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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,078 2,539 4,477
As % of all permanent jobs in London 13.95% 20.38% 18.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.27% 44.96% 44.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,224 1,866 3,576
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £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 £113,750 £112,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -6.53%

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 7,839 5,647 10,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.53% 45.32% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5,304 4,010 7,950
10th Percentile £42,500 £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 £122,500 £121,275
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 8 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 8 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 0 566 £82,500 +6.45% 215
West London +12 92 £70,000 +55.56% 64
South London +19 48 £80,000 +23.08% 14
East London -8 19 £32,500 -58.06% 29
North London 0 9 £55,000 -18.52% 7
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 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 127 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 65 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 45 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 41 (1.33%) Confluence
6 18 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (0.55%) Apache
7 17 (0.55%) CMS
8 11 (0.36%) WordPress
9 10 (0.32%) Camunda
9 10 (0.32%) Umbraco
10 9 (0.29%) Anypoint
11 7 (0.23%) Mule
12 6 (0.19%) Appian
13 5 (0.16%) Ethereum
13 5 (0.16%) IIS
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
14 4 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 21 (0.68%) PlantUML
5 16 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 11 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
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 37 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.36%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
5 6 (0.19%) Endur
5 6 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.16%) Fidessa
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%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.032%) SAP IBP
10 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,000 (32.49%) AWS
2 587 (19.07%) GCP
3 530 (17.22%) Microsoft 365
4 395 (12.83%) Power Platform
5 382 (12.41%) Entra ID
6 362 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
7 213 (6.92%) SaaS
8 192 (6.24%) GitHub
9 158 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 150 (4.87%) PaaS
11 145 (4.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 142 (4.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 142 (4.61%) Serverless
13 134 (4.35%) Azure AI
14 113 (3.67%) Snowflake
15 112 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
16 108 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
17 104 (3.38%) Power Automate
18 98 (3.18%) IaaS
19 94 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 317 (10.30%) Firewall
2 182 (5.91%) VPN
3 176 (5.72%) DNS
4 155 (5.04%) Network Security
5 144 (4.68%) WAN
6 142 (4.61%) DHCP
7 124 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
8 110 (3.57%) LAN
9 91 (2.96%) TCP/IP
10 76 (2.47%) SD-WAN
11 72 (2.34%) VLAN
12 52 (1.69%) SAN
13 44 (1.43%) BGP
14 42 (1.36%) Wireless
15 40 (1.30%) OSPF
16 29 (0.94%) VoIP
17 28 (0.91%) Kerberos
18 27 (0.88%) WLAN
19 24 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
20 21 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (8.71%) Power BI
2 258 (8.38%) SQL Server
3 148 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
4 127 (4.13%) Data Lake
5 110 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 74 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
7 67 (2.18%) MongoDB
8 64 (2.08%) Tableau
9 60 (1.95%) NoSQL
10 59 (1.92%) Metadata
11 54 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
12 44 (1.43%) Relational Database
13 43 (1.40%) Delta Lake
14 41 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 40 (1.30%) Big Data
16 39 (1.27%) BigQuery
17 36 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
18 31 (1.01%) MySQL
19 29 (0.94%) Star Schema
20 27 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 175 (5.69%) Git
2 107 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 81 (2.63%) JIRA
4 74 (2.40%) GitLab
5 34 (1.10%) MLflow
6 22 (0.71%) Postman
7 18 (0.58%) Eclipse
8 17 (0.55%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.49%) Selenium
9 15 (0.49%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.36%) Vite
11 10 (0.32%) CircleCI
11 10 (0.32%) Claude Code
11 10 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.26%) JUnit
13 8 (0.26%) Mockito
13 8 (0.26%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 935 (30.38%) Finance
2 867 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 273 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
4 213 (6.92%) Banking
5 181 (5.88%) Law
6 127 (4.13%) Public Sector
7 117 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 113 (3.67%) Legal
9 81 (2.63%) Retail
10 54 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 51 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 42 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (1.14%) Front Office
15 32 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
16 31 (1.01%) Advertising
16 31 (1.01%) Marketing
17 24 (0.78%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.58%) Investment Banking
19 15 (0.49%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 592 (19.23%) Senior
2 504 (16.37%) Architect
3 414 (13.45%) Lead
4 308 (10.01%) Developer
5 275 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
6 180 (5.85%) Analyst
7 171 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 170 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
9 154 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 123 (4.00%) Consultant
11 119 (3.87%) Software Engineer
12 116 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
13 110 (3.57%) Azure Architect
14 104 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 104 (3.38%) Security Engineer
15 101 (3.28%) Data Architect
16 95 (3.09%) IT Engineer
17 89 (2.89%) Network Engineer
