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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,592 2,614 4,478
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.45% 19.20% 20.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.46% 43.46% 45.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,867 1,966 3,848
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,016 £55,487
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,938 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.11% -10.00%

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 6,407 6,015 9,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 38.20% 44.18% 45.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,146 4,167 8,146
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,467 £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 12 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 12 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 +1 600 £77,500 +3.33% 343
West London +12 73 £69,119 +41.06% 48
South London +24 29 £38,500 -34.47% 19
East London -6 26 £31,250 -63.24% 51
North London +19 15 £72,500 +61.11% 14
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
1 185 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 142 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 31 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (1.04%) Confluence
6 15 (0.58%) Appian
7 14 (0.54%) Apache
8 13 (0.50%) WordPress
9 12 (0.46%) IIS
10 11 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
11 9 (0.35%) CMS
12 8 (0.31%) Anypoint
13 6 (0.23%) Camunda
13 6 (0.23%) Moodle
14 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
15 4 (0.15%) SAS
15 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
16 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
17 2 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 47 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.077%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.039%) Maya
Business Applications
1 47 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.96%) Endur
3 8 (0.31%) 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 (0.12%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.077%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.077%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.077%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.077%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.077%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.039%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.039%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 899 (34.68%) AWS
2 500 (19.29%) GCP
3 471 (18.17%) Microsoft 365
4 415 (16.01%) Power Platform
5 327 (12.62%) Azure DevOps
6 294 (11.34%) Entra ID
7 196 (7.56%) GitHub
8 193 (7.45%) SaaS
9 152 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 133 (5.13%) Power Automate
11 123 (4.75%) PaaS
12 113 (4.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 105 (4.05%) PowerApps
14 101 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 101 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
15 99 (3.82%) Serverless
16 84 (3.24%) Azure AI
17 74 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
18 69 (2.66%) Snowflake
19 66 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 293 (11.30%) Firewall
2 175 (6.75%) VPN
3 159 (6.13%) DNS
4 152 (5.86%) WAN
5 134 (5.17%) DHCP
6 116 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
7 105 (4.05%) TCP/IP
8 92 (3.55%) LAN
9 80 (3.09%) SD-WAN
10 71 (2.74%) Network Security
11 65 (2.51%) Internet
12 51 (1.97%) VLAN
13 38 (1.47%) SAN
14 36 (1.39%) VoIP
15 34 (1.31%) Wireless
16 27 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
18 22 (0.85%) BGP
18 22 (0.85%) OSPF
19 21 (0.81%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (11.69%) Power BI
2 260 (10.03%) SQL Server
3 159 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
4 147 (5.67%) Data Lake
5 100 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 80 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
7 75 (2.89%) NoSQL
8 59 (2.28%) Metadata
9 58 (2.24%) MongoDB
10 55 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
11 52 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 49 (1.89%) Tableau
13 46 (1.77%) BigQuery
14 45 (1.74%) Big Data
15 31 (1.20%) MySQL
16 27 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 25 (0.96%) Delta Lake
18 24 (0.93%) Pinecone
19 21 (0.81%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 190 (7.33%) Git
2 87 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.16%) JIRA
4 56 (2.16%) GitLab
5 43 (1.66%) MLflow
6 38 (1.47%) Visual Studio
7 32 (1.23%) Postman
8 20 (0.77%) Eclipse
8 20 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 19 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
10 17 (0.66%) Selenium
11 13 (0.50%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.50%) Chocolatey
11 13 (0.50%) CircleCI
11 13 (0.50%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 9 (0.35%) JMeter
13 9 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.31%) SpecFlow
14 8 (0.31%) Vite
General
1 773 (29.82%) Finance
2 760 (29.32%) Social Skills
3 270 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (8.06%) Banking
5 188 (7.25%) Law
6 118 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 109 (4.21%) Retail
8 101 (3.90%) Public Sector
9 100 (3.86%) Legal
10 68 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 65 (2.51%) Marketing
12 59 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 57 (2.20%) Financial Institution
14 51 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
15 45 (1.74%) Multimedia
16 44 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
17 40 (1.54%) Telecoms
18 35 (1.35%) Front Office
19 34 (1.31%) Retail Banking
20 25 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 502 (19.37%) Senior
2 331 (12.77%) Architect
3 329 (12.69%) Lead
4 302 (11.65%) Developer
5 212 (8.18%) Analyst
6 193 (7.45%) Azure Engineer
7 170 (6.56%) Data Engineer
8 125 (4.82%) Support Engineer
9 120 (4.63%) Software Engineer
10 117 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 109 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
12 99 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
13 96 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
14 88 (3.40%) IT Support
15 85 (3.28%) Network Engineer
16 80 (3.09%) Security Engineer
