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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 494 703 731
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.98% 26.78% 24.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.06% 51.81% 47.93%
Number of salaries quoted 394 521 683
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,250
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 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -3.33%

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 931 1,357 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 37.65% 51.70% 50.94%
Number of salaries quoted 735 923 1,414
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,800 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £56,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,750 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -

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

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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 24 January 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 39 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.61%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (4.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (21.86%) Azure DevOps
2 106 (21.46%) Power Platform
3 101 (20.45%) AWS
4 89 (18.02%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (13.36%) GCP
6 40 (8.10%) Power Automate
7 38 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 38 (7.69%) PowerApps
8 37 (7.49%) Entra ID
9 35 (7.09%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (5.87%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (4.05%) GitHub
11 20 (4.05%) PaaS
12 19 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (3.85%) SaaS
13 17 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (3.44%) Serverless
14 16 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (3.04%) Snowflake
16 12 (2.43%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.89%) Firewall
2 24 (4.86%) VPN
3 20 (4.05%) DNS
4 18 (3.64%) DHCP
5 13 (2.63%) WAN
5 13 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (2.23%) LAN
7 10 (2.02%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.42%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.21%) VoIP
10 5 (1.01%) NetScaler
10 5 (1.01%) Network Security
11 3 (0.61%) VSAN
11 3 (0.61%) WebEx
11 3 (0.61%) Wireless
12 2 (0.40%) BGP
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.40%) MPLS
12 2 (0.40%) OSPF
12 2 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (15.79%) Power BI
2 49 (9.92%) SQL Server
3 44 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (5.47%) Data Lake
5 20 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (3.04%) BigQuery
8 14 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.21%) Metabase
11 6 (1.21%) Metadata
11 6 (1.21%) Power Query
11 6 (1.21%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.81%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.81%) Tableau
13 3 (0.61%) Big Data
13 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.61%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (7.89%) Git
2 22 (4.45%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.63%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (2.43%) Eclipse
4 12 (2.43%) TeamCity
5 10 (2.02%) JIRA
6 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.61%) GitLab
8 2 (0.40%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.40%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.40%) ERwin
8 2 (0.40%) MLflow
8 2 (0.40%) Postman
8 2 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.40%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.20%) NUnit
9 1 (0.20%) Selenium
9 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 158 (31.98%) Finance
2 124 (25.10%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.68%) Legal
5 30 (6.07%) Law
6 17 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.24%) Banking
7 16 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.24%) Retail
8 15 (3.04%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.21%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.01%) Advertising
12 4 (0.81%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.61%) Front Office
14 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.40%) Marketing
14 2 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (18.62%) Senior
2 79 (15.99%) Lead
3 58 (11.74%) Developer
4 50 (10.12%) Data Engineer
5 37 (7.49%) Architect
6 35 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
7 31 (6.28%) Analyst
8 27 (5.47%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.26%) Software Engineer
10 21 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (4.25%) Senior Data Engineer
11 17 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
11 17 (3.44%) Network Engineer
12 15 (3.04%) IT Analyst
13 14 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (2.83%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (2.83%) Senior Developer
14 13 (2.63%) IT Manager
14 13 (2.63%) Security Engineer
14 13 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.73%) .NET
2 19 (3.85%) REST
2 19 (3.85%) Web Services
3 18 (3.64%) React
4 16 (3.24%) Django
5 15 (3.04%) SOAP
6 11 (2.23%) RESTful
7 10 (2.02%) .NET Core
7 10 (2.02%) HTML
7 10 (2.02%) Node.js
8 9 (1.82%) CSS
8 9 (1.82%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.82%) PyTorch
8 9 (1.82%) WPF
9 8 (1.62%) LangChain
9 8 (1.62%) PySpark
9 8 (1.62%) YAML
10 7 (1.42%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.42%) Kafka
11 6 (1.21%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (4.45%) Data Structures
4 18 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.64%) Virtual Team
5 16 (3.24%) Reinsurance
5 16 (3.24%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.83%) Algorithms
6 14 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.23%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.62%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.21%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.21%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.36%) Windows
2 23 (4.66%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.43%) Linux
5 8 (1.62%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.42%) Unix
7 6 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.40%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (31.78%) DevOps
2 118 (23.89%) Agile
3 117 (23.68%) CI/CD
4 112 (22.67%) AI
5 102 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (14.57%) Analytics
7 67 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
9 61 (12.35%) Mentoring
10 58 (11.74%) ITIL
11 56 (11.34%) Data Pipeline
12 52 (10.53%) ETL
13 50 (10.12%) Migration
14 49 (9.92%) Data Modelling
15 48 (9.72%) Computer Science
15 48 (9.72%) Software Engineering
16 42 (8.50%) Microservices
17 41 (8.30%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (8.10%) Decision-Making
19 39 (7.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 143 (28.95%) Python
2 134 (27.13%) SQL
3 63 (12.75%) PowerShell
4 55 (11.13%) C#
5 27 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 16 (3.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.83%) Java
8 12 (2.43%) Bicep
8 12 (2.43%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.23%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.82%) Bash
11 4 (0.81%) Rust
11 4 (0.81%) Scala
12 3 (0.61%) Go
12 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.40%) C++
13 2 (0.40%) R
13 2 (0.40%) VBA
14 1 (0.20%) Perl
14 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (12.75%) Degree
2 36 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (4.25%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.85%) CISSP
5 19 (3.85%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.44%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.83%) CISM
8 10 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.42%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.42%) CEH
11 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.01%) MCP
12 4 (0.81%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.61%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.61%) CCNP
13 3 (0.61%) MCSE
13 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (5.87%) GDPR
3 26 (5.26%) NIST
4 10 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.82%) QA
6 5 (1.01%) NCSC
6 5 (1.01%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.61%) COBIT
7 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.40%) SLA
8 2 (0.40%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 51 (10.32%) Active Directory
2 31 (6.28%) Docker
3 14 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.21%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.61%) vSphere
6 3 (0.61%) XenApp
7 2 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) KVM
8 1 (0.20%) vCloud
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (9.72%) Terraform
2 34 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (6.28%) Kubernetes
4 20 (4.05%) SCCM
5 13 (2.63%) Grafana
6 12 (2.43%) Ansible
7 11 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.42%) Kibana
9 3 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.40%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) Ambari
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.20%) SCOM
11 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 194 (39.27%) Microsoft
2 56 (11.34%) Databricks
3 32 (6.48%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.66%) Google
5 18 (3.64%) VMware
6 14 (2.83%) Cisco
6 14 (2.83%) Citrix
7 12 (2.43%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.43%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.82%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.62%) Meraki
10 7 (1.42%) Oracle
11 6 (1.21%) iManage
12 5 (1.01%) Commvault
12 5 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.01%) SAP
12 5 (1.01%) Sophos
13 4 (0.81%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.81%) Apple
13 4 (0.81%) EMC