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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,957 2,397 4,625
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.10% 19.75% 19.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.99% 44.50% 44.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,098 1,798 3,742
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,800
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £56,750
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 7,395 5,387 10,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.25% 44.38% 43.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,943 3,828 8,105
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £118,750
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 1 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 1 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 0 632 £82,500 +6.45% 315
West London +9 79 £60,000 +41.18% 38
South London +12 47 £80,000 +23.08% 13
East London -12 19 £95,000 +11.76% 38
North London +4 11 £55,000 +10.00% 12
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
1 187 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 125 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 35 (1.18%) Confluence
6 18 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.54%) Apache
8 14 (0.47%) CMS
9 11 (0.37%) WordPress
10 9 (0.30%) Appian
11 7 (0.24%) Camunda
11 7 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.20%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
13 5 (0.17%) IIS
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
15 3 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 48 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.44%) PlantUML
6 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.034%) Maya
9 1 (0.034%) Notion
9 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.34%) Endur
4 7 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.068%) Shopify
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.034%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.034%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.034%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 968 (32.74%) AWS
2 567 (19.17%) GCP
3 503 (17.01%) Microsoft 365
4 371 (12.55%) Power Platform
5 355 (12.01%) Entra ID
6 353 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
7 197 (6.66%) SaaS
8 196 (6.63%) GitHub
9 148 (5.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 140 (4.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 138 (4.67%) PaaS
12 132 (4.46%) Serverless
13 123 (4.16%) Azure AI
14 114 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 105 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
16 100 (3.38%) Power Automate
17 97 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
18 96 (3.25%) Snowflake
19 92 (3.11%) IaaS
20 86 (2.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 318 (10.75%) Firewall
2 182 (6.15%) VPN
3 173 (5.85%) DNS
4 156 (5.28%) WAN
5 141 (4.77%) DHCP
6 127 (4.29%) Network Security
6 127 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
7 103 (3.48%) LAN
8 89 (3.01%) TCP/IP
9 86 (2.91%) SD-WAN
10 62 (2.10%) VLAN
11 57 (1.93%) SAN
12 38 (1.29%) BGP
13 36 (1.22%) Wireless
14 34 (1.15%) OSPF
15 33 (1.12%) WLAN
16 32 (1.08%) Internet
17 31 (1.05%) VoIP
18 27 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
19 26 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 253 (8.56%) Power BI
3 127 (4.29%) Data Lake
3 127 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 63 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 62 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
7 61 (2.06%) Tableau
8 60 (2.03%) MongoDB
9 56 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
10 50 (1.69%) Big Data
10 50 (1.69%) BigQuery
10 50 (1.69%) Metadata
11 45 (1.52%) Relational Database
12 41 (1.39%) Delta Lake
13 40 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 30 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
15 29 (0.98%) MySQL
16 27 (0.91%) Pinecone
17 25 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 183 (6.19%) Git
2 97 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 75 (2.54%) JIRA
4 72 (2.43%) GitLab
5 46 (1.56%) MLflow
6 27 (0.91%) Postman
7 23 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 20 (0.68%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.57%) Selenium
10 14 (0.47%) Visual Studio
11 13 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.44%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.41%) CircleCI
13 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.37%) Vite
14 10 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
16 8 (0.27%) SpecFlow
17 7 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 6 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 908 (30.71%) Finance
2 805 (27.22%) Social Skills
3 296 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
4 217 (7.34%) Banking
5 171 (5.78%) Law
6 123 (4.16%) Public Sector
7 121 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 98 (3.31%) Legal
9 68 (2.30%) Retail
10 58 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 55 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 35 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
15 34 (1.15%) Front Office
16 30 (1.01%) Marketing
17 25 (0.85%) Multimedia
18 24 (0.81%) Advertising
19 21 (0.71%) Retail Banking
20 20 (0.68%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 567 (19.17%) Senior
2 444 (15.02%) Architect
3 385 (13.02%) Lead
4 291 (9.84%) Developer
5 268 (9.06%) Azure Engineer
6 181 (6.12%) Analyst
7 169 (5.72%) Data Engineer
8 161 (5.44%) Cloud Engineer
9 138 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
10 123 (4.16%) Consultant
10 123 (4.16%) Software Engineer
11 107 (3.62%) Azure Architect
12 106 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
13 104 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 103 (3.48%) Support Engineer
15 102 (3.45%) IT Engineer
16 98 (3.31%) Network Engineer
16 98 (3.31%) Security Engineer
