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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 491 480 679
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.94% 25.25% 24.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.29% 50.96% 49.17%
Number of salaries quoted 365 378 566
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £80,000 £72,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +9.97% +3.93%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 1,161 942 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.59% 49.55% 49.71%
Number of salaries quoted 864 769 1,113
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,800
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £106,250
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 31 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 22 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.65%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.43%) Anypoint
5 7 (1.43%) Mule
6 4 (0.81%) Apache
7 3 (0.61%) Confluence
8 2 (0.41%) Camunda
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.24%) PlantUML
2 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.81%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (23.42%) AWS
2 76 (15.48%) GCP
3 70 (14.26%) Power Platform
4 67 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (13.03%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (11.41%) Entra ID
7 34 (6.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (5.91%) SaaS
9 28 (5.70%) PaaS
10 25 (5.09%) Serverless
11 21 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (3.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 19 (3.87%) GitHub
12 19 (3.87%) IaaS
13 17 (3.46%) Azure AKS
13 17 (3.46%) Power Automate
14 16 (3.26%) dbt
15 14 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (2.04%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.15%) Firewall
2 23 (4.68%) Network Security
3 17 (3.46%) DNS
4 14 (2.85%) VPN
5 12 (2.44%) DHCP
6 10 (2.04%) WAN
7 9 (1.83%) LAN
7 9 (1.83%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.63%) BGP
8 8 (1.63%) OSPF
9 7 (1.43%) Kerberos
9 7 (1.43%) SSL
9 7 (1.43%) WLAN
10 6 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (1.02%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.02%) Wireless
12 4 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.81%) VLAN
13 3 (0.61%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.96%) Power BI
2 42 (8.55%) SQL Server
3 22 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.48%) Elasticsearch
4 21 (4.28%) BigQuery
5 20 (4.07%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.24%) Spark SQL
10 10 (2.04%) Db2
10 10 (2.04%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.83%) Tableau
12 8 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.22%) Looker
14 6 (1.22%) Metabase
14 6 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (1.02%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (6.72%) Git
2 13 (2.65%) JIRA
3 12 (2.44%) Eclipse
3 12 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.24%) GitLab
4 11 (2.24%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.83%) MLflow
6 5 (1.02%) Maven
7 4 (0.81%) JUnit
7 4 (0.81%) Mockito
7 4 (0.81%) TestRail
7 4 (0.81%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.61%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.61%) Spock
8 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.41%) Vite
10 1 (0.20%) Appium
10 1 (0.20%) Postman
10 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 144 (29.33%) Finance
2 85 (17.31%) Social Skills
3 38 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.48%) Law
5 16 (3.26%) Banking
6 15 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.24%) Legal
8 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.83%) Retail
9 8 (1.63%) Front Office
10 4 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.61%) Advertising
11 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.61%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.20%) Back Office
13 1 (0.20%) French Language
13 1 (0.20%) Marketing
13 1 (0.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (19.14%) Architect
2 86 (17.52%) Senior
3 84 (17.11%) Lead
4 62 (12.63%) Azure Engineer
5 49 (9.98%) Developer
6 35 (7.13%) Data Engineer
7 33 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
8 32 (6.52%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (5.91%) Platform Engineer
10 28 (5.70%) Analyst
10 28 (5.70%) Azure Architect
11 21 (4.28%) IT Architect
12 20 (4.07%) Consultant
13 19 (3.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.46%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (3.46%) IT Support
15 16 (3.26%) Lead Developer
15 16 (3.26%) Principal Engineer
15 16 (3.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.57%) .NET
2 22 (4.48%) REST
3 20 (4.07%) LangChain
4 19 (3.87%) React
5 18 (3.67%) OAuth
6 17 (3.46%) Django
6 17 (3.46%) PySpark
7 15 (3.05%) Kafka
8 13 (2.65%) PyTorch
9 11 (2.24%) OpenID
9 11 (2.24%) Spring
9 11 (2.24%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.24%) TensorFlow
10 10 (2.04%) LlamaIndex
11 9 (1.83%) RESTful
12 8 (1.63%) Blazor
12 8 (1.63%) OAuth2
12 8 (1.63%) SAML
12 8 (1.63%) scikit-learn
12 8 (1.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.37%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.70%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.67%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.26%) Public Cloud
7 15 (3.05%) Algorithms
7 15 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.44%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.63%) Clustering
10 8 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.22%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 61 (12.42%) Windows
2 29 (5.91%) Linux
3 22 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.65%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.61%) Android
6 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.41%) VMS
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (28.51%) DevOps
2 113 (23.01%) CI/CD
3 86 (17.52%) Agile
4 82 (16.70%) AI
5 76 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (15.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 65 (13.24%) Mentoring
8 60 (12.22%) Data Engineering
9 57 (11.61%) Microservices
10 54 (11.00%) Roadmaps
11 48 (9.78%) Analytics
12 47 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (9.57%) Data Pipeline
13 44 (8.96%) Machine Learning
14 39 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
15 38 (7.74%) Software Engineering
16 37 (7.54%) Generative AI
16 37 (7.54%) Platform Engineering
17 36 (7.33%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 107 (21.79%) Python
1 107 (21.79%) SQL
2 53 (10.79%) C#
3 48 (9.78%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.89%) Java
6 14 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.04%) PL/SQL
7 10 (2.04%) VB.NET
8 9 (1.83%) Bash
8 9 (1.83%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.43%) Bicep
9 7 (1.43%) DataWeave
10 6 (1.22%) C++
11 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.02%) Go
12 4 (0.81%) C
12 4 (0.81%) R
12 4 (0.81%) Scala
13 3 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (8.76%) Degree
2 27 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.30%) CISSP
3 26 (5.30%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.09%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.28%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.24%) CEH
8 8 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.22%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.22%) CISM
10 5 (1.02%) CCSP
10 5 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.81%) CFA
11 4 (0.81%) GIAC
11 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.61%) CREST Certified
12 3 (0.61%) GPEN
12 3 (0.61%) OSCE
12 3 (0.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.68%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.67%) GDPR
3 16 (3.26%) QA
4 13 (2.65%) NIST
5 11 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.61%) SLA
10 2 (0.41%) NCSC
10 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.41%) PMO
10 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) PSD2
11 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 60 (12.22%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.09%) Docker
3 20 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.83%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.41%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) NLBS
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (15.68%) Terraform
2 66 (13.44%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (5.09%) Ansible
5 22 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.83%) SCCM
7 7 (1.43%) CloudHub
8 5 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.02%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.41%) Grafana
9 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Cilium
10 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 168 (34.22%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.78%) Databricks
3 33 (6.72%) ServiceNow
4 32 (6.52%) VMware
5 23 (4.68%) Google
6 18 (3.67%) Cisco
7 14 (2.85%) SAP
8 13 (2.65%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.44%) OpenAI
10 11 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (2.04%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.04%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.63%) iManage
12 8 (1.63%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.43%) Dell
14 6 (1.22%) Cloudera
14 6 (1.22%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.22%) Okta
14 6 (1.22%) Workday
15 5 (1.02%) Thales