Azure Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,355 3,194 3,953
As % of all permanent jobs in London 17.17% 20.22% 22.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.87% 44.48% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,704 2,244 3,433
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% -6.92%

All Cloud Computing Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,762 7,181 8,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 42.02% 45.46% 47.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,716 4,622 6,942
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,875 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Azure job vacancy trend in London

Azure
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in London

Azure
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London 0 482 £80,000 +6.67% 730
West London +9 61 £71,250 -5.00% 52
East London -6 27 £34,000 -37.44% 48
North London +20 24 £75,000 -6.25% 5
South London +5 18 £47,500 -22.94% 32
Azure
England

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 161 (6.84%) SharePoint
2 140 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 69 (2.93%) Apache Spark
4 38 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.23%) Confluence
6 14 (0.59%) Apache
7 13 (0.55%) IIS
8 10 (0.42%) Appian
9 9 (0.38%) CMS
10 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.21%) SAS
11 5 (0.21%) WordPress
12 4 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.17%) Moodle
12 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 45 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.34%) Maya
6 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.17%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.085%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.81%) Endur
4 10 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.25%) Shopify
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.085%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.085%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.085%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.042%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 858 (36.43%) AWS
2 462 (19.62%) GCP
3 404 (17.15%) Microsoft 365
4 392 (16.65%) Power Platform
5 354 (15.03%) Azure DevOps
6 251 (10.66%) Entra ID
7 172 (7.30%) GitHub
8 163 (6.92%) SaaS
9 140 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.77%) Power Automate
11 122 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
12 112 (4.76%) PaaS
13 109 (4.63%) Azure Logic Apps
14 108 (4.59%) PowerApps
15 106 (4.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 102 (4.33%) Serverless
17 78 (3.31%) Azure AI
18 72 (3.06%) Snowflake
19 63 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
19 63 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 241 (10.23%) Firewall
2 144 (6.11%) VPN
3 133 (5.65%) WAN
4 124 (5.27%) DNS
5 97 (4.12%) LAN
6 95 (4.03%) DHCP
7 83 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
8 79 (3.35%) TCP/IP
9 61 (2.59%) Network Security
10 56 (2.38%) SD-WAN
11 51 (2.17%) Internet
12 45 (1.91%) Wireless
13 43 (1.83%) VLAN
14 36 (1.53%) VoIP
15 30 (1.27%) SAN
16 22 (0.93%) BGP
16 22 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
16 22 (0.93%) OSPF
17 15 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
18 12 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (11.30%) Power BI
2 229 (9.72%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
4 148 (6.28%) Data Lake
5 113 (4.80%) NoSQL
6 108 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 87 (3.69%) MongoDB
8 77 (3.27%) Metadata
9 74 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
10 71 (3.01%) Relational Database
11 56 (2.38%) Big Data
12 44 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
12 44 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 37 (1.57%) MySQL
14 35 (1.49%) Hadoop
14 35 (1.49%) Tableau
15 33 (1.40%) BigQuery
16 24 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 19 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 200 (8.49%) Git
2 103 (4.37%) JIRA
3 77 (3.27%) Jenkins
4 43 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.78%) GitLab
6 31 (1.32%) MLflow
7 26 (1.10%) Postman
8 24 (1.02%) Selenium
9 18 (0.76%) Cypress.io
9 18 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
10 14 (0.59%) JMeter
10 14 (0.59%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
12 9 (0.38%) Artifactory
12 9 (0.38%) Eclipse
13 8 (0.34%) CircleCI
14 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.30%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.25%) Chocolatey
15 6 (0.25%) LoadRunner
General
1 742 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 717 (30.45%) Finance
3 293 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (8.58%) Law
5 178 (7.56%) Banking
6 140 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 138 (5.86%) Retail
8 121 (5.14%) Legal
9 87 (3.69%) Marketing
9 87 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 62 (2.63%) Financial Institution
11 61 (2.59%) Telecoms
12 56 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
13 52 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
14 45 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
15 34 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 34 (1.44%) Multimedia
15 34 (1.44%) Retail Banking
16 29 (1.23%) Games
17 28 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 425 (18.05%) Senior
2 331 (14.06%) Developer
3 295 (12.53%) Lead
4 293 (12.44%) Architect
5 181 (7.69%) Data Engineer
6 177 (7.52%) Analyst
7 156 (6.62%) Azure Engineer
8 128 (5.44%) Support Engineer
9 104 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 93 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
11 87 (3.69%) Software Engineer
12 82 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
13 77 (3.27%) Data Architect
14 75 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
14 75 (3.18%) Senior Developer
15 73 (3.10%) IT Support
16 70 (2.97%) Support Analyst
17 67 (2.85%) Network Engineer
18 64 (2.72%) .NET Developer
19 63 (2.68%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (10.23%) .NET
