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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,472 2,969 4,464
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.25% 19.76% 20.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.00% 44.05% 46.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,782 2,043 3,874
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £59,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,750 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £94,688
90th Percentile £113,750 £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 6,029 6,740 9,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.64% 44.85% 45.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,906 4,276 8,066
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
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 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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 0 558 £78,750 +5.00% 261
West London +18 65 £62,500 - 57
East London -8 22 £32,000 -44.35% 40
South London +16 20 £46,000 -23.33% 26
North London +18 18 £75,000 -6.25% 9
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
1 180 (7.28%) SharePoint
2 144 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 34 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.17%) Confluence
6 16 (0.65%) Apache
7 15 (0.61%) Appian
8 12 (0.49%) IIS
9 9 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.32%) CMS
11 6 (0.24%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 5 (0.20%) SAS
12 5 (0.20%) WordPress
13 4 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
13 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.16%) Moodle
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 45 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.24%) Maya
6 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.16%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.081%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.01%) Endur
3 17 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.24%) Shopify
6 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.081%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.081%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.081%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.040%) Alphatax
10 1 (0.040%) Distributed Ledger
10 1 (0.040%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.040%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 866 (35.03%) AWS
2 478 (19.34%) GCP
3 436 (17.64%) Microsoft 365
4 400 (16.18%) Power Platform
5 353 (14.28%) Azure DevOps
6 273 (11.04%) Entra ID
7 183 (7.40%) GitHub
8 173 (7.00%) SaaS
9 152 (6.15%) Azure Data Factory
10 138 (5.58%) Power Automate
11 113 (4.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 110 (4.45%) PowerApps
13 108 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
14 107 (4.33%) PaaS
15 102 (4.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 95 (3.84%) Serverless
17 86 (3.48%) Azure AI
18 66 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
18 66 (2.67%) Snowflake
19 65 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 254 (10.28%) Firewall
2 160 (6.47%) VPN
3 140 (5.66%) DNS
4 135 (5.46%) WAN
5 118 (4.77%) DHCP
6 101 (4.09%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (3.60%) TCP/IP
8 83 (3.36%) LAN
9 69 (2.79%) SD-WAN
10 54 (2.18%) Internet
11 53 (2.14%) Network Security
12 49 (1.98%) VLAN
13 37 (1.50%) Wireless
14 35 (1.42%) SAN
14 35 (1.42%) VoIP
15 24 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
16 21 (0.85%) BGP
16 21 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
16 21 (0.85%) OSPF
17 19 (0.77%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (11.25%) Power BI
2 247 (9.99%) SQL Server
3 175 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
4 154 (6.23%) Data Lake
5 109 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 94 (3.80%) NoSQL
7 81 (3.28%) MongoDB
8 73 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
9 71 (2.87%) Metadata
10 59 (2.39%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
12 50 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (1.98%) Big Data
14 37 (1.50%) Tableau
15 36 (1.46%) BigQuery
16 31 (1.25%) MySQL
17 28 (1.13%) Hadoop
18 25 (1.01%) Pinecone
19 23 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 21 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 189 (7.65%) Git
2 84 (3.40%) JIRA
3 75 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.86%) Visual Studio
5 45 (1.82%) GitLab
6 37 (1.50%) MLflow
7 31 (1.25%) Postman
8 20 (0.81%) Selenium
9 19 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.73%) Eclipse
10 18 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.57%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.49%) JMeter
13 10 (0.40%) Chocolatey
14 9 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.32%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.28%) CircleCI
16 7 (0.28%) Vite
17 6 (0.24%) Artifactory
General
1 751 (30.38%) Finance
2 734 (29.69%) Social Skills
3 287 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (8.01%) Law
5 189 (7.65%) Banking
6 120 (4.85%) Legal
7 115 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 115 (4.65%) Retail
8 92 (3.72%) Public Sector
9 66 (2.67%) Marketing
10 63 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (2.51%) Financial Institution
12 53 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 51 (2.06%) Telecoms
14 48 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
16 36 (1.46%) Multimedia
17 34 (1.38%) Retail Banking
18 26 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
19 25 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 472 (19.09%) Senior
2 324 (13.11%) Developer
3 306 (12.38%) Architect
4 295 (11.93%) Lead
5 198 (8.01%) Analyst
6 181 (7.32%) Data Engineer
7 179 (7.24%) Azure Engineer
8 122 (4.94%) Support Engineer
9 119 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 112 (4.53%) Software Engineer
11 97 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
12 94 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
13 90 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
14 78 (3.16%) Data Architect
15 77 (3.11%) IT Support
16 76 (3.07%) Senior Developer
17 74 (2.99%) IT Engineer
18 71 (2.87%) Support Analyst
19 70 (2.83%) Network Engineer
