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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,555 2,853 4,404
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.96% 19.60% 20.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.20% 44.01% 45.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,842 2,030 3,830
10th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.73% -1.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.20% -8.42%

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 6,201 6,482 9,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 38.74% 44.53% 45.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,000 4,257 8,018
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +1 596 £77,500 +3.33% 184
West London +12 65 £67,500 +21.62% 38
East London -10 22 £32,000 -50.39% 24
South London +14 21 £43,000 -28.33% 12
North London +17 18 £75,000 -6.25% 7
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
1 183 (7.16%) SharePoint
2 147 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (1.06%) Confluence
6 15 (0.59%) Apache
6 15 (0.59%) Appian
7 11 (0.43%) IIS
8 9 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
9 8 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 7 (0.27%) CMS
11 6 (0.23%) Moodle
12 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 5 (0.20%) SAS
12 5 (0.20%) WordPress
13 4 (0.16%) Camunda
14 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.078%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 44 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.12%) Maya
6 3 (0.12%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.078%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.078%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.98%) Endur
3 12 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.23%) Shopify
4 6 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.20%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.16%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.078%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.078%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.078%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.078%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.078%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.039%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 887 (34.72%) AWS
2 494 (19.33%) GCP
3 455 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
4 408 (15.97%) Power Platform
5 341 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
6 289 (11.31%) Entra ID
7 194 (7.59%) SaaS
8 188 (7.36%) GitHub
9 151 (5.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.32%) Power Automate
11 120 (4.70%) PaaS
12 107 (4.19%) PowerApps
13 105 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 105 (4.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 104 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
15 101 (3.95%) Serverless
16 83 (3.25%) Azure AI
17 72 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
18 68 (2.66%) Snowflake
19 65 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 277 (10.84%) Firewall
2 168 (6.58%) VPN
3 158 (6.18%) DNS
4 151 (5.91%) WAN
5 132 (5.17%) DHCP
6 112 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
7 101 (3.95%) TCP/IP
8 94 (3.68%) LAN
9 76 (2.97%) SD-WAN
10 60 (2.35%) Network Security
11 56 (2.19%) Internet
12 53 (2.07%) VLAN
13 40 (1.57%) SAN
14 38 (1.49%) Wireless
15 36 (1.41%) VoIP
16 26 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
17 25 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
18 24 (0.94%) BGP
18 24 (0.94%) OSPF
19 21 (0.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (11.47%) Power BI
2 259 (10.14%) SQL Server
3 164 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
4 148 (5.79%) Data Lake
5 102 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 84 (3.29%) NoSQL
7 81 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
8 67 (2.62%) MongoDB
9 64 (2.50%) Metadata
10 55 (2.15%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 50 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
13 48 (1.88%) Big Data
14 44 (1.72%) Tableau
15 39 (1.53%) BigQuery
16 30 (1.17%) MySQL
17 28 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 24 (0.94%) Pinecone
19 23 (0.90%) Hadoop
20 22 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 185 (7.24%) Git
2 85 (3.33%) JIRA
3 84 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 50 (1.96%) GitLab
5 39 (1.53%) Visual Studio
6 37 (1.45%) MLflow
7 33 (1.29%) Postman
8 19 (0.74%) Eclipse
8 19 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
8 19 (0.74%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.67%) Selenium
10 13 (0.51%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.47%) Chocolatey
12 10 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.39%) CircleCI
12 10 (0.39%) JMeter
12 10 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.31%) Vite
14 7 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 781 (30.57%) Finance
2 743 (29.08%) Social Skills
3 276 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (7.95%) Banking
5 197 (7.71%) Law
6 118 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 117 (4.58%) Legal
8 109 (4.27%) Retail
9 100 (3.91%) Public Sector
10 67 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 63 (2.47%) Marketing
12 60 (2.35%) Financial Institution
13 55 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
14 51 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
15 45 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 45 (1.76%) Telecoms
16 37 (1.45%) Retail Banking
17 36 (1.41%) Multimedia
18 30 (1.17%) Front Office
19 26 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 492 (19.26%) Senior
2 319 (12.49%) Architect
3 318 (12.45%) Lead
4 315 (12.33%) Developer
5 204 (7.98%) Analyst
6 187 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
7 177 (6.93%) Data Engineer
8 124 (4.85%) Support Engineer
9 122 (4.77%) Software Engineer
10 121 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 104 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
12 94 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
13 87 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
14 83 (3.25%) IT Support
15 82 (3.21%) Network Engineer
16 80 (3.13%) Senior Developer
