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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,412 3,069 4,374
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.51% 19.85% 21.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.91% 44.37% 46.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,740 2,116 3,810
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,225
25th Percentile £57,500 £59,469 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +2.70% -1.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 5,896 6,917 9,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.35% 44.74% 46.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,785 4,378 7,817
10th Percentile £37,375 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 January 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 January 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 0 533 £77,500 +3.33% 250
West London +15 62 £65,000 - 61
East London -4 24 £34,000 -40.35% 55
North London +17 19 £75,000 -6.25% 5
South London +15 16 £46,000 -25.38% 45
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 (7.42%) SharePoint
2 149 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 60 (2.49%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.24%) Confluence
6 15 (0.62%) Apache
7 14 (0.58%) Appian
7 14 (0.58%) IIS
8 8 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.17%) Moodle
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.083%) Umbraco
Applications
1 48 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.29%) Maya
7 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.17%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.083%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.87%) Endur
3 20 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.37%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.25%) Shopify
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.083%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.083%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.083%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.083%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.083%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.041%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.041%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 856 (35.49%) AWS
2 461 (19.11%) GCP
3 426 (17.66%) Microsoft 365
4 395 (16.38%) Power Platform
5 355 (14.72%) Azure DevOps
6 266 (11.03%) Entra ID
7 178 (7.38%) GitHub
8 164 (6.80%) SaaS
9 149 (6.18%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.64%) Power Automate
11 111 (4.60%) PowerApps
12 109 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
13 107 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
14 104 (4.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 103 (4.27%) PaaS
16 94 (3.90%) Serverless
17 84 (3.48%) Azure AI
18 74 (3.07%) Snowflake
19 71 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
20 64 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 250 (10.36%) Firewall
2 159 (6.59%) VPN
3 137 (5.68%) WAN
4 132 (5.47%) DNS
5 107 (4.44%) DHCP
6 92 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
7 88 (3.65%) LAN
7 88 (3.65%) TCP/IP
8 66 (2.74%) SD-WAN
9 55 (2.28%) Network Security
10 52 (2.16%) Internet
11 46 (1.91%) VLAN
12 42 (1.74%) Wireless
13 32 (1.33%) SAN
13 32 (1.33%) VoIP
14 22 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
15 21 (0.87%) BGP
15 21 (0.87%) OSPF
16 17 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
17 13 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (11.36%) Power BI
2 242 (10.03%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.30%) Data Warehouse
4 155 (6.43%) Data Lake
5 108 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 99 (4.10%) NoSQL
7 83 (3.44%) MongoDB
8 76 (3.15%) Metadata
9 69 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
10 61 (2.53%) Relational Database
11 51 (2.11%) Big Data
12 49 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
13 48 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 37 (1.53%) BigQuery
14 37 (1.53%) Tableau
15 34 (1.41%) MySQL
16 32 (1.33%) Hadoop
17 24 (1.00%) Pinecone
18 22 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 21 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 195 (8.08%) Git
2 94 (3.90%) JIRA
3 76 (3.15%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.70%) GitLab
6 35 (1.45%) MLflow
7 32 (1.33%) Postman
8 24 (1.00%) Selenium
9 20 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.75%) Cypress.io
10 18 (0.75%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.66%) Eclipse
12 14 (0.58%) JMeter
13 10 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.37%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.33%) Chocolatey
16 7 (0.29%) Artifactory
16 7 (0.29%) CircleCI
16 7 (0.29%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.29%) Vite
General
1 743 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 736 (30.51%) Finance
3 287 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 197 (8.17%) Law
5 186 (7.71%) Banking
6 125 (5.18%) Legal
7 123 (5.10%) Retail
8 119 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 91 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 75 (3.11%) Marketing
11 65 (2.69%) Financial Institution
12 54 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 54 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 51 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 44 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
16 36 (1.49%) Multimedia
17 35 (1.45%) Retail Banking
18 30 (1.24%) Manufacturing
19 27 (1.12%) Games
Job Titles
1 453 (18.78%) Senior
2 315 (13.06%) Developer
3 294 (12.19%) Architect
4 283 (11.73%) Lead
5 188 (7.79%) Analyst
6 182 (7.55%) Data Engineer
7 169 (7.01%) Azure Engineer
8 124 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 114 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 100 (4.15%) Software Engineer
11 87 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 87 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
12 85 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
