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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 445 729 689
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 20.97% 27.02% 24.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.23% 51.81% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 355 552 637
10th Percentile £50,350 £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -5.23%
75th Percentile £93,750 £94,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 836 1,407 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 39.40% 52.15% 51.11%
Number of salaries quoted 661 979 1,346
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,688 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -

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 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

Azure
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the City of London region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge -1 2 £87,500 +14.75%
Azure
Central 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 33 (7.42%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) Confluence
5 2 (0.45%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.45%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (23.15%) Power Platform
2 99 (22.25%) AWS
3 89 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 81 (18.20%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (14.38%) GCP
6 41 (9.21%) Power Automate
7 38 (8.54%) Dynamics 365
8 35 (7.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (7.64%) PowerApps
10 31 (6.97%) Entra ID
11 26 (5.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (4.72%) PaaS
13 17 (3.82%) GitHub
13 17 (3.82%) SaaS
14 16 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (3.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (3.60%) Snowflake
15 15 (3.37%) Serverless
16 13 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (2.47%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.99%) Firewall
2 20 (4.49%) VPN
3 15 (3.37%) DNS
4 14 (3.15%) WAN
5 12 (2.70%) DHCP
5 12 (2.70%) LAN
6 11 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.25%) Network Security
7 10 (2.25%) VoIP
8 7 (1.57%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.12%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.67%) Wireless
11 2 (0.45%) BGP
11 2 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.45%) MPLS
11 2 (0.45%) OSPF
11 2 (0.45%) SAN
11 2 (0.45%) VSAN
11 2 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (17.53%) Power BI
2 42 (9.44%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (8.99%) SQL Server
4 27 (6.07%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.47%) BigQuery
8 10 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.80%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.57%) Power Query
11 6 (1.35%) Metadata
12 5 (1.12%) Metabase
13 4 (0.90%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.90%) Tableau
14 3 (0.67%) Big Data
14 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.67%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 37 (8.31%) Git
2 22 (4.94%) Visual Studio
3 11 (2.47%) Octopus Deploy
4 10 (2.25%) JIRA
4 10 (2.25%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.35%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.35%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.12%) GitLab
7 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.45%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.45%) ERwin
8 2 (0.45%) MLflow
8 2 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.22%) NUnit
9 1 (0.22%) Selenium
9 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 146 (32.81%) Finance
2 113 (25.39%) Social Skills
3 45 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.87%) Legal
5 28 (6.29%) Law
6 19 (4.27%) Retail
7 17 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.15%) Banking
10 13 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.35%) Advertising
12 5 (1.12%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.67%) Marketing
14 3 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.45%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.45%) Retail Banking
16 1 (0.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 82 (18.43%) Senior
2 78 (17.53%) Lead
3 54 (12.13%) Developer
4 44 (9.89%) Data Engineer
5 36 (8.09%) Architect
6 28 (6.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.39%) Analyst
7 24 (5.39%) Software Engineer
8 23 (5.17%) Support Engineer
9 20 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (4.49%) Senior Data Engineer
10 15 (3.37%) IT Support
10 15 (3.37%) Network Engineer
11 14 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (2.92%) Azure Architect
12 13 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (2.92%) IT Manager
12 13 (2.92%) Senior Developer
12 13 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.70%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (9.89%) .NET
2 23 (5.17%) React
3 22 (4.94%) Web Services
4 19 (4.27%) REST
5 15 (3.37%) SOAP
6 12 (2.70%) Django
7 10 (2.25%) HTML
7 10 (2.25%) Node.js
8 9 (2.02%) AngularJS
8 9 (2.02%) CSS
8 9 (2.02%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (2.02%) RESTful
9 8 (1.80%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.80%) PySpark
9 8 (1.80%) PyTorch
10 7 (1.57%) Kafka
10 7 (1.57%) Vue
11 6 (1.35%) YAML
12 5 (1.12%) OAuth
12 5 (1.12%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.64%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (3.82%) Virtual Team
4 16 (3.60%) Security Posture
5 13 (2.92%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.47%) Reinsurance
8 10 (2.25%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.25%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.02%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.02%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.57%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.35%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.12%) PKI
12 5 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 57 (12.81%) Windows
2 19 (4.27%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.37%) Windows 10
4 13 (2.92%) Linux
5 7 (1.57%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.57%) Unix
6 5 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.45%) VMS
10 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (30.79%) DevOps
2 114 (25.62%) Agile
3 103 (23.15%) CI/CD
4 101 (22.70%) AI
5 94 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (14.16%) Analytics
7 60 (13.48%) Mentoring
8 59 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
9 57 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (11.46%) ETL
11 50 (11.24%) Data Pipeline
12 49 (11.01%) Data Modelling
13 48 (10.79%) ITIL
14 47 (10.56%) Computer Science
15 43 (9.66%) Software Engineering
16 42 (9.44%) Migration
17 39 (8.76%) Decision-Making
17 39 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
18 38 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
19 37 (8.31%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 133 (29.89%) Python
2 117 (26.29%) SQL
3 61 (13.71%) PowerShell
4 50 (11.24%) C#
5 28 (6.29%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.04%) Java
7 17 (3.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.92%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.70%) Bicep
9 12 (2.70%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.25%) Bash
11 4 (0.90%) Rust
11 4 (0.90%) Scala
12 3 (0.67%) Go
13 2 (0.45%) C++
13 2 (0.45%) R
13 2 (0.45%) VBA
13 2 (0.45%) X++
14 1 (0.22%) Perl
14 1 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 59 (13.26%) Degree
2 34 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 18 (4.04%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.82%) CISSP
7 16 (3.60%) SC Cleared
8 13 (2.92%) CISM
9 12 (2.70%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.57%) CEH
10 7 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.12%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.90%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.90%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.90%) PMP
13 3 (0.67%) CCNP
13 3 (0.67%) MCP
13 3 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.84%) GDPR
3 20 (4.49%) NIST
4 8 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.80%) QA
5 5 (1.12%) NCSC
6 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.67%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.45%) SLA
8 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.52%) Docker
3 13 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.57%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.90%) XenApp
8 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.67%) vSphere
9 2 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.22%) KVM
10 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.22%) vCloud
10 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (10.79%) Terraform
2 32 (7.19%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (4.04%) SCCM
5 14 (3.15%) Ansible
6 11 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.02%) Grafana
8 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.67%) Autotask
8 3 (0.67%) Kibana
8 3 (0.67%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.45%) Puppet
9 2 (0.45%) SCOM
10 1 (0.22%) Ambari
10 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 186 (41.80%) Microsoft
2 51 (11.46%) Databricks
3 25 (5.62%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.49%) VMware
5 18 (4.04%) Google
6 14 (3.15%) Cisco
6 14 (3.15%) Citrix
7 12 (2.70%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.25%) CyberArk
9 8 (1.80%) Meraki
9 8 (1.80%) Oracle
10 7 (1.57%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.35%) iManage
11 6 (1.35%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.12%) Sophos
13 4 (0.90%) Apple
13 4 (0.90%) EMC
13 4 (0.90%) F5
13 4 (0.90%) SAP