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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 549 500 764
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.98% 25.84% 24.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.81% 51.81% 48.32%
Number of salaries quoted 415 393 649
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £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 £106,550 £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 1,253 965 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.61% 49.87% 49.81%
Number of salaries quoted 944 776 1,298
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,313 £95,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £117,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% +0.69%

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 4 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 30 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.91%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.91%) Mule
6 4 (0.73%) Apache
7 3 (0.55%) Confluence
8 2 (0.36%) Camunda
8 2 (0.36%) 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 (2.00%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 116 (21.13%) AWS
2 84 (15.30%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (15.12%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (14.94%) GCP
5 70 (12.75%) Power Platform
6 58 (10.56%) Entra ID
7 34 (6.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.46%) SaaS
9 27 (4.92%) PaaS
10 26 (4.74%) Serverless
11 23 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (3.83%) GitHub
13 20 (3.64%) Azure AKS
14 19 (3.46%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (3.28%) dbt
15 18 (3.28%) IaaS
16 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (2.55%) OneDrive
17 13 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.83%) Firewall
2 24 (4.37%) DNS
3 20 (3.64%) Network Security
4 19 (3.46%) DHCP
5 18 (3.28%) VPN
6 14 (2.55%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.00%) WAN
9 10 (1.82%) LAN
10 8 (1.46%) BGP
10 8 (1.46%) OSPF
11 7 (1.28%) WLAN
12 6 (1.09%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.91%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.91%) SSL
13 5 (0.91%) Wireless
14 4 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (0.73%) VLAN
15 3 (0.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.56%) SQL Server
2 42 (7.65%) Power BI
3 27 (4.92%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (4.55%) BigQuery
5 22 (4.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.64%) Data Lake
8 18 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (2.00%) Db2
10 11 (2.00%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.64%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.46%) Metabase
13 7 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.28%) Tableau
14 6 (1.09%) Looker
14 6 (1.09%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.91%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (6.38%) Git
2 18 (3.28%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.37%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.00%) JIRA
5 10 (1.82%) GitLab
6 9 (1.64%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.46%) MLflow
8 3 (0.55%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.55%) JUnit
8 3 (0.55%) Maven
8 3 (0.55%) Mockito
8 3 (0.55%) Spock
8 3 (0.55%) TestRail
8 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.55%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.36%) Vite
10 1 (0.18%) Appium
10 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 155 (28.23%) Finance
2 98 (17.85%) Social Skills
3 43 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.83%) Law
5 17 (3.10%) Banking
6 14 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.00%) Legal
8 9 (1.64%) Front Office
8 9 (1.64%) Retail
9 8 (1.46%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.55%) Advertising
10 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.18%) French Language
12 1 (0.18%) Marketing
12 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (17.49%) Architect
2 95 (17.30%) Senior
3 89 (16.21%) Lead
4 66 (12.02%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (9.29%) Developer
6 39 (7.10%) Data Engineer
7 37 (6.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 36 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (6.19%) Analyst
10 32 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
11 31 (5.65%) Azure Architect
12 25 (4.55%) IT Architect
13 23 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
14 22 (4.01%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 21 (3.83%) Consultant
16 18 (3.28%) IT Analyst
16 18 (3.28%) IT Support
16 18 (3.28%) Principal Engineer
16 18 (3.28%) Software Engineer
16 18 (3.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.75%) .NET
2 22 (4.01%) Django
3 20 (3.64%) React
3 20 (3.64%) REST
4 17 (3.10%) LangChain
4 17 (3.10%) OAuth
5 15 (2.73%) PySpark
6 14 (2.55%) Kafka
7 13 (2.37%) PyTorch
8 12 (2.19%) OpenID
8 12 (2.19%) TensorFlow
9 11 (2.00%) RESTful
10 9 (1.64%) Spring
10 9 (1.64%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.64%) YAML
11 8 (1.46%) Blazor
11 8 (1.46%) LlamaIndex
12 7 (1.28%) pgvector
12 7 (1.28%) SAML
12 7 (1.28%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.29%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.65%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.92%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.46%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.91%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.55%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.19%) AI Agents
10 11 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.64%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.46%) Clustering
14 7 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.28%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.28%) Reinsurance
15 6 (1.09%) Security Posture
15 6 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (13.66%) Windows
2 30 (5.46%) Linux
3 27 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.64%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.73%) Android
6 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.36%) Unix
8 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) 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
1 166 (30.24%) DevOps
2 119 (21.68%) CI/CD
3 92 (16.76%) Agile
4 89 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (15.85%) AI
6 78 (14.21%) Infrastructure as Code
7 64 (11.66%) Mentoring
8 60 (10.93%) Microservices
9 59 (10.75%) Data Engineering
10 56 (10.20%) Analytics
11 54 (9.84%) Roadmaps
12 49 (8.93%) Data Pipeline
13 47 (8.56%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (8.20%) ITIL
14 45 (8.20%) Machine Learning
15 43 (7.83%) Software Engineering
16 40 (7.29%) Generative AI
17 39 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
18 34 (6.19%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 118 (21.49%) SQL
2 114 (20.77%) Python
3 61 (11.11%) C#
4 52 (9.47%) PowerShell
5 23 (4.19%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.46%) Java
7 12 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.00%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.00%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.64%) Bash
9 9 (1.64%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.28%) C++
11 6 (1.09%) Bicep
12 5 (0.91%) C
12 5 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.91%) DataWeave
12 5 (0.91%) Go
13 4 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.55%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 49 (8.93%) Degree
2 30 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.92%) CISSP
4 24 (4.37%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.01%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.10%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.00%) CEH
9 10 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.28%) CISM
12 6 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.91%) CCSP
13 5 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.91%) GIAC
13 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.73%) CISA
14 4 (0.73%) GPEN
14 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.73%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.83%) GDPR
2 20 (3.64%) NIST
3 19 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.73%) QA
6 7 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.91%) COBIT
7 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.73%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.55%) SLA
10 2 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.36%) PMO
10 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.36%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
System Software
1 68 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.55%) Docker
3 18 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.82%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.18%) Firmware
7 1 (0.18%) NLBS
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (13.84%) Terraform
2 65 (11.84%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (4.37%) Ansible
5 23 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.37%) SCCM
7 5 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.91%) CloudHub
7 5 (0.91%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.91%) Grafana
8 3 (0.55%) Kibana
9 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.18%) Cilium
10 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.18%) QRadar
10 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 175 (31.88%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.11%) Databricks
3 40 (7.29%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.83%) VMware
5 28 (5.10%) Google
6 17 (3.10%) Cisco
7 13 (2.37%) Guidewire
7 13 (2.37%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.19%) SAP
9 11 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.82%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.46%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.46%) iManage
11 8 (1.46%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.28%) Dell
13 6 (1.09%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.09%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.09%) Okta
13 6 (1.09%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.91%) Rapid7