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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 570 506 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.28% 26.14% 24.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.88% 51.95% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 426 400 652
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,925 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,938 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,750 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,063 £90,313
90th Percentile £105,625 £115,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £83,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.10% +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 1,270 974 1,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.59% 50.31% 49.94%
Number of salaries quoted 947 784 1,297
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,875 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £101,000 £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

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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 24 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 30 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.93%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.70%) Apache
6 3 (0.53%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.53%) Confluence
6 3 (0.53%) Mule
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.18%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.93%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.70%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 120 (21.05%) AWS
2 91 (15.96%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (15.44%) GCP
4 85 (14.91%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (12.46%) Power Platform
6 59 (10.35%) Entra ID
7 33 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (5.44%) SaaS
9 30 (5.26%) PaaS
10 28 (4.91%) Serverless
11 23 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (3.86%) GitHub
13 20 (3.51%) Azure AKS
13 20 (3.51%) Power Automate
14 19 (3.33%) IaaS
15 18 (3.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (3.16%) dbt
16 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (2.46%) OneDrive
17 13 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 47 (8.25%) Firewall
2 25 (4.39%) DNS
3 20 (3.51%) DHCP
3 20 (3.51%) Network Security
3 20 (3.51%) VPN
4 14 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (1.93%) WAN
7 10 (1.75%) LAN
8 8 (1.40%) BGP
8 8 (1.40%) OSPF
9 7 (1.23%) WLAN
10 6 (1.05%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.88%) Wireless
12 4 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.70%) VLAN
13 3 (0.53%) MPLS
13 3 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.72%) Power BI
3 31 (5.44%) Elasticsearch
4 27 (4.74%) BigQuery
5 24 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (3.68%) Data Lake
8 20 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.93%) Db2
10 11 (1.93%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.58%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.40%) Metabase
12 8 (1.40%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.23%) Tableau
14 6 (1.05%) Looker
14 6 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (6.14%) Git
2 20 (3.51%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.28%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.75%) GitLab
4 10 (1.75%) JIRA
5 9 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.40%) MLflow
7 3 (0.53%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.53%) JUnit
7 3 (0.53%) Maven
7 3 (0.53%) Mockito
7 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.53%) Spock
7 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.53%) TestRail
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.35%) Vite
8 2 (0.35%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 163 (28.60%) Finance
2 100 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 43 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.04%) Law
5 19 (3.33%) Banking
6 14 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.75%) Legal
9 9 (1.58%) Front Office
9 9 (1.58%) Retail
10 8 (1.40%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.53%) Advertising
13 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.18%) French Language
14 1 (0.18%) Marketing
14 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 101 (17.72%) Architect
2 97 (17.02%) Senior
3 90 (15.79%) Lead
4 65 (11.40%) Azure Engineer
5 53 (9.30%) Developer
6 38 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 38 (6.67%) Data Engineer
7 36 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (6.14%) Analyst
9 33 (5.79%) Azure Architect
10 32 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
11 26 (4.56%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (4.39%) IT Architect
13 23 (4.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 21 (3.68%) Consultant
14 21 (3.68%) Support Engineer
15 19 (3.33%) IT Analyst
15 19 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
15 19 (3.33%) Software Engineer
16 18 (3.16%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (11.58%) .NET
2 24 (4.21%) Django
3 20 (3.51%) React
4 19 (3.33%) REST
5 17 (2.98%) LangChain
6 15 (2.63%) OAuth
6 15 (2.63%) PySpark
7 14 (2.46%) Kafka
8 13 (2.28%) PyTorch
9 12 (2.11%) OpenID
9 12 (2.11%) RESTful
9 12 (2.11%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.58%) YAML
11 8 (1.40%) Blazor
11 8 (1.40%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (1.40%) SAML
11 8 (1.40%) Spring
11 8 (1.40%) Spring Boot
12 7 (1.23%) pgvector
12 7 (1.23%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.44%) Data Structures
2 31 (5.44%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.21%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (3.68%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.81%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.46%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.75%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.58%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.58%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.40%) Clustering
12 8 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.23%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.86%) Windows
2 30 (5.26%) Linux
3 27 (4.74%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.51%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.70%) Android
6 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) 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
1 173 (30.35%) DevOps
2 119 (20.88%) CI/CD
3 96 (16.84%) Agile
4 93 (16.32%) AI
5 90 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (13.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 67 (11.75%) Analytics
7 67 (11.75%) Mentoring
8 66 (11.58%) Microservices
9 59 (10.35%) Roadmaps
10 58 (10.18%) Data Engineering
10 58 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (9.12%) Data Pipeline
12 48 (8.42%) ITIL
13 47 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (8.07%) Machine Learning
15 43 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
15 43 (7.54%) Software Engineering
16 42 (7.37%) Data Architecture
16 42 (7.37%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 129 (22.63%) SQL
2 118 (20.70%) Python
3 63 (11.05%) C#
4 54 (9.47%) PowerShell
5 23 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.98%) Java
7 12 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.93%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.93%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.75%) Bash
9 10 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.23%) C++
11 6 (1.05%) Bicep
12 5 (0.88%) C
12 5 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.88%) Go
13 4 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.53%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.53%) Perl
14 3 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (8.95%) Degree
2 32 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.74%) CISSP
4 25 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.51%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.63%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.93%) CEH
8 10 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.40%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.23%) CISM
11 6 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.88%) CCSP
12 5 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.88%) GIAC
12 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.70%) CISA
13 4 (0.70%) GPEN
13 4 (0.70%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.04%) GDPR
2 22 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.68%) NIST
4 14 (2.46%) QA
5 8 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.88%) COBIT
6 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.53%) NCSC
8 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
9 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
9 2 (0.35%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.35%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
System Software
1 69 (12.11%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.74%) Docker
3 18 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.23%) 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 77 (13.51%) Terraform
2 66 (11.58%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (4.21%) Ansible
5 23 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.28%) SCCM
7 8 (1.40%) Grafana
8 6 (1.05%) Kibana
9 5 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.88%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.53%) CloudHub
11 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.18%) Cilium
12 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.18%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 181 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.47%) Databricks
3 40 (7.02%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.61%) VMware
5 29 (5.09%) Google
6 16 (2.81%) Cisco
7 13 (2.28%) Guidewire
8 11 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.75%) SAP
10 9 (1.58%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.40%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.40%) iManage
12 7 (1.23%) Dell
13 6 (1.05%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.05%) Okta
13 6 (1.05%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.05%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.88%) Rapid7
14 5 (0.88%) Workday