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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 573 507 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.38% 26.15% 24.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.12% 51.89% 48.43%
Number of salaries quoted 429 400 652
10th Percentile £51,000 £41,925 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £56,250
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 £96,250 £90,313
90th Percentile £105,250 £115,375 £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 1,270 977 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.65% 50.39% 49.83%
Number of salaries quoted 947 786 1,297
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 £96,250 £96,250 £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

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 23 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 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.70%) Apache
6 3 (0.52%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.52%) Confluence
6 3 (0.52%) Mule
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Camunda
8 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.92%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.70%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 119 (20.77%) AWS
2 93 (16.23%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (15.36%) GCP
4 86 (15.01%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (12.39%) Power Platform
6 59 (10.30%) Entra ID
7 33 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (5.41%) SaaS
9 30 (5.24%) PaaS
10 28 (4.89%) Serverless
11 23 (4.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (3.84%) GitHub
13 20 (3.49%) Azure AKS
13 20 (3.49%) Power Automate
14 19 (3.32%) IaaS
15 18 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (3.14%) dbt
16 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (2.44%) OneDrive
17 13 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (8.55%) Firewall
2 25 (4.36%) DNS
3 21 (3.66%) VPN
4 20 (3.49%) DHCP
4 20 (3.49%) Network Security
5 14 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.75%) LAN
7 10 (1.75%) WAN
8 7 (1.22%) BGP
8 7 (1.22%) OSPF
8 7 (1.22%) WLAN
9 6 (1.05%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.70%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.70%) Wireless
11 3 (0.52%) MPLS
11 3 (0.52%) SSL
11 3 (0.52%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (9.08%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.68%) Power BI
3 31 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
4 27 (4.71%) BigQuery
5 24 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (3.66%) Data Lake
7 21 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.92%) Db2
9 11 (1.92%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.57%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.40%) Metabase
11 8 (1.40%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.22%) Tableau
13 6 (1.05%) Looker
13 6 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.87%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (6.11%) Git
2 21 (3.66%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.27%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.75%) GitLab
4 10 (1.75%) JIRA
5 9 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.40%) MLflow
7 4 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.52%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.52%) JUnit
8 3 (0.52%) Maven
8 3 (0.52%) Mockito
8 3 (0.52%) Spock
8 3 (0.52%) TestRail
8 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.35%) Vite
9 2 (0.35%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 164 (28.62%) Finance
2 99 (17.28%) Social Skills
3 44 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.01%) Law
5 19 (3.32%) Banking
6 14 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.75%) Legal
9 9 (1.57%) Front Office
9 9 (1.57%) Retail
10 8 (1.40%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.52%) Advertising
13 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.17%) Marketing
14 1 (0.17%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 101 (17.63%) Architect
2 97 (16.93%) Senior
3 91 (15.88%) Lead
4 65 (11.34%) Azure Engineer
5 53 (9.25%) Developer
6 39 (6.81%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (6.63%) Data Engineer
8 36 (6.28%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (6.11%) Analyst
10 33 (5.76%) Azure Architect
10 33 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
11 27 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (4.36%) IT Architect
13 24 (4.19%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 22 (3.84%) Support Engineer
15 21 (3.66%) Consultant
16 19 (3.32%) IT Analyst
16 19 (3.32%) IT Support
16 19 (3.32%) Principal Engineer
16 19 (3.32%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (11.69%) .NET
2 24 (4.19%) Django
3 20 (3.49%) React
4 19 (3.32%) REST
5 17 (2.97%) LangChain
6 15 (2.62%) OAuth
6 15 (2.62%) PySpark
7 14 (2.44%) Kafka
8 13 (2.27%) PyTorch
9 12 (2.09%) OpenID
9 12 (2.09%) RESTful
9 12 (2.09%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.57%) 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 (1.22%) pgvector
12 7 (1.22%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.16%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.58%) Data Structures
3 31 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.54%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.19%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (3.66%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.75%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.75%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.75%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.57%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.40%) Clustering
13 8 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.22%) Management Information System
15 6 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.96%) Windows
2 30 (5.24%) Linux
3 27 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.49%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.70%) Android
6 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) 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 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (30.54%) DevOps
2 120 (20.94%) CI/CD
3 96 (16.75%) Agile
4 94 (16.40%) AI
5 90 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 67 (11.69%) Analytics
7 67 (11.69%) Mentoring
8 66 (11.52%) Microservices
9 59 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (10.30%) Roadmaps
10 58 (10.12%) Data Engineering
11 52 (9.08%) Data Pipeline
12 50 (8.73%) ITIL
13 47 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (8.03%) Machine Learning
15 43 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
15 43 (7.50%) Software Engineering
16 42 (7.33%) Data Architecture
16 42 (7.33%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 131 (22.86%) SQL
2 117 (20.42%) Python
3 63 (10.99%) C#
4 55 (9.60%) PowerShell
5 23 (4.01%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.97%) Java
7 12 (2.09%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.92%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.92%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.75%) Bash
9 10 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.22%) C++
11 6 (1.05%) Bicep
12 5 (0.87%) C
12 5 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.87%) Go
13 4 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.52%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.52%) R
14 3 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (9.08%) Degree
2 32 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.71%) CISSP
4 25 (4.36%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.49%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.62%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.92%) CEH
9 10 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.40%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.22%) CISM
12 6 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.87%) CCSP
13 5 (0.87%) GIAC
13 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.70%) CISA
14 4 (0.70%) CREST Certified
14 4 (0.70%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.01%) GDPR
2 22 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.66%) NIST
4 14 (2.44%) QA
5 8 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.87%) COBIT
6 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.52%) NCSC
8 3 (0.52%) 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 (0.17%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 69 (12.04%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.71%) Docker
3 18 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.17%) NLBS
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (13.61%) Terraform
2 66 (11.52%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (4.01%) Ansible
4 23 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.27%) SCCM
6 8 (1.40%) Grafana
7 6 (1.05%) Kibana
8 5 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.70%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.52%) CloudHub
11 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.17%) Cilium
12 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.17%) QRadar
12 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 182 (31.76%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.42%) Databricks
3 41 (7.16%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.58%) VMware
5 29 (5.06%) Google
6 15 (2.62%) Cisco
7 13 (2.27%) Guidewire
8 11 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.75%) SAP
10 9 (1.57%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.57%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.40%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.40%) iManage
12 7 (1.22%) Dell
13 6 (1.05%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.05%) Okta
13 6 (1.05%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.05%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.87%) Thales
14 5 (0.87%) Workday