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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,461 2,986 4,470
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.25% 19.79% 20.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.96% 44.17% 46.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,773 2,061 3,882
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 6,009 6,760 9,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.69% 44.80% 45.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,890 4,299 8,078
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £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 £98,750 £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 9 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 9 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 0 555 £77,500 +3.33% 268
West London +16 65 £62,500 - 58
East London -8 22 £32,000 -44.35% 42
South London +17 20 £46,000 -23.33% 25
North London +18 18 £75,000 -6.25% 8
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
1 179 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 144 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (2.19%) Apache Spark
4 34 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.18%) Confluence
6 16 (0.65%) Apache
7 15 (0.61%) Appian
8 12 (0.49%) IIS
9 9 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.33%) CMS
11 6 (0.24%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 5 (0.20%) SAS
12 5 (0.20%) WordPress
13 4 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
13 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.16%) Moodle
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 45 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.24%) Maya
6 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.16%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.081%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.93%) Endur
3 17 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.24%) Shopify
6 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.081%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.081%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.081%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.041%) Alphatax
10 1 (0.041%) Distributed Ledger
10 1 (0.041%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.041%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 863 (35.07%) AWS
2 476 (19.34%) GCP
3 432 (17.55%) Microsoft 365
4 398 (16.17%) Power Platform
5 352 (14.30%) Azure DevOps
6 269 (10.93%) Entra ID
7 181 (7.35%) GitHub
8 172 (6.99%) SaaS
9 151 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 138 (5.61%) Power Automate
11 112 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
12 110 (4.47%) PowerApps
13 108 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
14 105 (4.27%) PaaS
15 99 (4.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 95 (3.86%) Serverless
17 86 (3.49%) Azure AI
18 67 (2.72%) Snowflake
19 66 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
20 64 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 253 (10.28%) Firewall
2 159 (6.46%) VPN
3 139 (5.65%) DNS
4 134 (5.44%) WAN
5 117 (4.75%) DHCP
6 100 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (3.62%) TCP/IP
8 83 (3.37%) LAN
9 69 (2.80%) SD-WAN
10 53 (2.15%) Internet
10 53 (2.15%) Network Security
11 48 (1.95%) VLAN
12 37 (1.50%) Wireless
13 34 (1.38%) SAN
13 34 (1.38%) VoIP
14 24 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
15 21 (0.85%) BGP
15 21 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (0.85%) OSPF
16 19 (0.77%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (11.21%) Power BI
2 246 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 174 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
4 153 (6.22%) Data Lake
5 109 (4.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 94 (3.82%) NoSQL
7 81 (3.29%) MongoDB
8 73 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
9 71 (2.89%) Metadata
10 59 (2.40%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
12 50 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (1.99%) Big Data
14 37 (1.50%) Tableau
15 36 (1.46%) BigQuery
16 31 (1.26%) MySQL
17 28 (1.14%) Hadoop
18 25 (1.02%) Pinecone
19 23 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 21 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 188 (7.64%) Git
2 84 (3.41%) JIRA
3 74 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 45 (1.83%) GitLab
6 37 (1.50%) MLflow
7 31 (1.26%) Postman
8 20 (0.81%) Selenium
9 19 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.73%) Eclipse
10 18 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.57%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.49%) JMeter
13 9 (0.37%) Chocolatey
13 9 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.33%) SpecFlow
14 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.28%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.28%) Vite
16 6 (0.24%) Artifactory
General
1 750 (30.48%) Finance
2 729 (29.62%) Social Skills
3 282 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (8.05%) Law
5 188 (7.64%) Banking
6 119 (4.84%) Legal
7 115 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 115 (4.67%) Retail
8 92 (3.74%) Public Sector
9 67 (2.72%) Marketing
10 62 (2.52%) Financial Institution
10 62 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 53 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
12 51 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 48 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 45 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (1.46%) Multimedia
16 34 (1.38%) Retail Banking
17 26 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
18 25 (1.02%) Games
Job Titles
1 470 (19.10%) Senior
2 323 (13.12%) Developer
3 304 (12.35%) Architect
4 294 (11.95%) Lead
5 197 (8.00%) Analyst
6 179 (7.27%) Data Engineer
7 178 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
8 122 (4.96%) Support Engineer
9 119 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 112 (4.55%) Software Engineer
11 97 (3.94%) Cloud Engineer
12 93 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
13 90 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
14 78 (3.17%) Data Architect
15 76 (3.09%) IT Support
16 75 (3.05%) Senior Developer
17 74 (3.01%) IT Engineer
