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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,360 3,404 4,330
As % of all permanent jobs in London 18.37% 19.78% 22.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.10% 44.01% 47.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,704 2,402 3,783
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,016 £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 £113,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 5,742 7,734 9,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.70% 44.94% 47.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,720 5,099 7,724
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,063 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 18 November 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 18 November 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 0 435 £77,500 +6.90% 934
West London -3 53 £72,500 - 104
South London +15 26 £65,000 +5.44% 40
North London +14 25 £75,000 +21.95% 15
East London -14 21 £34,000 -31.66% 86
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
1 169 (7.16%) SharePoint
2 153 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 84 (3.56%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
5 34 (1.44%) Confluence
6 21 (0.89%) CMS
7 19 (0.81%) Apache
8 14 (0.59%) IIS
9 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.21%) nginx
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 4 (0.17%) Appian
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.17%) Moodle
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 35 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.34%) Maya
5 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.21%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.55%) Endur
4 11 (0.47%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.30%) Shopify
6 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.17%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.085%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.042%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.042%) Markit EDM
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 855 (36.23%) AWS
2 476 (20.17%) GCP
3 404 (17.12%) Microsoft 365
4 386 (16.36%) Power Platform
5 335 (14.19%) Azure DevOps
6 245 (10.38%) Entra ID
7 163 (6.91%) SaaS
8 153 (6.48%) GitHub
9 141 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
11 130 (5.51%) Power Automate
12 120 (5.08%) Serverless
13 116 (4.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 113 (4.79%) PowerApps
15 106 (4.49%) PaaS
16 104 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 77 (3.26%) Azure Sentinel
18 68 (2.88%) Snowflake
19 61 (2.58%) Azure Functions
19 61 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 227 (9.62%) Firewall
2 124 (5.25%) VPN
3 122 (5.17%) WAN
4 117 (4.96%) DNS
5 109 (4.62%) LAN
6 79 (3.35%) TCP/IP
7 76 (3.22%) DHCP
8 71 (3.01%) Network Security
9 58 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (1.95%) Wireless
11 42 (1.78%) SD-WAN
12 37 (1.57%) VLAN
13 35 (1.48%) VoIP
14 33 (1.40%) Internet
15 27 (1.14%) BGP
15 27 (1.14%) OSPF
16 20 (0.85%) SAN
17 14 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (0.59%) MPLS
18 13 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (11.02%) Power BI
2 234 (9.92%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
4 135 (5.72%) Data Lake
5 120 (5.08%) NoSQL
6 106 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 102 (4.32%) Relational Database
8 92 (3.90%) MongoDB
9 83 (3.52%) Metadata
10 82 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
11 55 (2.33%) Big Data
12 43 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (1.82%) MySQL
13 41 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 39 (1.65%) Hadoop
15 31 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
16 28 (1.19%) Tableau
17 25 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 22 (0.93%) Redis
18 22 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 193 (8.18%) Git
2 109 (4.62%) JIRA
3 71 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.08%) GitLab
5 39 (1.65%) Visual Studio
6 22 (0.93%) Postman
6 22 (0.93%) Selenium
7 19 (0.81%) MLflow
8 16 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
9 15 (0.64%) JMeter
9 15 (0.64%) TeamCity
10 14 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
11 12 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 11 (0.47%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.42%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
15 6 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 753 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 740 (31.36%) Finance
3 292 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (10.38%) Law
5 204 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 199 (8.43%) Banking
7 142 (6.02%) Retail
8 128 (5.42%) Marketing
9 113 (4.79%) Legal
10 78 (3.31%) Public Sector
11 61 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 60 (2.54%) Telecoms
13 59 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
15 40 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.44%) Manufacturing
17 31 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
18 30 (1.27%) Back Office
18 30 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
19 29 (1.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 446 (18.90%) Senior
2 354 (15.00%) Developer
3 336 (14.24%) Lead
4 293 (12.42%) Architect
5 190 (8.05%) Data Engineer
6 186 (7.88%) Analyst
7 133 (5.64%) Azure Engineer
8 115 (4.87%) Support Engineer
9 110 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 105 (4.45%) Software Engineer
11 96 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
12 93 (3.94%) Senior Developer
13 85 (3.60%) Data Architect
14 76 (3.22%) .NET Developer
14 76 (3.22%) IT Support
15 74 (3.14%) Support Analyst
16 69 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
17 67 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
18 60 (2.54%) Consultant
