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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,009 2,439 4,667
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.12% 19.97% 19.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.60% 44.62% 44.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,141 1,807 3,745
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 £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -9.23%

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 7,412 5,466 10,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.79% 44.74% 42.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,059 3,836 8,193
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £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 13 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 13 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 0 615 £82,500 +6.45% 218
West London +12 81 £60,000 +41.18% 44
South London +21 47 £80,000 +23.08% 7
East London -8 21 £31,500 -63.48% 31
North London +1 9 £55,000 -18.52% 10
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
1 190 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 125 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 61 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 47 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 36 (1.20%) Confluence
6 18 (0.60%) Apache
6 18 (0.60%) Palantir Foundry
7 15 (0.50%) CMS
8 11 (0.37%) WordPress
9 8 (0.27%) Appian
9 8 (0.27%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.20%) Camunda
10 6 (0.20%) IIS
11 5 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
12 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.100%) Mule
Applications
1 47 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.53%) PlantUML
5 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.033%) Maya
8 1 (0.033%) Notion
8 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.033%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.23%) Endur
4 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.100%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.100%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.066%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.066%) Shopify
9 1 (0.033%) Alphatax
9 1 (0.033%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.033%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 977 (32.47%) AWS
2 575 (19.11%) GCP
3 511 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
4 371 (12.33%) Power Platform
5 363 (12.06%) Entra ID
6 358 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
7 202 (6.71%) SaaS
8 193 (6.41%) GitHub
9 149 (4.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 144 (4.79%) PaaS
11 138 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 134 (4.45%) Serverless
13 127 (4.22%) Azure AI
14 116 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 103 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
16 102 (3.39%) Snowflake
17 99 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
18 98 (3.26%) Power Automate
19 95 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
20 94 (3.12%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 312 (10.37%) Firewall
2 180 (5.98%) VPN
3 170 (5.65%) DNS
4 158 (5.25%) WAN
5 139 (4.62%) DHCP
6 136 (4.52%) Network Security
7 123 (4.09%) Wi-Fi
8 109 (3.62%) LAN
9 92 (3.06%) TCP/IP
10 86 (2.86%) SD-WAN
11 63 (2.09%) VLAN
12 55 (1.83%) SAN
13 41 (1.36%) BGP
14 38 (1.26%) Wireless
15 37 (1.23%) OSPF
16 31 (1.03%) VoIP
17 30 (1.00%) WLAN
18 27 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
18 27 (0.90%) Internet
19 24 (0.80%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 250 (8.31%) Power BI
3 131 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 126 (4.19%) Data Lake
5 102 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 64 (2.13%) MongoDB
7 62 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
8 61 (2.03%) Tableau
9 60 (1.99%) NoSQL
10 58 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
11 55 (1.83%) Metadata
12 46 (1.53%) BigQuery
12 46 (1.53%) Relational Database
13 44 (1.46%) Big Data
14 42 (1.40%) Delta Lake
15 41 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 33 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
17 28 (0.93%) MySQL
18 26 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 25 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 181 (6.02%) Git
2 99 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.63%) JIRA
4 76 (2.53%) GitLab
5 42 (1.40%) MLflow
6 29 (0.96%) Postman
7 22 (0.73%) Eclipse
8 19 (0.63%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.53%) Selenium
10 14 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.47%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.37%) Vite
13 10 (0.33%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.33%) Claude Code
14 9 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.23%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 934 (31.04%) Finance
2 826 (27.45%) Social Skills
3 286 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (7.38%) Banking
5 177 (5.88%) Law
6 126 (4.19%) Public Sector
7 120 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (3.56%) Legal
9 73 (2.43%) Retail
10 61 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (1.43%) Financial Institution
14 35 (1.16%) Front Office
15 31 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
15 31 (1.03%) Marketing
16 27 (0.90%) Advertising
17 21 (0.70%) Investment Banking
18 19 (0.63%) Multimedia
18 19 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 575 (19.11%) Senior
2 461 (15.32%) Architect
3 403 (13.39%) Lead
4 301 (10.00%) Developer
5 275 (9.14%) Azure Engineer
6 180 (5.98%) Analyst
7 167 (5.55%) Data Engineer
8 160 (5.32%) Cloud Engineer
9 146 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
10 127 (4.22%) Software Engineer
11 122 (4.05%) Consultant
12 112 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
13 107 (3.56%) Azure Architect
14 102 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 101 (3.36%) IT Engineer
16 99 (3.29%) Security Engineer
17 96 (3.19%) Network Engineer
17 96 (3.19%) Support Engineer
18 94 (3.12%) Platform Engineer
