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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,358 3,461 4,265
As % of all permanent jobs in London 18.25% 19.82% 22.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.43% 44.01% 47.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 2,456 3,722
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £113,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Cloud 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 5,691 7,864 8,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.04% 45.04% 47.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,709 5,223 7,583
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,661
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,125 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% -3.85%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 0 450 £77,500 +6.90% 227
West London +3 56 £73,250 +1.03% 74
North London +18 24 £75,000 +27.66% 16
South London +12 24 £65,000 +5.44% 37
East London -14 21 £34,000 -31.66% 71
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
1 169 (7.17%) SharePoint
2 149 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 82 (3.48%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
5 33 (1.40%) Confluence
6 20 (0.85%) CMS
7 19 (0.81%) Apache
8 14 (0.59%) IIS
9 6 (0.25%) Moodle
9 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.21%) Appian
10 5 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.21%) nginx
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 36 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.34%) Maya
5 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.21%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.085%) Trello
10 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 59 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.59%) Endur
4 11 (0.47%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 6 (0.25%) Shopify
7 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.17%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
10 2 (0.085%) Aladdin
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.042%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.042%) Markit EDM
11 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
11 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
11 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
11 1 (0.042%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 847 (35.92%) AWS
2 475 (20.14%) GCP
3 407 (17.26%) Microsoft 365
4 396 (16.79%) Power Platform
5 337 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 246 (10.43%) Entra ID
7 162 (6.87%) SaaS
8 153 (6.49%) GitHub
9 143 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
11 135 (5.73%) Power Automate
12 118 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
12 118 (5.00%) Serverless
13 116 (4.92%) PowerApps
14 107 (4.54%) PaaS
15 103 (4.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 74 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
17 68 (2.88%) Snowflake
18 62 (2.63%) Azure Functions
19 60 (2.54%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 226 (9.58%) Firewall
2 121 (5.13%) WAN
3 119 (5.05%) VPN
4 113 (4.79%) DNS
5 105 (4.45%) LAN
6 76 (3.22%) DHCP
7 75 (3.18%) TCP/IP
8 73 (3.10%) Network Security
9 58 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
10 47 (1.99%) Wireless
11 44 (1.87%) SD-WAN
12 37 (1.57%) Internet
12 37 (1.57%) VLAN
13 35 (1.48%) VoIP
14 24 (1.02%) BGP
14 24 (1.02%) OSPF
15 20 (0.85%) SAN
16 14 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
17 13 (0.55%) EIGRP
17 13 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (11.45%) Power BI
2 234 (9.92%) SQL Server
3 178 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
4 136 (5.77%) Data Lake
5 122 (5.17%) NoSQL
6 110 (4.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 95 (4.03%) Relational Database
8 90 (3.82%) MongoDB
9 82 (3.48%) Metadata
10 78 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
11 56 (2.37%) Big Data
12 45 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
13 41 (1.74%) MySQL
13 41 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 39 (1.65%) Hadoop
15 31 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
16 29 (1.23%) Tableau
17 24 (1.02%) BigQuery
17 24 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 21 (0.89%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 197 (8.35%) Git
2 109 (4.62%) JIRA
3 73 (3.10%) Jenkins
4 48 (2.04%) GitLab
5 39 (1.65%) Visual Studio
6 23 (0.98%) Postman
7 21 (0.89%) MLflow
7 21 (0.89%) Selenium
8 16 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
9 15 (0.64%) JMeter
10 14 (0.59%) TeamCity
10 14 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
11 11 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.42%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
14 6 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 759 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 731 (31.00%) Finance
3 291 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 237 (10.05%) Law
5 189 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 188 (7.97%) Banking
7 140 (5.94%) Retail
8 121 (5.13%) Marketing
9 118 (5.00%) Legal
10 76 (3.22%) Public Sector
11 62 (2.63%) Financial Institution
11 62 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 58 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
14 43 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.44%) Manufacturing
16 32 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
17 30 (1.27%) Retail Banking
18 29 (1.23%) Games
19 27 (1.15%) Billing
Job Titles
1 439 (18.62%) Senior
2 358 (15.18%) Developer
3 321 (13.61%) Lead
4 295 (12.51%) Architect
5 189 (8.02%) Analyst
6 185 (7.85%) Data Engineer
7 136 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
8 116 (4.92%) Support Engineer
9 108 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 102 (4.33%) Software Engineer
11 98 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
12 93 (3.94%) Senior Developer
13 85 (3.60%) Data Architect
14 77 (3.27%) .NET Developer
15 75 (3.18%) IT Support
16 74 (3.14%) Support Analyst
