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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,392 3,744 5,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.11% 19.60% 22.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.94% 44.85% 46.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,705 2,628 4,420
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,553 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £56,621
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -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 5,444 8,347 10,808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 45.76% 43.69% 48.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,737 5,684 9,263
10th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% +4.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure 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 September 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 16 September 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 -1 456 £80,000 +10.34% 334
West London +14 49 £56,250 -22.41% 82
South London 0 44 £65,000 - 28
North London +2 28 £75,000 +28.76% 18
East London -2 25 £42,500 -14.57% 56
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 151 (6.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 151 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 95 (3.97%) Apache Spark
3 42 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 38 (1.59%) CMS
5 36 (1.51%) Apache
6 34 (1.42%) Confluence
7 10 (0.42%) IIS
8 9 (0.38%) Moodle
9 8 (0.33%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
10 7 (0.29%) nginx
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 4 (0.17%) Drupal
11 4 (0.17%) Liferay
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.71%) Chatbot
4 16 (0.67%) Maya
5 12 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.21%) PlantUML
8 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.17%) Trello
9 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 68 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.75%) SAP IBP
4 8 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.29%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.29%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.29%) Shopify
6 6 (0.25%) Carpe Diem
7 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.13%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.084%) Endur
10 1 (0.042%) Lorenzo
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.042%) Siebel CRM
10 1 (0.042%) SystmOne
10 1 (0.042%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 855 (35.74%) AWS
2 510 (21.32%) GCP
3 381 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
4 378 (15.80%) Power Platform
5 358 (14.97%) Azure DevOps
6 233 (9.74%) Entra ID
7 163 (6.81%) SaaS
8 162 (6.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 155 (6.48%) Dynamics 365
10 132 (5.52%) GitHub
10 132 (5.52%) Serverless
11 115 (4.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 107 (4.47%) PaaS
13 104 (4.35%) Power Automate
14 101 (4.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 100 (4.18%) PowerApps
16 84 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
17 71 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
18 67 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
19 59 (2.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 223 (9.32%) Firewall
2 148 (6.19%) VPN
3 133 (5.56%) WAN
4 120 (5.02%) DNS
5 112 (4.68%) LAN
6 95 (3.97%) Network Security
7 75 (3.14%) TCP/IP
8 66 (2.76%) DHCP
9 41 (1.71%) Wireless
10 40 (1.67%) BGP
10 40 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (1.55%) SD-WAN
12 36 (1.51%) OSPF
13 34 (1.42%) VLAN
14 27 (1.13%) MPLS
15 26 (1.09%) VoIP
16 22 (0.92%) SAN
17 19 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
18 14 (0.59%) IPsec
19 12 (0.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (9.99%) Power BI
2 220 (9.20%) SQL Server
3 178 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
4 126 (5.27%) NoSQL
5 120 (5.02%) Data Lake
6 99 (4.14%) MongoDB
7 90 (3.76%) Relational Database
8 89 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 84 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
10 79 (3.30%) Metadata
11 63 (2.63%) Big Data
12 50 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
13 39 (1.63%) Hadoop
13 39 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 37 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (1.55%) MySQL
15 28 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 24 (1.00%) Tableau
17 22 (0.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 20 (0.84%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 164 (6.86%) Git
2 96 (4.01%) JIRA
3 69 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 48 (2.01%) GitLab
5 23 (0.96%) Postman
5 23 (0.96%) Selenium
6 22 (0.92%) Visual Studio
7 17 (0.71%) MLflow
8 16 (0.67%) JMeter
8 16 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
9 15 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 15 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.50%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.42%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.29%) Maven
13 7 (0.29%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 785 (32.82%) Finance
2 736 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 310 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 255 (10.66%) Law
5 247 (10.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 218 (9.11%) Banking
7 110 (4.60%) Marketing
8 107 (4.47%) Legal
9 92 (3.85%) Public Sector
10 80 (3.34%) Retail
11 52 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 51 (2.13%) Back Office
13 48 (2.01%) Front Office
14 45 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
15 41 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
16 38 (1.59%) Financial Institution
17 37 (1.55%) Games
18 36 (1.51%) Manufacturing
19 31 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
20 28 (1.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 480 (20.07%) Senior
2 367 (15.34%) Developer
3 299 (12.50%) Lead
4 294 (12.29%) Architect
5 196 (8.19%) Data Engineer
6 185 (7.73%) Analyst
7 171 (7.15%) Azure Engineer
8 117 (4.89%) Software Engineer
9 113 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 109 (4.56%) Solutions Architect
11 99 (4.14%) Support Engineer
12 97 (4.06%) Senior Developer
