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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,465 3,019 4,437
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.37% 19.77% 21.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.97% 44.24% 46.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,780 2,098 3,860
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,416
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £113,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 6,016 6,824 9,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.94% 44.69% 45.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,884 4,363 8,018
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,425
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
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 £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 0 550 £78,750 +5.00% 306
West London +16 64 £63,750 -1.92% 58
East London -9 22 £32,000 -44.35% 42
North London +18 20 £75,000 +27.66% 6
South London +12 19 £46,000 -24.90% 26
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
1 182 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 147 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 58 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 35 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (1.14%) Confluence
6 16 (0.65%) Apache
7 15 (0.61%) Appian
8 12 (0.49%) IIS
8 12 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
9 8 (0.32%) CMS
10 6 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.20%) SAS
11 5 (0.20%) WordPress
12 4 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.16%) Moodle
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 45 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.24%) Maya
7 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.16%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.081%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 57 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.93%) Endur
3 19 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.32%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.24%) Shopify
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.081%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.081%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.041%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.041%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.041%) R3 Corda
9 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 868 (35.21%) AWS
2 474 (19.23%) GCP
3 434 (17.61%) Microsoft 365
4 399 (16.19%) Power Platform
5 353 (14.32%) Azure DevOps
6 269 (10.91%) Entra ID
7 180 (7.30%) GitHub
8 169 (6.86%) SaaS
9 152 (6.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 137 (5.56%) Power Automate
11 113 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 111 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
12 111 (4.50%) PowerApps
13 106 (4.30%) PaaS
14 101 (4.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 99 (4.02%) Serverless
16 86 (3.49%) Azure AI
17 70 (2.84%) Snowflake
18 67 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
19 62 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 256 (10.39%) Firewall
2 163 (6.61%) VPN
3 140 (5.68%) DNS
4 139 (5.64%) WAN
5 116 (4.71%) DHCP
6 100 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (3.61%) TCP/IP
8 88 (3.57%) LAN
9 69 (2.80%) SD-WAN
10 55 (2.23%) Network Security
11 53 (2.15%) Internet
12 47 (1.91%) VLAN
13 41 (1.66%) Wireless
14 33 (1.34%) SAN
15 32 (1.30%) VoIP
16 26 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
17 23 (0.93%) BGP
17 23 (0.93%) OSPF
18 21 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
19 16 (0.65%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 275 (11.16%) Power BI
2 246 (9.98%) SQL Server
3 173 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
4 155 (6.29%) Data Lake
5 109 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 98 (3.98%) NoSQL
7 82 (3.33%) MongoDB
8 74 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
9 72 (2.92%) Metadata
10 60 (2.43%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.11%) Big Data
11 52 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
12 50 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 37 (1.50%) BigQuery
14 36 (1.46%) Tableau
15 31 (1.26%) MySQL
16 30 (1.22%) Hadoop
17 25 (1.01%) Pinecone
18 23 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 21 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 190 (7.71%) Git
2 83 (3.37%) JIRA
3 74 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.70%) GitLab
6 37 (1.50%) MLflow
7 31 (1.26%) Postman
8 20 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
8 20 (0.81%) Selenium
9 18 (0.73%) TeamCity
10 17 (0.69%) Eclipse
11 14 (0.57%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.49%) JMeter
13 9 (0.37%) Chocolatey
13 9 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.32%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.32%) SpecFlow
14 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.28%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.28%) Vite
General
1 750 (30.43%) Finance
2 738 (29.94%) Social Skills
3 288 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (8.07%) Law
5 185 (7.51%) Banking
6 120 (4.87%) Legal
7 117 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 114 (4.62%) Retail
9 95 (3.85%) Public Sector
10 72 (2.92%) Marketing
11 63 (2.56%) Financial Institution
12 58 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
13 53 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 52 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
15 50 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
16 41 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
17 36 (1.46%) Multimedia
18 35 (1.42%) Retail Banking
19 26 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
20 25 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 469 (19.03%) Senior
2 323 (13.10%) Developer
3 304 (12.33%) Architect
4 292 (11.85%) Lead
5 197 (7.99%) Analyst
6 183 (7.42%) Azure Engineer
7 179 (7.26%) Data Engineer
8 126 (5.11%) Support Engineer
9 122 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 111 (4.50%) Software Engineer
11 98 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
12 94 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
