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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,377 3,435 4,245
As % of all permanent jobs in London 18.36% 19.83% 22.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.24% 44.06% 47.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,714 2,428 3,702
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,563 £58,225 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 5,764 7,796 8,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.52% 45.01% 47.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,736 5,150 7,537
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
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 £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 20 November 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 20 November 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 0 438 £77,500 +6.90% 889
West London -3 54 £71,250 -1.72% 102
South London +12 26 £65,000 +5.44% 42
North London +14 25 £75,000 +21.95% 16
East London -16 21 £34,000 -31.66% 83
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
1 169 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 152 (6.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 84 (3.53%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
5 34 (1.43%) Confluence
6 20 (0.84%) CMS
7 19 (0.80%) Apache
8 14 (0.59%) IIS
9 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.21%) Appian
10 5 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.21%) nginx
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.17%) Moodle
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 36 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.34%) Maya
5 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.21%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.084%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.59%) Endur
4 11 (0.46%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.29%) Shopify
6 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.17%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.084%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.084%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.042%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.042%) Markit EDM
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 862 (36.26%) AWS
2 481 (20.24%) GCP
3 405 (17.04%) Microsoft 365
4 390 (16.41%) Power Platform
5 336 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
6 248 (10.43%) Entra ID
7 164 (6.90%) SaaS
8 156 (6.56%) GitHub
9 144 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.72%) Dynamics 365
11 132 (5.55%) Power Automate
12 121 (5.09%) Serverless
13 117 (4.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 113 (4.75%) PowerApps
15 109 (4.59%) PaaS
16 106 (4.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 76 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
18 69 (2.90%) Snowflake
19 62 (2.61%) Azure Functions
20 61 (2.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 229 (9.63%) Firewall
2 124 (5.22%) VPN
2 124 (5.22%) WAN
3 118 (4.96%) DNS
4 109 (4.59%) LAN
5 79 (3.32%) TCP/IP
6 78 (3.28%) DHCP
7 71 (2.99%) Network Security
8 59 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (1.98%) Wireless
10 44 (1.85%) SD-WAN
11 37 (1.56%) VLAN
12 35 (1.47%) Internet
12 35 (1.47%) VoIP
13 27 (1.14%) BGP
13 27 (1.14%) OSPF
14 20 (0.84%) SAN
15 14 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (0.59%) MPLS
16 13 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (11.06%) Power BI
2 234 (9.84%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
4 135 (5.68%) Data Lake
5 122 (5.13%) NoSQL
6 107 (4.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 103 (4.33%) Relational Database
8 91 (3.83%) MongoDB
9 82 (3.45%) Metadata
10 81 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
11 55 (2.31%) Big Data
12 43 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (1.81%) MySQL
13 41 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 39 (1.64%) Hadoop
15 31 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
16 28 (1.18%) Tableau
17 25 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 22 (0.93%) BigQuery
18 22 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 195 (8.20%) Git
2 111 (4.67%) JIRA
3 72 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 49 (2.06%) GitLab
5 39 (1.64%) Visual Studio
6 22 (0.93%) Postman
6 22 (0.93%) Selenium
7 21 (0.88%) MLflow
8 16 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 15 (0.63%) JMeter
9 15 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
10 14 (0.59%) TeamCity
10 14 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
11 12 (0.50%) SonarQube
12 11 (0.46%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.42%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
15 6 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 761 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 748 (31.47%) Finance
3 296 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (10.35%) Law
5 205 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 200 (8.41%) Banking
7 141 (5.93%) Retail
8 127 (5.34%) Marketing
9 113 (4.75%) Legal
10 78 (3.28%) Public Sector
11 62 (2.61%) Telecoms
12 61 (2.57%) Financial Institution
13 59 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
14 44 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
15 40 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
18 30 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
19 29 (1.22%) Games
19 29 (1.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 449 (18.89%) Senior
2 355 (14.93%) Developer
3 333 (14.01%) Lead
4 293 (12.33%) Architect
5 193 (8.12%) Analyst
6 191 (8.04%) Data Engineer
7 135 (5.68%) Azure Engineer
8 116 (4.88%) Support Engineer
9 110 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 110 (4.63%) Software Engineer
10 97 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
11 92 (3.87%) Senior Developer
12 85 (3.58%) Data Architect
13 76 (3.20%) .NET Developer
13 76 (3.20%) IT Support
13 76 (3.20%) Support Analyst
14 69 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
15 68 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
16 60 (2.52%) Consultant
16 60 (2.52%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (11.78%) .NET
