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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 473 698 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.79% 26.71% 24.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.85% 51.32% 48.10%
Number of salaries quoted 376 516 660
10th Percentile £52,125 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
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 £93,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 895 1,360 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 37.45% 52.05% 51.27%
Number of salaries quoted 705 924 1,364
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

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 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the City of London

Azure
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the City of London region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £87,500 -
Azure
Central London

Azure
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 37 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.63%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (22.62%) Power Platform
2 105 (22.20%) Azure DevOps
3 100 (21.14%) AWS
4 80 (16.91%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (13.53%) GCP
6 41 (8.67%) Power Automate
7 38 (8.03%) PowerApps
8 37 (7.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 35 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (6.55%) Entra ID
11 28 (5.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (4.44%) PaaS
13 19 (4.02%) GitHub
14 17 (3.59%) SaaS
14 17 (3.59%) Serverless
14 17 (3.59%) Snowflake
15 16 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (2.54%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.82%) Firewall
2 21 (4.44%) VPN
3 16 (3.38%) DNS
4 13 (2.75%) DHCP
4 13 (2.75%) WAN
5 11 (2.33%) LAN
5 11 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.48%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.27%) Network Security
7 6 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.27%) VoIP
8 5 (1.06%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.63%) VSAN
9 3 (0.63%) Wireless
10 2 (0.42%) BGP
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.42%) MPLS
10 2 (0.42%) OSPF
10 2 (0.42%) WebEx
10 2 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (16.70%) Power BI
2 46 (9.73%) SQL Server
3 44 (9.30%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (5.71%) Data Lake
5 19 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.75%) BigQuery
8 12 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.48%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.27%) Metabase
11 6 (1.27%) Metadata
11 6 (1.27%) Power Query
12 4 (0.85%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.85%) Tableau
13 3 (0.63%) Big Data
13 3 (0.63%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.63%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (8.03%) Git
2 23 (4.86%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.75%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (2.54%) TeamCity
5 11 (2.33%) Eclipse
6 10 (2.11%) JIRA
7 5 (1.06%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.63%) GitLab
8 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.42%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.42%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.42%) ERwin
9 2 (0.42%) MLflow
9 2 (0.42%) Postman
9 2 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.42%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.21%) NUnit
10 1 (0.21%) Selenium
10 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 151 (31.92%) Finance
2 115 (24.31%) Social Skills
3 44 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.19%) Legal
5 31 (6.55%) Law
6 18 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (3.81%) Retail
7 15 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.96%) Banking
8 14 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.06%) Advertising
10 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.85%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.42%) Marketing
11 2 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (18.18%) Senior
2 78 (16.49%) Lead
3 57 (12.05%) Developer
4 48 (10.15%) Data Engineer
5 38 (8.03%) Architect
6 33 (6.98%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (5.92%) Analyst
8 26 (5.50%) Software Engineer
9 25 (5.29%) Support Engineer
10 21 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (4.23%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (3.38%) Network Engineer
13 15 (3.17%) IT Analyst
14 14 (2.96%) Senior Developer
15 13 (2.75%) Azure Architect
15 13 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (2.75%) IT Support
15 13 (2.75%) Platform Engineer
15 13 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (10.57%) .NET
2 20 (4.23%) REST
2 20 (4.23%) Web Services
3 17 (3.59%) React
4 15 (3.17%) SOAP
5 13 (2.75%) Django
6 11 (2.33%) HTML
7 10 (2.11%) CSS
7 10 (2.11%) RESTful
8 9 (1.90%) .NET Core
8 9 (1.90%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.90%) Node.js
8 9 (1.90%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.69%) LangChain
9 8 (1.69%) PySpark
9 8 (1.69%) WPF
9 8 (1.69%) YAML
10 7 (1.48%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.48%) Kafka
11 6 (1.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.77%) Cloud Native
2 23 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (4.02%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.02%) Virtual Team
4 18 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (3.38%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.17%) Reinsurance
7 13 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.54%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.33%) AI Agents
10 10 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.90%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.90%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.69%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.48%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.27%) Data Centre
15 4 (0.85%) PKI
15 4 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 59 (12.47%) Windows
2 18 (3.81%) Windows 10
3 15 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.54%) Linux
5 7 (1.48%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.27%) Unix
6 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.42%) VMS
10 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.21%) CentOS
10 1 (0.21%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (32.14%) DevOps
2 117 (24.74%) Agile
3 115 (24.31%) CI/CD
4 110 (23.26%) AI
5 102 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (14.38%) Analytics
7 61 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
7 61 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (12.47%) Mentoring
9 57 (12.05%) ITIL
10 54 (11.42%) Data Pipeline
11 51 (10.78%) ETL
12 49 (10.36%) Data Modelling
13 47 (9.94%) Migration
14 46 (9.73%) Computer Science
15 44 (9.30%) Software Engineering
16 39 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
16 39 (8.25%) Machine Learning
17 38 (8.03%) Decision-Making
17 38 (8.03%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 136 (28.75%) Python
2 130 (27.48%) SQL
3 62 (13.11%) PowerShell
4 52 (10.99%) C#
5 26 (5.50%) JavaScript
6 16 (3.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 15 (3.17%) Java
8 12 (2.54%) Bicep
8 12 (2.54%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.54%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.90%) Bash
10 4 (0.85%) Rust
10 4 (0.85%) Scala
11 3 (0.63%) Go
12 2 (0.42%) C++
12 2 (0.42%) R
12 2 (0.42%) VBA
13 1 (0.21%) Groovy
13 1 (0.21%) Perl
13 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (12.68%) Degree
2 34 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (5.07%) Azure Certification
5 19 (4.02%) CISSP
5 19 (4.02%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.59%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.96%) CISM
8 10 (2.11%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.48%) CEH
12 5 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.06%) MCP
13 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.63%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.63%) CCNP
14 3 (0.63%) MCSE
14 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (5.92%) GDPR
3 22 (4.65%) NIST
4 10 (2.11%) QA
5 9 (1.90%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.06%) NCSC
7 4 (0.85%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.42%) SLA
10 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.21%) COBIT
10 1 (0.21%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.34%) Docker
3 12 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.90%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.27%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.63%) vSphere
6 3 (0.63%) XenApp
7 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) KVM
8 1 (0.21%) vCloud
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (10.36%) Terraform
2 32 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (4.02%) SCCM
5 13 (2.75%) Ansible
6 12 (2.54%) Grafana
7 11 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.27%) Kibana
9 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.42%) Puppet
10 2 (0.42%) SCOM
11 1 (0.21%) Ambari
11 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 186 (39.32%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.63%) Databricks
3 30 (6.34%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.23%) Google
5 17 (3.59%) VMware
6 14 (2.96%) Cisco
6 14 (2.96%) Citrix
7 12 (2.54%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.33%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.90%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.69%) Meraki
11 7 (1.48%) Oracle
12 6 (1.27%) iManage
13 5 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (1.06%) Sophos
14 4 (0.85%) Apple
14 4 (0.85%) Commvault
14 4 (0.85%) EMC
14 4 (0.85%) F5
14 4 (0.85%) SAP