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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,362 3,124 4,046
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.57% 20.12% 22.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.65% 44.48% 47.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 2,176 3,506
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 5,810 7,024 8,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.76% 45.25% 46.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 4,480 7,089
10th Percentile £37,375 £45,000 £43,700
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £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 16 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 16 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 0 509 £78,750 +5.00% 239
West London +9 63 £63,750 -13.56% 52
East London -2 25 £34,000 -37.44% 52
North London +19 22 £75,000 -6.25% 5
South London +6 14 £46,000 -25.38% 40
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
1 169 (7.15%) SharePoint
2 140 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 61 (2.58%) Apache Spark
4 34 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.27%) Confluence
6 15 (0.64%) Apache
7 14 (0.59%) IIS
8 12 (0.51%) Appian
9 7 (0.30%) CMS
10 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.21%) SAS
12 4 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.17%) Moodle
12 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.17%) WordPress
13 3 (0.13%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.085%) Tomcat
Applications
1 47 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.30%) Maya
7 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.17%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.085%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 57 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.85%) Endur
4 9 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.25%) Shopify
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.085%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.085%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.085%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.042%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 851 (36.03%) AWS
2 462 (19.56%) GCP
3 406 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
4 387 (16.38%) Power Platform
5 356 (15.07%) Azure DevOps
6 249 (10.54%) Entra ID
7 176 (7.45%) GitHub
8 158 (6.69%) SaaS
9 148 (6.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 134 (5.67%) Power Automate
11 113 (4.78%) PowerApps
12 111 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
13 107 (4.53%) Azure Logic Apps
14 106 (4.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 105 (4.45%) PaaS
16 94 (3.98%) Serverless
17 82 (3.47%) Azure AI
18 76 (3.22%) Snowflake
19 68 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
20 62 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 236 (9.99%) Firewall
2 145 (6.14%) VPN
3 129 (5.46%) WAN
4 120 (5.08%) DNS
5 93 (3.94%) DHCP
6 89 (3.77%) LAN
7 84 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
8 80 (3.39%) TCP/IP
9 60 (2.54%) SD-WAN
10 52 (2.20%) Network Security
11 51 (2.16%) Internet
12 42 (1.78%) Wireless
13 41 (1.74%) VLAN
14 32 (1.35%) VoIP
15 29 (1.23%) SAN
16 21 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
17 20 (0.85%) BGP
17 20 (0.85%) OSPF
18 16 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
19 12 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (11.26%) Power BI
2 231 (9.78%) SQL Server
3 176 (7.45%) Data Warehouse
4 153 (6.48%) Data Lake
5 106 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 104 (4.40%) NoSQL
7 85 (3.60%) MongoDB
8 79 (3.34%) Metadata
9 73 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
10 67 (2.84%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.24%) Big Data
12 47 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 46 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
14 36 (1.52%) MySQL
14 36 (1.52%) Tableau
15 35 (1.48%) BigQuery
16 32 (1.35%) Hadoop
17 22 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
17 22 (0.93%) Pinecone
18 21 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 194 (8.21%) Git
2 100 (4.23%) JIRA
3 80 (3.39%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.95%) Visual Studio
5 40 (1.69%) GitLab
6 34 (1.44%) MLflow
7 29 (1.23%) Postman
8 25 (1.06%) Selenium
9 20 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.76%) Cypress.io
10 18 (0.76%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.64%) Eclipse
11 15 (0.64%) JMeter
12 12 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
13 9 (0.38%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.30%) Chocolatey
14 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.30%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.30%) Vite
15 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
General
1 731 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 717 (30.36%) Finance
3 285 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 200 (8.47%) Law
5 183 (7.75%) Banking
6 126 (5.33%) Retail
7 122 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 121 (5.12%) Legal
9 87 (3.68%) Public Sector
10 74 (3.13%) Marketing
11 66 (2.79%) Financial Institution
12 57 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 54 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
14 48 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
15 43 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
16 36 (1.52%) Multimedia
16 36 (1.52%) Retail Banking
17 33 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
18 30 (1.27%) Manufacturing
19 28 (1.19%) Games
Job Titles
1 433 (18.33%) Senior
2 318 (13.46%) Developer
3 291 (12.32%) Architect
4 289 (12.24%) Lead
5 183 (7.75%) Data Engineer
6 181 (7.66%) Analyst
7 163 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
8 123 (5.21%) Support Engineer
9 105 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 94 (3.98%) Software Engineer
11 82 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 82 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
