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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,869 2,563 4,598
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.45% 19.99% 19.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.11% 45.08% 45.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,036 1,961 3,789
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% -
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 7,153 5,685 10,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.02% 44.35% 43.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,613 4,134 8,152
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -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 28 April 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 28 April 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 0 658 £80,000 +6.67% 294
West London +4 78 £60,000 +33.33% 43
South London +14 45 £80,000 +29.78% 8
East London -13 23 £32,250 -62.06% 47
North London -1 10 £57,500 +27.78% 9
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 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 135 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 48 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.91%) Confluence
6 17 (0.59%) Palantir Foundry
7 15 (0.52%) Apache
8 13 (0.45%) Appian
9 12 (0.42%) CMS
10 11 (0.38%) WordPress
11 8 (0.28%) IIS
12 6 (0.21%) Camunda
12 6 (0.21%) Moodle
12 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.17%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
13 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 49 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.24%) PlantUML
7 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (0.070%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.035%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.035%) Maya
10 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.49%) Endur
3 8 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.17%) Shopify
6 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.10%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.070%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.070%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.035%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.035%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.035%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 979 (34.12%) AWS
2 561 (19.55%) GCP
3 495 (17.25%) Microsoft 365
4 405 (14.12%) Power Platform
5 335 (11.68%) Entra ID
6 334 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
7 193 (6.73%) GitHub
8 181 (6.31%) SaaS
9 161 (5.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 152 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 133 (4.64%) Azure AI
12 117 (4.08%) PaaS
13 114 (3.97%) Serverless
14 107 (3.73%) Power Automate
15 104 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
16 99 (3.45%) Snowflake
17 93 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
18 87 (3.03%) PowerApps
19 79 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
20 78 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 307 (10.70%) Firewall
2 176 (6.13%) VPN
3 172 (6.00%) DNS
4 152 (5.30%) WAN
5 146 (5.09%) DHCP
6 128 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
7 105 (3.66%) Network Security
8 100 (3.49%) TCP/IP
9 96 (3.35%) LAN
10 80 (2.79%) SD-WAN
11 57 (1.99%) VLAN
12 50 (1.74%) SAN
13 48 (1.67%) Internet
14 31 (1.08%) Wireless
15 30 (1.05%) VoIP
16 26 (0.91%) WLAN
17 25 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
18 24 (0.84%) Broadband
19 23 (0.80%) BGP
19 23 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 282 (9.83%) Power BI
2 275 (9.59%) SQL Server
3 145 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
4 141 (4.91%) Data Lake
5 87 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 70 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 69 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
8 63 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
9 61 (2.13%) Tableau
10 59 (2.06%) BigQuery
11 52 (1.81%) MongoDB
12 51 (1.78%) Big Data
13 50 (1.74%) Metadata
14 45 (1.57%) Relational Database
15 44 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 38 (1.32%) Delta Lake
17 31 (1.08%) Pinecone
18 25 (0.87%) MySQL
18 25 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 24 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 182 (6.34%) Git
2 93 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 74 (2.58%) JIRA
4 62 (2.16%) GitLab
5 52 (1.81%) MLflow
6 32 (1.12%) Postman
7 21 (0.73%) Eclipse
7 21 (0.73%) Visual Studio
8 20 (0.70%) Chocolatey
9 18 (0.63%) Selenium
10 14 (0.49%) CircleCI
10 14 (0.49%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.42%) Bitbucket
12 12 (0.42%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (0.38%) Vite
14 9 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 866 (30.18%) Finance
2 783 (27.29%) Social Skills
3 294 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (7.98%) Banking
5 170 (5.93%) Law
6 118 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 104 (3.62%) Public Sector
8 100 (3.49%) Legal
9 87 (3.03%) Retail
10 60 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
11 59 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
12 52 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (1.71%) Marketing
14 46 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 42 (1.46%) Financial Institution
16 40 (1.39%) Front Office
17 35 (1.22%) Multimedia
18 33 (1.15%) Telecoms
19 26 (0.91%) Retail Banking
20 25 (0.87%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 555 (19.34%) Senior
2 384 (13.38%) Lead
3 376 (13.11%) Architect
4 286 (9.97%) Developer
5 250 (8.71%) Azure Engineer
6 210 (7.32%) Analyst
7 182 (6.34%) Data Engineer
8 140 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 139 (4.84%) Software Engineer
10 114 (3.97%) Support Engineer
11 112 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 110 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
13 104 (3.62%) Consultant
14 103 (3.59%) Security Engineer
15 100 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
16 98 (3.42%) Azure Architect
