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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,424 3,023 4,507
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.36% 19.76% 21.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.86% 44.28% 46.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,746 2,080 3,920
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £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 5,932 6,827 9,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.03% 44.63% 45.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,810 4,319 8,133
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,000
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 £58,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -10.00%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 0 539 £80,000 +6.67% 310
West London +14 63 £63,750 -1.92% 67
East London -10 21 £32,000 -44.35% 54
North London +17 20 £75,000 +27.66% 6
South London +5 17 £46,000 -24.90% 33
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
1 180 (7.43%) SharePoint
2 145 (5.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 58 (2.39%) Apache Spark
4 35 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (1.16%) Confluence
6 15 (0.62%) Apache
6 15 (0.62%) Appian
7 12 (0.50%) IIS
8 11 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
9 8 (0.33%) CMS
10 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.21%) SAS
11 5 (0.21%) WordPress
12 4 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.17%) Moodle
12 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 45 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) Maya
7 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.17%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.083%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 57 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.91%) Endur
3 18 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.33%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.25%) Shopify
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.083%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.083%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.083%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.083%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.041%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.041%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.041%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 849 (35.02%) AWS
2 459 (18.94%) GCP
3 428 (17.66%) Microsoft 365
4 393 (16.21%) Power Platform
5 349 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
6 264 (10.89%) Entra ID
7 177 (7.30%) GitHub
8 164 (6.77%) SaaS
9 147 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 135 (5.57%) Power Automate
11 110 (4.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 110 (4.54%) PowerApps
12 109 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
13 103 (4.25%) PaaS
14 100 (4.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 95 (3.92%) Serverless
16 86 (3.55%) Azure AI
17 70 (2.89%) Snowflake
18 68 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
19 63 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 251 (10.35%) Firewall
2 159 (6.56%) VPN
3 137 (5.65%) DNS
4 136 (5.61%) WAN
5 112 (4.62%) DHCP
6 97 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
7 87 (3.59%) TCP/IP
8 85 (3.51%) LAN
9 68 (2.81%) SD-WAN
10 55 (2.27%) Network Security
11 53 (2.19%) Internet
12 46 (1.90%) VLAN
13 41 (1.69%) Wireless
14 33 (1.36%) SAN
15 31 (1.28%) VoIP
16 24 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (0.91%) BGP
17 22 (0.91%) OSPF
18 19 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
19 14 (0.58%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 273 (11.26%) Power BI
2 243 (10.02%) SQL Server
3 170 (7.01%) Data Warehouse
4 152 (6.27%) Data Lake
5 106 (4.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 97 (4.00%) NoSQL
7 82 (3.38%) MongoDB
8 71 (2.93%) Metadata
9 69 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
10 60 (2.48%) Relational Database
11 51 (2.10%) Big Data
12 50 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
13 49 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 37 (1.53%) Tableau
15 35 (1.44%) BigQuery
16 31 (1.28%) MySQL
17 30 (1.24%) Hadoop
18 25 (1.03%) Pinecone
19 22 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 21 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 190 (7.84%) Git
2 84 (3.47%) JIRA
3 74 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.86%) Visual Studio
5 39 (1.61%) GitLab
6 37 (1.53%) MLflow
7 30 (1.24%) Postman
8 20 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
8 20 (0.83%) Selenium
9 18 (0.74%) TeamCity
10 17 (0.70%) Eclipse
11 14 (0.58%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.50%) JMeter
13 9 (0.37%) Chocolatey
13 9 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.33%) SpecFlow
14 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.29%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.29%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.29%) Vite
General
1 736 (30.36%) Finance
2 730 (30.12%) Social Skills
3 290 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
4 197 (8.13%) Law
5 183 (7.55%) Banking
6 122 (5.03%) Legal
7 117 (4.83%) Retail
8 114 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 91 (3.75%) Public Sector
10 74 (3.05%) Marketing
11 63 (2.60%) Financial Institution
12 56 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
13 53 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
13 53 (2.19%) Telecoms
14 44 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
16 36 (1.49%) Multimedia
17 35 (1.44%) Retail Banking
18 27 (1.11%) Manufacturing
19 26 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 461 (19.02%) Senior
2 315 (13.00%) Developer
3 299 (12.33%) Architect
4 284 (11.72%) Lead
5 191 (7.88%) Analyst
6 177 (7.30%) Azure Engineer
7 175 (7.22%) Data Engineer
8 124 (5.12%) Support Engineer
9 119 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 104 (4.29%) Software Engineer
11 94 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
12 91 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
13 88 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 77 (3.18%) Data Architect
15 72 (2.97%) Senior Developer
16 71 (2.93%) IT Support
16 71 (2.93%) Network Engineer
