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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 513 491 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.14% 25.84% 23.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.51% 51.79% 48.19%
Number of salaries quoted 385 387 597
10th Percentile £49,250 £41,250 £45,750
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £107,200 £112,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £83,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.10% +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 1,179 948 1,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.21% 49.89% 49.56%
Number of salaries quoted 886 773 1,195
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -0.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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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 22 July 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 26 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.36%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.36%) Mule
6 4 (0.78%) Apache
7 3 (0.58%) Confluence
8 2 (0.39%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.14%) PlantUML
2 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.78%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 116 (22.61%) AWS
2 78 (15.20%) GCP
3 75 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (13.65%) Power Platform
5 68 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (10.92%) Entra ID
7 34 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.85%) SaaS
9 26 (5.07%) PaaS
10 23 (4.48%) Serverless
11 22 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.90%) GitHub
13 18 (3.51%) Azure AKS
13 18 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (3.31%) IaaS
14 17 (3.31%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.12%) dbt
16 14 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.38%) Firewall
2 21 (4.09%) Network Security
3 19 (3.70%) DNS
4 17 (3.31%) VPN
5 14 (2.73%) DHCP
6 11 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.95%) TCP/IP
7 10 (1.95%) WAN
8 9 (1.75%) LAN
9 8 (1.56%) BGP
9 8 (1.56%) OSPF
10 7 (1.36%) SSL
10 7 (1.36%) WLAN
11 6 (1.17%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (1.17%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.97%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.97%) Wireless
13 4 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (0.78%) VLAN
14 3 (0.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.58%) Power BI
1 44 (8.58%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.87%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (4.48%) BigQuery
4 22 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.90%) Data Lake
6 18 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (3.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.14%) Spark SQL
10 10 (1.95%) Db2
10 10 (1.95%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.75%) Tableau
12 7 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.36%) Metabase
12 7 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.17%) Looker
13 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (6.63%) Git
2 13 (2.53%) Eclipse
2 13 (2.53%) JIRA
3 12 (2.34%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.34%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.14%) GitLab
5 10 (1.95%) MLflow
6 4 (0.78%) Maven
6 4 (0.78%) TestRail
6 4 (0.78%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.58%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.58%) JUnit
7 3 (0.58%) Mockito
7 3 (0.58%) Spock
7 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.39%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.39%) Vite
9 1 (0.19%) Appium
9 1 (0.19%) Postman
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 146 (28.46%) Finance
2 90 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 40 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.48%) Law
5 19 (3.70%) Banking
6 13 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (2.53%) Legal
7 10 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.75%) Front Office
8 9 (1.75%) Retail
9 5 (0.97%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.58%) Advertising
11 3 (0.58%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.58%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.19%) French Language
12 1 (0.19%) Marketing
12 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (18.71%) Architect
2 90 (17.54%) Senior
3 87 (16.96%) Lead
4 63 (12.28%) Azure Engineer
5 49 (9.55%) Developer
6 36 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 34 (6.63%) Data Engineer
9 31 (6.04%) Analyst
9 31 (6.04%) Azure Architect
9 31 (6.04%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.68%) IT Architect
11 21 (4.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 21 (4.09%) Consultant
12 18 (3.51%) IT Support
13 17 (3.31%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 17 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.31%) Principal Engineer
14 16 (3.12%) IT Analyst
14 16 (3.12%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.75%) .NET
2 20 (3.90%) Django
2 20 (3.90%) React
3 19 (3.70%) REST
4 18 (3.51%) LangChain
4 18 (3.51%) OAuth
5 16 (3.12%) PySpark
6 15 (2.92%) Kafka
7 13 (2.53%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.14%) OpenID
8 11 (2.14%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.95%) RESTful
10 9 (1.75%) LlamaIndex
10 9 (1.75%) Spring
10 9 (1.75%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.56%) Blazor
11 8 (1.56%) JWT
11 8 (1.56%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.56%) YAML
12 7 (1.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.65%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.29%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (4.09%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.31%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.12%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.73%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.34%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.56%) Clustering
12 8 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.36%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.36%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (12.67%) Windows
2 29 (5.65%) Linux
3 23 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.78%) Android
7 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.39%) Unix
8 2 (0.39%) VMS
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (28.65%) DevOps
2 112 (21.83%) CI/CD
3 87 (16.96%) Agile
4 84 (16.37%) AI
5 81 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 65 (12.67%) Mentoring
8 58 (11.31%) Data Engineering
9 57 (11.11%) Microservices
10 54 (10.53%) Roadmaps
11 50 (9.75%) Analytics
12 47 (9.16%) Data Pipeline
13 46 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (8.77%) Machine Learning
15 42 (8.19%) Software Engineering
16 41 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
18 38 (7.41%) Generative AI
19 37 (7.21%) Platform Engineering
20 35 (6.82%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 113 (22.03%) Python
2 108 (21.05%) SQL
3 55 (10.72%) C#
4 49 (9.55%) PowerShell
5 24 (4.68%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.29%) Java
7 13 (2.53%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.95%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.95%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.75%) Bash
9 9 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.36%) Bicep
10 7 (1.36%) C++
10 7 (1.36%) DataWeave
11 5 (0.97%) C
11 5 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.97%) Go
12 4 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.78%) R
12 4 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (8.77%) Degree
2 28 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.07%) CISSP
3 26 (5.07%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.68%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.09%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.14%) CEH
8 9 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.17%) CISM
10 5 (0.97%) CCSP
10 5 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.97%) GIAC
11 4 (0.78%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.78%) GPEN
11 4 (0.78%) GXPN
11 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.78%) OSCE
11 4 (0.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.51%) GDPR
3 16 (3.12%) NIST
3 16 (3.12%) QA
4 15 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) COBIT
8 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) SLA
8 3 (0.58%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) NCSC
9 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.39%) PMO
9 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.19%) PSD2
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 1
System Software
1 62 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.46%) Docker
3 18 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) NLBS
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (15.01%) Terraform
2 68 (13.26%) Kubernetes
3 30 (5.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (4.87%) Ansible
5 22 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.95%) SCCM
7 7 (1.36%) CloudHub
8 5 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.97%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.39%) Grafana
9 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) Cilium
10 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 171 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.55%) Databricks
3 35 (6.82%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.04%) VMware
5 25 (4.87%) Google
6 18 (3.51%) Cisco
7 14 (2.73%) SAP
8 13 (2.53%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.34%) OpenAI
10 11 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.95%) Palo Alto
11 10 (1.95%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.75%) iManage
13 8 (1.56%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.36%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.36%) Dell
15 6 (1.17%) Cloudera
15 6 (1.17%) Okta
15 6 (1.17%) Oracle
15 6 (1.17%) Workday