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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 3,162 2,479 3,731
As % of all permanent jobs in London 13.11% 20.52% 19.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.31% 44.48% 44.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,317 1,775 2,785
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -0.66% +0.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £111,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.64% -3.67%

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 8,476 5,573 8,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 35.15% 46.14% 43.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,704 3,857 6,144
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £43,997
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,502 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +1 447 £85,000 +6.25% 248
West London +4 99 £70,000 +42.28% 108
South London +1 42 £85,000 +30.77% 23
East London -11 17 £75,000 +63.04% 27
North London -6 12 £60,000 -20.00% 8
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
1 194 (6.14%) SharePoint
2 122 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 92 (2.91%) Apache Spark
4 60 (1.90%) Confluence
5 45 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 29 (0.92%) Apache
7 25 (0.79%) CMS
8 16 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
9 13 (0.41%) Anypoint
9 13 (0.41%) Camunda
9 13 (0.41%) Mule
10 12 (0.38%) Headless CMS
11 10 (0.32%) Umbraco
11 10 (0.32%) WordPress
12 6 (0.19%) IIS
13 4 (0.13%) Appian
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 23 (0.73%) PlantUML
5 16 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
7 2 (0.063%) SmartSuite
7 2 (0.063%) Trello
8 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.032%) Houdini
8 1 (0.032%) Maya
8 1 (0.032%) Notion
8 1 (0.032%) NUKE
8 1 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.73%) Elite 3E
3 12 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
3 12 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.095%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.063%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.063%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.063%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.063%) Shopify
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.032%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.032%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.032%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,069 (33.81%) AWS
2 644 (20.37%) GCP
3 530 (16.76%) Microsoft 365
4 418 (13.22%) Power Platform
5 410 (12.97%) Azure DevOps
6 379 (11.99%) Entra ID
7 211 (6.67%) SaaS
8 184 (5.82%) GitHub
9 164 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 164 (5.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 159 (5.03%) Serverless
11 157 (4.97%) PaaS
12 155 (4.90%) Azure AI
13 154 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 141 (4.46%) Snowflake
15 119 (3.76%) Azure Service Bus
16 116 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
16 116 (3.67%) Power Automate
17 100 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
18 99 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 310 (9.80%) Firewall
2 167 (5.28%) VPN
3 165 (5.22%) Network Security
4 156 (4.93%) DNS
5 121 (3.83%) WAN
6 120 (3.80%) DHCP
7 105 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
8 104 (3.29%) LAN
9 82 (2.59%) TCP/IP
10 77 (2.44%) VLAN
11 66 (2.09%) SD-WAN
12 56 (1.77%) SAN
13 55 (1.74%) Wireless
14 41 (1.30%) BGP
15 37 (1.17%) OSPF
16 28 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
17 26 (0.82%) Kerberos
18 19 (0.60%) WLAN
19 17 (0.54%) SSL
20 16 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 279 (8.82%) Power BI
2 272 (8.60%) SQL Server
3 168 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
4 144 (4.55%) Data Lake
5 129 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 78 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
7 76 (2.40%) MongoDB
7 76 (2.40%) Tableau
8 73 (2.31%) Metadata
9 69 (2.18%) NoSQL
10 58 (1.83%) Delta Lake
11 51 (1.61%) Relational Database
12 46 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
13 44 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
14 40 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 36 (1.14%) Star Schema
16 34 (1.08%) Data Vault
16 34 (1.08%) MySQL
17 32 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
18 31 (0.98%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 182 (5.76%) Git
2 112 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 109 (3.45%) JIRA
4 70 (2.21%) GitLab
5 32 (1.01%) MLflow
6 17 (0.54%) Selenium
7 16 (0.51%) Chocolatey
8 14 (0.44%) JUnit
8 14 (0.44%) Mockito
9 13 (0.41%) Claude Code
10 12 (0.38%) Postman
11 11 (0.35%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.32%) Eclipse
12 10 (0.32%) Maven
13 9 (0.28%) TeamCity
13 9 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.22%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.22%) Vite
15 6 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 958 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 954 (30.17%) Finance
3 313 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (7.05%) Banking
5 222 (7.02%) Law
6 144 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 144 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 143 (4.52%) Legal
8 104 (3.29%) Retail
9 70 (2.21%) Marketing
10 61 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
11 59 (1.87%) Financial Institution
12 58 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.14%) Telecoms
15 30 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (0.89%) Front Office
17 25 (0.79%) Advertising
18 20 (0.63%) Investment Banking
19 14 (0.44%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 588 (18.60%) Senior
2 551 (17.43%) Architect
3 403 (12.75%) Lead
4 331 (10.47%) Developer
5 285 (9.01%) Azure Engineer
6 194 (6.14%) Data Engineer
7 184 (5.82%) Solutions Architect
8 163 (5.15%) Analyst
9 131 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
10 128 (4.05%) Azure Architect
11 124 (3.92%) Consultant
12 120 (3.80%) Data Architect
13 115 (3.64%) Software Engineer
14 107 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
15 104 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 89 (2.81%) Network Engineer
17 88 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
18 83 (2.62%) Security Engineer
18 83 (2.62%) Senior Developer
