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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,928 2,346 4,578
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.04% 19.65% 19.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.18% 44.62% 44.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,079 1,749 3,741
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £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 7,288 5,258 10,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.94% 44.05% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,870 3,755 8,067
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,337 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,216 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.10% +6.46% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 0 655 £82,500 +6.45% 323
West London +10 76 £60,000 +41.18% 37
South London +16 47 £80,000 +23.08% 10
East London -10 22 £87,500 +2.94% 33
North London +4 11 £55,000 +10.00% 9
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
1 181 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 123 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 62 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.06%) Confluence
6 19 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.55%) Apache
8 13 (0.44%) CMS
9 11 (0.38%) WordPress
10 10 (0.34%) Appian
11 6 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.20%) Camunda
11 6 (0.20%) IIS
11 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.14%) Moodle
14 3 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 48 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.41%) PlantUML
6 10 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.034%) Maya
8 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.38%) Endur
4 7 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.10%) Shopify
9 2 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.068%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.034%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.034%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 955 (32.62%) AWS
2 556 (18.99%) GCP
3 503 (17.18%) Microsoft 365
4 380 (12.98%) Power Platform
5 354 (12.09%) Entra ID
6 350 (11.95%) Azure DevOps
7 192 (6.56%) SaaS
8 191 (6.52%) GitHub
9 155 (5.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 146 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
11 134 (4.58%) PaaS
12 126 (4.30%) Azure AI
12 126 (4.30%) Serverless
13 111 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 98 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
14 98 (3.35%) Power Automate
15 97 (3.31%) Snowflake
16 93 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
17 88 (3.01%) IaaS
18 86 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 318 (10.86%) Firewall
2 184 (6.28%) VPN
3 173 (5.91%) DNS
4 157 (5.36%) WAN
5 143 (4.88%) DHCP
6 131 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
7 126 (4.30%) Network Security
8 102 (3.48%) LAN
9 90 (3.07%) TCP/IP
10 88 (3.01%) SD-WAN
11 61 (2.08%) VLAN
12 57 (1.95%) SAN
13 37 (1.26%) Internet
14 36 (1.23%) Wireless
15 35 (1.20%) BGP
16 33 (1.13%) WLAN
17 31 (1.06%) OSPF
17 31 (1.06%) VoIP
18 27 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
19 26 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (9.08%) SQL Server
2 259 (8.85%) Power BI
3 136 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
4 134 (4.58%) Data Lake
5 94 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 68 (2.32%) NoSQL
7 63 (2.15%) Tableau
8 62 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
9 58 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
9 58 (1.98%) MongoDB
10 54 (1.84%) Big Data
11 53 (1.81%) BigQuery
12 49 (1.67%) Metadata
13 44 (1.50%) Relational Database
14 41 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 40 (1.37%) Delta Lake
16 28 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 28 (0.96%) MySQL
16 28 (0.96%) Pinecone
17 25 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 180 (6.15%) Git
2 98 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 73 (2.49%) JIRA
4 69 (2.36%) GitLab
5 49 (1.67%) MLflow
6 27 (0.92%) Postman
7 22 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.72%) Chocolatey
9 18 (0.61%) Selenium
10 15 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.48%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.41%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.38%) Vite
14 9 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 889 (30.36%) Finance
2 788 (26.91%) Social Skills
3 295 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (7.24%) Banking
5 170 (5.81%) Law
6 118 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 117 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 94 (3.21%) Legal
9 68 (2.32%) Retail
10 56 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
11 52 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 38 (1.30%) Front Office
15 32 (1.09%) Marketing
16 27 (0.92%) Multimedia
17 22 (0.75%) Advertising
17 22 (0.75%) Retail Banking
18 18 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 567 (19.36%) Senior
2 429 (14.65%) Architect
3 369 (12.60%) Lead
4 283 (9.67%) Developer
5 270 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
6 186 (6.35%) Analyst
7 170 (5.81%) Data Engineer
8 151 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 130 (4.44%) Software Engineer
10 127 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
11 121 (4.13%) Consultant
12 108 (3.69%) Azure Architect
13 107 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 106 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
15 102 (3.48%) IT Engineer
15 102 (3.48%) Support Engineer
16 98 (3.35%) Network Engineer
17 92 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
17 92 (3.14%) Security Engineer
18 83 (2.83%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (9.63%) .NET
2 162 (5.53%) React
3 129 (4.41%) REST
