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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 385 385 756
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.63% 22.51% 26.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.65% 47.12% 51.53%
Number of salaries quoted 291 311 561
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% +6.90% +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 947 817 1,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.07% 47.78% 50.76%
Number of salaries quoted 712 680 1,028
10th Percentile £48,752 £40,478 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,250 £55,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,625 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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 20 September 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 13 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.34%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.82%) Anypoint
3 7 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.82%) Mule
4 4 (1.04%) Apache
5 3 (0.78%) Confluence
6 2 (0.52%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.82%) PlantUML
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.52%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.52%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (23.90%) AWS
2 63 (16.36%) Power Platform
3 56 (14.55%) GCP
4 50 (12.99%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (11.43%) Entra ID
6 36 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (6.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (6.23%) Serverless
10 22 (5.71%) PaaS
11 21 (5.45%) SaaS
12 19 (4.94%) Power Automate
13 18 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (4.42%) GitHub
14 17 (4.42%) IaaS
15 15 (3.90%) PowerApps
16 13 (3.38%) Azure AKS
16 13 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (2.60%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.05%) Firewall
2 19 (4.94%) Network Security
3 12 (3.12%) DNS
4 9 (2.34%) SSL
4 9 (2.34%) WAN
5 8 (2.08%) VPN
6 7 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (1.82%) DHCP
6 7 (1.82%) LAN
6 7 (1.82%) Wireless
7 6 (1.56%) BGP
7 6 (1.56%) OSPF
7 6 (1.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.56%) VLAN
8 5 (1.30%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.30%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.30%) WLAN
9 4 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.78%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.57%) Power BI
2 24 (6.23%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (3.38%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.34%) BigQuery
6 9 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.08%) Delta Lake
7 8 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.08%) Spark SQL
8 7 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.56%) Metadata
9 6 (1.56%) Tableau
10 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.78%) Milvus
11 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (8.57%) Git
2 13 (3.38%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.60%) GitLab
4 7 (1.82%) Eclipse
4 7 (1.82%) JIRA
4 7 (1.82%) Maven
4 7 (1.82%) MLflow
5 6 (1.56%) JUnit
5 6 (1.56%) Mockito
6 5 (1.30%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.78%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (0.78%) Spock
7 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.78%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.52%) Selenium
8 2 (0.52%) TestRail
8 2 (0.52%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 116 (30.13%) Finance
2 63 (16.36%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.49%) Law
5 18 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.12%) Banking
7 10 (2.60%) Legal
8 9 (2.34%) Retail
9 8 (2.08%) Front Office
10 5 (1.30%) Marketing
11 3 (0.78%) Back Office
11 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.78%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.78%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.26%) Advertising
13 1 (0.26%) Games
13 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (18.96%) Architect
2 68 (17.66%) Senior
3 65 (16.88%) Lead
4 53 (13.77%) Developer
5 50 (12.99%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (7.79%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (7.53%) Data Engineer
8 27 (7.01%) Solutions Architect
9 25 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (5.97%) Azure Architect
11 20 (5.19%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 19 (4.94%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 19 (4.94%) Consultant
13 17 (4.42%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.90%) Azure Developer
15 14 (3.64%) IT Architect
15 14 (3.64%) Principal Engineer
16 13 (3.38%) Analyst
16 13 (3.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 13 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (18.44%) Terraform
2 35 (9.09%) .NET
3 20 (5.19%) REST
4 17 (4.42%) LangChain
5 15 (3.90%) OAuth
6 13 (3.38%) PySpark
6 13 (3.38%) React
7 11 (2.86%) Spring
7 11 (2.86%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.08%) JWT
8 8 (2.08%) Kafka
8 8 (2.08%) OAuth2
8 8 (2.08%) OpenID
8 8 (2.08%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.82%) Django
9 7 (1.82%) LlamaIndex
9 7 (1.82%) MUnit
9 7 (1.82%) RAML
9 7 (1.82%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.56%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.17%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.16%) AI Agents
3 16 (4.16%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (3.90%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.60%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.82%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.30%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.30%) Clustering
9 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.30%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.61%) Windows
2 26 (6.75%) Linux
3 17 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) Android
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 108 (28.05%) DevOps
3 74 (19.22%) AI
4 66 (17.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 64 (16.62%) Agile
6 59 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (14.03%) Data Engineering
8 50 (12.99%) Roadmaps
9 42 (10.91%) Mentoring
10 41 (10.65%) Analytics
11 40 (10.39%) Microservices
12 38 (9.87%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (9.87%) Platform Engineering
13 36 (9.35%) Machine Learning
14 35 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (8.83%) Data Architecture
15 34 (8.83%) Technical Leadership
16 32 (8.31%) Generative AI
17 31 (8.05%) Test Automation
18 30 (7.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 87 (22.60%) Python
2 79 (20.52%) SQL
3 43 (11.17%) C#
4 38 (9.87%) PowerShell
5 22 (5.71%) Java
5 22 (5.71%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.64%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.60%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.34%) Bicep
9 8 (2.08%) Bash
10 7 (1.82%) DataWeave
11 5 (1.30%) C++
12 4 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.78%) C
13 3 (0.78%) Go
13 3 (0.78%) Scala
13 3 (0.78%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.52%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.52%) Perl
14 2 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (7.79%) Degree
2 26 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.71%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.90%) CISSP
6 14 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.56%) CEH
8 6 (1.56%) CFA
9 4 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.78%) CCSP
10 3 (0.78%) CISM
10 3 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.52%) CCNP
11 2 (0.52%) GIAC
11 2 (0.52%) GPEN
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.52%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.68%) QA
3 14 (3.64%) GDPR
4 6 (1.56%) NIST
5 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.78%) SLA
7 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.52%) NCSC
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.52%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) PSD2
8 1 (0.26%) SEPA
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (9.35%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.45%) Docker
3 16 (4.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.52%) vSphere
8 1 (0.26%) Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (13.51%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.71%) Ansible
3 19 (4.94%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (3.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.82%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.56%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.30%) SCCM
8 3 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.52%) Argo
9 2 (0.52%) Grafana
9 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.52%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.52%) Puppet
10 1 (0.26%) Cilium
10 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 128 (33.25%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.65%) Databricks
3 26 (6.75%) VMware
4 17 (4.42%) Cisco
4 17 (4.42%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.38%) Google
6 11 (2.86%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.86%) SAP
7 9 (2.34%) Guidewire
7 9 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.08%) MuleSoft
9 7 (1.82%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.56%) Foundry
11 5 (1.30%) Okta
11 5 (1.30%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.04%) Dell
12 4 (1.04%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.78%) Cloudera
13 3 (0.78%) Oracle