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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 406 402 716
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.48% 23.43% 25.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.40% 48.91% 51.11%
Number of salaries quoted 305 316 557
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,125 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £59,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £113,750 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +10.34% +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 1,005 822 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.89% 47.90% 50.72%
Number of salaries quoted 750 672 1,042
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,603 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £107,375
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 4 September 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 12 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.72%) Anypoint
3 7 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.72%) Mule
4 3 (0.74%) Apache
4 3 (0.74%) Confluence
5 2 (0.49%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Camunda
6 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.72%) PlantUML
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 101 (24.88%) AWS
2 65 (16.01%) GCP
3 59 (14.53%) Power Platform
4 51 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (11.33%) Entra ID
6 41 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (5.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (5.67%) SaaS
9 23 (5.67%) Serverless
10 21 (5.17%) PaaS
11 18 (4.43%) Power Automate
12 17 (4.19%) GitHub
13 16 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (3.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (3.69%) IaaS
15 14 (3.45%) PowerApps
16 13 (3.20%) Azure AKS
17 9 (2.22%) Azure AI
17 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.13%) Firewall
2 20 (4.93%) Network Security
3 12 (2.96%) DNS
4 9 (2.22%) VPN
4 9 (2.22%) WAN
5 8 (1.97%) SSL
6 7 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (1.72%) DHCP
6 7 (1.72%) LAN
6 7 (1.72%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.48%) BGP
7 6 (1.48%) OSPF
7 6 (1.48%) VLAN
7 6 (1.48%) Wireless
8 5 (1.23%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.23%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.23%) WLAN
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.74%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.88%) Power BI
2 28 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (3.69%) Data Lake
5 13 (3.20%) BigQuery
5 13 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.22%) Spark SQL
8 8 (1.97%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.72%) Tableau
10 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.99%) Looker
11 4 (0.99%) Metadata
11 4 (0.99%) Milvus
11 4 (0.99%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (7.88%) Git
2 13 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.71%) GitLab
4 9 (2.22%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.97%) JIRA
6 7 (1.72%) Maven
6 7 (1.72%) MLflow
7 6 (1.48%) JUnit
7 6 (1.48%) Mockito
7 6 (1.48%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.99%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.74%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.74%) Spock
9 3 (0.74%) TestRail
9 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.49%) Selenium
10 2 (0.49%) Vite
11 1 (0.25%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.25%) JMeter
11 1 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 116 (28.57%) Finance
2 69 (17.00%) Social Skills
3 34 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.91%) Law
5 17 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (3.69%) Banking
7 10 (2.46%) Legal
8 9 (2.22%) Retail
9 8 (1.97%) Front Office
10 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.99%) Marketing
11 3 (0.74%) Back Office
11 3 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.74%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.74%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.25%) Advertising
12 1 (0.25%) Billing
12 1 (0.25%) Games
12 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (18.72%) Architect
2 71 (17.49%) Lead
3 70 (17.24%) Senior
4 53 (13.05%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (12.56%) Developer
6 30 (7.39%) Data Engineer
7 29 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
8 27 (6.65%) Cloud Engineer
9 26 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
10 25 (6.16%) Azure Architect
11 22 (5.42%) Consultant
12 19 (4.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 18 (4.43%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 16 (3.94%) Azure Developer
14 16 (3.94%) Lead Developer
15 15 (3.69%) Analyst
15 15 (3.69%) IT Architect
16 14 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (3.45%) Principal Engineer
17 13 (3.20%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (17.00%) Terraform
2 36 (8.87%) .NET
3 18 (4.43%) LangChain
3 18 (4.43%) REST
4 15 (3.69%) OAuth
5 14 (3.45%) PySpark
6 12 (2.96%) React
7 11 (2.71%) Spring
7 11 (2.71%) Spring Boot
8 10 (2.46%) Django
8 10 (2.46%) PyTorch
9 9 (2.22%) Kafka
9 9 (2.22%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.97%) JWT
10 8 (1.97%) OAuth2
10 8 (1.97%) OpenID
11 7 (1.72%) Blazor
11 7 (1.72%) LlamaIndex
11 7 (1.72%) MUnit
11 7 (1.72%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.67%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (3.69%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.71%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.46%) Data Structures
9 9 (2.22%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.48%) Clustering
12 6 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.48%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.23%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.23%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.85%) Windows
2 26 (6.40%) Linux
3 17 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (28.08%) DevOps
2 106 (26.11%) CI/CD
3 70 (17.24%) Agile
4 68 (16.75%) AI
4 68 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (15.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 54 (13.30%) Data Engineering
7 52 (12.81%) Roadmaps
8 50 (12.32%) Mentoring
9 45 (11.08%) Microservices
10 42 (10.34%) Analytics
11 38 (9.36%) Platform Engineering
12 37 (9.11%) Business Intelligence
13 36 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
13 36 (8.87%) Data Pipeline
14 34 (8.37%) Machine Learning
15 32 (7.88%) Data Architecture
15 32 (7.88%) Technical Leadership
15 32 (7.88%) Test Automation
16 31 (7.64%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 88 (21.67%) Python
2 81 (19.95%) SQL
3 45 (11.08%) C#
4 38 (9.36%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.67%) Java
6 19 (4.68%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.46%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.97%) Bash
10 7 (1.72%) Bicep
10 7 (1.72%) DataWeave
11 6 (1.48%) C++
12 5 (1.23%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.99%) C
13 4 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.99%) Go
14 3 (0.74%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.74%) Perl
14 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (8.37%) Degree
2 28 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.91%) Azure Certification
4 23 (5.67%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.43%) CISSP
5 18 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.97%) CEH
8 6 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.23%) CFA
10 4 (0.99%) CCSP
10 4 (0.99%) CISM
10 4 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.74%) CCSAM
11 3 (0.74%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.74%) GXPN
11 3 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.93%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.68%) QA
3 16 (3.94%) GDPR
4 9 (2.22%) NIST
5 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.49%) NCSC
9 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.49%) PMO
9 2 (0.49%) SLA
10 1 (0.25%) COBIT
10 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) PSD2
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.17%) Docker
3 15 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.99%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.49%) vSphere
8 1 (0.25%) Firmware
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (12.81%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.93%) Ansible
2 20 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.72%) CloudHub
5 6 (1.48%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.23%) SCCM
7 4 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.49%) Grafana
8 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.49%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) Cilium
9 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 132 (32.51%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.59%) Databricks
3 26 (6.40%) VMware
4 21 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.43%) Google
6 17 (4.19%) Cisco
7 12 (2.96%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.71%) Guidewire
8 11 (2.71%) SAP
9 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (1.97%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.97%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.72%) Okta
12 6 (1.48%) Foundry
13 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.23%) Dell
13 5 (1.23%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.99%) iManage
14 4 (0.99%) OneLogin