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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,737 2,515 4,551
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.32% 19.44% 20.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.55% 44.05% 45.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,963 1,975 3,857
10th Percentile £42,950 £45,795 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £58,083 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £64,000 £64,000 £59,750
% change year-on-year - +7.11% -8.08%

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 6,749 5,709 9,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 37.79% 44.12% 44.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,359 4,171 8,137
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 +1 630 £80,000 +6.67% 319
West London +8 75 £65,000 +32.65% 45
South London +29 43 £80,000 +33.33% 22
East London -9 27 £31,250 -63.24% 40
North London +12 13 £60,000 +41.18% 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
1 182 (6.65%) SharePoint
2 146 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 42 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.95%) Confluence
6 15 (0.55%) Appian
7 14 (0.51%) Apache
8 13 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
8 13 (0.47%) WordPress
9 11 (0.40%) IIS
10 9 (0.33%) CMS
11 8 (0.29%) Anypoint
12 6 (0.22%) Camunda
12 6 (0.22%) Moodle
13 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
14 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
14 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 52 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.073%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.037%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.037%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.037%) Maya
9 1 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.77%) Endur
3 8 (0.29%) Shopify
4 7 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.18%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.073%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.073%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.073%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.073%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.073%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.037%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.037%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.037%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.037%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.037%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 968 (35.37%) AWS
2 550 (20.09%) GCP
3 490 (17.90%) Microsoft 365
4 427 (15.60%) Power Platform
5 324 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
6 303 (11.07%) Entra ID
7 202 (7.38%) GitHub
8 194 (7.09%) SaaS
9 157 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
10 145 (5.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 125 (4.57%) Power Automate
12 121 (4.42%) PaaS
13 115 (4.20%) Azure AI
14 102 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
14 102 (3.73%) Serverless
15 100 (3.65%) PowerApps
16 96 (3.51%) Snowflake
17 92 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
18 73 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
19 71 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 302 (11.03%) Firewall
2 174 (6.36%) VPN
3 166 (6.07%) DNS
4 154 (5.63%) WAN
5 143 (5.22%) DHCP
6 125 (4.57%) Wi-Fi
7 107 (3.91%) TCP/IP
8 97 (3.54%) LAN
9 85 (3.11%) Network Security
10 82 (3.00%) SD-WAN
11 60 (2.19%) Internet
12 54 (1.97%) VLAN
13 41 (1.50%) SAN
14 35 (1.28%) Wireless
15 34 (1.24%) VoIP
16 27 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
18 22 (0.80%) Broadband
19 21 (0.77%) BGP
19 21 (0.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 309 (11.29%) Power BI
2 275 (10.05%) SQL Server
3 164 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
4 158 (5.77%) Data Lake
5 103 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 76 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
7 74 (2.70%) NoSQL
8 68 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
9 62 (2.27%) Tableau
10 60 (2.19%) Metadata
11 59 (2.16%) BigQuery
12 55 (2.01%) MongoDB
13 52 (1.90%) Relational Database
14 50 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 49 (1.79%) Big Data
16 32 (1.17%) Delta Lake
17 29 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 28 (1.02%) MySQL
19 25 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
20 24 (0.88%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 195 (7.12%) Git
2 92 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 81 (2.96%) JIRA
4 59 (2.16%) GitLab
5 50 (1.83%) MLflow
6 35 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 32 (1.17%) Postman
8 21 (0.77%) Eclipse
9 18 (0.66%) Chocolatey
10 17 (0.62%) Selenium
10 17 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
12 14 (0.51%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.51%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.47%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
14 10 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 9 (0.33%) SpecFlow
16 8 (0.29%) Vite
17 7 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 813 (29.70%) Finance
2 783 (28.61%) Social Skills
3 288 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 230 (8.40%) Banking
5 182 (6.65%) Law
6 121 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 111 (4.06%) Retail
8 105 (3.84%) Legal
9 101 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 69 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
12 61 (2.23%) Marketing
13 51 (1.86%) Financial Institution
13 51 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 50 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
15 43 (1.57%) Multimedia
16 39 (1.42%) Front Office
17 38 (1.39%) Telecoms
18 33 (1.21%) Retail Banking
19 25 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 540 (19.73%) Senior
2 363 (13.26%) Architect
3 357 (13.04%) Lead
4 294 (10.74%) Developer
5 218 (7.96%) Azure Engineer
6 212 (7.75%) Analyst
7 174 (6.36%) Data Engineer
8 131 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 124 (4.53%) Software Engineer
10 118 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 114 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 109 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
13 104 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
14 94 (3.43%) IT Support
15 92 (3.36%) Security Engineer
16 89 (3.25%) Data Architect
17 86 (3.14%) IT Engineer
18 84 (3.07%) Network Engineer
19 82 (3.00%) Consultant
