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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,011 2,448 4,666
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.07% 20.02% 19.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.54% 44.60% 44.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,145 1,812 3,741
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -9.23%

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 7,427 5,489 10,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.70% 44.89% 42.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,077 3,854 8,188
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,575 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £120,000
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 June 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 June 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 0 612 £82,500 +6.45% 224
West London +12 81 £60,000 +41.18% 48
South London +20 47 £80,000 +23.08% 8
East London -9 21 £31,500 -63.48% 33
North London 0 9 £55,000 -18.52% 10
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
1 189 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 124 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 61 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 47 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 36 (1.20%) Confluence
6 18 (0.60%) Apache
6 18 (0.60%) Palantir Foundry
7 15 (0.50%) CMS
8 11 (0.37%) WordPress
9 8 (0.27%) Appian
9 8 (0.27%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.20%) Camunda
10 6 (0.20%) IIS
11 5 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
12 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.100%) Mule
Applications
1 46 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.53%) PlantUML
5 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.033%) Maya
8 1 (0.033%) Notion
8 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.033%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.23%) Endur
4 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.100%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.100%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.066%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.066%) Shopify
9 1 (0.033%) Alphatax
9 1 (0.033%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.033%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 980 (32.55%) AWS
2 577 (19.16%) GCP
3 510 (16.94%) Microsoft 365
4 372 (12.35%) Power Platform
5 364 (12.09%) Entra ID
6 361 (11.99%) Azure DevOps
7 202 (6.71%) SaaS
8 193 (6.41%) GitHub
9 149 (4.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 144 (4.78%) PaaS
11 137 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
12 132 (4.38%) Serverless
13 127 (4.22%) Azure AI
14 116 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 103 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
16 102 (3.39%) Snowflake
17 100 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
18 98 (3.25%) Power Automate
19 95 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
20 94 (3.12%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 312 (10.36%) Firewall
2 180 (5.98%) VPN
3 168 (5.58%) DNS
4 156 (5.18%) WAN
5 137 (4.55%) DHCP
5 137 (4.55%) Network Security
6 122 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
7 107 (3.55%) LAN
8 90 (2.99%) TCP/IP
9 86 (2.86%) SD-WAN
10 63 (2.09%) VLAN
11 55 (1.83%) SAN
12 41 (1.36%) BGP
13 38 (1.26%) Wireless
14 37 (1.23%) OSPF
15 30 (1.00%) VoIP
15 30 (1.00%) WLAN
16 27 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
16 27 (0.90%) Internet
17 24 (0.80%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (8.60%) SQL Server
2 250 (8.30%) Power BI
3 132 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
4 126 (4.18%) Data Lake
5 102 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 64 (2.13%) MongoDB
7 62 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
8 61 (2.03%) Tableau
9 60 (1.99%) NoSQL
10 58 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
11 55 (1.83%) Metadata
12 46 (1.53%) BigQuery
12 46 (1.53%) Relational Database
13 44 (1.46%) Big Data
14 42 (1.39%) Delta Lake
15 40 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 33 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
17 28 (0.93%) MySQL
18 26 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 25 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 181 (6.01%) Git
2 100 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 80 (2.66%) JIRA
4 76 (2.52%) GitLab
5 42 (1.39%) MLflow
6 29 (0.96%) Postman
7 22 (0.73%) Eclipse
8 19 (0.63%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.53%) Selenium
10 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.46%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.37%) Vite
13 10 (0.33%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.33%) Claude Code
14 9 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.23%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 935 (31.05%) Finance
2 828 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 287 (9.53%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (7.37%) Banking
5 177 (5.88%) Law
6 124 (4.12%) Public Sector
7 119 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (3.55%) Legal
9 74 (2.46%) Retail
10 61 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (1.43%) Financial Institution
14 35 (1.16%) Front Office
15 31 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
15 31 (1.03%) Marketing
16 27 (0.90%) Advertising
17 21 (0.70%) Investment Banking
18 19 (0.63%) Multimedia
18 19 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 574 (19.06%) Senior
2 460 (15.28%) Architect
3 404 (13.42%) Lead
4 301 (10.00%) Developer
5 275 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
6 180 (5.98%) Analyst
7 167 (5.55%) Data Engineer
8 161 (5.35%) Cloud Engineer
9 147 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
10 127 (4.22%) Software Engineer
11 122 (4.05%) Consultant
12 113 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
13 104 (3.45%) Azure Architect
14 103 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 100 (3.32%) IT Engineer
15 100 (3.32%) Security Engineer
16 95 (3.16%) Network Engineer
17 94 (3.12%) Platform Engineer
17 94 (3.12%) Support Engineer
