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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 617 494 789
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.84% 25.70% 24.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.58% 51.46% 48.38%
Number of salaries quoted 461 397 681
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,590 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,250 £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 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £117,000 £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 1,270 960 1,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.54% 49.95% 51.42%
Number of salaries quoted 939 774 1,359
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 30 May 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 32 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.49%) Apache
5 3 (0.49%) Confluence
6 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Mule
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.78%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 123 (19.94%) AWS
2 101 (16.37%) Azure DevOps
3 93 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (14.91%) GCP
5 72 (11.67%) Power Platform
6 64 (10.37%) Entra ID
7 35 (5.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (5.67%) PaaS
8 33 (5.35%) SaaS
9 29 (4.70%) Serverless
10 23 (3.73%) GitHub
11 21 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 20 (3.24%) Azure AKS
13 19 (3.08%) dbt
13 19 (3.08%) IaaS
14 15 (2.43%) OneDrive
14 15 (2.43%) Power Automate
15 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.40%) Firewall
2 29 (4.70%) VPN
3 27 (4.38%) DNS
4 22 (3.57%) DHCP
5 19 (3.08%) Network Security
6 15 (2.43%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.94%) WAN
8 11 (1.78%) LAN
9 8 (1.30%) WLAN
10 6 (0.97%) BGP
10 6 (0.97%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.97%) OSPF
10 6 (0.97%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.97%) Wireless
11 5 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.49%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.49%) WebEx
13 2 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.13%) Power BI
3 33 (5.35%) Elasticsearch
4 29 (4.70%) BigQuery
5 25 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.73%) Data Lake
7 22 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.78%) DB2
10 11 (1.78%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.46%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.30%) Metabase
12 8 (1.30%) Tableau
13 7 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.13%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.97%) Looker
14 6 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (4.70%) Git
2 21 (3.40%) Eclipse
3 12 (1.94%) JIRA
4 9 (1.46%) GitLab
4 9 (1.46%) MLflow
5 8 (1.30%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.13%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.81%) Balsamiq
9 3 (0.49%) TestRail
9 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.32%) JUnit
10 2 (0.32%) Maven
10 2 (0.32%) Mockito
10 2 (0.32%) Spock
10 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.16%) Appium
11 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 180 (29.17%) Finance
2 105 (17.02%) Social Skills
3 48 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.73%) Law
5 19 (3.08%) Banking
6 12 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.78%) Legal
8 10 (1.62%) Retail
9 8 (1.30%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.30%) Front Office
10 7 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.81%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Advertising
12 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.16%) Billing
13 1 (0.16%) French Language
13 1 (0.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 108 (17.50%) Senior
2 106 (17.18%) Architect
3 94 (15.24%) Lead
4 68 (11.02%) Azure Engineer
5 55 (8.91%) Developer
6 44 (7.13%) Cloud Engineer
7 40 (6.48%) Data Engineer
8 38 (6.16%) Azure Architect
9 36 (5.83%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (5.67%) Analyst
11 33 (5.35%) Platform Engineer
12 31 (5.02%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 26 (4.21%) IT Architect
14 26 (4.21%) Support Engineer
15 23 (3.73%) Consultant
15 23 (3.73%) Software Engineer
16 22 (3.57%) Network Engineer
17 21 (3.40%) IT Support
18 19 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (12.48%) .NET
2 25 (4.05%) Django
3 21 (3.40%) React
4 18 (2.92%) REST
5 16 (2.59%) PySpark
6 15 (2.43%) Kafka
6 15 (2.43%) LangChain
7 14 (2.27%) OAuth
7 14 (2.27%) RESTful
8 12 (1.94%) OpenID
8 12 (1.94%) PyTorch
9 11 (1.78%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.46%) YAML
11 8 (1.30%) Blazor
11 8 (1.30%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (1.30%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (1.30%) SAML
11 8 (1.30%) Spring
12 7 (1.13%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.32%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.67%) Product Ownership
3 34 (5.51%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (3.73%) Algorithms
6 18 (2.92%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.27%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.94%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.78%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.62%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.62%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.13%) Clustering
14 7 (1.13%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 86 (13.94%) Windows
2 30 (4.86%) Linux
2 30 (4.86%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.24%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.65%) Android
6 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.32%) Unix
8 2 (0.32%) VMS
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (30.96%) DevOps
2 121 (19.61%) CI/CD
3 107 (17.34%) AI
4 100 (16.21%) Agile
5 91 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (13.61%) Infrastructure as Code
7 76 (12.32%) Mentoring
8 72 (11.67%) Analytics
9 68 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (10.86%) Microservices
11 61 (9.89%) Roadmaps
12 57 (9.24%) Data Engineering
13 55 (8.91%) ITIL
14 51 (8.27%) Data Pipeline
15 48 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
16 47 (7.62%) Machine Learning
16 47 (7.62%) Software Engineering
17 43 (6.97%) Cybersecurity
18 41 (6.65%) Computer Science
18 41 (6.65%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 139 (22.53%) Python
2 135 (21.88%) SQL
3 73 (11.83%) C#
4 62 (10.05%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.24%) Java
7 12 (1.94%) Bash
8 11 (1.78%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.78%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.62%) Bicep
9 10 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.13%) C++
10 7 (1.13%) Go
11 5 (0.81%) C
11 5 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.65%) Perl
12 4 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.49%) R
13 3 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (9.89%) Degree
2 34 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.38%) CISSP
4 26 (4.21%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.08%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.11%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.62%) CEH
8 9 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.13%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.13%) CISM
10 7 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (0.97%) GIAC
11 6 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.81%) GPEN
12 5 (0.81%) OSCP
13 4 (0.65%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.65%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (3.89%) GDPR
3 23 (3.73%) NIST
4 18 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.11%) QA
6 8 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.81%) COBIT
7 5 (0.81%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.49%) NCSC
9 3 (0.49%) SLA
10 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.32%) PMO
10 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 73 (11.83%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.70%) Docker
3 21 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.11%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.16%) NLBS
8 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 80 (12.97%) Terraform
2 65 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 39 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (3.89%) Ansible
4 24 (3.89%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.11%) SCCM
6 11 (1.78%) Grafana
7 7 (1.13%) Kibana
8 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.81%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.32%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.16%) Cilium
10 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.16%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.16%) QRadar
10 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 195 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.08%) Databricks
3 39 (6.32%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.83%) VMware
5 31 (5.02%) Google
6 17 (2.76%) Cisco
7 11 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (1.78%) CyberArk
7 11 (1.78%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.62%) Guidewire
8 10 (1.62%) SAP
9 8 (1.30%) iManage
9 8 (1.30%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.13%) Dell
10 7 (1.13%) Okta
11 6 (0.97%) Citrix
11 6 (0.97%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.97%) Oracle
11 6 (0.97%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.81%) Salesforce