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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,868 2,563 4,622
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.54% 19.98% 19.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.30% 44.98% 45.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,033 1,961 3,809
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £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 £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.00% -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 7,116 5,698 10,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.08% 44.41% 43.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,588 4,135 8,204
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -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 26 April 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 26 April 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 0 656 £80,000 +6.67% 262
West London +7 78 £60,000 +33.33% 47
South London +20 45 £80,000 +29.78% 11
East London -10 23 £32,250 -62.06% 50
North London -1 10 £57,500 +27.78% 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
1 181 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 137 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 48 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.91%) Confluence
6 18 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.56%) Apache
8 13 (0.45%) Appian
9 12 (0.42%) CMS
10 11 (0.38%) WordPress
11 8 (0.28%) IIS
12 6 (0.21%) Camunda
12 6 (0.21%) Moodle
12 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.17%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
14 4 (0.14%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 51 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.24%) PlantUML
7 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (0.070%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.035%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.035%) Maya
10 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.52%) Endur
3 8 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.17%) Shopify
6 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.070%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.070%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.070%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.035%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.035%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.035%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 986 (34.38%) AWS
2 561 (19.56%) GCP
3 498 (17.36%) Microsoft 365
4 404 (14.09%) Power Platform
5 334 (11.65%) Entra ID
6 333 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
7 191 (6.66%) GitHub
8 181 (6.31%) SaaS
9 160 (5.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 150 (5.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 135 (4.71%) Azure AI
12 118 (4.11%) PaaS
13 114 (3.97%) Serverless
14 106 (3.70%) Power Automate
15 100 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
15 100 (3.49%) Snowflake
16 94 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
17 84 (2.93%) PowerApps
18 79 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
19 77 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 307 (10.70%) Firewall
2 178 (6.21%) VPN
3 173 (6.03%) DNS
4 151 (5.26%) WAN
5 148 (5.16%) DHCP
6 128 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
7 103 (3.59%) Network Security
8 99 (3.45%) TCP/IP
9 95 (3.31%) LAN
10 80 (2.79%) SD-WAN
11 57 (1.99%) VLAN
12 50 (1.74%) SAN
13 48 (1.67%) Internet
14 31 (1.08%) VoIP
14 31 (1.08%) Wireless
15 26 (0.91%) WLAN
16 25 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
17 24 (0.84%) Broadband
18 23 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
19 22 (0.77%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (9.87%) Power BI
2 276 (9.62%) SQL Server
3 143 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
4 141 (4.92%) Data Lake
5 85 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 70 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 69 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
8 64 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
9 61 (2.13%) Tableau
10 59 (2.06%) BigQuery
11 52 (1.81%) MongoDB
12 51 (1.78%) Big Data
13 50 (1.74%) Metadata
14 45 (1.57%) Relational Database
15 44 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 38 (1.32%) Delta Lake
17 31 (1.08%) Pinecone
18 25 (0.87%) MySQL
18 25 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 24 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 185 (6.45%) Git
2 93 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 74 (2.58%) JIRA
4 64 (2.23%) GitLab
5 52 (1.81%) MLflow
6 31 (1.08%) Postman
7 22 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 21 (0.73%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.70%) Chocolatey
10 17 (0.59%) Selenium
11 14 (0.49%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (0.45%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.42%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
14 11 (0.38%) Cypress.io
14 11 (0.38%) Vite
15 9 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
16 7 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 867 (30.23%) Finance
2 791 (27.58%) Social Skills
3 294 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
4 237 (8.26%) Banking
5 174 (6.07%) Law
6 119 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 106 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 103 (3.59%) Legal
9 95 (3.31%) Retail
10 63 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
11 59 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
12 53 (1.85%) Marketing
13 52 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 47 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
15 44 (1.53%) Financial Institution
16 40 (1.39%) Front Office
17 35 (1.22%) Multimedia
18 33 (1.15%) Telecoms
19 26 (0.91%) Retail Banking
20 25 (0.87%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 553 (19.28%) Senior
2 391 (13.63%) Lead
3 374 (13.04%) Architect
4 286 (9.97%) Developer
5 250 (8.72%) Azure Engineer
6 211 (7.36%) Analyst
7 182 (6.35%) Data Engineer
8 138 (4.81%) Software Engineer
9 137 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 114 (3.97%) Support Engineer