18 70 (2.84%) Network Engineer
19 69 (2.80%) Security Engineer
19 69 (2.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (10.48%) .NET
2 156 (6.34%) REST
3 154 (6.26%) React
4 106 (4.31%) HTML
5 102 (4.14%) RESTful
6 101 (4.10%) CSS
7 86 (3.49%) Node.js
8 84 (3.41%) .NET Core
9 81 (3.29%) OAuth
10 71 (2.89%) AngularJS
11 66 (2.68%) Kafka
12 52 (2.11%) SOAP
13 51 (2.07%) ASP.NET
13 51 (2.07%) Web Services
14 50 (2.03%) Vue
15 49 (1.99%) LangChain
16 47 (1.91%) PySpark
17 46 (1.87%) Django
18 45 (1.83%) PyTorch
19 44 (1.79%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 101 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 96 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 85 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 84 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
6 79 (3.21%) Security Posture
7 76 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
8 70 (2.84%) AI Agents
9 67 (2.72%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.32%) Onboarding
11 56 (2.28%) Data Structures
12 54 (2.19%) Data Centre
13 53 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
14 52 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
15 43 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
16 39 (1.58%) Public Cloud
17 36 (1.46%) Algorithms
17 36 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
18 32 (1.30%) Reinsurance
18 32 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 364 (14.79%) Windows
2 171 (6.95%) Windows Server
3 143 (5.81%) Linux
4 74 (3.01%) Windows 10
5 42 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 42 (1.71%) Unix
6 34 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 31 (1.26%) VMS
8 30 (1.22%) Android
9 28 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.33%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.16%) CentOS
15 3 (0.12%) Solaris
15 3 (0.12%) SUSE
16 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.041%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 688 (27.96%) DevOps
2 621 (25.23%) CI/CD
3 546 (22.19%) AI
4 544 (22.10%) Agile
5 462 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
6 430 (17.47%) Analytics
7 322 (13.08%) Mentoring
8 312 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
9 307 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 298 (12.11%) Roadmaps
11 294 (11.95%) Computer Science
12 284 (11.54%) Data Modelling
13 277 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
14 272 (11.05%) Microservices
15 269 (10.93%) Infrastructure as Code
16 252 (10.24%) Software Engineering
17 251 (10.20%) Machine Learning
18 235 (9.55%) ETL
19 226 (9.18%) Data Pipeline
20 218 (8.86%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 647 (26.29%) Python
2 583 (23.69%) SQL
3 288 (11.70%) PowerShell
4 275 (11.17%) C#
5 258 (10.48%) JavaScript
6 137 (5.57%) TypeScript
7 120 (4.88%) Java
8 78 (3.17%) Bash
9 54 (2.19%) Bicep
10 46 (1.87%) T-SQL
11 40 (1.63%) Go
12 34 (1.38%) R
13 31 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 29 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 29 (1.18%) Scala
15 19 (0.77%) C++
16 15 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.61%) Rust
17 12 (0.49%) PHP
18 11 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 417 (16.94%) Degree
2 226 (9.18%) Azure Certification
3 216 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 152 (6.18%) Security Cleared
5 136 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 109 (4.43%) AWS Certification
7 106 (4.31%) SC Cleared
8 102 (4.14%) CISSP
9 93 (3.78%) Master's Degree
10 53 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
11 45 (1.83%) CISM
12 38 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 38 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 34 (1.38%) CCNP
13 34 (1.38%) PMI Certification
13 34 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 30 (1.22%) CEH
15 27 (1.10%) PMP
16 25 (1.02%) ISTQB
17 24 (0.98%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (7.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 182 (7.40%) GDPR
3 151 (6.14%) NIST
4 135 (5.49%) Data Quality
5 87 (3.54%) QA
6 58 (2.36%) SLA
7 39 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 37 (1.50%) NCSC
9 31 (1.26%) Accessibility
9 31 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 28 (1.14%) EU AI Act
11 25 (1.02%) SOC 2
12 24 (0.98%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.93%) PSD2
14 22 (0.89%) Solvency II
15 21 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.61%) GRC
17 13 (0.53%) ISO 22301
18 11 (0.45%) PMO
19 8 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 349 (14.18%) Active Directory
2 242 (9.83%) Docker
3 85 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.65%) vSphere
8 14 (0.57%) Firmware
9 10 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.24%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 2 (0.081%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.081%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.081%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.081%) NFS
13 2 (0.081%) XenApp
14 1 (0.041%) vCloud
14 1 (0.041%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 302 (12.27%) Terraform
2 272 (11.05%) Kubernetes
3 217 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 111 (4.51%) Ansible
5 54 (2.19%) Grafana
6 52 (2.11%) SCCM
7 48 (1.95%) Prometheus
8 38 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.02%) FortiGate
10 20 (0.81%) Argo
11 19 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (0.65%) CASB
13 8 (0.33%) Kibana
14 6 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.24%) Rancher
14 6 (0.24%) SCOM
14 6 (0.24%) VxRail
15 5 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.20%) Istio
15 5 (0.20%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 997 (40.51%) Microsoft
2 195 (7.92%) Databricks
3 166 (6.75%) VMware
4 115 (4.67%) Cisco
5 114 (4.63%) Google
6 74 (3.01%) Oracle
7 73 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 71 (2.89%) Palo Alto
9 62 (2.52%) OpenAI
10 55 (2.23%) Fortinet
11 46 (1.87%) SAP
12 45 (1.83%) Salesforce
13 43 (1.75%) Meraki
14 34 (1.38%) CheckPoint
14 34 (1.38%) SolarWinds
15 33 (1.34%) Informatica
16 30 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
17 28 (1.14%) Dell
18 27 (1.10%) Splunk
19 26 (1.06%) Commvault