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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,779 2,530 4,563
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.11% 19.60% 20.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.35% 44.49% 45.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,979 1,977 3,835
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £58,016 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 6,888 5,687 10,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 37.45% 44.06% 44.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,437 4,157 8,159
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,240 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £97,500 £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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +1 626 £80,000 +6.67% 319
West London +9 76 £65,000 +32.65% 45
South London +28 42 £80,000 +33.33% 22
East London -13 25 £31,250 -63.24% 40
North London +11 13 £60,000 +41.18% 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
1 181 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 143 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.94%) Confluence
6 15 (0.54%) Apache
7 14 (0.50%) Appian
7 14 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
7 14 (0.50%) WordPress
8 11 (0.40%) CMS
9 10 (0.36%) IIS
10 8 (0.29%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.22%) Camunda
11 6 (0.22%) Moodle
12 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
12 5 (0.18%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 54 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
7 4 (0.14%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.072%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.036%) Maya
9 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.68%) Endur
3 8 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.29%) Shopify
4 6 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.18%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.072%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.072%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.072%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.072%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.072%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.072%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.036%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.036%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.036%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.036%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 976 (35.12%) AWS
2 555 (19.97%) GCP
3 494 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
4 425 (15.29%) Power Platform
5 323 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
6 313 (11.26%) Entra ID
7 198 (7.12%) GitHub
8 187 (6.73%) SaaS
9 161 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 148 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 123 (4.43%) Power Automate
12 121 (4.35%) Azure AI
13 116 (4.17%) PaaS
14 107 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 104 (3.74%) Serverless
16 100 (3.60%) PowerApps
17 99 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
18 94 (3.38%) Snowflake
19 75 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
20 73 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 305 (10.98%) Firewall
2 171 (6.15%) VPN
3 167 (6.01%) DNS
4 152 (5.47%) WAN
5 143 (5.15%) DHCP
6 128 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
7 107 (3.85%) TCP/IP
8 96 (3.45%) LAN
9 90 (3.24%) Network Security
10 84 (3.02%) SD-WAN
11 56 (2.02%) Internet
12 55 (1.98%) VLAN
13 42 (1.51%) SAN
14 34 (1.22%) Wireless
15 31 (1.12%) VoIP
16 25 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
17 24 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
18 23 (0.83%) WLAN
19 22 (0.79%) Broadband
20 21 (0.76%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 300 (10.80%) Power BI
2 266 (9.57%) SQL Server
3 154 (5.54%) Data Lake
3 154 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
4 99 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 74 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
6 73 (2.63%) NoSQL
7 68 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
8 63 (2.27%) Tableau
9 60 (2.16%) BigQuery
10 57 (2.05%) Metadata
11 54 (1.94%) MongoDB
12 51 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (1.76%) Relational Database
14 45 (1.62%) Big Data
15 35 (1.26%) Delta Lake
16 29 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (0.97%) Pinecone
18 26 (0.94%) MySQL
19 24 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 188 (6.77%) Git
2 93 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.84%) JIRA
4 61 (2.20%) GitLab
5 51 (1.84%) MLflow
6 33 (1.19%) Visual Studio
7 32 (1.15%) Postman
8 21 (0.76%) Eclipse
9 19 (0.68%) Selenium
10 18 (0.65%) Chocolatey
11 17 (0.61%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 14 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (0.47%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
14 12 (0.43%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.36%) SpecFlow
16 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 8 (0.29%) JMeter
17 8 (0.29%) Vite
General
1 822 (29.58%) Finance
2 790 (28.43%) Social Skills
3 281 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 234 (8.42%) Banking
5 185 (6.66%) Law
6 120 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 113 (4.07%) Retail
8 106 (3.81%) Legal
9 102 (3.67%) Public Sector
10 68 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
12 61 (2.20%) Marketing
13 51 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 48 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (1.69%) Financial Institution
16 41 (1.48%) Multimedia
17 40 (1.44%) Front Office
18 36 (1.30%) Telecoms
19 32 (1.15%) Retail Banking
20 25 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 544 (19.58%) Senior
2 373 (13.42%) Lead
3 369 (13.28%) Architect
4 294 (10.58%) Developer
5 229 (8.24%) Azure Engineer
6 214 (7.70%) Analyst
7 173 (6.23%) Data Engineer
8 128 (4.61%) Support Engineer
9 127 (4.57%) Software Engineer
10 125 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
11 111 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 109 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
13 99 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
14 94 (3.38%) Security Engineer
