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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,893 2,454 4,592
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.18% 19.84% 19.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.63% 45.14% 44.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,048 1,847 3,765
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,575 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £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 £115,000 £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 7,121 5,437 10,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.89% 43.97% 43.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,746 3,945 8,129
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,199 £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 £96,250
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 15 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 15 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 0 661 £80,000 +6.67% 285
West London +10 77 £60,000 +37.14% 45
South London +17 45 £80,000 +23.08% 10
East London -7 22 £87,500 +2.94% 33
North London +1 10 £57,500 +21.05% 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
1 179 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 121 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 44 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.00%) Confluence
6 19 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.55%) Apache
8 12 (0.41%) CMS
9 11 (0.38%) Appian
9 11 (0.38%) WordPress
10 7 (0.24%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.21%) Camunda
11 6 (0.21%) IIS
11 6 (0.21%) Moodle
12 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.14%) Anypoint
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.35%) PlantUML
6 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
8 2 (0.069%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.035%) Maya
9 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.41%) Endur
4 6 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.17%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.10%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.10%) Shopify
8 2 (0.069%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.069%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.035%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.035%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 944 (32.63%) AWS
2 555 (19.18%) GCP
3 494 (17.08%) Microsoft 365
4 385 (13.31%) Power Platform
5 344 (11.89%) Entra ID
6 335 (11.58%) Azure DevOps
7 189 (6.53%) SaaS
8 188 (6.50%) GitHub
9 156 (5.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 141 (4.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 134 (4.63%) PaaS
12 125 (4.32%) Azure AI
13 123 (4.25%) Serverless
14 108 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
15 102 (3.53%) Power Automate
16 97 (3.35%) Snowflake
17 95 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
18 92 (3.18%) Azure Monitor
19 87 (3.01%) IaaS
20 86 (2.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 313 (10.82%) Firewall
2 179 (6.19%) VPN
3 167 (5.77%) DNS
4 157 (5.43%) WAN
5 137 (4.74%) DHCP
6 128 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
7 121 (4.18%) Network Security
8 100 (3.46%) LAN
9 89 (3.08%) SD-WAN
9 89 (3.08%) TCP/IP
10 58 (2.00%) VLAN
11 54 (1.87%) SAN
12 40 (1.38%) Internet
13 34 (1.18%) Wireless
14 32 (1.11%) BGP
14 32 (1.11%) WLAN
15 30 (1.04%) VoIP
16 28 (0.97%) OSPF
17 26 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
18 25 (0.86%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (9.23%) SQL Server
2 263 (9.09%) Power BI
3 135 (4.67%) Data Lake
3 135 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
4 88 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 65 (2.25%) NoSQL
6 59 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
6 59 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
6 59 (2.04%) Tableau
7 54 (1.87%) BigQuery
7 54 (1.87%) MongoDB
8 51 (1.76%) Big Data
9 45 (1.56%) Metadata
10 42 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (1.38%) Relational Database
12 37 (1.28%) Delta Lake
13 28 (0.97%) Pinecone
14 27 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 25 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 24 (0.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 176 (6.08%) Git
2 95 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 72 (2.49%) JIRA
4 68 (2.35%) GitLab
5 50 (1.73%) MLflow
6 28 (0.97%) Postman
7 22 (0.76%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.73%) Chocolatey
9 18 (0.62%) 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 (0.35%) 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
1 880 (30.42%) Finance
2 769 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 293 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (7.22%) Banking
5 172 (5.95%) Law
6 118 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 110 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 97 (3.35%) Legal
9 64 (2.21%) Retail
10 54 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
11 53 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 46 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 43 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (1.38%) Financial Institution
15 39 (1.35%) Front Office
16 30 (1.04%) Marketing
17 29 (1.00%) Multimedia
18 23 (0.80%) Advertising
18 23 (0.80%) Telecoms
19 22 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 565 (19.53%) Senior
2 412 (14.24%) Architect
3 364 (12.58%) Lead
4 279 (9.64%) Developer
5 264 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
6 193 (6.67%) Analyst
7 166 (5.74%) Data Engineer
8 147 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 135 (4.67%) Software Engineer
10 123 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
11 117 (4.04%) Consultant
12 107 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 103 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
14 101 (3.49%) Azure Architect
