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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,827 2,534 4,603
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.05% 19.67% 20.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.44% 44.57% 45.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,012 1,959 3,867
10th Percentile £44,438 £45,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,016 £56,750
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 6,991 5,686 10,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 37.22% 44.14% 44.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,500 4,132 8,228
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,525 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +1 632 £80,000 +6.67% 319
West London +9 80 £65,000 +32.65% 45
South London +22 46 £80,000 +33.33% 22
East London -13 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
1 179 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 144 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 51 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (0.96%) Confluence
6 16 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
7 15 (0.53%) Apache
8 14 (0.50%) Appian
8 14 (0.50%) WordPress
9 12 (0.42%) CMS
10 9 (0.32%) IIS
11 8 (0.28%) Anypoint
12 6 (0.21%) Camunda
12 6 (0.21%) Moodle
12 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
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%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.18%) DaVinci Resolve
7 5 (0.18%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.071%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.035%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.035%) Maya
9 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (1.41%) 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%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.18%) Fidessa
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%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.035%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.035%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 998 (35.30%) AWS
2 566 (20.02%) GCP
3 497 (17.58%) Microsoft 365
4 426 (15.07%) Power Platform
5 329 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
6 318 (11.25%) Entra ID
7 195 (6.90%) GitHub
8 184 (6.51%) SaaS
9 163 (5.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 157 (5.55%) Azure Data Factory
11 133 (4.70%) Azure AI
12 124 (4.39%) Power Automate
13 119 (4.21%) PaaS
14 112 (3.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 112 (3.96%) Serverless
15 102 (3.61%) Snowflake
16 101 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
16 101 (3.57%) PowerApps
17 76 (2.69%) Azure Machine Learning
17 76 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 309 (10.93%) Firewall
2 173 (6.12%) DNS
3 172 (6.08%) VPN
4 153 (5.41%) WAN
5 148 (5.24%) DHCP
6 129 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
7 108 (3.82%) TCP/IP
8 96 (3.40%) LAN
9 94 (3.33%) Network Security
10 84 (2.97%) SD-WAN
11 57 (2.02%) VLAN
12 56 (1.98%) Internet
13 44 (1.56%) SAN
14 36 (1.27%) Wireless
15 32 (1.13%) VoIP
16 25 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
17 24 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
18 23 (0.81%) Broadband
18 23 (0.81%) WLAN
19 22 (0.78%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (10.54%) Power BI
2 278 (9.83%) SQL Server
3 151 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
4 148 (5.24%) Data Lake
5 91 (3.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 73 (2.58%) NoSQL
7 71 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
8 64 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
9 61 (2.16%) Tableau
10 58 (2.05%) BigQuery
11 54 (1.91%) Metadata
12 50 (1.77%) Big Data
12 50 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (1.73%) Relational Database
14 48 (1.70%) MongoDB
15 37 (1.31%) Delta Lake
16 29 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (0.96%) Pinecone
18 25 (0.88%) MySQL
19 24 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 192 (6.79%) Git
2 95 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 80 (2.83%) JIRA
4 63 (2.23%) GitLab
5 51 (1.80%) 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
10 18 (0.64%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
12 14 (0.50%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.46%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.42%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.42%) 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
1 841 (29.75%) Finance
2 799 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 285 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 238 (8.42%) Banking
5 188 (6.65%) Law
6 123 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 110 (3.89%) Legal
8 108 (3.82%) Retail
9 106 (3.75%) Public Sector
10 66 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 62 (2.19%) Marketing
13 51 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 50 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 41 (1.45%) Front Office
16 41 (1.45%) Multimedia
17 35 (1.24%) Telecoms
18 29 (1.03%) Retail Banking
19 25 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 549 (19.42%) Senior
2 379 (13.41%) Lead
3 378 (13.37%) Architect
4 293 (10.36%) Developer
5 239 (8.45%) Azure Engineer
6 212 (7.50%) Analyst
7 174 (6.15%) Data Engineer
8 130 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 128 (4.53%) Software Engineer
10 127 (4.49%) Support Engineer
11 116 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 114 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
13 101 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
14 97 (3.43%) Security Engineer
15 92 (3.25%) Azure Architect
16 90 (3.18%) Consultant
17 89 (3.15%) IT Engineer
17 89 (3.15%) IT Support
18 87 (3.08%) Network Engineer
19 86 (3.04%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (9.27%) .NET
2 163 (5.77%) React
3 131 (4.63%) REST
4 105 (3.71%) CSS
5 102 (3.61%) Kafka