13 90 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
14 81 (3.39%) .NET Developer
15 79 (3.30%) Data Architect
16 78 (3.26%) IT Support
17 72 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
18 68 (2.84%) Consultant
19 67 (2.80%) Senior Architect
20 66 (2.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 311 (13.00%) .NET
2 212 (8.86%) React
3 123 (5.14%) AngularJS
4 118 (4.93%) REST
5 113 (4.72%) .NET Core
6 110 (4.60%) HTML
7 97 (4.06%) Node.js
8 96 (4.01%) Kafka
9 88 (3.68%) .NET Framework
10 87 (3.64%) RESTful
11 85 (3.55%) CSS
12 83 (3.47%) PySpark
13 79 (3.30%) ASP.NET
14 67 (2.80%) Vue
15 53 (2.22%) Web Services
16 52 (2.17%) ASP.NET Web API
17 49 (2.05%) YAML
18 48 (2.01%) ASP.NET MVC
19 46 (1.92%) Entity Framework
20 45 (1.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 211 (8.82%) Cloud Native
2 110 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 104 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 94 (3.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 77 (3.22%) Data Centre
6 72 (3.01%) Security Posture
7 63 (2.63%) Public Cloud
8 62 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
9 60 (2.51%) Algorithms
10 49 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
11 48 (2.01%) Onboarding
12 46 (1.92%) Data Structures
12 46 (1.92%) Reinsurance
13 45 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
14 42 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
15 35 (1.46%) Private Cloud
16 31 (1.30%) Low-Code
17 29 (1.21%) Virtual Team
18 28 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
19 26 (1.09%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 422 (17.64%) Windows
2 188 (7.86%) Linux
2 188 (7.86%) Windows Server
3 54 (2.26%) Windows 10
4 39 (1.63%) Android
5 37 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 36 (1.51%) Mac OS
7 33 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 33 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.96%) Unix
10 16 (0.67%) VMS
11 15 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.29%) CentOS
12 7 (0.29%) Solaris
13 5 (0.21%) HPUX
13 5 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (31.23%) DevOps
2 743 (31.06%) Agile
3 663 (27.72%) CI/CD
4 537 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
5 389 (16.26%) Artificial Intelligence
6 369 (15.43%) Analytics
7 314 (13.13%) Mentoring
8 287 (12.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 274 (11.45%) Data Modelling
9 274 (11.45%) Software Engineering
10 269 (11.25%) Roadmaps
11 268 (11.20%) Migration
12 265 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 246 (10.28%) Microservices
14 243 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
15 223 (9.32%) ITIL
16 222 (9.28%) Machine Learning
17 221 (9.24%) Containerisation
18 220 (9.20%) Computer Science
19 213 (8.90%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 713 (29.81%) Python
2 679 (28.39%) SQL
3 322 (13.46%) C#
4 302 (12.63%) PowerShell
5 260 (10.87%) JavaScript
6 186 (7.78%) Java
7 155 (6.48%) TypeScript
8 84 (3.51%) Bash
9 67 (2.80%) T-SQL
10 57 (2.38%) Scala
11 48 (2.01%) Go
12 37 (1.55%) Bicep
13 30 (1.25%) R
14 28 (1.17%) C++
15 27 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 25 (1.05%) Rust
17 23 (0.96%) Shell Script
18 16 (0.67%) Kotlin
19 15 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
20 14 (0.59%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 372 (15.55%) Degree
2 201 (8.40%) Azure Certification
3 144 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 135 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 126 (5.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 94 (3.93%) SC Cleared
7 88 (3.68%) AWS Certification
8 83 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
9 81 (3.39%) Master's Degree
10 47 (1.96%) CCNA
10 47 (1.96%) CISSP
11 45 (1.88%) CCNP
12 29 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 26 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
14 25 (1.05%) PMI Certification
15 22 (0.92%) PhD
16 21 (0.88%) CISM
17 20 (0.84%) ISTQB
17 20 (0.84%) MCSE
18 18 (0.75%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (6.19%) GDPR
2 141 (5.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 130 (5.43%) QA
4 103 (4.31%) Data Quality
5 102 (4.26%) NIST
6 47 (1.96%) SLA
7 26 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (1.05%) NCSC
9 18 (0.75%) SOC 2
10 15 (0.63%) HIPAA
11 14 (0.59%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.38%) PMO
13 8 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.29%) GRC
15 6 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.21%) WCAG
17 4 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
18 3 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 356 (14.88%) Active Directory
2 232 (9.70%) Docker
3 127 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 31 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 30 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.42%) BitLocker
8 10 (0.42%) Firmware
9 9 (0.38%) vSphere
10 8 (0.33%) NFS
11 6 (0.25%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.21%) ISA Server
12 5 (0.21%) XenApp
12 5 (0.21%) zsh
13 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.13%) KVM
15 2 (0.084%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 331 (13.84%) Kubernetes
2 315 (13.17%) Terraform
3 191 (7.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 136 (5.69%) Ansible
5 54 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
6 50 (2.09%) SCCM
7 38 (1.59%) Grafana
8 33 (1.38%) Prometheus
9 19 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
10 17 (0.71%) Puppet
11 15 (0.63%) SCOM
12 13 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (0.54%) Progress Chef
13 11 (0.46%) Autotask
13 11 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
13 11 (0.46%) Kubeflow
13 11 (0.46%) Nagios
14 10 (0.42%) Argo
15 9 (0.38%) NetBackup
15 9 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,008 (42.14%) Microsoft
2 237 (9.91%) Databricks
3 190 (7.94%) VMware
4 147 (6.15%) Cisco
5 143 (5.98%) Google
6 89 (3.72%) Oracle
7 71 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 68 (2.84%) SAP
9 56 (2.34%) SolarWinds
10 55 (2.30%) Citrix
10 55 (2.30%) Meraki
11 44 (1.84%) Palo Alto
12 38 (1.59%) Fortinet
13 37 (1.55%) OpenAI
14 36 (1.51%) Salesforce
15 33 (1.38%) Splunk
16 29 (1.21%) CheckPoint
17 25 (1.05%) Red Hat
18 24 (1.00%) Trayport
19 23 (0.96%) Okta