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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,933 2,366 4,589
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.03% 19.70% 19.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.17% 44.62% 44.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,080 1,768 3,741
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,100 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,875 £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 7,302 5,302 10,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.93% 44.15% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,879 3,795 8,081
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% - -
75th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 24 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 24 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 0 657 £82,500 +6.45% 253
West London +10 76 £60,000 +41.18% 31
South London +17 47 £80,000 +23.08% 10
East London -11 22 £87,500 +2.94% 35
North London +4 11 £55,000 +10.00% 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
1 183 (6.24%) SharePoint
2 123 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 62 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.06%) Confluence
6 19 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.55%) Apache
8 13 (0.44%) CMS
9 11 (0.38%) WordPress
10 10 (0.34%) Appian
11 6 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.20%) Camunda
11 6 (0.20%) IIS
11 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.14%) Moodle
14 3 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 48 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 48 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.41%) PlantUML
5 10 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
7 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.034%) Maya
7 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.38%) Endur
4 7 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.10%) Shopify
9 2 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.068%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.034%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.034%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 956 (32.59%) AWS
2 556 (18.96%) GCP
3 504 (17.18%) Microsoft 365
4 380 (12.96%) Power Platform
5 355 (12.10%) Entra ID
6 351 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
7 192 (6.55%) SaaS
8 191 (6.51%) GitHub
9 155 (5.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 146 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 135 (4.60%) PaaS
12 126 (4.30%) Serverless
13 125 (4.26%) Azure AI
14 112 (3.82%) Azure Logic Apps
15 98 (3.34%) Azure Monitor
15 98 (3.34%) Power Automate
16 97 (3.31%) Snowflake
17 93 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
18 88 (3.00%) IaaS
19 86 (2.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 318 (10.84%) Firewall
2 184 (6.27%) VPN
3 173 (5.90%) DNS
4 157 (5.35%) WAN
5 143 (4.88%) DHCP
6 131 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
7 126 (4.30%) Network Security
8 102 (3.48%) LAN
9 90 (3.07%) TCP/IP
10 88 (3.00%) SD-WAN
11 61 (2.08%) VLAN
12 57 (1.94%) SAN
13 37 (1.26%) Internet
14 36 (1.23%) Wireless
15 35 (1.19%) BGP
16 33 (1.13%) WLAN
17 31 (1.06%) OSPF
17 31 (1.06%) VoIP
18 27 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
19 26 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (9.14%) SQL Server
2 258 (8.80%) Power BI
3 136 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
4 134 (4.57%) Data Lake
5 94 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 68 (2.32%) NoSQL
7 62 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
7 62 (2.11%) Tableau
8 58 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
8 58 (1.98%) MongoDB
9 54 (1.84%) Big Data
10 53 (1.81%) BigQuery
11 49 (1.67%) Metadata
12 45 (1.53%) Relational Database
13 41 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 40 (1.36%) Delta Lake
15 28 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
15 28 (0.95%) MySQL
15 28 (0.95%) Pinecone
16 25 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 181 (6.17%) Git
2 98 (3.34%) Jenkins
3 73 (2.49%) JIRA
4 69 (2.35%) GitLab
5 49 (1.67%) MLflow
6 27 (0.92%) Postman
7 22 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.72%) Chocolatey
9 18 (0.61%) Selenium
10 15 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.48%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.41%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.38%) Vite
14 9 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 890 (30.34%) Finance
2 789 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 297 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (7.23%) Banking
5 171 (5.83%) Law
6 119 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 117 (3.99%) Public Sector
8 95 (3.24%) Legal
9 69 (2.35%) Retail
10 56 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
11 52 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 38 (1.30%) Front Office
15 32 (1.09%) Marketing
16 27 (0.92%) Multimedia
17 22 (0.75%) Advertising
17 22 (0.75%) Retail Banking
18 18 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 569 (19.40%) Senior
2 432 (14.73%) Architect
3 369 (12.58%) Lead
4 284 (9.68%) Developer
5 269 (9.17%) Azure Engineer
6 184 (6.27%) Analyst
7 171 (5.83%) Data Engineer
8 153 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
9 130 (4.43%) Software Engineer
10 129 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
11 121 (4.13%) Consultant
12 110 (3.75%) Azure Architect
13 108 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 106 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
15 102 (3.48%) IT Engineer
15 102 (3.48%) Support Engineer
16 98 (3.34%) Network Engineer
17 93 (3.17%) Security Engineer
18 91 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
19 83 (2.83%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (9.68%) .NET
2 163 (5.56%) React