11 113 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 110 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
13 103 (3.59%) Consultant
13 103 (3.59%) Security Engineer
14 98 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
15 97 (3.38%) Azure Architect
16 90 (3.14%) IT Engineer
17 88 (3.07%) Network Engineer
18 82 (2.86%) Data Architect
19 80 (2.79%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 269 (9.38%) .NET
2 168 (5.86%) React
3 121 (4.22%) REST
4 105 (3.66%) Kafka
5 102 (3.56%) RESTful
6 98 (3.42%) CSS
7 94 (3.28%) OAuth
8 93 (3.24%) HTML
9 82 (2.86%) Node.js
10 65 (2.27%) LangChain
11 63 (2.20%) .NET Core
12 57 (1.99%) PySpark
12 57 (1.99%) PyTorch
12 57 (1.99%) TensorFlow
13 51 (1.78%) Django
13 51 (1.78%) SAML
14 41 (1.43%) OpenID
15 39 (1.36%) scikit-learn
15 39 (1.36%) Spring
16 37 (1.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 262 (9.14%) Cloud Native
2 121 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 95 (3.31%) Security Posture
4 90 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 86 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 79 (2.75%) Management Information System
7 71 (2.48%) Data Structures
8 67 (2.34%) Data Centre
9 65 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 64 (2.23%) Public Cloud
11 61 (2.13%) AI Agents
12 60 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
13 57 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
14 53 (1.85%) Onboarding
15 51 (1.78%) Low-Code
16 41 (1.43%) Algorithms
16 41 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
17 39 (1.36%) Cyberattack
18 38 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
19 36 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 410 (14.30%) Windows
2 165 (5.75%) Windows Server
3 163 (5.68%) Linux
4 87 (3.03%) Windows 10
5 41 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 37 (1.29%) Mac OS
7 36 (1.26%) Unix
8 35 (1.22%) Android
9 34 (1.19%) VMS
10 31 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
11 27 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (0.45%) Ubuntu
14 12 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.31%) CentOS
16 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.14%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.14%) SUSE
18 2 (0.070%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 785 (27.37%) DevOps
2 661 (23.05%) CI/CD
3 614 (21.41%) AI
4 562 (19.60%) Agile
5 452 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
6 448 (15.62%) Analytics
7 400 (13.95%) Mentoring
8 394 (13.74%) Roadmaps
9 372 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 369 (12.87%) Infrastructure as Code
11 346 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
12 314 (10.95%) Business Intelligence
13 295 (10.29%) Data Engineering
14 286 (9.97%) Machine Learning
15 280 (9.76%) Computer Science
16 275 (9.59%) Software Engineering
17 272 (9.48%) Data Modelling
18 260 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
19 247 (8.61%) Migration
20 241 (8.40%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 740 (25.80%) Python
2 637 (22.21%) SQL
3 324 (11.30%) PowerShell
4 269 (9.38%) C#
5 237 (8.26%) JavaScript
6 162 (5.65%) Java
7 148 (5.16%) TypeScript
8 103 (3.59%) Bash
9 68 (2.37%) Bicep
10 61 (2.13%) Go
11 42 (1.46%) R
12 38 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 32 (1.12%) T-SQL
14 26 (0.91%) C++
15 23 (0.80%) Scala
16 15 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.49%) C
17 14 (0.49%) Rust
18 12 (0.42%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 405 (14.12%) Degree
2 298 (10.39%) Azure Certification
3 213 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 191 (6.66%) Security Cleared
5 131 (4.57%) SC Cleared
6 129 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 121 (4.22%) CISSP
8 91 (3.17%) AWS Certification
9 83 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
10 68 (2.37%) Master's Degree
11 55 (1.92%) CEH
12 48 (1.67%) CISM
13 45 (1.57%) CCNP
13 45 (1.57%) DV Cleared
14 43 (1.50%) CCNA
15 41 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 41 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
16 32 (1.12%) PMI Certification
17 31 (1.08%) PMP
18 29 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 177 (6.17%) GDPR
3 164 (5.72%) NIST
4 143 (4.99%) Data Quality
5 89 (3.10%) SLA
6 83 (2.89%) QA
7 44 (1.53%) Accessibility
8 42 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.32%) NCSC
10 37 (1.29%) PCI DSS
11 33 (1.15%) SOC 2
12 32 (1.12%) GRC
13 24 (0.84%) HIPAA
13 24 (0.84%) Solvency II
14 21 (0.73%) EU AI Act
15 20 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 20 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 19 (0.66%) PMO
17 18 (0.63%) PSD2
17 18 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 398 (13.88%) Active Directory
2 245 (8.54%) Docker
3 97 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 42 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (0.94%) vSphere
8 10 (0.35%) Firmware
9 9 (0.31%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.14%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.070%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.070%) Postfix
13 1 (0.035%) NLBS
13 1 (0.035%) Xen
Systems Management
1 358 (12.48%) Terraform
2 316 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 237 (8.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (4.46%) Ansible
5 64 (2.23%) SCCM
6 57 (1.99%) Grafana
7 51 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
8 47 (1.64%) Prometheus
9 31 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (0.80%) FortiGate
11 17 (0.59%) Argo
12 13 (0.45%) Istio
13 10 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.31%) Kibana
15 8 (0.28%) CASB
16 7 (0.24%) Nagios
16 7 (0.24%) VxRail
17 6 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
18 5 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,159 (40.41%) Microsoft
2 287 (10.01%) Databricks
3 185 (6.45%) VMware
4 156 (5.44%) Google
5 130 (4.53%) Cisco
6 82 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 79 (2.75%) OpenAI
8 71 (2.48%) Palo Alto
9 60 (2.09%) Oracle
10 56 (1.95%) Fortinet
11 52 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
12 47 (1.64%) Meraki
13 45 (1.57%) Dell
14 42 (1.46%) ForeScout
14 42 (1.46%) Salesforce
15 41 (1.43%) SolarWinds
16 39 (1.36%) SAP
16 39 (1.36%) Splunk
17 37 (1.29%) Foundry
17 37 (1.29%) iManage