13 77 (3.19%) Data Architect
14 71 (2.94%) IT Support
14 71 (2.94%) Senior Developer
15 70 (2.90%) Network Engineer
16 69 (2.86%) Support Analyst
17 68 (2.82%) IT Engineer
18 67 (2.78%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (10.12%) .NET
2 152 (6.30%) REST
3 147 (6.09%) React
4 108 (4.48%) HTML
5 102 (4.23%) CSS
6 101 (4.19%) RESTful
7 82 (3.40%) .NET Core
8 78 (3.23%) Node.js
9 75 (3.11%) AngularJS
10 73 (3.03%) OAuth
11 66 (2.74%) Kafka
12 54 (2.24%) Vue
13 50 (2.07%) ASP.NET
13 50 (2.07%) Web Services
14 48 (1.99%) PySpark
14 48 (1.99%) SOAP
15 47 (1.95%) PyTorch
16 46 (1.91%) LangChain
17 43 (1.78%) Django
17 43 (1.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 191 (7.92%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 98 (4.06%) Product Ownership
4 86 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
6 78 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
7 74 (3.07%) Security Posture
8 66 (2.74%) AI Agents
8 66 (2.74%) Low-Code
9 56 (2.32%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.28%) Data Centre
11 52 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
12 48 (1.99%) Data Structures
13 46 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
14 45 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
15 38 (1.58%) Public Cloud
16 37 (1.53%) Algorithms
17 32 (1.33%) Virtual Team
18 31 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
19 30 (1.24%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 369 (15.30%) Windows
2 173 (7.17%) Windows Server
3 149 (6.18%) Linux
4 75 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.78%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.70%) Unix
7 35 (1.45%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.37%) VMS
9 30 (1.24%) Android
10 29 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.17%) CentOS
16 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) SUSE
17 2 (0.083%) Kali Linux
18 1 (0.041%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (28.28%) DevOps
2 614 (25.46%) CI/CD
3 546 (22.64%) Agile
4 530 (21.97%) AI
5 476 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
6 430 (17.83%) Analytics
7 305 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
8 301 (12.48%) Roadmaps
9 299 (12.40%) Mentoring
10 298 (12.35%) Computer Science
11 296 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 278 (11.53%) Data Modelling
13 277 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
14 267 (11.07%) Infrastructure as Code
14 267 (11.07%) Microservices
15 255 (10.57%) Machine Learning
16 238 (9.87%) ETL
17 233 (9.66%) Software Engineering
18 230 (9.54%) Data Pipeline
19 214 (8.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 634 (26.29%) Python
2 579 (24.00%) SQL
3 293 (12.15%) PowerShell
4 268 (11.11%) C#
5 252 (10.45%) JavaScript
6 124 (5.14%) Java
6 124 (5.14%) TypeScript
7 72 (2.99%) Bash
8 55 (2.28%) Bicep
9 42 (1.74%) T-SQL
10 36 (1.49%) Go
10 36 (1.49%) R
11 35 (1.45%) Scala
12 29 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 29 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 18 (0.75%) C++
14 15 (0.62%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.54%) Rust
16 12 (0.50%) PHP
17 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 427 (17.70%) Degree
2 224 (9.29%) Azure Certification
3 215 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 147 (6.09%) Security Cleared
5 136 (5.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 112 (4.64%) AWS Certification
7 100 (4.15%) SC Cleared
8 99 (4.10%) Master's Degree
9 95 (3.94%) CISSP
10 54 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
11 43 (1.78%) CISM
12 39 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 39 (1.62%) DV Cleared
13 36 (1.49%) CCNP
13 36 (1.49%) PMI Certification
13 36 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
14 28 (1.16%) ISTQB
14 28 (1.16%) PMP
15 26 (1.08%) CEH
16 24 (1.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 186 (7.71%) GDPR
3 143 (5.93%) NIST
4 137 (5.68%) Data Quality
5 91 (3.77%) QA
6 53 (2.20%) SLA
7 39 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (1.41%) NCSC
9 29 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 28 (1.16%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.16%) EU AI Act
11 25 (1.04%) HIPAA
12 23 (0.95%) PSD2
13 22 (0.91%) Solvency II
14 21 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 21 (0.87%) SOC 2
15 14 (0.58%) PMO
16 12 (0.50%) ISO 22301
17 10 (0.41%) GRC
18 8 (0.33%) EMIR
System Software
1 343 (14.22%) Active Directory
2 242 (10.03%) Docker
3 85 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 52 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.66%) Firmware
8 15 (0.62%) vSphere
9 11 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.33%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.21%) KVM
12 4 (0.17%) Postfix
13 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.12%) ISA Server
13 3 (0.12%) NFS
13 3 (0.12%) XenApp
14 2 (0.083%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.083%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
15 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 301 (12.48%) Terraform
2 271 (11.24%) Kubernetes
3 214 (8.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 113 (4.68%) Ansible
5 57 (2.36%) SCCM
6 52 (2.16%) Grafana
7 47 (1.95%) Prometheus
8 38 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (0.95%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.79%) Argo
11 16 (0.66%) CASB
12 15 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.33%) SCOM
14 7 (0.29%) Kibana
14 7 (0.29%) Rancher
15 6 (0.25%) Kubeflow
15 6 (0.25%) VxRail
16 5 (0.21%) Istio
16 5 (0.21%) Mesos
Vendors
1 992 (41.13%) Microsoft
2 192 (7.96%) Databricks
3 165 (6.84%) VMware
4 116 (4.81%) Cisco
5 106 (4.39%) Google
6 78 (3.23%) Oracle
7 72 (2.99%) ServiceNow
8 71 (2.94%) Palo Alto
9 55 (2.28%) Fortinet
9 55 (2.28%) OpenAI
10 50 (2.07%) SAP
11 46 (1.91%) Salesforce
12 39 (1.62%) Meraki
13 35 (1.45%) SolarWinds
14 33 (1.37%) Informatica
15 32 (1.33%) CheckPoint
16 27 (1.12%) Citrix
16 27 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
17 26 (1.08%) Dynatrace
18 25 (1.04%) Foundry