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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 349 379 733
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.83% 22.87% 26.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.82% 47.55% 51.88%
Number of salaries quoted 269 310 535
10th Percentile £51,850 £47,500 £48,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +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 855 797 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.43% 48.10% 50.23%
Number of salaries quoted 658 666 958
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,495 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,180
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.49% +0.94%

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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 6 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 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.01%) Anypoint
3 7 (2.01%) Mule
4 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.86%) Apache
5 3 (0.86%) Confluence
6 2 (0.57%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Camunda
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.01%) PlantUML
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.86%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.57%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (24.93%) AWS
2 58 (16.62%) Power Platform
3 52 (14.90%) GCP
4 46 (13.18%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (12.32%) Entra ID
6 36 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (7.16%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (6.59%) Serverless
9 21 (6.02%) PaaS
9 21 (6.02%) Power Automate
10 20 (5.73%) SaaS
11 18 (5.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 18 (5.16%) IaaS
12 17 (4.87%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (4.30%) PowerApps
14 14 (4.01%) GitHub
15 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (3.15%) Azure AI
16 11 (3.15%) Azure AKS
17 9 (2.58%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.16%) Firewall
2 15 (4.30%) Network Security
3 13 (3.72%) DNS
4 10 (2.87%) VPN
5 9 (2.58%) SSL
6 8 (2.29%) DHCP
7 7 (2.01%) VLAN
7 7 (2.01%) WAN
7 7 (2.01%) Wireless
8 6 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (1.72%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.43%) BGP
9 5 (1.43%) LAN
9 5 (1.43%) OSPF
10 4 (1.15%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.15%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.86%) MPLS
12 2 (0.57%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.31%) Power BI
2 25 (7.16%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.72%) Metadata
6 6 (1.72%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.72%) Spark SQL
6 6 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.43%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.43%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.15%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.86%) Pinecone
10 2 (0.57%) Chroma
10 2 (0.57%) Tableau
11 1 (0.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 29 (8.31%) Git
2 14 (4.01%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.58%) GitLab
4 8 (2.29%) JIRA
5 7 (2.01%) Eclipse
5 7 (2.01%) Maven
6 6 (1.72%) JUnit
6 6 (1.72%) Mockito
7 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.15%) MLflow
9 3 (0.86%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.86%) Selenium
9 3 (0.86%) Spock
9 3 (0.86%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.57%) TestRail
10 2 (0.57%) Vite
11 1 (0.29%) Appium
11 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.29%) Postman
11 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 103 (29.51%) Finance
2 59 (16.91%) Social Skills
3 27 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.45%) Law
5 17 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.44%) Legal
7 9 (2.58%) Banking
8 7 (2.01%) Front Office
8 7 (2.01%) Retail
9 5 (1.43%) Marketing
10 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Back Office
11 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Prime Brokerage
11 3 (0.86%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.57%) Billing
12 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (18.34%) Architect
2 60 (17.19%) Senior
3 54 (15.47%) Lead
4 48 (13.75%) Developer
5 39 (11.17%) Azure Engineer
6 27 (7.74%) Platform Engineer
7 25 (7.16%) Data Engineer
8 24 (6.88%) Consultant
8 24 (6.88%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (5.44%) Azure Architect
9 19 (5.44%) Cloud Engineer
9 19 (5.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 18 (5.16%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 13 (3.72%) Lead Developer
12 12 (3.44%) Analyst
12 12 (3.44%) Data Consultant
12 12 (3.44%) IT Architect
13 11 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.15%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (17.77%) Terraform
2 24 (6.88%) .NET
3 19 (5.44%) REST
4 15 (4.30%) LangChain
5 13 (3.72%) OAuth
5 13 (3.72%) React
6 11 (3.15%) PySpark
6 11 (3.15%) Spring
6 11 (3.15%) Spring Boot
7 8 (2.29%) JWT
7 8 (2.29%) LangGraph
7 8 (2.29%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.01%) Middleware
8 7 (2.01%) MUnit
8 7 (2.01%) RAML
9 6 (1.72%) Django
9 6 (1.72%) FastAPI
9 6 (1.72%) OpenID
10 5 (1.43%) Kafka
10 5 (1.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.32%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.44%) AI Agents
3 16 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.87%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.72%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.43%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.43%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.86%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.86%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.02%) Windows
2 19 (5.44%) Linux
3 13 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.37%) CI/CD
2 98 (28.08%) DevOps
3 70 (20.06%) AI
4 60 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 57 (16.33%) Agile
6 55 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (12.89%) Data Engineering
8 41 (11.75%) Roadmaps
9 38 (10.89%) Microservices
10 36 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
10 36 (10.32%) Platform Engineering
11 35 (10.03%) Mentoring
12 34 (9.74%) Analytics
13 32 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 30 (8.60%) Data Architecture
15 30 (8.60%) Test Automation
16 29 (8.31%) LLM
16 29 (8.31%) Machine Learning
16 29 (8.31%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 70 (20.06%) Python
2 67 (19.20%) SQL
3 33 (9.46%) PowerShell
4 29 (8.31%) C#
5 21 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.73%) Java
7 16 (4.58%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.44%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.58%) Bicep
10 7 (2.01%) Bash
10 7 (2.01%) DataWeave
11 4 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.86%) C++
13 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.57%) R
13 2 (0.57%) Scala
13 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.57%) VBA
13 2 (0.57%) XPath
14 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 29 (8.31%) Security Cleared
2 26 (7.45%) Degree
3 24 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.73%) Azure Certification
5 12 (3.44%) CISSP
6 11 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.72%) CFA
9 5 (1.43%) CEH
10 4 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.86%) CCSP
11 3 (0.86%) CISM
11 3 (0.86%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.57%) CCNP
12 2 (0.57%) GIAC
12 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.57%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.44%) QA
3 13 (3.72%) GDPR
4 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.72%) NIST
5 5 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.86%) PMO
7 3 (0.86%) SLA
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.29%) COBIT
9 1 (0.29%) PSD2
9 1 (0.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 33 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.59%) Docker
3 15 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 48 (13.75%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.16%) Ansible
3 14 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.01%) CloudHub
6 5 (1.43%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.15%) SCCM
8 3 (0.86%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.86%) Puppet
9 2 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.57%) Argo
9 2 (0.57%) Grafana
9 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.57%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.29%) Cilium
10 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 120 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.88%) Databricks
3 21 (6.02%) VMware
4 17 (4.87%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.58%) Cisco
6 14 (4.01%) OpenAI
7 13 (3.72%) Google
8 11 (3.15%) SAP
9 10 (2.87%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.58%) Guidewire
11 8 (2.29%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.72%) Foundry
13 5 (1.43%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.15%) Citrix
14 4 (1.15%) Meraki
14 4 (1.15%) Okta
15 3 (0.86%) Oracle
15 3 (0.86%) Red Hat
15 3 (0.86%) Workday
15 3 (0.86%) Zscaler