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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 489 481 682
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.90% 25.34% 24.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.52% 51.22% 49.03%
Number of salaries quoted 364 379 570
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £80,000 £73,875
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +8.29% +5.54%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £83,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.10% +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 1,150 939 1,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.34% 49.47% 49.77%
Number of salaries quoted 859 766 1,123
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,402
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £55,000
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 £105,000 £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 29 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 22 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.66%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.43%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.43%) Mule
6 4 (0.82%) Apache
7 3 (0.61%) Confluence
8 2 (0.41%) Camunda
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.25%) PlantUML
2 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 114 (23.31%) AWS
2 76 (15.54%) GCP
3 68 (13.91%) Power Platform
4 67 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (12.88%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (11.25%) Entra ID
7 33 (6.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (5.93%) SaaS
9 28 (5.73%) PaaS
10 24 (4.91%) Serverless
11 21 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (3.89%) GitHub
12 19 (3.89%) IaaS
13 18 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (3.48%) Azure AKS
14 17 (3.48%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.07%) dbt
16 14 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
17 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.18%) Firewall
2 23 (4.70%) Network Security
3 17 (3.48%) DNS
4 14 (2.86%) VPN
5 12 (2.45%) DHCP
6 10 (2.04%) WAN
7 9 (1.84%) LAN
7 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.64%) BGP
8 8 (1.64%) OSPF
9 7 (1.43%) Kerberos
9 7 (1.43%) SSL
9 7 (1.43%) WLAN
10 6 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (1.02%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.02%) Wireless
12 4 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.82%) VLAN
13 3 (0.61%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.59%) Power BI
2 41 (8.38%) SQL Server
3 23 (4.70%) Elasticsearch
4 21 (4.29%) BigQuery
4 21 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (4.09%) Data Lake
6 18 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.25%) Spark SQL
10 10 (2.04%) Db2
10 10 (2.04%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.84%) Tableau
12 8 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.23%) Looker
14 6 (1.23%) Metabase
14 6 (1.23%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
15 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (6.54%) Git
2 13 (2.66%) JIRA
3 12 (2.45%) Eclipse
3 12 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.25%) GitLab
4 11 (2.25%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.84%) MLflow
6 4 (0.82%) Maven
6 4 (0.82%) TestRail
6 4 (0.82%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.61%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.61%) JUnit
7 3 (0.61%) Mockito
7 3 (0.61%) Spock
7 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.41%) Vite
9 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.20%) Postman
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 141 (28.83%) Finance
2 86 (17.59%) Social Skills
3 38 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.70%) Law
5 17 (3.48%) Banking
6 14 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.25%) Legal
8 9 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.84%) Retail
9 7 (1.43%) Front Office
10 4 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.61%) Advertising
11 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.61%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.61%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.20%) French Language
12 1 (0.20%) Marketing
12 1 (0.20%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 95 (19.43%) Architect
2 85 (17.38%) Lead
2 85 (17.38%) Senior
3 62 (12.68%) Azure Engineer
4 48 (9.82%) Developer
5 34 (6.95%) Data Engineer
6 33 (6.75%) Solutions Architect
7 32 (6.54%) Cloud Engineer
8 29 (5.93%) Platform Engineer
9 28 (5.73%) Azure Architect
10 27 (5.52%) Analyst
11 21 (4.29%) IT Architect
12 20 (4.09%) Consultant
13 19 (3.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) IT Support
15 16 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.27%) Lead Developer
15 16 (3.27%) Principal Engineer
15 16 (3.27%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.82%) .NET
2 21 (4.29%) REST
3 20 (4.09%) LangChain
3 20 (4.09%) React
4 18 (3.68%) OAuth
5 17 (3.48%) Django
5 17 (3.48%) PySpark
6 15 (3.07%) Kafka
7 13 (2.66%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.25%) OpenID
8 11 (2.25%) TensorFlow
9 10 (2.04%) LlamaIndex
9 10 (2.04%) Spring
9 10 (2.04%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.84%) RESTful
11 8 (1.64%) Blazor
11 8 (1.64%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.64%) SAML
11 8 (1.64%) scikit-learn
11 8 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.91%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.29%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.68%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.27%) Public Cloud
7 15 (3.07%) Algorithms
7 15 (3.07%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.45%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.64%) Clustering
10 8 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.64%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.23%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (12.47%) Windows
2 29 (5.93%) Linux
3 22 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.66%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.61%) Android
6 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.41%) VMS
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.43%) DevOps
2 111 (22.70%) CI/CD
3 86 (17.59%) Agile
4 82 (16.77%) AI
5 76 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (15.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 65 (13.29%) Mentoring
8 60 (12.27%) Data Engineering
9 57 (11.66%) Microservices
10 54 (11.04%) Roadmaps
11 48 (9.82%) Analytics
12 46 (9.41%) Data Pipeline
13 45 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
13 45 (9.20%) Machine Learning
14 39 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (7.98%) Software Engineering
15 37 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
15 37 (7.57%) Data Architecture
15 37 (7.57%) Generative AI
15 37 (7.57%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (21.68%) Python
2 105 (21.47%) SQL
3 53 (10.84%) C#
4 47 (9.61%) PowerShell
5 25 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.70%) Java
7 14 (2.86%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.04%) PL/SQL
8 10 (2.04%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.84%) Bash
9 9 (1.84%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.43%) Bicep
10 7 (1.43%) DataWeave
11 6 (1.23%) C++
12 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.02%) Go
13 4 (0.82%) C
13 4 (0.82%) R
13 4 (0.82%) Scala
14 3 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (8.59%) Degree
2 27 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.32%) CISSP
3 26 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.29%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.25%) CEH
8 8 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.23%) CISM
10 5 (1.02%) CCSP
10 5 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.82%) GIAC
11 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.61%) CFA
12 3 (0.61%) CREST Certified
12 3 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.61%) GPEN
12 3 (0.61%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.50%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.68%) GDPR
3 16 (3.27%) QA
4 12 (2.45%) NIST
5 11 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.61%) SLA
9 2 (0.41%) NCSC
9 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.41%) PMO
9 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.20%) PSD2
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 59 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.32%) Docker
3 19 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.84%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) NLBS
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (15.54%) Terraform
2 67 (13.70%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.11%) Ansible
3 25 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.84%) SCCM
6 7 (1.43%) CloudHub
7 5 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.02%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.41%) Grafana
8 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.20%) Argo
9 1 (0.20%) Cilium
9 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 166 (33.95%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.82%) Databricks
3 33 (6.75%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.34%) VMware
5 23 (4.70%) Google
6 18 (3.68%) Cisco
7 13 (2.66%) Guidewire
7 13 (2.66%) SAP
8 12 (2.45%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (2.04%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.04%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.64%) iManage
11 8 (1.64%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.43%) Dell
13 6 (1.23%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.23%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.23%) Okta
13 6 (1.23%) Workday
14 5 (1.02%) Thales