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

6 months to
16 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 2,447 4,659
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.06% 20.07% 18.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.47% 44.69% 44.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,812 3,734
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,313
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 7,440 5,476 10,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.74% 44.91% 42.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,080 3,856 8,173
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,375 £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 16 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 16 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% 243
West London +11 82 £60,000 +41.18% 58
South London +20 47 £80,000 +23.08% 12
East London -10 20 £31,500 -63.48% 38
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 48 (1.59%) 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
3 17 (0.56%) PlantUML
4 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
7 1 (0.033%) Maya
7 1 (0.033%) Notion
7 1 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.033%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (1.10%) 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
1 979 (32.51%) AWS
2 577 (19.16%) GCP
3 511 (16.97%) Microsoft 365
4 372 (12.35%) Power Platform
5 363 (12.06%) Entra ID
6 359 (11.92%) Azure DevOps
7 202 (6.71%) SaaS
8 193 (6.41%) GitHub
9 150 (4.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 144 (4.78%) PaaS
11 138 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
12 133 (4.42%) Serverless
13 127 (4.22%) Azure AI
14 119 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
15 103 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
15 103 (3.42%) Snowflake
16 101 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
17 99 (3.29%) Power Automate
18 95 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
18 95 (3.16%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 312 (10.36%) Firewall
2 181 (6.01%) VPN
3 168 (5.58%) DNS
4 155 (5.15%) WAN
5 138 (4.58%) Network Security
6 137 (4.55%) DHCP
7 121 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
8 106 (3.52%) LAN
9 90 (2.99%) TCP/IP
10 86 (2.86%) SD-WAN
11 63 (2.09%) VLAN
12 55 (1.83%) SAN
13 41 (1.36%) BGP
14 38 (1.26%) Wireless
15 37 (1.23%) OSPF
16 30 (1.00%) VoIP
16 30 (1.00%) WLAN
17 27 (0.90%) Internet
18 26 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
19 24 (0.80%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (8.60%) SQL Server
2 250 (8.30%) Power BI
3 133 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
4 125 (4.15%) 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 56 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
10 56 (1.86%) Metadata
11 46 (1.53%) BigQuery
11 46 (1.53%) Relational Database
12 44 (1.46%) Big Data
13 43 (1.43%) Delta Lake
14 41 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 33 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (0.90%) MySQL
17 26 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 25 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 181 (6.01%) Git
2 101 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.62%) JIRA
4 74 (2.46%) 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
9 16 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.37%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.37%) Vite
12 10 (0.33%) CircleCI
12 10 (0.33%) Claude Code
13 9 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.23%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 934 (31.02%) Finance
2 827 (27.47%) Social Skills
3 284 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 221 (7.34%) Banking
5 176 (5.85%) Law
6 125 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 118 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (3.55%) Legal
9 73 (2.42%) Retail
10 60 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (1.49%) 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 28 (0.93%) Advertising
17 21 (0.70%) Investment Banking
18 19 (0.63%) Multimedia
18 19 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 576 (19.13%) Senior
2 461 (15.31%) Architect
3 404 (13.42%) Lead
4 301 (10.00%) Developer
5 276 (9.17%) Azure Engineer
6 180 (5.98%) Analyst
7 166 (5.51%) Data Engineer
8 160 (5.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 146 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
10 126 (4.18%) Software Engineer
11 121 (4.02%) Consultant
12 112 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
13 106 (3.52%) Azure Architect
14 102 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 101 (3.35%) Security Engineer
16 100 (3.32%) IT Engineer
17 95 (3.16%) Support Engineer
18 94 (3.12%) Network Engineer
