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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 359 382 740
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.61% 22.60% 25.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.56% 46.99% 51.50%
Number of salaries quoted 274 311 538
10th Percentile £54,125 £47,500 £47,425
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% +6.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% +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 885 813 1,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.10% 48.11% 50.12%
Number of salaries quoted 676 676 976
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,266 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,480 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,125 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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 October 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 13 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.95%) Anypoint
3 7 (1.95%) Mule
4 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.11%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.84%) Apache
5 3 (0.84%) Confluence
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Camunda
7 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.95%) PlantUML
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (24.23%) AWS
2 58 (16.16%) Power Platform
3 53 (14.76%) GCP
4 47 (13.09%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (12.53%) Entra ID
6 34 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (7.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (6.41%) Serverless
9 21 (5.85%) PaaS
9 21 (5.85%) Power Automate
10 20 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
10 20 (5.57%) SaaS
11 18 (5.01%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (5.01%) IaaS
12 16 (4.46%) PowerApps
13 15 (4.18%) GitHub
14 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (3.06%) Azure AKS
16 10 (2.79%) Azure AI
16 10 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.80%) Firewall
2 17 (4.74%) Network Security
3 12 (3.34%) DNS
4 9 (2.51%) SSL
5 8 (2.23%) VPN
5 8 (2.23%) WAN
6 7 (1.95%) DHCP
7 6 (1.67%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (1.67%) LAN
7 6 (1.67%) VLAN
7 6 (1.67%) Wireless
8 5 (1.39%) BGP
8 5 (1.39%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.39%) OSPF
8 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.11%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.11%) WLAN
10 3 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.84%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.08%) Power BI
2 26 (7.24%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.23%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.95%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.95%) Spark SQL
7 6 (1.67%) Metadata
7 6 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.39%) Delta Lake
8 5 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.39%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.56%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.56%) Tableau
12 1 (0.28%) Chroma
12 1 (0.28%) DuckDB
Development Applications
1 31 (8.64%) Git
2 13 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.79%) GitLab
4 7 (1.95%) Eclipse
4 7 (1.95%) JIRA
4 7 (1.95%) Maven
5 6 (1.67%) JUnit
5 6 (1.67%) Mockito
6 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.11%) MLflow
8 3 (0.84%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.84%) Spock
8 3 (0.84%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.56%) Selenium
9 2 (0.56%) TestRail
9 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.56%) Vite
10 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.28%) MSI
10 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 107 (29.81%) Finance
2 61 (16.99%) Social Skills
3 28 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.96%) Law
5 17 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.34%) Legal
7 11 (3.06%) Banking
8 9 (2.51%) Retail
9 7 (1.95%) Front Office
10 5 (1.39%) Marketing
11 4 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Back Office
12 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Prime Brokerage
12 3 (0.84%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.56%) Billing
13 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (18.38%) Architect
2 63 (17.55%) Senior
3 56 (15.60%) Lead
4 50 (13.93%) Developer
5 41 (11.42%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (8.36%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (7.80%) Data Engineer
8 24 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (6.41%) Consultant
10 21 (5.85%) Azure Architect
11 20 (5.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.29%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.29%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (3.90%) Lead Developer
13 14 (3.90%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (3.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 12 (3.34%) Analyst
15 12 (3.34%) Data Consultant
15 12 (3.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.34%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (18.94%) Terraform
2 26 (7.24%) .NET
3 20 (5.57%) REST
4 15 (4.18%) LangChain
5 14 (3.90%) OAuth
6 12 (3.34%) PySpark
6 12 (3.34%) React
7 11 (3.06%) Spring
7 11 (3.06%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.23%) Django
8 8 (2.23%) JWT
8 8 (2.23%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.95%) LangGraph
9 7 (1.95%) MUnit
9 7 (1.95%) OpenID
9 7 (1.95%) RAML
10 6 (1.67%) FastAPI
10 6 (1.67%) Middleware
10 6 (1.67%) SAML
11 5 (1.39%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.31%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.01%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.74%) AI Agents
4 16 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (4.46%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.62%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.95%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.67%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.39%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.39%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.11%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.84%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.08%) Windows
2 24 (6.69%) Linux
3 14 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.69%) CI/CD
1 103 (28.69%) DevOps
2 67 (18.66%) AI
3 63 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 62 (17.27%) Agile
5 58 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (13.37%) Data Engineering
7 47 (13.09%) Roadmaps
8 40 (11.14%) Microservices
9 38 (10.58%) Mentoring
10 37 (10.31%) Platform Engineering
11 36 (10.03%) Analytics
11 36 (10.03%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (9.19%) Data Architecture
12 33 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (9.19%) Technical Leadership
13 32 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (8.36%) Machine Learning
15 29 (8.08%) Test Automation
16 28 (7.80%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.89%) Python
2 71 (19.78%) SQL
3 34 (9.47%) PowerShell
4 33 (9.19%) C#
5 21 (5.85%) Java
5 21 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.18%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.34%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.51%) Bicep
9 8 (2.23%) Bash
10 7 (1.95%) DataWeave
11 4 (1.11%) C++
11 4 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.56%) C
12 2 (0.56%) Go
12 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.56%) R
12 2 (0.56%) Scala
12 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (8.36%) Degree
2 27 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.13%) Azure Certification
3 22 (6.13%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.62%) CISSP
6 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.67%) CFA
7 6 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.39%) CEH
9 3 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.84%) CCSP
9 3 (0.84%) CISM
9 3 (0.84%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) CCNP
10 2 (0.56%) GIAC
10 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.56%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.13%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.01%) QA
3 13 (3.62%) GDPR
4 6 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.39%) NIST
6 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.84%) PMO
7 3 (0.84%) SLA
8 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
9 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 35 (9.75%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.13%) Docker
3 15 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.56%) vSphere
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 50 (13.93%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.13%) Ansible
3 18 (5.01%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.95%) CloudHub
6 5 (1.39%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.84%) Puppet
7 3 (0.84%) SCCM
8 2 (0.56%) Argo
8 2 (0.56%) Grafana
8 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.56%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.28%) Cilium
9 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 123 (34.26%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.47%) Databricks
3 24 (6.69%) VMware
4 17 (4.74%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.46%) Cisco
6 15 (4.18%) Google
7 12 (3.34%) OpenAI
8 11 (3.06%) SAP
9 9 (2.51%) Guidewire
9 9 (2.51%) Salesforce
10 8 (2.23%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.67%) Foundry
12 5 (1.39%) Okta
12 5 (1.39%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.39%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.39%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.84%) Citrix
13 3 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.84%) OneLogin
13 3 (0.84%) Workday