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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 426 434 712
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.42% 24.22% 25.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.49% 50.52% 50.68%
Number of salaries quoted 317 338 565
10th Percentile £53,750 £47,125 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £59,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +6.38%
75th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £112,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £78,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.28% +8.28% +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 1,052 859 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.66% 47.94% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 782 698 1,082
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,034 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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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 26 August 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 14 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.05%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.64%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.64%) Mule
6 4 (0.94%) Apache
7 3 (0.70%) Confluence
8 1 (0.23%) Camunda
8 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (1.88%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (24.18%) AWS
2 66 (15.49%) GCP
2 66 (15.49%) Power Platform
3 51 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (11.27%) Entra ID
5 45 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (7.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (5.87%) Azure Logic Apps
8 23 (5.40%) SaaS
8 23 (5.40%) Serverless
9 22 (5.16%) PaaS
10 19 (4.46%) Power Automate
11 18 (4.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 18 (4.23%) GitHub
12 16 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (3.52%) IaaS
13 15 (3.52%) PowerApps
14 14 (3.29%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.58%) dbt
16 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.45%) Firewall
2 22 (5.16%) Network Security
3 12 (2.82%) DNS
4 10 (2.35%) WAN
5 8 (1.88%) LAN
5 8 (1.88%) SSL
5 8 (1.88%) VPN
6 7 (1.64%) BGP
6 7 (1.64%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (1.64%) DHCP
6 7 (1.64%) OSPF
6 7 (1.64%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.41%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.41%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.41%) VLAN
7 6 (1.41%) Wireless
7 6 (1.41%) WLAN
8 5 (1.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.70%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.92%) Power BI
2 31 (7.28%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.46%) Data Lake
4 18 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (3.76%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (3.52%) BigQuery
7 12 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.11%) Delta Lake
9 9 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.11%) Spark SQL
9 9 (2.11%) Tableau
10 7 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (1.41%) Looker
11 6 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (1.17%) Db2
12 5 (1.17%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.17%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 33 (7.75%) Git
2 13 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.58%) GitLab
4 9 (2.11%) Eclipse
4 9 (2.11%) JIRA
4 9 (2.11%) MLflow
5 7 (1.64%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.41%) Maven
7 5 (1.17%) JUnit
7 5 (1.17%) Mockito
8 4 (0.94%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.70%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.70%) Spock
9 3 (0.70%) TestRail
9 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.47%) Selenium
10 2 (0.47%) Vite
11 1 (0.23%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.23%) JMeter
11 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 121 (28.40%) Finance
2 72 (16.90%) Social Skills
3 36 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.63%) Law
5 17 (3.99%) Banking
5 17 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.35%) Legal
7 9 (2.11%) Front Office
7 9 (2.11%) Retail
8 6 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.70%) Legal Technology
10 3 (0.70%) Marketing
11 2 (0.47%) Advertising
11 2 (0.47%) Back Office
11 2 (0.47%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.47%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.23%) Billing
12 1 (0.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 81 (19.01%) Architect
2 75 (17.61%) Lead
3 74 (17.37%) Senior
4 58 (13.62%) Azure Engineer
5 52 (12.21%) Developer
6 31 (7.28%) Data Engineer
7 30 (7.04%) Platform Engineer
8 29 (6.81%) Cloud Engineer
9 28 (6.57%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (6.34%) Azure Architect
11 20 (4.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 20 (4.69%) Consultant
12 18 (4.23%) Analyst
12 18 (4.23%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 17 (3.99%) IT Architect
13 17 (3.99%) Lead Developer
14 16 (3.76%) Azure Developer
15 14 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (3.29%) Principal Engineer
15 14 (3.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (16.43%) Terraform
2 41 (9.62%) .NET
3 20 (4.69%) LangChain
4 19 (4.46%) REST
5 17 (3.99%) OAuth
6 15 (3.52%) PySpark
7 12 (2.82%) Kafka
7 12 (2.82%) PyTorch
7 12 (2.82%) React
8 11 (2.58%) TensorFlow
9 10 (2.35%) Django
9 10 (2.35%) OpenID
9 10 (2.35%) Spring
9 10 (2.35%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.11%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (1.88%) Blazor
11 8 (1.88%) JWT
11 8 (1.88%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.88%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.64%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.56%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.87%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (3.76%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.29%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.58%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.11%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.88%) Clustering
10 8 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.41%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.17%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.33%) Windows
2 27 (6.34%) Linux
3 18 (4.23%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.64%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.70%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Android
7 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.76%) DevOps
2 104 (24.41%) CI/CD
3 72 (16.90%) Agile
3 72 (16.90%) AI
4 69 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (13.38%) Data Engineering
7 55 (12.91%) Roadmaps
8 52 (12.21%) Mentoring
9 46 (10.80%) Microservices
10 45 (10.56%) Analytics
11 43 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (9.39%) Data Pipeline
12 40 (9.39%) Machine Learning
13 38 (8.92%) Platform Engineering
14 37 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (7.98%) Generative AI
16 33 (7.75%) Technical Leadership
17 32 (7.51%) Containerisation
17 32 (7.51%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 94 (22.07%) Python
2 89 (20.89%) SQL
3 49 (11.50%) C#
4 41 (9.62%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.40%) Java
6 21 (4.93%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.05%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.35%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.88%) Bash
9 8 (1.88%) Bicep
10 7 (1.64%) DataWeave
10 7 (1.64%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.41%) C++
12 5 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.17%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.94%) C
13 4 (0.94%) Go
13 4 (0.94%) Scala
14 3 (0.70%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (8.45%) Degree
2 27 (6.34%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.10%) Azure Certification
4 22 (5.16%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.93%) CISSP
6 20 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.11%) CEH
9 7 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.17%) CFA
12 4 (0.94%) CCSP
12 4 (0.94%) CISM
12 4 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.70%) GIAC
13 3 (0.70%) GPEN
13 3 (0.70%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.70%) OSCE
13 3 (0.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.16%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.46%) GDPR
3 18 (4.23%) QA
4 9 (2.11%) NIST
5 7 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.47%) NCSC
8 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.47%) PMO
8 2 (0.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (10.80%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.16%) Docker
3 16 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.47%) vSphere
7 1 (0.23%) Firmware
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 55 (12.91%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.16%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (4.93%) Ansible
4 16 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.64%) CloudHub
5 7 (1.64%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.41%) SCCM
7 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.47%) Grafana
8 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.47%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.23%) Argo
9 1 (0.23%) Cilium
9 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 138 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.80%) Databricks
3 27 (6.34%) VMware
4 23 (5.40%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.23%) Google
6 17 (3.99%) Cisco
7 12 (2.82%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.58%) Guidewire
8 11 (2.58%) SAP
9 10 (2.35%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.64%) Dell
11 7 (1.64%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.64%) Okta
11 7 (1.64%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.41%) Cloudera
12 6 (1.41%) Foundry
13 5 (1.17%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.17%) iManage
13 5 (1.17%) Red Hat