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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,391 3,417 4,125
As % of all permanent jobs in London 17.97% 20.05% 22.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.63% 44.09% 48.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,716 2,438 3,593
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,300 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.40% -3.85%

All Cloud 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 5,743 7,750 8,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 43.16% 45.48% 47.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 5,162 7,321
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 0 467 £75,750 +4.48% 211
West London +1 54 £73,250 +1.03% 75
North London +19 25 £75,000 -6.25% 16
East London -11 24 £34,000 -26.09% 72
South London +11 23 £65,000 +5.44% 38
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
1 172 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 148 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 82 (3.43%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 33 (1.38%) Confluence
6 19 (0.79%) Apache
6 19 (0.79%) CMS
7 15 (0.63%) IIS
8 7 (0.29%) Appian
9 6 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
9 6 (0.25%) Moodle
10 5 (0.21%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.17%) nginx
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 37 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.33%) Maya
5 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.084%) Trello
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 59 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.71%) Endur
4 11 (0.46%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 6 (0.25%) Shopify
6 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.17%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.084%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.084%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.084%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.042%) Markit EDM
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 862 (36.05%) AWS
2 480 (20.08%) GCP
3 413 (17.27%) Microsoft 365
4 396 (16.56%) Power Platform
5 343 (14.35%) Azure DevOps
6 250 (10.46%) Entra ID
7 163 (6.82%) SaaS
8 162 (6.78%) GitHub
9 147 (6.15%) Azure Data Factory
10 138 (5.77%) Power Automate
11 126 (5.27%) Dynamics 365
12 117 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 115 (4.81%) PowerApps
14 114 (4.77%) Serverless
15 112 (4.68%) PaaS
16 109 (4.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 72 (3.01%) Snowflake
18 71 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
19 68 (2.84%) Azure AI
20 61 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 230 (9.62%) Firewall
2 124 (5.19%) VPN
3 120 (5.02%) WAN
4 112 (4.68%) DNS
5 99 (4.14%) LAN
6 79 (3.30%) DHCP
7 75 (3.14%) Network Security
8 74 (3.09%) TCP/IP
9 63 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (1.92%) SD-WAN
10 46 (1.92%) Wireless
11 42 (1.76%) Internet
12 38 (1.59%) VLAN
13 36 (1.51%) VoIP
14 22 (0.92%) BGP
14 22 (0.92%) OSPF
14 22 (0.92%) SAN
15 15 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (0.54%) Wireshark
17 12 (0.50%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 273 (11.42%) Power BI
2 239 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 185 (7.74%) Data Warehouse
4 147 (6.15%) Data Lake
5 128 (5.35%) NoSQL
6 112 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 92 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 92 (3.85%) Relational Database
8 81 (3.39%) Metadata
9 78 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
10 60 (2.51%) Big Data
11 43 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
11 43 (1.80%) MySQL
12 42 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 40 (1.67%) Hadoop
14 31 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
15 27 (1.13%) Tableau
16 25 (1.05%) BigQuery
16 25 (1.05%) DynamoDB
17 21 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 204 (8.53%) Git
2 107 (4.48%) JIRA
3 73 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 43 (1.80%) GitLab
5 42 (1.76%) Visual Studio
6 26 (1.09%) MLflow
7 22 (0.92%) Postman
7 22 (0.92%) Selenium
8 16 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
9 15 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 15 (0.63%) JMeter
10 14 (0.59%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
12 11 (0.46%) Artifactory
13 9 (0.38%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.33%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
15 7 (0.29%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 759 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 737 (30.82%) Finance
3 291 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (9.58%) Law
5 180 (7.53%) Banking
6 177 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 140 (5.86%) Retail
8 117 (4.89%) Legal
9 109 (4.56%) Marketing
10 75 (3.14%) Public Sector
11 64 (2.68%) Financial Institution
12 62 (2.59%) Telecoms
13 57 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
15 46 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.42%) Manufacturing
17 31 (1.30%) Games
17 31 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
17 31 (1.30%) Retail Banking
18 29 (1.21%) Billing
Job Titles
1 444 (18.57%) Senior
2 352 (14.72%) Developer
3 321 (13.43%) Lead
4 304 (12.71%) Architect
5 191 (7.99%) Analyst
6 187 (7.82%) Data Engineer
7 140 (5.86%) Azure Engineer
8 121 (5.06%) Support Engineer
9 106 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 103 (4.31%) Software Engineer
11 100 (4.18%) Solutions Architect
12 86 (3.60%) Data Architect
12 86 (3.60%) Senior Developer
13 77 (3.22%) .NET Developer
13 77 (3.22%) Support Analyst
14 76 (3.18%) IT Support
15 71 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
16 69 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
17 62 (2.59%) Security Engineer
18 57 (2.38%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 277 (11.59%) .NET
2 186 (7.78%) React
