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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,821 2,526 4,565
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.12% 19.63% 20.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.51% 44.53% 45.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,012 1,970 3,835
10th Percentile £44,038 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,050 £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 6,963 5,673 10,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 37.31% 44.09% 44.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,491 4,145 8,161
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,434 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% +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 8 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 8 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 +1 638 £80,000 +6.67% 319
West London +10 78 £65,000 +32.65% 45
South London +29 46 £80,000 +33.33% 22
East London -11 25 £31,250 -63.24% 40
North London +8 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
1 182 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 143 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.92%) Confluence
6 16 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
7 15 (0.53%) Apache
8 14 (0.50%) Appian
8 14 (0.50%) WordPress
9 11 (0.39%) CMS
10 9 (0.32%) IIS
11 8 (0.28%) Anypoint
12 6 (0.21%) Camunda
12 6 (0.21%) Moodle
13 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
13 5 (0.18%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 53 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.18%) PlantUML
8 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.071%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.035%) Maya
10 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.60%) Endur
3 8 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.28%) Shopify
4 6 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.21%) 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 (0.071%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.071%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.071%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.071%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.071%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.071%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.035%) Alphatax
9 1 (0.035%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.035%) R3 Corda
9 1 (0.035%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 995 (35.27%) AWS
2 568 (20.13%) GCP
3 499 (17.69%) Microsoft 365
4 431 (15.28%) Power Platform
5 323 (11.45%) Azure DevOps
6 319 (11.31%) Entra ID
7 198 (7.02%) GitHub
8 186 (6.59%) SaaS
9 162 (5.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 160 (5.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 134 (4.75%) Azure AI
12 125 (4.43%) Power Automate
13 117 (4.15%) PaaS
14 109 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 108 (3.83%) Serverless
16 104 (3.69%) Snowflake
17 102 (3.62%) PowerApps
18 100 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
19 76 (2.69%) Azure Machine Learning
19 76 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 308 (10.92%) Firewall
2 173 (6.13%) VPN
3 171 (6.06%) DNS
4 153 (5.42%) WAN
5 146 (5.18%) DHCP
6 128 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
7 110 (3.90%) TCP/IP
8 96 (3.40%) LAN
9 93 (3.30%) Network Security
10 84 (2.98%) SD-WAN
11 56 (1.99%) Internet
12 55 (1.95%) VLAN
13 43 (1.52%) SAN
14 35 (1.24%) Wireless
15 31 (1.10%) VoIP
16 25 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
17 24 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
18 23 (0.82%) WLAN
19 22 (0.78%) BGP
19 22 (0.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (10.74%) Power BI
2 277 (9.82%) SQL Server
3 152 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
4 151 (5.35%) Data Lake
5 93 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 74 (2.62%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
8 65 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
9 62 (2.20%) Tableau
10 59 (2.09%) BigQuery
11 55 (1.95%) Metadata
12 51 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (1.74%) Big Data
14 48 (1.70%) MongoDB
14 48 (1.70%) Relational Database
15 36 (1.28%) Delta Lake
16 29 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (0.96%) Pinecone
18 25 (0.89%) MySQL
18 25 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 191 (6.77%) Git
2 94 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.80%) JIRA
4 62 (2.20%) GitLab
5 52 (1.84%) MLflow
6 32 (1.13%) Postman
7 31 (1.10%) Visual Studio
8 21 (0.74%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.71%) Selenium
10 18 (0.64%) Chocolatey
11 17 (0.60%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 14 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (0.46%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.43%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
15 10 (0.35%) SpecFlow
16 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 9 (0.32%) Vite
17 8 (0.28%) JMeter
General
1 838 (29.71%) Finance
2 803 (28.47%) Social Skills
3 286 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 238 (8.44%) Banking
5 185 (6.56%) Law
6 121 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 111 (3.93%) Retail
8 108 (3.83%) Legal
9 104 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 67 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
11 63 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
12 60 (2.13%) Marketing
13 51 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 48 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 41 (1.45%) Multimedia
17 40 (1.42%) Front Office
18 36 (1.28%) Telecoms
19 31 (1.10%) Retail Banking
20 25 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 548 (19.43%) Senior
2 380 (13.47%) Lead
3 379 (13.43%) Architect
4 291 (10.32%) Developer
5 233 (8.26%) Azure Engineer
6 213 (7.55%) Analyst
7 173 (6.13%) Data Engineer
8 128 (4.54%) Software Engineer
9 127 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
9 127 (4.50%) Support Engineer
10 114 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 113 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
12 100 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
13 97 (3.44%) Security Engineer
14 91 (3.23%) IT Support
