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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 502 694 752
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.67% 26.91% 24.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.29% 51.91% 47.59%
Number of salaries quoted 401 514 707
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,813 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.45% -3.33%

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 942 1,337 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.91% 51.84% 50.66%
Number of salaries quoted 743 906 1,464
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -

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 1 February 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 39 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 110 (21.91%) Azure DevOps
2 106 (21.12%) Power Platform
3 99 (19.72%) AWS
4 90 (17.93%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (12.75%) GCP
6 39 (7.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 39 (7.77%) Power Automate
7 38 (7.57%) Entra ID
8 37 (7.37%) PowerApps
9 34 (6.77%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (3.98%) GitHub
11 20 (3.98%) PaaS
12 19 (3.78%) SaaS
13 18 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (3.39%) Serverless
15 15 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (2.79%) Snowflake
17 13 (2.59%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.17%) Firewall
2 25 (4.98%) VPN
3 21 (4.18%) DNS
4 19 (3.78%) DHCP
5 14 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (2.59%) WAN
7 11 (2.19%) LAN
8 10 (1.99%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.39%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.20%) VoIP
11 5 (1.00%) NetScaler
11 5 (1.00%) Network Security
12 3 (0.60%) VSAN
12 3 (0.60%) WebEx
12 3 (0.60%) Wireless
13 2 (0.40%) BGP
13 2 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (0.40%) MPLS
13 2 (0.40%) OSPF
13 2 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.74%) Power BI
2 50 (9.96%) SQL Server
3 44 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (5.18%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (3.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (2.99%) BigQuery
6 15 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.39%) Metabase
8 7 (1.39%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.20%) Metadata
9 6 (1.20%) Power Query
10 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.80%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.80%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.80%) Tableau
12 3 (0.60%) Big Data
12 3 (0.60%) Redis
12 3 (0.60%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (7.57%) Git
2 23 (4.58%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.59%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.59%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (2.39%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.59%) JIRA
6 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.60%) GitLab
7 3 (0.60%) MLflow
8 2 (0.40%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.40%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.40%) ERwin
8 2 (0.40%) Postman
8 2 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.40%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.20%) NUnit
9 1 (0.20%) Selenium
9 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 161 (32.07%) Finance
2 120 (23.90%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.37%) Law
4 32 (6.37%) Legal
5 18 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (3.39%) Banking
7 16 (3.19%) Retail
8 14 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.20%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.00%) Advertising
12 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.60%) Front Office
13 3 (0.60%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.60%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.40%) Marketing
14 2 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (18.53%) Senior
2 77 (15.34%) Lead
3 59 (11.75%) Developer
4 51 (10.16%) Data Engineer
5 40 (7.97%) Architect
6 37 (7.37%) DevOps Engineer
7 32 (6.37%) Analyst
8 27 (5.38%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.18%) Software Engineer
10 23 (4.58%) Azure Engineer
11 22 (4.38%) Senior Data Engineer
12 18 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (3.59%) Network Engineer
13 16 (3.19%) IT Analyst
14 15 (2.99%) Azure Architect
14 15 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
15 14 (2.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (2.79%) IT Support
15 14 (2.79%) Senior Developer
15 14 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.96%) .NET
2 19 (3.78%) REST
3 18 (3.59%) React
3 18 (3.59%) Web Services
4 16 (3.19%) Django
5 15 (2.99%) SOAP
6 11 (2.19%) RESTful
7 10 (1.99%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.99%) HTML
7 10 (1.99%) Node.js
7 10 (1.99%) PyTorch
8 9 (1.79%) CSS
8 9 (1.79%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.79%) WPF
9 8 (1.59%) LangChain
9 8 (1.59%) PySpark
9 8 (1.59%) YAML
10 7 (1.39%) Kafka
10 7 (1.39%) OAuth
11 6 (1.20%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.98%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (4.58%) Data Structures
4 18 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.59%) Virtual Team
5 17 (3.39%) Reinsurance
5 17 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 15 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.79%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.79%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.39%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.59%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.59%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.35%) Windows
2 23 (4.58%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.39%) Linux
5 8 (1.59%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.39%) Unix
7 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.40%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (31.47%) DevOps
2 118 (23.51%) CI/CD
3 117 (23.31%) Agile
4 116 (23.11%) AI
5 101 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (14.94%) Analytics
7 68 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
9 62 (12.35%) Mentoring
10 59 (11.75%) ITIL
11 56 (11.16%) Data Pipeline
12 51 (10.16%) ETL
13 50 (9.96%) Migration
14 49 (9.76%) Data Modelling
15 48 (9.56%) Software Engineering
16 47 (9.36%) Computer Science
17 42 (8.37%) Microservices
18 41 (8.17%) Decision-Making
18 41 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
18 41 (8.17%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 144 (28.69%) Python
2 138 (27.49%) SQL
3 63 (12.55%) PowerShell
4 55 (10.96%) C#
5 27 (5.38%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.59%) Java
8 12 (2.39%) Bicep
8 12 (2.39%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.19%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.79%) Bash
11 4 (0.80%) Rust
12 3 (0.60%) Go
12 3 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.60%) Scala
13 2 (0.40%) C++
13 2 (0.40%) R
13 2 (0.40%) VBA
14 1 (0.20%) C
14 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 64 (12.75%) Degree
2 36 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (3.98%) CISSP
5 19 (3.78%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.59%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.39%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.79%) CISM
9 10 (1.99%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.39%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.39%) CEH
12 6 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.80%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.80%) GIAC
14 4 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (0.60%) CCNP
15 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (5.78%) GDPR
3 27 (5.38%) NIST
4 11 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.79%) QA
6 5 (1.00%) NCSC
6 5 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.80%) COBIT
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.40%) SLA
9 2 (0.40%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (10.56%) Active Directory
2 33 (6.57%) Docker
3 15 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.00%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.60%) vSphere
6 3 (0.60%) XenApp
7 2 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) KVM
8 1 (0.20%) vCloud
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (9.56%) Terraform
2 35 (6.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (6.57%) Kubernetes
4 19 (3.78%) SCCM
5 13 (2.59%) Grafana
6 12 (2.39%) Ansible
6 12 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.39%) Kibana
8 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.40%) Puppet
10 1 (0.20%) Ambari
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.20%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 194 (38.65%) Microsoft
2 57 (11.35%) Databricks
3 33 (6.57%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.58%) Google
5 17 (3.39%) VMware
6 14 (2.79%) Cisco
7 13 (2.59%) Citrix
8 12 (2.39%) CyberArk
8 12 (2.39%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.79%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.59%) Meraki
11 6 (1.20%) iManage
11 6 (1.20%) Oracle
12 5 (1.00%) Commvault
12 5 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.00%) Sophos
13 4 (0.80%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.80%) Apple
13 4 (0.80%) EMC
13 4 (0.80%) SAP