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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,965 2,340 4,573
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.15% 19.74% 19.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.18% 44.61% 44.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,107 1,752 3,726
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,800 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £56,750
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 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -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 7,380 5,245 10,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.21% 44.25% 43.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,944 3,752 8,060
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,875 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,375 £118,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 28 May 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 May 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 0 642 £82,500 +6.45% 282
West London +10 77 £60,000 +41.18% 35
South London +16 47 £80,000 +23.08% 13
East London -10 20 £95,000 +11.76% 43
North London +4 11 £55,000 +10.00% 13
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
1 186 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 124 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 61 (2.06%) Apache Spark
4 44 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 35 (1.18%) Confluence
6 19 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.54%) Apache
8 14 (0.47%) CMS
9 11 (0.37%) WordPress
10 9 (0.30%) Appian
11 7 (0.24%) Camunda
11 7 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.20%) IIS
13 5 (0.17%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.10%) Moodle
15 3 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 49 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.44%) PlantUML
5 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.034%) Maya
8 1 (0.034%) Notion
8 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.34%) Endur
4 7 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.067%) Shopify
10 1 (0.034%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.034%) Maximo
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.034%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 967 (32.61%) AWS
2 565 (19.06%) GCP
3 500 (16.86%) Microsoft 365
4 376 (12.68%) Power Platform
5 352 (11.87%) Azure DevOps
6 351 (11.84%) Entra ID
7 198 (6.68%) SaaS
8 197 (6.64%) GitHub
9 153 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 144 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 139 (4.69%) PaaS
12 130 (4.38%) Serverless
13 127 (4.28%) Azure AI
14 114 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
15 103 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
16 100 (3.37%) Power Automate
17 98 (3.31%) Snowflake
18 96 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
19 92 (3.10%) IaaS
20 88 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 321 (10.83%) Firewall
2 184 (6.21%) VPN
3 174 (5.87%) DNS
4 157 (5.30%) WAN
5 143 (4.82%) DHCP
6 129 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
7 126 (4.25%) Network Security
8 104 (3.51%) LAN
9 89 (3.00%) TCP/IP
10 86 (2.90%) SD-WAN
11 64 (2.16%) VLAN
12 58 (1.96%) SAN
13 38 (1.28%) BGP
14 36 (1.21%) Wireless
15 34 (1.15%) Internet
15 34 (1.15%) OSPF
16 33 (1.11%) WLAN
17 31 (1.05%) VoIP
18 28 (0.94%) Cisco Firepower
19 26 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 253 (8.53%) Power BI
3 135 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 131 (4.42%) Data Lake
5 95 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 65 (2.19%) NoSQL
7 61 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 61 (2.06%) Tableau
8 60 (2.02%) MongoDB
9 56 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
10 52 (1.75%) Big Data
11 51 (1.72%) BigQuery
12 49 (1.65%) Metadata
13 45 (1.52%) Relational Database
14 40 (1.35%) Delta Lake
14 40 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 29 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (0.91%) MySQL
16 27 (0.91%) Pinecone
17 25 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 185 (6.24%) Git
2 95 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 74 (2.50%) JIRA
4 70 (2.36%) GitLab
5 47 (1.59%) MLflow
6 27 (0.91%) Postman
7 23 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.71%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.54%) Selenium
10 15 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.47%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.40%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.40%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.37%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.37%) Vite
14 9 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 912 (30.76%) Finance
2 810 (27.32%) Social Skills
3 299 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 216 (7.28%) Banking
5 169 (5.70%) Law
6 119 (4.01%) Public Sector
7 115 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 98 (3.31%) Legal
9 67 (2.26%) Retail
10 59 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (1.38%) Financial Institution
14 37 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
15 35 (1.18%) Front Office
16 31 (1.05%) Marketing
17 26 (0.88%) Multimedia
18 24 (0.81%) Advertising
19 21 (0.71%) Retail Banking
20 20 (0.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 573 (19.33%) Senior
2 441 (14.87%) Architect
3 386 (13.02%) Lead
4 292 (9.85%) Developer
5 270 (9.11%) Azure Engineer
6 185 (6.24%) Analyst
7 171 (5.77%) Data Engineer
8 158 (5.33%) Cloud Engineer
9 136 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
10 126 (4.25%) Software Engineer
11 124 (4.18%) Consultant
12 110 (3.71%) Azure Architect
13 108 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 106 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
15 103 (3.47%) IT Engineer
16 101 (3.41%) Support Engineer
17 100 (3.37%) Network Engineer
18 97 (3.27%) Security Engineer
19 92 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
