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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 519 487 708
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.23% 25.69% 23.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.83% 51.70% 48.23%
Number of salaries quoted 391 384 598
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £45,875
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £73,375
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +5.62% +4.82%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £112,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.45% +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 1,184 942 1,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.17% 49.68% 49.58%
Number of salaries quoted 891 768 1,197
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,875 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +1.35%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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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

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 July 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 26 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.50%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.35%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.35%) Mule
6 4 (0.77%) Apache
7 3 (0.58%) Confluence
8 2 (0.39%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.12%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.77%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.16%) AWS
2 79 (15.22%) GCP
3 78 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
5 69 (13.29%) Power Platform
6 58 (11.18%) Entra ID
7 34 (6.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.78%) SaaS
9 26 (5.01%) PaaS
10 24 (4.62%) Serverless
11 22 (4.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.85%) GitHub
13 18 (3.47%) Azure AKS
13 18 (3.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (3.28%) IaaS
14 17 (3.28%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.08%) dbt
16 14 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.29%) Firewall
2 23 (4.43%) DNS
3 21 (4.05%) Network Security
4 18 (3.47%) DHCP
4 18 (3.47%) VPN
5 13 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.93%) WAN
8 9 (1.73%) LAN
9 8 (1.54%) BGP
9 8 (1.54%) OSPF
10 7 (1.35%) SSL
10 7 (1.35%) WLAN
11 6 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (1.16%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.96%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.96%) Wireless
13 4 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (0.77%) VLAN
14 3 (0.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.67%) SQL Server
2 43 (8.29%) Power BI
3 25 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.43%) BigQuery
5 21 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (3.85%) Data Lake
7 17 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.12%) Db2
9 11 (2.12%) Spark SQL
10 10 (1.93%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.73%) Tableau
12 7 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.35%) Metabase
12 7 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.16%) Looker
13 6 (1.16%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.77%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (6.55%) Git
2 14 (2.70%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.50%) JIRA
4 12 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.31%) Visual Studio
5 11 (2.12%) GitLab
6 10 (1.93%) MLflow
7 4 (0.77%) Maven
7 4 (0.77%) TestRail
7 4 (0.77%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.58%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.58%) JUnit
8 3 (0.58%) Mockito
8 3 (0.58%) Spock
8 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.39%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.39%) Vite
10 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.19%) Postman
10 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 148 (28.52%) Finance
2 95 (18.30%) Social Skills
3 41 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.24%) Law
5 19 (3.66%) Banking
6 14 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.31%) Legal
8 10 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.73%) Front Office
9 9 (1.73%) Retail
10 5 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.58%) Advertising
12 3 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.58%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.19%) French Language
13 1 (0.19%) Marketing
13 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 95 (18.30%) Architect
2 94 (18.11%) Senior
3 88 (16.96%) Lead
4 63 (12.14%) Azure Engineer
5 49 (9.44%) Developer
6 36 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (6.74%) Data Engineer
8 31 (5.97%) Azure Architect
8 31 (5.97%) Platform Engineer
9 30 (5.78%) Analyst
10 24 (4.62%) IT Architect
11 22 (4.24%) Consultant
12 21 (4.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 17 (3.28%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 17 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.28%) IT Support
13 17 (3.28%) Principal Engineer
14 16 (3.08%) Security Engineer
14 16 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.02%) .NET
2 20 (3.85%) Django
2 20 (3.85%) React
3 19 (3.66%) REST
4 18 (3.47%) LangChain
4 18 (3.47%) OAuth
5 16 (3.08%) PySpark
6 15 (2.89%) Kafka
7 13 (2.50%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.12%) OpenID
8 11 (2.12%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.93%) RESTful
10 9 (1.73%) LlamaIndex
10 9 (1.73%) Spring
10 9 (1.73%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.54%) Blazor
11 8 (1.54%) JWT
11 8 (1.54%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.54%) YAML
12 7 (1.35%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.48%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.24%) Data Structures
5 21 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (3.28%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.08%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.31%) AI Agents
10 11 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.54%) Clustering
13 8 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.35%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
15 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 70 (13.49%) Windows
2 29 (5.59%) Linux
3 26 (5.01%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.77%) Android
7 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.39%) Unix
8 2 (0.39%) VMS
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (28.90%) DevOps
2 113 (21.77%) CI/CD
3 87 (16.76%) Agile
4 84 (16.18%) AI
5 81 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 76 (14.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 66 (12.72%) Mentoring
8 59 (11.37%) Data Engineering
9 57 (10.98%) Microservices
10 54 (10.40%) Roadmaps
11 51 (9.83%) Analytics
12 49 (9.44%) Data Pipeline
13 46 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (8.67%) Machine Learning
15 42 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
16 41 (7.90%) Software Engineering
17 40 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
18 38 (7.32%) Generative AI
19 37 (7.13%) Platform Engineering
20 36 (6.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 112 (21.58%) Python
1 112 (21.58%) SQL
2 57 (10.98%) C#
3 49 (9.44%) PowerShell
4 24 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.05%) Java
6 13 (2.50%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.12%) PL/SQL
7 11 (2.12%) VB.NET
8 9 (1.73%) Bash
8 9 (1.73%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.35%) Bicep
9 7 (1.35%) C++
9 7 (1.35%) DataWeave
10 5 (0.96%) C
10 5 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.96%) Go
11 4 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.77%) R
11 4 (0.77%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (8.67%) Degree
2 28 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.01%) CISSP
3 26 (5.01%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.62%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.05%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.12%) CEH
8 9 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.16%) CISM
10 5 (0.96%) CCSP
10 5 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.96%) GIAC
11 4 (0.77%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.77%) GPEN
11 4 (0.77%) GXPN
11 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.77%) OSCE
11 4 (0.77%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.47%) GDPR
3 16 (3.08%) NIST
3 16 (3.08%) QA
4 15 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) COBIT
8 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) SLA
8 3 (0.58%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) NCSC
9 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.39%) PMO
9 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.19%) PSD2
10 1 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 65 (12.52%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.20%) Docker
3 18 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.73%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) NLBS
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (15.03%) Terraform
2 67 (12.91%) Kubernetes
3 33 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (4.82%) Ansible
5 22 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.93%) SCCM
7 7 (1.35%) CloudHub
8 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.96%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.58%) Grafana
10 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) Cilium
11 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.19%) Kibana
11 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 175 (33.72%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.44%) Databricks
3 36 (6.94%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.97%) VMware
5 26 (5.01%) Google
6 18 (3.47%) Cisco
7 14 (2.70%) SAP
8 13 (2.50%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.31%) OpenAI
10 11 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.93%) Palo Alto
11 10 (1.93%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.73%) iManage
13 8 (1.54%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.35%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.35%) Dell
15 6 (1.16%) Cloudera
15 6 (1.16%) Okta
15 6 (1.16%) Oracle
15 6 (1.16%) Workday