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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 443 440 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.69% 24.27% 25.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.09% 50.52% 50.79%
Number of salaries quoted 330 343 566
10th Percentile £53,625 £45,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £58,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £98,438 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £112,500 £107,500
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 1,078 871 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.88% 48.04% 50.76%
Number of salaries quoted 802 708 1,082
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,372 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,250 £55,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,425 £117,500 £107,375
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -1.86%

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 21 August 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 16 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.58%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.58%) Mule
6 4 (0.90%) Apache
7 3 (0.68%) Confluence
8 2 (0.45%) Camunda
9 1 (0.23%) CMS
9 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (1.81%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.68%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.45%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 106 (23.93%) AWS
2 68 (15.35%) GCP
2 68 (15.35%) Power Platform
3 53 (11.96%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (10.61%) Entra ID
6 31 (7.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (5.64%) Azure Logic Apps
7 25 (5.64%) Serverless
8 23 (5.19%) PaaS
8 23 (5.19%) SaaS
9 21 (4.74%) Power Automate
10 19 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (4.29%) GitHub
11 16 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (3.61%) PowerApps
12 15 (3.39%) IaaS
13 14 (3.16%) Azure AKS
14 12 (2.71%) dbt
15 10 (2.26%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.35%) Firewall
2 22 (4.97%) Network Security
3 11 (2.48%) DNS
4 10 (2.26%) WAN
5 8 (1.81%) LAN
5 8 (1.81%) SSL
5 8 (1.81%) VPN
6 7 (1.58%) BGP
6 7 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (1.58%) OSPF
6 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.35%) DHCP
7 6 (1.35%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.35%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.35%) Wireless
7 6 (1.35%) WLAN
8 5 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.13%) VLAN
8 5 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.68%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.80%) Power BI
2 34 (7.67%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.29%) Data Lake
3 19 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (4.06%) Elasticsearch
5 17 (3.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (3.84%) BigQuery
6 12 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (2.26%) Delta Lake
7 10 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.26%) Spark SQL
7 10 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.03%) Tableau
9 7 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.35%) Looker
10 6 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (1.13%) Db2
11 5 (1.13%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.13%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 34 (7.67%) Git
2 13 (2.93%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.48%) GitLab
4 10 (2.26%) Eclipse
5 9 (2.03%) JIRA
5 9 (2.03%) MLflow
6 8 (1.81%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.35%) Maven
8 5 (1.13%) JUnit
8 5 (1.13%) Mockito
9 4 (0.90%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.68%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.68%) Spock
10 3 (0.68%) TestRail
10 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.45%) Selenium
11 2 (0.45%) Vite
12 1 (0.23%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.23%) JMeter
12 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 129 (29.12%) Finance
2 73 (16.48%) Social Skills
3 37 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.42%) Law
5 18 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.84%) Banking
7 10 (2.26%) Legal
8 9 (2.03%) Front Office
8 9 (2.03%) Retail
9 7 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.68%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.68%) Marketing
12 2 (0.45%) Advertising
12 2 (0.45%) Back Office
12 2 (0.45%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.45%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.23%) Billing
13 1 (0.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (18.96%) Architect
2 78 (17.61%) Lead
3 76 (17.16%) Senior
4 58 (13.09%) Azure Engineer
5 54 (12.19%) Developer
6 31 (7.00%) Data Engineer
7 30 (6.77%) Platform Engineer
8 29 (6.55%) Cloud Engineer
9 28 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (6.09%) Azure Architect
11 23 (5.19%) Analyst
12 20 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 20 (4.51%) Consultant
13 18 (4.06%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 18 (4.06%) IT Architect
14 17 (3.84%) Lead Developer
15 16 (3.61%) Azure Developer
16 15 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.39%) Principal Engineer
16 15 (3.39%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (15.80%) Terraform
2 41 (9.26%) .NET
3 21 (4.74%) LangChain
3 21 (4.74%) REST
4 17 (3.84%) OAuth
5 16 (3.61%) PySpark
6 13 (2.93%) Django
6 13 (2.93%) Kafka
6 13 (2.93%) PyTorch
6 13 (2.93%) React
7 11 (2.48%) TensorFlow
8 10 (2.26%) LlamaIndex
8 10 (2.26%) OpenID
8 10 (2.26%) Spring
8 10 (2.26%) Spring Boot
9 8 (1.81%) Blazor
9 8 (1.81%) JWT
9 8 (1.81%) OAuth2
9 8 (1.81%) scikit-learn
10 7 (1.58%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.16%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.09%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.97%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.51%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.16%) Data Structures
6 14 (3.16%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.48%) AI Agents
7 11 (2.48%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.81%) Clustering
9 8 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.58%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.35%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.16%) Windows
2 27 (6.09%) Linux
3 17 (3.84%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Android
7 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.23%) VMS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (26.41%) DevOps
2 107 (24.15%) CI/CD
3 77 (17.38%) Agile
4 74 (16.70%) AI
5 72 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (14.90%) Infrastructure as Code
7 58 (13.09%) Data Engineering
8 57 (12.87%) Mentoring
8 57 (12.87%) Roadmaps
9 49 (11.06%) Microservices
10 46 (10.38%) Analytics
11 44 (9.93%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (9.48%) Machine Learning
13 41 (9.26%) Data Pipeline
14 38 (8.58%) Platform Engineering
15 37 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (7.90%) Generative AI
17 34 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
18 33 (7.45%) Data Architecture
18 33 (7.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 100 (22.57%) Python
2 93 (20.99%) SQL
3 49 (11.06%) C#
4 41 (9.26%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.19%) Java
5 23 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.48%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.81%) Bash
8 8 (1.81%) Bicep
9 7 (1.58%) DataWeave
9 7 (1.58%) VB.NET
10 6 (1.35%) C++
11 5 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.13%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.90%) C
12 4 (0.90%) Go
12 4 (0.90%) Scala
13 3 (0.68%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (8.58%) Degree
2 27 (6.09%) Azure Certification
2 27 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.97%) CISSP
3 22 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (4.97%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (2.26%) CEH
6 7 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.13%) CFA
8 4 (0.90%) CCSP
8 4 (0.90%) CISM
8 4 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.68%) CCSAM
9 3 (0.68%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.68%) GXPN
9 3 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.97%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.29%) GDPR
2 19 (4.29%) QA
3 10 (2.26%) NIST
4 8 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.45%) NCSC
8 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) PMO
8 2 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.45%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) SEPA
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.19%) Docker
3 16 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.45%) vSphere
8 1 (0.23%) Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 55 (12.42%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.74%) Ansible
2 21 (4.74%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.81%) SCCM
5 7 (1.58%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.35%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.45%) Grafana
8 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.45%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.23%) Argo
9 1 (0.23%) Cilium
9 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 146 (32.96%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.61%) Databricks
3 28 (6.32%) VMware
4 27 (6.09%) ServiceNow
5 20 (4.51%) Google
6 17 (3.84%) Cisco
7 12 (2.71%) Guidewire
7 12 (2.71%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.71%) SAP
8 11 (2.48%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (1.81%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.58%) Dell
11 7 (1.58%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.58%) Okta
12 6 (1.35%) Cloudera
12 6 (1.35%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.35%) Foundry
12 6 (1.35%) iManage
13 5 (1.13%) Red Hat