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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 593 502 790
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.00% 25.86% 24.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.66% 51.65% 48.53%
Number of salaries quoted 437 396 672
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,545 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,563 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,500 £119,375 £109,750
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% +7.14%

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 1,271 972 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.00% 50.08% 50.81%
Number of salaries quoted 943 776 1,336
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +2.21%

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 11 June 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 31 (5.23%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.51%) Apache
5 3 (0.51%) Confluence
6 2 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.85%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.67%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 121 (20.40%) AWS
2 98 (16.53%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (14.84%) GCP
4 87 (14.67%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (11.80%) Power Platform
6 60 (10.12%) Entra ID
7 33 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (5.56%) PaaS
7 33 (5.56%) SaaS
8 30 (5.06%) Serverless
9 24 (4.05%) GitHub
10 21 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (3.37%) Azure AKS
12 19 (3.20%) IaaS
13 18 (3.04%) dbt
14 17 (2.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (2.87%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
15 13 (2.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.11%) Firewall
2 25 (4.22%) DNS
2 25 (4.22%) VPN
3 21 (3.54%) Network Security
4 20 (3.37%) DHCP
5 14 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (2.02%) WAN
8 11 (1.85%) LAN
9 8 (1.35%) WLAN
10 7 (1.18%) BGP
10 7 (1.18%) OSPF
11 6 (1.01%) Kerberos
11 6 (1.01%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.01%) Wireless
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (0.51%) MPLS
13 3 (0.51%) VLAN
13 3 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.60%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.42%) Power BI
3 31 (5.23%) Elasticsearch
4 27 (4.55%) BigQuery
5 24 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.85%) Db2
9 11 (1.85%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.52%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.35%) Metabase
11 8 (1.35%) MongoDB
11 8 (1.35%) Tableau
12 7 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.01%) Looker
13 6 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (5.40%) Git
2 20 (3.37%) Eclipse
3 11 (1.85%) JIRA
4 10 (1.69%) GitLab
4 10 (1.69%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.52%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.35%) MLflow
7 5 (0.84%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.84%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.51%) JUnit
8 3 (0.51%) Maven
8 3 (0.51%) Mockito
8 3 (0.51%) Spock
8 3 (0.51%) TestRail
8 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.34%) Vite
9 2 (0.34%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.17%) Appium
10 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
General
1 174 (29.34%) Finance
2 102 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 47 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.05%) Law
5 19 (3.20%) Banking
6 14 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.85%) Legal
8 10 (1.69%) Retail
9 9 (1.52%) Front Office
10 8 (1.35%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.67%) Advertising
14 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.17%) French Language
15 1 (0.17%) Legal Technology
15 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 102 (17.20%) Architect
2 99 (16.69%) Senior
3 90 (15.18%) Lead
4 67 (11.30%) Azure Engineer
5 53 (8.94%) Developer
6 43 (7.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (6.41%) Data Engineer
8 37 (6.24%) Solutions Architect
9 36 (6.07%) Analyst
10 35 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
11 34 (5.73%) Azure Architect
12 29 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (4.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 27 (4.55%) IT Architect
15 24 (4.05%) Support Engineer
16 21 (3.54%) Consultant
17 20 (3.37%) Network Engineer
17 20 (3.37%) Software Engineer
18 19 (3.20%) IT Support
18 19 (3.20%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (12.14%) .NET
2 23 (3.88%) Django
3 22 (3.71%) React
4 18 (3.04%) REST
5 17 (2.87%) LangChain
6 15 (2.53%) PySpark
7 14 (2.36%) OAuth
8 13 (2.19%) Kafka
8 13 (2.19%) PyTorch
9 12 (2.02%) OpenID
9 12 (2.02%) RESTful
9 12 (2.02%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.52%) YAML
11 8 (1.35%) Blazor
11 8 (1.35%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (1.35%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (1.35%) SAML
12 7 (1.18%) pgvector
12 7 (1.18%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.18%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.58%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 32 (5.40%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (3.54%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.04%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.69%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.69%) Reinsurance
10 10 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (1.52%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.35%) Clustering
12 8 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.18%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (13.66%) Windows
2 30 (5.06%) Linux
3 28 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.67%) Android
6 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.34%) Unix
8 2 (0.34%) VMS
8 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
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
1 182 (30.69%) DevOps
2 121 (20.40%) CI/CD
3 102 (17.20%) AI
4 97 (16.36%) Agile
5 90 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 83 (14.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 70 (11.80%) Mentoring
8 68 (11.47%) Analytics
9 65 (10.96%) Microservices
10 64 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
11 60 (10.12%) Roadmaps
12 56 (9.44%) Data Engineering
13 54 (9.11%) Data Pipeline
14 52 (8.77%) ITIL
15 48 (8.09%) Machine Learning
16 47 (7.93%) Business Intelligence
17 44 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
18 43 (7.25%) Generative AI
18 43 (7.25%) Software Engineering
19 41 (6.91%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 133 (22.43%) SQL
2 131 (22.09%) Python
3 70 (11.80%) C#
4 59 (9.95%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.22%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.04%) Java
7 12 (2.02%) Bash
8 11 (1.85%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.85%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.85%) VB.NET
9 7 (1.18%) Bicep
9 7 (1.18%) C++
10 6 (1.01%) Go
10 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.84%) C
12 4 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.67%) Perl
13 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 56 (9.44%) Degree
2 32 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (4.72%) CISSP
4 24 (4.05%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.20%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.85%) CEH
8 10 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.35%) CISM
10 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (1.01%) GIAC
11 6 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.84%) CCSP
12 5 (0.84%) GPEN
12 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.84%) OSCP
13 4 (0.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.05%) GDPR
1 24 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (3.88%) NIST
3 20 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.19%) QA
5 8 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.84%) COBIT
6 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.67%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.51%) NCSC
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.51%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.34%) PMO
9 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.34%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 69 (11.64%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.72%) Docker
3 18 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.69%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) NLBS
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (13.32%) Terraform
2 65 (10.96%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (4.05%) Ansible
5 23 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.02%) SCCM
7 9 (1.52%) Grafana
8 7 (1.18%) Kibana
9 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.84%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.34%) CloudHub
10 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.17%) Cilium
11 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.17%) QRadar
11 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 188 (31.70%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.27%) Databricks
3 37 (6.24%) ServiceNow
4 33 (5.56%) VMware
5 28 (4.72%) Google
6 17 (2.87%) Cisco
7 11 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (1.85%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.69%) CyberArk
8 10 (1.69%) Guidewire
8 10 (1.69%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.69%) SAP
9 8 (1.35%) iManage
10 7 (1.18%) Dell
11 6 (1.01%) Cloudera
11 6 (1.01%) Okta
11 6 (1.01%) Oracle
11 6 (1.01%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.84%) Thales
12 5 (0.84%) Workday