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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,451 3,069 4,414
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.52% 19.88% 21.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.95% 44.48% 46.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,769 2,123 3,841
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,219
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 5,986 6,899 9,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.34% 44.70% 45.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,850 4,392 7,907
10th Percentile £37,500 £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 30 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 30 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 0 542 £77,500 +3.33% 266
West London +14 63 £63,750 -1.92% 60
East London -6 23 £33,000 -42.11% 55
North London +16 20 £75,000 -6.25% 4
South London +11 18 £46,000 -24.90% 38
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
1 181 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 146 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.26%) Confluence
6 15 (0.61%) Apache
7 14 (0.57%) Appian
7 14 (0.57%) IIS
8 11 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
9 8 (0.33%) CMS
10 6 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.20%) SAS
11 5 (0.20%) WordPress
12 4 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.16%) Moodle
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 48 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.35%) 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 57 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.90%) Endur
3 19 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.37%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.24%) Shopify
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.082%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.082%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.082%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.041%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.041%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.041%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 865 (35.29%) AWS
2 471 (19.22%) GCP
3 436 (17.79%) Microsoft 365
4 398 (16.24%) Power Platform
5 357 (14.57%) Azure DevOps
6 268 (10.93%) Entra ID
7 180 (7.34%) GitHub
8 164 (6.69%) SaaS
9 150 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 137 (5.59%) Power Automate
11 114 (4.65%) PowerApps
12 110 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
13 109 (4.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 105 (4.28%) PaaS
15 103 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 96 (3.92%) Serverless
17 85 (3.47%) Azure AI
18 72 (2.94%) Snowflake
19 71 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
20 65 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 256 (10.44%) Firewall
2 160 (6.53%) VPN
3 138 (5.63%) WAN
4 136 (5.55%) DNS
5 111 (4.53%) DHCP
6 96 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (3.63%) LAN
7 89 (3.63%) TCP/IP
8 67 (2.73%) SD-WAN
9 55 (2.24%) Network Security
10 52 (2.12%) Internet
11 46 (1.88%) VLAN
12 41 (1.67%) Wireless
13 33 (1.35%) SAN
14 32 (1.31%) VoIP
15 24 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
16 22 (0.90%) BGP
16 22 (0.90%) OSPF
17 19 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
18 14 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (11.18%) Power BI
2 241 (9.83%) SQL Server
3 174 (7.10%) Data Warehouse
4 155 (6.32%) Data Lake
5 108 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 99 (4.04%) NoSQL
7 83 (3.39%) MongoDB
8 75 (3.06%) Metadata
9 70 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
10 62 (2.53%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.12%) Big Data
12 49 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
12 49 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 37 (1.51%) BigQuery
13 37 (1.51%) Tableau
14 33 (1.35%) MySQL
15 31 (1.26%) Hadoop
16 24 (0.98%) Pinecone
17 22 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 21 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 196 (8.00%) Git
2 92 (3.75%) JIRA
3 78 (3.18%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.84%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.71%) GitLab
6 36 (1.47%) MLflow
7 31 (1.26%) Postman
8 21 (0.86%) Selenium
9 20 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.69%) Eclipse
12 15 (0.61%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.53%) JMeter
14 10 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.37%) Chocolatey
16 8 (0.33%) CircleCI
16 8 (0.33%) SpecFlow
17 7 (0.29%) Artifactory
17 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 7 (0.29%) Vite
General
1 745 (30.40%) Finance
2 742 (30.27%) Social Skills
3 293 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (8.20%) Law
5 187 (7.63%) Banking
6 126 (5.14%) Legal
7 120 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 119 (4.86%) Retail
9 91 (3.71%) Public Sector
10 75 (3.06%) Marketing
11 65 (2.65%) Financial Institution
12 56 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 52 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
15 44 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
17 36 (1.47%) Multimedia
17 36 (1.47%) Retail Banking
18 30 (1.22%) Manufacturing
19 27 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 467 (19.05%) Senior
2 319 (13.02%) Developer
3 303 (12.36%) Architect
4 284 (11.59%) Lead
5 192 (7.83%) Analyst
6 183 (7.47%) Data Engineer
7 175 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
8 126 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 117 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 104 (4.24%) Software Engineer
11 93 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
12 90 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
13 89 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 78 (3.18%) Data Architect
