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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,356 3,227 3,998
As % of all permanent jobs in London 17.10% 20.33% 22.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.73% 44.54% 47.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,699 2,274 3,472
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £48,525
25th Percentile £55,750 £58,838 £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 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% -6.15%

All Cloud 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 5,785 7,245 8,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 41.98% 45.64% 47.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,740 4,691 7,058
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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% 656
West London +3 60 £65,000 -10.34% 58
East London -7 26 £34,000 -35.24% 47
North London +19 24 £75,000 -6.25% 8
South London +7 18 £47,500 -22.94% 81
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
1 162 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 140 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 72 (3.06%) Apache Spark
4 38 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.27%) Confluence
6 13 (0.55%) Apache
6 13 (0.55%) IIS
7 10 (0.42%) Appian
7 10 (0.42%) CMS
8 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 5 (0.21%) WordPress
10 4 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.17%) Moodle
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 47 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.42%) 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 56 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.81%) Endur
4 10 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.25%) Shopify
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.085%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.085%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.085%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.042%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 858 (36.42%) AWS
2 462 (19.61%) GCP
3 408 (17.32%) Microsoft 365
4 395 (16.77%) Power Platform
5 351 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
6 253 (10.74%) Entra ID
7 169 (7.17%) GitHub
8 162 (6.88%) SaaS
9 142 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 137 (5.81%) Power Automate
11 122 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
12 113 (4.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 113 (4.80%) PaaS
13 109 (4.63%) PowerApps
14 106 (4.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 106 (4.50%) Serverless
15 77 (3.27%) Azure AI
16 70 (2.97%) Snowflake
17 62 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
17 62 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 239 (10.14%) Firewall
2 141 (5.98%) VPN
3 132 (5.60%) WAN
4 121 (5.14%) DNS
5 98 (4.16%) LAN
6 93 (3.95%) DHCP
7 80 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
8 79 (3.35%) TCP/IP
9 62 (2.63%) Network Security
10 53 (2.25%) SD-WAN
11 51 (2.16%) Internet
12 45 (1.91%) Wireless
13 42 (1.78%) VLAN
14 36 (1.53%) VoIP
15 29 (1.23%) SAN
16 21 (0.89%) BGP
16 21 (0.89%) OSPF
17 20 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
18 13 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
19 12 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (11.46%) Power BI
2 228 (9.68%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
4 146 (6.20%) Data Lake
5 116 (4.92%) NoSQL
6 108 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 85 (3.61%) MongoDB
8 77 (3.27%) Metadata
9 72 (3.06%) Relational Database
10 71 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
11 60 (2.55%) Big Data
12 43 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 42 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
14 39 (1.66%) Hadoop
15 37 (1.57%) MySQL
16 33 (1.40%) Tableau
17 30 (1.27%) BigQuery
18 25 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
19 20 (0.85%) DynamoDB
19 20 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 202 (8.57%) Git
2 103 (4.37%) JIRA
3 75 (3.18%) Jenkins
4 43 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.78%) GitLab
6 31 (1.32%) MLflow
7 25 (1.06%) Postman
8 24 (1.02%) Selenium
9 17 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
10 15 (0.64%) JMeter
11 14 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
13 9 (0.38%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.34%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.34%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.34%) Eclipse
15 7 (0.30%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.25%) LoadRunner
16 6 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 738 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 721 (30.60%) Finance
3 292 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (8.87%) Law
5 175 (7.43%) Banking
6 146 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 140 (5.94%) Retail
8 117 (4.97%) Legal
9 90 (3.82%) Marketing
10 85 (3.61%) Public Sector
11 63 (2.67%) Financial Institution
12 61 (2.59%) Telecoms
13 54 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
14 50 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
15 44 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
16 37 (1.57%) Manufacturing
17 34 (1.44%) Multimedia
17 34 (1.44%) Retail Banking
18 29 (1.23%) Games
19 28 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 431 (18.29%) Senior
2 332 (14.09%) Developer
3 296 (12.56%) Lead
4 291 (12.35%) Architect
5 185 (7.85%) Data Engineer
6 180 (7.64%) Analyst
7 151 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
8 129 (5.48%) Support Engineer
9 103 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 91 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
11 85 (3.61%) Software Engineer
12 81 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
13 77 (3.27%) Data Architect
13 77 (3.27%) Senior Developer
14 73 (3.10%) DevOps Engineer
14 73 (3.10%) IT Support
14 73 (3.10%) Support Analyst
15 65 (2.76%) .NET Developer
16 64 (2.72%) Network Engineer
17 61 (2.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (10.40%) .NET
