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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,435 3,065 4,367
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.48% 19.80% 21.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.88% 44.29% 46.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 2,111 3,804
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 5,957 6,920 9,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.32% 44.71% 45.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,829 4,380 7,818
10th Percentile £37,475 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £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 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 0 540 £77,500 +3.33% 253
West London +11 62 £65,000 - 58
East London -5 23 £33,000 -42.11% 57
North London +17 20 £75,000 -6.25% 4
South London +13 18 £46,000 -25.38% 46
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
1 182 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 148 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 60 (2.46%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.23%) Confluence
6 15 (0.62%) Apache
7 14 (0.57%) Appian
7 14 (0.57%) IIS
8 8 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.16%) Moodle
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.082%) nginx
Applications
1 49 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.29%) Maya
7 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.16%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.082%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.082%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.86%) Endur
3 20 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.37%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.25%) Shopify
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.082%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.082%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.082%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.041%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.041%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.041%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 858 (35.24%) AWS
2 463 (19.01%) GCP
3 433 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
4 397 (16.30%) Power Platform
5 357 (14.66%) Azure DevOps
6 269 (11.05%) Entra ID
7 179 (7.35%) GitHub
8 164 (6.74%) SaaS
9 150 (6.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.59%) Power Automate
11 112 (4.60%) PowerApps
12 110 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
13 108 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
14 106 (4.35%) PaaS
15 104 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 93 (3.82%) Serverless
17 84 (3.45%) Azure AI
18 74 (3.04%) Snowflake
19 71 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
20 65 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 255 (10.47%) Firewall
2 161 (6.61%) VPN
3 138 (5.67%) WAN
4 136 (5.59%) DNS
5 110 (4.52%) DHCP
6 96 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (3.66%) LAN
8 88 (3.61%) TCP/IP
9 67 (2.75%) SD-WAN
10 56 (2.30%) Network Security
11 52 (2.14%) Internet
12 46 (1.89%) VLAN
13 42 (1.72%) Wireless
14 33 (1.36%) SAN
15 32 (1.31%) VoIP
16 24 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (0.90%) BGP
17 22 (0.90%) OSPF
18 19 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
19 14 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (11.25%) Power BI
2 244 (10.02%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.23%) Data Warehouse
4 155 (6.37%) Data Lake
5 109 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 99 (4.07%) NoSQL
7 83 (3.41%) MongoDB
8 76 (3.12%) Metadata
9 69 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
10 62 (2.55%) Relational Database
11 51 (2.09%) Big Data
12 49 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
13 48 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 37 (1.52%) BigQuery
14 37 (1.52%) Tableau
15 33 (1.36%) MySQL
16 32 (1.31%) Hadoop
17 24 (0.99%) Pinecone
18 22 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 21 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 196 (8.05%) Git
2 94 (3.86%) JIRA
3 76 (3.12%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.85%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.68%) GitLab
6 36 (1.48%) MLflow
7 33 (1.36%) Postman
8 24 (0.99%) Selenium
9 20 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.74%) Cypress.io
10 18 (0.74%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.66%) Eclipse
12 14 (0.57%) JMeter
13 10 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.37%) Chocolatey
14 9 (0.37%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.29%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.29%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.29%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 743 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 742 (30.47%) Finance
3 289 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 200 (8.21%) Law
5 187 (7.68%) Banking
6 125 (5.13%) Legal
7 123 (5.05%) Retail
8 119 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 91 (3.74%) Public Sector
10 75 (3.08%) Marketing
11 64 (2.63%) Financial Institution
12 54 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
12 54 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
14 44 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
16 36 (1.48%) Multimedia
17 35 (1.44%) Retail Banking
18 30 (1.23%) Manufacturing
19 27 (1.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 461 (18.93%) Senior
2 316 (12.98%) Developer
3 298 (12.24%) Architect
4 284 (11.66%) Lead
5 191 (7.84%) Analyst
6 183 (7.52%) Data Engineer
7 174 (7.15%) Azure Engineer
8 124 (5.09%) Support Engineer
9 117 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 102 (4.19%) Software Engineer
11 91 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
12 88 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
13 87 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
14 77 (3.16%) Data Architect
15 72 (2.96%) IT Support
15 72 (2.96%) Network Engineer