20 80 (2.92%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (9.21%) .NET
2 167 (6.10%) React
3 125 (4.57%) REST
4 110 (4.02%) CSS
5 104 (3.80%) HTML
6 103 (3.76%) RESTful
7 101 (3.69%) Kafka
8 90 (3.29%) Node.js
9 89 (3.25%) OAuth
10 70 (2.56%) .NET Core
11 57 (2.08%) LangChain
12 55 (2.01%) PyTorch
13 54 (1.97%) Django
13 54 (1.97%) TensorFlow
14 53 (1.94%) PySpark
15 47 (1.72%) SAML
16 41 (1.50%) AngularJS
17 40 (1.46%) SOAP
18 37 (1.35%) scikit-learn
18 37 (1.35%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 246 (8.99%) Cloud Native
2 106 (3.87%) Product Ownership
3 97 (3.54%) Security Posture
4 94 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 81 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 79 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
7 71 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 69 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 64 (2.34%) Public Cloud
10 60 (2.19%) AI Agents
11 58 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
12 57 (2.08%) Data Centre
13 56 (2.05%) Low-Code
14 53 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
15 51 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
16 49 (1.79%) Onboarding
17 43 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
18 39 (1.42%) Algorithms
19 38 (1.39%) Cyberattack
20 32 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 415 (15.16%) Windows
2 178 (6.50%) Windows Server
3 169 (6.17%) Linux
4 85 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 52 (1.90%) Unix
6 45 (1.64%) Mac OS
7 35 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (1.24%) VMS
9 33 (1.21%) Apple iOS
10 31 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 28 (1.02%) Android
12 21 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.37%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.33%) Mac OS X
14 9 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.26%) CentOS
16 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.15%) SUSE
18 2 (0.073%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 740 (27.04%) DevOps
2 643 (23.49%) CI/CD
3 583 (21.30%) AI
4 559 (20.42%) Agile
5 464 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (16.30%) Analytics
7 386 (14.10%) Mentoring
8 349 (12.75%) Roadmaps
9 345 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 337 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
11 323 (11.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 316 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
13 309 (11.29%) Computer Science
14 292 (10.67%) Data Modelling
15 276 (10.08%) Machine Learning
16 271 (9.90%) Software Engineering
17 253 (9.24%) Microservices
18 247 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
19 245 (8.95%) Data Engineering
20 241 (8.81%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 727 (26.56%) Python
2 639 (23.35%) SQL
3 323 (11.80%) PowerShell
4 257 (9.39%) C#
5 254 (9.28%) JavaScript
6 144 (5.26%) Java
7 133 (4.86%) TypeScript
8 101 (3.69%) Bash
9 56 (2.05%) Bicep
10 54 (1.97%) Go
11 45 (1.64%) R
12 38 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 36 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 22 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 21 (0.77%) C++
15 21 (0.77%) Scala
16 14 (0.51%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.51%) Rust
17 13 (0.47%) VB.NET
18 12 (0.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 411 (15.02%) Degree
2 278 (10.16%) Azure Certification
3 236 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 183 (6.69%) Security Cleared
5 145 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 128 (4.68%) SC Cleared
7 114 (4.17%) CISSP
8 103 (3.76%) AWS Certification
9 75 (2.74%) Master's Degree
10 73 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
11 52 (1.90%) CEH
12 50 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 44 (1.61%) CISM
13 44 (1.61%) DV Cleared
14 42 (1.53%) CCNP
15 35 (1.28%) CCNA
15 35 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
16 32 (1.17%) PMI Certification
17 31 (1.13%) PMP
18 29 (1.06%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (7.16%) GDPR
2 188 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 168 (6.14%) NIST
4 137 (5.01%) Data Quality
5 85 (3.11%) QA
6 79 (2.89%) SLA
7 40 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 39 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.39%) Accessibility
10 35 (1.28%) NCSC
11 33 (1.21%) SOC 2
12 29 (1.06%) EU AI Act
13 27 (0.99%) Solvency II
14 25 (0.91%) GRC
14 25 (0.91%) HIPAA
15 23 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.84%) PSD2
16 21 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 21 (0.77%) PMO
17 17 (0.62%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 386 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 250 (9.13%) Docker
3 95 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 59 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 55 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
6 37 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (0.95%) vSphere
8 11 (0.40%) Firmware
9 7 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.18%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.18%) KVM
10 5 (0.18%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.15%) Postfix
12 2 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.037%) NLBS
13 1 (0.037%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.037%) Xen
13 1 (0.037%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 333 (12.17%) Terraform
2 302 (11.03%) Kubernetes
3 246 (8.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (4.71%) Ansible
5 64 (2.34%) SCCM
6 60 (2.19%) Grafana
7 53 (1.94%) Prometheus
8 41 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
9 28 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 26 (0.95%) FortiGate
11 17 (0.62%) Argo
12 13 (0.47%) Istio
13 12 (0.44%) CASB
14 10 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (0.33%) Kibana
16 8 (0.29%) VxRail
17 7 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
18 6 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
18 6 (0.22%) Nagios
19 5 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,101 (40.23%) Microsoft
2 259 (9.46%) Databricks
3 190 (6.94%) VMware
4 154 (5.63%) Google
5 133 (4.86%) Cisco
6 83 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 80 (2.92%) Palo Alto
8 65 (2.37%) OpenAI
9 63 (2.30%) Fortinet
9 63 (2.30%) Oracle
10 52 (1.90%) Dell
11 49 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
12 46 (1.68%) Meraki
13 43 (1.57%) SAP
14 42 (1.53%) Salesforce
15 39 (1.42%) Splunk
16 35 (1.28%) CheckPoint
16 35 (1.28%) SolarWinds
17 34 (1.24%) CyberArk
17 34 (1.24%) Dynatrace