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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,350 3,150 3,985
As % of all permanent jobs in London 17.09% 20.21% 22.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.95% 44.63% 47.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,699 2,206 3,461
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £48,750
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 £60,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.92% +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 5,739 7,058 8,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 41.74% 45.28% 47.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,702 4,517 6,992
10th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,700
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 £60,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% -6.92%

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 4 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 4 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 0 485 £80,000 +6.67% 372
West London +5 60 £67,500 -10.00% 94
East London -7 25 £34,000 -37.44% 107
North London +21 24 £75,000 -6.25% 12
South London +9 17 £46,750 -24.16% 74
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
1 162 (6.89%) SharePoint
2 142 (6.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 68 (2.89%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.28%) Confluence
6 13 (0.55%) Apache
6 13 (0.55%) IIS
7 11 (0.47%) Appian
8 9 (0.38%) CMS
9 6 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.17%) Moodle
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.085%) Tomcat
Applications
1 45 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.30%) Maya
7 4 (0.17%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.085%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.81%) Endur
4 9 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.30%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.26%) 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%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.085%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.085%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.043%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.043%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.043%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.043%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.043%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 853 (36.30%) AWS
2 457 (19.45%) GCP
3 404 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
4 393 (16.72%) Power Platform
5 355 (15.11%) Azure DevOps
6 250 (10.64%) Entra ID
7 173 (7.36%) GitHub
8 159 (6.77%) SaaS
9 143 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 135 (5.74%) Power Automate
11 118 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
12 112 (4.77%) PaaS
13 109 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
14 108 (4.60%) PowerApps
15 107 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 99 (4.21%) Serverless
17 80 (3.40%) Azure AI
18 71 (3.02%) Snowflake
19 64 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
20 60 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 238 (10.13%) Firewall
2 143 (6.09%) VPN
3 131 (5.57%) WAN
4 122 (5.19%) DNS
5 95 (4.04%) DHCP
6 93 (3.96%) LAN
7 83 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
8 80 (3.40%) TCP/IP
9 57 (2.43%) Network Security
10 56 (2.38%) SD-WAN
11 51 (2.17%) Internet
12 45 (1.91%) Wireless
13 41 (1.74%) VLAN
14 35 (1.49%) VoIP
15 28 (1.19%) SAN
16 22 (0.94%) BGP
16 22 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
16 22 (0.94%) OSPF
17 14 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
18 11 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (11.40%) Power BI
2 231 (9.83%) SQL Server
3 175 (7.45%) Data Warehouse
4 149 (6.34%) Data Lake
5 112 (4.77%) NoSQL
6 109 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 88 (3.74%) MongoDB
8 78 (3.32%) Metadata
9 74 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
10 71 (3.02%) Relational Database
11 56 (2.38%) Big Data
12 45 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
12 45 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 36 (1.53%) MySQL
14 35 (1.49%) Hadoop
14 35 (1.49%) Tableau
15 32 (1.36%) BigQuery
16 23 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 19 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 201 (8.55%) Git
2 104 (4.43%) JIRA
3 76 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.74%) GitLab
6 34 (1.45%) MLflow
7 27 (1.15%) Postman
8 24 (1.02%) Selenium
9 19 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.77%) Cypress.io
11 15 (0.64%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.55%) JMeter
12 13 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
13 10 (0.43%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.38%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.30%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.30%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.26%) Chocolatey
17 5 (0.21%) Burp Suite
General
1 739 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 712 (30.30%) Finance
3 290 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (8.55%) Law
5 177 (7.53%) Banking
6 137 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 134 (5.70%) Retail
8 121 (5.15%) Legal
9 84 (3.57%) Marketing
9 84 (3.57%) Public Sector
10 62 (2.64%) Financial Institution
11 58 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 54 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
13 53 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
15 35 (1.49%) Multimedia
15 35 (1.49%) Retail Banking
16 31 (1.32%) Manufacturing
17 29 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
18 28 (1.19%) Games
Job Titles
1 420 (17.87%) Senior
2 330 (14.04%) Developer
3 295 (12.55%) Lead
4 290 (12.34%) Architect
5 181 (7.70%) Data Engineer
6 176 (7.49%) Analyst
7 159 (6.77%) Azure Engineer
8 129 (5.49%) Support Engineer
9 102 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 86 (3.66%) Software Engineer
10 86 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
11 81 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
12 79 (3.36%) Data Architect
13 76 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
