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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 599 552 795
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 16.94% 26.39% 25.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.64% 52.72% 47.24%
Number of salaries quoted 467 455 702
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,375 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.09% +1.39%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%

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 1,160 1,047 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 32.81% 50.05% 53.13%
Number of salaries quoted 873 841 1,454
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £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 £105,000 £117,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

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 10 April 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 37 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Confluence
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Camunda
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.83%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 129 (21.54%) AWS
2 114 (19.03%) Azure DevOps
3 106 (17.70%) Microsoft 365
4 102 (17.03%) Power Platform
5 90 (15.03%) GCP
6 52 (8.68%) Entra ID
7 38 (6.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 29 (4.84%) PaaS
9 29 (4.84%) Power Automate
10 28 (4.67%) SaaS
11 24 (4.01%) dbt
11 24 (4.01%) PowerApps
12 23 (3.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 23 (3.84%) Serverless
13 22 (3.67%) GitHub
14 17 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (2.67%) OneDrive
16 14 (2.34%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 55 (9.18%) Firewall
2 26 (4.34%) VPN
3 25 (4.17%) DHCP
3 25 (4.17%) DNS
4 17 (2.84%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (2.17%) Network Security
7 12 (2.00%) LAN
7 12 (2.00%) WAN
8 8 (1.34%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.00%) WLAN
10 5 (0.83%) WebEx
10 5 (0.83%) Wireless
11 4 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.50%) BGP
12 3 (0.50%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.50%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.50%) OSPF
12 3 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.85%) Power BI
2 62 (10.35%) SQL Server
3 44 (7.35%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (5.68%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (5.18%) BigQuery
6 25 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (4.01%) Data Lake
8 21 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (2.17%) Metabase
10 11 (1.84%) DB2
10 11 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.34%) Tableau
12 7 (1.17%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.00%) Looker
13 6 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.00%) Spark SQL
14 5 (0.83%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.83%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (6.01%) Git
2 19 (3.17%) Visual Studio
3 18 (3.01%) Eclipse
4 14 (2.34%) JIRA
5 8 (1.34%) MLflow
5 8 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 8 (1.34%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.83%) Balsamiq
6 5 (0.83%) GitLab
7 4 (0.67%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.33%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.33%) TestRail
8 2 (0.33%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.17%) NUnit
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 181 (30.22%) Finance
2 122 (20.37%) Social Skills
3 48 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (4.17%) Banking
6 24 (4.01%) Legal
7 23 (3.84%) Law
8 13 (2.17%) Retail
9 11 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.17%) Front Office
10 7 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.00%) Advertising
12 5 (0.83%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.83%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Back Office
14 1 (0.17%) Billing
14 1 (0.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (17.20%) Senior
2 95 (15.86%) Lead
3 71 (11.85%) Architect
4 57 (9.52%) Developer
5 51 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
6 48 (8.01%) Data Engineer
7 40 (6.68%) DevOps Engineer
8 39 (6.51%) Analyst
9 35 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
10 33 (5.51%) Support Engineer
11 27 (4.51%) IT Support
11 27 (4.51%) Software Engineer
12 23 (3.84%) Azure Architect
12 23 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (3.67%) IT Analyst
14 20 (3.34%) Platform Engineer
14 20 (3.34%) Security Engineer
15 19 (3.17%) IT Engineer
15 19 (3.17%) Network Engineer
16 18 (3.01%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (12.52%) .NET
2 27 (4.51%) Django
3 22 (3.67%) React
4 19 (3.17%) REST
5 16 (2.67%) RESTful
6 15 (2.50%) LangChain
7 13 (2.17%) Kafka
7 13 (2.17%) PyTorch
8 12 (2.00%) YAML
9 11 (1.84%) OAuth
9 11 (1.84%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.67%) PySpark
11 8 (1.34%) Blazor
11 8 (1.34%) CSS
11 8 (1.34%) Node.js
11 8 (1.34%) OpenID
12 7 (1.17%) HTML
12 7 (1.17%) LlamaIndex
12 7 (1.17%) Model Context Protocol
12 7 (1.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.01%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.84%) Data Structures
2 35 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.01%) Algorithms
6 23 (3.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (3.51%) Public Cloud
8 16 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (2.50%) Reinsurance
10 14 (2.34%) Legacy Applications
10 14 (2.34%) Security Posture
10 14 (2.34%) Virtual Team
11 12 (2.00%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.50%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.34%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.17%) Private Cloud
15 6 (1.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 93 (15.53%) Windows
2 30 (5.01%) Windows Server
3 23 (3.84%) Linux
3 23 (3.84%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.34%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.67%) VMS
8 3 (0.50%) Android
8 3 (0.50%) Unix
9 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (32.05%) DevOps
2 117 (19.53%) CI/CD
3 114 (19.03%) Agile
4 112 (18.70%) AI
5 98 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (13.52%) Analytics
7 81 (13.52%) Mentoring
8 64 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (10.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 64 (10.68%) ITIL
9 60 (10.02%) Data Pipeline
10 59 (9.85%) Microservices
11 51 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
11 51 (8.51%) Software Engineering
12 50 (8.35%) Roadmaps
13 48 (8.01%) Computer Science
14 47 (7.85%) Data Engineering
14 47 (7.85%) ETL
15 46 (7.68%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 159 (26.54%) Python
2 158 (26.38%) SQL
3 75 (12.52%) PowerShell
4 74 (12.35%) C#
5 25 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.67%) Java
7 13 (2.17%) Bicep
8 12 (2.00%) Bash
9 11 (1.84%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.84%) VB.NET
10 10 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.34%) TypeScript
12 7 (1.17%) Go
13 5 (0.83%) C++
14 4 (0.67%) C
14 4 (0.67%) Perl
14 4 (0.67%) Ruby
14 4 (0.67%) Rust
15 3 (0.50%) R
15 3 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (10.68%) Degree
2 43 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (5.34%) CISSP
4 28 (4.67%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.50%) CISM
6 14 (2.34%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.17%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.84%) CEH
8 11 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (1.00%) GIAC
11 6 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.83%) GPEN
12 5 (0.83%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.83%) OSCP
13 4 (0.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (5.34%) NIST
3 28 (4.67%) GDPR
4 15 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.84%) QA
6 8 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.83%) COBIT
8 5 (0.83%) NCSC
9 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.33%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.33%) SLA
11 2 (0.33%) SOC 1
11 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (12.19%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.67%) Docker
3 16 (2.67%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) NLBS
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (10.68%) Terraform
2 51 (8.51%) Kubernetes
3 42 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (3.17%) Ansible
5 16 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.17%) Grafana
6 13 (2.17%) SCCM
7 7 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.17%) Kibana
8 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.50%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.17%) Ambari
11 1 (0.17%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) Cilium
11 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.17%) Puppet
11 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 220 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.35%) Databricks
3 39 (6.51%) ServiceNow
4 36 (6.01%) Google
5 28 (4.67%) VMware
6 16 (2.67%) CyberArk
7 15 (2.50%) Palo Alto
8 13 (2.17%) Cisco
8 13 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.67%) iManage
10 9 (1.50%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.17%) Commvault
11 7 (1.17%) Dell
11 7 (1.17%) Guidewire
11 7 (1.17%) Okta
11 7 (1.17%) Oracle
11 7 (1.17%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.17%) SAP
12 6 (1.00%) Citrix
12 6 (1.00%) Cloudera