12 79 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
12 79 (3.34%) Data Architect
13 73 (3.09%) Senior Developer
14 69 (2.92%) IT Support
14 69 (2.92%) Support Analyst
15 64 (2.71%) Network Engineer
15 64 (2.71%) Platform Engineer
16 63 (2.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (10.08%) .NET
2 148 (6.27%) React
3 146 (6.18%) REST
4 110 (4.66%) HTML
5 104 (4.40%) CSS
6 97 (4.11%) RESTful
7 81 (3.43%) .NET Core
7 81 (3.43%) Node.js
8 76 (3.22%) AngularJS
9 68 (2.88%) Kafka
10 61 (2.58%) OAuth
11 56 (2.37%) Vue
12 51 (2.16%) Web Services
13 50 (2.12%) ASP.NET
14 48 (2.03%) PySpark
15 45 (1.91%) LangChain
15 45 (1.91%) PyTorch
16 44 (1.86%) Middleware
16 44 (1.86%) SOAP
17 42 (1.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 103 (4.36%) Product Ownership
3 101 (4.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 91 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
6 76 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
7 71 (3.01%) Security Posture
8 65 (2.75%) Low-Code
9 64 (2.71%) AI Agents
10 55 (2.33%) Onboarding
11 54 (2.29%) Data Centre
12 51 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
13 44 (1.86%) Data Structures
13 44 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
14 43 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
15 42 (1.78%) Public Cloud
16 38 (1.61%) Algorithms
17 33 (1.40%) Virtual Team
18 30 (1.27%) Reinsurance
19 26 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 367 (15.54%) Windows
2 172 (7.28%) Windows Server
3 153 (6.48%) Linux
4 69 (2.92%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.74%) Unix
7 34 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 29 (1.23%) Android
9 28 (1.19%) VMS
9 28 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.13%) CentOS
15 3 (0.13%) Solaris
15 3 (0.13%) SUSE
16 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
17 1 (0.042%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (28.70%) DevOps
2 604 (25.57%) CI/CD
3 548 (23.20%) Agile
4 517 (21.89%) AI
5 473 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
6 422 (17.87%) Analytics
7 301 (12.74%) Mentoring
7 301 (12.74%) Roadmaps
8 295 (12.49%) Computer Science
9 293 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
10 282 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 279 (11.81%) Data Modelling
12 269 (11.39%) Business Intelligence
13 264 (11.18%) Microservices
14 255 (10.80%) Infrastructure as Code
14 255 (10.80%) Machine Learning
15 238 (10.08%) ETL
16 224 (9.48%) Data Pipeline
17 219 (9.27%) Software Engineering
18 216 (9.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 619 (26.21%) Python
2 567 (24.01%) SQL
3 287 (12.15%) PowerShell
4 263 (11.13%) C#
5 247 (10.46%) JavaScript
6 126 (5.33%) Java
7 124 (5.25%) TypeScript
8 69 (2.92%) Bash
9 53 (2.24%) Bicep
10 41 (1.74%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.61%) R
12 37 (1.57%) Scala
13 34 (1.44%) Go
14 29 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 23 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.72%) C++
17 14 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.55%) Rust
19 11 (0.47%) PHP
20 10 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 422 (17.87%) Degree
2 226 (9.57%) Azure Certification
3 208 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 138 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 136 (5.76%) Security Cleared
6 114 (4.83%) AWS Certification
7 97 (4.11%) Master's Degree
7 97 (4.11%) SC Cleared
8 90 (3.81%) CISSP
9 51 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
10 42 (1.78%) CISM
11 39 (1.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 35 (1.48%) CCNP
12 35 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 35 (1.48%) PMI Certification
13 33 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.23%) ISTQB
15 27 (1.14%) PMP
16 25 (1.06%) CEH
17 22 (0.93%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.87%) GDPR
2 178 (7.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 136 (5.76%) Data Quality
4 134 (5.67%) NIST
5 94 (3.98%) QA
6 49 (2.07%) SLA
7 35 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 32 (1.35%) NCSC
9 28 (1.19%) EU AI Act
9 28 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 26 (1.10%) HIPAA
11 23 (0.97%) PSD2
12 22 (0.93%) Solvency II
13 20 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (0.72%) SOC 2
15 12 (0.51%) PMO
16 11 (0.47%) ISO 22301
17 10 (0.42%) GRC
18 8 (0.34%) EMIR
System Software
1 329 (13.93%) Active Directory
2 233 (9.86%) Docker
3 83 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.68%) Firmware
8 13 (0.55%) vSphere
9 12 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.38%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.21%) KVM
12 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.17%) NFS
12 4 (0.17%) Postfix
12 4 (0.17%) XenApp
13 3 (0.13%) ISA Server
14 2 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.085%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.042%) vCloud
15 1 (0.042%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 296 (12.53%) Terraform
2 268 (11.35%) Kubernetes
3 204 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 116 (4.91%) Ansible
5 54 (2.29%) SCCM
6 49 (2.07%) Grafana
7 45 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 38 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
9 22 (0.93%) FortiGate
10 18 (0.76%) Argo
11 16 (0.68%) CASB
12 13 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.38%) SCOM
15 7 (0.30%) Rancher
16 6 (0.25%) Autotask
16 6 (0.25%) Kibana
16 6 (0.25%) Kubeflow
17 4 (0.17%) logstash
17 4 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 976 (41.32%) Microsoft
2 192 (8.13%) Databricks
3 160 (6.77%) VMware
4 115 (4.87%) Cisco
5 99 (4.19%) Google
6 80 (3.39%) Oracle
7 74 (3.13%) ServiceNow
8 70 (2.96%) Palo Alto
9 55 (2.33%) Fortinet
10 53 (2.24%) OpenAI
11 50 (2.12%) SAP
12 47 (1.99%) Salesforce
13 35 (1.48%) Meraki
14 34 (1.44%) SolarWinds
15 33 (1.40%) Informatica
16 31 (1.31%) CheckPoint
17 29 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
18 26 (1.10%) Citrix
19 25 (1.06%) Dynatrace
20 24 (1.02%) Dell