18 94 (3.12%) Platform Engineer
19 91 (3.02%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (9.96%) .NET
2 165 (5.48%) React
3 134 (4.45%) REST
4 115 (3.82%) 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%) CSS
8 75 (2.49%) LangChain
9 69 (2.29%) HTML
9 69 (2.29%) PySpark
10 65 (2.16%) Spring
11 57 (1.89%) PyTorch
12 56 (1.86%) ASP.NET
12 56 (1.86%) SAML
12 56 (1.86%) TensorFlow
13 55 (1.83%) Spring Boot
14 50 (1.66%) OpenID
15 44 (1.46%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 343 (11.39%) Cloud Native
2 124 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 106 (3.52%) Security Posture
4 93 (3.09%) Data Centre
5 84 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 71 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 68 (2.26%) Data Structures
8 67 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
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
12 59 (1.96%) Public Cloud
13 45 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
13 45 (1.49%) 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
2 167 (5.55%) 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%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.30%) CentOS
15 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
18 1 (0.033%) CoreOS
18 1 (0.033%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 852 (28.30%) DevOps
2 762 (25.31%) CI/CD
3 631 (20.96%) AI
4 608 (20.19%) Agile
5 456 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 443 (14.71%) Roadmaps
8 428 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 424 (14.08%) Analytics
10 422 (14.02%) Mentoring
11 316 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
12 312 (10.36%) Data Engineering
13 292 (9.70%) Business Intelligence
13 292 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
14 281 (9.33%) Software Engineering
15 272 (9.03%) Machine Learning
16 271 (9.00%) Data Modelling
17 263 (8.73%) Microservices
18 255 (8.47%) Migration
19 236 (7.84%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 723 (24.01%) Python
2 615 (20.43%) SQL
3 330 (10.96%) PowerShell
4 294 (9.76%) C#
5 220 (7.31%) JavaScript
6 166 (5.51%) Java
7 161 (5.35%) TypeScript
8 110 (3.65%) Bash
9 77 (2.56%) Bicep
10 44 (1.46%) Go
11 37 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 30 (1.00%) R
14 24 (0.80%) 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%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 11 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 367 (12.19%) Degree
2 287 (9.53%) Azure Certification
3 238 (7.90%) Security Cleared
4 177 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 146 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 127 (4.22%) CISSP
7 118 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 111 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
9 74 (2.46%) AWS Certification
10 56 (1.86%) CISM
11 55 (1.83%) CCNP
12 54 (1.79%) CCNA
13 51 (1.69%) Master's Degree
14 49 (1.63%) CEH
15 44 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
16 35 (1.16%) DV Cleared
17 31 (1.03%) CCIE
18 27 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 26 (0.86%) PMI Certification
19 26 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (5.28%) NIST
3 153 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 153 (5.08%) GDPR
4 113 (3.75%) QA
5 94 (3.12%) SLA
6 56 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 49 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 40 (1.33%) NCSC
9 36 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 35 (1.16%) GRC
11 31 (1.03%) PMO
12 29 (0.96%) 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
19 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 416 (13.82%) Active Directory
2 239 (7.94%) Docker
3 122 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 62 (2.06%) 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
1 423 (14.05%) Terraform
2 324 (10.76%) Kubernetes
3 219 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 139 (4.62%) Ansible
5 62 (2.06%) SCCM
6 57 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 54 (1.79%) Grafana
8 43 (1.43%) Prometheus
9 31 (1.03%) 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
15 8 (0.27%) CASB
15 8 (0.27%) Nagios
16 7 (0.23%) Control-M
16 7 (0.23%) QRadar
16 7 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,214 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 307 (10.20%) Databricks
3 196 (6.51%) VMware
4 147 (4.88%) Cisco
5 130 (4.32%) Google
6 90 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 81 (2.69%) OpenAI
8 74 (2.46%) Palo Alto
9 65 (2.16%) Oracle
10 52 (1.73%) Foundry
11 50 (1.66%) Fortinet
12 49 (1.63%) Meraki
13 48 (1.59%) Splunk
14 47 (1.56%) SAP
15 45 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
16 44 (1.46%) Dynatrace
17 42 (1.39%) Dell
17 42 (1.39%) SolarWinds
18 40 (1.33%) Salesforce
19 37 (1.23%) ForeScout