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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,383 3,499 4,232
As % of all permanent jobs in London 18.15% 19.92% 22.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.42% 44.15% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,711 2,484 3,685
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £113,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.40% -3.85%

All Cloud 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 5,753 7,926 8,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 43.81% 45.13% 47.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,743 5,268 7,507
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £56,661
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 0 454 £75,000 +3.45% 221
West London -1 57 £72,500 - 77
North London +17 25 £75,000 +27.66% 15
South London +13 24 £65,000 +5.44% 38
East London -12 23 £34,000 -32.00% 69
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
1 168 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 147 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 84 (3.52%) Apache Spark
4 44 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
5 34 (1.43%) Confluence
6 19 (0.80%) Apache
6 19 (0.80%) CMS
7 14 (0.59%) IIS
8 6 (0.25%) Appian
8 6 (0.25%) Moodle
9 5 (0.21%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.21%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.21%) nginx
9 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.21%) WordPress
10 4 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
10 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 35 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.34%) Maya
5 7 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.21%) PlantUML
8 4 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
10 2 (0.084%) Trello
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 57 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.63%) Endur
4 11 (0.46%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.29%) Shopify
6 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.17%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.084%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.084%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.084%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.042%) Markit EDM
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.042%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.042%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 863 (36.21%) AWS
2 483 (20.27%) GCP
3 410 (17.21%) Microsoft 365
4 397 (16.66%) Power Platform
5 341 (14.31%) Azure DevOps
6 249 (10.45%) Entra ID
7 161 (6.76%) SaaS
8 154 (6.46%) GitHub
9 143 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 135 (5.67%) Power Automate
11 134 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
12 121 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 120 (5.04%) Serverless
14 115 (4.83%) PowerApps
15 109 (4.57%) PaaS
16 104 (4.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 74 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
18 70 (2.94%) Snowflake
19 64 (2.69%) Azure Functions
20 62 (2.60%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 225 (9.44%) Firewall
2 121 (5.08%) VPN
3 120 (5.04%) WAN
4 112 (4.70%) DNS
5 101 (4.24%) LAN
6 76 (3.19%) DHCP
7 75 (3.15%) Network Security
7 75 (3.15%) TCP/IP
8 60 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
9 46 (1.93%) Wireless
10 45 (1.89%) SD-WAN
11 38 (1.59%) Internet
12 35 (1.47%) VLAN
12 35 (1.47%) VoIP
13 23 (0.97%) BGP
13 23 (0.97%) OSPF
14 20 (0.84%) SAN
15 14 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (0.55%) Wireshark
17 12 (0.50%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 271 (11.37%) Power BI
2 231 (9.69%) SQL Server
3 179 (7.51%) Data Warehouse
4 142 (5.96%) Data Lake
5 126 (5.29%) NoSQL
6 110 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 96 (4.03%) Relational Database
8 90 (3.78%) MongoDB
9 82 (3.44%) Metadata
10 81 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
11 58 (2.43%) Big Data
12 45 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
13 43 (1.80%) MySQL
14 42 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 40 (1.68%) Hadoop
16 31 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
17 29 (1.22%) Tableau
18 24 (1.01%) BigQuery
19 23 (0.97%) DynamoDB
20 22 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 200 (8.39%) Git
2 110 (4.62%) JIRA
3 76 (3.19%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.93%) GitLab
5 39 (1.64%) Visual Studio
6 23 (0.97%) MLflow
6 23 (0.97%) Postman
6 23 (0.97%) Selenium
7 16 (0.67%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.63%) JMeter
8 15 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
9 14 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
10 13 (0.55%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.42%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 6 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 763 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 737 (30.93%) Finance
3 294 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 242 (10.16%) Law
5 191 (8.02%) Banking
6 190 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 142 (5.96%) Retail
8 120 (5.04%) Marketing
9 117 (4.91%) Legal
10 74 (3.11%) Public Sector
11 64 (2.69%) Financial Institution
12 62 (2.60%) Telecoms
13 58 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
15 43 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
18 31 (1.30%) Games
18 31 (1.30%) Retail Banking
19 28 (1.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 443 (18.59%) Senior
2 360 (15.11%) Developer
3 326 (13.68%) Lead
4 302 (12.67%) Architect
5 190 (7.97%) Analyst
6 186 (7.81%) Data Engineer
7 134 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
8 118 (4.95%) Support Engineer
9 105 (4.41%) Software Engineer
10 103 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 101 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
12 92 (3.86%) Senior Developer
13 85 (3.57%) Data Architect
14 76 (3.19%) .NET Developer
15 75 (3.15%) IT Support
15 75 (3.15%) Support Analyst
