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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 389 756 832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.71% 26.20% 24.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.56% 51.85% 47.46%
Number of salaries quoted 313 569 722
10th Percentile £47,750 £46,250 £42,025
25th Percentile £58,000 £57,500 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +6.38% -9.03%
75th Percentile £96,250 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £108,750 £109,875
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -6.67%

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 818 1,458 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 47.75% 50.54% 51.60%
Number of salaries quoted 678 1,032 1,595
10th Percentile £40,372 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,363 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £107,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +1 10 £87,500 +14.75%
Azure
Central London

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (8.48%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.06%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.54%) Confluence
5 5 (1.29%) Moodle
6 4 (1.03%) Apache
7 3 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.77%) CMS
8 2 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.26%) Drupal
9 1 (0.26%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.26%) IIS
9 1 (0.26%) Liferay
9 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.26%) Solana
9 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 36 (9.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.77%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.77%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 100 (25.71%) AWS
2 90 (23.14%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (21.59%) Power Platform
4 83 (21.34%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (16.71%) GCP
6 50 (12.85%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (10.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (9.00%) PowerApps
9 33 (8.48%) Power Automate
10 31 (7.97%) Entra ID
11 28 (7.20%) GitHub
11 28 (7.20%) SaaS
12 26 (6.68%) PaaS
13 21 (5.40%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (4.88%) Serverless
15 17 (4.37%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (4.37%) IaaS
16 16 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.46%) Firewall
2 16 (4.11%) Network Security
3 13 (3.34%) VPN
4 12 (3.08%) DNS
4 12 (3.08%) WAN
5 10 (2.57%) LAN
6 9 (2.31%) VoIP
7 8 (2.06%) Wireless
8 6 (1.54%) SSL
8 6 (1.54%) VLAN
8 6 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.29%) DHCP
10 3 (0.77%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.77%) NetScaler
11 2 (0.51%) BGP
11 2 (0.51%) IPsec
11 2 (0.51%) MPLS
11 2 (0.51%) OSPF
11 2 (0.51%) SAN
11 2 (0.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (15.17%) Power BI
2 41 (10.54%) SQL Server
3 32 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (5.91%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.31%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.31%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.06%) Metadata
8 7 (1.80%) Power Query
8 7 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.54%) Tableau
10 5 (1.29%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.29%) OLAP
10 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.03%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.03%) OLTP
11 4 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 30 (7.71%) Git
2 14 (3.60%) JIRA
3 9 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.31%) SonarQube
4 7 (1.80%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.29%) GitLab
6 4 (1.03%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.26%) Babel
8 1 (0.26%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.26%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.26%) MLflow
8 1 (0.26%) MSTest
8 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.26%) Storybook
8 1 (0.26%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 139 (35.73%) Finance
2 122 (31.36%) Social Skills
3 53 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.68%) Law
5 22 (5.66%) Legal
6 21 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.37%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.86%) Back Office
9 14 (3.60%) Marketing
10 12 (3.08%) Banking
11 7 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.54%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.54%) Retail
13 5 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.77%) Advertising
14 3 (0.77%) Front Office
14 3 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 81 (20.82%) Senior
2 71 (18.25%) Lead
3 53 (13.62%) Developer
4 38 (9.77%) Architect
5 31 (7.97%) Data Engineer
6 25 (6.43%) DevOps Engineer
6 25 (6.43%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (5.14%) Software Engineer
8 19 (4.88%) Analyst
8 19 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (3.60%) Development Manager
11 13 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.34%) IT Support
12 12 (3.08%) Applications Manager
12 12 (3.08%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.08%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.08%) Technical Leader