2 190 (7.99%) React
3 137 (5.76%) REST
4 111 (4.67%) HTML
5 110 (4.63%) .NET Core
6 109 (4.59%) AngularJS
7 105 (4.42%) Kafka
8 103 (4.33%) RESTful
9 96 (4.04%) CSS
10 88 (3.70%) Node.js
11 73 (3.07%) ASP.NET
12 72 (3.03%) Vue
13 63 (2.65%) .NET Framework
14 60 (2.52%) PySpark
15 57 (2.40%) Web Services
16 54 (2.27%) OAuth
17 46 (1.94%) ASP.NET MVC
17 46 (1.94%) JSON
17 46 (1.94%) Middleware
17 46 (1.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 218 (9.17%) Cloud Native
2 111 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 105 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 96 (4.04%) Management Information System
5 76 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
7 72 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 71 (2.99%) Security Posture
9 61 (2.57%) Public Cloud
10 55 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
11 51 (2.15%) AI Agents
11 51 (2.15%) Low-Code
11 51 (2.15%) Onboarding
11 51 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
12 40 (1.68%) Data Structures
12 40 (1.68%) Private Cloud
13 38 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
14 37 (1.56%) Algorithms
14 37 (1.56%) Reinsurance
15 36 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 400 (16.83%) Windows
2 188 (7.91%) Windows Server
3 172 (7.24%) Linux
4 63 (2.65%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.85%) Mac OS
5 44 (1.85%) Unix
6 30 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 29 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 28 (1.18%) Android
9 18 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (0.76%) VMS
10 17 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (0.38%) CentOS
12 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.34%) Solaris
13 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.25%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.21%) HPUX
16 4 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.084%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 724 (30.46%) DevOps
2 673 (28.31%) Agile
3 624 (26.25%) CI/CD
4 520 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 460 (19.35%) AI
6 413 (17.37%) Analytics
7 321 (13.50%) Mentoring
8 292 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 286 (12.03%) Data Modelling
10 284 (11.95%) Computer Science
11 282 (11.86%) Microservices
12 276 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
13 274 (11.53%) Roadmaps
13 274 (11.53%) Software Engineering
14 268 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
15 252 (10.60%) Machine Learning
16 242 (10.18%) ETL
17 241 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
18 240 (10.10%) Migration
19 231 (9.72%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 666 (28.02%) Python
2 623 (26.21%) SQL
3 307 (12.92%) C#
4 280 (11.78%) PowerShell
5 251 (10.56%) JavaScript
6 151 (6.35%) Java
7 144 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 72 (3.03%) Bash
9 53 (2.23%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.72%) Bicep
11 37 (1.56%) Scala
12 35 (1.47%) Go
13 33 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 29 (1.22%) R
15 26 (1.09%) Shell Script
16 24 (1.01%) Kotlin
17 19 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.72%) Rust
19 14 (0.59%) C++
20 12 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 420 (17.67%) Degree
2 207 (8.71%) Azure Certification
3 196 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 138 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 127 (5.34%) Security Cleared
6 111 (4.67%) AWS Certification
7 108 (4.54%) Master's Degree
8 90 (3.79%) SC Cleared
9 70 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
10 69 (2.90%) CISSP
11 45 (1.89%) CCNP
12 34 (1.43%) CCNA
13 30 (1.26%) DV Cleared
13 30 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.22%) CISM
15 25 (1.05%) MCSE
16 24 (1.01%) PMI Certification
17 23 (0.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 23 (0.97%) CCIE
17 23 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (7.74%) GDPR
2 156 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 130 (5.47%) QA
4 118 (4.96%) NIST
5 111 (4.67%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.56%) SLA
7 32 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (1.18%) EU AI Act
8 28 (1.18%) NCSC
9 25 (1.05%) HIPAA
10 23 (0.97%) PSD2
10 23 (0.97%) Solvency II
11 21 (0.88%) Accessibility
12 16 (0.67%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.50%) PMO
14 11 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.29%) EMIR
15 7 (0.29%) GRC
15 7 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 343 (14.43%) Active Directory
2 234 (9.84%) Docker
3 98 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 62 (2.61%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.55%) Firmware
9 12 (0.50%) vSphere
10 11 (0.46%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.34%) NFS
12 6 (0.25%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.21%) XenApp
13 5 (0.21%) zsh
14 4 (0.17%) ISA Server
14 4 (0.17%) KVM
14 4 (0.17%) Postfix
14 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
15 2 (0.084%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 295 (12.41%) Kubernetes
2 284 (11.95%) Terraform
3 206 (8.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 132 (5.55%) Ansible
5 51 (2.15%) SCCM
5 51 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
6 43 (1.81%) Grafana
6 43 (1.81%) Prometheus
7 19 (0.80%) Argo
8 16 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 15 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (0.50%) SCOM
11 11 (0.46%) Autotask
11 11 (0.46%) Kubeflow
12 10 (0.42%) Puppet
13 9 (0.38%) CASB
14 8 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.21%) Rancher
15 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,008 (42.41%) Microsoft
2 234 (9.84%) Databricks
3 171 (7.19%) VMware
4 131 (5.51%) Cisco
5 107 (4.50%) Google
6 94 (3.95%) Oracle
7 68 (2.86%) ServiceNow
8 67 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 58 (2.44%) SAP
10 45 (1.89%) Salesforce
11 44 (1.85%) SolarWinds
12 41 (1.72%) Fortinet
13 40 (1.68%) Meraki
14 33 (1.39%) Citrix
15 32 (1.35%) OpenAI
16 30 (1.26%) Informatica
17 29 (1.22%) Splunk
18 24 (1.01%) Dell
18 24 (1.01%) Foundry
18 24 (1.01%) Okta