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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 512 681 748
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.55% 26.67% 23.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.22% 51.32% 47.70%
Number of salaries quoted 410 509 702
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +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 962 1,327 1,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.73% 51.98% 50.19%
Number of salaries quoted 761 909 1,446
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,950 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £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

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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

Azure
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 February 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 41 (8.01%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.59%) IIS
5 2 (0.39%) 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 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 113 (22.07%) Azure DevOps
2 109 (21.29%) Power Platform
3 102 (19.92%) AWS
4 92 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (13.28%) GCP
6 43 (8.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (7.81%) Power Automate
8 39 (7.62%) Entra ID
9 37 (7.23%) PowerApps
10 35 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (4.30%) PaaS
13 21 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (4.10%) SaaS
14 20 (3.91%) GitHub
15 18 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (3.32%) Serverless
17 15 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 14 (2.73%) dbt
18 14 (2.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.20%) Firewall
2 28 (5.47%) VPN
3 23 (4.49%) DNS
4 21 (4.10%) DHCP
5 15 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (2.34%) WAN
7 11 (2.15%) TCP/IP
8 10 (1.95%) LAN
9 7 (1.37%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.98%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.98%) VoIP
11 4 (0.78%) Network Security
12 3 (0.59%) VSAN
12 3 (0.59%) WebEx
12 3 (0.59%) Wireless
13 2 (0.39%) Broadband
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (0.39%) VLAN
13 2 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (15.82%) Power BI
2 53 (10.35%) SQL Server
3 45 (8.79%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (5.27%) Data Lake
5 21 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (3.32%) BigQuery
7 17 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.56%) Metabase
8 8 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.17%) Metadata
10 6 (1.17%) Power Query
11 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.78%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.78%) Tableau
13 3 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (7.42%) Git
2 24 (4.69%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.54%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.54%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (2.34%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.56%) JIRA
6 4 (0.78%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.59%) GitLab
7 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.59%) MLflow
8 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.39%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.39%) ERwin
8 2 (0.39%) Postman
8 2 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.39%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.20%) NUnit
9 1 (0.20%) Selenium
9 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 167 (32.62%) Finance
2 124 (24.22%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.05%) Law
4 31 (6.05%) Legal
5 19 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.32%) Banking
7 15 (2.93%) Retail
8 14 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.98%) Advertising
12 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.59%) Front Office
13 3 (0.59%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.59%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.39%) Marketing
14 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 91 (17.77%) Senior
2 77 (15.04%) Lead
3 59 (11.52%) Developer
4 54 (10.55%) Data Engineer
5 42 (8.20%) Architect
6 39 (7.62%) DevOps Engineer
7 35 (6.84%) Analyst
8 27 (5.27%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.08%) Software Engineer
10 24 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (4.49%) Senior Data Engineer
12 18 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (3.52%) IT Analyst
12 18 (3.52%) Network Engineer
13 16 (3.13%) IT Support
13 16 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.93%) Azure Architect
14 15 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
14 15 (2.93%) Security Engineer
15 14 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.52%) .NET
2 19 (3.71%) React
2 19 (3.71%) REST
2 19 (3.71%) Web Services
3 18 (3.52%) Django
4 15 (2.93%) SOAP
5 12 (2.34%) RESTful
6 10 (1.95%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.76%) CSS
7 9 (1.76%) HTML
7 9 (1.76%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (1.76%) Node.js
7 9 (1.76%) PyTorch
7 9 (1.76%) WPF
8 8 (1.56%) LangChain
8 8 (1.56%) PySpark
8 8 (1.56%) YAML
9 7 (1.37%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.37%) Kafka
9 7 (1.37%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.05%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.88%) Data Structures
2 25 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (3.52%) Virtual Team
4 17 (3.32%) Reinsurance
4 17 (3.32%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 16 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.73%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.95%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.37%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.48%) Windows
2 23 (4.49%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.15%) Linux
5 8 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.17%) Unix
6 6 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.39%) Android
9 2 (0.39%) VMS
10 1 (0.20%) CentOS
10 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (31.84%) DevOps
2 120 (23.44%) Agile
3 119 (23.24%) AI
3 119 (23.24%) CI/CD
4 102 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (14.84%) Analytics
6 73 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (12.89%) Business Intelligence
8 65 (12.70%) Mentoring
9 59 (11.52%) Data Pipeline
10 58 (11.33%) ITIL
11 52 (10.16%) ETL
12 51 (9.96%) Migration
13 50 (9.77%) Data Modelling
14 49 (9.57%) Computer Science
14 49 (9.57%) Software Engineering
15 44 (8.59%) Microservices
16 43 (8.40%) Machine Learning
17 42 (8.20%) Decision-Making
17 42 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 148 (28.91%) Python
2 143 (27.93%) SQL
3 63 (12.30%) PowerShell
4 58 (11.33%) C#
5 28 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (2.34%) Bicep
7 12 (2.34%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.15%) Java
8 11 (2.15%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.76%) Bash
10 4 (0.78%) Rust
11 3 (0.59%) Go
11 3 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.59%) Scala
12 2 (0.39%) C++
12 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.39%) R
12 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (12.70%) Degree
2 38 (7.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (4.30%) CISSP
5 20 (3.91%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.52%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.32%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.93%) CISM
9 9 (1.76%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.56%) CEH
10 8 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.98%) GIAC
13 4 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.78%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (5.86%) GDPR
3 29 (5.66%) NIST
4 12 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.76%) QA
6 6 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.98%) NCSC
8 4 (0.78%) COBIT
9 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.39%) SLA
10 2 (0.39%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.25%) Docker
3 15 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.78%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.59%) vSphere
8 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.39%) XenApp
9 1 (0.20%) KVM
9 1 (0.20%) vCloud
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (9.57%) Terraform
2 36 (7.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (6.84%) Kubernetes
4 18 (3.52%) SCCM
5 13 (2.54%) Grafana
6 12 (2.34%) Ansible
6 12 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.37%) Kibana
8 3 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.20%) Ambari
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 198 (38.67%) Microsoft
2 59 (11.52%) Databricks
3 34 (6.64%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.88%) Google
5 17 (3.32%) VMware
6 14 (2.73%) Cisco
7 12 (2.34%) Citrix
7 12 (2.34%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.34%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.76%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.56%) Meraki
10 7 (1.37%) iManage
11 6 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.17%) Oracle
12 5 (0.98%) Commvault
12 5 (0.98%) Sophos
13 4 (0.78%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.78%) Apple
13 4 (0.78%) EMC
13 4 (0.78%) SAP