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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 405 775 720
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 22.65% 27.05% 24.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.33% 52.58% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 322 581 653
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £44,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.52% - -3.33%

All Cloud 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 774 1,474 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 43.29% 51.45% 50.70%
Number of salaries quoted 628 1,026 1,404
10th Percentile £41,034 £41,250 £42,500
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 £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,750 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

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 26 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

Azure
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the City of London region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge 0 4 £87,500 +14.75%
Azure
Central 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 38 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.99%) Moodle
5 3 (0.74%) Confluence
6 2 (0.49%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 28 (6.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (28.40%) Power Platform
2 99 (24.44%) AWS
3 86 (21.23%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (19.51%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (15.31%) GCP
6 48 (11.85%) Power Automate
7 45 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (10.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (10.86%) PowerApps
9 28 (6.91%) Entra ID
10 26 (6.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (4.69%) Serverless
12 17 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (4.20%) Snowflake
13 16 (3.95%) GitHub
14 14 (3.46%) Azure Sentinel
14 14 (3.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (3.21%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (3.21%) PaaS
16 11 (2.72%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.40%) Firewall
2 15 (3.70%) Network Security
3 14 (3.46%) WAN
4 13 (3.21%) DNS
4 13 (3.21%) LAN
4 13 (3.21%) VoIP
5 11 (2.72%) VPN
6 9 (2.22%) DHCP
6 9 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.23%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.99%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.49%) BGP
9 2 (0.49%) MPLS
9 2 (0.49%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.49%) OSPF
9 2 (0.49%) SAN
9 2 (0.49%) VLAN
9 2 (0.49%) VSAN
9 2 (0.49%) WebEx
9 2 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (21.98%) Power BI
2 45 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 39 (9.63%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (6.17%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (2.22%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.73%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.48%) Metadata
9 6 (1.48%) Power Query
10 5 (1.23%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.23%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.23%) Tableau
11 4 (0.99%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.99%) Metabase
11 4 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (9.88%) Git
2 21 (5.19%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.47%) JIRA
4 8 (1.98%) Octopus Deploy
4 8 (1.98%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.73%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.48%) GitLab
7 3 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.49%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.49%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.49%) ERwin
8 2 (0.49%) MLflow
8 2 (0.49%) NUnit
8 2 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.25%) MSTest
9 1 (0.25%) Selenium
9 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 152 (37.53%) Finance
2 118 (29.14%) Social Skills
3 52 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.40%) Legal
5 27 (6.67%) Law
6 19 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.69%) Retail
7 16 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.70%) Banking
9 11 (2.72%) Marketing
10 10 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.48%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.23%) Advertising
12 5 (1.23%) Back Office
13 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 79 (19.51%) Senior
2 76 (18.77%) Lead
3 55 (13.58%) Developer
4 46 (11.36%) Data Engineer
5 27 (6.67%) Architect
6 25 (6.17%) Analyst
7 23 (5.68%) Software Engineer
8 22 (5.43%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (4.94%) Senior Data Engineer
10 17 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (3.70%) Support Engineer
12 13 (3.21%) IT Manager
12 13 (3.21%) IT Support
12 13 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.96%) Security Engineer
13 12 (2.96%) Senior Developer
13 12 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 11 (2.72%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (10.86%) .NET
2 34 (8.40%) React
3 23 (5.68%) Web Services
4 18 (4.44%) REST
5 14 (3.46%) SOAP
6 13 (3.21%) PySpark
7 12 (2.96%) AngularJS
7 12 (2.96%) Django
8 11 (2.72%) Kafka
8 11 (2.72%) Node.js
9 10 (2.47%) HTML
10 9 (2.22%) CSS
10 9 (2.22%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (1.98%) .NET Core
11 8 (1.98%) .NET Framework
11 8 (1.98%) PyTorch
12 7 (1.73%) RESTful
12 7 (1.73%) Vue
13 6 (1.48%) Next.js
13 6 (1.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (4.20%) Security Posture
4 14 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.72%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.72%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.47%) Reinsurance
7 9 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.98%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.98%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.73%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.48%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.48%) PKI
10 6 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 57 (14.07%) Windows
2 19 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.95%) Linux
4 14 (3.46%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.98%) Unix
6 6 (1.48%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.99%) VMS
7 4 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.49%) CentOS
9 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (31.11%) DevOps
2 119 (29.38%) Agile
3 116 (28.64%) CI/CD
4 96 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (20.25%) AI
6 69 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
7 61 (15.06%) Analytics
8 59 (14.57%) Data Modelling
9 52 (12.84%) ETL
9 52 (12.84%) Mentoring
10 50 (12.35%) Data Pipeline
11 49 (12.10%) Decision-Making
12 48 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 44 (10.86%) Software Engineering
14 42 (10.37%) Computer Science
15 41 (10.12%) Migration
16 40 (9.88%) ITIL
16 40 (9.88%) Workflow
17 38 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (31.36%) Python
2 120 (29.63%) SQL
3 57 (14.07%) C#
4 55 (13.58%) PowerShell
5 35 (8.64%) JavaScript
6 24 (5.93%) Java
7 18 (4.44%) T-SQL
8 17 (4.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (3.95%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.22%) Bash
11 7 (1.73%) Bicep
12 4 (0.99%) Rust
13 3 (0.74%) Go
13 3 (0.74%) Scala
14 2 (0.49%) C++
14 2 (0.49%) R
14 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.49%) X++
15 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 59 (14.57%) Degree
2 31 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (5.43%) Azure Certification
5 16 (3.95%) Security Cleared
6 15 (3.70%) CISSP
6 15 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.21%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.96%) CISM
9 7 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.48%) CEH
10 6 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.99%) CCNA
12 4 (0.99%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.99%) PMP
13 3 (0.74%) CCNP
13 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.74%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.65%) GDPR
2 24 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.95%) NIST
4 12 (2.96%) QA
5 7 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.99%) NCSC
7 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.74%) SLA
8 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.25%) PMO
9 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (10.86%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.93%) Docker
3 12 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.72%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.48%) XenDesktop
7 5 (1.23%) XenApp
8 4 (0.99%) vSphere
9 3 (0.74%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 44 (10.86%) Terraform
2 36 (8.89%) Kubernetes
3 26 (6.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (4.94%) SCCM
5 16 (3.95%) Ansible
6 12 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.48%) Grafana
8 5 (1.23%) Autotask
9 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.74%) SCOM
10 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.49%) Puppet
11 1 (0.25%) Ambari
11 1 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.25%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 186 (45.93%) Microsoft
2 55 (13.58%) Databricks
3 21 (5.19%) VMware
4 20 (4.94%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.69%) Google
6 15 (3.70%) Cisco
7 13 (3.21%) Citrix
8 12 (2.96%) Oracle
9 10 (2.47%) Meraki
9 10 (2.47%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.22%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.23%) iManage
11 5 (1.23%) Okta
11 5 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.23%) SonicWALL
11 5 (1.23%) Sophos
12 4 (0.99%) SAP
12 4 (0.99%) Siebel
12 4 (0.99%) Zscaler