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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 545 672 732
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.52% 26.71% 23.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.91% 51.26% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 438 508 689
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +2.04% -2.00%

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 1,011 1,311 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.21% 52.11% 50.26%
Number of salaries quoted 797 914 1,421
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,531 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,300 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,750 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -

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

Azure
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 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

Azure
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 42 (7.71%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.55%) IIS
6 2 (0.37%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.37%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 122 (22.39%) Azure DevOps
2 109 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 108 (19.82%) AWS
4 101 (18.53%) Microsoft 365
5 72 (13.21%) GCP
6 44 (8.07%) Entra ID
7 43 (7.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 40 (7.34%) Power Automate
9 35 (6.42%) PowerApps
10 31 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (5.14%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (4.59%) SaaS
13 24 (4.40%) PaaS
14 21 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (3.67%) GitHub
15 20 (3.67%) Microsoft Purview
16 18 (3.30%) Serverless
17 17 (3.12%) dbt
18 15 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 14 (2.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.26%) Firewall
2 30 (5.50%) VPN
3 26 (4.77%) DNS
4 24 (4.40%) DHCP
5 18 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (2.39%) WAN
7 12 (2.20%) LAN
7 12 (2.20%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.28%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.10%) Network Security
10 5 (0.92%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.92%) VoIP
10 5 (0.92%) WebEx
11 3 (0.55%) VSAN
11 3 (0.55%) Wireless
12 2 (0.37%) BGP
12 2 (0.37%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.37%) MPLS
12 2 (0.37%) OSPF
12 2 (0.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (15.05%) Power BI
2 60 (11.01%) SQL Server
3 45 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (4.77%) Data Lake
5 25 (4.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (3.49%) BigQuery
7 19 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.83%) Metabase
9 8 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.10%) DB2
12 5 (0.92%) Metadata
13 4 (0.73%) Big Data
13 4 (0.73%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.73%) Power Query
13 4 (0.73%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (6.61%) Git
2 24 (4.40%) Visual Studio
3 15 (2.75%) Eclipse
4 13 (2.39%) Octopus Deploy
5 12 (2.20%) JIRA
5 12 (2.20%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.73%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.55%) GitLab
7 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.55%) MLflow
8 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.37%) ERwin
8 2 (0.37%) Postman
8 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.37%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.18%) NUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 175 (32.11%) Finance
2 128 (23.49%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.87%) Law
5 31 (5.69%) Legal
6 21 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.12%) Banking
8 14 (2.57%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.57%) Retail
9 13 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.10%) Advertising
11 6 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Front Office
13 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.37%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.18%) International Banking
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 94 (17.25%) Senior
2 80 (14.68%) Lead
3 57 (10.46%) Developer
4 53 (9.72%) Data Engineer
5 51 (9.36%) Architect
6 42 (7.71%) DevOps Engineer
7 40 (7.34%) Analyst
8 33 (6.06%) Support Engineer
9 26 (4.77%) Software Engineer
10 25 (4.59%) Azure Engineer
11 22 (4.04%) Senior Data Engineer
12 21 (3.85%) IT Analyst
12 21 (3.85%) IT Support
13 20 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (3.30%) Network Engineer
15 17 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.94%) Azure Architect
17 15 (2.75%) Platform Engineer
18 14 (2.57%) IT Engineer
18 14 (2.57%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (11.93%) .NET
2 20 (3.67%) Django
2 20 (3.67%) REST
3 18 (3.30%) React
4 15 (2.75%) Web Services
5 13 (2.39%) SOAP
6 12 (2.20%) RESTful
7 10 (1.83%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.83%) CSS
7 10 (1.83%) HTML
7 10 (1.83%) YAML
8 9 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.65%) Kafka
8 9 (1.65%) Node.js
8 9 (1.65%) WPF
9 8 (1.47%) OAuth
10 7 (1.28%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.28%) LangChain
10 7 (1.28%) PySpark
10 7 (1.28%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.50%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.14%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.30%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (3.30%) Reinsurance
5 18 (3.30%) Virtual Team
6 17 (3.12%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.12%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.20%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.28%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 80 (14.68%) Windows
2 27 (4.95%) Windows 10
3 20 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.39%) Linux
5 8 (1.47%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.10%) Unix
8 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.37%) Android
10 2 (0.37%) VMS
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (33.21%) DevOps
2 125 (22.94%) Agile
3 121 (22.20%) CI/CD
4 120 (22.02%) AI
5 101 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (14.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 74 (13.58%) Analytics
8 70 (12.84%) Mentoring
9 69 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
10 61 (11.19%) ITIL
11 60 (11.01%) Data Pipeline
12 51 (9.36%) Software Engineering
13 50 (9.17%) Computer Science
13 50 (9.17%) Microservices
14 49 (8.99%) ETL
14 49 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
15 48 (8.81%) Migration
16 47 (8.62%) Data Modelling
17 41 (7.52%) Decision-Making
17 41 (7.52%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 150 (27.52%) SQL
2 149 (27.34%) Python
3 67 (12.29%) PowerShell
4 61 (11.19%) C#
5 28 (5.14%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.75%) Java
7 13 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (2.20%) Bicep
8 12 (2.20%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.83%) Bash
9 10 (1.83%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.10%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.10%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.73%) Go
11 4 (0.73%) Rust
12 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.55%) R
13 2 (0.37%) C++
13 2 (0.37%) Scala
13 2 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (12.29%) Degree
2 41 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (4.22%) CISSP
3 23 (4.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (3.49%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.30%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.94%) CISM
8 8 (1.47%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.47%) CEH
8 8 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 5 (0.92%) GIAC
12 4 (0.73%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.73%) CISA
12 4 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.55%) CCNA
13 3 (0.55%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (5.50%) GDPR
3 29 (5.32%) NIST
4 13 (2.39%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.65%) QA
6 6 (1.10%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.92%) NCSC
8 4 (0.73%) COBIT
9 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.55%) SLA
10 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 62 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.24%) Docker
3 15 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.20%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.73%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.55%) vSphere
8 2 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.37%) XenApp
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) NLBS
9 1 (0.18%) vCloud
9 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (10.09%) Terraform
2 44 (8.07%) Kubernetes
3 40 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (3.30%) SCCM
5 15 (2.75%) Ansible
6 13 (2.39%) Grafana
6 13 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.28%) Kibana
8 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.37%) Puppet
11 1 (0.18%) Ambari
11 1 (0.18%) Argo
11 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 214 (39.27%) Microsoft
2 58 (10.64%) Databricks
3 38 (6.97%) ServiceNow
4 28 (5.14%) Google
5 20 (3.67%) VMware
6 16 (2.94%) Cisco
7 12 (2.20%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.20%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.02%) Citrix
9 8 (1.47%) Meraki
9 8 (1.47%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.47%) Oracle
10 7 (1.28%) iManage
11 6 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.10%) SAP
12 5 (0.92%) Commvault
12 5 (0.92%) Sophos
13 4 (0.73%) Apple
13 4 (0.73%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.73%) EMC