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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 422 737 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 21.33% 27.07% 24.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.16% 52.16% 47.39%
Number of salaries quoted 340 563 648
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,375 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.52% - -3.33%

All Cloud 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 809 1,413 1,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 40.90% 51.89% 51.41%
Number of salaries quoted 653 991 1,390
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,756 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
5 2 (0.47%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 22 (5.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 106 (25.12%) Power Platform
2 98 (23.22%) AWS
3 83 (19.67%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (19.43%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (14.93%) GCP
6 43 (10.19%) Power Automate
7 39 (9.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 39 (9.24%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (8.53%) PowerApps
9 31 (7.35%) Entra ID
10 26 (6.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 17 (4.03%) Snowflake
12 16 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (3.79%) GitHub
12 16 (3.79%) PaaS
13 15 (3.55%) SaaS
14 14 (3.32%) Serverless
15 13 (3.08%) dbt
15 13 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.53%) Firewall
2 15 (3.55%) DNS
2 15 (3.55%) VPN
3 14 (3.32%) WAN
4 13 (3.08%) LAN
4 13 (3.08%) Network Security
4 13 (3.08%) VoIP
5 11 (2.61%) DHCP
5 11 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.42%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.95%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.47%) BGP
9 2 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.47%) MPLS
9 2 (0.47%) OSPF
9 2 (0.47%) VSAN
9 2 (0.47%) Wireless
9 2 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (18.96%) Power BI
2 41 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (9.00%) SQL Server
4 27 (6.40%) Data Lake
5 15 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.13%) BigQuery
7 9 (2.13%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.66%) Power Query
8 7 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.18%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.18%) Metabase
10 5 (1.18%) Metadata
11 4 (0.95%) Big Data
11 4 (0.95%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.95%) Tableau
12 3 (0.71%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 37 (8.77%) Git
2 22 (5.21%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.13%) JIRA
3 9 (2.13%) Octopus Deploy
3 9 (2.13%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.42%) GitLab
4 6 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.95%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.71%) MLflow
6 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.47%) ERwin
7 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.24%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.24%) NUnit
8 1 (0.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 142 (33.65%) Finance
2 112 (26.54%) Social Skills
3 48 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.29%) Legal
5 26 (6.16%) Law
6 19 (4.50%) Retail
7 18 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.08%) Banking
10 10 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.18%) Advertising
11 5 (1.18%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.18%) Marketing
12 3 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.47%) Wearables
14 1 (0.24%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (19.43%) Senior
2 75 (17.77%) Lead
3 49 (11.61%) Developer
4 47 (11.14%) Data Engineer
5 31 (7.35%) Architect
6 26 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.69%) Analyst
7 24 (5.69%) Software Engineer
8 21 (4.98%) Senior Data Engineer
9 19 (4.50%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (4.50%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.79%) IT Support
11 14 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.08%) IT Manager
12 13 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.84%) Security Engineer
14 11 (2.61%) Azure Architect
14 11 (2.61%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.61%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.61%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.24%) .NET
2 25 (5.92%) React
3 22 (5.21%) Web Services
4 18 (4.27%) REST
5 14 (3.32%) SOAP
6 12 (2.84%) PySpark
7 11 (2.61%) Django
7 11 (2.61%) Node.js
8 10 (2.37%) HTML
9 9 (2.13%) AngularJS
9 9 (2.13%) CSS
9 9 (2.13%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (2.13%) Kafka
10 8 (1.90%) PyTorch
10 8 (1.90%) RESTful
11 7 (1.66%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.66%) Vue
12 6 (1.42%) YAML
13 5 (1.18%) Next.js
13 5 (1.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (4.03%) Security Posture
4 15 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.32%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.37%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.13%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.13%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.90%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.90%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.66%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.42%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 59 (13.98%) Windows
2 21 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.79%) Linux
4 15 (3.55%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.90%) Unix
6 7 (1.66%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.47%) CentOS
10 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.47%) VMS
11 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (31.75%) DevOps
2 110 (26.07%) Agile
3 104 (24.64%) CI/CD
4 91 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (21.09%) AI
6 59 (13.98%) Analytics
6 59 (13.98%) Business Intelligence
7 56 (13.27%) Mentoring
8 54 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (12.32%) ETL
10 49 (11.61%) Data Pipeline
11 48 (11.37%) Data Modelling
12 45 (10.66%) Computer Science
13 44 (10.43%) ITIL
13 44 (10.43%) Software Engineering
14 43 (10.19%) Decision-Making
15 40 (9.48%) Infrastructure as Code
15 40 (9.48%) Migration
16 38 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
17 34 (8.06%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 131 (31.04%) Python
2 111 (26.30%) SQL
3 63 (14.93%) PowerShell
4 48 (11.37%) C#
5 27 (6.40%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.98%) Java
7 17 (4.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (3.55%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.08%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.61%) Bicep
11 10 (2.37%) Bash
12 4 (0.95%) Rust
12 4 (0.95%) Scala
13 3 (0.71%) Go
14 2 (0.47%) C++
14 2 (0.47%) R
14 2 (0.47%) VBA
14 2 (0.47%) X++
15 1 (0.24%) Perl
15 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 59 (13.98%) Degree
2 34 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (5.21%) Azure Certification
5 17 (4.03%) CISSP
5 17 (4.03%) Security Cleared
6 15 (3.55%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.08%) CISM
7 13 (3.08%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.66%) CEH
8 7 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.95%) GIAC
10 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.95%) PMP
11 3 (0.71%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.71%) CCNP
12 2 (0.47%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (5.92%) GDPR
3 18 (4.27%) NIST
4 9 (2.13%) QA
5 6 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.95%) NCSC
8 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.47%) SLA
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (10.90%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.92%) Docker
3 14 (3.32%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.90%) XenDesktop
6 5 (1.18%) XenApp
7 3 (0.71%) vSphere
8 2 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.47%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.24%) KVM
9 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 48 (11.37%) Terraform
2 31 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 28 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (4.74%) SCCM
5 16 (3.79%) Ansible
6 12 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.66%) Grafana
8 5 (1.18%) Autotask
9 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.71%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.47%) Puppet
10 2 (0.47%) SCOM
11 1 (0.24%) Ambari
11 1 (0.24%) Kibana
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.24%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 185 (43.84%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.56%) Databricks
3 24 (5.69%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.21%) VMware
5 17 (4.03%) Google
6 15 (3.55%) Citrix
7 13 (3.08%) Cisco
8 11 (2.61%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.13%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.13%) Oracle
9 9 (2.13%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.90%) Meraki
11 6 (1.42%) iManage
12 5 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.18%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.18%) SonicWALL
12 5 (1.18%) Sophos
13 4 (0.95%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.95%) Intapp
13 4 (0.95%) SAP