15 90 (3.24%) IT Support
16 87 (3.13%) IT Engineer
17 85 (3.06%) Azure Architect
17 85 (3.06%) Consultant
17 85 (3.06%) Data Architect
17 85 (3.06%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (9.25%) .NET
2 166 (5.97%) React
3 130 (4.68%) REST
4 105 (3.78%) RESTful
5 104 (3.74%) CSS
6 100 (3.60%) Kafka
7 99 (3.56%) HTML
8 88 (3.17%) Node.js
8 88 (3.17%) OAuth
9 67 (2.41%) .NET Core
10 62 (2.23%) LangChain
11 58 (2.09%) PyTorch
12 57 (2.05%) Django
12 57 (2.05%) TensorFlow
13 55 (1.98%) PySpark
14 49 (1.76%) SAML
15 40 (1.44%) SOAP
16 38 (1.37%) OpenID
16 38 (1.37%) scikit-learn
17 37 (1.33%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 251 (9.03%) Cloud Native
2 115 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 95 (3.42%) Security Posture
4 91 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 82 (2.95%) Management Information System
6 79 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
7 72 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 70 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 66 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 59 (2.12%) AI Agents
10 59 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
11 58 (2.09%) Data Centre
12 57 (2.05%) Low-Code
13 53 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
14 52 (1.87%) Onboarding
15 48 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
16 44 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
17 40 (1.44%) Algorithms
17 40 (1.44%) Cyberattack
18 32 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 412 (14.83%) Windows
2 170 (6.12%) Windows Server
3 165 (5.94%) Linux
4 84 (3.02%) Windows 10
5 47 (1.69%) Unix
6 44 (1.58%) Mac OS
7 34 (1.22%) Apple iOS
7 34 (1.22%) VMS
7 34 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 29 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 27 (0.97%) Android
10 21 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (0.43%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.25%) CentOS
15 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.14%) SUSE
17 2 (0.072%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (27.06%) DevOps
2 648 (23.32%) CI/CD
3 588 (21.16%) AI
4 563 (20.26%) Agile
5 462 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
6 442 (15.91%) Analytics
7 389 (14.00%) Mentoring
8 361 (12.99%) Roadmaps
9 358 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 338 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
11 333 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
12 313 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
13 303 (10.90%) Computer Science
14 284 (10.22%) Data Modelling
15 280 (10.08%) Machine Learning
16 276 (9.93%) Software Engineering
17 254 (9.14%) Data Engineering
18 251 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
19 250 (9.00%) Microservices
20 239 (8.60%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 722 (25.98%) Python
2 637 (22.92%) SQL
3 325 (11.69%) PowerShell
4 263 (9.46%) C#
5 250 (9.00%) JavaScript
6 146 (5.25%) Java
7 135 (4.86%) TypeScript
8 103 (3.71%) Bash
9 58 (2.09%) Bicep
10 57 (2.05%) Go
11 44 (1.58%) R
12 37 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 33 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 22 (0.79%) C++
14 22 (0.79%) Scala
15 20 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (0.58%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.54%) Rust
18 13 (0.47%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 408 (14.68%) Degree
2 285 (10.26%) Azure Certification
3 231 (8.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 184 (6.62%) Security Cleared
5 137 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 128 (4.61%) SC Cleared
7 118 (4.25%) CISSP
8 98 (3.53%) AWS Certification
9 75 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
10 73 (2.63%) Master's Degree
11 53 (1.91%) CEH
12 48 (1.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 46 (1.66%) CISM
14 45 (1.62%) DV Cleared
15 42 (1.51%) CCNP
16 37 (1.33%) CCNA
16 37 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
17 30 (1.08%) PMI Certification
18 29 (1.04%) PMP
19 27 (0.97%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (7.09%) GDPR
2 186 (6.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 167 (6.01%) NIST
4 142 (5.11%) Data Quality
5 82 (2.95%) SLA
6 81 (2.91%) QA
7 42 (1.51%) Accessibility
8 41 (1.48%) PCI DSS
9 39 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 35 (1.26%) NCSC
11 32 (1.15%) SOC 2
12 29 (1.04%) EU AI Act
13 27 (0.97%) GRC
13 27 (0.97%) Solvency II
14 25 (0.90%) HIPAA
15 23 (0.83%) PSD2
16 21 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 21 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 21 (0.76%) PMO
17 17 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 388 (13.96%) Active Directory
2 249 (8.96%) Docker
3 93 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 57 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 57 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
5 38 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 26 (0.94%) vSphere
7 10 (0.36%) Firmware
8 6 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.18%) KVM
10 4 (0.14%) Postfix
10 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.036%) NLBS
12 1 (0.036%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.036%) Xen
Systems Management
1 344 (12.38%) Terraform
2 306 (11.01%) Kubernetes
3 243 (8.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 126 (4.53%) Ansible
5 59 (2.12%) SCCM
6 58 (2.09%) Grafana
7 50 (1.80%) Prometheus
8 45 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (0.83%) FortiGate
11 16 (0.58%) Argo
12 13 (0.47%) Istio
13 12 (0.43%) CASB
14 10 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
15 9 (0.32%) Kibana
16 7 (0.25%) VxRail
17 6 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
17 6 (0.22%) Nagios
18 5 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,128 (40.59%) Microsoft
2 266 (9.57%) Databricks
3 189 (6.80%) VMware
4 157 (5.65%) Google
5 129 (4.64%) Cisco
6 83 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 78 (2.81%) Palo Alto
8 71 (2.55%) OpenAI
9 62 (2.23%) Fortinet
9 62 (2.23%) Oracle
10 51 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
11 46 (1.66%) Dell
12 45 (1.62%) SAP
13 43 (1.55%) Meraki
13 43 (1.55%) Salesforce
14 42 (1.51%) Splunk
15 38 (1.37%) SolarWinds
16 36 (1.30%) CyberArk
17 35 (1.26%) iManage
18 33 (1.19%) ForeScout