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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,032 2,463 4,660
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.06% 20.23% 18.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.19% 44.87% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,161 1,822 3,734
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.04% -8.46%

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 7,545 5,489 10,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.98% 45.09% 42.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,118 3,874 8,220
10th Percentile £42,000 £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 £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 0 608 £82,500 +6.45% 167
West London +14 86 £69,119 +57.99% 50
South London +20 48 £80,000 +23.08% 7
East London -5 21 £32,500 -62.32% 30
North London 0 9 £55,000 -18.52% 8
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
1 192 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 123 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 62 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 37 (1.22%) Confluence
6 19 (0.63%) Apache
7 18 (0.59%) Palantir Foundry
8 15 (0.49%) CMS
9 11 (0.36%) WordPress
10 8 (0.26%) Umbraco
11 7 (0.23%) Appian
12 6 (0.20%) Anypoint
12 6 (0.20%) Camunda
13 5 (0.16%) Ethereum
13 5 (0.16%) IIS
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
14 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
14 4 (0.13%) Mule
Applications
1 45 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 17 (0.56%) PlantUML
5 16 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.033%) Maya
9 1 (0.033%) Notion
9 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.033%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.20%) Endur
4 6 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.099%) Distributed Ledger
7 2 (0.066%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.066%) Shopify
7 2 (0.066%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.033%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.033%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.033%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.033%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.033%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 985 (32.49%) AWS
2 584 (19.26%) GCP
3 519 (17.12%) Microsoft 365
4 382 (12.60%) Power Platform
5 366 (12.07%) Entra ID
6 360 (11.87%) Azure DevOps
7 208 (6.86%) SaaS
8 189 (6.23%) GitHub
9 155 (5.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 146 (4.82%) PaaS
11 142 (4.68%) Azure Data Factory
12 134 (4.42%) Serverless
13 131 (4.32%) Azure AI
14 123 (4.06%) Azure Logic Apps
15 104 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
16 102 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
16 102 (3.36%) Snowflake
17 101 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
18 100 (3.30%) Power Automate
19 95 (3.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 311 (10.26%) Firewall
2 177 (5.84%) VPN
3 168 (5.54%) DNS
4 151 (4.98%) WAN
5 143 (4.72%) Network Security
6 137 (4.52%) DHCP
7 120 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
8 109 (3.59%) LAN
9 89 (2.94%) TCP/IP
10 81 (2.67%) SD-WAN
11 62 (2.04%) VLAN
12 52 (1.72%) SAN
13 43 (1.42%) BGP
14 39 (1.29%) OSPF
15 35 (1.15%) Wireless
16 31 (1.02%) VoIP
17 29 (0.96%) WLAN
18 26 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
19 24 (0.79%) Broadband
20 23 (0.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (8.44%) SQL Server
2 253 (8.34%) Power BI
3 140 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
4 130 (4.29%) Data Lake
5 103 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 65 (2.14%) MongoDB
7 64 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
8 62 (2.04%) Tableau
9 60 (1.98%) NoSQL
10 57 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
11 56 (1.85%) Metadata
12 45 (1.48%) Relational Database
13 44 (1.45%) BigQuery
14 42 (1.39%) Big Data
14 42 (1.39%) Delta Lake
15 41 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 33 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
17 28 (0.92%) MySQL
18 26 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
18 26 (0.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 179 (5.90%) Git
2 102 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 77 (2.54%) JIRA
4 76 (2.51%) GitLab
5 40 (1.32%) MLflow
6 28 (0.92%) Postman
7 23 (0.76%) Eclipse
8 18 (0.59%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.53%) Selenium
9 16 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.36%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.36%) Vite
13 10 (0.33%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.33%) Claude Code
14 9 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.23%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 938 (30.94%) Finance
2 839 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 278 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 218 (7.19%) Banking
5 179 (5.90%) Law
6 124 (4.09%) Public Sector
7 118 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (3.53%) Legal
9 75 (2.47%) Retail
10 59 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 55 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 35 (1.15%) Front Office
15 32 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
16 30 (0.99%) Advertising
16 30 (0.99%) Marketing
17 20 (0.66%) Investment Banking
18 17 (0.56%) Telecoms
19 16 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 578 (19.06%) Senior
2 478 (15.77%) Architect
3 411 (13.56%) Lead
4 301 (9.93%) Developer
5 273 (9.00%) Azure Engineer
6 178 (5.87%) Analyst
7 165 (5.44%) Data Engineer
8 159 (5.24%) Cloud Engineer
9 158 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
10 127 (4.19%) Software Engineer
11 122 (4.02%) Consultant
12 111 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
13 108 (3.56%) Azure Architect
14 103 (3.40%) Security Engineer
15 101 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 98 (3.23%) IT Engineer
17 96 (3.17%) Data Architect
18 93 (3.07%) Support Engineer
19 92 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
20 91 (3.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 299 (9.86%) .NET
2 165 (5.44%) React
