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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,659 2,529 4,500
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.48% 19.17% 20.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.65% 43.52% 45.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,911 1,955 3,857
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +10.17% -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 6,541 5,811 9,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 38.07% 44.05% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,226 4,127 8,131
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,001 £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 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 20 March 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 20 March 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 +1 622 £77,500 +3.33% 311
West London +10 71 £67,059 +36.86% 49
South London +28 35 £58,750 -2.08% 25
East London -9 27 £31,250 -63.24% 43
North London +17 15 £72,500 +70.59% 9
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 (7.00%) SharePoint
2 149 (5.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.73%) Apache Spark
4 35 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (0.94%) Confluence
6 15 (0.56%) Appian
7 13 (0.49%) Apache
7 13 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
7 13 (0.49%) WordPress
8 11 (0.41%) IIS
9 9 (0.34%) CMS
10 8 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.23%) Camunda
11 6 (0.23%) Moodle
12 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
13 4 (0.15%) SAS
13 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 48 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.075%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 46 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.90%) Endur
3 8 (0.30%) Shopify
4 7 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
5 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.19%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.075%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.075%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.075%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.075%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.075%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.038%) Aladdin
10 1 (0.038%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.038%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.038%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.038%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 942 (35.43%) AWS
2 531 (19.97%) GCP
3 484 (18.20%) Microsoft 365
4 417 (15.68%) Power Platform
5 324 (12.19%) Azure DevOps
6 300 (11.28%) Entra ID
7 197 (7.41%) GitHub
8 193 (7.26%) SaaS
9 155 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 131 (4.93%) Power Automate
11 125 (4.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 118 (4.44%) PaaS
13 103 (3.87%) PowerApps
14 100 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 100 (3.76%) Serverless
15 99 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
16 98 (3.69%) Azure AI
17 79 (2.97%) Snowflake
18 69 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
19 66 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 294 (11.06%) Firewall
2 171 (6.43%) VPN
3 160 (6.02%) DNS
4 155 (5.83%) WAN
5 137 (5.15%) DHCP
6 120 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
7 107 (4.02%) TCP/IP
8 97 (3.65%) LAN
9 83 (3.12%) SD-WAN
10 80 (3.01%) Network Security
11 62 (2.33%) Internet
12 50 (1.88%) VLAN
13 38 (1.43%) SAN
14 36 (1.35%) VoIP
15 35 (1.32%) Wireless
16 27 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
18 22 (0.83%) BGP
18 22 (0.83%) Broadband
19 21 (0.79%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (11.36%) Power BI
2 265 (9.97%) SQL Server
3 161 (6.05%) Data Warehouse
4 150 (5.64%) Data Lake
5 101 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 78 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
7 76 (2.86%) NoSQL
8 61 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
9 60 (2.26%) Metadata
10 54 (2.03%) MongoDB
11 53 (1.99%) Tableau
12 52 (1.96%) Relational Database
12 52 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 51 (1.92%) BigQuery
14 47 (1.77%) Big Data
15 29 (1.09%) MySQL
16 28 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (1.02%) Delta Lake
18 23 (0.86%) Pinecone
19 22 (0.83%) Redis
Development Applications
1 188 (7.07%) Git
2 88 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.08%) JIRA
4 59 (2.22%) GitLab
5 44 (1.65%) MLflow
6 39 (1.47%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.17%) Postman
8 21 (0.79%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 19 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (0.60%) Selenium
12 14 (0.53%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.53%) Chocolatey
12 14 (0.53%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.49%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 10 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.34%) SpecFlow
16 8 (0.30%) JMeter
16 8 (0.30%) Vite
General
1 799 (30.05%) Finance
2 771 (29.00%) Social Skills
3 277 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (8.39%) Banking
5 187 (7.03%) Law
6 121 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 112 (4.21%) Retail
8 99 (3.72%) Legal
8 99 (3.72%) Public Sector
9 68 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 63 (2.37%) Marketing
11 62 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
12 54 (2.03%) Financial Institution
13 50 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
15 43 (1.62%) Multimedia
16 38 (1.43%) Telecoms
17 37 (1.39%) Front Office
18 33 (1.24%) Retail Banking
19 26 (0.98%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 525 (19.74%) Senior
2 348 (13.09%) Lead
3 347 (13.05%) Architect
4 289 (10.87%) Developer
5 213 (8.01%) Analyst
6 199 (7.48%) Azure Engineer
7 170 (6.39%) Data Engineer
8 126 (4.74%) Support Engineer
9 124 (4.66%) Software Engineer
10 117 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 113 (4.25%) Cloud Engineer
12 105 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
13 102 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
14 91 (3.42%) IT Support
14 91 (3.42%) Security Engineer
15 85 (3.20%) Network Engineer
16 82 (3.08%) IT Engineer
