Azure AKS Job Trends in London

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure AKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 362 411
Rank change year-on-year +22 +49 -35
Permanent jobs citing Azure AKS 87 39 97
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.39% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.09% 0.68% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 70 33 79
10th Percentile £66,875 £63,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 £71,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £91,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -4.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £126,000 £113,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £84,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year -17.40% +5.94% +3.23%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

Azure AKS 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,958 5,700 9,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.72% 45.36% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5,317 4,046 7,711
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure AKS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure AKS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Azure AKS job vacancy trend in London

Azure AKS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure AKS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure AKS

Azure AKS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AKS in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure AKS in London

Azure AKS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AKS within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Central London +15 21 £90,000 -7.69% 6
West London - 1 £82,500 - 2
Azure AKS
England

Azure AKS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (95.40%) Azure
2 44 (50.57%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (39.08%) Serverless
4 24 (27.59%) Azure Functions
4 24 (27.59%) Azure Service Bus
5 22 (25.29%) Azure Logic Apps
6 20 (22.99%) Azure Event Grid
7 18 (20.69%) Entra ID
8 16 (18.39%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (13.79%) IaaS
9 12 (13.79%) PaaS
10 10 (11.49%) Azure API Management
10 10 (11.49%) GitHub
10 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
11 8 (9.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 7 (8.05%) AWS
12 7 (8.05%) Azure AI
12 7 (8.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) VPN
2 6 (6.90%) Firewall
3 3 (3.45%) WAN
4 2 (2.30%) DNS
5 1 (1.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.45%) Power BI
4 2 (2.30%) DynamoDB
4 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (19.54%) Git
2 2 (2.30%) MLflow
3 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (41.38%) Finance
2 22 (25.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (3.45%) Retail
4 2 (2.30%) Advertising
4 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.15%) Aviation
5 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (35.63%) Senior
2 24 (27.59%) Cloud Engineer
3 23 (26.44%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (26.44%) Lead
4 17 (19.54%) Platform Engineer
5 14 (16.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 14 (16.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 13 (14.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (13.79%) Developer
8 11 (12.64%) Integration Developer
8 11 (12.64%) Technical Leader
9 9 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 9 (10.34%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 9 (10.34%) Senior Developer
10 8 (9.20%) Azure Developer
10 8 (9.20%) Senior Integration Developer
10 8 (9.20%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 7 (8.05%) Azure Consultant
11 7 (8.05%) Consultant
11 7 (8.05%) Kubernetes Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (32.18%) .NET
2 16 (18.39%) OAuth
3 13 (14.94%) OAuth2
4 9 (10.34%) REST
5 4 (4.60%) JWT
5 4 (4.60%) Kafka
5 4 (4.60%) React
5 4 (4.60%) YAML
6 3 (3.45%) ADO
6 3 (3.45%) ARM Templates
6 3 (3.45%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (3.45%) RESTful
6 3 (3.45%) SAML
7 1 (1.15%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.15%) JMS
7 1 (1.15%) Node.js
7 1 (1.15%) OpenAPI
7 1 (1.15%) SAP Basis
7 1 (1.15%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (28.74%) Cloud Native
2 11 (12.64%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (8.05%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.90%) AI Agents
4 6 (6.90%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.45%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.30%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Autonomous Agent
7 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.15%) IoT
7 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.15%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Linux
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
2 3 (3.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (71.26%) DevOps
2 50 (57.47%) CI/CD
3 47 (54.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (39.08%) Containerisation
5 27 (31.03%) Observability
5 27 (31.03%) Platform Engineering
6 22 (25.29%) AI
7 21 (24.14%) Mentoring
8 20 (22.99%) Migration
9 18 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (19.54%) Event-Driven
10 17 (19.54%) Microservices
10 17 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (14.94%) API Management
11 13 (14.94%) Cloud Security
12 12 (13.79%) Cost Management
13 11 (12.64%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (12.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 11 (12.64%) Test Automation
14 10 (11.49%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 29 (33.33%) C#
2 22 (25.29%) SQL
3 21 (24.14%) Bicep
4 18 (20.69%) Python
5 15 (17.24%) PowerShell
5 15 (17.24%) TypeScript
6 13 (14.94%) JavaScript
7 7 (8.05%) Bash
8 3 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (3.45%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (11.49%) Azure Certification
2 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.15%) CCSP
3 1 (1.15%) CEH
3 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.15%) CISM
3 1 (1.15%) CISSP
3 1 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.15%) Degree
3 1 (1.15%) GIAC
3 1 (1.15%) GSEC
3 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (4.60%) SOC 2
2 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (29.89%) Docker
2 10 (11.49%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.15%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (63.22%) Kubernetes
2 45 (51.72%) Terraform
3 4 (4.60%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) Argo
4 1 (1.15%) Cilium
4 1 (1.15%) Grafana
4 1 (1.15%) Istio
4 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (52.87%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.45%) Databricks
2 3 (3.45%) Palo Alto
2 3 (3.45%) VMware
2 3 (3.45%) Zscaler
3 2 (2.30%) Apple
3 2 (2.30%) Veeam
4 1 (1.15%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.15%) Foundry
4 1 (1.15%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.15%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.15%) OpenText
4 1 (1.15%) SAP
4 1 (1.15%) Splunk