17 91 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
18 85 (2.87%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (9.71%) .NET
2 163 (5.51%) React
3 132 (4.46%) REST
4 111 (3.75%) Kafka
5 102 (3.45%) OAuth
6 85 (2.87%) RESTful
7 82 (2.77%) CSS
8 76 (2.57%) Node.js
9 75 (2.54%) HTML
10 70 (2.37%) PySpark
11 69 (2.33%) LangChain
12 68 (2.30%) .NET Core
13 59 (2.00%) Spring
14 55 (1.86%) PyTorch
14 55 (1.86%) SAML
15 54 (1.83%) TensorFlow
16 48 (1.62%) Spring Boot
17 47 (1.59%) ASP.NET
18 46 (1.56%) Django
18 46 (1.56%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 303 (10.25%) Cloud Native
2 125 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 101 (3.42%) Security Posture
4 88 (2.98%) Data Centre
5 86 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
6 73 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 70 (2.37%) Data Structures
7 70 (2.37%) Onboarding
8 66 (2.23%) Management Information System
9 64 (2.16%) AI Agents
9 64 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
10 63 (2.13%) Public Cloud
11 59 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
12 48 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
13 43 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
14 41 (1.39%) Low-Code
15 40 (1.35%) Cyberattack
15 40 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
16 38 (1.29%) Algorithms
17 33 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 410 (13.87%) Windows
2 161 (5.44%) Linux
3 158 (5.34%) Windows Server
4 74 (2.50%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 35 (1.18%) VMS
6 33 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 30 (1.01%) Unix
8 29 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (0.78%) Android
11 18 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (0.34%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.30%) CentOS
15 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.068%) Amazon Linux
18 1 (0.034%) CoreOS
18 1 (0.034%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (28.24%) DevOps
2 732 (24.75%) CI/CD
3 612 (20.70%) AI
4 580 (19.61%) Agile
5 454 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
6 427 (14.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 424 (14.34%) Roadmaps
8 422 (14.27%) Mentoring
9 420 (14.20%) Analytics
10 409 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 315 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
12 306 (10.35%) Data Engineering
13 285 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
14 283 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 270 (9.13%) Software Engineering
16 266 (9.00%) Data Modelling
17 261 (8.83%) Machine Learning
18 259 (8.76%) Migration
19 250 (8.45%) Microservices
20 228 (7.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 732 (24.75%) Python
2 610 (20.63%) SQL
3 338 (11.43%) PowerShell
4 285 (9.64%) C#
5 230 (7.78%) JavaScript
6 165 (5.58%) Java
7 154 (5.21%) TypeScript
8 106 (3.58%) Bash
9 76 (2.57%) Bicep
10 48 (1.62%) Go
11 38 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
12 37 (1.25%) R
13 31 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 23 (0.78%) Scala
15 20 (0.68%) C++
16 15 (0.51%) Rust
17 12 (0.41%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.37%) C
18 11 (0.37%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.37%) RPG
Qualifications
1 375 (12.68%) Degree
2 294 (9.94%) Azure Certification
3 228 (7.71%) Security Cleared
4 164 (5.55%) SC Cleared
5 154 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 124 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 120 (4.06%) CISSP
8 103 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
9 79 (2.67%) AWS Certification
10 51 (1.72%) CCNP
11 50 (1.69%) CEH
12 49 (1.66%) CCNA
13 48 (1.62%) CISM
13 48 (1.62%) Master's Degree
14 43 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.25%) DV Cleared
16 31 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 30 (1.01%) CCIE
18 29 (0.98%) PMI Certification
19 27 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 152 (5.14%) NIST
3 149 (5.04%) Data Quality
4 142 (4.80%) GDPR
5 100 (3.38%) QA
6 90 (3.04%) SLA
7 54 (1.83%) Accessibility
8 45 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 39 (1.32%) NCSC
10 33 (1.12%) GRC
10 33 (1.12%) PCI DSS
11 30 (1.01%) PMO
12 29 (0.98%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 17 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 9 (0.30%) ISO 22301
17 9 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 8 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 409 (13.83%) Active Directory
2 233 (7.88%) Docker
3 117 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (1.79%) Hyper-V
6 46 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 31 (1.05%) vSphere
8 13 (0.44%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.24%) Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.14%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.068%) Xen
13 1 (0.034%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 406 (13.73%) Terraform
2 316 (10.69%) Kubernetes
3 218 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (4.36%) Ansible
5 62 (2.10%) SCCM
6 57 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
7 54 (1.83%) Grafana
8 41 (1.39%) Prometheus
9 33 (1.12%) FortiGate
10 29 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.41%) Istio
12 10 (0.34%) Argo
12 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
13 9 (0.30%) Kibana
14 8 (0.27%) CASB
15 7 (0.24%) Nagios
15 7 (0.24%) QRadar
15 7 (0.24%) VxRail
16 6 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,190 (40.24%) Microsoft
2 300 (10.15%) Databricks
3 195 (6.59%) VMware
4 143 (4.84%) Cisco
5 130 (4.40%) Google
6 90 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 82 (2.77%) OpenAI
8 72 (2.43%) Palo Alto
9 63 (2.13%) Oracle
10 56 (1.89%) Fortinet
11 51 (1.72%) SAP
12 50 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
12 50 (1.69%) Meraki
13 48 (1.62%) Foundry
14 45 (1.52%) Splunk
15 44 (1.49%) Dynatrace
16 42 (1.42%) SolarWinds
17 41 (1.39%) Dell
17 41 (1.39%) Salesforce
18 39 (1.32%) ForeScout