19 90 (2.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 299 (9.94%) .NET
2 166 (5.52%) React
3 133 (4.42%) REST
4 114 (3.79%) Kafka
5 102 (3.39%) OAuth
6 85 (2.82%) RESTful
7 81 (2.69%) Node.js
8 74 (2.46%) .NET Core
8 74 (2.46%) CSS
8 74 (2.46%) LangChain
9 68 (2.26%) HTML
9 68 (2.26%) PySpark
10 65 (2.16%) Spring
11 57 (1.89%) PyTorch
12 56 (1.86%) ASP.NET
12 56 (1.86%) SAML
12 56 (1.86%) TensorFlow
13 55 (1.83%) Spring Boot
14 50 (1.66%) OpenID
15 44 (1.46%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 337 (11.20%) Cloud Native
2 126 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 108 (3.59%) Security Posture
4 94 (3.12%) Data Centre
5 83 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
6 72 (2.39%) Onboarding
7 68 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 68 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 64 (2.13%) AI Agents
8 64 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
9 62 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 62 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 59 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
12 43 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
13 42 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
14 41 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 40 (1.33%) Cyberattack
16 34 (1.13%) Algorithms
17 33 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 416 (13.83%) Windows
2 167 (5.55%) Linux
3 161 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 71 (2.36%) Windows 10
5 38 (1.26%) Mac OS
6 34 (1.13%) VMS
7 28 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 28 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (0.86%) Unix
9 23 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (0.63%) Android
11 17 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.33%) CentOS
12 10 (0.33%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
16 1 (0.033%) CoreOS
16 1 (0.033%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 850 (28.25%) DevOps
2 756 (25.12%) CI/CD
3 629 (20.90%) AI
4 602 (20.01%) Agile
5 458 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
6 445 (14.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 444 (14.76%) Roadmaps
8 424 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 424 (14.09%) Mentoring
9 420 (13.96%) Analytics
10 318 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
11 312 (10.37%) Data Engineering
12 293 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 291 (9.67%) Business Intelligence
14 280 (9.31%) Software Engineering
15 272 (9.04%) Machine Learning
16 271 (9.01%) Data Modelling
17 261 (8.67%) Microservices
18 254 (8.44%) Migration
19 235 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 729 (24.23%) Python
2 613 (20.37%) SQL
3 330 (10.97%) PowerShell
4 294 (9.77%) C#
5 222 (7.38%) JavaScript
6 169 (5.62%) Java
7 161 (5.35%) TypeScript
8 110 (3.66%) Bash
9 76 (2.53%) Bicep
10 45 (1.50%) Go
11 35 (1.16%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 30 (1.00%) R
14 23 (0.76%) Scala
15 19 (0.63%) C++
16 15 (0.50%) Rust
17 13 (0.43%) RPG
17 13 (0.43%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.37%) C
18 11 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 366 (12.16%) Degree
2 288 (9.57%) Azure Certification
3 235 (7.81%) Security Cleared
4 173 (5.75%) SC Cleared
5 145 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 126 (4.19%) CISSP
7 119 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 112 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
9 74 (2.46%) AWS Certification
10 56 (1.86%) CCNP
11 55 (1.83%) CCNA
11 55 (1.83%) CISM
12 51 (1.69%) Master's Degree
13 50 (1.66%) CEH
14 44 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
15 36 (1.20%) DV Cleared
16 32 (1.06%) CCIE
17 27 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 26 (0.86%) PMI Certification
18 26 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 160 (5.32%) NIST
3 153 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 153 (5.08%) GDPR
4 112 (3.72%) QA
5 93 (3.09%) SLA
6 56 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 49 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 40 (1.33%) NCSC
9 36 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 35 (1.16%) GRC
11 31 (1.03%) PMO
12 28 (0.93%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 18 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 16 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 9 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 8 (0.27%) COBIT
18 8 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 417 (13.86%) Active Directory
2 240 (7.98%) Docker
3 121 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (1.69%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 31 (1.03%) vSphere
8 14 (0.47%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.13%) Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) KVM
11 2 (0.066%) Xen
11 2 (0.066%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.033%) NLBS
12 1 (0.033%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 422 (14.02%) Terraform
2 323 (10.73%) Kubernetes
3 217 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 137 (4.55%) Ansible
5 61 (2.03%) SCCM
6 57 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 56 (1.86%) Grafana
8 44 (1.46%) Prometheus
9 32 (1.06%) FortiGate
10 29 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.43%) Istio
12 11 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.33%) Kibana
14 9 (0.30%) Argo
14 9 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.30%) Nagios
15 8 (0.27%) CASB
16 7 (0.23%) Control-M
16 7 (0.23%) QRadar
16 7 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,212 (40.28%) Microsoft
2 305 (10.14%) Databricks
3 197 (6.55%) VMware
4 148 (4.92%) Cisco
5 131 (4.35%) Google
6 90 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 81 (2.69%) OpenAI
8 73 (2.43%) Palo Alto
9 65 (2.16%) Oracle
10 52 (1.73%) Foundry
11 50 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 50 (1.66%) Splunk
12 49 (1.63%) Meraki
13 48 (1.60%) SAP
14 46 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
15 45 (1.50%) Dynatrace
16 43 (1.43%) SolarWinds
17 42 (1.40%) Dell
18 40 (1.33%) Salesforce
19 37 (1.23%) ForeScout