15 90 (3.19%) Azure Architect
16 88 (3.12%) Consultant
17 87 (3.08%) IT Engineer
17 87 (3.08%) Network Engineer
18 86 (3.05%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (9.07%) .NET
2 165 (5.85%) React
3 131 (4.64%) REST
4 103 (3.65%) CSS
4 103 (3.65%) Kafka
5 101 (3.58%) RESTful
6 96 (3.40%) HTML
7 90 (3.19%) OAuth
8 85 (3.01%) Node.js
9 63 (2.23%) LangChain
10 60 (2.13%) .NET Core
10 60 (2.13%) PyTorch
11 59 (2.09%) TensorFlow
12 57 (2.02%) Django
13 55 (1.95%) PySpark
14 49 (1.74%) SAML
15 40 (1.42%) SOAP
16 39 (1.38%) OpenID
16 39 (1.38%) scikit-learn
17 37 (1.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 258 (9.15%) Cloud Native
2 116 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 97 (3.44%) Security Posture
4 94 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 82 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
6 81 (2.87%) Management Information System
7 72 (2.55%) Data Structures
8 68 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
9 66 (2.34%) Public Cloud
10 64 (2.27%) Data Centre
11 61 (2.16%) AI Agents
12 59 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
13 57 (2.02%) Low-Code
14 53 (1.88%) Onboarding
15 52 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
16 48 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
17 44 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
18 40 (1.42%) Algorithms
18 40 (1.42%) Cyberattack
19 32 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 419 (14.85%) Windows
2 172 (6.10%) Windows Server
3 170 (6.03%) Linux
4 84 (2.98%) Windows 10
5 47 (1.67%) Unix
6 44 (1.56%) Mac OS
7 36 (1.28%) Apple iOS
8 34 (1.21%) VMS
8 34 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 28 (0.99%) Android
11 21 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (0.46%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.28%) CentOS
14 8 (0.28%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.14%) SUSE
17 2 (0.071%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 763 (27.05%) DevOps
2 656 (23.25%) CI/CD
3 606 (21.48%) AI
4 573 (20.31%) Agile
5 469 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
6 447 (15.85%) Analytics
7 394 (13.97%) Mentoring
8 386 (13.68%) Roadmaps
9 361 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 342 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 340 (12.05%) Cybersecurity
12 318 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
13 305 (10.81%) Computer Science
14 295 (10.46%) Machine Learning
15 279 (9.89%) Data Modelling
16 278 (9.85%) Software Engineering
17 268 (9.50%) Data Engineering
18 252 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
19 250 (8.86%) Microservices
20 247 (8.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 732 (25.95%) Python
2 640 (22.69%) SQL
3 332 (11.77%) PowerShell
4 262 (9.29%) C#
5 245 (8.68%) JavaScript
6 156 (5.53%) Java
7 136 (4.82%) TypeScript
8 103 (3.65%) Bash
9 59 (2.09%) Bicep
10 58 (2.06%) Go
11 44 (1.56%) R
12 38 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 32 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 23 (0.82%) C++
14 23 (0.82%) Scala
15 20 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (0.57%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.53%) Rust
18 12 (0.43%) C
18 12 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 408 (14.46%) Degree
2 290 (10.28%) Azure Certification
3 231 (8.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 185 (6.56%) Security Cleared
5 140 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 129 (4.57%) SC Cleared
7 119 (4.22%) CISSP
8 100 (3.54%) AWS Certification
9 77 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
10 73 (2.59%) Master's Degree
11 53 (1.88%) CEH
12 48 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 47 (1.67%) CISM
14 45 (1.60%) DV Cleared
15 43 (1.52%) CCNP
16 38 (1.35%) CCNA
17 37 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
18 29 (1.03%) PMI Certification
19 28 (0.99%) PMP
20 27 (0.96%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (6.95%) GDPR
2 189 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 170 (6.03%) NIST
4 143 (5.07%) Data Quality
5 84 (2.98%) SLA
6 81 (2.87%) QA
7 41 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 40 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 40 (1.42%) PCI DSS
9 35 (1.24%) NCSC
10 33 (1.17%) SOC 2
11 30 (1.06%) GRC
12 29 (1.03%) EU AI Act
13 27 (0.96%) Solvency II
14 26 (0.92%) HIPAA
15 22 (0.78%) PSD2
16 21 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 21 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 21 (0.74%) PMO
17 17 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 393 (13.93%) Active Directory
2 250 (8.86%) Docker
3 97 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 68 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 58 (2.06%) Hyper-V
6 39 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (0.99%) vSphere
8 11 (0.39%) Firmware
9 6 (0.21%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.18%) KVM
11 4 (0.14%) Postfix
11 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.071%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.035%) NLBS
13 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.035%) Xen
Systems Management
1 351 (12.44%) Terraform
2 312 (11.06%) Kubernetes
3 249 (8.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (4.57%) Ansible
5 61 (2.16%) SCCM
6 59 (2.09%) Grafana
7 51 (1.81%) Prometheus
8 47 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
9 31 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (0.82%) FortiGate
11 16 (0.57%) Argo
12 13 (0.46%) Istio
13 12 (0.43%) CASB
14 11 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
15 9 (0.32%) Kibana
16 7 (0.25%) VxRail
17 6 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
17 6 (0.21%) Nagios
17 6 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,145 (40.59%) Microsoft
2 275 (9.75%) Databricks
3 194 (6.88%) VMware
4 158 (5.60%) Google
5 132 (4.68%) Cisco
6 86 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 79 (2.80%) Palo Alto
8 73 (2.59%) OpenAI
9 63 (2.23%) Oracle
10 62 (2.20%) Fortinet
11 52 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
12 49 (1.74%) Dell
13 46 (1.63%) SAP
14 44 (1.56%) Meraki
15 43 (1.52%) Salesforce
15 43 (1.52%) Splunk
16 38 (1.35%) SolarWinds
17 36 (1.28%) CyberArk
17 36 (1.28%) Foundry
17 36 (1.28%) iManage