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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,149 2,435 3,780
As % of all permanent jobs in London 12.74% 20.33% 19.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.22% 44.22% 44.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,305 1,733 2,705
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £46,350
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -

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 8,461 5,507 8,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.23% 45.97% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,688 3,783 5,834
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% -3.85%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +1 430 £85,000 +6.25% 328
West London -1 88 £72,500 +31.82% 87
South London -4 34 £90,000 +38.46% 28
East London -14 14 £75,000 +76.47% 41
North London -8 11 £60,000 -20.00% 10
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
1 202 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 121 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 91 (2.89%) Apache Spark
4 60 (1.91%) Confluence
5 39 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 30 (0.95%) Apache
7 22 (0.70%) CMS
8 14 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
9 13 (0.41%) Anypoint
9 13 (0.41%) Headless CMS
9 13 (0.41%) Mule
10 11 (0.35%) Camunda
11 8 (0.25%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.19%) IIS
13 4 (0.13%) Appian
13 4 (0.13%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.13%) SAS
14 3 (0.095%) Cloud Foundry
14 3 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.095%) Kentico
Applications
1 55 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 22 (0.70%) PlantUML
5 17 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.51%) Chatbot
6 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
8 2 (0.064%) SmartSuite
8 2 (0.064%) Trello
9 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.032%) Houdini
9 1 (0.032%) Notion
9 1 (0.032%) NUKE
9 1 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.79%) Elite 3E
3 13 (0.41%) Carpe Diem
4 12 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.095%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.095%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.064%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.064%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.032%) Endur
9 1 (0.032%) Maximo
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,044 (33.15%) AWS
2 634 (20.13%) GCP
3 529 (16.80%) Microsoft 365
4 427 (13.56%) Power Platform
5 425 (13.50%) Azure DevOps
6 389 (12.35%) Entra ID
7 211 (6.70%) SaaS
8 177 (5.62%) GitHub
9 175 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 164 (5.21%) Azure AI
11 163 (5.18%) Serverless
12 158 (5.02%) PaaS
13 156 (4.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 154 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
15 137 (4.35%) Snowflake
16 122 (3.87%) Power Automate
17 120 (3.81%) Azure Service Bus
18 115 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
19 113 (3.59%) Microsoft Copilot
20 104 (3.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 301 (9.56%) Firewall
2 167 (5.30%) VPN
3 163 (5.18%) Network Security
4 158 (5.02%) DNS
5 121 (3.84%) DHCP
6 115 (3.65%) WAN
7 98 (3.11%) LAN
7 98 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
8 80 (2.54%) TCP/IP
9 78 (2.48%) VLAN
10 63 (2.00%) SD-WAN
11 57 (1.81%) SAN
11 57 (1.81%) Wireless
12 40 (1.27%) BGP
13 36 (1.14%) OSPF
14 30 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
15 25 (0.79%) Kerberos
16 17 (0.54%) SSL
17 15 (0.48%) VoIP
17 15 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 286 (9.08%) Power BI
2 270 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 172 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
4 138 (4.38%) Data Lake
5 137 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 81 (2.57%) Metadata
7 74 (2.35%) Tableau
8 73 (2.32%) MongoDB
9 72 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
10 70 (2.22%) NoSQL
11 58 (1.84%) Delta Lake
12 53 (1.68%) Relational Database
13 42 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 37 (1.17%) Star Schema
15 36 (1.14%) Data Vault
15 36 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
16 31 (0.98%) Big Data
17 30 (0.95%) MySQL
17 30 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 182 (5.78%) Git
2 115 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 113 (3.59%) JIRA
4 62 (1.97%) GitLab
5 24 (0.76%) MLflow
6 20 (0.64%) Claude Code
7 17 (0.54%) Selenium
8 15 (0.48%) Chocolatey
9 14 (0.44%) JUnit
9 14 (0.44%) Mockito
10 12 (0.38%) Postman
11 11 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.35%) Maven
12 9 (0.29%) Eclipse
13 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.25%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.22%) Vite
15 6 (0.19%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 964 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 961 (30.52%) Finance
3 312 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 225 (7.15%) Banking
4 225 (7.15%) Law
5 153 (4.86%) Legal
6 146 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 145 (4.60%) Public Sector
8 104 (3.30%) Retail
9 75 (2.38%) Marketing
10 64 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
11 63 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 59 (1.87%) Financial Institution
13 41 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (1.11%) Telecoms
15 32 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (0.89%) Front Office
17 21 (0.67%) Advertising
18 19 (0.60%) Investment Banking
19 15 (0.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 581 (18.45%) Senior
2 553 (17.56%) Architect
3 391 (12.42%) Lead
4 341 (10.83%) Developer
5 290 (9.21%) Azure Engineer
6 199 (6.32%) Data Engineer
7 184 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
8 158 (5.02%) Analyst
9 132 (4.19%) Consultant
10 127 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
10 127 (4.03%) Software Engineer
11 125 (3.97%) Azure Architect
12 119 (3.78%) Data Architect
13 115 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 100 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
15 89 (2.83%) Platform Engineer
16 85 (2.70%) Network Engineer