17 70 (2.89%) IT Engineer
18 69 (2.85%) Security Engineer
18 69 (2.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (10.15%) .NET
2 151 (6.23%) REST
3 149 (6.15%) React
4 106 (4.37%) HTML
5 101 (4.17%) CSS
6 99 (4.08%) RESTful
7 81 (3.34%) .NET Core
8 80 (3.30%) Node.js
9 77 (3.18%) OAuth
10 72 (2.97%) AngularJS
11 64 (2.64%) Kafka
12 51 (2.10%) Vue
13 50 (2.06%) Web Services
14 49 (2.02%) ASP.NET
15 48 (1.98%) PyTorch
16 47 (1.94%) LangChain
16 47 (1.94%) PySpark
16 47 (1.94%) SOAP
17 45 (1.86%) Django
18 42 (1.73%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 192 (7.92%) Cloud Native
2 104 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 97 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 86 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 80 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
6 77 (3.18%) Security Posture
7 75 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
8 67 (2.76%) AI Agents
9 65 (2.68%) Low-Code
10 58 (2.39%) Onboarding
11 54 (2.23%) Data Centre
12 53 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
13 50 (2.06%) Data Structures
14 47 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
15 44 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
16 37 (1.53%) Public Cloud
17 36 (1.49%) Algorithms
18 33 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
19 32 (1.32%) Virtual Team
20 30 (1.24%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 366 (15.10%) Windows
2 174 (7.18%) Windows Server
3 146 (6.02%) Linux
4 75 (3.09%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.77%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.69%) Unix
7 34 (1.40%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.36%) VMS
9 29 (1.20%) Android
9 29 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.33%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.17%) CentOS
15 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.12%) Solaris
15 3 (0.12%) SUSE
16 2 (0.083%) Kali Linux
17 1 (0.041%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (28.09%) DevOps
2 614 (25.33%) CI/CD
3 542 (22.36%) AI
4 537 (22.15%) Agile
5 478 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
6 430 (17.74%) Analytics
7 306 (12.62%) Mentoring
8 305 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
9 300 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 297 (12.25%) Computer Science
11 295 (12.17%) Roadmaps
12 279 (11.51%) Data Modelling
13 274 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
14 269 (11.10%) Infrastructure as Code
15 265 (10.93%) Microservices
16 253 (10.44%) Machine Learning
17 238 (9.82%) Software Engineering
18 235 (9.69%) ETL
19 228 (9.41%) Data Pipeline
20 215 (8.87%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 638 (26.32%) Python
2 575 (23.72%) SQL
3 288 (11.88%) PowerShell
4 267 (11.01%) C#
5 251 (10.35%) JavaScript
6 129 (5.32%) TypeScript
7 119 (4.91%) Java
8 74 (3.05%) Bash
9 57 (2.35%) Bicep
10 42 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 37 (1.53%) Go
12 35 (1.44%) R
13 31 (1.28%) Scala
14 30 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
15 29 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 19 (0.78%) C++
17 15 (0.62%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.58%) Rust
19 12 (0.50%) PHP
20 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 424 (17.49%) Degree
2 224 (9.24%) Azure Certification
3 215 (8.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 149 (6.15%) Security Cleared
5 138 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 109 (4.50%) AWS Certification
7 101 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 99 (4.08%) CISSP
9 97 (4.00%) Master's Degree
10 55 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
11 43 (1.77%) CISM
12 40 (1.65%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 36 (1.49%) CCNP
15 35 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
16 34 (1.40%) PMI Certification
17 27 (1.11%) CEH
17 27 (1.11%) PMP
18 25 (1.03%) CCIE
19 24 (0.99%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 183 (7.55%) GDPR
3 144 (5.94%) NIST
4 135 (5.57%) Data Quality
5 87 (3.59%) QA
6 58 (2.39%) SLA
7 37 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (1.40%) NCSC
9 30 (1.24%) PCI DSS
10 29 (1.20%) Accessibility
11 28 (1.16%) EU AI Act
12 24 (0.99%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.95%) PSD2
13 23 (0.95%) SOC 2
14 22 (0.91%) Solvency II
15 20 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.62%) PMO
17 13 (0.54%) ISO 22301
18 11 (0.45%) GRC
19 8 (0.33%) EMIR
System Software
1 346 (14.27%) Active Directory
2 244 (10.07%) Docker
3 86 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 50 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 30 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.66%) vSphere
8 14 (0.58%) Firmware
9 12 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.21%) KVM
12 4 (0.17%) Postfix
13 3 (0.12%) ISA Server
13 3 (0.12%) NFS
14 2 (0.083%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.083%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.083%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.083%) XenApp
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
15 1 (0.041%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 304 (12.54%) Terraform
2 271 (11.18%) Kubernetes
3 215 (8.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 113 (4.66%) Ansible
5 54 (2.23%) SCCM
6 53 (2.19%) Grafana
7 48 (1.98%) Prometheus
8 38 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.78%) Argo
11 17 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (0.66%) CASB
13 7 (0.29%) Kibana
13 7 (0.29%) SCOM
14 6 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.25%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.25%) Rancher
14 6 (0.25%) VxRail
15 5 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.21%) Istio
Vendors
1 992 (40.92%) Microsoft
2 192 (7.92%) Databricks
3 166 (6.85%) VMware
4 116 (4.79%) Cisco
5 107 (4.41%) Google
6 76 (3.14%) Oracle
7 71 (2.93%) ServiceNow
8 70 (2.89%) Palo Alto
9 58 (2.39%) OpenAI
10 54 (2.23%) Fortinet
11 48 (1.98%) SAP
12 45 (1.86%) Salesforce
13 40 (1.65%) Meraki
14 36 (1.49%) SolarWinds
15 34 (1.40%) CheckPoint
16 33 (1.36%) Informatica
17 27 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
18 26 (1.07%) Commvault
18 26 (1.07%) Dell
19 25 (1.03%) Citrix