3 129 (4.40%) REST
4 109 (3.72%) Kafka
5 98 (3.34%) OAuth
6 82 (2.80%) CSS
6 82 (2.80%) RESTful
7 75 (2.56%) HTML
8 72 (2.45%) Node.js
8 72 (2.45%) PySpark
9 67 (2.28%) .NET Core
10 66 (2.25%) LangChain
11 56 (1.91%) SAML
12 53 (1.81%) PyTorch
13 52 (1.77%) TensorFlow
14 51 (1.74%) Spring
15 47 (1.60%) Django
16 45 (1.53%) OpenID
17 42 (1.43%) ASP.NET
18 41 (1.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 288 (9.82%) Cloud Native
2 123 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 92 (3.14%) Security Posture
4 86 (2.93%) Data Centre
5 85 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 78 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 71 (2.42%) Data Structures
8 70 (2.39%) Management Information System
9 65 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 63 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
11 62 (2.11%) AI Agents
12 61 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 61 (2.08%) Public Cloud
13 51 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
14 45 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
15 43 (1.47%) Low-Code
16 40 (1.36%) Algorithms
17 39 (1.33%) Cyberattack
17 39 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
18 33 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 413 (14.08%) Windows
2 164 (5.59%) Linux
3 160 (5.46%) Windows Server
4 78 (2.66%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 35 (1.19%) VMS
6 34 (1.16%) Mac OS
7 31 (1.06%) Unix
8 30 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.89%) Android
10 25 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (0.51%) 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 2 (0.068%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.068%) SUSE
18 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 816 (27.82%) DevOps
2 714 (24.34%) CI/CD
3 597 (20.35%) AI
4 572 (19.50%) Agile
5 449 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
6 427 (14.56%) Analytics
7 416 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 416 (14.18%) Roadmaps
8 408 (13.91%) Mentoring
9 396 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 313 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
11 303 (10.33%) Data Engineering
12 289 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
13 277 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 272 (9.27%) Software Engineering
15 267 (9.10%) Data Modelling
16 256 (8.73%) Migration
17 255 (8.69%) Machine Learning
18 248 (8.46%) Microservices
19 225 (7.67%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 735 (25.06%) Python
2 612 (20.87%) SQL
3 335 (11.42%) PowerShell
4 282 (9.61%) C#
5 222 (7.57%) JavaScript
6 168 (5.73%) Java
7 148 (5.05%) TypeScript
8 99 (3.38%) Bash
9 73 (2.49%) Bicep
10 50 (1.70%) Go
11 38 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 37 (1.26%) R
13 31 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 25 (0.85%) Scala
15 22 (0.75%) C++
16 15 (0.51%) Rust
17 13 (0.44%) C
18 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.41%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 370 (12.62%) Degree
2 298 (10.16%) Azure Certification
3 220 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 160 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 156 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 122 (4.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 120 (4.09%) CISSP
8 102 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
9 79 (2.69%) AWS Certification
10 52 (1.77%) CEH
11 50 (1.70%) CCNP
12 49 (1.67%) CCNA
13 48 (1.64%) CISM
14 45 (1.53%) Master's Degree
15 43 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
16 36 (1.23%) DV Cleared
17 33 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 32 (1.09%) PMI Certification
19 31 (1.06%) PMP
20 30 (1.02%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 151 (5.15%) NIST
3 149 (5.08%) Data Quality
4 145 (4.94%) GDPR
5 92 (3.14%) QA
6 89 (3.03%) SLA
7 51 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 46 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.30%) NCSC
10 34 (1.16%) GRC
10 34 (1.16%) PCI DSS
11 30 (1.02%) SOC 2
12 29 (0.99%) PMO
13 20 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 19 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 14 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 10 (0.34%) ISO 22301
16 10 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 9 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 409 (13.94%) Active Directory
2 236 (8.05%) Docker
3 114 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 45 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (1.02%) vSphere
8 13 (0.44%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.31%) Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.14%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.068%) Xen
13 1 (0.034%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 394 (13.43%) Terraform
2 317 (10.81%) Kubernetes
3 224 (7.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (4.36%) Ansible
5 65 (2.22%) SCCM
6 55 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
7 54 (1.84%) Grafana
8 42 (1.43%) Prometheus
9 31 (1.06%) FortiGate
10 29 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.44%) Istio
12 12 (0.41%) Argo
13 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.31%) Kibana
15 8 (0.27%) CASB
16 7 (0.24%) Nagios
16 7 (0.24%) QRadar
16 7 (0.24%) VxRail
17 6 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,188 (40.50%) Microsoft
2 301 (10.26%) Databricks
3 194 (6.61%) VMware
4 143 (4.88%) Cisco
5 128 (4.36%) Google
6 87 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 84 (2.86%) OpenAI
8 76 (2.59%) Palo Alto
9 62 (2.11%) Oracle
10 56 (1.91%) Fortinet
11 53 (1.81%) SAP
12 50 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
12 50 (1.70%) Meraki
13 47 (1.60%) Foundry
14 45 (1.53%) Salesforce
15 43 (1.47%) Dynatrace
16 42 (1.43%) SolarWinds
16 42 (1.43%) Splunk
17 41 (1.40%) Dell
18 40 (1.36%) ForeScout