15 73 (2.98%) Senior Developer
16 72 (2.94%) IT Support
17 71 (2.90%) IT Engineer
17 71 (2.90%) Network Engineer
17 71 (2.90%) Support Analyst
18 69 (2.82%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (10.08%) .NET
2 155 (6.32%) REST
3 152 (6.20%) React
4 109 (4.45%) HTML
5 103 (4.20%) CSS
6 101 (4.12%) RESTful
7 82 (3.35%) .NET Core
7 82 (3.35%) Node.js
8 75 (3.06%) OAuth
9 74 (3.02%) AngularJS
10 66 (2.69%) Kafka
11 54 (2.20%) Vue
12 50 (2.04%) ASP.NET
12 50 (2.04%) Web Services
13 49 (2.00%) SOAP
14 48 (1.96%) PyTorch
15 47 (1.92%) LangChain
15 47 (1.92%) PySpark
16 44 (1.80%) Django
17 43 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 197 (8.04%) Cloud Native
2 107 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 99 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 88 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
6 77 (3.14%) Security Posture
7 75 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
8 68 (2.77%) AI Agents
9 66 (2.69%) Low-Code
10 56 (2.28%) Onboarding
11 55 (2.24%) Data Centre
12 52 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
13 50 (2.04%) Data Structures
14 48 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
15 46 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.55%) Public Cloud
17 37 (1.51%) Algorithms
18 33 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
19 32 (1.31%) Virtual Team
20 31 (1.26%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 374 (15.26%) Windows
2 178 (7.26%) Windows Server
3 149 (6.08%) Linux
4 74 (3.02%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.80%) Mac OS
6 42 (1.71%) Unix
7 35 (1.43%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.35%) VMS
9 30 (1.22%) Android
10 29 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 20 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
12 12 (0.49%) 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
1 692 (28.23%) DevOps
2 624 (25.46%) CI/CD
3 548 (22.36%) Agile
4 543 (22.15%) AI
5 486 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
6 433 (17.67%) Analytics
7 311 (12.69%) Cybersecurity
8 305 (12.44%) Mentoring
9 303 (12.36%) Roadmaps
10 302 (12.32%) Computer Science
10 302 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 281 (11.46%) Data Modelling
12 276 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
13 275 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
14 268 (10.93%) Microservices
15 255 (10.40%) Machine Learning
16 239 (9.75%) Software Engineering
17 236 (9.63%) ETL
18 230 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
19 218 (8.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 645 (26.32%) Python
2 580 (23.66%) SQL
3 298 (12.16%) PowerShell
4 270 (11.02%) C#
5 256 (10.44%) JavaScript
6 130 (5.30%) TypeScript
7 122 (4.98%) Java
8 77 (3.14%) Bash
9 58 (2.37%) Bicep
10 42 (1.71%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.55%) Go
12 36 (1.47%) R
13 34 (1.39%) Scala
14 30 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 29 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
16 19 (0.78%) C++
17 15 (0.61%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.57%) Rust
19 12 (0.49%) PHP
20 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 433 (17.67%) Degree
2 226 (9.22%) Azure Certification
3 218 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 149 (6.08%) Security Cleared
5 139 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 111 (4.53%) AWS Certification
7 102 (4.16%) SC Cleared
8 99 (4.04%) CISSP
8 99 (4.04%) Master's Degree
9 55 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
10 43 (1.75%) CISM
11 39 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 39 (1.59%) DV Cleared
12 38 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 36 (1.47%) CCNP
13 36 (1.47%) PMI Certification
14 28 (1.14%) PMP
15 27 (1.10%) CEH
16 26 (1.06%) ISTQB
17 25 (1.02%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 188 (7.67%) GDPR
3 147 (6.00%) NIST
4 137 (5.59%) Data Quality
5 88 (3.59%) QA
6 57 (2.33%) SLA
7 40 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (1.39%) NCSC
9 31 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 29 (1.18%) Accessibility
11 28 (1.14%) EU AI Act
12 25 (1.02%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.94%) PSD2
14 22 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 22 (0.90%) SOC 2
14 22 (0.90%) Solvency II
15 14 (0.57%) PMO
16 13 (0.53%) ISO 22301
17 11 (0.45%) GRC
18 8 (0.33%) EMIR
System Software
1 349 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 245 (10.00%) Docker
3 87 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.65%) vSphere
8 15 (0.61%) Firmware
9 12 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.29%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.20%) 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
1 309 (12.61%) Terraform
2 275 (11.22%) Kubernetes
3 219 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 115 (4.69%) Ansible
5 57 (2.33%) SCCM
6 55 (2.24%) Grafana
7 50 (2.04%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (0.98%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.78%) Argo
11 17 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (0.65%) CASB
13 8 (0.33%) SCOM
14 7 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.29%) Kibana
14 7 (0.29%) Rancher
15 6 (0.24%) Kubeflow
15 6 (0.24%) VxRail
16 5 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,003 (40.92%) Microsoft
2 195 (7.96%) Databricks
3 169 (6.90%) VMware
4 118 (4.81%) Cisco
5 108 (4.41%) Google
6 77 (3.14%) Oracle
7 74 (3.02%) ServiceNow
8 69 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 57 (2.33%) OpenAI
10 55 (2.24%) Fortinet
11 49 (2.00%) SAP
12 45 (1.84%) Salesforce
13 40 (1.63%) Meraki
14 37 (1.51%) SolarWinds
15 34 (1.39%) CheckPoint
16 33 (1.35%) Informatica
17 28 (1.14%) Dynatrace
18 27 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
19 26 (1.06%) Commvault
19 26 (1.06%) Dell