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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 513 678 750
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.67% 26.65% 23.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.22% 51.36% 47.62%
Number of salaries quoted 409 507 704
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +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 £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 964 1,320 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.96% 51.89% 50.18%
Number of salaries quoted 759 903 1,453
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,800 £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 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,750 £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 4 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 40 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (4.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 113 (22.03%) Azure DevOps
2 108 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 104 (20.27%) AWS
4 91 (17.74%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (13.45%) GCP
6 41 (7.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (7.80%) Power Automate
8 38 (7.41%) Entra ID
9 37 (7.21%) PowerApps
10 35 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (5.65%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (4.29%) PaaS
13 21 (4.09%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (4.09%) SaaS
14 20 (3.90%) GitHub
15 18 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (3.31%) Serverless
17 15 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 14 (2.73%) dbt
18 14 (2.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.19%) Firewall
2 27 (5.26%) VPN
3 22 (4.29%) DNS
4 20 (3.90%) DHCP
5 14 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (2.34%) WAN
7 10 (1.95%) LAN
7 10 (1.95%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.36%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.97%) NetScaler
9 5 (0.97%) Network Security
9 5 (0.97%) VoIP
10 3 (0.58%) VSAN
10 3 (0.58%) WebEx
10 3 (0.58%) Wireless
11 2 (0.39%) BGP
11 2 (0.39%) Broadband
11 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.39%) MPLS
11 2 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (15.59%) Power BI
2 53 (10.33%) SQL Server
3 45 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (5.07%) Data Lake
5 21 (4.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (3.31%) BigQuery
7 17 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.56%) Metabase
8 8 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.17%) Metadata
10 6 (1.17%) Power Query
11 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.78%) Tableau
13 3 (0.58%) Redis
13 3 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (7.41%) Git
2 24 (4.68%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.53%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.53%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (2.34%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.56%) JIRA
6 4 (0.78%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) GitLab
7 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) NUnit
9 1 (0.19%) Selenium
9 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 167 (32.55%) Finance
2 124 (24.17%) Social Skills
3 47 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.04%) Law
4 31 (6.04%) Legal
5 19 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.31%) Banking
7 16 (3.12%) Retail
8 14 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.97%) Advertising
12 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.58%) Front Office
13 3 (0.58%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.58%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 92 (17.93%) Senior
2 79 (15.40%) Lead
3 59 (11.50%) Developer
4 53 (10.33%) Data Engineer
5 42 (8.19%) Architect
6 38 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (6.63%) Analyst
8 27 (5.26%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.07%) Software Engineer
10 24 (4.68%) Azure Engineer
11 22 (4.29%) Senior Data Engineer
12 19 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (3.51%) IT Analyst
13 18 (3.51%) Network Engineer
14 16 (3.12%) IT Support
14 16 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (2.92%) Azure Architect
15 15 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
15 15 (2.92%) Security Engineer
16 14 (2.73%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.50%) .NET
2 21 (4.09%) React
3 19 (3.70%) REST
3 19 (3.70%) Web Services
4 18 (3.51%) Django
5 15 (2.92%) SOAP
6 12 (2.34%) RESTful
7 10 (1.95%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.95%) PyTorch
8 9 (1.75%) CSS
8 9 (1.75%) HTML
8 9 (1.75%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.75%) Node.js
8 9 (1.75%) PySpark
8 9 (1.75%) WPF
9 8 (1.56%) LangChain
9 8 (1.56%) YAML
10 7 (1.36%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.36%) Kafka
10 7 (1.36%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.87%) Data Structures
2 25 (4.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (3.51%) Virtual Team
4 17 (3.31%) Reinsurance
4 17 (3.31%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.12%) Algorithms
5 16 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.12%) 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 (1.36%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 68 (13.26%) Windows
2 23 (4.48%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.14%) Linux
5 8 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.17%) Unix
6 6 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.39%) VMS
11 1 (0.19%) Android
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (31.77%) DevOps
2 120 (23.39%) Agile
2 120 (23.39%) CI/CD
3 119 (23.20%) AI
4 103 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (14.62%) Analytics
6 72 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (13.06%) Mentoring
8 65 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
9 58 (11.31%) Data Pipeline
9 58 (11.31%) ITIL
10 52 (10.14%) ETL
11 51 (9.94%) Migration
12 49 (9.55%) Computer Science
12 49 (9.55%) Data Modelling
12 49 (9.55%) Software Engineering
13 44 (8.58%) Microservices
14 43 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (8.38%) Machine Learning
15 41 (7.99%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 148 (28.85%) Python
2 143 (27.88%) SQL
3 63 (12.28%) PowerShell
4 58 (11.31%) C#
5 28 (5.46%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.53%) Java
8 12 (2.34%) Bicep
8 12 (2.34%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.14%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.75%) Bash
11 4 (0.78%) Rust
12 3 (0.58%) Go
12 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.58%) Scala
13 2 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.39%) R
13 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (12.87%) Degree
2 38 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (4.29%) CISSP
5 20 (3.90%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.51%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.31%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.92%) CISM
9 10 (1.95%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.56%) CEH
10 8 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.97%) GIAC
13 4 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.78%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.58%) CCNP
14 3 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (5.65%) GDPR
2 29 (5.65%) NIST
3 11 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.75%) QA
5 6 (1.17%) SOC 2
6 5 (0.97%) NCSC
7 4 (0.78%) COBIT
8 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.39%) SLA
9 2 (0.39%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 33 (6.43%) Docker
3 15 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.78%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (9.75%) Terraform
2 35 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (3.51%) SCCM
4 13 (2.53%) Grafana
5 12 (2.34%) Ansible
5 12 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.36%) Kibana
7 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.39%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) Ambari
9 1 (0.19%) Argo
9 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.19%) SCOM
9 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 197 (38.40%) Microsoft
2 57 (11.11%) Databricks
3 33 (6.43%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.87%) Google
5 17 (3.31%) VMware
6 14 (2.73%) Cisco
7 12 (2.34%) Citrix
7 12 (2.34%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.34%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.75%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.56%) Meraki
10 7 (1.36%) iManage
11 6 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.17%) Oracle
12 5 (0.97%) Commvault
12 5 (0.97%) Sophos
13 4 (0.78%) Apple
13 4 (0.78%) EMC
13 4 (0.78%) F5
13 4 (0.78%) SAP