14 101 (3.49%) Support Engineer
15 96 (3.32%) Network Engineer
16 95 (3.28%) IT Engineer
17 94 (3.25%) Security Engineer
18 91 (3.15%) Platform Engineer
19 82 (2.83%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (9.71%) .NET
2 159 (5.50%) React
3 124 (4.29%) REST
4 107 (3.70%) Kafka
5 93 (3.21%) OAuth
6 84 (2.90%) CSS
7 83 (2.87%) RESTful
8 77 (2.66%) HTML
9 73 (2.52%) Node.js
10 66 (2.28%) .NET Core
11 64 (2.21%) PySpark
12 62 (2.14%) LangChain
13 54 (1.87%) SAML
14 53 (1.83%) PyTorch
15 52 (1.80%) TensorFlow
16 47 (1.62%) Django
17 45 (1.56%) Spring
18 43 (1.49%) OpenID
19 38 (1.31%) ASP.NET
20 37 (1.28%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 280 (9.68%) Cloud Native
2 123 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 94 (3.25%) Security Posture
4 84 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
5 82 (2.83%) Data Centre
5 82 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 71 (2.45%) Data Structures
6 71 (2.45%) Management Information System
7 63 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
7 63 (2.18%) Public Cloud
8 62 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 61 (2.11%) AI Agents
10 60 (2.07%) Onboarding
11 55 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
12 45 (1.56%) Low-Code
13 43 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
14 39 (1.35%) Algorithms
15 38 (1.31%) Cyberattack
15 38 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
16 34 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 402 (13.90%) Windows
2 165 (5.70%) Linux
3 154 (5.32%) Windows Server
4 81 (2.80%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 35 (1.21%) VMS
6 33 (1.14%) Unix
7 30 (1.04%) Mac OS
8 29 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.90%) Android
10 24 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
12 14 (0.48%) 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 3 (0.10%) SUSE
18 2 (0.069%) Amazon Linux
19 1 (0.035%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 804 (27.79%) DevOps
2 692 (23.92%) CI/CD
3 589 (20.36%) AI
4 564 (19.50%) Agile
5 438 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
6 423 (14.62%) Analytics
7 412 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 408 (14.10%) Roadmaps
9 401 (13.86%) Mentoring
10 381 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 318 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
12 296 (10.23%) Data Engineering
13 292 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
14 273 (9.44%) Software Engineering
15 269 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 262 (9.06%) Data Modelling
17 255 (8.81%) Migration
18 253 (8.75%) Machine Learning
19 239 (8.26%) Microservices
20 233 (8.05%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 729 (25.20%) Python
2 611 (21.12%) SQL
3 330 (11.41%) PowerShell
4 282 (9.75%) C#
5 221 (7.64%) JavaScript
6 165 (5.70%) Java
7 143 (4.94%) TypeScript
8 101 (3.49%) Bash
9 74 (2.56%) Bicep
10 52 (1.80%) Go
11 38 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 37 (1.28%) R
13 29 (1.00%) T-SQL
14 22 (0.76%) C++
14 22 (0.76%) Scala
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
1 375 (12.96%) Degree
2 301 (10.40%) Azure Certification
3 207 (7.16%) Security Cleared
4 171 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 144 (4.98%) SC Cleared
6 124 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 122 (4.22%) CISSP
8 98 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
9 83 (2.87%) AWS Certification
10 55 (1.90%) CEH
11 49 (1.69%) CISM
12 48 (1.66%) CCNP
13 46 (1.59%) CCNA
14 45 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
14 45 (1.56%) Master's Degree
15 38 (1.31%) DV Cleared
16 35 (1.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 35 (1.21%) PMI Certification
17 34 (1.18%) PMP
18 28 (0.97%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 158 (5.46%) NIST
3 147 (5.08%) GDPR
4 144 (4.98%) Data Quality
5 89 (3.08%) SLA
6 86 (2.97%) QA
7 47 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 46 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.31%) NCSC
10 36 (1.24%) PCI DSS
11 35 (1.21%) GRC
12 31 (1.07%) SOC 2
13 29 (1.00%) PMO
14 20 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 19 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 18 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 13 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 11 (0.38%) ISO 22301
18 11 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 9 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 398 (13.76%) Active Directory
2 228 (7.88%) Docker
3 110 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 66 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (1.73%) Hyper-V
6 43 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (0.97%) vSphere
8 13 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 10 (0.35%) 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 (0.035%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 388 (13.41%) Terraform
2 313 (10.82%) Kubernetes
3 227 (7.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 126 (4.36%) Ansible
5 67 (2.32%) SCCM
6 56 (1.94%) Grafana
7 52 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
8 44 (1.52%) Prometheus
9 29 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 28 (0.97%) FortiGate
11 13 (0.45%) Istio
12 12 (0.41%) Argo
13 10 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.31%) CASB
14 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.31%) Kibana
15 7 (0.24%) Nagios
15 7 (0.24%) QRadar
15 7 (0.24%) VxRail
16 6 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,177 (40.68%) Microsoft
2 290 (10.02%) Databricks
3 192 (6.64%) VMware
4 138 (4.77%) Cisco
5 129 (4.46%) Google
6 83 (2.87%) OpenAI
7 82 (2.83%) ServiceNow
8 75 (2.59%) Palo Alto
9 55 (1.90%) Fortinet
9 55 (1.90%) Oracle
10 50 (1.73%) CrowdStrike
10 50 (1.73%) SAP
11 49 (1.69%) Meraki
12 45 (1.56%) Foundry
13 42 (1.45%) ForeScout
13 42 (1.45%) Salesforce
13 42 (1.45%) SolarWinds
14 41 (1.42%) Dell
14 41 (1.42%) Splunk
15 40 (1.38%) Dynatrace