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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 630 548 794
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 15.64% 26.20% 24.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.44% 52.19% 47.21%
Number of salaries quoted 483 448 696
10th Percentile £47,750 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £104,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% +5.36%

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 1,249 1,050 1,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.00% 50.19% 52.51%
Number of salaries quoted 934 845 1,426
10th Percentile £42,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £119,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 7 May 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 34 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.43%) PlantUML
3 7 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.16%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (19.84%) AWS
2 111 (17.62%) Azure DevOps
3 103 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (14.44%) GCP
5 87 (13.81%) Power Platform
6 62 (9.84%) Entra ID
7 39 (6.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (5.56%) PaaS
9 34 (5.40%) SaaS
10 26 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 26 (4.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 26 (4.13%) Serverless
11 24 (3.81%) dbt
11 24 (3.81%) GitHub
12 20 (3.17%) Azure AKS
13 19 (3.02%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.70%) IaaS
14 17 (2.70%) OneDrive
15 15 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
16 14 (2.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (9.37%) Firewall
2 28 (4.44%) DNS
3 27 (4.29%) VPN
4 24 (3.81%) DHCP
5 17 (2.70%) Network Security
5 17 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.90%) LAN
7 12 (1.90%) WAN
8 8 (1.27%) WLAN
9 6 (0.95%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.95%) Wireless
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.79%) WebEx
11 4 (0.63%) BGP
11 4 (0.63%) OSPF
12 3 (0.48%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (9.21%) SQL Server
2 56 (8.89%) Power BI
3 38 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (4.92%) BigQuery
6 26 (4.13%) Data Lake
7 22 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.75%) DB2
9 11 (1.75%) Metabase
9 11 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.43%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.43%) Spark SQL
11 8 (1.27%) Tableau
12 7 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.95%) Looker
13 6 (0.95%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (4.92%) Git
2 20 (3.17%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.06%) JIRA
4 11 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.43%) MLflow
6 8 (1.27%) GitLab
7 6 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.95%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.79%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.48%) TestRail
10 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.16%) Appium
12 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
12 1 (0.16%) Postman
12 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.16%) Vite
12 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 180 (28.57%) Finance
2 110 (17.46%) Social Skills
3 48 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.33%) Law
5 18 (2.86%) Banking
6 17 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.90%) Legal
8 9 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.43%) Retail
9 7 (1.11%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.11%) Front Office
9 7 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (0.79%) Investment Banking
10 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.63%) Advertising
12 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.16%) Billing
Job Titles
1 117 (18.57%) Senior
2 92 (14.60%) Architect
3 90 (14.29%) Lead
4 65 (10.32%) Azure Engineer
5 55 (8.73%) Developer
6 46 (7.30%) Data Engineer
7 43 (6.83%) Cloud Engineer
8 37 (5.87%) Analyst
9 35 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
10 33 (5.24%) Azure Architect
11 29 (4.60%) Software Engineer
12 28 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
12 28 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (4.44%) Support Engineer
13 26 (4.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 25 (3.97%) IT Support
15 22 (3.49%) IT Analyst
16 21 (3.33%) IT Architect
17 20 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (3.17%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (12.70%) .NET
2 28 (4.44%) Django
3 24 (3.81%) React
4 16 (2.54%) RESTful
5 14 (2.22%) Kafka
5 14 (2.22%) LangChain
5 14 (2.22%) REST
6 13 (2.06%) PySpark
7 12 (1.90%) PyTorch
8 11 (1.75%) OAuth
8 11 (1.75%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.59%) Blazor
9 10 (1.59%) OpenID
10 9 (1.43%) YAML
11 8 (1.27%) CSS
11 8 (1.27%) HTML
11 8 (1.27%) Model Context Protocol
12 7 (1.11%) LlamaIndex
12 7 (1.11%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 37 (5.87%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.97%) Algorithms
4 25 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.97%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 15 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.38%) Reinsurance
7 14 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
8 12 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.59%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.43%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.27%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.11%) Clustering
12 7 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.95%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 93 (14.76%) Windows
2 29 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 26 (4.13%) Linux
4 24 (3.81%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.63%) Android
7 4 (0.63%) VMS
8 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Unix
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (32.38%) DevOps
2 114 (18.10%) CI/CD
3 107 (16.98%) AI
4 105 (16.67%) Agile
5 93 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 82 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
8 74 (11.75%) Analytics
8 74 (11.75%) Mentoring
9 63 (10.00%) Microservices
10 59 (9.37%) Roadmaps
11 56 (8.89%) Data Pipeline
11 56 (8.89%) ITIL
12 54 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
13 53 (8.41%) Data Engineering
14 52 (8.25%) Software Engineering
15 46 (7.30%) Machine Learning
16 45 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
17 43 (6.83%) Computer Science
18 42 (6.67%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 153 (24.29%) Python
2 146 (23.17%) SQL
3 76 (12.06%) C#
4 66 (10.48%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.02%) Java
7 14 (2.22%) Bicep
8 11 (1.75%) Bash
8 11 (1.75%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.75%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.43%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.11%) C++
10 7 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.11%) Go
11 5 (0.79%) C
12 4 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.63%) Perl
12 4 (0.63%) R
12 4 (0.63%) Ruby
13 3 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 61 (9.68%) Degree
2 37 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.29%) Azure Certification
3 27 (4.29%) CISSP
4 16 (2.54%) Security Cleared
5 12 (1.90%) CEH
5 12 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (1.90%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.11%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.11%) CISM
8 7 (1.11%) GIAC
8 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.79%) GPEN
10 5 (0.79%) OSCP
11 4 (0.63%) CISA
11 4 (0.63%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (4.44%) NIST
3 26 (4.13%) GDPR
4 17 (2.70%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.22%) QA
6 8 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.95%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.79%) COBIT
8 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.48%) SLA
10 2 (0.32%) NCSC
10 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 75 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.60%) Docker
3 17 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) NLBS
7 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (12.06%) Terraform
2 61 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 42 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (3.33%) Ansible
6 14 (2.22%) SCCM
7 11 (1.75%) Grafana
8 7 (1.11%) Kibana
9 6 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.79%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.16%) Argo
12 1 (0.16%) Cilium
12 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.16%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.16%) QRadar
12 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 209 (33.17%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.41%) Databricks
3 38 (6.03%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.40%) Google
5 33 (5.24%) VMware
6 17 (2.70%) CyberArk
7 16 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (2.38%) Cisco
9 14 (2.22%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.75%) iManage
11 9 (1.43%) Guidewire
12 8 (1.27%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.27%) Rapid7
12 8 (1.27%) SAP
13 7 (1.11%) Dell
13 7 (1.11%) Okta
13 7 (1.11%) Thales
14 6 (0.95%) Citrix
14 6 (0.95%) Commvault
14 6 (0.95%) Oracle