3 136 (5.69%) REST
4 112 (4.68%) HTML
5 108 (4.52%) .NET Core
6 105 (4.39%) AngularJS
7 101 (4.22%) RESTful
8 98 (4.10%) CSS
9 96 (4.02%) Kafka
10 90 (3.76%) Node.js
11 72 (3.01%) ASP.NET
12 71 (2.97%) Vue
13 60 (2.51%) .NET Framework
14 58 (2.43%) PySpark
15 55 (2.30%) Web Services
16 52 (2.17%) OAuth
17 48 (2.01%) Middleware
18 47 (1.97%) PyTorch
18 47 (1.97%) YAML
19 45 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 216 (9.03%) Cloud Native
2 113 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 108 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 100 (4.18%) Management Information System
5 77 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
6 75 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
7 68 (2.84%) Security Posture
8 64 (2.68%) Data Centre
9 55 (2.30%) AI Agents
9 55 (2.30%) Low-Code
10 54 (2.26%) Public Cloud
11 52 (2.17%) Onboarding
12 49 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
13 48 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
14 43 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
15 37 (1.55%) Data Structures
16 36 (1.51%) Algorithms
17 35 (1.46%) Reinsurance
18 31 (1.30%) Private Cloud
18 31 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 396 (16.56%) Windows
2 184 (7.70%) Windows Server
3 170 (7.11%) Linux
4 67 (2.80%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.84%) Mac OS
6 39 (1.63%) Unix
7 33 (1.38%) Apple iOS
8 30 (1.25%) Android
9 28 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 22 (0.92%) VMS
11 14 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 7 (0.29%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.25%) CentOS
14 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.21%) Solaris
16 3 (0.13%) SUSE
17 2 (0.084%) HPUX
17 2 (0.084%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 721 (30.15%) DevOps
2 661 (27.65%) Agile
3 614 (25.68%) CI/CD
4 502 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
5 478 (19.99%) AI
6 425 (17.77%) Analytics
7 315 (13.17%) Mentoring
8 297 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 292 (12.21%) Computer Science
10 287 (12.00%) Roadmaps
11 286 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
12 285 (11.92%) Data Modelling
13 277 (11.59%) Microservices
14 260 (10.87%) Software Engineering
15 258 (10.79%) Infrastructure as Code
15 258 (10.79%) Machine Learning
16 252 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
17 251 (10.50%) ETL
18 232 (9.70%) Migration
19 230 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 661 (27.65%) Python
2 613 (25.64%) SQL
3 313 (13.09%) C#
4 284 (11.88%) PowerShell
5 257 (10.75%) JavaScript
6 150 (6.27%) Java
7 140 (5.86%) TypeScript
8 65 (2.72%) Bash
9 47 (1.97%) T-SQL
10 45 (1.88%) Bicep
11 37 (1.55%) Scala
12 33 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 33 (1.38%) Go
13 28 (1.17%) R
14 22 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
15 19 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 19 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.67%) C++
17 15 (0.63%) Rust
18 13 (0.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 422 (17.65%) Degree
2 211 (8.82%) Azure Certification
3 203 (8.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 132 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 124 (5.19%) Security Cleared
6 113 (4.73%) AWS Certification
7 108 (4.52%) Master's Degree
8 88 (3.68%) SC Cleared
9 74 (3.09%) CISSP
10 63 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
11 40 (1.67%) CCNP
12 32 (1.34%) CISM
13 31 (1.30%) DV Cleared
14 30 (1.25%) PMI Certification
15 29 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
16 28 (1.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 25 (1.05%) CCNA
18 24 (1.00%) PhD
19 23 (0.96%) CCIE
19 23 (0.96%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.78%) GDPR
2 164 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 128 (5.35%) QA
4 122 (5.10%) NIST
5 112 (4.68%) Data Quality
6 38 (1.59%) SLA
7 35 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (1.17%) EU AI Act
8 28 (1.17%) NCSC
9 24 (1.00%) HIPAA
10 23 (0.96%) Accessibility
10 23 (0.96%) PSD2
11 22 (0.92%) Solvency II
12 18 (0.75%) PCI DSS
13 15 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 14 (0.59%) PMO
15 12 (0.50%) SOC 2
16 9 (0.38%) GRC
17 8 (0.33%) EMIR
17 8 (0.33%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 332 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 234 (9.79%) Docker
3 93 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.59%) Firmware
9 12 (0.50%) vSphere
10 11 (0.46%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.33%) XenDesktop
12 7 (0.29%) NFS
13 5 (0.21%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.21%) XenApp
14 4 (0.17%) ISA Server
14 4 (0.17%) KVM
14 4 (0.17%) Postfix
14 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
15 3 (0.13%) zsh
16 2 (0.084%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 284 (11.88%) Kubernetes
2 282 (11.79%) Terraform
3 206 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 127 (5.31%) Ansible
5 52 (2.17%) SCCM
6 47 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (1.71%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.63%) Grafana
9 18 (0.75%) Argo
10 17 (0.71%) FortiGate
11 14 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.46%) Autotask
12 11 (0.46%) CASB
12 11 (0.46%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.38%) SCOM
14 8 (0.33%) Puppet
15 7 (0.29%) Rancher
16 6 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
17 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,016 (42.49%) Microsoft
2 222 (9.28%) Databricks
3 163 (6.82%) VMware
4 125 (5.23%) Cisco
5 100 (4.18%) Google
6 92 (3.85%) Oracle
7 69 (2.89%) Palo Alto
8 68 (2.84%) ServiceNow
9 59 (2.47%) SAP
10 49 (2.05%) Salesforce
11 41 (1.71%) Fortinet
12 38 (1.59%) Meraki
13 34 (1.42%) Informatica
13 34 (1.42%) SolarWinds
14 33 (1.38%) OpenAI
15 32 (1.34%) Citrix
16 24 (1.00%) CheckPoint
16 24 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
16 24 (1.00%) Splunk
17 23 (0.96%) IBM