6 101 (3.57%) RESTful
7 98 (3.47%) HTML
8 91 (3.22%) OAuth
9 83 (2.94%) Node.js
10 62 (2.19%) .NET Core
10 62 (2.19%) LangChain
11 58 (2.05%) PyTorch
12 57 (2.02%) TensorFlow
13 56 (1.98%) PySpark
14 53 (1.87%) Django
15 49 (1.73%) SAML
16 40 (1.41%) SOAP
17 39 (1.38%) OpenID
18 38 (1.34%) scikit-learn
19 37 (1.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 263 (9.30%) Cloud Native
2 118 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 96 (3.40%) Security Posture
4 95 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 82 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 81 (2.87%) Management Information System
7 71 (2.51%) Data Structures
8 70 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 67 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 64 (2.26%) Data Centre
11 61 (2.16%) AI Agents
12 59 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
13 58 (2.05%) Low-Code
14 53 (1.87%) Onboarding
15 52 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
16 45 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
16 45 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
17 40 (1.41%) Algorithms
17 40 (1.41%) Cyberattack
18 32 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 416 (14.72%) Windows
2 171 (6.05%) Linux
3 170 (6.01%) Windows Server
4 82 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 46 (1.63%) Unix
6 44 (1.56%) Mac OS
7 36 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 34 (1.20%) VMS
8 34 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (1.03%) Android
9 29 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.28%) CentOS
13 8 (0.28%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.14%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.14%) SUSE
16 2 (0.071%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 773 (27.34%) DevOps
2 655 (23.17%) CI/CD
3 602 (21.29%) AI
4 574 (20.30%) Agile
5 467 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
6 444 (15.71%) Analytics
7 396 (14.01%) Mentoring
8 388 (13.72%) Roadmaps
9 369 (13.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 349 (12.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 340 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
12 313 (11.07%) Business Intelligence
13 305 (10.79%) Computer Science
14 295 (10.44%) Machine Learning
15 278 (9.83%) Data Modelling
15 278 (9.83%) Software Engineering
16 271 (9.59%) Data Engineering
17 251 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
18 248 (8.77%) Migration
19 247 (8.74%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 729 (25.79%) Python
2 639 (22.60%) SQL
3 331 (11.71%) PowerShell
4 269 (9.52%) C#
5 248 (8.77%) JavaScript
6 157 (5.55%) Java
7 136 (4.81%) TypeScript
8 102 (3.61%) Bash
9 63 (2.23%) Bicep
10 58 (2.05%) Go
11 44 (1.56%) R
12 37 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 33 (1.17%) T-SQL
14 24 (0.85%) C++
14 24 (0.85%) Scala
15 19 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 17 (0.60%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.53%) Rust
18 12 (0.42%) C
18 12 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 413 (14.61%) Degree
2 290 (10.26%) Azure Certification
3 231 (8.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 188 (6.65%) Security Cleared
5 140 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 128 (4.53%) SC Cleared
7 118 (4.17%) CISSP
8 99 (3.50%) AWS Certification
9 77 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
10 74 (2.62%) Master's Degree
11 53 (1.87%) CEH
12 48 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 47 (1.66%) CISM
14 46 (1.63%) DV Cleared
15 44 (1.56%) CCNP
16 39 (1.38%) CCNA
17 37 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
18 30 (1.06%) PMI Certification
19 29 (1.03%) PMP
20 27 (0.96%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (7.00%) GDPR
2 187 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 167 (5.91%) NIST
4 142 (5.02%) Data Quality
5 83 (2.94%) QA
5 83 (2.94%) SLA
6 43 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 41 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 40 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 35 (1.24%) NCSC
10 33 (1.17%) SOC 2
11 29 (1.03%) EU AI Act
11 29 (1.03%) GRC
12 27 (0.96%) HIPAA
12 27 (0.96%) Solvency II
13 22 (0.78%) PMO
13 22 (0.78%) PSD2
14 21 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 21 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 18 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 389 (13.76%) Active Directory
2 247 (8.74%) Docker
3 95 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 68 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 56 (1.98%) Hyper-V
6 39 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (0.96%) vSphere
8 11 (0.39%) Firmware
9 6 (0.21%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.21%) KVM
10 5 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
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
1 358 (12.66%) Terraform
2 312 (11.04%) Kubernetes
3 243 (8.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (4.56%) Ansible
5 60 (2.12%) Grafana
5 60 (2.12%) SCCM
6 51 (1.80%) Prometheus
7 45 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (0.85%) FortiGate
10 16 (0.57%) Argo
11 13 (0.46%) Istio
12 11 (0.39%) CASB
13 10 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
14 9 (0.32%) Kibana
15 7 (0.25%) VxRail
16 6 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
16 6 (0.21%) Nagios
17 5 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,147 (40.57%) Microsoft
2 275 (9.73%) Databricks
3 193 (6.83%) VMware
4 158 (5.59%) Google
5 130 (4.60%) Cisco
6 85 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 79 (2.79%) Palo Alto
8 73 (2.58%) OpenAI
9 65 (2.30%) Oracle
10 63 (2.23%) Fortinet
11 52 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
12 48 (1.70%) Dell
13 47 (1.66%) SAP
14 44 (1.56%) Splunk
15 42 (1.49%) Meraki
15 42 (1.49%) Salesforce
16 39 (1.38%) SolarWinds
17 36 (1.27%) CyberArk
17 36 (1.27%) iManage
18 35 (1.24%) Foundry