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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 481 479 684
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.98% 25.38% 25.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.23% 51.67% 49.67%
Number of salaries quoted 359 375 563
10th Percentile £49,500 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £78,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% +7.53% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £107,500
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 1,139 927 1,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.73% 49.13% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 848 752 1,098
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,555
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £106,625
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -1.36%

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 August 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 20 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.70%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.46%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.46%) Mule
6 4 (0.83%) Apache
7 3 (0.62%) Confluence
8 2 (0.42%) Camunda
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.29%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 112 (23.28%) AWS
2 73 (15.18%) GCP
3 67 (13.93%) Power Platform
4 63 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (12.27%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (11.43%) Entra ID
7 30 (6.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (5.82%) SaaS
9 27 (5.61%) PaaS
9 27 (5.61%) Serverless
10 22 (4.57%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (4.16%) GitHub
12 19 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 19 (3.95%) IaaS
13 18 (3.74%) Power Automate
14 17 (3.53%) Azure AKS
15 15 (3.12%) dbt
16 14 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
17 11 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (2.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.32%) Firewall
2 24 (4.99%) Network Security
3 15 (3.12%) DNS
4 11 (2.29%) VPN
4 11 (2.29%) WAN
5 10 (2.08%) DHCP
5 10 (2.08%) LAN
6 8 (1.66%) BGP
6 8 (1.66%) OSPF
6 8 (1.66%) SSL
6 8 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (1.46%) Kerberos
7 7 (1.46%) WLAN
8 6 (1.25%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.25%) Wireless
9 5 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.83%) VLAN
11 3 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.52%) Power BI
2 39 (8.11%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (4.16%) Elasticsearch
5 19 (3.95%) BigQuery
5 19 (3.95%) Data Lake
6 18 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (3.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (2.08%) Delta Lake
9 10 (2.08%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.87%) Db2
10 9 (1.87%) Tableau
11 8 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.25%) Looker
13 6 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.04%) Metabase
14 5 (1.04%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (6.86%) Git
2 14 (2.91%) JIRA
3 13 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.49%) Eclipse
5 11 (2.29%) GitLab
6 10 (2.08%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.87%) MLflow
8 5 (1.04%) Maven
8 5 (1.04%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.83%) JUnit
9 4 (0.83%) Mockito
9 4 (0.83%) TestRail
10 3 (0.62%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.62%) Spock
10 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.42%) Selenium
11 2 (0.42%) Vite
12 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.21%) JMeter
12 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 139 (28.90%) Finance
2 79 (16.42%) Social Skills
3 37 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.57%) Law
5 17 (3.53%) Banking
6 16 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.29%) Legal
8 9 (1.87%) Retail
9 8 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.66%) Front Office
10 4 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.62%) Advertising
11 3 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.62%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Marketing
13 1 (0.21%) Back Office
13 1 (0.21%) French Language
13 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (19.54%) Architect
2 86 (17.88%) Senior
3 83 (17.26%) Lead
4 61 (12.68%) Azure Engineer
5 50 (10.40%) Developer
6 32 (6.65%) Data Engineer
7 31 (6.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (6.24%) Platform Engineer
9 28 (5.82%) Azure Architect
10 26 (5.41%) Analyst
11 20 (4.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 19 (3.95%) Consultant
12 19 (3.95%) IT Architect
13 18 (3.74%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.33%) Lead Developer
15 16 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
16 15 (3.12%) IT Support
16 15 (3.12%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (9.36%) .NET
2 23 (4.78%) REST
3 21 (4.37%) LangChain
4 18 (3.74%) OAuth
5 17 (3.53%) React
6 16 (3.33%) PySpark
7 15 (3.12%) Django
7 15 (3.12%) Kafka
8 13 (2.70%) PyTorch
9 12 (2.49%) Spring
9 12 (2.49%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.29%) OpenID
10 11 (2.29%) TensorFlow
11 10 (2.08%) LlamaIndex
12 8 (1.66%) Blazor
12 8 (1.66%) JWT
12 8 (1.66%) OAuth2
12 8 (1.66%) RESTful
12 8 (1.66%) scikit-learn
12 8 (1.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.03%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.99%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.16%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.33%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.91%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.49%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.87%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.66%) Clustering
10 8 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.66%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.25%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.06%) Windows
2 29 (6.03%) Linux
3 22 (4.57%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.62%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.42%) Android
6 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.42%) VMS
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.21%) Unix
7 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (28.07%) DevOps
2 113 (23.49%) CI/CD
3 84 (17.46%) Agile
4 81 (16.84%) AI
5 74 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 72 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (12.68%) Mentoring
8 58 (12.06%) Data Engineering
9 56 (11.64%) Microservices
10 54 (11.23%) Roadmaps
11 47 (9.77%) Analytics
12 45 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
13 44 (9.15%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (8.73%) Machine Learning
15 38 (7.90%) Platform Engineering
16 37 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (7.69%) Generative AI
16 37 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
17 36 (7.48%) Data Architecture
17 36 (7.48%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 103 (21.41%) Python
2 102 (21.21%) SQL
3 53 (11.02%) C#
4 47 (9.77%) PowerShell
5 25 (5.20%) Java
5 25 (5.20%) JavaScript
6 15 (3.12%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.87%) Bash
7 9 (1.87%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.87%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.87%) VB.NET
8 8 (1.66%) Bicep
9 7 (1.46%) DataWeave
10 6 (1.25%) C++
11 5 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.04%) Go
12 4 (0.83%) C
12 4 (0.83%) R
12 4 (0.83%) Scala
13 3 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (8.52%) Degree
2 27 (5.61%) Azure Certification
3 26 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.99%) CISSP
6 21 (4.37%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.08%) CEH
9 7 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.04%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.04%) CISM
11 4 (0.83%) CCSP
11 4 (0.83%) CFA
11 4 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.62%) CCSAM
12 3 (0.62%) CREST Certified
12 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.62%) GPEN
12 3 (0.62%) GXPN
12 3 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.57%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.74%) GDPR
2 18 (3.74%) QA
3 11 (2.29%) NIST
4 10 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.62%) SLA
9 2 (0.42%) NCSC
9 2 (0.42%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.42%) PMO
9 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.42%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.21%) COBIT
10 1 (0.21%) PSD2
10 1 (0.21%) SEPA
10 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (11.85%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.20%) Docker
3 20 (4.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.87%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) NLBS
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (16.01%) Terraform
2 65 (13.51%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.20%) Ansible
4 24 (4.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.87%) SCCM
7 7 (1.46%) CloudHub
8 6 (1.25%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.42%) Grafana
10 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.21%) Argo
11 1 (0.21%) Cilium
11 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.21%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 164 (34.10%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.56%) Databricks
3 32 (6.65%) ServiceNow
3 32 (6.65%) VMware
4 22 (4.57%) Google
5 19 (3.95%) Cisco
6 14 (2.91%) SAP
7 13 (2.70%) Guidewire
8 12 (2.49%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.29%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (2.08%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.66%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.46%) Dell
12 7 (1.46%) iManage
13 6 (1.25%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.25%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.25%) Okta
13 6 (1.25%) Workday
14 5 (1.04%) Rapid7