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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,914 2,340 4,585
As % of all permanent jobs in London 13.98% 19.67% 19.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.01% 44.54% 44.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 1,745 3,734
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -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 7,283 5,254 10,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.95% 44.17% 43.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,877 3,749 8,067
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,199 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,747 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.89% +5.65% -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 26 May 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 26 May 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 0 647 £82,500 +6.45% 241
West London +11 76 £60,000 +41.18% 31
South London +18 47 £80,000 +23.08% 11
East London -12 21 £87,500 +2.94% 27
North London +3 12 £55,000 +10.00% 11
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 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 120 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 44 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.06%) Confluence
6 19 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
7 16 (0.55%) Apache
8 13 (0.45%) CMS
9 11 (0.38%) WordPress
10 9 (0.31%) Appian
11 6 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.21%) Camunda
11 6 (0.21%) IIS
11 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.17%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.14%) Moodle
14 3 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 48 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.45%) PlantUML
6 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.17%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.034%) Maya
9 1 (0.034%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.34%) Endur
4 7 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.10%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.10%) Shopify
9 2 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.034%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.034%) Maximo
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.034%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 957 (32.84%) AWS
2 556 (19.08%) GCP
3 497 (17.06%) Microsoft 365
4 374 (12.83%) Power Platform
5 351 (12.05%) Entra ID
6 346 (11.87%) Azure DevOps
7 195 (6.69%) GitHub
8 193 (6.62%) SaaS
9 153 (5.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 143 (4.91%) Azure Data Factory
11 138 (4.74%) PaaS
12 125 (4.29%) Serverless
13 124 (4.26%) Azure AI
14 109 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
15 98 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
16 97 (3.33%) Power Automate
17 96 (3.29%) Snowflake
18 91 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
19 90 (3.09%) IaaS
20 86 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 319 (10.95%) Firewall
2 182 (6.25%) VPN
3 174 (5.97%) DNS
4 156 (5.35%) WAN
5 143 (4.91%) DHCP
6 131 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
7 122 (4.19%) Network Security
8 103 (3.53%) LAN
9 88 (3.02%) TCP/IP
10 87 (2.99%) SD-WAN
11 62 (2.13%) VLAN
12 57 (1.96%) SAN
13 36 (1.24%) BGP
13 36 (1.24%) Internet
14 35 (1.20%) Wireless
15 33 (1.13%) WLAN
16 32 (1.10%) OSPF
17 31 (1.06%) VoIP
18 27 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
19 26 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 253 (8.68%) Power BI
3 133 (4.56%) Data Lake
4 132 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
5 92 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 66 (2.26%) NoSQL
7 61 (2.09%) Tableau
8 60 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
9 57 (1.96%) MongoDB
10 56 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
11 51 (1.75%) Big Data
11 51 (1.75%) BigQuery
12 49 (1.68%) Metadata
13 45 (1.54%) Relational Database
14 40 (1.37%) Delta Lake
14 40 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 28 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (0.93%) Pinecone
17 26 (0.89%) MySQL
18 25 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 180 (6.18%) Git
2 97 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 71 (2.44%) JIRA
4 69 (2.37%) GitLab
5 47 (1.61%) MLflow
6 27 (0.93%) Postman
7 22 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 21 (0.72%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.58%) Selenium
10 15 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 14 (0.48%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.41%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.38%) Vite
14 9 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
17 6 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 890 (30.54%) Finance
2 787 (27.01%) Social Skills
3 294 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
4 214 (7.34%) Banking
5 164 (5.63%) Law
6 118 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 117 (4.02%) Public Sector
8 94 (3.23%) Legal
9 69 (2.37%) Retail
10 56 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 51 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 40 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 38 (1.30%) Front Office
16 31 (1.06%) Marketing
17 27 (0.93%) Multimedia
18 22 (0.75%) Advertising
18 22 (0.75%) Retail Banking
19 20 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 563 (19.32%) Senior
2 433 (14.86%) Architect
3 374 (12.83%) Lead
4 282 (9.68%) Developer
5 270 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
6 183 (6.28%) Analyst
7 167 (5.73%) Data Engineer
8 155 (5.32%) Cloud Engineer
9 130 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
10 126 (4.32%) Software Engineer
11 119 (4.08%) Consultant
12 109 (3.74%) Azure Architect
13 107 (3.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 106 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
15 100 (3.43%) IT Engineer
16 99 (3.40%) Network Engineer
16 99 (3.40%) Support Engineer
17 94 (3.23%) Security Engineer
