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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 406 408 738
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.72% 23.46% 26.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.01% 49.04% 51.43%
Number of salaries quoted 303 323 563
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £59,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +10.34% +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 990 832 1,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.02% 47.84% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 737 685 1,038
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,819 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,180
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.49% +0.94%

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 11 September 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 12 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.46%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.72%) Anypoint
4 7 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.72%) Mule
5 3 (0.74%) Apache
5 3 (0.74%) Confluence
6 2 (0.49%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Camunda
7 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.72%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 101 (24.88%) AWS
2 63 (15.52%) GCP
3 62 (15.27%) Power Platform
4 50 (12.32%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (11.58%) Entra ID
6 40 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (6.16%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (5.91%) Serverless
10 23 (5.67%) SaaS
11 21 (5.17%) PaaS
12 19 (4.68%) Power Automate
13 17 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (4.19%) GitHub
14 16 (3.94%) IaaS
15 15 (3.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (3.69%) PowerApps
16 13 (3.20%) Azure AKS
17 11 (2.71%) Microsoft Copilot
18 10 (2.46%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.88%) Firewall
2 20 (4.93%) Network Security
3 11 (2.71%) DNS
4 9 (2.22%) VPN
4 9 (2.22%) WAN
5 8 (1.97%) SSL
6 7 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (1.72%) LAN
7 6 (1.48%) BGP
7 6 (1.48%) DHCP
7 6 (1.48%) OSPF
7 6 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.48%) VLAN
7 6 (1.48%) Wireless
8 5 (1.23%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.23%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.23%) WLAN
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.74%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.37%) Power BI
2 26 (6.40%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (3.69%) Data Lake
5 13 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.71%) BigQuery
6 11 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (2.22%) Spark SQL
9 8 (1.97%) Delta Lake
10 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.72%) Tableau
11 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.23%) Metadata
12 4 (0.99%) Looker
12 4 (0.99%) Milvus
12 4 (0.99%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (7.88%) Git
2 13 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.71%) GitLab
4 8 (1.97%) Eclipse
4 8 (1.97%) JIRA
5 7 (1.72%) Maven
5 7 (1.72%) MLflow
6 6 (1.48%) JUnit
6 6 (1.48%) Mockito
6 6 (1.48%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.99%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.74%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.74%) Spock
8 3 (0.74%) TestRail
8 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.49%) Selenium
9 2 (0.49%) Vite
10 1 (0.25%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.25%) JMeter
10 1 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 120 (29.56%) Finance
2 68 (16.75%) Social Skills
3 34 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.91%) Law
5 20 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (3.69%) Banking
7 10 (2.46%) Legal
8 9 (2.22%) Front Office
8 9 (2.22%) Retail
9 5 (1.23%) Marketing
10 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.74%) Back Office
11 3 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.74%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.74%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.25%) Advertising
12 1 (0.25%) Billing
12 1 (0.25%) Games
12 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (18.72%) Architect
2 71 (17.49%) Lead
3 70 (17.24%) Senior
4 53 (13.05%) Developer
5 52 (12.81%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (7.39%) Data Engineer
7 29 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
8 26 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
9 25 (6.16%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (5.91%) Azure Architect
11 22 (5.42%) Consultant
12 19 (4.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 18 (4.43%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 17 (4.19%) Lead Developer
15 16 (3.94%) Azure Developer
16 15 (3.69%) Analyst
17 14 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 14 (3.45%) IT Architect
17 14 (3.45%) Principal Engineer
18 13 (3.20%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (17.00%) Terraform
2 36 (8.87%) .NET
3 18 (4.43%) LangChain
3 18 (4.43%) REST
4 15 (3.69%) OAuth
5 14 (3.45%) PySpark
6 12 (2.96%) React
7 11 (2.71%) Spring
7 11 (2.71%) Spring Boot
8 10 (2.46%) PyTorch
9 9 (2.22%) Kafka
9 9 (2.22%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.97%) Django
10 8 (1.97%) JWT
10 8 (1.97%) OAuth2
10 8 (1.97%) OpenID
11 7 (1.72%) Blazor
11 7 (1.72%) LlamaIndex
11 7 (1.72%) MUnit
11 7 (1.72%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.59%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.42%) Product Ownership
3 20 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (3.69%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.71%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.48%) Clustering
10 6 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.48%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.23%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.61%) Windows
2 27 (6.65%) Linux
3 17 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (27.34%) DevOps
2 107 (26.35%) CI/CD
3 70 (17.24%) AI
4 68 (16.75%) Agile
5 65 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (15.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 55 (13.55%) Data Engineering
8 53 (13.05%) Roadmaps
9 49 (12.07%) Mentoring
10 43 (10.59%) Microservices
11 42 (10.34%) Analytics
12 39 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (9.36%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (8.87%) Data Pipeline
15 35 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (8.62%) Machine Learning
16 33 (8.13%) Data Architecture
17 32 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 32 (7.88%) Technical Leadership
17 32 (7.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (21.67%) Python
2 81 (19.95%) SQL
3 45 (11.08%) C#
4 38 (9.36%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.67%) Java
6 20 (4.93%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.46%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.97%) Bash
10 7 (1.72%) Bicep
10 7 (1.72%) DataWeave
11 6 (1.48%) C++
12 4 (0.99%) C
12 4 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.99%) Go
12 4 (0.99%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.74%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.74%) Perl
13 3 (0.74%) Ruby
13 3 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (8.13%) Degree
2 28 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.91%) Azure Certification
4 23 (5.67%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.43%) CISSP
6 16 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.97%) CEH
9 6 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.48%) CFA
9 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.99%) CCSP
11 4 (0.99%) CISM
11 4 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.74%) GIAC
12 3 (0.74%) GPEN
12 3 (0.74%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.74%) OSCE
12 3 (0.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.68%) QA
3 16 (3.94%) GDPR
4 9 (2.22%) NIST
5 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.49%) NCSC
9 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.49%) PMO
9 2 (0.49%) SLA
10 1 (0.25%) COBIT
10 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) PSD2
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.17%) Docker
3 16 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.99%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.49%) vSphere
8 1 (0.25%) Firmware
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (12.81%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.17%) Ansible
3 20 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.72%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.48%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.23%) SCCM
8 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.49%) Grafana
9 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.25%) Argo
10 1 (0.25%) Cilium
10 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.25%) Puppet
10 1 (0.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 135 (33.25%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.59%) Databricks
3 27 (6.65%) VMware
4 19 (4.68%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.43%) Cisco
6 17 (4.19%) Google
7 12 (2.96%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.71%) SAP
9 10 (2.46%) Guidewire
10 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (1.97%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.97%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.48%) Foundry
12 6 (1.48%) Okta
13 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.23%) Dell
13 5 (1.23%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.99%) iManage
14 4 (0.99%) Splunk