17 68 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
18 67 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
19 61 (2.59%) Security Engineer
20 57 (2.42%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (11.87%) .NET
2 185 (7.85%) React
3 134 (5.68%) REST
4 111 (4.71%) .NET Core
5 108 (4.58%) AngularJS
5 108 (4.58%) HTML
6 102 (4.33%) RESTful
7 100 (4.24%) Kafka
8 93 (3.94%) CSS
9 86 (3.65%) Node.js
10 72 (3.05%) ASP.NET
11 71 (3.01%) Vue
12 63 (2.67%) .NET Framework
13 59 (2.50%) PySpark
14 56 (2.37%) Web Services
15 49 (2.08%) OAuth
16 47 (1.99%) Middleware
17 46 (1.95%) ASP.NET MVC
17 46 (1.95%) Django
17 46 (1.95%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 216 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 110 (4.66%) Product Ownership
3 103 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 94 (3.99%) Management Information System
5 76 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
7 70 (2.97%) Security Posture
8 67 (2.84%) Data Centre
9 59 (2.50%) Public Cloud
10 53 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 53 (2.25%) Low-Code
10 53 (2.25%) Onboarding
11 51 (2.16%) AI Agents
12 49 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
13 41 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
14 40 (1.70%) Data Structures
15 37 (1.57%) Algorithms
15 37 (1.57%) Reinsurance
16 36 (1.53%) Private Cloud
17 33 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 392 (16.62%) Windows
2 181 (7.68%) Windows Server
3 171 (7.25%) Linux
4 63 (2.67%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.74%) Unix
7 30 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 29 (1.23%) Android
9 28 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (0.81%) VMS
11 16 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 14 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.30%) CentOS
15 6 (0.25%) Solaris
15 6 (0.25%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.13%) HPUX
16 3 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.085%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 722 (30.62%) DevOps
2 661 (28.03%) Agile
3 614 (26.04%) CI/CD
4 505 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
5 460 (19.51%) AI
6 405 (17.18%) Analytics
7 314 (13.32%) Mentoring
8 294 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 286 (12.13%) Computer Science
9 286 (12.13%) Data Modelling
10 281 (11.92%) Business Intelligence
10 281 (11.92%) Microservices
11 277 (11.75%) Roadmaps
12 266 (11.28%) Infrastructure as Code
13 263 (11.15%) Software Engineering
14 251 (10.64%) Machine Learning
15 243 (10.31%) ETL
16 240 (10.18%) Cybersecurity
17 232 (9.84%) Migration
18 223 (9.46%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 653 (27.69%) Python
2 617 (26.17%) SQL
3 310 (13.15%) C#
4 279 (11.83%) PowerShell
5 252 (10.69%) JavaScript
6 143 (6.06%) Java
7 137 (5.81%) TypeScript
8 68 (2.88%) Bash
9 51 (2.16%) T-SQL
10 44 (1.87%) Bicep
11 36 (1.53%) Scala
12 34 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 33 (1.40%) Go
14 28 (1.19%) R
15 24 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 21 (0.89%) Kotlin
17 19 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
18 16 (0.68%) Rust
19 15 (0.64%) C++
20 12 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 420 (17.81%) Degree
2 208 (8.82%) Azure Certification
3 199 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 138 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 125 (5.30%) Security Cleared
6 112 (4.75%) AWS Certification
7 108 (4.58%) Master's Degree
8 89 (3.77%) SC Cleared
9 72 (3.05%) CISSP
10 66 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
11 42 (1.78%) CCNP
12 31 (1.31%) CISM
13 30 (1.27%) CCNA
13 30 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.23%) DV Cleared
15 26 (1.10%) PMI Certification
16 25 (1.06%) MCSE
17 24 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 23 (0.98%) CCIE
18 23 (0.98%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (7.72%) GDPR
2 158 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 127 (5.39%) QA
4 120 (5.09%) NIST
5 108 (4.58%) Data Quality
6 36 (1.53%) SLA
7 33 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (1.19%) EU AI Act
8 28 (1.19%) NCSC
9 25 (1.06%) HIPAA
10 23 (0.98%) PSD2
10 23 (0.98%) Solvency II
11 22 (0.93%) Accessibility
12 17 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.59%) PMO
14 13 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.47%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.34%) GRC
17 7 (0.30%) EMIR
17 7 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 330 (13.99%) Active Directory
2 233 (9.88%) Docker
3 94 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.55%) Firmware
9 12 (0.51%) vSphere
10 11 (0.47%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.34%) NFS
12 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.21%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.21%) XenApp
14 4 (0.17%) ISA Server
14 4 (0.17%) KVM
14 4 (0.17%) Postfix
14 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
14 4 (0.17%) zsh
15 2 (0.085%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 291 (12.34%) Kubernetes
2 283 (12.00%) Terraform
3 206 (8.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (5.43%) Ansible
5 51 (2.16%) SCCM
6 48 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (1.78%) Grafana
7 42 (1.78%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.76%) Argo
9 16 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 15 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (0.47%) Autotask
11 11 (0.47%) Kubeflow
11 11 (0.47%) SCOM
12 10 (0.42%) CASB
13 9 (0.38%) Puppet
14 6 (0.25%) Rancher
15 5 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,002 (42.49%) Microsoft
2 225 (9.54%) Databricks
3 162 (6.87%) VMware
4 129 (5.47%) Cisco
5 107 (4.54%) Google
6 93 (3.94%) Oracle
7 67 (2.84%) ServiceNow
8 66 (2.80%) Palo Alto
9 58 (2.46%) SAP
10 45 (1.91%) Salesforce
11 40 (1.70%) Fortinet
11 40 (1.70%) Meraki
11 40 (1.70%) SolarWinds
12 31 (1.31%) Citrix
12 31 (1.31%) OpenAI
13 29 (1.23%) Informatica
14 27 (1.15%) Splunk
15 24 (1.02%) Dell
16 23 (0.98%) CheckPoint
16 23 (0.98%) MuleSoft