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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 531 673 748
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.40% 26.73% 23.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.74% 51.37% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 428 505 705
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £42,500
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 £72,750
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.09% -3.00%

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 988 1,310 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.10% 52.03% 50.30%
Number of salaries quoted 780 902 1,451
10th Percentile £42,475 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £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 £110,000 £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 16 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 (7.91%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.56%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) Confluence
6 1 (0.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.38%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (22.41%) Azure DevOps
2 107 (20.15%) Power Platform
3 103 (19.40%) AWS
4 98 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (12.62%) GCP
6 43 (8.10%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (8.10%) Entra ID
7 39 (7.34%) Power Automate
8 35 (6.59%) PowerApps
9 31 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (5.27%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (4.52%) PaaS
11 24 (4.52%) SaaS
12 20 (3.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (3.77%) GitHub
13 19 (3.58%) Microsoft Purview
14 18 (3.39%) Serverless
15 15 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (2.82%) dbt
16 13 (2.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.29%) Firewall
2 30 (5.65%) VPN
3 26 (4.90%) DNS
4 24 (4.52%) DHCP
5 18 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (2.45%) WAN
7 12 (2.26%) LAN
7 12 (2.26%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.32%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.13%) Network Security
10 5 (0.94%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.94%) VoIP
10 5 (0.94%) WebEx
11 3 (0.56%) VSAN
11 3 (0.56%) Wireless
12 2 (0.38%) Broadband
12 2 (0.38%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.38%) MPLS
12 2 (0.38%) OSPF
12 2 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (15.07%) Power BI
2 56 (10.55%) SQL Server
3 44 (8.29%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 22 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (4.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (3.20%) BigQuery
6 17 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.69%) Metabase
8 8 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.94%) Metadata
11 4 (0.75%) DB2
11 4 (0.75%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.75%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.75%) Power Query
11 4 (0.75%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.75%) Tableau
12 3 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (6.78%) Git
2 23 (4.33%) Visual Studio
3 15 (2.82%) Eclipse
4 13 (2.45%) Octopus Deploy
5 12 (2.26%) TeamCity
6 9 (1.69%) JIRA
7 4 (0.75%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.56%) GitLab
8 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.56%) MLflow
9 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.38%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.38%) ERwin
9 2 (0.38%) Postman
9 2 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.38%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.19%) NUnit
10 1 (0.19%) Selenium
10 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 168 (31.64%) Finance
2 124 (23.35%) Social Skills
3 44 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.84%) Law
4 31 (5.84%) Legal
5 20 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.20%) Banking
7 14 (2.64%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.64%) Retail
8 13 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.13%) Advertising
10 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.56%) Front Office
12 3 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.38%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.19%) International Banking
14 1 (0.19%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 89 (16.76%) Senior
2 80 (15.07%) Lead
3 57 (10.73%) Developer
4 53 (9.98%) Data Engineer
5 49 (9.23%) Architect
6 41 (7.72%) DevOps Engineer
7 38 (7.16%) Analyst
8 32 (6.03%) Support Engineer
9 26 (4.90%) Software Engineer
10 25 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
11 22 (4.14%) Senior Data Engineer
12 20 (3.77%) IT Analyst
13 19 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.58%) IT Support
14 18 (3.39%) Network Engineer
15 17 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.01%) Azure Architect
17 15 (2.82%) Platform Engineer
18 14 (2.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 14 (2.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.86%) .NET
2 20 (3.77%) REST
3 18 (3.39%) Django
3 18 (3.39%) React
4 15 (2.82%) Web Services
5 13 (2.45%) SOAP
6 11 (2.07%) RESTful
7 10 (1.88%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.88%) YAML
8 9 (1.69%) CSS
8 9 (1.69%) HTML
8 9 (1.69%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.69%) Kafka
8 9 (1.69%) Node.js
8 9 (1.69%) WPF
9 8 (1.51%) OAuth
10 7 (1.32%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.32%) LangChain
10 7 (1.32%) PySpark
10 7 (1.32%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.46%) Cloud Native
2 26 (4.90%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.39%) Reinsurance
5 18 (3.39%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.01%) Algorithms
6 16 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.01%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.26%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.88%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.32%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.32%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.13%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.13%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 76 (14.31%) Windows
2 27 (5.08%) Windows 10
3 19 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.45%) Linux
5 8 (1.51%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.13%) Unix
6 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.38%) Android
9 2 (0.38%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (32.96%) DevOps
2 121 (22.79%) Agile
2 121 (22.79%) CI/CD
3 116 (21.85%) AI
4 100 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (13.75%) Analytics
7 67 (12.62%) Business Intelligence
8 66 (12.43%) Mentoring
9 61 (11.49%) ITIL
10 59 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
11 49 (9.23%) ETL
11 49 (9.23%) Software Engineering
12 48 (9.04%) Computer Science
12 48 (9.04%) Infrastructure as Code
12 48 (9.04%) Microservices
13 47 (8.85%) Migration
14 45 (8.47%) Data Modelling
15 41 (7.72%) Machine Learning
16 39 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 146 (27.50%) SQL
2 144 (27.12%) Python
3 66 (12.43%) PowerShell
4 58 (10.92%) C#
5 28 (5.27%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.64%) Java
7 13 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.26%) Bicep
8 12 (2.26%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.88%) Bash
9 10 (1.88%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.75%) Go
10 4 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.75%) Rust
10 4 (0.75%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.38%) C++
12 2 (0.38%) R
12 2 (0.38%) Scala
12 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (12.24%) Degree
2 39 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (4.33%) CISSP
3 23 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (3.58%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.20%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.01%) CISM
8 8 (1.51%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.51%) CEH
8 8 (1.51%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (0.94%) GIAC
11 4 (0.75%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.75%) CISA
11 4 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.56%) CCNP
12 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (5.65%) GDPR
3 28 (5.27%) NIST
4 13 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.69%) QA
6 6 (1.13%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.94%) NCSC
8 4 (0.75%) COBIT
9 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.56%) SLA
10 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.38%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.40%) Docker
3 15 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.75%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.56%) vSphere
8 2 (0.38%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 1 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) NLBS
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (10.17%) Terraform
2 42 (7.91%) Kubernetes
3 40 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (3.39%) SCCM
5 15 (2.82%) Ansible
6 13 (2.45%) Grafana
6 13 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.32%) Kibana
8 4 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.38%) Puppet
11 1 (0.19%) Ambari
11 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 207 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 58 (10.92%) Databricks
3 37 (6.97%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.71%) Google
5 19 (3.58%) VMware
6 16 (3.01%) Cisco
7 12 (2.26%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.07%) Citrix
9 8 (1.51%) Meraki
9 8 (1.51%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.32%) iManage
11 6 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.13%) Oracle
12 5 (0.94%) Commvault
12 5 (0.94%) SAP
12 5 (0.94%) Sophos
13 4 (0.75%) Apple
13 4 (0.75%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.75%) EMC