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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,092 2,541 4,206
As % of all permanent jobs in London 13.80% 20.54% 18.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.64% 45.06% 44.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,860 3,340
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £64,250 £57,500 £57,500
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 £115,000 £112,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -6.07%

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 8,002 5,639 9,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.71% 45.58% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,360 4,005 7,461
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £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 £96,250 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.21% -9.69%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 0 552 £82,750 +6.77% 142
West London +5 90 £70,000 +55.56% 51
South London +12 48 £80,000 +23.08% 20
East London -12 17 £31,500 -56.55% 37
North London -2 8 £55,000 -20.00% 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
1 195 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 131 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 69 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 45 (1.46%) Confluence
5 42 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 20 (0.65%) Apache
7 17 (0.55%) CMS
8 16 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
9 13 (0.42%) Anypoint
10 11 (0.36%) Camunda
10 11 (0.36%) Mule
11 10 (0.32%) Umbraco
11 10 (0.32%) WordPress
12 5 (0.16%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.13%) Appian
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
13 4 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 21 (0.68%) PlantUML
5 17 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.032%) Houdini
9 1 (0.032%) Maya
9 1 (0.032%) Notion
9 1 (0.032%) NUKE
9 1 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.032%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.42%) Elite 3E
4 10 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
5 6 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.16%) Endur
6 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.097%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.065%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.065%) Shopify
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.032%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.032%) SAP IBP
10 1 (0.032%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,014 (32.79%) AWS
2 592 (19.15%) GCP
3 536 (17.34%) Microsoft 365
4 398 (12.87%) Power Platform
5 386 (12.48%) Entra ID
6 367 (11.87%) Azure DevOps
7 214 (6.92%) SaaS
8 184 (5.95%) GitHub
9 158 (5.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 150 (4.85%) PaaS
11 149 (4.82%) Azure Logic Apps
12 147 (4.75%) Serverless
13 145 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 137 (4.43%) Azure AI
15 115 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
16 114 (3.69%) Snowflake
17 106 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
18 100 (3.23%) Power Automate
19 98 (3.17%) IaaS
20 90 (2.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 319 (10.32%) Firewall
2 183 (5.92%) VPN
3 180 (5.82%) DNS
4 160 (5.17%) Network Security
5 143 (4.62%) DHCP
6 142 (4.59%) WAN
7 123 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
8 116 (3.75%) LAN
9 93 (3.01%) TCP/IP
10 73 (2.36%) SD-WAN
10 73 (2.36%) VLAN
11 52 (1.68%) SAN
12 47 (1.52%) BGP
13 45 (1.46%) Wireless
14 43 (1.39%) OSPF
15 30 (0.97%) Kerberos
15 30 (0.97%) VoIP
16 26 (0.84%) WLAN
17 24 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
18 22 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (8.64%) Power BI
2 258 (8.34%) SQL Server
3 153 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
4 133 (4.30%) Data Lake
5 112 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 77 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
7 70 (2.26%) Tableau
8 67 (2.17%) MongoDB
9 63 (2.04%) NoSQL
10 60 (1.94%) Metadata
11 53 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
12 46 (1.49%) Delta Lake
13 44 (1.42%) Relational Database
14 40 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 39 (1.26%) Big Data
16 38 (1.23%) BigQuery
17 36 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
18 33 (1.07%) MySQL
18 33 (1.07%) Star Schema
19 29 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 171 (5.53%) Git
2 109 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 91 (2.94%) JIRA
4 76 (2.46%) GitLab
5 33 (1.07%) MLflow
6 21 (0.68%) Postman
7 17 (0.55%) Chocolatey
8 16 (0.52%) Selenium
9 15 (0.49%) Eclipse
10 12 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.32%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.32%) CircleCI
11 10 (0.32%) Claude Code
11 10 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.29%) JUnit
12 9 (0.29%) Mockito
12 9 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.26%) Vite
14 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.23%) TestRail
General
1 928 (30.01%) Finance
2 879 (28.43%) Social Skills
3 277 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 218 (7.05%) Banking
5 188 (6.08%) Law
6 128 (4.14%) Public Sector
7 122 (3.95%) Legal
8 115 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 81 (2.62%) Retail
10 53 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
11 47 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 46 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (1.33%) Financial Institution
14 36 (1.16%) Front Office
15 32 (1.03%) Marketing
16 30 (0.97%) Advertising
16 30 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (0.84%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.58%) Investment Banking
18 18 (0.58%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 593 (19.18%) Senior
2 512 (16.56%) Architect
3 424 (13.71%) Lead
4 308 (9.96%) Developer
5 278 (8.99%) Azure Engineer
6 177 (5.72%) Solutions Architect
7 175 (5.66%) Data Engineer
8 173 (5.60%) Analyst
9 149 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 130 (4.20%) Consultant
11 119 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
12 118 (3.82%) Software Engineer
13 113 (3.65%) Azure Architect
