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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 617 563 790
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 16.44% 26.54% 24.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.07% 52.52% 46.83%
Number of salaries quoted 470 461 693
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £102,750 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% +5.36%

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 1,185 1,072 1,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.57% 50.54% 52.97%
Number of salaries quoted 876 856 1,441
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,250 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 23 April 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 34 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.49%) Apache
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (21.23%) AWS
2 112 (18.15%) Azure DevOps
3 104 (16.86%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (15.07%) Power Platform
5 90 (14.59%) GCP
6 59 (9.56%) Entra ID
7 41 (6.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 33 (5.35%) PaaS
9 30 (4.86%) SaaS
10 26 (4.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 25 (4.05%) dbt
12 23 (3.73%) GitHub
12 23 (3.73%) Power Automate
12 23 (3.73%) Serverless
13 17 (2.76%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.59%) OneDrive
15 15 (2.43%) Azure AKS
15 15 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
16 14 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 57 (9.24%) Firewall
2 27 (4.38%) DNS
3 26 (4.21%) DHCP
3 26 (4.21%) VPN
4 18 (2.92%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (2.27%) Network Security
7 13 (2.11%) LAN
7 13 (2.11%) WAN
8 7 (1.13%) WLAN
9 6 (0.97%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.81%) WebEx
10 5 (0.81%) Wireless
11 4 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.65%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.49%) BGP
12 3 (0.49%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.49%) OSPF
12 3 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (10.05%) Power BI
2 59 (9.56%) SQL Server
3 42 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (5.83%) Elasticsearch
5 32 (5.19%) BigQuery
6 27 (4.38%) Data Lake
7 22 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.94%) Metabase
9 11 (1.78%) DB2
9 11 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.46%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.46%) Spark SQL
11 8 (1.30%) Tableau
12 7 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.97%) Looker
13 6 (0.97%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (5.19%) Git
2 18 (2.92%) Eclipse
3 14 (2.27%) Visual Studio
4 13 (2.11%) JIRA
5 9 (1.46%) MLflow
6 6 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.81%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.81%) GitLab
8 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.49%) TestRail
10 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.16%) Postman
11 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 186 (30.15%) Finance
2 120 (19.45%) Social Skills
3 50 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (4.21%) Banking
6 21 (3.40%) Legal
7 19 (3.08%) Law
8 15 (2.43%) Retail
9 9 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.13%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.13%) Front Office
10 7 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.97%) Advertising
12 5 (0.81%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.32%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.16%) Back Office
15 1 (0.16%) Billing
Job Titles
1 112 (18.15%) Senior
2 95 (15.40%) Lead
3 79 (12.80%) Architect
4 58 (9.40%) Azure Engineer
5 55 (8.91%) Developer
6 47 (7.62%) Data Engineer
7 38 (6.16%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 37 (6.00%) Analyst
9 30 (4.86%) Software Engineer
9 30 (4.86%) Support Engineer
10 29 (4.70%) Azure Architect
11 27 (4.38%) IT Support
12 24 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (3.57%) IT Analyst
13 22 (3.57%) Security Engineer
14 21 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (3.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 19 (3.08%) IT Engineer
15 19 (3.08%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (12.48%) .NET
2 29 (4.70%) Django
3 23 (3.73%) React
4 17 (2.76%) RESTful
5 15 (2.43%) LangChain
6 14 (2.27%) Kafka
6 14 (2.27%) REST
7 13 (2.11%) PyTorch
7 13 (2.11%) YAML
8 12 (1.94%) OAuth
8 12 (1.94%) PySpark
8 12 (1.94%) TensorFlow
9 9 (1.46%) OpenID
10 8 (1.30%) Blazor
10 8 (1.30%) CSS
10 8 (1.30%) HTML
10 8 (1.30%) Model Context Protocol
11 7 (1.13%) LlamaIndex
11 7 (1.13%) Node.js
11 7 (1.13%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.00%) Data Structures
1 37 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 36 (5.83%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (4.21%) Algorithms
4 26 (4.21%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (3.08%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.43%) Reinsurance
9 14 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
10 12 (1.94%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.78%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.78%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.30%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.13%) Clustering
14 7 (1.13%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 92 (14.91%) Windows
2 31 (5.02%) Windows Server
3 24 (3.89%) Linux
4 23 (3.73%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.81%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.65%) VMS
9 3 (0.49%) Android
9 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Unix
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (31.93%) DevOps
2 119 (19.29%) CI/CD
3 111 (17.99%) Agile
4 110 (17.83%) AI
5 101 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (13.29%) Analytics
7 82 (13.29%) Mentoring
8 72 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 63 (10.21%) Microservices
10 60 (9.72%) Data Pipeline
11 59 (9.56%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (9.08%) ITIL
12 56 (9.08%) Roadmaps
13 53 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
13 53 (8.59%) Data Engineering
13 53 (8.59%) Software Engineering
14 47 (7.62%) Computer Science
15 46 (7.46%) Machine Learning
16 45 (7.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 160 (25.93%) Python
2 151 (24.47%) SQL
3 75 (12.16%) C#
4 70 (11.35%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.08%) Java
7 14 (2.27%) Bicep
8 11 (1.78%) Bash
8 11 (1.78%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.78%) VB.NET
9 8 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.13%) C++
10 7 (1.13%) Go
10 7 (1.13%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.81%) C
12 4 (0.65%) Perl
12 4 (0.65%) R
12 4 (0.65%) Ruby
13 3 (0.49%) Scala
13 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (10.53%) Degree
2 42 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (5.35%) CISSP
4 29 (4.70%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.27%) CISM
6 13 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 12 (1.94%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.78%) CEH
8 11 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.97%) GIAC
12 6 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.81%) GPEN
13 5 (0.81%) OSCP
14 4 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.65%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (5.02%) NIST
3 26 (4.21%) GDPR
4 18 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.11%) QA
6 8 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.81%) COBIT
8 5 (0.81%) NCSC
9 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.49%) SLA
11 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.32%) SOC 1
11 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (12.32%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.86%) Docker
3 16 (2.59%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) NLBS
7 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (11.02%) Terraform
2 55 (8.91%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (3.40%) Ansible
4 21 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.11%) SCCM
6 11 (1.78%) Grafana
7 8 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (1.13%) Kibana
9 4 (0.65%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) Argo
11 1 (0.16%) Cilium
11 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.16%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 217 (35.17%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.40%) Databricks
3 37 (6.00%) Google
4 36 (5.83%) ServiceNow
5 30 (4.86%) VMware
6 17 (2.76%) CyberArk
7 15 (2.43%) CrowdStrike
8 14 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.94%) Cisco
10 11 (1.78%) iManage
11 9 (1.46%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.30%) Rapid7
13 7 (1.13%) Commvault
13 7 (1.13%) Dell
13 7 (1.13%) Guidewire
13 7 (1.13%) Okta
13 7 (1.13%) SAP
13 7 (1.13%) Thales
14 6 (0.97%) Citrix
14 6 (0.97%) Oracle