18 87 (2.83%) Platform Engineer
19 86 (2.79%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (9.97%) .NET
2 172 (5.59%) React
3 139 (4.52%) REST
4 123 (4.00%) Kafka
5 107 (3.48%) OAuth
6 101 (3.28%) Node.js
7 89 (2.89%) RESTful
8 79 (2.57%) .NET Core
8 79 (2.57%) Spring
9 74 (2.40%) LangChain
10 69 (2.24%) Spring Boot
11 67 (2.18%) ASP.NET
12 66 (2.14%) PySpark
13 60 (1.95%) CSS
14 58 (1.88%) HTML
14 58 (1.88%) OpenID
14 58 (1.88%) PyTorch
15 57 (1.85%) SAML
16 55 (1.79%) TensorFlow
17 47 (1.53%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 382 (12.41%) Cloud Native
2 132 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 113 (3.67%) Security Posture
4 97 (3.15%) Data Centre
5 96 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
6 80 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 73 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
8 71 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 63 (2.05%) AI Agents
9 63 (2.05%) Management Information System
10 60 (1.95%) Data Structures
10 60 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 58 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
12 52 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
13 47 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
13 47 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
14 42 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 36 (1.17%) Cyberattack
16 33 (1.07%) Distributed Architecture
17 32 (1.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 423 (13.74%) Windows
2 176 (5.72%) Linux
3 163 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 63 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.14%) Mac OS
6 31 (1.01%) VMS
7 27 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (0.84%) Apple iOS
9 23 (0.75%) Unix
10 19 (0.62%) Android
11 18 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 17 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 13 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
14 10 (0.32%) CentOS
15 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
18 2 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
19 1 (0.032%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 877 (28.49%) DevOps
2 807 (26.22%) CI/CD
3 654 (21.25%) AI
4 632 (20.53%) Agile
5 473 (15.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 464 (15.07%) Roadmaps
7 453 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
8 448 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 446 (14.49%) Mentoring
10 423 (13.74%) Analytics
11 319 (10.36%) Data Engineering
12 316 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
13 305 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
14 296 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
15 293 (9.52%) Software Engineering
16 284 (9.23%) Machine Learning
17 278 (9.03%) Microservices
18 268 (8.71%) Data Modelling
19 261 (8.48%) Migration
20 250 (8.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 740 (24.04%) Python
2 620 (20.14%) SQL
3 322 (10.46%) PowerShell
4 312 (10.14%) C#
5 223 (7.24%) JavaScript
6 185 (6.01%) Java
7 175 (5.69%) TypeScript
8 109 (3.54%) Bash
9 79 (2.57%) Bicep
10 42 (1.36%) Go
11 34 (1.10%) T-SQL
12 31 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
13 24 (0.78%) Scala
14 22 (0.71%) R
15 21 (0.68%) C++
16 19 (0.62%) RPG
17 14 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 13 (0.42%) Rust
19 12 (0.39%) VB.NET
20 11 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 373 (12.12%) Degree
2 283 (9.19%) Azure Certification
3 246 (7.99%) Security Cleared
4 179 (5.82%) SC Cleared
5 141 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 129 (4.19%) CISSP
7 116 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
8 110 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 68 (2.21%) AWS Certification
10 59 (1.92%) CCNP
11 56 (1.82%) CCNA
12 55 (1.79%) CISM
13 54 (1.75%) Master's Degree
14 48 (1.56%) CEH
15 47 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 35 (1.14%) DV Cleared
17 30 (0.97%) CCIE
18 28 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 26 (0.84%) GIAC
20 25 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 163 (5.30%) GDPR
3 157 (5.10%) Data Quality
4 156 (5.07%) NIST
5 133 (4.32%) QA
6 91 (2.96%) SLA
7 57 (1.85%) Accessibility
8 47 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 40 (1.30%) GRC
10 34 (1.10%) NCSC
11 33 (1.07%) PMO
12 32 (1.04%) SOC 2
13 28 (0.91%) PCI DSS
14 19 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 18 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 17 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 9 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 8 (0.26%) COBIT
19 8 (0.26%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 430 (13.97%) Active Directory
2 245 (7.96%) Docker
3 124 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (1.62%) Hyper-V
6 46 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (0.84%) vSphere
8 14 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.16%) Firmware
9 5 (0.16%) KVM
9 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.065%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.065%) Xen
11 1 (0.032%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 450 (14.62%) Terraform
2 330 (10.72%) Kubernetes
3 223 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 149 (4.84%) Ansible
5 62 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 59 (1.92%) SCCM
7 54 (1.75%) Grafana
8 42 (1.36%) Prometheus
9 31 (1.01%) FortiGate
10 22 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.42%) Istio
12 12 (0.39%) Argo
13 11 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.29%) Nagios
15 8 (0.26%) QRadar
16 7 (0.23%) CloudHub
16 7 (0.23%) Control-M
17 6 (0.19%) Packer
17 6 (0.19%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 1,270 (41.26%) Microsoft
2 311 (10.10%) Databricks
3 199 (6.47%) VMware
4 146 (4.74%) Cisco
5 129 (4.19%) Google
6 90 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 79 (2.57%) OpenAI
8 72 (2.34%) Palo Alto
9 71 (2.31%) Oracle
10 57 (1.85%) Foundry
11 52 (1.69%) Splunk
12 49 (1.59%) SAP
13 48 (1.56%) Meraki
14 45 (1.46%) Salesforce
15 44 (1.43%) Fortinet
16 43 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
17 42 (1.36%) Dell
17 42 (1.36%) Dynatrace
17 42 (1.36%) SolarWinds
18 40 (1.30%) Tenable