17 79 (3.09%) IT Engineer
18 77 (3.01%) Data Architect
19 73 (2.86%) Security Engineer
20 72 (2.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (10.06%) .NET
2 163 (6.38%) React
3 143 (5.60%) REST
4 104 (4.07%) RESTful
5 103 (4.03%) CSS
6 101 (3.95%) HTML
7 88 (3.44%) Node.js
7 88 (3.44%) OAuth
8 76 (2.97%) .NET Core
9 67 (2.62%) Kafka
10 52 (2.04%) AngularJS
11 50 (1.96%) Django
11 50 (1.96%) SAML
12 46 (1.80%) PySpark
12 46 (1.80%) SOAP
13 44 (1.72%) LangChain
14 43 (1.68%) Web Services
15 41 (1.60%) PyTorch
16 39 (1.53%) Vue
17 38 (1.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 210 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 102 (3.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 89 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 86 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 85 (3.33%) Security Posture
6 82 (3.21%) Management Information System
7 72 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 65 (2.54%) AI Agents
9 64 (2.50%) Data Structures
10 63 (2.47%) Low-Code
11 59 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
12 57 (2.23%) Data Centre
12 57 (2.23%) Onboarding
13 55 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
14 45 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
15 44 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
16 39 (1.53%) Public Cloud
17 38 (1.49%) Algorithms
18 34 (1.33%) Virtual Team
19 33 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 379 (14.83%) Windows
2 173 (6.77%) Windows Server
3 150 (5.87%) Linux
4 82 (3.21%) Windows 10
5 49 (1.92%) Unix
6 42 (1.64%) Mac OS
7 34 (1.33%) Apple iOS
8 32 (1.25%) VMS
9 31 (1.21%) Android
10 28 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
12 17 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.39%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.35%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 5 (0.20%) CentOS
17 3 (0.12%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.12%) SUSE
18 2 (0.078%) Solaris
19 1 (0.039%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 717 (28.06%) DevOps
2 638 (24.97%) CI/CD
3 547 (21.41%) AI
4 546 (21.37%) Agile
5 463 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
6 435 (17.03%) Analytics
7 346 (13.54%) Mentoring
8 318 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
9 314 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 303 (11.86%) Computer Science
11 301 (11.78%) Roadmaps
12 300 (11.74%) Infrastructure as Code
13 299 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
14 278 (10.88%) Data Modelling
15 270 (10.57%) Software Engineering
16 266 (10.41%) Microservices
17 236 (9.24%) Machine Learning
18 225 (8.81%) ETL
18 225 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
19 218 (8.53%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 665 (26.03%) Python
2 582 (22.78%) SQL
3 307 (12.02%) PowerShell
4 272 (10.65%) C#
5 254 (9.94%) JavaScript
6 135 (5.28%) TypeScript
7 126 (4.93%) Java
8 86 (3.37%) Bash
9 52 (2.04%) Bicep
10 43 (1.68%) Go
11 42 (1.64%) T-SQL
12 37 (1.45%) R
13 33 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 25 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 24 (0.94%) Scala
16 19 (0.74%) C++
17 16 (0.63%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.59%) Rust
19 12 (0.47%) PHP
20 10 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 416 (16.28%) Degree
2 242 (9.47%) Azure Certification
3 227 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 168 (6.58%) Security Cleared
5 138 (5.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 118 (4.62%) SC Cleared
7 106 (4.15%) CISSP
8 105 (4.11%) AWS Certification
9 84 (3.29%) Master's Degree
10 55 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
11 48 (1.88%) CISM
12 41 (1.60%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 36 (1.41%) CEH
15 35 (1.37%) CCNP
16 33 (1.29%) PMI Certification
17 29 (1.14%) PMP
18 28 (1.10%) CCNA
18 28 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
19 24 (0.94%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 173 (6.77%) GDPR
3 157 (6.14%) NIST
4 129 (5.05%) Data Quality
5 85 (3.33%) QA
6 66 (2.58%) SLA
7 39 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 35 (1.37%) NCSC
8 35 (1.37%) PCI DSS
9 33 (1.29%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.10%) EU AI Act
11 27 (1.06%) SOC 2
12 24 (0.94%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.90%) PSD2
14 22 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 22 (0.86%) Solvency II
15 18 (0.70%) GRC
16 15 (0.59%) ISO 22301
17 13 (0.51%) PMO
18 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 373 (14.60%) Active Directory
2 252 (9.86%) Docker
3 94 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 57 (2.23%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (0.86%) vSphere
8 14 (0.55%) Firmware
9 12 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.23%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 2 (0.078%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.078%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.078%) NFS
13 2 (0.078%) XenApp
14 1 (0.039%) vCloud
14 1 (0.039%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 320 (12.52%) Terraform
2 296 (11.59%) Kubernetes
3 225 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 123 (4.81%) Ansible
5 60 (2.35%) SCCM
6 57 (2.23%) Grafana
7 52 (2.04%) Prometheus
8 38 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
9 26 (1.02%) FortiGate
10 22 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 20 (0.78%) Argo
12 15 (0.59%) CASB
13 8 (0.31%) Kibana
14 7 (0.27%) VxRail
15 6 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
15 6 (0.23%) SCOM
16 5 (0.20%) Control-M
16 5 (0.20%) linkerd
16 5 (0.20%) Rancher
16 5 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,023 (40.04%) Microsoft
2 198 (7.75%) Databricks
3 182 (7.12%) VMware
4 137 (5.36%) Google
5 121 (4.74%) Cisco
6 77 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 75 (2.94%) Palo Alto
8 67 (2.62%) Oracle
9 59 (2.31%) Fortinet
9 59 (2.31%) OpenAI
10 48 (1.88%) Meraki
11 46 (1.80%) SAP
12 45 (1.76%) Salesforce
13 36 (1.41%) CheckPoint
13 36 (1.41%) SolarWinds
14 34 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
15 32 (1.25%) Informatica
16 31 (1.21%) Dell
17 29 (1.14%) Commvault
18 28 (1.10%) Dynatrace