17 84 (2.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 83 (2.64%) Senior Developer
19 76 (2.41%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 458 (14.54%) Terraform
2 312 (9.91%) .NET
3 187 (5.94%) REST
4 154 (4.89%) React
5 133 (4.22%) Kafka
6 100 (3.18%) RESTful
7 88 (2.79%) ASP.NET
7 88 (2.79%) LangChain
7 88 (2.79%) OAuth
8 87 (2.76%) Spring
9 86 (2.73%) Node.js
10 83 (2.64%) .NET Core
11 77 (2.45%) PySpark
11 77 (2.45%) Spring Boot
12 62 (1.97%) PyTorch
13 61 (1.94%) TensorFlow
14 54 (1.71%) LangGraph
15 53 (1.68%) OAuth2
16 52 (1.65%) Blazor
17 51 (1.62%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 421 (13.37%) Cloud Native
2 166 (5.27%) Product Ownership
3 141 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
4 113 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
5 104 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 101 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 94 (2.99%) AI Agents
8 93 (2.95%) Security Posture
9 62 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
10 61 (1.94%) Management Information System
11 54 (1.71%) Public Cloud
12 53 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
13 48 (1.52%) Distributed Architecture
14 46 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
15 44 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
17 41 (1.30%) Data Structures
18 39 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
19 36 (1.14%) Low-Code
20 31 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 399 (12.67%) Windows
2 167 (5.30%) Linux
3 155 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 43 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 28 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 25 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.64%) Android
7 20 (0.64%) VMS
8 15 (0.48%) Unix
9 14 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (0.35%) CentOS
12 9 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.095%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.064%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.032%) SUSE
16 1 (0.032%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 913 (28.99%) DevOps
2 884 (28.07%) CI/CD
3 830 (26.36%) AI
4 673 (21.37%) Agile
5 537 (17.05%) Roadmaps
6 506 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
7 488 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 486 (15.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 457 (14.51%) Analytics
10 441 (14.00%) Mentoring
11 383 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 349 (11.08%) Business Intelligence
12 349 (11.08%) Data Engineering
13 341 (10.83%) Machine Learning
14 333 (10.57%) Technical Leadership
15 318 (10.10%) Software Engineering
16 300 (9.53%) Migration
17 295 (9.37%) Data Modelling
17 295 (9.37%) Microservices
18 286 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 747 (23.72%) Python
2 656 (20.83%) SQL
3 334 (10.61%) C#
4 279 (8.86%) PowerShell
5 224 (7.11%) Java
6 191 (6.07%) JavaScript
7 162 (5.14%) TypeScript
8 87 (2.76%) Bash
8 87 (2.76%) Bicep
9 50 (1.59%) Scala
10 35 (1.11%) Go
11 29 (0.92%) R
12 24 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 23 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 22 (0.70%) C++
15 19 (0.60%) RPG
16 15 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
17 14 (0.44%) VBA
18 13 (0.41%) DataWeave
18 13 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 393 (12.48%) Degree
2 266 (8.45%) Azure Certification
3 260 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 191 (6.07%) SC Cleared
5 131 (4.16%) CISSP
6 125 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 113 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 109 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 70 (2.22%) CISM
10 67 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 60 (1.91%) CCNP
12 57 (1.81%) AWS Certification
13 47 (1.49%) CCNA
14 40 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
15 31 (0.98%) CEH
16 27 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 26 (0.83%) PhD
17 26 (0.83%) PMP
18 25 (0.79%) DV Cleared
19 24 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (7.11%) Data Quality
2 172 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 171 (5.43%) GDPR
4 150 (4.76%) QA
5 125 (3.97%) NIST
6 82 (2.60%) SLA
7 61 (1.94%) Accessibility
8 51 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 42 (1.33%) GRC
10 31 (0.98%) NCSC
11 27 (0.86%) PMO
12 22 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 19 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 17 (0.54%) SOC 2
15 16 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 7 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.22%) COBIT
17 7 (0.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 395 (12.54%) Active Directory
2 249 (7.91%) Docker
3 129 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 67 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 47 (1.49%) Hyper-V
6 43 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (0.54%) vSphere
8 15 (0.48%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.16%) KVM
11 3 (0.095%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.064%) Firmware
12 2 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.032%) Xen
Systems Management
1 324 (10.29%) Kubernetes
2 217 (6.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 132 (4.19%) Ansible
4 78 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 53 (1.68%) SCCM
6 48 (1.52%) Grafana
7 32 (1.02%) Prometheus
8 30 (0.95%) FortiGate
9 15 (0.48%) Argo
10 14 (0.44%) Istio
11 13 (0.41%) CloudHub
12 11 (0.35%) Nagios
13 10 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.32%) CASB
13 10 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.32%) QRadar
14 6 (0.19%) Proxmox
14 6 (0.19%) Rundeck
15 5 (0.16%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,364 (43.32%) Microsoft
2 334 (10.61%) Databricks
3 190 (6.03%) VMware
4 165 (5.24%) Cisco
5 163 (5.18%) Google
6 81 (2.57%) OpenAI
7 77 (2.45%) Oracle
8 74 (2.35%) Palo Alto
8 74 (2.35%) ServiceNow
9 60 (1.91%) Foundry
10 55 (1.75%) Splunk
11 52 (1.65%) Salesforce
12 51 (1.62%) Meraki
12 51 (1.62%) SAP
13 42 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
13 42 (1.33%) Fortinet
14 41 (1.30%) Zscaler
15 40 (1.27%) Tenable
16 36 (1.14%) Dell
17 34 (1.08%) Citrix