13 76 (3.23%) Senior Developer
14 73 (3.11%) IT Support
15 70 (2.98%) Support Analyst
16 65 (2.77%) Network Engineer
17 64 (2.72%) .NET Developer
18 63 (2.68%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (10.34%) .NET
2 157 (6.68%) React
3 143 (6.09%) REST
4 113 (4.81%) HTML
5 105 (4.47%) CSS
6 94 (4.00%) RESTful
7 88 (3.74%) .NET Core
8 86 (3.66%) AngularJS
9 83 (3.53%) Node.js
10 72 (3.06%) Kafka
11 61 (2.60%) Vue
12 57 (2.43%) ASP.NET
12 57 (2.43%) OAuth
13 53 (2.26%) Web Services
14 50 (2.13%) .NET Framework
15 49 (2.09%) PySpark
16 47 (2.00%) PyTorch
17 46 (1.96%) YAML
18 43 (1.83%) Middleware
19 41 (1.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.43%) Cloud Native
2 107 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 101 (4.30%) Product Ownership
4 97 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
6 80 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
7 75 (3.19%) Security Posture
8 62 (2.64%) Low-Code
9 59 (2.51%) AI Agents
10 57 (2.43%) Data Centre
11 53 (2.26%) Onboarding
12 52 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
13 46 (1.96%) Public Cloud
14 43 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
15 42 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.62%) Algorithms
17 36 (1.53%) Data Structures
18 33 (1.40%) Virtual Team
19 29 (1.23%) Reinsurance
20 25 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 374 (15.91%) Windows
2 179 (7.62%) Windows Server
3 159 (6.77%) Linux
4 71 (3.02%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.74%) Unix
7 35 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 31 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (1.28%) Android
10 26 (1.11%) VMS
11 19 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
12 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 4 (0.17%) CentOS
16 4 (0.17%) Solaris
17 3 (0.13%) SUSE
18 2 (0.085%) Kali Linux
19 1 (0.043%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (29.23%) DevOps
2 596 (25.36%) CI/CD
3 572 (24.34%) Agile
4 516 (21.96%) AI
5 485 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 419 (17.83%) Analytics
7 312 (13.28%) Mentoring
8 301 (12.81%) Computer Science
9 296 (12.60%) Roadmaps
10 292 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
11 285 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 280 (11.91%) Data Modelling
13 275 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
14 262 (11.15%) Microservices
15 258 (10.98%) Machine Learning
16 250 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
17 239 (10.17%) ETL
18 226 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
19 221 (9.40%) Software Engineering
20 219 (9.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 637 (27.11%) Python
2 584 (24.85%) SQL
3 288 (12.26%) PowerShell
4 278 (11.83%) C#
5 253 (10.77%) JavaScript
6 127 (5.40%) Java
7 122 (5.19%) TypeScript
8 69 (2.94%) Bash
9 53 (2.26%) Bicep
10 41 (1.74%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.62%) R
11 38 (1.62%) Scala
12 32 (1.36%) Go
13 29 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 24 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.64%) C++
16 14 (0.60%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.51%) PHP
17 12 (0.51%) Rust
18 9 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 426 (18.13%) Degree
2 222 (9.45%) Azure Certification
3 212 (9.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 140 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 127 (5.40%) Security Cleared
6 111 (4.72%) AWS Certification
7 102 (4.34%) Master's Degree
8 91 (3.87%) SC Cleared
9 87 (3.70%) CISSP
10 53 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
11 40 (1.70%) CISM
12 38 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 37 (1.57%) CCNP
14 34 (1.45%) PMI Certification
15 33 (1.40%) DV Cleared
16 31 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
17 26 (1.11%) ISTQB
17 26 (1.11%) PMP
18 25 (1.06%) CEH
19 23 (0.98%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (7.79%) GDPR
2 177 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 135 (5.74%) NIST
4 125 (5.32%) Data Quality
5 103 (4.38%) QA
6 50 (2.13%) SLA
7 34 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (1.45%) NCSC
8 28 (1.19%) EU AI Act
9 25 (1.06%) Accessibility
9 25 (1.06%) HIPAA
9 25 (1.06%) PCI DSS
10 23 (0.98%) PSD2
11 21 (0.89%) Solvency II
12 19 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 15 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 14 (0.60%) PMO
15 11 (0.47%) ISO 22301
16 10 (0.43%) GRC
17 8 (0.34%) EMIR
System Software
1 332 (14.13%) Active Directory
2 229 (9.74%) Docker
3 89 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.68%) Firmware
6 16 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.64%) vSphere
8 14 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.38%) XenDesktop
10 6 (0.26%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.21%) NFS
12 4 (0.17%) KVM
12 4 (0.17%) Postfix
12 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
12 4 (0.17%) XenApp
13 3 (0.13%) ISA Server
14 2 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.085%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.043%) zsh
Systems Management
1 290 (12.34%) Terraform
2 270 (11.49%) Kubernetes
3 200 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 113 (4.81%) Ansible
5 53 (2.26%) SCCM
6 44 (1.87%) Grafana
7 43 (1.83%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
9 21 (0.89%) FortiGate
10 17 (0.72%) Argo
11 16 (0.68%) CASB
12 12 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 11 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.38%) Kubeflow
14 9 (0.38%) SCOM
15 8 (0.34%) Autotask
16 7 (0.30%) Rancher
17 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
17 5 (0.21%) vRealize
18 4 (0.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 998 (42.47%) Microsoft
2 197 (8.38%) Databricks
3 163 (6.94%) VMware
4 119 (5.06%) Cisco
5 98 (4.17%) Google
6 80 (3.40%) Oracle
7 74 (3.15%) Palo Alto
8 71 (3.02%) ServiceNow
9 57 (2.43%) Fortinet
10 54 (2.30%) SAP
11 47 (2.00%) OpenAI
11 47 (2.00%) Salesforce
12 35 (1.49%) Meraki
13 34 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
14 33 (1.40%) Informatica
15 32 (1.36%) CheckPoint
15 32 (1.36%) SolarWinds
16 29 (1.23%) Citrix
17 25 (1.06%) Commvault
17 25 (1.06%) Dell