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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 544 499 745
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.21% 25.77% 23.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.91% 51.98% 48.44%
Number of salaries quoted 411 394 632
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,625 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 1,239 960 1,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.09% 49.59% 49.29%
Number of salaries quoted 935 779 1,261
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -0.34%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £103,250 £117,500 £110,000
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 11 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 29 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.10%) Anypoint
5 6 (1.10%) Mule
6 4 (0.74%) Apache
7 3 (0.55%) Confluence
8 2 (0.37%) Camunda
8 2 (0.37%) CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.18%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (2.02%) PlantUML
2 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (21.14%) AWS
2 83 (15.26%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (14.89%) Azure DevOps
4 79 (14.52%) GCP
5 71 (13.05%) Power Platform
6 59 (10.85%) Entra ID
7 36 (6.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (5.70%) SaaS
9 27 (4.96%) PaaS
10 25 (4.60%) Serverless
11 24 (4.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (3.86%) GitHub
13 20 (3.68%) Azure AKS
14 19 (3.49%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (3.31%) dbt
15 18 (3.31%) IaaS
16 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (2.57%) OneDrive
17 13 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.72%) Firewall
2 24 (4.41%) DNS
3 20 (3.68%) Network Security
4 19 (3.49%) DHCP
5 17 (3.13%) VPN
6 14 (2.57%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.02%) WAN
9 10 (1.84%) LAN
10 8 (1.47%) BGP
10 8 (1.47%) OSPF
11 7 (1.29%) WLAN
12 6 (1.10%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (1.10%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.10%) SSL
13 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.92%) Wireless
14 4 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (0.74%) VLAN
15 3 (0.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.64%) SQL Server
2 43 (7.90%) Power BI
3 25 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.23%) BigQuery
5 22 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.68%) Data Lake
8 17 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (2.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (2.02%) Db2
10 11 (2.02%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.65%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.47%) Metabase
13 7 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.29%) Tableau
14 6 (1.10%) Looker
14 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.92%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (6.25%) Git
2 16 (2.94%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.39%) JIRA
3 13 (2.39%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.02%) GitLab
4 11 (2.02%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.65%) MLflow
6 4 (0.74%) Maven
6 4 (0.74%) TestRail
6 4 (0.74%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.55%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.55%) JUnit
7 3 (0.55%) Mockito
7 3 (0.55%) Spock
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.37%) Postman
8 2 (0.37%) Vite
9 1 (0.18%) Appium
9 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 153 (28.13%) Finance
2 98 (18.01%) Social Skills
3 44 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.86%) Law
5 18 (3.31%) Banking
6 14 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.84%) Legal
9 9 (1.65%) Front Office
9 9 (1.65%) Retail
10 7 (1.29%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.55%) Advertising
11 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.18%) French Language
13 1 (0.18%) Marketing
13 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 97 (17.83%) Architect
2 94 (17.28%) Senior
3 89 (16.36%) Lead
4 66 (12.13%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (9.38%) Developer
6 37 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (6.62%) Data Engineer
7 36 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (6.25%) Analyst
9 31 (5.70%) Azure Architect
9 31 (5.70%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (4.60%) IT Architect
11 21 (3.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 21 (3.86%) Consultant
11 21 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (3.31%) IT Analyst
12 18 (3.31%) IT Support
13 17 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
13 17 (3.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.48%) .NET
2 20 (3.68%) Django
2 20 (3.68%) React
2 20 (3.68%) REST
3 18 (3.31%) OAuth
4 16 (2.94%) LangChain
5 15 (2.76%) PySpark
6 14 (2.57%) Kafka
7 13 (2.39%) PyTorch
8 12 (2.21%) OpenID
9 11 (2.02%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.84%) RESTful
11 9 (1.65%) Spring
11 9 (1.65%) Spring Boot
11 9 (1.65%) YAML
12 8 (1.47%) Blazor
12 8 (1.47%) LlamaIndex
13 7 (1.29%) JWT
13 7 (1.29%) Model Context Protocol
13 7 (1.29%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.54%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.23%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.86%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (3.13%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.57%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.21%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.65%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.47%) Clustering
13 7 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.29%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.92%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (13.97%) Windows
2 30 (5.51%) Linux
3 27 (4.96%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.68%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.74%) Android
6 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.37%) Unix
8 2 (0.37%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (29.96%) DevOps
2 118 (21.69%) CI/CD
3 89 (16.36%) Agile
4 87 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 85 (15.63%) AI
6 78 (14.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 65 (11.95%) Mentoring
8 59 (10.85%) Data Engineering
9 58 (10.66%) Microservices
10 53 (9.74%) Roadmaps
11 52 (9.56%) Analytics
12 49 (9.01%) Data Pipeline
13 46 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (8.09%) Machine Learning
16 42 (7.72%) ITIL
17 41 (7.54%) Software Engineering
18 39 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
19 38 (6.99%) Generative AI
20 36 (6.62%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 116 (21.32%) SQL
2 114 (20.96%) Python
3 61 (11.21%) C#
4 53 (9.74%) PowerShell
5 23 (4.23%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.86%) Java
7 12 (2.21%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.02%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.02%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.84%) Bash
10 9 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.29%) C++
12 6 (1.10%) Bicep
12 6 (1.10%) DataWeave
13 5 (0.92%) C
13 5 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.92%) Go
14 4 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.55%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (8.64%) Degree
2 28 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.96%) CISSP
4 23 (4.23%) Azure Certification
4 23 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 18 (3.31%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.02%) CEH
8 10 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (1.29%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.29%) CISM
10 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 5 (0.92%) CCSP
11 5 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.92%) GIAC
11 5 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.74%) CISA
12 4 (0.74%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.74%) GXPN
12 4 (0.74%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.86%) GDPR
2 20 (3.68%) NIST
3 19 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.31%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.13%) QA
6 7 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.92%) COBIT
7 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.74%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.55%) SLA
10 2 (0.37%) NCSC
10 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.37%) PMO
10 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 68 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.78%) Docker
3 18 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.84%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.18%) Firmware
7 1 (0.18%) NLBS
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (14.34%) Terraform
2 67 (12.32%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (4.60%) Ansible
5 23 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.39%) SCCM
7 6 (1.10%) CloudHub
8 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.92%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.74%) Grafana
10 2 (0.37%) Kibana
10 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.18%) Argo
11 1 (0.18%) Cilium
11 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.18%) QRadar
11 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 178 (32.72%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.82%) Databricks
3 39 (7.17%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.88%) VMware
5 26 (4.78%) Google
6 18 (3.31%) Cisco
7 14 (2.57%) SAP
8 13 (2.39%) Guidewire
9 11 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (2.02%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.84%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.65%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.47%) CyberArk
12 8 (1.47%) iManage
13 7 (1.29%) Dell
13 7 (1.29%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.29%) Oracle
14 6 (1.10%) Cloudera
14 6 (1.10%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.10%) Workday