 (0.86%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.86%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.69%) Big Data
15 4 (0.69%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.69%) Power Query
15 4 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (5.69%) Git
2 23 (3.97%) Visual Studio
3 18 (3.10%) Eclipse
4 15 (2.59%) JIRA
5 13 (2.24%) Octopus Deploy
6 12 (2.07%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.86%) MLflow
8 4 (0.69%) Balsamiq
9 3 (0.52%) GitLab
9 3 (0.52%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.34%) ERwin
10 2 (0.34%) Postman
10 2 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.34%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.34%) TestRail
10 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.34%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.17%) NUnit
General
1 181 (31.21%) Finance
2 123 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 43 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (4.31%) Law
5 25 (4.31%) Legal
6 22 (3.79%) Banking
7 14 (2.41%) Retail
8 10 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.38%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.03%) Advertising
12 6 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.86%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.69%) Front Office
14 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.34%) Retail Banking
16 1 (0.17%) International Banking
16 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 98 (16.90%) Senior
2 83 (14.31%) Lead
3 59 (10.17%) Architect
4 54 (9.31%) Developer
5 49 (8.45%) Data Engineer
6 47 (8.10%) Analyst
7 43 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 37 (6.38%) Support Engineer
9 36 (6.21%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (4.66%) IT Analyst
10 27 (4.66%) IT Support
10 27 (4.66%) Software Engineer
11 26 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (3.28%) Network Engineer
13 18 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.10%) Support Analyst
14 17 (2.93%) Applications Support
14 17 (2.93%) IT Engineer
14 17 (2.93%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (11.90%) .NET
2 24 (4.14%) Django
3 21 (3.62%) REST
4 20 (3.45%) React
5 15 (2.59%) RESTful
6 13 (2.24%) Kafka
7 12 (2.07%) YAML
8 10 (1.72%) CSS
8 10 (1.72%) LangChain
8 10 (1.72%) OAuth
9 9 (1.55%) .NET Core
9 9 (1.55%) HTML
9 9 (1.55%) Node.js
9 9 (1.55%) PySpark
9 9 (1.55%) PyTorch
9 9 (1.55%) SOAP
9 9 (1.55%) Web Services
10 7 (1.21%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.21%) WPF
11 6 (1.03%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.69%) Data Structures
2 31 (5.34%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 26 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (3.62%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.10%) Reinsurance
7 17 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.93%) Virtual Team
8 16 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (2.41%) Security Posture
10 13 (2.24%) Legacy Applications
11 12 (2.07%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.90%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.90%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.03%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.86%) Private Cloud
15 4 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 91 (15.69%) Windows
2 29 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 26 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.41%) Linux
5 8 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.86%) Unix
6 5 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.69%) VMS
8 3 (0.52%) Android
9 1 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (31.72%) DevOps
2 118 (20.34%) Agile
2 118 (20.34%) AI
3 115 (19.83%) CI/CD
4 101 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (13.79%) Mentoring
7 78 (13.45%) Analytics
8 66 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
8 66 (11.38%) ITIL
9 59 (10.17%) Data Pipeline
10 56 (9.66%) Microservices
11 53 (9.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 52 (8.97%) Software Engineering
13 47 (8.10%) Computer Science
14 46 (7.93%) ETL
15 45 (7.76%) Data Modelling
16 44 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
17 42 (7.24%) Migration
18 41 (7.07%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 158 (27.24%) SQL
2 151 (26.03%) Python
3 74 (12.76%) PowerShell
4 62 (10.69%) C#
5 27 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.41%) Java
7 13 (2.24%) Bicep
8 12 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.90%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.72%) Bash
10 10 (1.72%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.72%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.69%) Go
12 4 (0.69%) Rust
13 3 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.52%) R
14 2 (0.34%) C++
14 2 (0.34%) Scala
14 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (10.52%) Degree
2 41 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.66%) CISSP
4 25 (4.31%) Azure Certification
5 17 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.59%) Security Cleared
7 14 (2.41%) SC Cleared
8 13 (2.24%) CISM
9 9 (1.55%) CEH
10 8 (1.38%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.86%) GIAC
14 4 (0.69%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.69%) CISA
14 4 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (5.34%) GDPR
3 30 (5.17%) NIST
4 15 (2.59%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.90%) QA
6 6 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.86%) NCSC
8 4 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.69%) COBIT
8 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.34%) SLA
10 2 (0.34%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 35 (6.03%) Docker
3 15 (2.59%) Hyper-V
3 15 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.34%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) NLBS
7 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (10.00%) Terraform
2 46 (7.93%) Kubernetes
3 45 (7.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (3.45%) SCCM
5 16 (2.76%) Ansible
6 13 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (2.07%) Grafana
8 7 (1.21%) Kibana
9 5 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.69%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.17%) Ambari
12 1 (0.17%) Argo
12 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.17%) Puppet
12 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
12 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 220 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.14%) Databricks
3 44 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.52%) Google
5 24 (4.14%) VMware
6 17 (2.93%) Cisco
7 16 (2.76%) CyberArk
8 14 (2.41%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.72%) iManage
11 9 (1.55%) Citrix
12 8 (1.38%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.38%) Oracle
12 8 (1.38%) Sophos
13 7 (1.21%) Guidewire
13 7 (1.21%) Meraki
13 7 (1.21%) SAP
14 6 (1.03%) Commvault
14 6 (1.03%) Rapid7
15 5 (0.86%) Thales