17 81 (3.05%) Data Architect
18 76 (2.86%) Senior Developer
19 74 (2.78%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (9.18%) .NET
2 159 (5.98%) React
3 130 (4.89%) REST
4 109 (4.10%) CSS
5 103 (3.87%) HTML
5 103 (3.87%) RESTful
6 91 (3.42%) Kafka
7 88 (3.31%) OAuth
8 87 (3.27%) Node.js
9 71 (2.67%) .NET Core
10 53 (1.99%) Django
11 50 (1.88%) PySpark
12 49 (1.84%) LangChain
13 48 (1.81%) SAML
14 46 (1.73%) PyTorch
15 45 (1.69%) TensorFlow
16 44 (1.65%) SOAP
17 40 (1.50%) AngularJS
18 37 (1.39%) Swagger
18 37 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 231 (8.69%) Cloud Native
2 104 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 102 (3.84%) Product Ownership
4 94 (3.54%) Security Posture
5 80 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 79 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
7 71 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
8 70 (2.63%) Data Structures
9 61 (2.29%) AI Agents
10 59 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
11 56 (2.11%) Low-Code
12 55 (2.07%) Data Centre
13 53 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
14 52 (1.96%) Public Cloud
15 50 (1.88%) Onboarding
16 49 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
17 44 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
18 40 (1.50%) Algorithms
19 35 (1.32%) Cyberattack
20 32 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 404 (15.19%) Windows
2 177 (6.66%) Windows Server
3 160 (6.02%) Linux
4 88 (3.31%) Windows 10
5 52 (1.96%) Unix
6 46 (1.73%) Mac OS
7 34 (1.28%) VMS
8 32 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 31 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 31 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 28 (1.05%) Android
11 19 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.26%) CentOS
16 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.15%) SUSE
17 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
18 2 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (27.49%) DevOps
2 641 (24.11%) CI/CD
3 557 (20.95%) Agile
4 549 (20.65%) AI
5 457 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
6 435 (16.36%) Analytics
7 380 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 344 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 331 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
10 324 (12.19%) Roadmaps
11 312 (11.73%) Computer Science
11 312 (11.73%) Infrastructure as Code
12 307 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
13 281 (10.57%) Data Modelling
14 273 (10.27%) Software Engineering
15 262 (9.85%) Microservices
16 250 (9.40%) Machine Learning
17 238 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
18 232 (8.73%) ITIL
19 223 (8.39%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 701 (26.36%) Python
2 612 (23.02%) SQL
3 317 (11.92%) PowerShell
4 248 (9.33%) C#
4 248 (9.33%) JavaScript
5 135 (5.08%) Java
6 126 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 100 (3.76%) Bash
8 53 (1.99%) Bicep
9 52 (1.96%) Go
10 45 (1.69%) R
11 38 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 37 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 22 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 20 (0.75%) C++
15 19 (0.71%) Scala
16 14 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.53%) Rust
17 12 (0.45%) PHP
17 12 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 416 (15.64%) Degree
2 264 (9.93%) Azure Certification
3 239 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 177 (6.66%) Security Cleared
5 143 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 123 (4.63%) SC Cleared
7 113 (4.25%) CISSP
8 108 (4.06%) AWS Certification
9 82 (3.08%) Master's Degree
10 67 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
11 50 (1.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 48 (1.81%) CEH
13 45 (1.69%) DV Cleared
14 44 (1.65%) CISM
15 39 (1.47%) CCNP
16 34 (1.28%) PMI Certification
17 33 (1.24%) PMP
18 32 (1.20%) CCNA
18 32 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
19 29 (1.09%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 187 (7.03%) GDPR
3 166 (6.24%) NIST
4 137 (5.15%) Data Quality
5 85 (3.20%) QA
6 73 (2.75%) SLA
7 41 (1.54%) PCI DSS
8 38 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 35 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 35 (1.32%) NCSC
10 33 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 29 (1.09%) EU AI Act
12 25 (0.94%) Solvency II
13 24 (0.90%) HIPAA
14 23 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.86%) PSD2
15 22 (0.83%) GRC
16 19 (0.71%) PMO
17 17 (0.64%) ISO 22301
18 14 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 377 (14.18%) Active Directory
2 256 (9.63%) Docker
3 88 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 58 (2.18%) Hyper-V
5 41 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (0.98%) vSphere
8 14 (0.53%) Firmware
9 9 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.19%) KVM
10 5 (0.19%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.15%) Postfix
12 2 (0.075%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.038%) NLBS
13 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.038%) Xen
13 1 (0.038%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 329 (12.37%) Terraform
2 301 (11.32%) Kubernetes
3 237 (8.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (4.81%) Ansible
5 64 (2.41%) SCCM
6 60 (2.26%) Grafana
7 53 (1.99%) Prometheus
8 41 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (1.02%) FortiGate
10 26 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (0.64%) Argo
12 13 (0.49%) Istio
13 12 (0.45%) CASB
14 9 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.30%) Kibana
15 8 (0.30%) VxRail
16 6 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
16 6 (0.23%) Control-M
16 6 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
17 5 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,054 (39.64%) Microsoft
2 229 (8.61%) Databricks
3 182 (6.84%) VMware
4 150 (5.64%) Google
5 128 (4.81%) Cisco
6 86 (3.23%) ServiceNow
7 78 (2.93%) Palo Alto
8 64 (2.41%) Oracle
9 62 (2.33%) OpenAI
10 59 (2.22%) Fortinet
11 49 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
12 45 (1.69%) Meraki
12 45 (1.69%) Salesforce
13 42 (1.58%) Dell
13 42 (1.58%) SAP
14 35 (1.32%) SolarWinds
14 35 (1.32%) Splunk
15 34 (1.28%) CheckPoint
16 33 (1.24%) CyberArk
17 31 (1.17%) Commvault