17 90 (3.14%) IT Engineer
18 89 (3.10%) Network Engineer
19 82 (2.86%) Data Architect
20 80 (2.79%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 268 (9.34%) .NET
2 165 (5.75%) React
3 124 (4.32%) REST
4 107 (3.73%) Kafka
5 102 (3.56%) RESTful
6 97 (3.38%) CSS
7 94 (3.28%) OAuth
8 92 (3.21%) HTML
9 82 (2.86%) Node.js
10 65 (2.27%) LangChain
11 63 (2.20%) .NET Core
12 58 (2.02%) PySpark
13 57 (1.99%) PyTorch
13 57 (1.99%) TensorFlow
14 51 (1.78%) Django
14 51 (1.78%) SAML
15 42 (1.46%) OpenID
16 39 (1.36%) scikit-learn
16 39 (1.36%) Spring
17 37 (1.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 261 (9.10%) Cloud Native
2 121 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 95 (3.31%) Security Posture
4 91 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 86 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 78 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 73 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 67 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
9 66 (2.30%) Data Centre
10 64 (2.23%) Public Cloud
11 61 (2.13%) AI Agents
12 59 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
13 57 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
14 54 (1.88%) Onboarding
15 51 (1.78%) Low-Code
16 41 (1.43%) Algorithms
16 41 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
17 39 (1.36%) Cyberattack
18 38 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
19 36 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 408 (14.22%) Windows
2 165 (5.75%) Windows Server
3 163 (5.68%) Linux
4 86 (3.00%) Windows 10
5 41 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 38 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 36 (1.25%) Unix
8 35 (1.22%) Android
9 33 (1.15%) VMS
10 30 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
11 26 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 12 (0.42%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.31%) CentOS
15 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.14%) SUSE
17 3 (0.10%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.070%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 788 (27.47%) DevOps
2 664 (23.14%) CI/CD
3 612 (21.33%) AI
4 563 (19.62%) Agile
5 453 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (15.55%) Analytics
7 400 (13.94%) Mentoring
8 393 (13.70%) Roadmaps
9 372 (12.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 371 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 345 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
12 311 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
13 294 (10.25%) Data Engineering
14 283 (9.86%) Machine Learning
15 278 (9.69%) Computer Science
16 275 (9.59%) Software Engineering
17 274 (9.55%) Data Modelling
18 259 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
19 247 (8.61%) Migration
20 242 (8.43%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 740 (25.79%) Python
2 641 (22.34%) SQL
3 322 (11.22%) PowerShell
4 269 (9.38%) C#
5 235 (8.19%) JavaScript
6 161 (5.61%) Java
7 147 (5.12%) TypeScript
8 103 (3.59%) Bash
9 66 (2.30%) Bicep
10 62 (2.16%) Go
11 42 (1.46%) R
12 40 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 32 (1.12%) T-SQL
14 26 (0.91%) C++
15 23 (0.80%) Scala
16 16 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 15 (0.52%) Rust
18 14 (0.49%) C
19 12 (0.42%) VB.NET
20 11 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 403 (14.05%) Degree
2 298 (10.39%) Azure Certification
3 211 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 190 (6.62%) Security Cleared
5 131 (4.57%) SC Cleared
6 128 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 120 (4.18%) CISSP
8 91 (3.17%) AWS Certification
9 83 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
10 65 (2.27%) Master's Degree
11 56 (1.95%) CEH
12 46 (1.60%) CISM
13 45 (1.57%) CCNP
14 43 (1.50%) CCNA
15 42 (1.46%) DV Cleared
16 41 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 41 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
17 32 (1.12%) PMI Certification
18 31 (1.08%) PMP
19 29 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 174 (6.06%) GDPR
3 165 (5.75%) NIST
4 145 (5.05%) Data Quality
5 89 (3.10%) SLA
6 85 (2.96%) QA
7 45 (1.57%) Accessibility
8 42 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 40 (1.39%) NCSC
10 37 (1.29%) PCI DSS
11 33 (1.15%) SOC 2
12 32 (1.12%) GRC
13 21 (0.73%) HIPAA
13 21 (0.73%) Solvency II
14 20 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 20 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 19 (0.66%) PMO
16 18 (0.63%) EU AI Act
16 18 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.52%) PSD2
System Software
1 396 (13.80%) Active Directory
2 243 (8.47%) Docker
3 99 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 42 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (0.94%) vSphere
8 10 (0.35%) Firmware
9 9 (0.31%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.17%) KVM
12 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.070%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.070%) Postfix
14 1 (0.035%) NLBS
14 1 (0.035%) Xen
Systems Management
1 361 (12.58%) Terraform
2 317 (11.05%) Kubernetes
3 235 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 127 (4.43%) Ansible
5 64 (2.23%) SCCM
6 58 (2.02%) Grafana
7 49 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
8 46 (1.60%) Prometheus
9 31 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 16 (0.56%) Argo
12 12 (0.42%) Istio
13 10 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.31%) Kibana
15 8 (0.28%) CASB
16 7 (0.24%) Nagios
16 7 (0.24%) VxRail
17 5 (0.17%) Control-M
17 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,161 (40.47%) Microsoft
2 287 (10.00%) Databricks
3 186 (6.48%) VMware
4 153 (5.33%) Google
5 130 (4.53%) Cisco
6 82 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 80 (2.79%) OpenAI
8 71 (2.47%) Palo Alto
9 60 (2.09%) Oracle
10 56 (1.95%) Fortinet
11 53 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
12 48 (1.67%) Meraki
13 45 (1.57%) Dell
14 42 (1.46%) ForeScout
15 41 (1.43%) Salesforce
15 41 (1.43%) SolarWinds
16 40 (1.39%) SAP
16 40 (1.39%) Splunk
17 38 (1.32%) iManage
18 37 (1.29%) Foundry