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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 354 380 751
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.57% 22.57% 26.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.69% 47.03% 51.69%
Number of salaries quoted 271 309 549
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £110,000
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 870 808 1,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.89% 47.98% 50.31%
Number of salaries quoted 666 672 992
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,480 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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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

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 October 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 14 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.98%) Anypoint
3 7 (1.98%) Mule
4 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.85%) Apache
5 3 (0.85%) Confluence
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Camunda
7 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.98%) PlantUML
2 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.85%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.29%) AWS
2 57 (16.10%) Power Platform
3 51 (14.41%) GCP
4 46 (12.99%) Entra ID
5 45 (12.71%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (7.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (6.50%) Serverless
9 21 (5.93%) PaaS
9 21 (5.93%) Power Automate
10 20 (5.65%) SaaS
11 19 (5.37%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (5.08%) IaaS
13 17 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (4.24%) PowerApps
15 14 (3.95%) GitHub
16 12 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (3.11%) Azure AKS
18 10 (2.82%) Azure AI
19 9 (2.54%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.63%) Firewall
2 16 (4.52%) Network Security
3 12 (3.39%) DNS
4 9 (2.54%) SSL
4 9 (2.54%) VPN
5 8 (2.26%) WAN
6 7 (1.98%) DHCP
7 6 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (1.69%) LAN
7 6 (1.69%) VLAN
7 6 (1.69%) Wireless
8 5 (1.41%) BGP
8 5 (1.41%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.41%) OSPF
8 5 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.13%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.13%) WLAN
10 3 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.85%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.19%) Power BI
2 25 (7.06%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.69%) Metadata
6 6 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.69%) Spark SQL
6 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.41%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.13%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.85%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.56%) Chroma
10 2 (0.56%) Tableau
11 1 (0.28%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 31 (8.76%) Git
2 14 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.11%) GitLab
4 7 (1.98%) Eclipse
4 7 (1.98%) JIRA
4 7 (1.98%) Maven
5 6 (1.69%) JUnit
5 6 (1.69%) Mockito
6 5 (1.41%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.13%) MLflow
8 3 (0.85%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.85%) Spock
8 3 (0.85%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.56%) Selenium
9 2 (0.56%) TestRail
9 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.56%) Vite
10 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 103 (29.10%) Finance
2 60 (16.95%) Social Skills
3 27 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.06%) Law
5 17 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.39%) Legal
7 10 (2.82%) Retail
8 9 (2.54%) Banking
9 7 (1.98%) Front Office
10 5 (1.41%) Marketing
11 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.85%) Back Office
12 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.85%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.85%) Prime Brokerage
12 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.56%) Billing
13 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (18.64%) Architect
2 60 (16.95%) Senior
3 55 (15.54%) Lead
4 49 (13.84%) Developer
5 40 (11.30%) Azure Engineer
6 30 (8.47%) Platform Engineer
7 26 (7.34%) Data Engineer
8 24 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (6.50%) Consultant
10 21 (5.93%) Azure Architect
11 20 (5.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.37%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 19 (5.37%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (3.95%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (3.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 13 (3.67%) Lead Developer
15 12 (3.39%) Analyst
15 12 (3.39%) Data Consultant
15 12 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.39%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.93%) Terraform
2 25 (7.06%) .NET
3 20 (5.65%) REST
4 16 (4.52%) LangChain
5 14 (3.95%) OAuth
6 13 (3.67%) React
7 11 (3.11%) PySpark
7 11 (3.11%) Spring
7 11 (3.11%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.26%) JWT
8 8 (2.26%) LangGraph
8 8 (2.26%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.98%) FastAPI
9 7 (1.98%) MUnit
9 7 (1.98%) OpenID
9 7 (1.98%) RAML
10 6 (1.69%) Django
10 6 (1.69%) Middleware
10 6 (1.69%) SAML
11 5 (1.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.45%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.08%) AI Agents
3 17 (4.80%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.69%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.41%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.41%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (0.85%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.91%) Windows
2 23 (6.50%) Linux
3 13 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (28.53%) CI/CD
2 97 (27.40%) DevOps
3 68 (19.21%) AI
4 63 (17.80%) Infrastructure as Code
5 59 (16.67%) Agile
6 56 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (12.99%) Data Engineering
8 43 (12.15%) Roadmaps
9 39 (11.02%) Microservices
10 37 (10.45%) Platform Engineering
11 36 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (9.89%) Analytics
12 35 (9.89%) Mentoring
13 32 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
14 31 (8.76%) Data Architecture
14 31 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 30 (8.47%) Machine Learning
16 29 (8.19%) LLM
16 29 (8.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 73 (20.62%) Python
2 69 (19.49%) SQL
3 35 (9.89%) PowerShell
4 30 (8.47%) C#
5 21 (5.93%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.65%) Java
7 16 (4.52%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.39%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.54%) Bicep
10 7 (1.98%) Bash
10 7 (1.98%) DataWeave
11 4 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.85%) C++
13 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.56%) R
13 2 (0.56%) Scala
13 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.56%) VBA
13 2 (0.56%) XPath
14 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 28 (7.91%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.63%) Degree
3 23 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.93%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.67%) CISSP
6 12 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.69%) CFA
8 6 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.41%) CEH
10 4 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.85%) CCSP
11 3 (0.85%) CISM
11 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.56%) CCNP
12 2 (0.56%) GIAC
12 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.56%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.93%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.08%) QA
3 13 (3.67%) GDPR
4 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.69%) NIST
5 5 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.85%) PMO
7 3 (0.85%) SLA
8 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
9 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (10.17%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.50%) Docker
3 15 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Firmware
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 50 (14.12%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.21%) Ansible
3 18 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.98%) CloudHub
6 5 (1.41%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.13%) SCCM
8 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.85%) Puppet
9 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.56%) Argo
9 2 (0.56%) Grafana
9 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.56%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.28%) Cilium
10 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 123 (34.75%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.04%) Databricks
3 24 (6.78%) VMware
4 17 (4.80%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.52%) Cisco
6 13 (3.67%) Google
6 13 (3.67%) OpenAI
7 11 (3.11%) SAP
8 9 (2.54%) Guidewire
8 9 (2.54%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.26%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.69%) Foundry
11 5 (1.41%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.41%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.13%) Citrix
12 4 (1.13%) Okta
13 3 (0.85%) Meraki
13 3 (0.85%) Oracle
13 3 (0.85%) Workday