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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 390 384 755
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.73% 22.54% 26.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.92% 47.12% 51.68%
Number of salaries quoted 295 309 566
10th Percentile £55,300 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +5.63%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £114,000 £115,000 £108,125
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £79,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.26% +9.31% +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 953 815 1,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.11% 47.83% 50.66%
Number of salaries quoted 717 678 1,031
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,372 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,125
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 £109,250 £118,750 £107,500
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 18 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 13 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.31%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.79%) Anypoint
4 7 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.79%) Mule
5 4 (1.03%) Apache
6 3 (0.77%) Confluence
7 2 (0.51%) CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Camunda
8 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.79%) PlantUML
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.51%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 93 (23.85%) AWS
2 64 (16.41%) Power Platform
3 56 (14.36%) GCP
4 50 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (11.79%) Entra ID
6 38 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (7.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (6.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 25 (6.41%) Serverless
9 22 (5.64%) PaaS
9 22 (5.64%) SaaS
10 20 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (4.87%) Power Automate
12 17 (4.36%) GitHub
12 17 (4.36%) IaaS
13 15 (3.85%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.33%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (2.56%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.95%) Firewall
2 19 (4.87%) Network Security
3 12 (3.08%) DNS
4 9 (2.31%) SSL
4 9 (2.31%) WAN
5 8 (2.05%) VPN
6 7 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (1.79%) DHCP
6 7 (1.79%) LAN
6 7 (1.79%) Wireless
7 6 (1.54%) BGP
7 6 (1.54%) OSPF
7 6 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.54%) VLAN
8 5 (1.28%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.28%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.28%) WLAN
9 4 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.77%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.46%) Power BI
2 24 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (3.33%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.31%) BigQuery
6 9 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.05%) Delta Lake
7 8 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.05%) Spark SQL
8 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.54%) Metadata
9 6 (1.54%) Tableau
10 4 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.03%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.03%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.77%) Milvus
11 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (8.46%) Git
2 13 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.56%) GitLab
4 7 (1.79%) Eclipse
4 7 (1.79%) JIRA
4 7 (1.79%) Maven
4 7 (1.79%) MLflow
5 6 (1.54%) JUnit
5 6 (1.54%) Mockito
6 5 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.77%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (0.77%) Spock
7 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.77%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.51%) Selenium
8 2 (0.51%) TestRail
8 2 (0.51%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 117 (30.00%) Finance
2 65 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 31 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.41%) Law
5 19 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.08%) Banking
7 10 (2.56%) Legal
8 9 (2.31%) Retail
9 8 (2.05%) Front Office
10 5 (1.28%) Marketing
11 3 (0.77%) Back Office
11 3 (0.77%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.77%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.77%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.26%) Advertising
13 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (19.49%) Architect
2 68 (17.44%) Senior
3 66 (16.92%) Lead
4 53 (13.59%) Developer
5 50 (12.82%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (7.44%) Data Engineer
8 28 (7.18%) Solutions Architect
9 25 (6.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (5.90%) Azure Architect
11 20 (5.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 20 (5.13%) Consultant
12 19 (4.87%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 17 (4.36%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.85%) Azure Developer
15 14 (3.59%) IT Architect
15 14 (3.59%) Principal Engineer
16 13 (3.33%) Analyst
16 13 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 13 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (18.21%) Terraform
2 35 (8.97%) .NET
3 20 (5.13%) REST
4 18 (4.62%) LangChain
5 15 (3.85%) OAuth
6 13 (3.33%) PySpark
6 13 (3.33%) React
7 11 (2.82%) Spring
7 11 (2.82%) Spring Boot
8 9 (2.31%) PyTorch
9 8 (2.05%) JWT
9 8 (2.05%) Kafka
9 8 (2.05%) OAuth2
9 8 (2.05%) OpenID
9 8 (2.05%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.79%) Django
10 7 (1.79%) LlamaIndex
10 7 (1.79%) MUnit
10 7 (1.79%) RAML
11 6 (1.54%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (4.87%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.10%) AI Agents
3 16 (4.10%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.56%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.79%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.28%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.28%) Clustering
10 5 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.28%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.49%) Windows
2 26 (6.67%) Linux
3 17 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) Android
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (28.46%) DevOps
2 110 (28.21%) CI/CD
3 75 (19.23%) AI
4 66 (16.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 65 (16.67%) Agile
6 61 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (13.85%) Data Engineering
8 53 (13.59%) Roadmaps
9 43 (11.03%) Mentoring
10 41 (10.51%) Analytics
11 40 (10.26%) Microservices
12 38 (9.74%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (9.74%) Platform Engineering
13 37 (9.49%) Machine Learning
14 35 (8.97%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (8.72%) Data Architecture
15 34 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
16 33 (8.46%) Generative AI
17 31 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 31 (7.95%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 87 (22.31%) Python
2 79 (20.26%) SQL
3 43 (11.03%) C#
4 38 (9.74%) PowerShell
5 22 (5.64%) Java
5 22 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.59%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.56%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.31%) Bicep
9 8 (2.05%) Bash
10 7 (1.79%) DataWeave
11 5 (1.28%) C++
12 4 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.77%) C
13 3 (0.77%) Go
13 3 (0.77%) Scala
13 3 (0.77%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.51%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.51%) Perl
14 2 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (7.69%) Degree
2 26 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.64%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.85%) CISSP
6 14 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.54%) CEH
8 6 (1.54%) CFA
9 4 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.77%) CCSP
10 3 (0.77%) CISM
10 3 (0.77%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.51%) CCNP
11 2 (0.51%) GIAC
11 2 (0.51%) GPEN
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.51%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.64%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.62%) QA
3 14 (3.59%) GDPR
4 6 (1.54%) NIST
5 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.77%) SLA
7 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.51%) NCSC
7 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) PSD2
8 1 (0.26%) SEPA
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (9.74%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.38%) Docker
3 16 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.77%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.51%) vSphere
8 1 (0.26%) Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (13.59%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.64%) Ansible
3 19 (4.87%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.79%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.54%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.28%) SCCM
8 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.51%) Argo
9 2 (0.51%) Grafana
9 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.51%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.51%) Puppet
10 1 (0.26%) Cilium
10 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 132 (33.85%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.77%) Databricks
3 26 (6.67%) VMware
4 17 (4.36%) Cisco
4 17 (4.36%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.59%) Google
6 12 (3.08%) OpenAI
7 11 (2.82%) SAP
8 9 (2.31%) Guidewire
8 9 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.05%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.79%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.54%) Foundry
12 5 (1.28%) Okta
12 5 (1.28%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.03%) Dell
13 4 (1.03%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.77%) Citrix
14 3 (0.77%) Oracle