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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,627 2,575 4,481
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.44% 19.18% 20.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.45% 43.42% 45.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,885 1,973 3,844
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +10.17% -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 6,495 5,930 9,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 38.17% 44.16% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,192 4,183 8,127
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,163 £55,000
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 £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 March 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 March 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 +1 609 £77,500 +3.33% 274
West London +11 71 £65,000 +32.65% 50
South London +25 29 £38,500 -35.83% 23
East London -6 27 £31,250 -63.24% 51
North London +19 15 £72,500 +65.71% 9
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
1 188 (7.16%) SharePoint
2 150 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 32 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.99%) Confluence
6 15 (0.57%) Appian
7 14 (0.53%) Apache
8 13 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
8 13 (0.49%) WordPress
9 12 (0.46%) IIS
10 9 (0.34%) CMS
11 8 (0.30%) Anypoint
12 6 (0.23%) Camunda
12 6 (0.23%) Moodle
13 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
14 4 (0.15%) SAS
14 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
16 2 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 48 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.076%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 46 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.91%) Endur
3 8 (0.30%) Shopify
4 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.19%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.076%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.076%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.076%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.076%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.076%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.038%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.038%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.038%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.038%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.038%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 918 (34.94%) AWS
2 512 (19.49%) GCP
3 478 (18.20%) Microsoft 365
4 415 (15.80%) Power Platform
5 330 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
6 299 (11.38%) Entra ID
7 199 (7.58%) GitHub
8 191 (7.27%) SaaS
9 151 (5.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 133 (5.06%) Power Automate
11 122 (4.64%) PaaS
12 112 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 105 (4.00%) PowerApps
14 103 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
15 101 (3.84%) Serverless
16 100 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
17 88 (3.35%) Azure AI
18 73 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
19 67 (2.55%) Snowflake
20 66 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 294 (11.19%) Firewall
2 175 (6.66%) VPN
3 164 (6.24%) DNS
4 156 (5.94%) WAN
5 137 (5.22%) DHCP
6 118 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
7 107 (4.07%) TCP/IP
8 96 (3.65%) LAN
9 82 (3.12%) SD-WAN
10 74 (2.82%) Network Security
11 65 (2.47%) Internet
12 51 (1.94%) VLAN
13 38 (1.45%) SAN
14 37 (1.41%) VoIP
15 35 (1.33%) Wireless
16 27 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
18 22 (0.84%) BGP
18 22 (0.84%) Broadband
18 22 (0.84%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 301 (11.46%) Power BI
2 259 (9.86%) SQL Server
3 155 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
4 149 (5.67%) Data Lake
5 100 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 80 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
7 75 (2.85%) NoSQL
8 59 (2.25%) Metadata
9 58 (2.21%) MongoDB
10 55 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
11 53 (2.02%) Relational Database
12 52 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (1.87%) Tableau
14 47 (1.79%) Big Data
15 46 (1.75%) BigQuery
16 31 (1.18%) MySQL
17 27 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 26 (0.99%) Delta Lake
19 23 (0.88%) Pinecone
20 21 (0.80%) Redis
Development Applications
1 190 (7.23%) Git
2 89 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.12%) JIRA
4 58 (2.21%) GitLab
5 42 (1.60%) MLflow
6 38 (1.45%) Visual Studio
7 32 (1.22%) Postman
8 20 (0.76%) Eclipse
8 20 (0.76%) TeamCity
9 19 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
10 17 (0.65%) Selenium
11 14 (0.53%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.49%) Chocolatey
12 13 (0.49%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.49%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 10 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.34%) JMeter
15 8 (0.30%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.30%) Vite
General
1 773 (29.43%) Finance
2 769 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 278 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (7.96%) Banking
5 189 (7.19%) Law
6 121 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 109 (4.15%) Retail
8 101 (3.84%) Public Sector
9 99 (3.77%) Legal
10 69 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (2.44%) Marketing
12 61 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
13 57 (2.17%) Financial Institution
14 51 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
16 45 (1.71%) Multimedia
17 39 (1.48%) Telecoms
18 35 (1.33%) Front Office
19 34 (1.29%) Retail Banking
20 25 (0.95%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 508 (19.34%) Senior
2 339 (12.90%) Lead
3 334 (12.71%) Architect
4 300 (11.42%) Developer
5 215 (8.18%) Analyst
6 197 (7.50%) Azure Engineer
7 169 (6.43%) Data Engineer
8 127 (4.83%) Support Engineer
9 120 (4.57%) Software Engineer
10 117 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 111 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
12 99 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