20 69 (2.79%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (10.44%) .NET
2 156 (6.31%) REST
3 155 (6.27%) React
4 107 (4.33%) HTML
5 103 (4.17%) CSS
6 102 (4.13%) RESTful
7 87 (3.52%) Node.js
8 84 (3.40%) .NET Core
9 81 (3.28%) OAuth
10 71 (2.87%) AngularJS
11 66 (2.67%) Kafka
12 52 (2.10%) SOAP
13 51 (2.06%) ASP.NET
13 51 (2.06%) Web Services
14 50 (2.02%) Vue
15 49 (1.98%) LangChain
16 48 (1.94%) PySpark
17 46 (1.86%) Django
18 45 (1.82%) PyTorch
19 44 (1.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 199 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 101 (4.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 96 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 85 (3.44%) Management Information System
5 84 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
6 79 (3.20%) Security Posture
7 76 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
8 70 (2.83%) AI Agents
9 67 (2.71%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.31%) Onboarding
11 56 (2.27%) Data Structures
12 54 (2.18%) Data Centre
12 54 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
13 53 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
14 44 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
15 39 (1.58%) Public Cloud
16 37 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
17 36 (1.46%) Algorithms
18 32 (1.29%) Reinsurance
18 32 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 366 (14.81%) Windows
2 171 (6.92%) Windows Server
3 143 (5.78%) Linux
4 75 (3.03%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 42 (1.70%) Unix
7 34 (1.38%) Apple iOS
8 31 (1.25%) VMS
9 30 (1.21%) Android
10 28 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
12 14 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.32%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.16%) CentOS
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) SUSE
17 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 1 (0.040%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 694 (28.07%) DevOps
2 625 (25.28%) CI/CD
3 549 (22.21%) AI
4 546 (22.09%) Agile
5 466 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
6 432 (17.48%) Analytics
7 323 (13.07%) Mentoring
8 313 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
9 309 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 299 (12.10%) Roadmaps
11 295 (11.93%) Computer Science
12 286 (11.57%) Data Modelling
13 279 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
14 272 (11.00%) Infrastructure as Code
14 272 (11.00%) Microservices
15 253 (10.23%) Machine Learning
16 252 (10.19%) Software Engineering
17 235 (9.51%) ETL
18 226 (9.14%) Data Pipeline
19 217 (8.78%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 650 (26.29%) Python
2 585 (23.67%) SQL
3 289 (11.69%) PowerShell
4 275 (11.12%) C#
5 259 (10.48%) JavaScript
6 138 (5.58%) TypeScript
7 121 (4.89%) Java
8 79 (3.20%) Bash
9 54 (2.18%) Bicep
10 46 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 40 (1.62%) Go
12 35 (1.42%) R
13 31 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 30 (1.21%) Scala
15 29 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 19 (0.77%) C++
17 15 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.61%) Rust
18 12 (0.49%) PHP
19 11 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 418 (16.91%) Degree
2 228 (9.22%) Azure Certification
3 217 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 153 (6.19%) Security Cleared
5 137 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 109 (4.41%) AWS Certification
7 107 (4.33%) SC Cleared
8 102 (4.13%) CISSP
9 93 (3.76%) Master's Degree
10 53 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
11 45 (1.82%) CISM
12 38 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 38 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 34 (1.38%) CCNP
13 34 (1.38%) PMI Certification
13 34 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 30 (1.21%) CEH
15 27 (1.09%) PMP
16 25 (1.01%) ISTQB
17 24 (0.97%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 183 (7.40%) GDPR
3 151 (6.11%) NIST
4 134 (5.42%) Data Quality
5 88 (3.56%) QA
6 59 (2.39%) SLA
7 39 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 37 (1.50%) NCSC
9 31 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 31 (1.25%) PCI DSS
10 28 (1.13%) EU AI Act
11 25 (1.01%) SOC 2
12 24 (0.97%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.93%) PSD2
14 22 (0.89%) Solvency II
15 21 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.61%) GRC
17 13 (0.53%) ISO 22301
18 11 (0.44%) PMO
19 8 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 352 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 242 (9.79%) Docker
3 86 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.65%) vSphere
8 14 (0.57%) Firmware
9 10 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.24%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 2 (0.081%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.081%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.081%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.081%) NFS
13 2 (0.081%) XenApp
14 1 (0.040%) vCloud
14 1 (0.040%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 304 (12.30%) Terraform
2 273 (11.04%) Kubernetes
3 218 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 112 (4.53%) Ansible
5 54 (2.18%) Grafana
6 53 (2.14%) SCCM
7 48 (1.94%) Prometheus
8 38 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.01%) FortiGate
10 20 (0.81%) Argo
11 19 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (0.65%) CASB
13 8 (0.32%) Kibana
14 6 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.24%) Rancher
14 6 (0.24%) SCOM
14 6 (0.24%) VxRail
15 5 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.20%) Istio
15 5 (0.20%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 1,004 (40.61%) Microsoft
2 196 (7.93%) Databricks
3 167 (6.76%) VMware
4 115 (4.65%) Cisco
4 115 (4.65%) Google
5 74 (2.99%) Oracle
6 73 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 71 (2.87%) Palo Alto
8 62 (2.51%) OpenAI
9 55 (2.22%) Fortinet
10 46 (1.86%) SAP
11 45 (1.82%) Salesforce
12 43 (1.74%) Meraki
13 34 (1.38%) CheckPoint
13 34 (1.38%) SolarWinds
14 33 (1.33%) Informatica
15 30 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
16 28 (1.13%) Dell
17 27 (1.09%) Dynatrace
17 27 (1.09%) Splunk