17 78 (3.01%) IT Engineer
17 78 (3.01%) Senior Developer
18 76 (2.93%) Data Architect
19 74 (2.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (9.53%) .NET
2 157 (6.06%) React
3 132 (5.09%) REST
4 113 (4.36%) CSS
5 107 (4.13%) HTML
6 103 (3.97%) RESTful
7 87 (3.36%) OAuth
8 83 (3.20%) Node.js
9 81 (3.13%) Kafka
10 70 (2.70%) .NET Core
11 51 (1.97%) Django
12 48 (1.85%) SAML
13 47 (1.81%) LangChain
13 47 (1.81%) PySpark
14 44 (1.70%) PyTorch
15 43 (1.66%) SOAP
15 43 (1.66%) TensorFlow
16 42 (1.62%) AngularJS
17 37 (1.43%) Swagger
17 37 (1.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 223 (8.60%) Cloud Native
2 104 (4.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 93 (3.59%) Product Ownership
4 87 (3.36%) Security Posture
5 78 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
6 77 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 73 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 68 (2.62%) Data Structures
9 64 (2.47%) AI Agents
10 60 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
11 57 (2.20%) Low-Code
12 55 (2.12%) Data Centre
13 54 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
14 51 (1.97%) Onboarding
15 49 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
16 45 (1.74%) Public Cloud
16 45 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
17 38 (1.47%) Algorithms
18 34 (1.31%) Cyberattack
19 33 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 396 (15.28%) Windows
2 178 (6.87%) Windows Server
3 154 (5.94%) Linux
4 84 (3.24%) Windows 10
5 51 (1.97%) Unix
6 44 (1.70%) Mac OS
7 34 (1.31%) VMS
8 31 (1.20%) Apple iOS
8 31 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 29 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 28 (1.08%) Android
11 19 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.39%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.35%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.23%) CentOS
16 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.12%) SUSE
18 2 (0.077%) Solaris
18 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 718 (27.70%) DevOps
2 633 (24.42%) CI/CD
3 544 (20.99%) Agile
4 534 (20.60%) AI
5 452 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
6 431 (16.63%) Analytics
7 365 (14.08%) Mentoring
8 336 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 327 (12.62%) Cybersecurity
10 308 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
11 307 (11.84%) Computer Science
12 302 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
13 296 (11.42%) Roadmaps
14 278 (10.73%) Data Modelling
15 271 (10.46%) Software Engineering
16 260 (10.03%) Microservices
17 232 (8.95%) Machine Learning
17 232 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
18 222 (8.56%) ETL
18 222 (8.56%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 681 (26.27%) Python
2 594 (22.92%) SQL
3 316 (12.19%) PowerShell
4 257 (9.92%) C#
5 251 (9.68%) JavaScript
6 130 (5.02%) Java
7 126 (4.86%) TypeScript
8 92 (3.55%) Bash
9 58 (2.24%) Bicep
10 46 (1.77%) R
11 44 (1.70%) Go
12 39 (1.50%) T-SQL
13 37 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 25 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 20 (0.77%) Scala
16 19 (0.73%) C++
17 16 (0.62%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.58%) Rust
19 12 (0.46%) PHP
19 12 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 415 (16.01%) Degree
2 261 (10.07%) Azure Certification
3 235 (9.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 176 (6.79%) Security Cleared
5 152 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 123 (4.75%) SC Cleared
7 110 (4.24%) AWS Certification
7 110 (4.24%) CISSP
8 82 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 58 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
10 49 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 44 (1.70%) CISM
12 43 (1.66%) CEH
12 43 (1.66%) DV Cleared
13 36 (1.39%) PMI Certification
14 35 (1.35%) PMP
15 34 (1.31%) CCNP
16 30 (1.16%) CCNA
17 27 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
18 26 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 181 (6.98%) GDPR
3 163 (6.29%) NIST
4 131 (5.05%) Data Quality
5 85 (3.28%) QA
6 69 (2.66%) SLA
7 41 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 40 (1.54%) PCI DSS
9 36 (1.39%) Accessibility
9 36 (1.39%) NCSC
10 30 (1.16%) SOC 2
11 27 (1.04%) EU AI Act
12 24 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 24 (0.93%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.89%) PSD2
13 23 (0.89%) Solvency II
14 20 (0.77%) GRC
15 19 (0.73%) PMO
16 17 (0.66%) ISO 22301
17 11 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 375 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 251 (9.68%) Docker
3 91 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 30 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 24 (0.93%) vSphere
8 14 (0.54%) Firmware
9 12 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.19%) KVM
10 5 (0.19%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.15%) Postfix
12 2 (0.077%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.039%) ISA Server
13 1 (0.039%) NFS
13 1 (0.039%) NLBS
13 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.039%) Xen
13 1 (0.039%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 320 (12.35%) Terraform
2 293 (11.30%) Kubernetes
3 229 (8.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 125 (4.82%) Ansible
5 61 (2.35%) Grafana
5 61 (2.35%) SCCM
6 55 (2.12%) Prometheus
7 39 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
8 28 (1.08%) FortiGate
9 26 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (0.69%) Argo
11 12 (0.46%) CASB
12 8 (0.31%) Kibana
12 8 (0.31%) VxRail
13 7 (0.27%) Istio
13 7 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.23%) Control-M
14 6 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (0.23%) SCOM
15 5 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,032 (39.81%) Microsoft
2 208 (8.02%) Databricks
3 185 (7.14%) VMware
4 140 (5.40%) Google
5 121 (4.67%) Cisco
6 81 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 74 (2.85%) Palo Alto
8 65 (2.51%) Oracle
9 59 (2.28%) OpenAI
10 57 (2.20%) Fortinet
11 46 (1.77%) Salesforce
12 44 (1.70%) Meraki
13 43 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
13 43 (1.66%) SAP
14 39 (1.50%) Dell
15 36 (1.39%) SolarWinds
16 34 (1.31%) CheckPoint
17 31 (1.20%) Commvault
17 31 (1.20%) Informatica
18 29 (1.12%) Dynatrace