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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 605 496 791
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.55% 25.58% 24.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.02% 51.40% 48.59%
Number of salaries quoted 451 399 678
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,590 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,625 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.53% +3.93%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £116,000 £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 1,260 965 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.31% 49.77% 51.31%
Number of salaries quoted 933 776 1,351
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 1 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 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.32%) 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 (1.82%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.66%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 121 (20.00%) AWS
2 101 (16.69%) Azure DevOps
3 91 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (14.88%) GCP
5 69 (11.40%) Power Platform
6 64 (10.58%) Entra ID
7 34 (5.62%) PaaS
8 33 (5.45%) SaaS
9 32 (5.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 29 (4.79%) Serverless
11 23 (3.80%) GitHub
12 21 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (3.31%) Azure AKS
14 19 (3.14%) dbt
14 19 (3.14%) IaaS
15 18 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (2.64%) Power Automate
17 14 (2.31%) OneDrive
18 13 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
18 13 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.59%) Firewall
2 29 (4.79%) VPN
3 27 (4.46%) DNS
4 22 (3.64%) DHCP
5 19 (3.14%) Network Security
6 15 (2.48%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.98%) WAN
8 11 (1.82%) LAN
9 8 (1.32%) WLAN
10 6 (0.99%) BGP
10 6 (0.99%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.99%) OSPF
10 6 (0.99%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.99%) Wireless
11 5 (0.83%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.50%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.50%) WebEx
13 2 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.27%) Power BI
3 33 (5.45%) Elasticsearch
4 29 (4.79%) BigQuery
5 22 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.31%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.82%) DB2
9 11 (1.82%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.49%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.32%) Metabase
11 8 (1.32%) Tableau
12 7 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.16%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.99%) Looker
13 6 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
15 4 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (4.96%) Git
2 21 (3.47%) Eclipse
3 12 (1.98%) JIRA
4 9 (1.49%) GitLab
4 9 (1.49%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.32%) MLflow
6 7 (1.16%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.99%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.83%) 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%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 176 (29.09%) Finance
2 104 (17.19%) Social Skills
3 48 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.80%) Law
5 19 (3.14%) Banking
6 12 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.82%) Legal
8 10 (1.65%) Retail
9 8 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.32%) Front Office
10 7 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.50%) Advertising
12 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.17%) Billing
13 1 (0.17%) French Language
13 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 105 (17.36%) Architect
2 103 (17.02%) Senior
3 91 (15.04%) Lead
4 67 (11.07%) Azure Engineer
5 53 (8.76%) Developer
6 44 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (6.45%) Data Engineer
8 37 (6.12%) Azure Architect
9 36 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (5.79%) Analyst
11 33 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
12 31 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (4.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 27 (4.46%) Support Engineer
15 26 (4.30%) IT Architect
16 22 (3.64%) Network Engineer
16 22 (3.64%) Software Engineer
17 21 (3.47%) Consultant
17 21 (3.47%) IT Support
18 19 (3.14%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (12.56%) .NET
2 25 (4.13%) Django
3 21 (3.47%) React
4 18 (2.98%) REST
5 16 (2.64%) PySpark
6 15 (2.48%) LangChain
7 14 (2.31%) Kafka
7 14 (2.31%) OAuth
8 13 (2.15%) RESTful
9 12 (1.98%) OpenID
9 12 (1.98%) PyTorch
10 11 (1.82%) TensorFlow
11 9 (1.49%) YAML
12 8 (1.32%) Blazor
12 8 (1.32%) LlamaIndex
12 8 (1.32%) Model Context Protocol
12 8 (1.32%) SAML
13 7 (1.16%) .NET Framework
13 7 (1.16%) Spring
13 7 (1.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.79%) Product Ownership
3 34 (5.62%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (3.80%) Algorithms
6 18 (2.98%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.31%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.98%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.65%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.65%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.49%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.16%) Clustering
14 7 (1.16%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (13.88%) Windows
2 30 (4.96%) Linux
2 30 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 19 (3.14%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.66%) Android
6 4 (0.66%) 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
1 190 (31.40%) DevOps
2 121 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 102 (16.86%) AI
4 99 (16.36%) Agile
5 92 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 83 (13.72%) Infrastructure as Code
7 74 (12.23%) Mentoring
8 71 (11.74%) Analytics
9 67 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (10.74%) Microservices
11 60 (9.92%) Roadmaps
12 55 (9.09%) ITIL
13 54 (8.93%) Data Engineering
14 51 (8.43%) Data Pipeline
15 46 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (7.60%) Machine Learning
15 46 (7.60%) Software Engineering
16 43 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
17 41 (6.78%) Computer Science
17 41 (6.78%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 134 (22.15%) Python
2 131 (21.65%) SQL
3 73 (12.07%) C#
4 62 (10.25%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.13%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.14%) Java
7 12 (1.98%) Bash
8 11 (1.82%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.82%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.65%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.49%) Bicep
11 7 (1.16%) C++
12 6 (0.99%) Go
13 5 (0.83%) C
13 5 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.66%) Perl
15 3 (0.50%) R
15 3 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 60 (9.92%) Degree
2 34 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.46%) CISSP
4 26 (4.30%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.14%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.15%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.65%) CEH
8 9 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.16%) CISM
10 7 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (0.99%) GIAC
11 6 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.83%) GPEN
12 5 (0.83%) OSCP
13 4 (0.66%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.66%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (3.97%) GDPR
3 23 (3.80%) NIST
4 18 (2.98%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.15%) QA
6 8 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.83%) COBIT
7 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.50%) NCSC
9 3 (0.50%) SLA
10 2 (0.33%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.33%) PMO
10 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.33%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 73 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.63%) Docker
3 21 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.15%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) NLBS
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (12.89%) Terraform
2 64 (10.58%) Kubernetes
3 38 (6.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (3.97%) Ansible
4 24 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.98%) SCCM
6 11 (1.82%) Grafana
7 7 (1.16%) Kibana
8 5 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.83%) 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
1 189 (31.24%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.76%) Databricks
3 39 (6.45%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.95%) VMware
5 31 (5.12%) Google
6 17 (2.81%) Cisco
7 11 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (1.82%) CyberArk
7 11 (1.82%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.65%) Guidewire
8 10 (1.65%) SAP
9 8 (1.32%) iManage
9 8 (1.32%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.16%) Dell
10 7 (1.16%) Okta
11 6 (0.99%) Citrix
11 6 (0.99%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.99%) Oracle
11 6 (0.99%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.83%) Salesforce