16 69 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
17 66 (2.77%) Cloud Engineer
18 62 (2.60%) Security Engineer
19 57 (2.39%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (11.58%) .NET
2 192 (8.06%) React
3 137 (5.75%) REST
4 110 (4.62%) HTML
5 109 (4.57%) .NET Core
6 108 (4.53%) AngularJS
7 102 (4.28%) RESTful
8 100 (4.20%) Kafka
9 95 (3.99%) CSS
10 90 (3.78%) Node.js
11 73 (3.06%) ASP.NET
12 72 (3.02%) Vue
13 62 (2.60%) .NET Framework
14 59 (2.48%) PySpark
15 56 (2.35%) Web Services
16 53 (2.22%) OAuth
17 48 (2.01%) Middleware
18 47 (1.97%) Django
19 46 (1.93%) ASP.NET MVC
19 46 (1.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 223 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 112 (4.70%) Product Ownership
3 106 (4.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 97 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 77 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 70 (2.94%) Security Posture
8 66 (2.77%) Data Centre
9 59 (2.48%) Public Cloud
10 55 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
11 54 (2.27%) Low-Code
11 54 (2.27%) Onboarding
12 52 (2.18%) AI Agents
13 49 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
14 41 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
15 40 (1.68%) Reinsurance
16 39 (1.64%) Data Structures
17 38 (1.59%) Algorithms
18 35 (1.47%) Private Cloud
19 33 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 392 (16.45%) Windows
2 183 (7.68%) Windows Server
3 171 (7.18%) Linux
4 65 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 44 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 41 (1.72%) Unix
7 32 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 30 (1.26%) Android
9 27 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.84%) VMS
11 15 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 7 (0.29%) CentOS
15 6 (0.25%) Solaris
15 6 (0.25%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.13%) HPUX
16 3 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.084%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (30.47%) DevOps
2 669 (28.07%) Agile
3 624 (26.19%) CI/CD
4 511 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
5 469 (19.68%) AI
6 416 (17.46%) Analytics
7 318 (13.34%) Mentoring
8 297 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 290 (12.17%) Computer Science
10 289 (12.13%) Data Modelling
11 284 (11.92%) Roadmaps
12 282 (11.83%) Microservices
13 281 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
14 268 (11.25%) Software Engineering
15 263 (11.04%) Infrastructure as Code
16 252 (10.57%) Machine Learning
17 246 (10.32%) ETL
18 245 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
19 232 (9.74%) Migration
20 228 (9.57%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 662 (27.78%) Python
2 617 (25.89%) SQL
3 310 (13.01%) C#
4 281 (11.79%) PowerShell
5 255 (10.70%) JavaScript
6 150 (6.29%) Java
7 141 (5.92%) TypeScript
8 68 (2.85%) Bash
9 51 (2.14%) T-SQL
10 43 (1.80%) Bicep
11 36 (1.51%) Scala
12 35 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 33 (1.38%) Go
14 27 (1.13%) R
15 24 (1.01%) Shell Script
16 21 (0.88%) Kotlin
16 21 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.67%) Rust
18 15 (0.63%) C++
19 13 (0.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 424 (17.79%) Degree
2 211 (8.85%) Azure Certification
3 201 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 137 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 124 (5.20%) Security Cleared
6 114 (4.78%) AWS Certification
7 108 (4.53%) Master's Degree
8 88 (3.69%) SC Cleared
9 74 (3.11%) CISSP
10 66 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
11 42 (1.76%) CCNP
12 32 (1.34%) CISM
13 30 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.22%) CCNA
14 29 (1.22%) DV Cleared
15 28 (1.17%) PMI Certification
16 25 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 25 (1.05%) MCSE
17 24 (1.01%) PhD
18 23 (0.97%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (7.76%) GDPR
2 164 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 128 (5.37%) QA
4 122 (5.12%) NIST
5 111 (4.66%) Data Quality
6 37 (1.55%) SLA
7 35 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (1.17%) EU AI Act
8 28 (1.17%) NCSC
9 25 (1.05%) HIPAA
10 23 (0.97%) PSD2
11 22 (0.92%) Accessibility
11 22 (0.92%) Solvency II
12 18 (0.76%) PCI DSS
13 15 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 14 (0.59%) PMO
15 12 (0.50%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.34%) EMIR
16 8 (0.34%) GRC
16 8 (0.34%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 331 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 233 (9.78%) Docker
3 93 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (2.56%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.59%) Firmware
7 14 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.50%) vSphere
9 11 (0.46%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.29%) NFS
11 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.21%) XenApp
13 4 (0.17%) ISA Server
13 4 (0.17%) KVM
13 4 (0.17%) Postfix
13 4 (0.17%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.17%) zsh
14 2 (0.084%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 289 (12.13%) Kubernetes
2 285 (11.96%) Terraform
3 207 (8.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (5.37%) Ansible
5 51 (2.14%) SCCM
6 47 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (1.72%) Prometheus
8 40 (1.68%) Grafana
9 18 (0.76%) Argo
10 16 (0.67%) FortiGate
11 14 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.46%) Autotask
12 11 (0.46%) CASB
12 11 (0.46%) Kubeflow
12 11 (0.46%) SCOM
13 9 (0.38%) Puppet
14 6 (0.25%) Rancher
15 5 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,009 (42.34%) Microsoft
2 227 (9.53%) Databricks
3 162 (6.80%) VMware
4 127 (5.33%) Cisco
5 107 (4.49%) Google
6 94 (3.94%) Oracle
7 68 (2.85%) ServiceNow
8 67 (2.81%) Palo Alto
9 60 (2.52%) SAP
10 49 (2.06%) Salesforce
11 40 (1.68%) Fortinet
12 38 (1.59%) Meraki
12 38 (1.59%) SolarWinds
13 33 (1.38%) OpenAI
14 31 (1.30%) Citrix
14 31 (1.30%) Informatica
15 27 (1.13%) Splunk
16 23 (0.97%) CheckPoint
16 23 (0.97%) Dell
16 23 (0.97%) MuleSoft