13 11 (2.83%) Application Development Manager
13 11 (2.83%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (14.65%) .NET
2 49 (12.60%) React
3 21 (5.40%) .NET Framework
4 15 (3.86%) HTML
4 15 (3.86%) Web Services
5 13 (3.34%) AngularJS
6 12 (3.08%) CSS
6 12 (3.08%) Node.js
7 11 (2.83%) PySpark
7 11 (2.83%) REST
8 9 (2.31%) Loki
8 9 (2.31%) Pandas
9 7 (1.80%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.80%) Django
9 7 (1.80%) Kafka
9 7 (1.80%) OAuth
9 7 (1.80%) RESTful
9 7 (1.80%) Vue
9 7 (1.80%) XML
10 6 (1.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.03%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.34%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.57%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.06%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.80%) PKI
6 7 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (1.54%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.29%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.29%) FMCG
8 5 (1.29%) Learning Management System
8 5 (1.29%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 57 (14.65%) Windows
2 28 (7.20%) Linux
3 26 (6.68%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.03%) Unix
7 3 (0.77%) Android
7 3 (0.77%) VMS
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
8 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (35.99%) DevOps
2 130 (33.42%) Agile
3 124 (31.88%) CI/CD
4 84 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (17.74%) Infrastructure as Code
6 55 (14.14%) Artificial Intelligence
7 53 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 52 (13.37%) Analytics
8 52 (13.37%) Data Modelling
8 52 (13.37%) Mentoring
9 50 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
10 48 (12.34%) Decision-Making
11 47 (12.08%) Software Engineering
12 45 (11.57%) Migration
12 45 (11.57%) Roadmaps
13 44 (11.31%) CRM
14 43 (11.05%) Containerisation
15 41 (10.54%) Computer Science
16 40 (10.28%) ETL
17 37 (9.51%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 119 (30.59%) Python
2 92 (23.65%) SQL
3 60 (15.42%) C#
4 50 (12.85%) Java
5 46 (11.83%) PowerShell
6 45 (11.57%) JavaScript
7 21 (5.40%) T-SQL
7 21 (5.40%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.11%) Bash
9 12 (3.08%) Go
10 11 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (2.57%) Scala
12 5 (1.29%) C++
13 4 (1.03%) Bicep
13 4 (1.03%) Rust
14 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.26%) Groovy
15 1 (0.26%) R
15 1 (0.26%) Solidity
15 1 (0.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 65 (16.71%) Degree
2 34 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (5.91%) Azure Certification
5 18 (4.63%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.83%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.83%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.06%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.06%) PMP
9 7 (1.80%) CISSP
9 7 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.54%) CISM
11 5 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.03%) CCNA
12 4 (1.03%) MCSA
13 3 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.77%) GIAC
14 2 (0.51%) CEH
14 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.20%) GDPR
2 22 (5.66%) QA
3 10 (2.57%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.57%) SLA
4 8 (2.06%) NIST
5 6 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.51%) PMO
10 1 (0.26%) CDISC
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 52 (13.37%) Active Directory
2 25 (6.43%) Docker
3 23 (5.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.83%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.29%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.03%) XenApp
8 3 (0.77%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.77%) vSphere
9 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.26%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.26%) vCloud
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 52 (13.37%) Terraform
2 44 (11.31%) Kubernetes
3 29 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (5.40%) Ansible
5 17 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (3.60%) SCCM
7 10 (2.57%) Grafana
8 7 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.29%) Autotask
9 5 (1.29%) SCOM
10 4 (1.03%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.03%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.77%) QRadar
11 3 (0.77%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.51%) Puppet
13 1 (0.26%) Plesk
13 1 (0.26%) Salt
13 1 (0.26%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 179 (46.02%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.54%) Databricks
3 32 (8.23%) Google
4 26 (6.68%) VMware
5 18 (4.63%) Cisco
6 14 (3.60%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.34%) Citrix
7 13 (3.34%) Siebel
8 12 (3.08%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.83%) Meraki
9 11 (2.83%) Oracle
10 8 (2.06%) Hitachi
10 8 (2.06%) OpenAI
10 8 (2.06%) SAP
11 6 (1.54%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.54%) Workday
12 5 (1.29%) SonicWALL
12 5 (1.29%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.03%) NetApp
13 4 (1.03%) Okta