13 90 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
14 78 (3.16%) Data Architect
15 74 (3.00%) IT Support
15 74 (3.00%) Senior Developer
16 73 (2.96%) Network Engineer
17 72 (2.92%) IT Engineer
18 71 (2.88%) Security Engineer
18 71 (2.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (10.39%) .NET
2 156 (6.33%) React
3 154 (6.25%) REST
4 106 (4.30%) HTML
5 101 (4.10%) CSS
5 101 (4.10%) RESTful
6 84 (3.41%) .NET Core
6 84 (3.41%) Node.js
7 78 (3.16%) OAuth
8 73 (2.96%) AngularJS
9 66 (2.68%) Kafka
10 52 (2.11%) Vue
10 52 (2.11%) Web Services
11 51 (2.07%) ASP.NET
12 48 (1.95%) SOAP
13 47 (1.91%) Django
13 47 (1.91%) LangChain
13 47 (1.91%) PySpark
14 46 (1.87%) PyTorch
15 44 (1.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 199 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 98 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 87 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
6 78 (3.16%) Security Posture
7 75 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
8 67 (2.72%) AI Agents
8 67 (2.72%) Low-Code
9 58 (2.35%) Onboarding
10 57 (2.31%) Data Centre
11 55 (2.23%) Data Structures
12 53 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
13 52 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
14 44 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
15 39 (1.58%) Algorithms
15 39 (1.58%) Public Cloud
16 33 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
17 32 (1.30%) Virtual Team
18 31 (1.26%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 373 (15.13%) Windows
2 177 (7.18%) Windows Server
3 147 (5.96%) Linux
4 74 (3.00%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 42 (1.70%) Unix
7 36 (1.46%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.34%) VMS
9 30 (1.22%) Android
10 29 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.32%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.16%) CentOS
16 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) SUSE
17 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
18 1 (0.041%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (27.95%) DevOps
2 619 (25.11%) CI/CD
3 548 (22.23%) AI
4 547 (22.19%) Agile
5 477 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 431 (17.48%) Analytics
7 316 (12.82%) Mentoring
8 308 (12.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 307 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
10 300 (12.17%) Roadmaps
11 297 (12.05%) Computer Science
12 286 (11.60%) Data Modelling
13 278 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
14 272 (11.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 271 (10.99%) Microservices
16 255 (10.34%) Machine Learning
17 250 (10.14%) Software Engineering
18 237 (9.61%) ETL
19 231 (9.37%) Data Pipeline
20 222 (9.01%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 651 (26.41%) Python
2 586 (23.77%) SQL
3 288 (11.68%) PowerShell
4 274 (11.12%) C#
5 258 (10.47%) JavaScript
6 135 (5.48%) TypeScript
7 119 (4.83%) Java
8 77 (3.12%) Bash
9 57 (2.31%) Bicep
10 43 (1.74%) T-SQL
11 39 (1.58%) Go
12 35 (1.42%) R
13 31 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 31 (1.26%) Scala
14 29 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 19 (0.77%) C++
16 15 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 14 (0.57%) Rust
18 12 (0.49%) PHP
19 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 426 (17.28%) Degree
2 225 (9.13%) Azure Certification
3 218 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 153 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 138 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 110 (4.46%) AWS Certification
7 105 (4.26%) SC Cleared
8 102 (4.14%) CISSP
9 93 (3.77%) Master's Degree
10 57 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
11 44 (1.78%) CISM
12 41 (1.66%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 37 (1.50%) CCNP
15 35 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
16 34 (1.38%) PMI Certification
17 29 (1.18%) CEH
18 27 (1.10%) PMP
19 26 (1.05%) CCIE
20 24 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (7.46%) GDPR
3 147 (5.96%) NIST
4 138 (5.60%) Data Quality
5 89 (3.61%) QA
6 59 (2.39%) SLA
7 38 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (1.38%) NCSC
9 31 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 29 (1.18%) Accessibility
11 28 (1.14%) EU AI Act
12 25 (1.01%) SOC 2
13 24 (0.97%) HIPAA
14 23 (0.93%) PSD2
15 22 (0.89%) Solvency II
16 21 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 15 (0.61%) GRC
18 13 (0.53%) ISO 22301
19 12 (0.49%) PMO
20 8 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 352 (14.28%) Active Directory
2 245 (9.94%) Docker
3 87 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 50 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 30 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.65%) vSphere
8 14 (0.57%) Firmware
9 12 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.24%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.12%) ISA Server
13 3 (0.12%) NFS
14 2 (0.081%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.081%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.081%) XenApp
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
15 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 307 (12.45%) Terraform
2 276 (11.20%) Kubernetes
3 220 (8.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 114 (4.62%) Ansible
5 55 (2.23%) SCCM
6 54 (2.19%) Grafana
7 50 (2.03%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 26 (1.05%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.77%) Argo
11 18 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (0.65%) CASB
13 8 (0.32%) Kibana
14 7 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.24%) Kubeflow
15 6 (0.24%) Rancher
15 6 (0.24%) SCOM
15 6 (0.24%) VxRail
16 5 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,002 (40.65%) Microsoft
2 195 (7.91%) Databricks
3 168 (6.82%) VMware
4 119 (4.83%) Cisco
5 112 (4.54%) Google
6 76 (3.08%) Oracle
7 73 (2.96%) ServiceNow
8 70 (2.84%) Palo Alto
9 61 (2.47%) OpenAI
10 56 (2.27%) Fortinet
11 49 (1.99%) SAP
12 46 (1.87%) Salesforce
13 42 (1.70%) Meraki
14 36 (1.46%) CheckPoint
14 36 (1.46%) SolarWinds
15 33 (1.34%) Informatica
16 28 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
17 27 (1.10%) Commvault
17 27 (1.10%) Dell
18 26 (1.05%) Foundry