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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 413 757 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 21.61% 26.88% 24.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.69% 52.28% 47.47%
Number of salaries quoted 333 576 661
10th Percentile £48,950 £41,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,750 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.48% - -3.33%

All Cloud 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 799 1,448 1,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.81% 51.42% 50.77%
Number of salaries quoted 654 1,013 1,420
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £113,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

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 6 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

Azure
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the City of London region over the 6 months to 6 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge -1 2 £87,500 +14.75%
Azure
Central London

Azure
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 35 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.73%) Moodle
6 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.48%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (5.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 109 (26.39%) Power Platform
2 100 (24.21%) AWS
3 83 (20.10%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (18.40%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (15.01%) GCP
6 45 (10.90%) Power Automate
7 43 (10.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 40 (9.69%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (9.44%) PowerApps
10 30 (7.26%) Entra ID
11 27 (6.54%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (4.36%) Snowflake
13 17 (4.12%) PaaS
14 16 (3.87%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (3.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (3.63%) GitHub
15 15 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (3.63%) Serverless
16 14 (3.39%) SaaS
17 13 (3.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.72%) Firewall
2 15 (3.63%) Network Security
3 14 (3.39%) VPN
4 13 (3.15%) DNS
4 13 (3.15%) VoIP
4 13 (3.15%) WAN
5 12 (2.91%) LAN
6 9 (2.18%) DHCP
7 8 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.21%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.97%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.48%) BGP
10 2 (0.48%) MPLS
10 2 (0.48%) OSPF
10 2 (0.48%) VSAN
10 2 (0.48%) WebEx
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (20.34%) Power BI
2 44 (10.65%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (10.41%) SQL Server
4 28 (6.78%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.42%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.18%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.45%) Power Query
10 5 (1.21%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.21%) Metabase
10 5 (1.21%) Metadata
11 4 (0.97%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.97%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.97%) Tableau
12 3 (0.73%) Big Data
12 3 (0.73%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (9.20%) Git
2 22 (5.33%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.94%) JIRA
4 7 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
4 7 (1.69%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.45%) GitLab
5 6 (1.45%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.73%) MLflow
6 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.48%) ERwin
7 2 (0.48%) NUnit
7 2 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.24%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.24%) MSTest
8 1 (0.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 143 (34.62%) Finance
2 109 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 48 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.23%) Legal
5 25 (6.05%) Law
6 18 (4.36%) Retail
7 17 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.39%) Banking
10 10 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.45%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.45%) Marketing
12 5 (1.21%) Advertising
13 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.48%) Back Office
14 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.48%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (19.85%) Senior
2 75 (18.16%) Lead
3 53 (12.83%) Developer
4 48 (11.62%) Data Engineer
5 29 (7.02%) Architect
6 25 (6.05%) Analyst
6 25 (6.05%) Software Engineer
7 23 (5.57%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
9 17 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (3.63%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.39%) IT Support
12 14 (3.39%) Security Engineer
13 13 (3.15%) IT Manager
14 12 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.66%) IT Analyst
15 11 (2.66%) Senior Developer
16 10 (2.42%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.96%) .NET
2 29 (7.02%) React
3 23 (5.57%) Web Services
4 18 (4.36%) REST
5 14 (3.39%) SOAP
6 13 (3.15%) PySpark
7 12 (2.91%) Django
7 12 (2.91%) Node.js
8 11 (2.66%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.66%) HTML
9 10 (2.42%) CSS
9 10 (2.42%) Kafka
10 9 (2.18%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (1.94%) PyTorch
11 8 (1.94%) RESTful
11 8 (1.94%) Vue
12 7 (1.69%) .NET Core
13 6 (1.45%) Next.js
13 6 (1.45%) YAML
14 5 (1.21%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.72%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 13 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.66%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (2.66%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.18%) Reinsurance
7 8 (1.94%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.94%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.94%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.94%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.69%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 58 (14.04%) Windows
2 18 (4.36%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.12%) Linux
4 15 (3.63%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.94%) Unix
6 6 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.97%) VMS
7 4 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.48%) CentOS
9 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (30.51%) DevOps
2 115 (27.85%) Agile
3 104 (25.18%) CI/CD
4 92 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (20.34%) AI
6 63 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
7 58 (14.04%) Analytics
8 52 (12.59%) Data Modelling
8 52 (12.59%) Mentoring
9 51 (12.35%) ETL
10 50 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (12.11%) Data Pipeline
11 47 (11.38%) Software Engineering
12 45 (10.90%) Decision-Making
13 44 (10.65%) Computer Science
14 42 (10.17%) ITIL
15 40 (9.69%) Migration
16 38 (9.20%) Infrastructure as Code
17 37 (8.96%) Workflow
18 36 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 128 (30.99%) Python
2 117 (28.33%) SQL
3 60 (14.53%) PowerShell
4 48 (11.62%) C#
5 31 (7.51%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.57%) Java
7 17 (4.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (3.87%) T-SQL
8 16 (3.87%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.94%) Bicep
10 7 (1.69%) Bash
11 4 (0.97%) Rust
12 3 (0.73%) Scala
13 2 (0.48%) C++
13 2 (0.48%) Go
13 2 (0.48%) R
13 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.48%) X++
14 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (14.04%) Degree
2 33 (7.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (5.33%) Azure Certification
5 17 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.87%) CISSP
7 15 (3.63%) SC Cleared
8 13 (3.15%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.91%) CISM
10 7 (1.69%) CEH
10 7 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.97%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.97%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.97%) PMP
13 3 (0.73%) CCNP
13 3 (0.73%) GIAC
13 3 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.51%) GDPR
2 29 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.60%) NIST
4 10 (2.42%) QA
5 6 (1.45%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.97%) NCSC
8 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.73%) SLA
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.81%) Docker
3 13 (3.15%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.94%) XenDesktop
6 5 (1.21%) XenApp
7 4 (0.97%) vSphere
8 3 (0.73%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 43 (10.41%) Terraform
2 33 (7.99%) Kubernetes
3 27 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (5.08%) SCCM
5 16 (3.87%) Ansible
6 11 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.21%) Autotask
8 4 (0.97%) Grafana
9 3 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.48%) Puppet
10 2 (0.48%) SCOM
11 1 (0.24%) Ambari
11 1 (0.24%) Argo
11 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 187 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 56 (13.56%) Databricks
3 23 (5.57%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.33%) VMware
5 17 (4.12%) Google
6 15 (3.63%) Citrix
7 12 (2.91%) Cisco
8 10 (2.42%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.18%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.94%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.94%) Meraki
10 8 (1.94%) Oracle
11 6 (1.45%) iManage
12 5 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.21%) SonicWALL
12 5 (1.21%) Sophos
13 4 (0.97%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.97%) Intapp
13 4 (0.97%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.73%) Guidewire