19 75 (2.37%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 462 (14.61%) Terraform
2 313 (9.90%) .NET
3 173 (5.47%) REST
4 155 (4.90%) React
5 144 (4.55%) Kafka
6 95 (3.00%) RESTful
7 90 (2.85%) OAuth
8 89 (2.81%) LangChain
9 88 (2.78%) Spring
10 87 (2.75%) Node.js
11 84 (2.66%) ASP.NET
12 83 (2.62%) .NET Core
13 76 (2.40%) Spring Boot
14 75 (2.37%) PySpark
15 65 (2.06%) PyTorch
16 64 (2.02%) TensorFlow
17 56 (1.77%) HTML
18 55 (1.74%) CSS
19 53 (1.68%) OAuth2
20 50 (1.58%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 425 (13.44%) Cloud Native
2 159 (5.03%) Product Ownership
3 135 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 111 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
5 100 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 100 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 91 (2.88%) Security Posture
7 87 (2.75%) AI Agents
8 67 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 62 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 61 (1.93%) Public Cloud
11 53 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 45 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
13 44 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
13 44 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
14 43 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
14 43 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 37 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
16 34 (1.08%) Low-Code
17 32 (1.01%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 412 (13.03%) Windows
2 174 (5.50%) Linux
3 159 (5.03%) Windows Server
4 43 (1.36%) Windows 10
5 32 (1.01%) Mac OS
6 25 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 21 (0.66%) Android
8 18 (0.57%) Unix
8 18 (0.57%) VMS
9 17 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.38%) CentOS
12 11 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.063%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.063%) Kali Linux
17 1 (0.032%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 914 (28.91%) DevOps
2 873 (27.61%) CI/CD
3 791 (25.02%) AI
4 686 (21.70%) Agile
5 528 (16.70%) Roadmaps
6 495 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
7 491 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 489 (15.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 456 (14.42%) Analytics
9 456 (14.42%) Mentoring
10 368 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 346 (10.94%) Data Engineering
12 345 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
12 345 (10.91%) Machine Learning
13 310 (9.80%) Software Engineering
14 309 (9.77%) Technical Leadership
15 297 (9.39%) Migration
16 296 (9.36%) Microservices
17 287 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
18 286 (9.04%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 754 (23.85%) Python
2 655 (20.71%) SQL
3 329 (10.40%) C#
4 290 (9.17%) PowerShell
5 225 (7.12%) Java
6 199 (6.29%) JavaScript
7 162 (5.12%) TypeScript
8 94 (2.97%) Bash
9 90 (2.85%) Bicep
10 45 (1.42%) Scala
11 38 (1.20%) Go
12 30 (0.95%) R
13 23 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 21 (0.66%) C++
15 19 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 19 (0.60%) RPG
16 17 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.51%) VB.NET
18 13 (0.41%) DataWeave
19 11 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 399 (12.62%) Degree
2 291 (9.20%) Azure Certification
3 256 (8.10%) Security Cleared
4 188 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 129 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 127 (4.02%) CISSP
7 124 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 114 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
9 69 (2.18%) AWS Certification
10 65 (2.06%) CISM
10 65 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 63 (1.99%) CCNP
12 48 (1.52%) CCNA
13 42 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 36 (1.14%) CEH
15 31 (0.98%) PMP
16 28 (0.89%) DV Cleared
16 28 (0.89%) PMI Certification
17 27 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 27 (0.85%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (6.70%) Data Quality
2 178 (5.63%) GDPR
3 167 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 146 (4.62%) QA
5 125 (3.95%) NIST
6 87 (2.75%) SLA
7 64 (2.02%) Accessibility
8 47 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 40 (1.27%) GRC
10 33 (1.04%) PMO
11 28 (0.89%) NCSC
12 25 (0.79%) PCI DSS
13 20 (0.63%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 18 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 17 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 8 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 7 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
19 7 (0.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 403 (12.75%) Active Directory
2 254 (8.03%) Docker
3 129 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 66 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 45 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (0.63%) vSphere
8 15 (0.47%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.16%) KVM
9 5 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.095%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.063%) Firmware
11 2 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.032%) Xen
Systems Management
1 334 (10.56%) Kubernetes
2 216 (6.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 146 (4.62%) Ansible
4 73 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 54 (1.71%) Grafana
5 54 (1.71%) SCCM
6 37 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 34 (1.08%) FortiGate
8 15 (0.47%) Argo
9 14 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (0.41%) CloudHub
10 13 (0.41%) Istio
10 13 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (0.38%) Nagios
12 9 (0.28%) CASB
12 9 (0.28%) QRadar
13 6 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
13 6 (0.19%) Packer
13 6 (0.19%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.19%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 1,352 (42.76%) Microsoft
2 346 (10.94%) Databricks
3 191 (6.04%) VMware
4 162 (5.12%) Cisco
5 148 (4.68%) Google
6 85 (2.69%) OpenAI
7 81 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 80 (2.53%) Oracle
9 76 (2.40%) Palo Alto
10 62 (1.96%) Foundry
11 56 (1.77%) Splunk
12 52 (1.64%) SAP
13 51 (1.61%) Meraki
14 48 (1.52%) Salesforce
15 45 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
16 43 (1.36%) Tenable
17 42 (1.33%) Fortinet
18 39 (1.23%) Dell
19 38 (1.20%) Zscaler
20 35 (1.11%) Dynatrace