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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 544 665 736
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.38% 26.55% 23.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.70% 51.08% 47.12%
Number of salaries quoted 436 502 693
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +2.04% -2.00%

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 1,013 1,302 1,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.09% 51.98% 50.11%
Number of salaries quoted 798 907 1,428
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,225 £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 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

Azure
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 42 (7.72%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.55%) IIS
6 2 (0.37%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.37%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 120 (22.06%) Azure DevOps
2 108 (19.85%) Power Platform
3 107 (19.67%) AWS
4 102 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (13.05%) GCP
6 45 (8.27%) Entra ID
7 42 (7.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 39 (7.17%) Power Automate
9 34 (6.25%) PowerApps
10 30 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (4.60%) SaaS
13 24 (4.41%) PaaS
14 21 (3.86%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (3.68%) GitHub
15 20 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
16 18 (3.31%) Serverless
17 17 (3.13%) dbt
18 15 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 13 (2.39%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 46 (8.46%) Firewall
2 31 (5.70%) VPN
3 27 (4.96%) DNS
4 25 (4.60%) DHCP
5 19 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (2.57%) WAN
7 13 (2.39%) LAN
8 12 (2.21%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.47%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.29%) Network Security
11 5 (0.92%) NetScaler
11 5 (0.92%) VoIP
11 5 (0.92%) WebEx
12 4 (0.74%) Wireless
13 3 (0.55%) BGP
13 3 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (0.55%) OSPF
13 3 (0.55%) VSAN
13 3 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (14.89%) Power BI
2 59 (10.85%) SQL Server
3 44 (8.09%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (4.60%) Data Lake
4 25 (4.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (3.49%) BigQuery
6 19 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.84%) Metabase
8 8 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.29%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.10%) DB2
11 5 (0.92%) Metadata
12 4 (0.74%) Big Data
12 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.74%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.74%) Power Query
12 4 (0.74%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (6.43%) Git
2 23 (4.23%) Visual Studio
3 15 (2.76%) Eclipse
4 13 (2.39%) Octopus Deploy
5 12 (2.21%) JIRA
5 12 (2.21%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.74%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.55%) GitLab
7 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.55%) MLflow
8 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.37%) ERwin
8 2 (0.37%) Postman
8 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.37%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.18%) NUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 172 (31.62%) Finance
2 125 (22.98%) Social Skills
3 44 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.88%) Law
4 32 (5.88%) Legal
5 21 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.13%) Banking
7 14 (2.57%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.57%) Retail
8 13 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.10%) Advertising
10 6 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.55%) Front Office
12 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.37%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.18%) International Banking
14 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 94 (17.28%) Senior
2 80 (14.71%) Lead
3 58 (10.66%) Developer
4 52 (9.56%) Data Engineer
5 51 (9.38%) Architect
6 42 (7.72%) DevOps Engineer
7 38 (6.99%) Analyst
8 34 (6.25%) Support Engineer
9 26 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (4.78%) Software Engineer
10 21 (3.86%) IT Analyst
10 21 (3.86%) IT Support
10 21 (3.86%) Senior Data Engineer
11 20 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.49%) Network Engineer
13 17 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.94%) Azure Architect
15 15 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
15 15 (2.76%) Senior Developer
16 14 (2.57%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (12.13%) .NET
2 20 (3.68%) Django
3 19 (3.49%) React
3 19 (3.49%) REST
4 13 (2.39%) Web Services
5 12 (2.21%) RESTful
5 12 (2.21%) SOAP
6 10 (1.84%) .NET Core
6 10 (1.84%) CSS
6 10 (1.84%) HTML
6 10 (1.84%) YAML
7 9 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (1.65%) Kafka
7 9 (1.65%) Node.js
7 9 (1.65%) WPF
8 8 (1.47%) OAuth
9 7 (1.29%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.29%) LangChain
9 7 (1.29%) PySpark
9 7 (1.29%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.51%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.15%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.31%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.31%) Reinsurance
5 18 (3.31%) Virtual Team
6 17 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.21%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.29%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.29%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 81 (14.89%) Windows
2 27 (4.96%) Windows 10
3 20 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.39%) Linux
5 8 (1.47%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.10%) Unix
8 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.55%) Android
9 3 (0.55%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (33.09%) DevOps
2 122 (22.43%) Agile
3 120 (22.06%) AI
3 120 (22.06%) CI/CD
4 100 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 74 (13.60%) Analytics
7 70 (12.87%) Mentoring
8 68 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 60 (11.03%) ITIL
10 59 (10.85%) Data Pipeline
11 51 (9.38%) Software Engineering
12 50 (9.19%) Microservices
13 49 (9.01%) Computer Science
13 49 (9.01%) Infrastructure as Code
14 47 (8.64%) ETL
15 46 (8.46%) Data Modelling
15 46 (8.46%) Migration
16 41 (7.54%) Machine Learning
17 39 (7.17%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 148 (27.21%) SQL
2 147 (27.02%) Python
3 68 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 60 (11.03%) C#
5 29 (5.33%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.76%) Java
7 13 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.21%) Bicep
8 12 (2.21%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.84%) Bash
10 9 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.10%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.10%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.74%) Go
12 4 (0.74%) Rust
13 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.55%) R
14 2 (0.37%) C++
14 2 (0.37%) Scala
14 2 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (12.32%) Degree
2 41 (7.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (4.23%) CISSP
3 23 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (3.68%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.13%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.94%) CISM
8 8 (1.47%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.47%) CEH
8 8 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 5 (0.92%) GIAC
12 4 (0.74%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.74%) CISA
12 4 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.55%) CCNA
13 3 (0.55%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (5.51%) GDPR
3 29 (5.33%) NIST
4 13 (2.39%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.65%) QA
6 6 (1.10%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.92%) NCSC
8 4 (0.74%) COBIT
9 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.55%) SLA
10 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 63 (11.58%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.25%) Docker
3 15 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.21%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.74%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.55%) vSphere
8 2 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.37%) XenApp
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) NLBS
9 1 (0.18%) vCloud
9 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (10.11%) Terraform
2 44 (8.09%) Kubernetes
3 41 (7.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (3.31%) SCCM
5 15 (2.76%) Ansible
6 13 (2.39%) Grafana
6 13 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.29%) Kibana
8 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.37%) Puppet
11 1 (0.18%) Ambari
11 1 (0.18%) Argo
11 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 214 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 57 (10.48%) Databricks
3 38 (6.99%) ServiceNow
4 28 (5.15%) Google
5 20 (3.68%) VMware
6 17 (3.13%) Cisco
7 13 (2.39%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.21%) CyberArk
9 11 (2.02%) Citrix
10 9 (1.65%) Meraki
11 8 (1.47%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.47%) Oracle
12 7 (1.29%) iManage
13 6 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (1.10%) SAP
14 5 (0.92%) Commvault
14 5 (0.92%) Sophos
15 4 (0.74%) Apple
15 4 (0.74%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.74%) F5