13 97 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
14 89 (3.39%) IT Support
15 86 (3.27%) Network Engineer
16 84 (3.20%) Security Engineer
17 80 (3.05%) IT Engineer
18 77 (2.93%) Senior Developer
19 76 (2.89%) Data Architect
20 73 (2.78%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (9.44%) .NET
2 155 (5.90%) React
3 132 (5.02%) REST
4 113 (4.30%) CSS
5 107 (4.07%) HTML
6 103 (3.92%) RESTful
7 87 (3.31%) OAuth
8 83 (3.16%) Node.js
9 80 (3.05%) Kafka
10 71 (2.70%) .NET Core
11 50 (1.90%) Django
12 49 (1.87%) PySpark
13 48 (1.83%) SAML
14 45 (1.71%) LangChain
15 43 (1.64%) SOAP
16 42 (1.60%) AngularJS
16 42 (1.60%) PyTorch
17 41 (1.56%) TensorFlow
18 37 (1.41%) Swagger
18 37 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 226 (8.60%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 96 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 89 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 78 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
5 78 (2.97%) Management Information System
6 73 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
7 67 (2.55%) Data Structures
8 63 (2.40%) AI Agents
9 58 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
10 56 (2.13%) Data Centre
10 56 (2.13%) Low-Code
11 54 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
12 53 (2.02%) Onboarding
13 49 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
14 47 (1.79%) Public Cloud
15 45 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.45%) Algorithms
17 35 (1.33%) Cyberattack
18 33 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 403 (15.34%) Windows
2 179 (6.81%) Windows Server
3 158 (6.01%) Linux
4 89 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 52 (1.98%) Unix
6 46 (1.75%) Mac OS
7 34 (1.29%) VMS
8 33 (1.26%) Apple iOS
9 32 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 30 (1.14%) Android
10 30 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 19 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.23%) CentOS
16 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.15%) SUSE
17 2 (0.076%) Solaris
17 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (27.64%) DevOps
2 643 (24.48%) CI/CD
3 542 (20.63%) Agile
4 537 (20.44%) AI
5 460 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
6 433 (16.48%) Analytics
7 378 (14.39%) Mentoring
8 340 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 332 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
10 311 (11.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 306 (11.65%) Computer Science
12 305 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
13 300 (11.42%) Roadmaps
14 277 (10.54%) Data Modelling
15 270 (10.28%) Software Engineering
16 261 (9.94%) Microservices
17 237 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
18 236 (8.98%) Machine Learning
19 230 (8.76%) ITIL
20 219 (8.34%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 685 (26.08%) Python
2 596 (22.69%) SQL
3 321 (12.22%) PowerShell
4 255 (9.71%) C#
5 247 (9.40%) JavaScript
6 132 (5.02%) Java
7 124 (4.72%) TypeScript
8 96 (3.65%) Bash
9 57 (2.17%) Bicep
10 46 (1.75%) R
11 44 (1.67%) Go
12 38 (1.45%) T-SQL
13 37 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
14 23 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 19 (0.72%) C++
15 19 (0.72%) Scala
16 16 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.57%) Rust
18 13 (0.49%) VB.NET
19 12 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 417 (15.87%) Degree
2 268 (10.20%) Azure Certification
3 234 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 179 (6.81%) Security Cleared
5 150 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 126 (4.80%) SC Cleared
7 111 (4.23%) AWS Certification
7 111 (4.23%) CISSP
8 81 (3.08%) Master's Degree
9 62 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
10 52 (1.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 46 (1.75%) CEH
12 45 (1.71%) DV Cleared
13 44 (1.67%) CISM
14 36 (1.37%) CCNP
15 35 (1.33%) PMI Certification
16 34 (1.29%) PMP
17 31 (1.18%) CCNA
18 30 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
19 27 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (7.00%) GDPR
3 166 (6.32%) NIST
4 132 (5.02%) Data Quality
5 86 (3.27%) QA
6 71 (2.70%) SLA
7 41 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 40 (1.52%) PCI DSS
9 36 (1.37%) Accessibility
9 36 (1.37%) NCSC
10 30 (1.14%) SOC 2
11 29 (1.10%) EU AI Act
12 25 (0.95%) Solvency II
13 24 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 24 (0.91%) HIPAA
14 23 (0.88%) PSD2
15 22 (0.84%) GRC
16 19 (0.72%) PMO
17 17 (0.65%) ISO 22301
18 12 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 380 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 254 (9.67%) Docker
3 93 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.32%) Hyper-V
5 30 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 25 (0.95%) vSphere
8 14 (0.53%) Firmware
9 11 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.19%) KVM
10 5 (0.19%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.15%) Postfix
12 2 (0.076%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.038%) NFS
13 1 (0.038%) NLBS
13 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.038%) Xen
13 1 (0.038%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 327 (12.45%) Terraform
2 299 (11.38%) Kubernetes
3 233 (8.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 127 (4.83%) Ansible
5 64 (2.44%) SCCM
6 61 (2.32%) Grafana
7 55 (2.09%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
9 29 (1.10%) FortiGate
10 27 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (0.69%) Argo
12 12 (0.46%) CASB
13 8 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.30%) Kibana
13 8 (0.30%) VxRail
14 7 (0.27%) Istio
15 6 (0.23%) Control-M
15 6 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
16 5 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1,047 (39.86%) Microsoft
2 211 (8.03%) Databricks
3 187 (7.12%) VMware
4 146 (5.56%) Google
5 126 (4.80%) Cisco
6 83 (3.16%) ServiceNow
7 76 (2.89%) Palo Alto
8 65 (2.47%) Oracle
9 60 (2.28%) OpenAI
10 58 (2.21%) Fortinet
11 46 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
11 46 (1.75%) Meraki
11 46 (1.75%) Salesforce
12 44 (1.67%) SAP
13 38 (1.45%) Dell
14 36 (1.37%) SolarWinds
15 34 (1.29%) CheckPoint
16 33 (1.26%) Splunk
17 31 (1.18%) Commvault
17 31 (1.18%) Informatica