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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,901 2,440 4,597
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.01% 19.77% 19.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.21% 44.90% 44.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,055 1,839 3,757
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,600 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £56,750
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 £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.04% -8.46%

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 7,214 5,434 10,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.84% 44.02% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,813 3,961 8,097
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £117,500
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 20 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 20 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 0 659 £82,500 +6.45% 240
West London +11 77 £60,000 +41.18% 32
South London +16 45 £80,000 +23.08% 11
East London -10 22 £87,500 +2.94% 31
North London +3 11 £55,000 +10.00% 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
1 180 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 121 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 60 (2.07%) Apache Spark
4 44 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.03%) Confluence
6 19 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.55%) Apache
8 12 (0.41%) CMS
9 11 (0.38%) WordPress
10 10 (0.34%) Appian
11 7 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.21%) Camunda
12 6 (0.21%) IIS
12 6 (0.21%) Moodle
13 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.14%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.38%) PlantUML
6 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (0.069%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.034%) Maya
10 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.38%) Endur
4 7 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.21%) 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
8 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.10%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Shopify
9 2 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.069%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.034%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.034%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 945 (32.57%) AWS
2 552 (19.03%) GCP
3 499 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
4 381 (13.13%) Power Platform
5 348 (12.00%) Entra ID
6 339 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
7 191 (6.58%) SaaS
8 188 (6.48%) GitHub
9 154 (5.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 143 (4.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 134 (4.62%) PaaS
12 126 (4.34%) Azure AI
13 124 (4.27%) Serverless
14 109 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
15 100 (3.45%) Power Automate
16 96 (3.31%) Snowflake
17 93 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
18 92 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
19 87 (3.00%) IaaS
19 87 (3.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 314 (10.82%) Firewall
2 180 (6.20%) VPN
3 171 (5.89%) DNS
4 157 (5.41%) WAN
5 141 (4.86%) DHCP
6 128 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
7 122 (4.21%) Network Security
8 101 (3.48%) LAN
9 90 (3.10%) TCP/IP
10 89 (3.07%) SD-WAN
11 59 (2.03%) VLAN
12 56 (1.93%) SAN
13 38 (1.31%) Internet
14 35 (1.21%) Wireless
15 33 (1.14%) BGP
16 32 (1.10%) WLAN
17 31 (1.07%) VoIP
18 29 (1.00%) OSPF
19 26 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
20 25 (0.86%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (9.27%) SQL Server
2 260 (8.96%) Power BI
3 138 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 133 (4.58%) Data Lake
5 91 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 68 (2.34%) NoSQL
7 61 (2.10%) Tableau
8 59 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
9 58 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
10 57 (1.96%) MongoDB
11 53 (1.83%) Big Data
11 53 (1.83%) BigQuery
12 48 (1.65%) Metadata
13 43 (1.48%) Relational Database
14 42 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 39 (1.34%) Delta Lake
16 27 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (0.93%) Pinecone
17 25 (0.86%) MySQL
17 25 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 178 (6.14%) Git
2 95 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 70 (2.41%) JIRA
4 66 (2.28%) GitLab
5 48 (1.65%) MLflow
6 27 (0.93%) Postman
7 22 (0.76%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.72%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.59%) Selenium
10 16 (0.55%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.48%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.41%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.38%) Vite
14 10 (0.34%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
16 8 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
18 6 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 883 (30.44%) Finance
2 774 (26.68%) Social Skills
3 292 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 210 (7.24%) Banking
5 169 (5.83%) Law
6 116 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 110 (3.79%) Public Sector
8 96 (3.31%) Legal
9 66 (2.28%) Retail
10 55 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 53 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 44 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (1.41%) Financial Institution
15 39 (1.34%) Front Office
16 31 (1.07%) Marketing
17 28 (0.97%) Multimedia
18 23 (0.79%) Advertising
19 22 (0.76%) Retail Banking
20 18 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 564 (19.44%) Senior
2 422 (14.55%) Architect
3 365 (12.58%) Lead
4 282 (9.72%) Developer
5 269 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
6 187 (6.45%) Analyst
7 168 (5.79%) Data Engineer
8 149 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
9 130 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 126 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
11 120 (4.14%) Consultant
12 109 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 105 (3.62%) Azure Architect
13 105 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
14 101 (3.48%) Support Engineer
15 99 (3.41%) IT Engineer
