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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 564 496 764
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.09% 25.98% 24.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.06% 51.94% 48.51%
Number of salaries quoted 424 391 648
10th Percentile £51,400 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,875 £112,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.45% +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 1,280 955 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.70% 50.03% 49.94%
Number of salaries quoted 960 766 1,289
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
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 £102,625 £117,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% +0.69%

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 30 June 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 30 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.71%) Apache
5 4 (0.71%) Mule
6 3 (0.53%) Confluence
7 2 (0.35%) Camunda
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.18%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (1.95%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 119 (21.10%) AWS
2 90 (15.96%) Azure DevOps
3 86 (15.25%) GCP
4 84 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (12.59%) Power Platform
6 58 (10.28%) Entra ID
7 34 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.32%) SaaS
9 28 (4.96%) PaaS
9 28 (4.96%) Serverless
10 23 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (3.72%) GitHub
12 20 (3.55%) Azure AKS
13 19 (3.37%) Power Automate
14 18 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (3.19%) dbt
14 18 (3.19%) IaaS
15 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Purview
15 14 (2.48%) OneDrive
16 13 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.98%) Firewall
2 24 (4.26%) DNS
3 20 (3.55%) Network Security
4 19 (3.37%) DHCP
4 19 (3.37%) VPN
5 14 (2.48%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (1.95%) WAN
8 10 (1.77%) LAN
9 8 (1.42%) BGP
9 8 (1.42%) OSPF
10 7 (1.24%) WLAN
11 6 (1.06%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (0.89%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.89%) Wireless
13 4 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (0.71%) SSL
13 4 (0.71%) VLAN
14 3 (0.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.87%) SQL Server
2 43 (7.62%) Power BI
3 30 (5.32%) Elasticsearch
4 27 (4.79%) BigQuery
5 24 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.55%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.95%) Db2
9 11 (1.95%) Spark SQL
10 9 (1.60%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.42%) Metabase
12 7 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.24%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.24%) Tableau
13 6 (1.06%) Looker
13 6 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.89%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (6.21%) Git
2 20 (3.55%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.30%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.77%) GitLab
4 10 (1.77%) JIRA
5 9 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.42%) MLflow
7 3 (0.53%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.53%) JUnit
7 3 (0.53%) Maven
7 3 (0.53%) Mockito
7 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.53%) Spock
7 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.53%) TestRail
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.35%) Vite
8 2 (0.35%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 160 (28.37%) Finance
2 99 (17.55%) Social Skills
3 43 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (3.90%) Law
5 18 (3.19%) Banking
6 14 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.95%) Legal
8 9 (1.60%) Front Office
8 9 (1.60%) Retail
9 8 (1.42%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.71%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.53%) Advertising
12 3 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.18%) French Language
14 1 (0.18%) Marketing
14 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (17.38%) Architect
2 96 (17.02%) Senior
3 91 (16.13%) Lead
4 65 (11.52%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (9.04%) Developer
6 39 (6.91%) Data Engineer
7 38 (6.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 36 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (6.03%) Analyst
10 33 (5.85%) Platform Engineer
11 32 (5.67%) Azure Architect
12 25 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (4.43%) IT Architect
13 23 (4.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 21 (3.72%) Consultant
15 20 (3.55%) Software Engineer
15 20 (3.55%) Support Engineer
16 19 (3.37%) Principal Engineer
17 18 (3.19%) IT Analyst
17 18 (3.19%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.35%) .NET
2 24 (4.26%) Django
3 20 (3.55%) React
3 20 (3.55%) REST
4 17 (3.01%) LangChain
5 16 (2.84%) OAuth
6 15 (2.66%) PySpark
7 14 (2.48%) Kafka
8 13 (2.30%) PyTorch
9 12 (2.13%) OpenID
9 12 (2.13%) RESTful
9 12 (2.13%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.60%) Spring
10 9 (1.60%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.60%) YAML
11 8 (1.42%) Blazor
11 8 (1.42%) LlamaIndex
12 7 (1.24%) pgvector
12 7 (1.24%) SAML
12 7 (1.24%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.50%) Data Structures
3 30 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (3.72%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.84%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.48%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.95%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.60%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.60%) Reinsurance
13 8 (1.42%) Clustering
13 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.24%) Management Information System
15 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (13.65%) Windows
2 30 (5.32%) Linux
3 27 (4.79%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.55%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.71%) Android
6 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (30.50%) DevOps
2 121 (21.45%) CI/CD
3 96 (17.02%) Agile
4 93 (16.49%) AI
5 91 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 78 (13.83%) Infrastructure as Code
7 68 (12.06%) Mentoring
8 65 (11.52%) Microservices
9 64 (11.35%) Analytics
10 59 (10.46%) Data Engineering
11 56 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (9.93%) Roadmaps
12 51 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
13 48 (8.51%) ITIL
14 46 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
15 45 (7.98%) Machine Learning
15 45 (7.98%) Software Engineering
16 41 (7.27%) Generative AI
17 40 (7.09%) Cybersecurity
17 40 (7.09%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 129 (22.87%) SQL
2 119 (21.10%) Python
3 62 (10.99%) C#
4 54 (9.57%) PowerShell
5 23 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.19%) Java
7 12 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.95%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.95%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.60%) Bash
9 9 (1.60%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.24%) C++
11 6 (1.06%) Bicep
12 5 (0.89%) C
12 5 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.89%) Go
13 4 (0.71%) DataWeave
13 4 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.53%) Perl
14 3 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (9.04%) Degree
2 32 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.79%) CISSP
4 24 (4.26%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.72%) Security Cleared
6 16 (2.84%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.95%) CEH
9 10 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.24%) CISM
12 6 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.89%) CCSP
13 5 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.89%) GIAC
13 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.71%) CISA
14 4 (0.71%) GPEN
14 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.71%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.72%) GDPR
2 20 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.55%) NIST
3 19 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.48%) QA
5 7 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.89%) COBIT
6 5 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.53%) SLA
9 2 (0.35%) NCSC
9 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
9 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.35%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.35%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
System Software
1 68 (12.06%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.61%) Docker
3 18 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.77%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.18%) Firmware
7 1 (0.18%) NLBS
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (13.83%) Terraform
2 66 (11.70%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (4.26%) Ansible
5 23 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.30%) SCCM
7 7 (1.24%) Grafana
8 5 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.89%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.89%) Kibana
9 4 (0.71%) CloudHub
10 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.18%) Cilium
11 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.18%) QRadar
11 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 179 (31.74%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.57%) Databricks
3 41 (7.27%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.67%) VMware
5 30 (5.32%) Google
6 17 (3.01%) Cisco
7 13 (2.30%) Guidewire
8 11 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
8 11 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.95%) SAP
9 10 (1.77%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.42%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.42%) iManage
11 7 (1.24%) Dell
11 7 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.06%) Cloudera
12 6 (1.06%) Okta
12 6 (1.06%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.89%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.89%) Rapid7