3 133 (4.39%) REST
4 118 (3.89%) Kafka
5 104 (3.43%) OAuth
6 89 (2.94%) Node.js
7 87 (2.87%) RESTful
8 78 (2.57%) LangChain
9 76 (2.51%) .NET Core
10 73 (2.41%) Spring
11 69 (2.28%) CSS
12 67 (2.21%) PySpark
13 64 (2.11%) HTML
14 63 (2.08%) Spring Boot
15 60 (1.98%) PyTorch
16 58 (1.91%) ASP.NET
16 58 (1.91%) TensorFlow
17 56 (1.85%) SAML
18 51 (1.68%) OpenID
19 44 (1.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 350 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 129 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 111 (3.66%) Security Posture
4 95 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 87 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 69 (2.28%) Data Structures
8 68 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 67 (2.21%) AI Agents
10 65 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
11 63 (2.08%) Management Information System
12 62 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
13 60 (1.98%) Public Cloud
14 46 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
15 45 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
16 44 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
17 42 (1.39%) Low-Code
18 40 (1.32%) Cyberattack
19 36 (1.19%) Algorithms
20 32 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 414 (13.65%) Windows
2 168 (5.54%) Linux
3 158 (5.21%) Windows Server
4 69 (2.28%) Windows 10
5 37 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 33 (1.09%) VMS
7 28 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 27 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (0.76%) Unix
10 21 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (0.63%) Android
12 17 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 16 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
14 9 (0.30%) CentOS
14 9 (0.30%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
18 1 (0.033%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 859 (28.33%) DevOps
2 770 (25.40%) CI/CD
3 647 (21.34%) AI
4 617 (20.35%) Agile
5 456 (15.04%) Roadmaps
6 454 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
7 445 (14.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 433 (14.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 426 (14.05%) Mentoring
10 423 (13.95%) Analytics
11 315 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
11 315 (10.39%) Data Engineering
12 298 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 295 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
14 285 (9.40%) Software Engineering
15 282 (9.30%) Machine Learning
16 269 (8.87%) Data Modelling
17 268 (8.84%) Microservices
18 251 (8.28%) Migration
19 241 (7.95%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 729 (24.04%) Python
2 613 (20.22%) SQL
3 331 (10.92%) PowerShell
4 292 (9.63%) C#
5 221 (7.29%) JavaScript
6 176 (5.80%) Java
7 164 (5.41%) TypeScript
8 109 (3.59%) Bash
9 79 (2.61%) Bicep
10 42 (1.39%) Go
11 37 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 33 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
13 27 (0.89%) R
14 23 (0.76%) Scala
15 20 (0.66%) C++
16 15 (0.49%) RPG
17 13 (0.43%) Rust
18 12 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.40%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 372 (12.27%) Degree
2 287 (9.47%) Azure Certification
3 238 (7.85%) Security Cleared
4 175 (5.77%) SC Cleared
5 151 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 128 (4.22%) CISSP
7 115 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 111 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
9 70 (2.31%) AWS Certification
10 55 (1.81%) CCNP
10 55 (1.81%) CISM
11 54 (1.78%) CCNA
12 52 (1.72%) Master's Degree
13 49 (1.62%) CEH
14 46 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
15 35 (1.15%) DV Cleared
16 31 (1.02%) CCIE
17 27 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 26 (0.86%) PMP
19 25 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (5.24%) NIST
3 155 (5.11%) GDPR
4 149 (4.91%) Data Quality
5 120 (3.96%) QA
6 91 (3.00%) SLA
7 57 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 49 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 39 (1.29%) NCSC
10 35 (1.15%) GRC
11 34 (1.12%) PCI DSS
12 31 (1.02%) PMO
13 29 (0.96%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 18 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 18 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 9 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 8 (0.26%) COBIT
19 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 415 (13.69%) Active Directory
2 243 (8.01%) Docker
3 121 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 62 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (1.65%) Hyper-V
6 46 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 29 (0.96%) vSphere
8 14 (0.46%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.16%) KVM
9 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.13%) Firmware
11 2 (0.066%) Xen
11 2 (0.066%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.033%) NLBS
12 1 (0.033%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 428 (14.12%) Terraform
2 329 (10.85%) Kubernetes
3 221 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 139 (4.58%) Ansible
5 63 (2.08%) SCCM
6 57 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
7 52 (1.72%) Grafana
8 41 (1.35%) Prometheus
9 30 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 28 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.43%) Istio
12 11 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.30%) Argo
13 9 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
13 9 (0.30%) Kibana
14 8 (0.26%) Nagios
15 7 (0.23%) CASB
15 7 (0.23%) Control-M
15 7 (0.23%) QRadar
16 6 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,224 (40.37%) Microsoft
2 310 (10.22%) Databricks
3 193 (6.37%) VMware
4 143 (4.72%) Cisco
5 130 (4.29%) Google
6 93 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 81 (2.67%) OpenAI
8 70 (2.31%) Palo Alto
9 65 (2.14%) Oracle
10 53 (1.75%) Foundry
11 49 (1.62%) Splunk
12 48 (1.58%) Meraki
12 48 (1.58%) SAP
13 47 (1.55%) Fortinet
14 44 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
15 43 (1.42%) Dynatrace
15 43 (1.42%) SolarWinds
16 42 (1.39%) Dell
17 40 (1.32%) Salesforce
18 37 (1.22%) ForeScout