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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 526 489 734
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.14% 25.52% 23.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.69% 51.37% 48.29%
Number of salaries quoted 397 386 621
10th Percentile £49,500 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £106,450 £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 1,204 952 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.08% 49.69% 49.43%
Number of salaries quoted 906 777 1,243
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £54,000
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 £104,375 £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

Azure
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 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 28 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.09%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.14%) Anypoint
5 6 (1.14%) Mule
6 4 (0.76%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Confluence
8 2 (0.38%) Camunda
8 2 (0.38%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (2.09%) PlantUML
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.76%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 114 (21.67%) AWS
2 81 (15.40%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (14.83%) GCP
4 74 (14.07%) Azure DevOps
5 70 (13.31%) Power Platform
6 59 (11.22%) Entra ID
7 33 (6.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (5.70%) SaaS
9 26 (4.94%) PaaS
10 24 (4.56%) Serverless
11 22 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.80%) Azure AKS
12 20 (3.80%) GitHub
13 18 (3.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (3.23%) IaaS
14 17 (3.23%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.04%) dbt
16 14 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
18 12 (2.28%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.17%) Firewall
2 24 (4.56%) DNS
3 21 (3.99%) Network Security
4 19 (3.61%) DHCP
5 18 (3.42%) VPN
6 14 (2.66%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.09%) WAN
9 10 (1.90%) LAN
10 8 (1.52%) BGP
10 8 (1.52%) OSPF
11 7 (1.33%) WLAN
12 6 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (1.14%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.14%) SSL
13 5 (0.95%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.95%) Wireless
14 4 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (0.76%) VLAN
15 3 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 43 (8.17%) Power BI
3 25 (4.75%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.37%) BigQuery
5 20 (3.80%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (2.09%) Db2
11 10 (1.90%) Spark SQL
12 9 (1.71%) Delta Lake
13 8 (1.52%) Tableau
14 7 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.33%) Metabase
14 7 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (1.14%) Looker
15 6 (1.14%) MongoDB
15 6 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
16 5 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (6.46%) Git
2 14 (2.66%) Eclipse
3 13 (2.47%) JIRA
4 12 (2.28%) Visual Studio
5 11 (2.09%) GitLab
5 11 (2.09%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.71%) MLflow
7 4 (0.76%) Maven
7 4 (0.76%) TestRail
7 4 (0.76%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.57%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.57%) JUnit
8 3 (0.57%) Mockito
8 3 (0.57%) Spock
8 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.38%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.38%) Postman
9 2 (0.38%) Vite
10 1 (0.19%) Appium
10 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 147 (27.95%) Finance
2 97 (18.44%) Social Skills
3 41 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.18%) Law
5 18 (3.42%) Banking
6 14 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.09%) Legal
8 10 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.71%) Front Office
9 9 (1.71%) Retail
10 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.57%) Advertising
12 3 (0.57%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.38%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.19%) Marketing
14 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (18.25%) Architect
2 94 (17.87%) Senior
3 87 (16.54%) Lead
4 65 (12.36%) Azure Engineer
5 48 (9.13%) Developer
6 37 (7.03%) Solutions Architect
7 36 (6.84%) Cloud Engineer
8 34 (6.46%) Data Engineer
9 31 (5.89%) Analyst
9 31 (5.89%) Azure Architect
9 31 (5.89%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (4.75%) IT Architect
11 22 (4.18%) Consultant
12 21 (3.99%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 17 (3.23%) IT Support
15 17 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
15 17 (3.23%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.89%) .NET
2 21 (3.99%) React
3 20 (3.80%) Django
4 19 (3.61%) REST
5 18 (3.42%) OAuth
6 17 (3.23%) LangChain
7 14 (2.66%) Kafka
7 14 (2.66%) PySpark
8 13 (2.47%) PyTorch
9 12 (2.28%) OpenID
10 11 (2.09%) TensorFlow
11 10 (1.90%) RESTful
12 9 (1.71%) Spring
12 9 (1.71%) Spring Boot
13 8 (1.52%) Blazor
13 8 (1.52%) LlamaIndex
13 8 (1.52%) YAML
14 7 (1.33%) Model Context Protocol
14 7 (1.33%) pgvector
14 7 (1.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.18%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.99%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (3.23%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.04%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.66%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.28%) AI Agents
10 11 (2.09%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.52%) Clustering
13 8 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.33%) Management Information System
15 6 (1.14%) Security Posture
16 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
16 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (13.88%) Windows
2 30 (5.70%) Linux
3 27 (5.13%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.42%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.76%) Android
6 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.38%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (29.28%) DevOps
2 111 (21.10%) CI/CD
3 87 (16.54%) Agile
3 87 (16.54%) AI
4 81 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (14.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (12.55%) Mentoring
7 58 (11.03%) Data Engineering
7 58 (11.03%) Microservices
8 55 (10.46%) Roadmaps
9 53 (10.08%) Analytics
10 48 (9.13%) Data Pipeline
11 46 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
12 45 (8.56%) Machine Learning
13 42 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (7.79%) Software Engineering
15 40 (7.60%) Cybersecurity
16 39 (7.41%) ITIL
17 38 (7.22%) Generative AI
18 37 (7.03%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 113 (21.48%) Python
2 111 (21.10%) SQL
3 57 (10.84%) C#
4 50 (9.51%) PowerShell
5 23 (4.37%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.99%) Java
7 13 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.09%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.09%) VB.NET
9 10 (1.90%) Bash
10 9 (1.71%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.33%) Bicep
11 7 (1.33%) C++
12 6 (1.14%) DataWeave
13 5 (0.95%) C
13 5 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.95%) Go
14 4 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.57%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (8.75%) Degree
2 28 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.13%) CISSP
4 23 (4.37%) Azure Certification
4 23 (4.37%) Security Cleared
5 18 (3.42%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.09%) CEH
8 10 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.14%) CISM
10 5 (0.95%) CCSP
10 5 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.95%) GIAC
10 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.76%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.76%) GPEN
11 4 (0.76%) GXPN
11 4 (0.76%) OSCP
11 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.42%) GDPR
3 17 (3.23%) NIST
4 16 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.04%) QA
5 7 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.76%) COBIT
8 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) SLA
8 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.38%) NCSC
9 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.19%) PSD2
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 1
System Software
1 68 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.75%) Docker
3 18 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.90%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.14%) 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 78 (14.83%) Terraform
2 67 (12.74%) Kubernetes
3 34 (6.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (4.75%) Ansible
5 23 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (2.09%) SCCM
7 6 (1.14%) CloudHub
8 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.95%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.57%) Grafana
10 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) Cilium
11 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.19%) Kibana
11 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.19%) QRadar
11 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 176 (33.46%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.13%) Databricks
3 36 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.89%) VMware
5 26 (4.94%) Google
6 18 (3.42%) Cisco
7 13 (2.47%) Guidewire
7 13 (2.47%) SAP
8 12 (2.28%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.90%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.71%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.52%) iManage
13 7 (1.33%) CyberArk
13 7 (1.33%) Dell
13 7 (1.33%) MuleSoft
14 6 (1.14%) Cloudera
14 6 (1.14%) Oracle
14 6 (1.14%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.14%) Workday