19 59 (2.50%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (11.91%) .NET
2 188 (7.97%) React
3 137 (5.81%) REST
4 110 (4.66%) .NET Core
5 109 (4.62%) HTML
6 107 (4.53%) AngularJS
7 105 (4.45%) Kafka
8 102 (4.32%) RESTful
9 94 (3.98%) CSS
10 89 (3.77%) Node.js
11 73 (3.09%) ASP.NET
12 71 (3.01%) Vue
13 65 (2.75%) .NET Framework
14 60 (2.54%) PySpark
15 57 (2.42%) Web Services
16 52 (2.20%) OAuth
17 46 (1.95%) ASP.NET MVC
17 46 (1.95%) JSON
18 45 (1.91%) Middleware
18 45 (1.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 218 (9.24%) Cloud Native
2 110 (4.66%) Product Ownership
3 103 (4.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 94 (3.98%) Management Information System
5 75 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
7 71 (3.01%) Data Centre
8 68 (2.88%) Security Posture
9 61 (2.58%) Public Cloud
10 54 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
11 51 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
12 50 (2.12%) AI Agents
12 50 (2.12%) Low-Code
12 50 (2.12%) Onboarding
13 40 (1.69%) Data Structures
14 39 (1.65%) Private Cloud
15 37 (1.57%) Algorithms
15 37 (1.57%) Reinsurance
16 36 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
16 36 (1.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 397 (16.82%) Windows
2 188 (7.97%) Windows Server
3 171 (7.25%) Linux
4 61 (2.58%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.86%) Mac OS
6 42 (1.78%) Unix
7 30 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 29 (1.23%) Apple iOS
9 28 (1.19%) Android
10 19 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (0.72%) VMS
11 17 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (0.38%) CentOS
13 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
13 8 (0.34%) Solaris
14 7 (0.30%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.21%) HPUX
16 4 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (30.51%) DevOps
2 674 (28.56%) Agile
3 618 (26.19%) CI/CD
4 515 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
5 457 (19.36%) AI
6 409 (17.33%) Analytics
7 322 (13.64%) Mentoring
8 293 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 286 (12.12%) Data Modelling
10 282 (11.95%) Microservices
11 277 (11.74%) Computer Science
12 273 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
13 272 (11.53%) Roadmaps
14 271 (11.48%) Software Engineering
15 266 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
16 254 (10.76%) Machine Learning
17 242 (10.25%) Migration
18 240 (10.17%) ETL
19 234 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
20 226 (9.58%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 658 (27.88%) Python
2 617 (26.14%) SQL
3 307 (13.01%) C#
4 274 (11.61%) PowerShell
5 248 (10.51%) JavaScript
6 150 (6.36%) Java
7 143 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 69 (2.92%) Bash
9 53 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.74%) Bicep
11 39 (1.65%) Scala
12 35 (1.48%) Go
13 34 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 28 (1.19%) R
15 26 (1.10%) Shell Script
16 24 (1.02%) Kotlin
17 18 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.72%) Rust
19 14 (0.59%) C++
20 12 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 412 (17.46%) Degree
2 207 (8.77%) Azure Certification
3 190 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 136 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 127 (5.38%) Security Cleared
6 110 (4.66%) AWS Certification
7 108 (4.58%) Master's Degree
8 91 (3.86%) SC Cleared
9 70 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 66 (2.80%) CISSP
11 45 (1.91%) CCNP
12 34 (1.44%) CCNA
13 30 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.23%) CISM
14 29 (1.23%) DV Cleared
15 25 (1.06%) MCSE
16 23 (0.97%) CCIE
16 23 (0.97%) PhD
17 22 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 22 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (7.80%) GDPR
2 156 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 129 (5.47%) QA
4 115 (4.87%) NIST
5 111 (4.70%) Data Quality
6 36 (1.53%) SLA
7 33 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (1.19%) EU AI Act
8 28 (1.19%) NCSC
9 26 (1.10%) HIPAA
10 23 (0.97%) PSD2
10 23 (0.97%) Solvency II
11 20 (0.85%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.51%) PMO
14 10 (0.42%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.30%) EMIR
15 7 (0.30%) GRC
16 6 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 341 (14.45%) Active Directory
2 231 (9.79%) Docker
3 98 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.58%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.51%) Firmware
8 12 (0.51%) vSphere
9 11 (0.47%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.38%) NFS
11 6 (0.25%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.21%) XenApp
12 5 (0.21%) zsh
13 4 (0.17%) ISA Server
13 4 (0.17%) KVM
13 4 (0.17%) Postfix
13 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.085%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 294 (12.46%) Kubernetes
2 280 (11.86%) Terraform
3 206 (8.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 130 (5.51%) Ansible
5 51 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
6 50 (2.12%) SCCM
7 42 (1.78%) Grafana
7 42 (1.78%) Prometheus
8 19 (0.81%) Argo
9 16 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 15 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (0.51%) SCOM
12 11 (0.47%) Autotask
12 11 (0.47%) Kubeflow
13 10 (0.42%) Puppet
14 9 (0.38%) CASB
15 8 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 5 (0.21%) Rancher
16 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 998 (42.29%) Microsoft
2 236 (10.00%) Databricks
3 169 (7.16%) VMware
4 132 (5.59%) Cisco
5 105 (4.45%) Google
6 94 (3.98%) Oracle
7 67 (2.84%) ServiceNow
8 66 (2.80%) Palo Alto
9 59 (2.50%) SAP
10 44 (1.86%) SolarWinds
11 43 (1.82%) Salesforce
12 41 (1.74%) Fortinet
13 40 (1.69%) Meraki
14 33 (1.40%) Citrix
15 31 (1.31%) Informatica
15 31 (1.31%) OpenAI
16 28 (1.19%) Splunk
17 24 (1.02%) CheckPoint
17 24 (1.02%) Dell
17 24 (1.02%) Foundry