16 96 (3.31%) Network Engineer
17 92 (3.17%) Security Engineer
18 91 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
19 82 (2.83%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (9.76%) .NET
2 159 (5.48%) React
3 125 (4.31%) REST
4 109 (3.76%) Kafka
5 93 (3.21%) OAuth
6 81 (2.79%) CSS
6 81 (2.79%) RESTful
7 74 (2.55%) HTML
8 71 (2.45%) Node.js
9 70 (2.41%) PySpark
10 64 (2.21%) .NET Core
11 63 (2.17%) LangChain
12 55 (1.90%) SAML
13 52 (1.79%) PyTorch
14 51 (1.76%) TensorFlow
15 48 (1.65%) Django
15 48 (1.65%) Spring
16 45 (1.55%) OpenID
17 39 (1.34%) ASP.NET
18 38 (1.31%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 287 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 122 (4.21%) Product Ownership
3 91 (3.14%) Security Posture
4 85 (2.93%) Data Centre
4 85 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
5 78 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 71 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 68 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 63 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
8 63 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 61 (2.10%) AI Agents
9 61 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 60 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
11 52 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
12 43 (1.48%) Low-Code
12 43 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 39 (1.34%) Algorithms
14 38 (1.31%) Cyberattack
14 38 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 33 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 407 (14.03%) Windows
2 168 (5.79%) Linux
3 157 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 79 (2.72%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.21%) Apple iOS
6 34 (1.17%) VMS
7 33 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 31 (1.07%) Unix
9 29 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
10 26 (0.90%) Android
11 24 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 11 (0.38%) Ubuntu
15 9 (0.31%) CentOS
16 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.10%) SUSE
19 2 (0.069%) Amazon Linux
20 1 (0.034%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (27.75%) DevOps
2 694 (23.92%) CI/CD
3 594 (20.48%) AI
4 565 (19.48%) Agile
5 442 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
6 417 (14.37%) Analytics
7 411 (14.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 411 (14.17%) Roadmaps
8 401 (13.82%) Mentoring
9 388 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 313 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
11 299 (10.31%) Data Engineering
12 289 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
13 270 (9.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 269 (9.27%) Software Engineering
15 263 (9.07%) Data Modelling
16 254 (8.76%) Migration
17 249 (8.58%) Machine Learning
18 241 (8.31%) Microservices
19 224 (7.72%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 731 (25.20%) Python
2 608 (20.96%) SQL
3 330 (11.38%) PowerShell
4 282 (9.72%) C#
5 223 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 164 (5.65%) Java
7 146 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 100 (3.45%) Bash
9 75 (2.59%) Bicep
10 50 (1.72%) Go
11 37 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 37 (1.28%) R
12 29 (1.00%) T-SQL
13 25 (0.86%) Scala
14 22 (0.76%) C++
15 15 (0.52%) Rust
16 13 (0.45%) C
17 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.41%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 365 (12.58%) Degree
2 304 (10.48%) Azure Certification
3 213 (7.34%) Security Cleared
4 162 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 150 (5.17%) SC Cleared
6 124 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 121 (4.17%) CISSP
8 101 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
9 83 (2.86%) AWS Certification
10 54 (1.86%) CEH
11 49 (1.69%) CCNP
11 49 (1.69%) CISM
12 48 (1.65%) CCNA
13 44 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
13 44 (1.52%) Master's Degree
14 37 (1.28%) DV Cleared
15 34 (1.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 33 (1.14%) PMI Certification
17 32 (1.10%) PMP
18 29 (1.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 152 (5.24%) NIST
3 145 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 143 (4.93%) GDPR
5 90 (3.10%) SLA
6 86 (2.96%) QA
7 46 (1.59%) Accessibility
7 46 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 37 (1.28%) NCSC
9 35 (1.21%) GRC
10 34 (1.17%) PCI DSS
11 30 (1.03%) SOC 2
12 29 (1.00%) PMO
13 20 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 19 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 18 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 11 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 10 (0.34%) ISO 22301
19 9 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 402 (13.86%) Active Directory
2 231 (7.96%) Docker
3 114 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (1.76%) Hyper-V
6 43 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (1.03%) vSphere
8 13 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.31%) Firmware
10 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.14%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.069%) Xen
13 1 (0.034%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 390 (13.44%) Terraform
2 316 (10.89%) Kubernetes
3 224 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 126 (4.34%) Ansible
5 66 (2.28%) SCCM
6 55 (1.90%) Grafana
7 53 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
8 43 (1.48%) Prometheus
9 29 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 28 (0.97%) FortiGate
11 13 (0.45%) Argo
11 13 (0.45%) Istio
12 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.31%) CASB
13 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
13 9 (0.31%) Kibana
14 7 (0.24%) Nagios
14 7 (0.24%) QRadar
14 7 (0.24%) VxRail
15 6 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,180 (40.68%) Microsoft
2 297 (10.24%) Databricks
3 194 (6.69%) VMware
4 140 (4.83%) Cisco
5 129 (4.45%) Google
6 84 (2.90%) OpenAI
7 83 (2.86%) ServiceNow
8 74 (2.55%) Palo Alto
9 58 (2.00%) Oracle
10 56 (1.93%) Fortinet
11 50 (1.72%) Meraki
12 49 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
12 49 (1.69%) SAP
13 46 (1.59%) Foundry
14 42 (1.45%) Salesforce
14 42 (1.45%) SolarWinds
15 41 (1.41%) Dell
15 41 (1.41%) Dynatrace
15 41 (1.41%) ForeScout
15 41 (1.41%) Splunk