20 86 (2.90%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 290 (9.78%) .NET
2 159 (5.36%) React
3 132 (4.45%) REST
4 113 (3.81%) Kafka
5 101 (3.41%) OAuth
6 86 (2.90%) RESTful
7 81 (2.73%) CSS
8 76 (2.56%) Node.js
9 74 (2.50%) HTML
10 72 (2.43%) PySpark
11 68 (2.29%) .NET Core
12 67 (2.26%) LangChain
13 58 (1.96%) Spring
14 55 (1.85%) SAML
15 53 (1.79%) PyTorch
16 52 (1.75%) TensorFlow
17 47 (1.59%) Spring Boot
18 46 (1.55%) ASP.NET
18 46 (1.55%) Django
18 46 (1.55%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 299 (10.08%) Cloud Native
2 125 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 97 (3.27%) Security Posture
4 88 (2.97%) Data Centre
5 87 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
6 74 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 71 (2.39%) Data Structures
8 68 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 67 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 65 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
11 64 (2.16%) Public Cloud
12 63 (2.12%) AI Agents
13 60 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
14 50 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
15 43 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.42%) Low-Code
17 40 (1.35%) Cyberattack
17 40 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
18 38 (1.28%) Algorithms
19 33 (1.11%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 411 (13.86%) Windows
2 166 (5.60%) Linux
3 157 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 76 (2.56%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.18%) Mac OS
6 34 (1.15%) VMS
7 33 (1.11%) Apple iOS
8 31 (1.05%) Unix
9 30 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 25 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
11 24 (0.81%) Android
12 18 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 11 (0.37%) Ubuntu
15 9 (0.30%) CentOS
16 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.067%) Amazon Linux
18 2 (0.067%) SUSE
19 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 832 (28.06%) DevOps
2 726 (24.49%) CI/CD
3 616 (20.78%) AI
4 580 (19.56%) Agile
5 457 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
6 426 (14.37%) Infrastructure as Code
7 425 (14.33%) Analytics
8 423 (14.27%) Roadmaps
9 417 (14.06%) Mentoring
10 405 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 316 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
12 306 (10.32%) Data Engineering
13 286 (9.65%) Business Intelligence
14 283 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 270 (9.11%) Software Engineering
16 265 (8.94%) Data Modelling
16 265 (8.94%) Machine Learning
17 261 (8.80%) Migration
18 249 (8.40%) Microservices
19 225 (7.59%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 748 (25.23%) Python
2 613 (20.67%) SQL
3 338 (11.40%) PowerShell
4 284 (9.58%) C#
5 229 (7.72%) JavaScript
6 168 (5.67%) Java
7 151 (5.09%) TypeScript
8 106 (3.58%) Bash
9 78 (2.63%) Bicep
10 49 (1.65%) Go
11 38 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 37 (1.25%) R
13 30 (1.01%) T-SQL
14 24 (0.81%) Scala
15 21 (0.71%) C++
16 15 (0.51%) Rust
17 12 (0.40%) C
17 12 (0.40%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.37%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.37%) RPG
Qualifications
1 376 (12.68%) Degree
2 297 (10.02%) Azure Certification
3 224 (7.55%) Security Cleared
4 160 (5.40%) SC Cleared
5 158 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 123 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 120 (4.05%) CISSP
8 104 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
9 80 (2.70%) AWS Certification
10 52 (1.75%) CCNP
11 51 (1.72%) CEH
12 50 (1.69%) CCNA
13 48 (1.62%) Master's Degree
14 47 (1.59%) CISM
15 44 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
16 37 (1.25%) DV Cleared
17 32 (1.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 31 (1.05%) CCIE
19 29 (0.98%) PMI Certification
20 27 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 153 (5.16%) NIST
3 149 (5.03%) Data Quality
4 143 (4.82%) GDPR
5 100 (3.37%) QA
6 91 (3.07%) SLA
7 53 (1.79%) Accessibility
8 45 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.28%) NCSC
10 33 (1.11%) GRC
10 33 (1.11%) PCI DSS
11 30 (1.01%) PMO
12 29 (0.98%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 17 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 14 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 10 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 9 (0.30%) ISO 22301
19 8 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 407 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 238 (8.03%) Docker
3 118 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (1.79%) Hyper-V
6 45 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 31 (1.05%) vSphere
8 13 (0.44%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.24%) Firmware
10 6 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.13%) KVM
11 4 (0.13%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.067%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.067%) Xen
13 1 (0.034%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 410 (13.83%) Terraform
2 321 (10.83%) Kubernetes
3 217 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 131 (4.42%) Ansible
5 63 (2.12%) SCCM
6 56 (1.89%) Grafana
6 56 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (1.45%) Prometheus
8 32 (1.08%) FortiGate
9 29 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (0.44%) Istio
11 12 (0.40%) Argo
12 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
13 9 (0.30%) Kibana
14 7 (0.24%) CASB
14 7 (0.24%) Nagios
14 7 (0.24%) QRadar
14 7 (0.24%) VxRail
15 6 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,198 (40.40%) Microsoft
2 301 (10.15%) Databricks
3 198 (6.68%) VMware
4 143 (4.82%) Cisco
5 130 (4.38%) Google
6 89 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 84 (2.83%) OpenAI
8 74 (2.50%) Palo Alto
9 63 (2.12%) Oracle
10 57 (1.92%) Fortinet
11 52 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
12 50 (1.69%) Meraki
12 50 (1.69%) SAP
13 48 (1.62%) Foundry
14 45 (1.52%) Dynatrace
14 45 (1.52%) Splunk
15 42 (1.42%) SolarWinds
16 41 (1.38%) Dell
16 41 (1.38%) Salesforce
17 40 (1.35%) ForeScout