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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 598 495 791
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.45% 25.67% 24.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.99% 51.62% 48.56%
Number of salaries quoted 444 396 677
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,590 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,438 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.16% +4.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,063 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,875 £117,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% +6.16% +4.29%

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 1,246 959 1,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.12% 49.74% 51.24%
Number of salaries quoted 919 768 1,351
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 3 June 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 31 (5.18%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.84%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.50%) Apache
5 3 (0.50%) Confluence
6 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.33%) CMS
6 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.84%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.67%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 122 (20.40%) AWS
2 101 (16.89%) Azure DevOps
3 92 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (15.05%) GCP
5 68 (11.37%) Power Platform
6 62 (10.37%) Entra ID
7 33 (5.52%) SaaS
8 32 (5.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 32 (5.35%) PaaS
9 30 (5.02%) Serverless
10 23 (3.85%) GitHub
11 21 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.34%) Azure AKS
13 19 (3.18%) IaaS
14 18 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (3.01%) dbt
15 16 (2.68%) Power Automate
16 14 (2.34%) OneDrive
17 13 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (9.53%) Firewall
2 27 (4.52%) DNS
2 27 (4.52%) VPN
3 22 (3.68%) DHCP
4 20 (3.34%) Network Security
5 15 (2.51%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (2.01%) WAN
7 11 (1.84%) LAN
8 8 (1.34%) WLAN
9 6 (1.00%) BGP
9 6 (1.00%) Kerberos
9 6 (1.00%) OSPF
9 6 (1.00%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.00%) Wireless
10 5 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.50%) WebEx
12 2 (0.33%) MPLS
12 2 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.36%) SQL Server
2 43 (7.19%) Power BI
3 33 (5.52%) Elasticsearch
4 29 (4.85%) BigQuery
5 22 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (3.34%) Data Lake
6 20 (3.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.84%) DB2
8 11 (1.84%) Spark SQL
9 9 (1.51%) Delta Lake
10 8 (1.34%) Metabase
10 8 (1.34%) Tableau
11 7 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.17%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.00%) Looker
12 6 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (5.02%) Git
2 21 (3.51%) Eclipse
3 12 (2.01%) JIRA
4 9 (1.51%) GitLab
4 9 (1.51%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.34%) MLflow
6 7 (1.17%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.00%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.84%) Balsamiq
9 3 (0.50%) TestRail
9 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.33%) JUnit
10 2 (0.33%) Maven
10 2 (0.33%) Mockito
10 2 (0.33%) Spock
10 2 (0.33%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.17%) Appium
11 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 176 (29.43%) Finance
2 106 (17.73%) Social Skills
3 49 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.85%) Law
5 19 (3.18%) Banking
6 13 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.84%) Legal
9 10 (1.67%) Retail
10 8 (1.34%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.34%) Front Office
11 7 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.67%) Advertising
14 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.17%) Billing
15 1 (0.17%) French Language
15 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 102 (17.06%) Architect
2 101 (16.89%) Senior
3 91 (15.22%) Lead
4 66 (11.04%) Azure Engineer
5 52 (8.70%) Developer
6 42 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (6.35%) Data Engineer
8 36 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (5.85%) Analyst
10 34 (5.69%) Azure Architect
11 31 (5.18%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
12 27 (4.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 27 (4.52%) Support Engineer
13 26 (4.35%) IT Architect
14 21 (3.51%) Consultant
14 21 (3.51%) IT Support
14 21 (3.51%) Software Engineer
15 20 (3.34%) Network Engineer
16 19 (3.18%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (12.71%) .NET
2 25 (4.18%) Django
3 21 (3.51%) React
4 18 (3.01%) REST
5 16 (2.68%) LangChain
6 15 (2.51%) PySpark
7 14 (2.34%) Kafka
7 14 (2.34%) OAuth
8 13 (2.17%) PyTorch
8 13 (2.17%) RESTful
9 12 (2.01%) OpenID
9 12 (2.01%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.51%) YAML
11 8 (1.34%) Blazor
11 8 (1.34%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (1.34%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (1.34%) SAML
12 7 (1.17%) LDAP
12 7 (1.17%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.85%) Product Ownership
3 34 (5.69%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (3.85%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.01%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.34%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.01%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.84%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.67%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.51%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.17%) Clustering
13 7 (1.17%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (14.05%) Windows
2 30 (5.02%) Linux
2 30 (5.02%) Windows Server
3 19 (3.18%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.67%) Android
6 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.33%) Unix
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (31.44%) DevOps
2 120 (20.07%) CI/CD
3 103 (17.22%) AI
4 99 (16.56%) Agile
5 93 (15.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 83 (13.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 74 (12.37%) Mentoring
8 70 (11.71%) Analytics
9 68 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (10.87%) Microservices
11 60 (10.03%) Roadmaps
12 55 (9.20%) Data Engineering
13 53 (8.86%) Data Pipeline
13 53 (8.86%) ITIL
14 47 (7.86%) Machine Learning
15 46 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
16 44 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
16 44 (7.36%) Software Engineering
17 43 (7.19%) Computer Science
18 41 (6.86%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 134 (22.41%) Python
2 131 (21.91%) SQL
3 73 (12.21%) C#
4 60 (10.03%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.18%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.01%) Java
7 12 (2.01%) Bash
8 11 (1.84%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.84%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.67%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.51%) Bicep
11 7 (1.17%) C++
12 6 (1.00%) Go
13 5 (0.84%) C
13 5 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.67%) Perl
15 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 62 (10.37%) Degree
2 36 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (4.68%) CISSP
4 24 (4.01%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.17%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.84%) CEH
9 10 (1.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.34%) CISM
11 7 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.00%) GIAC
12 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.84%) CCSP
13 5 (0.84%) GPEN
13 5 (0.84%) OSCP
14 4 (0.67%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (4.01%) GDPR
2 24 (4.01%) NIST
3 18 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.17%) QA
5 8 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.84%) COBIT
6 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.50%) NCSC
7 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.50%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.33%) PMO
8 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.33%) SOC 1
8 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 71 (11.87%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.68%) Docker
3 19 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.84%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) NLBS
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (13.04%) Terraform
2 64 (10.70%) Kubernetes
3 38 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (4.01%) Ansible
4 24 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (2.01%) SCCM
6 11 (1.84%) Grafana
7 7 (1.17%) Kibana
8 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.84%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.17%) Cilium
10 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.17%) QRadar
10 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 186 (31.10%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.20%) Databricks
3 37 (6.19%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.69%) VMware
5 31 (5.18%) Google
6 17 (2.84%) Cisco
7 11 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (1.84%) CyberArk
7 11 (1.84%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.67%) Guidewire
8 10 (1.67%) SAP
9 8 (1.34%) iManage
9 8 (1.34%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.17%) Dell
10 7 (1.17%) Okta
11 6 (1.00%) Cloudera
11 6 (1.00%) Oracle
11 6 (1.00%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.84%) Splunk