14 104 (3.36%) Data Architect
15 102 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 98 (3.17%) Security Engineer
17 92 (2.98%) IT Engineer
18 87 (2.81%) IT Support
19 86 (2.78%) Network Engineer
20 85 (2.75%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (9.86%) .NET
2 172 (5.56%) React
3 139 (4.50%) REST
4 122 (3.95%) Kafka
5 105 (3.40%) OAuth
6 100 (3.23%) Node.js
7 87 (2.81%) RESTful
8 82 (2.65%) Spring
9 78 (2.52%) .NET Core
10 75 (2.43%) LangChain
11 72 (2.33%) Spring Boot
12 68 (2.20%) ASP.NET
13 66 (2.13%) PySpark
14 59 (1.91%) PyTorch
15 56 (1.81%) OpenID
16 55 (1.78%) CSS
16 55 (1.78%) TensorFlow
17 53 (1.71%) HTML
18 52 (1.68%) OAuth2
18 52 (1.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 389 (12.58%) Cloud Native
2 137 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 110 (3.56%) Security Posture
4 105 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
5 101 (3.27%) Data Centre
6 86 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 81 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 66 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 64 (2.07%) AI Agents
10 63 (2.04%) Management Information System
11 60 (1.94%) Public Cloud
12 56 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
12 56 (1.81%) Data Structures
13 55 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
14 50 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
15 43 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
16 40 (1.29%) Low-Code
17 38 (1.23%) Distributed Architecture
18 32 (1.03%) Cyberattack
19 31 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 435 (14.07%) Windows
2 185 (5.98%) Linux
3 166 (5.37%) Windows Server
4 59 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.94%) VMS
7 27 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 27 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (0.74%) Unix
9 20 (0.65%) Android
10 18 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (0.39%) CentOS
13 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
17 1 (0.032%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (28.65%) DevOps
2 812 (26.26%) CI/CD
3 670 (21.67%) AI
4 638 (20.63%) Agile
5 479 (15.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 479 (15.49%) Roadmaps
6 463 (14.97%) Mentoring
7 453 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
8 449 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 418 (13.52%) Analytics
10 320 (10.35%) Data Engineering
11 319 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
12 305 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
13 301 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 299 (9.67%) Software Engineering
15 284 (9.18%) Machine Learning
16 282 (9.12%) Microservices
17 271 (8.76%) Data Modelling
18 267 (8.64%) Migration
19 259 (8.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 747 (24.16%) Python
2 615 (19.89%) SQL
3 316 (10.22%) PowerShell
4 314 (10.16%) C#
5 216 (6.99%) JavaScript
6 191 (6.18%) Java
7 172 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 112 (3.62%) Bash
9 79 (2.55%) Bicep
10 40 (1.29%) Go
11 29 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
11 29 (0.94%) T-SQL
12 26 (0.84%) Scala
13 21 (0.68%) R
14 20 (0.65%) C++
15 19 (0.61%) RPG
16 14 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.42%) DataWeave
18 12 (0.39%) Rust
18 12 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 367 (11.87%) Degree
2 281 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 254 (8.21%) Security Cleared
4 187 (6.05%) SC Cleared
5 135 (4.37%) CISSP
6 129 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 121 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
8 106 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 67 (2.17%) AWS Certification
10 64 (2.07%) CCNP
11 59 (1.91%) CISM
12 56 (1.81%) CCNA
13 52 (1.68%) Master's Degree
14 48 (1.55%) CEH
14 48 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
15 32 (1.03%) DV Cleared
16 30 (0.97%) CCIE
17 28 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 26 (0.84%) GIAC
19 24 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 161 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 159 (5.14%) GDPR
4 147 (4.75%) NIST
5 138 (4.46%) QA
6 93 (3.01%) SLA
7 59 (1.91%) Accessibility
8 47 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 42 (1.36%) GRC
10 37 (1.20%) PMO
11 31 (1.00%) NCSC
12 28 (0.91%) PCI DSS
12 28 (0.91%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 18 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 18 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 8 (0.26%) ISO 22301
18 7 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 435 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 237 (7.66%) Docker
3 127 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (1.71%) Hyper-V
6 47 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (0.84%) vSphere
8 14 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.16%) KVM
9 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.13%) Firmware
11 3 (0.097%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.065%) Xen
13 1 (0.032%) NLBS
13 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 450 (14.55%) Terraform
2 330 (10.67%) Kubernetes
3 224 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 149 (4.82%) Ansible
5 64 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
6 57 (1.84%) Grafana
7 56 (1.81%) SCCM
8 42 (1.36%) Prometheus
9 33 (1.07%) FortiGate
10 21 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.42%) Istio
12 12 (0.39%) Argo
13 11 (0.36%) CloudHub
13 11 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.36%) Nagios
14 9 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.29%) QRadar
15 7 (0.23%) Control-M
16 6 (0.19%) Packer
16 6 (0.19%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 1,296 (41.91%) Microsoft
2 317 (10.25%) Databricks
3 199 (6.44%) VMware
4 151 (4.88%) Cisco
5 132 (4.27%) Google
6 93 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 78 (2.52%) OpenAI
8 74 (2.39%) Palo Alto
9 73 (2.36%) Oracle
10 58 (1.88%) Foundry
11 52 (1.68%) SAP
12 51 (1.65%) Splunk
13 48 (1.55%) Meraki
13 48 (1.55%) Salesforce
14 46 (1.49%) Fortinet
15 44 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
15 44 (1.42%) Dell
16 41 (1.33%) Dynatrace
16 41 (1.33%) Tenable
17 40 (1.29%) iManage