18 91 (3.12%) Platform Engineer
19 84 (2.88%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (9.68%) .NET
2 159 (5.46%) React
3 128 (4.39%) REST
4 108 (3.71%) Kafka
5 96 (3.29%) OAuth
6 82 (2.81%) CSS
7 80 (2.75%) RESTful
8 75 (2.57%) HTML
9 73 (2.51%) Node.js
10 72 (2.47%) PySpark
11 66 (2.26%) LangChain
12 64 (2.20%) .NET Core
13 55 (1.89%) SAML
14 53 (1.82%) PyTorch
15 52 (1.78%) Spring
15 52 (1.78%) TensorFlow
16 45 (1.54%) Django
16 45 (1.54%) OpenID
17 42 (1.44%) ASP.NET
17 42 (1.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 290 (9.95%) Cloud Native
2 122 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 91 (3.12%) Security Posture
4 87 (2.99%) Data Centre
5 81 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 76 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 69 (2.37%) Data Structures
8 68 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 65 (2.23%) Onboarding
10 63 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
10 63 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 61 (2.09%) AI Agents
12 59 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
13 49 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
14 44 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
15 40 (1.37%) Low-Code
16 39 (1.34%) Cyberattack
17 37 (1.27%) Algorithms
17 37 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
18 33 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 411 (14.10%) Windows
2 165 (5.66%) Linux
3 158 (5.42%) Windows Server
4 76 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.17%) VMS
6 33 (1.13%) Apple iOS
6 33 (1.13%) Mac OS
7 30 (1.03%) Unix
7 30 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (0.82%) Android
10 18 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.31%) CentOS
14 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.069%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.069%) SUSE
17 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (27.76%) DevOps
2 712 (24.43%) CI/CD
3 597 (20.49%) AI
4 565 (19.39%) Agile
5 445 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
6 420 (14.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 418 (14.34%) Analytics
8 417 (14.31%) Roadmaps
9 408 (14.00%) Mentoring
10 392 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 310 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
12 299 (10.26%) Data Engineering
13 284 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
14 277 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 267 (9.16%) Software Engineering
16 261 (8.96%) Data Modelling
17 258 (8.85%) Machine Learning
18 255 (8.75%) Migration
19 244 (8.37%) Microservices
20 222 (7.62%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 735 (25.22%) Python
2 603 (20.69%) SQL
3 335 (11.50%) PowerShell
4 277 (9.51%) C#
5 223 (7.65%) JavaScript
6 165 (5.66%) Java
7 146 (5.01%) TypeScript
8 101 (3.47%) Bash
9 75 (2.57%) Bicep
10 49 (1.68%) Go
11 37 (1.27%) R
12 36 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 30 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 24 (0.82%) Scala
15 21 (0.72%) C++
16 15 (0.51%) Rust
17 12 (0.41%) C
17 12 (0.41%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.38%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 363 (12.46%) Degree
2 295 (10.12%) Azure Certification
3 221 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 157 (5.39%) SC Cleared
5 155 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 120 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 119 (4.08%) CISSP
8 102 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
9 80 (2.75%) AWS Certification
10 51 (1.75%) CCNP
10 51 (1.75%) CEH
11 49 (1.68%) CCNA
12 48 (1.65%) CISM
13 45 (1.54%) Master's Degree
14 43 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
15 36 (1.24%) DV Cleared
16 33 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 30 (1.03%) CCIE
17 30 (1.03%) PMI Certification
18 29 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 150 (5.15%) NIST
3 146 (5.01%) Data Quality
4 144 (4.94%) GDPR
5 90 (3.09%) QA
6 88 (3.02%) SLA
7 52 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 46 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.30%) NCSC
10 34 (1.17%) PCI DSS
11 33 (1.13%) GRC
12 29 (1.00%) PMO
12 29 (1.00%) SOC 2
13 20 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 19 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 14 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 10 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 9 (0.31%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 406 (13.93%) Active Directory
2 234 (8.03%) Docker
3 114 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 45 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (1.03%) vSphere
8 13 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.31%) Firmware
10 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.14%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.069%) Xen
13 1 (0.034%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 398 (13.66%) Terraform
2 313 (10.74%) Kubernetes
3 219 (7.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (4.43%) Ansible
5 65 (2.23%) SCCM
6 56 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
7 54 (1.85%) Grafana
8 42 (1.44%) Prometheus
9 32 (1.10%) FortiGate
10 29 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.45%) Istio
12 12 (0.41%) Argo
13 10 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.31%) Kibana
15 8 (0.27%) CASB
16 7 (0.24%) Nagios
16 7 (0.24%) QRadar
16 7 (0.24%) VxRail
17 6 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,179 (40.46%) Microsoft
2 297 (10.19%) Databricks
3 194 (6.66%) VMware
4 143 (4.91%) Cisco
5 127 (4.36%) Google
6 88 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 82 (2.81%) OpenAI
8 75 (2.57%) Palo Alto
9 63 (2.16%) Oracle
10 57 (1.96%) Fortinet
11 51 (1.75%) SAP
12 50 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
13 49 (1.68%) Meraki
14 47 (1.61%) Foundry
15 45 (1.54%) Salesforce
16 44 (1.51%) Dynatrace
17 43 (1.48%) Splunk
18 42 (1.44%) SolarWinds
19 41 (1.41%) Dell
20 40 (1.37%) ForeScout