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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 630 529 785
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 15.40% 26.14% 24.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.92% 52.32% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 477 433 685
10th Percentile £48,750 £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 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £101,000 £115,000 £114,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

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 1,262 1,011 1,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.84% 49.95% 52.20%
Number of salaries quoted 937 823 1,396
10th Percentile £42,500 £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 £117,750 £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 14 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 24 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.48%) Apache
5 3 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
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
1 10 (1.59%) PlantUML
2 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
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
2 106 (16.83%) Azure DevOps
3 100 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (14.44%) GCP
5 86 (13.65%) Power Platform
6 62 (9.84%) Entra ID
7 37 (5.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (5.87%) PaaS
8 35 (5.56%) SaaS
9 27 (4.29%) Serverless
10 25 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
10 25 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (3.65%) GitHub
12 22 (3.49%) dbt
13 20 (3.17%) Azure AKS
14 18 (2.86%) IaaS
14 18 (2.86%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.70%) OneDrive
16 16 (2.54%) Azure Sentinel
17 14 (2.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 59 (9.37%) Firewall
2 29 (4.60%) VPN
3 27 (4.29%) DNS
4 22 (3.49%) DHCP
5 18 (2.86%) Network Security
6 16 (2.54%) TCP/IP
7 15 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (1.90%) WAN
9 11 (1.75%) LAN
10 8 (1.27%) WLAN
11 6 (0.95%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.95%) Wireless
12 5 (0.79%) BGP
12 5 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.79%) OSPF
13 4 (0.63%) WebEx
14 3 (0.48%) NetScaler
15 2 (0.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 56 (8.89%) Power BI
3 35 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
4 31 (4.92%) BigQuery
5 25 (3.97%) Data Lake
6 22 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.75%) DB2
10 10 (1.59%) Metabase
11 9 (1.43%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.43%) Spark SQL
12 8 (1.27%) Tableau
13 7 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.95%) Looker
14 6 (0.95%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
15 4 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (4.92%) Git
2 20 (3.17%) Eclipse
3 14 (2.22%) JIRA
4 10 (1.59%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.43%) GitLab
5 9 (1.43%) MLflow
6 6 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.95%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.79%) Balsamiq
8 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.48%) TestRail
9 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.32%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.16%) Appium
11 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.16%) Postman
11 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.16%) Vite
11 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 181 (28.73%) Finance
2 109 (17.30%) Social Skills
3 48 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.33%) Law
5 18 (2.86%) Banking
6 16 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.90%) Legal
8 10 (1.59%) Retail
9 9 (1.43%) Front Office
10 7 (1.11%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.63%) Advertising
13 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Billing
14 1 (0.16%) French Language
Job Titles
1 116 (18.41%) Senior
2 95 (15.08%) Architect
3 94 (14.92%) Lead
4 66 (10.48%) Azure Engineer
5 54 (8.57%) Developer
6 47 (7.46%) Data Engineer
7 42 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 38 (6.03%) Analyst
9 34 (5.40%) Azure Architect
9 34 (5.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 30 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
11 29 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (4.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 28 (4.44%) Software Engineer
13 27 (4.29%) Support Engineer
14 23 (3.65%) IT Support
15 22 (3.49%) IT Architect
16 21 (3.33%) Consultant
16 21 (3.33%) IT Analyst
16 21 (3.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (12.54%) .NET
2 28 (4.44%) Django
3 23 (3.65%) React
4 16 (2.54%) REST
5 15 (2.38%) Kafka
5 15 (2.38%) RESTful
6 14 (2.22%) LangChain
6 14 (2.22%) PySpark
7 12 (1.90%) PyTorch
8 11 (1.75%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.59%) Blazor
9 10 (1.59%) OAuth
9 10 (1.59%) OpenID
10 9 (1.43%) YAML
11 8 (1.27%) Model Context Protocol
12 7 (1.11%) CSS
12 7 (1.11%) HTML
12 7 (1.11%) LlamaIndex
12 7 (1.11%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.03%) Cloud Native
2 37 (5.87%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.29%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (3.97%) Algorithms
7 17 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 16 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.22%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.06%) Reinsurance
11 12 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.59%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.43%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.27%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.11%) Clustering
16 6 (0.95%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 91 (14.44%) Windows
2 29 (4.60%) Linux
2 29 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 22 (3.49%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.63%) Android
6 4 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.48%) VMS
8 2 (0.32%) Unix
8 2 (0.32%) 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%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (31.90%) DevOps
2 113 (17.94%) CI/CD
3 106 (16.83%) Agile
3 106 (16.83%) AI
4 92 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (12.22%) Mentoring
7 76 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (11.75%) Analytics
9 63 (10.00%) Microservices
10 58 (9.21%) Roadmaps
11 55 (8.73%) Data Engineering
12 54 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
12 54 (8.57%) ITIL
13 53 (8.41%) Data Pipeline
14 51 (8.10%) Software Engineering
15 46 (7.30%) Machine Learning
16 45 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
17 43 (6.83%) Computer Science
18 41 (6.51%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 154 (24.44%) Python
2 145 (23.02%) SQL
3 77 (12.22%) C#
4 65 (10.32%) PowerShell
5 24 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.02%) Java
7 12 (1.90%) 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
11 6 (0.95%) Go
12 5 (0.79%) C
12 5 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.63%) Perl
14 3 (0.48%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.48%) Ruby
14 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (9.84%) Degree
2 36 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (4.29%) Azure Certification
3 27 (4.29%) CISSP
4 17 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (1.90%) CEH
6 12 (1.90%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (1.27%) GIAC
8 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.11%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.11%) CISM
9 7 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.79%) GPEN
11 5 (0.79%) OSCP
12 4 (0.63%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.63%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (4.44%) NIST
3 25 (3.97%) GDPR
4 19 (3.02%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.06%) 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%) NCSC
9 3 (0.48%) SLA
10 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 73 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.60%) Docker
3 19 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.06%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.16%) NLBS
8 1 (0.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (12.06%) Terraform
2 63 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 42 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (3.49%) Ansible
6 14 (2.22%) SCCM
7 11 (1.75%) Grafana
8 7 (1.11%) Kibana
9 5 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.79%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) Cilium
11 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.16%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.16%) QRadar
11 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 206 (32.70%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.57%) Databricks
3 36 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 35 (5.56%) VMware
5 33 (5.24%) Google
6 17 (2.70%) Cisco
7 15 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
7 15 (2.38%) CyberArk
8 13 (2.06%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.59%) iManage
10 9 (1.43%) Guidewire
11 8 (1.27%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.27%) SAP
12 7 (1.11%) Dell
12 7 (1.11%) Okta
12 7 (1.11%) Rapid7
12 7 (1.11%) Thales
13 6 (0.95%) Citrix
13 6 (0.95%) Cloudera
13 6 (0.95%) Oracle