16 71 (2.92%) Senior Developer
17 70 (2.87%) IT Engineer
17 70 (2.87%) Support Analyst
18 69 (2.83%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (10.10%) .NET
2 154 (6.32%) REST
3 147 (6.04%) React
4 108 (4.44%) HTML
5 102 (4.19%) CSS
6 101 (4.15%) RESTful
7 82 (3.37%) .NET Core
8 78 (3.20%) Node.js
9 75 (3.08%) OAuth
10 74 (3.04%) AngularJS
11 65 (2.67%) Kafka
12 54 (2.22%) Vue
13 50 (2.05%) ASP.NET
13 50 (2.05%) Web Services
14 49 (2.01%) SOAP
15 48 (1.97%) PySpark
15 48 (1.97%) PyTorch
16 46 (1.89%) LangChain
17 43 (1.77%) Django
17 43 (1.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 195 (8.01%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 99 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 88 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
6 78 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
7 77 (3.16%) Security Posture
8 67 (2.75%) AI Agents
9 66 (2.71%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.34%) Onboarding
11 56 (2.30%) Data Centre
12 52 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
13 49 (2.01%) Data Structures
14 46 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
15 45 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.56%) Public Cloud
17 37 (1.52%) Algorithms
18 33 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
19 32 (1.31%) Virtual Team
20 30 (1.23%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 375 (15.40%) Windows
2 177 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 150 (6.16%) Linux
4 74 (3.04%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.77%) Mac OS
6 42 (1.72%) Unix
7 35 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.36%) VMS
9 30 (1.23%) Android
10 29 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.16%) CentOS
16 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) SUSE
17 2 (0.082%) Kali Linux
18 1 (0.041%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 688 (28.25%) DevOps
2 616 (25.30%) CI/CD
3 547 (22.46%) Agile
4 536 (22.01%) AI
5 483 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
6 431 (17.70%) Analytics
7 310 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
8 304 (12.48%) Roadmaps
9 301 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 300 (12.32%) Computer Science
11 297 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 279 (11.46%) Data Modelling
13 277 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
14 273 (11.21%) Infrastructure as Code
15 266 (10.92%) Microservices
16 256 (10.51%) Machine Learning
17 239 (9.82%) ETL
18 235 (9.65%) Software Engineering
19 230 (9.45%) Data Pipeline
20 217 (8.91%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 640 (26.28%) Python
2 583 (23.94%) SQL
3 298 (12.24%) PowerShell
4 269 (11.05%) C#
5 252 (10.35%) JavaScript
6 123 (5.05%) Java
6 123 (5.05%) TypeScript
7 75 (3.08%) Bash
8 58 (2.38%) Bicep
9 43 (1.77%) T-SQL
10 36 (1.48%) Go
10 36 (1.48%) R
11 35 (1.44%) Scala
12 29 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 29 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
13 18 (0.74%) C++
14 15 (0.62%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.53%) Rust
16 12 (0.49%) PHP
17 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 431 (17.70%) Degree
2 224 (9.20%) Azure Certification
3 218 (8.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 147 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 138 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 110 (4.52%) AWS Certification
7 100 (4.11%) SC Cleared
8 99 (4.07%) Master's Degree
9 98 (4.02%) CISSP
10 56 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
11 43 (1.77%) CISM
12 39 (1.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 39 (1.60%) DV Cleared
13 37 (1.52%) CCNP
13 37 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
14 36 (1.48%) PMI Certification
15 28 (1.15%) ISTQB
15 28 (1.15%) PMP
16 26 (1.07%) CEH
17 25 (1.03%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 187 (7.68%) GDPR
3 146 (6.00%) NIST
4 137 (5.63%) Data Quality
5 91 (3.74%) QA
6 55 (2.26%) SLA
7 40 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 35 (1.44%) NCSC
9 30 (1.23%) PCI DSS
10 28 (1.15%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.15%) EU AI Act
11 25 (1.03%) HIPAA
12 23 (0.94%) PSD2
13 22 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (0.90%) Solvency II
14 21 (0.86%) SOC 2
15 14 (0.57%) PMO
16 12 (0.49%) ISO 22301
17 10 (0.41%) GRC
18 8 (0.33%) EMIR
System Software
1 349 (14.33%) Active Directory
2 242 (9.94%) Docker
3 86 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.66%) vSphere
8 15 (0.62%) Firmware
9 12 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.33%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.21%) KVM
12 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.12%) ISA Server
13 3 (0.12%) NFS
13 3 (0.12%) XenApp
14 2 (0.082%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.082%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
15 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 305 (12.53%) Terraform
2 272 (11.17%) Kubernetes
3 220 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 114 (4.68%) Ansible
5 59 (2.42%) SCCM
6 53 (2.18%) Grafana
7 48 (1.97%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.78%) Argo
11 16 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (0.66%) CASB
12 8 (0.33%) SCOM
13 7 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.29%) Kibana
13 7 (0.29%) Rancher
14 6 (0.25%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.25%) VxRail
15 5 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.21%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,001 (41.11%) Microsoft
2 193 (7.93%) Databricks
3 167 (6.86%) VMware
4 118 (4.85%) Cisco
5 107 (4.39%) Google
6 78 (3.20%) Oracle
7 73 (3.00%) ServiceNow
8 71 (2.92%) Palo Alto
9 57 (2.34%) Fortinet
10 55 (2.26%) OpenAI
11 50 (2.05%) SAP
12 46 (1.89%) Salesforce
13 40 (1.64%) Meraki
14 36 (1.48%) SolarWinds
15 34 (1.40%) CheckPoint
16 33 (1.36%) Informatica
17 28 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
17 28 (1.15%) Dynatrace
18 27 (1.11%) Citrix
19 26 (1.07%) Dell