18 90 (2.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 299 (9.93%) .NET
2 166 (5.51%) React
3 134 (4.45%) REST
4 114 (3.79%) Kafka
5 102 (3.39%) OAuth
6 85 (2.82%) RESTful
7 81 (2.69%) Node.js
8 75 (2.49%) .NET Core
8 75 (2.49%) LangChain
9 74 (2.46%) CSS
10 68 (2.26%) HTML
10 68 (2.26%) PySpark
11 65 (2.16%) Spring
12 57 (1.89%) PyTorch
13 56 (1.86%) ASP.NET
13 56 (1.86%) SAML
13 56 (1.86%) TensorFlow
14 55 (1.83%) Spring Boot
15 50 (1.66%) OpenID
16 44 (1.46%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 338 (11.23%) Cloud Native
2 126 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 108 (3.59%) Security Posture
4 94 (3.12%) Data Centre
5 84 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 71 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 69 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 68 (2.26%) Data Structures
9 64 (2.13%) AI Agents
9 64 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
10 62 (2.06%) Management Information System
11 60 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
11 60 (1.99%) Public Cloud
12 46 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
13 44 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
14 42 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
15 41 (1.36%) Low-Code
16 40 (1.33%) Cyberattack
17 34 (1.13%) Algorithms
18 33 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 415 (13.78%) Windows
2 168 (5.58%) Linux
3 161 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 69 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 37 (1.23%) Mac OS
6 34 (1.13%) VMS
7 28 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 28 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (0.86%) Unix
9 22 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (0.63%) Android
11 17 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 16 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.33%) CentOS
13 10 (0.33%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
17 1 (0.033%) CoreOS
17 1 (0.033%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (28.40%) DevOps
2 759 (25.21%) CI/CD
3 630 (20.92%) AI
4 607 (20.16%) Agile
5 457 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
6 445 (14.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 443 (14.71%) Roadmaps
8 424 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 423 (14.05%) Mentoring
10 421 (13.98%) Analytics
11 319 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
12 312 (10.36%) Data Engineering
13 295 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 290 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
15 281 (9.33%) Software Engineering
16 272 (9.03%) Machine Learning
17 270 (8.97%) Data Modelling
18 262 (8.70%) Microservices
19 253 (8.40%) Migration
20 235 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 729 (24.21%) Python
2 612 (20.33%) SQL
3 331 (10.99%) PowerShell
4 294 (9.76%) C#
5 222 (7.37%) JavaScript
6 168 (5.58%) Java
7 161 (5.35%) TypeScript
8 111 (3.69%) Bash
9 76 (2.52%) Bicep
10 45 (1.49%) Go
11 35 (1.16%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 30 (1.00%) R
14 23 (0.76%) Scala
15 19 (0.63%) C++
16 15 (0.50%) Rust
17 13 (0.43%) RPG
17 13 (0.43%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.37%) C
18 11 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 366 (12.16%) Degree
2 286 (9.50%) Azure Certification
3 239 (7.94%) Security Cleared
4 177 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 145 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 127 (4.22%) CISSP
7 117 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 112 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
9 74 (2.46%) AWS Certification
10 56 (1.86%) CCNP
10 56 (1.86%) CISM
11 55 (1.83%) CCNA
12 51 (1.69%) Master's Degree
13 50 (1.66%) CEH
14 44 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
15 36 (1.20%) DV Cleared
16 32 (1.06%) CCIE
17 27 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 26 (0.86%) PMI Certification
18 26 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 161 (5.35%) NIST
3 153 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 153 (5.08%) GDPR
4 112 (3.72%) QA
5 93 (3.09%) SLA
6 56 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 49 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 41 (1.36%) NCSC
9 36 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 35 (1.16%) GRC
11 31 (1.03%) PMO
12 28 (0.93%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 18 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 17 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 9 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 8 (0.27%) COBIT
18 8 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 416 (13.82%) Active Directory
2 241 (8.00%) Docker
3 121 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (1.66%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 31 (1.03%) vSphere
8 14 (0.46%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.13%) Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) KVM
11 2 (0.066%) Xen
11 2 (0.066%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.033%) NLBS
12 1 (0.033%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 422 (14.02%) Terraform
2 324 (10.76%) Kubernetes
3 218 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 139 (4.62%) Ansible
5 61 (2.03%) SCCM
6 57 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 56 (1.86%) Grafana
8 44 (1.46%) Prometheus
9 32 (1.06%) FortiGate
10 28 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.43%) Istio
12 11 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.33%) Kibana
14 9 (0.30%) Argo
14 9 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.30%) Nagios
15 8 (0.27%) CASB
16 7 (0.23%) Control-M
16 7 (0.23%) QRadar
16 7 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,212 (40.25%) Microsoft
2 305 (10.13%) Databricks
3 197 (6.54%) VMware
4 148 (4.92%) Cisco
5 130 (4.32%) Google
6 91 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 81 (2.69%) OpenAI
8 73 (2.42%) Palo Alto
9 65 (2.16%) Oracle
10 52 (1.73%) Foundry
11 51 (1.69%) Fortinet
12 50 (1.66%) Splunk
13 49 (1.63%) Meraki
14 47 (1.56%) SAP
15 46 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
16 45 (1.49%) Dynatrace
17 43 (1.43%) SolarWinds
18 42 (1.39%) Dell
19 40 (1.33%) Salesforce
20 37 (1.23%) ForeScout