2 158 (6.71%) React
3 142 (6.03%) REST
4 111 (4.71%) HTML
5 102 (4.33%) CSS
6 91 (3.86%) RESTful
7 87 (3.69%) .NET Core
8 86 (3.65%) AngularJS
9 82 (3.48%) Node.js
10 72 (3.06%) Kafka
11 61 (2.59%) Vue
12 59 (2.51%) ASP.NET
13 55 (2.34%) OAuth
14 52 (2.21%) Web Services
15 50 (2.12%) .NET Framework
16 49 (2.08%) PySpark
17 46 (1.95%) YAML
18 45 (1.91%) PyTorch
19 44 (1.87%) Middleware
20 42 (1.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 204 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 108 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 102 (4.33%) Product Ownership
4 99 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 80 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 79 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
7 76 (3.23%) Security Posture
8 63 (2.68%) Data Centre
9 61 (2.59%) Low-Code
10 58 (2.46%) AI Agents
11 53 (2.25%) Onboarding
12 51 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
13 47 (2.00%) Public Cloud
14 45 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
15 41 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.61%) Algorithms
17 34 (1.44%) Data Structures
18 32 (1.36%) Virtual Team
19 31 (1.32%) Reinsurance
20 25 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 378 (16.05%) Windows
2 182 (7.73%) Windows Server
3 160 (6.79%) Linux
4 70 (2.97%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.74%) Unix
7 35 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 31 (1.32%) Android
8 31 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 25 (1.06%) VMS
10 18 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.17%) CentOS
13 4 (0.17%) Solaris
14 3 (0.13%) SUSE
15 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
16 1 (0.042%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 695 (29.51%) DevOps
2 592 (25.14%) CI/CD
3 580 (24.63%) Agile
4 511 (21.70%) AI
5 485 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 416 (17.66%) Analytics
7 312 (13.25%) Mentoring
8 302 (12.82%) Computer Science
9 301 (12.78%) Roadmaps
10 293 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
11 289 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 277 (11.76%) Data Modelling
13 274 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
14 263 (11.17%) Microservices
15 255 (10.83%) Machine Learning
16 253 (10.74%) Infrastructure as Code
17 240 (10.19%) ETL
18 224 (9.51%) Data Pipeline
19 222 (9.43%) Migration
19 222 (9.43%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 642 (27.26%) Python
2 583 (24.76%) SQL
3 289 (12.27%) PowerShell
4 280 (11.89%) C#
5 253 (10.74%) JavaScript
6 129 (5.48%) Java
7 122 (5.18%) TypeScript
8 72 (3.06%) Bash
9 52 (2.21%) Bicep
10 41 (1.74%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.61%) Scala
12 36 (1.53%) R
13 32 (1.36%) Go
14 30 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 24 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
16 16 (0.68%) C++
17 14 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 12 (0.51%) PHP
18 12 (0.51%) Rust
19 10 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 434 (18.43%) Degree
2 225 (9.55%) Azure Certification
3 215 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 141 (5.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 130 (5.52%) Security Cleared
6 114 (4.84%) AWS Certification
7 104 (4.42%) Master's Degree
8 93 (3.95%) SC Cleared
9 88 (3.74%) CISSP
10 56 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 40 (1.70%) CISM
12 38 (1.61%) CCNP
13 37 (1.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 34 (1.44%) DV Cleared
14 34 (1.44%) PMI Certification
15 31 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
16 26 (1.10%) ISTQB
17 25 (1.06%) CEH
17 25 (1.06%) PMP
18 24 (1.02%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (7.86%) GDPR
2 178 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 137 (5.82%) NIST
4 122 (5.18%) Data Quality
5 106 (4.50%) QA
6 48 (2.04%) SLA
7 36 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 35 (1.49%) NCSC
9 28 (1.19%) EU AI Act
10 25 (1.06%) Accessibility
10 25 (1.06%) HIPAA
10 25 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 23 (0.98%) PSD2
12 21 (0.89%) Solvency II
13 20 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 15 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 14 (0.59%) PMO
16 11 (0.47%) ISO 22301
17 10 (0.42%) GRC
18 8 (0.34%) EMIR
System Software
1 332 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 230 (9.77%) Docker
3 92 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.68%) Firmware
8 15 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (0.64%) vSphere
9 9 (0.38%) XenDesktop
10 7 (0.30%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.21%) NFS
12 4 (0.17%) KVM
12 4 (0.17%) Postfix
12 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
12 4 (0.17%) XenApp
13 3 (0.13%) ISA Server
14 2 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.085%) Terminal Server
14 2 (0.085%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 295 (12.53%) Terraform
2 272 (11.55%) Kubernetes
3 200 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 116 (4.93%) Ansible
5 54 (2.29%) SCCM
6 44 (1.87%) Grafana
6 44 (1.87%) Prometheus
7 39 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (0.89%) FortiGate
9 17 (0.72%) Argo
10 16 (0.68%) CASB
11 12 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.42%) Autotask
14 9 (0.38%) Kubeflow
14 9 (0.38%) SCOM
15 7 (0.30%) Rancher
16 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.21%) vRealize
17 4 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,003 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 195 (8.28%) Databricks
3 166 (7.05%) VMware
4 123 (5.22%) Cisco
5 99 (4.20%) Google
6 80 (3.40%) Oracle
7 73 (3.10%) Palo Alto
8 71 (3.01%) ServiceNow
9 58 (2.46%) SAP
10 56 (2.38%) Fortinet
11 49 (2.08%) Salesforce
12 45 (1.91%) OpenAI
13 37 (1.57%) Meraki
14 33 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
14 33 (1.40%) Informatica
15 32 (1.36%) CheckPoint
15 32 (1.36%) SolarWinds
16 31 (1.32%) Citrix
17 26 (1.10%) Dell
18 25 (1.06%) Commvault