2 162 (6.88%) React
3 143 (6.07%) REST
4 111 (4.71%) HTML
5 102 (4.33%) CSS
6 91 (3.86%) RESTful
7 89 (3.78%) .NET Core
8 87 (3.69%) AngularJS
9 83 (3.52%) Node.js
10 77 (3.27%) Kafka
11 61 (2.59%) Vue
12 60 (2.55%) ASP.NET
13 56 (2.38%) PySpark
14 53 (2.25%) OAuth
14 53 (2.25%) Web Services
15 51 (2.16%) .NET Framework
16 47 (1.99%) YAML
17 46 (1.95%) Middleware
17 46 (1.95%) PyTorch
18 42 (1.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 206 (8.74%) Cloud Native
2 107 (4.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 100 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 98 (4.16%) Management Information System
5 79 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
6 78 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
7 73 (3.10%) Security Posture
8 61 (2.59%) Data Centre
9 60 (2.55%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.42%) AI Agents
11 56 (2.38%) Onboarding
12 51 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
13 48 (2.04%) Public Cloud
14 43 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
15 42 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
16 36 (1.53%) Algorithms
17 31 (1.32%) Data Structures
18 30 (1.27%) Reinsurance
18 30 (1.27%) Virtual Team
19 25 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 379 (16.09%) Windows
2 183 (7.77%) Windows Server
3 161 (6.83%) Linux
4 69 (2.93%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.83%) Mac OS
6 40 (1.70%) Unix
7 35 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 31 (1.32%) Android
9 30 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 25 (1.06%) VMS
11 17 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
13 8 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.21%) CentOS
15 4 (0.17%) Solaris
16 3 (0.13%) SUSE
17 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
18 1 (0.042%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 699 (29.67%) DevOps
2 597 (25.34%) CI/CD
3 584 (24.79%) Agile
4 504 (21.39%) AI
5 487 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
6 418 (17.74%) Analytics
7 307 (13.03%) Mentoring
8 297 (12.61%) Computer Science
9 295 (12.52%) Roadmaps
10 288 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 285 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
12 281 (11.93%) Data Modelling
13 275 (11.67%) Business Intelligence
14 258 (10.95%) Machine Learning
15 256 (10.87%) Microservices
16 248 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
17 246 (10.44%) ETL
18 231 (9.80%) Data Pipeline
19 222 (9.42%) Migration
20 219 (9.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 646 (27.42%) Python
2 587 (24.92%) SQL
3 289 (12.27%) PowerShell
4 285 (12.10%) C#
5 255 (10.82%) JavaScript
6 128 (5.43%) Java
7 123 (5.22%) TypeScript
8 70 (2.97%) Bash
9 50 (2.12%) Bicep
10 42 (1.78%) T-SQL
11 37 (1.57%) Scala
12 36 (1.53%) R
13 33 (1.40%) Go
14 31 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 24 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
16 16 (0.68%) C++
17 14 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.55%) Rust
19 12 (0.51%) PHP
20 10 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 429 (18.21%) Degree
2 224 (9.51%) Azure Certification
3 210 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 141 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 125 (5.31%) Security Cleared
6 116 (4.92%) AWS Certification
7 103 (4.37%) Master's Degree
8 89 (3.78%) SC Cleared
9 84 (3.57%) CISSP
10 55 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (1.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 37 (1.57%) CCNP
12 37 (1.57%) CISM
13 34 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 34 (1.44%) PMI Certification
14 31 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
15 25 (1.06%) CEH
15 25 (1.06%) PMP
16 23 (0.98%) CCIE
16 23 (0.98%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (7.77%) GDPR
2 173 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 132 (5.60%) NIST
4 118 (5.01%) Data Quality
5 110 (4.67%) QA
6 48 (2.04%) SLA
7 35 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 33 (1.40%) NCSC
9 28 (1.19%) EU AI Act
10 24 (1.02%) Accessibility
10 24 (1.02%) HIPAA
11 23 (0.98%) PSD2
12 22 (0.93%) PCI DSS
13 21 (0.89%) Solvency II
14 18 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 15 (0.64%) SOC 2
16 14 (0.59%) PMO
17 11 (0.47%) ISO 22301
18 9 (0.38%) GRC
19 8 (0.34%) EMIR
System Software
1 331 (14.05%) Active Directory
2 227 (9.63%) Docker
3 91 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (0.72%) Firmware
8 16 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (0.55%) vSphere
10 9 (0.38%) XenDesktop
11 8 (0.34%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.21%) NFS
12 5 (0.21%) XenApp
13 4 (0.17%) KVM
13 4 (0.17%) Postfix
13 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.13%) ISA Server
15 2 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.085%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.085%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 289 (12.27%) Terraform
2 264 (11.21%) Kubernetes
3 200 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 116 (4.92%) Ansible
5 53 (2.25%) SCCM
6 42 (1.78%) Grafana
6 42 (1.78%) Prometheus
7 38 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.85%) FortiGate
9 17 (0.72%) Argo
10 14 (0.59%) CASB
11 12 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.42%) Autotask
13 9 (0.38%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.38%) SCOM
14 8 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.30%) Rancher
16 5 (0.21%) Puppet
16 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,007 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 203 (8.62%) Databricks
3 164 (6.96%) VMware
4 121 (5.14%) Cisco
5 96 (4.07%) Google
6 83 (3.52%) Oracle
7 74 (3.14%) Palo Alto
8 69 (2.93%) ServiceNow
9 58 (2.46%) SAP
10 54 (2.29%) Fortinet
11 50 (2.12%) Salesforce
12 44 (1.87%) OpenAI
13 37 (1.57%) Meraki
14 33 (1.40%) Informatica
15 32 (1.36%) Citrix
15 32 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
16 31 (1.32%) SolarWinds
17 30 (1.27%) CheckPoint
18 24 (1.02%) Commvault
18 24 (1.02%) Dell