4 109 (3.72%) Kafka
5 97 (3.31%) OAuth
6 82 (2.80%) CSS
6 82 (2.80%) RESTful
7 75 (2.56%) HTML
8 72 (2.46%) Node.js
8 72 (2.46%) PySpark
9 66 (2.25%) .NET Core
9 66 (2.25%) LangChain
10 56 (1.91%) SAML
11 53 (1.81%) PyTorch
12 52 (1.78%) TensorFlow
13 51 (1.74%) Spring
14 47 (1.61%) Django
15 45 (1.54%) OpenID
16 42 (1.43%) ASP.NET
17 41 (1.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 288 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 123 (4.20%) Product Ownership
3 91 (3.11%) Security Posture
4 86 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 85 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 78 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 71 (2.42%) Data Structures
8 69 (2.36%) Management Information System
9 65 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 63 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
11 62 (2.12%) AI Agents
12 61 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 61 (2.08%) Public Cloud
13 51 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
14 45 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
15 43 (1.47%) Low-Code
16 40 (1.37%) Algorithms
17 39 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
18 38 (1.30%) Cyberattack
19 33 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 413 (14.11%) Windows
2 165 (5.64%) Linux
3 160 (5.46%) Windows Server
4 78 (2.66%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 35 (1.20%) VMS
6 34 (1.16%) Mac OS
7 31 (1.06%) Unix
8 30 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.89%) Android
10 25 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 11 (0.38%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.31%) CentOS
15 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.068%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.068%) SUSE
18 1 (0.034%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 814 (27.80%) DevOps
2 712 (24.32%) CI/CD
3 598 (20.42%) AI
4 570 (19.47%) Agile
5 447 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
6 427 (14.58%) Analytics
7 415 (14.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 415 (14.17%) Roadmaps
8 409 (13.97%) Mentoring
9 396 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 313 (10.69%) Cybersecurity
11 303 (10.35%) Data Engineering
12 290 (9.90%) Business Intelligence
13 276 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
14 272 (9.29%) Software Engineering
15 267 (9.12%) Data Modelling
16 256 (8.74%) Migration
17 255 (8.71%) Machine Learning
18 247 (8.44%) Microservices
19 225 (7.68%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 734 (25.07%) Python
2 611 (20.87%) SQL
3 334 (11.41%) PowerShell
4 280 (9.56%) C#
5 221 (7.55%) JavaScript
6 168 (5.74%) Java
7 148 (5.05%) TypeScript
8 99 (3.38%) Bash
9 73 (2.49%) Bicep
10 50 (1.71%) Go
11 37 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 37 (1.26%) R
12 31 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 25 (0.85%) Scala
14 22 (0.75%) C++
15 15 (0.51%) Rust
16 13 (0.44%) C
17 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.41%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 369 (12.60%) Degree
2 300 (10.25%) Azure Certification
3 219 (7.48%) Security Cleared
4 160 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 156 (5.33%) SC Cleared
6 122 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 120 (4.10%) CISSP
8 102 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
9 79 (2.70%) AWS Certification
10 52 (1.78%) CEH
11 50 (1.71%) CCNP
12 49 (1.67%) CCNA
13 48 (1.64%) CISM
14 45 (1.54%) Master's Degree
15 44 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
16 36 (1.23%) DV Cleared
17 33 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 32 (1.09%) PMI Certification
19 31 (1.06%) PMP
20 30 (1.02%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 150 (5.12%) NIST
3 149 (5.09%) Data Quality
4 145 (4.95%) GDPR
5 92 (3.14%) QA
6 89 (3.04%) SLA
7 51 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 46 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.30%) NCSC
10 34 (1.16%) GRC
10 34 (1.16%) PCI DSS
11 30 (1.02%) SOC 2
12 29 (0.99%) PMO
13 20 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 19 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 14 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 10 (0.34%) ISO 22301
16 10 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 9 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 409 (13.97%) Active Directory
2 235 (8.03%) Docker
3 114 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 45 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (1.02%) vSphere
8 13 (0.44%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.31%) Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.14%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.068%) Xen
13 1 (0.034%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 392 (13.39%) Terraform
2 317 (10.83%) Kubernetes
3 224 (7.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (4.37%) Ansible
5 65 (2.22%) SCCM
6 54 (1.84%) Grafana
6 54 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 31 (1.06%) FortiGate
9 29 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (0.44%) Istio
11 12 (0.41%) Argo
12 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
13 9 (0.31%) Kibana
14 8 (0.27%) CASB
15 7 (0.24%) Nagios
15 7 (0.24%) QRadar
15 7 (0.24%) VxRail
16 6 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,188 (40.57%) Microsoft
2 301 (10.28%) Databricks
3 194 (6.63%) VMware
4 143 (4.88%) Cisco
5 128 (4.37%) Google
6 87 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 84 (2.87%) OpenAI
8 76 (2.60%) Palo Alto
9 61 (2.08%) Oracle
10 56 (1.91%) Fortinet
11 53 (1.81%) SAP
12 50 (1.71%) Meraki
13 49 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
14 47 (1.61%) Foundry
15 45 (1.54%) Salesforce
16 43 (1.47%) Dynatrace
17 42 (1.43%) SolarWinds
17 42 (1.43%) Splunk
18 41 (1.40%) Dell
18 41 (1.40%) ForeScout