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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,444 3,074 4,347
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.50% 19.81% 21.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.90% 44.30% 46.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 2,122 3,783
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -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 5,976 6,939 9,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.33% 44.73% 45.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,841 4,405 7,777
10th Percentile £37,375 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £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 £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 29 January 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 29 January 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 0 543 £78,750 +5.00% 258
West London +12 62 £65,000 - 58
East London -7 23 £33,000 -42.11% 56
North London +17 20 £75,000 -6.25% 4
South London +13 18 £46,000 -25.38% 42
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 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 148 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.27%) Confluence
6 15 (0.61%) Apache
7 14 (0.57%) Appian
7 14 (0.57%) IIS
8 8 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 5 (0.20%) WordPress
11 4 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.16%) Moodle
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.082%) nginx
Applications
1 49 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.29%) Maya
7 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.16%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.082%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.082%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.90%) Endur
3 19 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.37%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.25%) Shopify
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.082%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.082%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.082%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.041%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.041%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.041%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 862 (35.27%) AWS
2 467 (19.11%) GCP
3 435 (17.80%) Microsoft 365
4 398 (16.28%) Power Platform
5 357 (14.61%) Azure DevOps
6 270 (11.05%) Entra ID
7 179 (7.32%) GitHub
8 164 (6.71%) SaaS
9 150 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 136 (5.56%) Power Automate
11 112 (4.58%) PowerApps
12 110 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
13 108 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 105 (4.30%) PaaS
15 103 (4.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 94 (3.85%) Serverless
17 84 (3.44%) Azure AI
18 72 (2.95%) Snowflake
19 71 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
20 65 (2.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 256 (10.47%) Firewall
2 161 (6.59%) VPN
3 138 (5.65%) WAN
4 136 (5.56%) DNS
5 110 (4.50%) DHCP
6 96 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
7 89 (3.64%) LAN
8 88 (3.60%) TCP/IP
9 67 (2.74%) SD-WAN
10 56 (2.29%) Network Security
11 52 (2.13%) Internet
12 46 (1.88%) VLAN
13 42 (1.72%) Wireless
14 33 (1.35%) SAN
15 32 (1.31%) VoIP
16 24 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (0.90%) BGP
17 22 (0.90%) OSPF
18 19 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
19 14 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 275 (11.25%) Power BI
2 244 (9.98%) SQL Server
3 175 (7.16%) Data Warehouse
4 155 (6.34%) Data Lake
5 109 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 98 (4.01%) NoSQL
7 83 (3.40%) MongoDB
8 75 (3.07%) Metadata
9 70 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
10 62 (2.54%) Relational Database
11 51 (2.09%) Big Data
12 49 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
12 49 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 37 (1.51%) BigQuery
13 37 (1.51%) Tableau
14 33 (1.35%) MySQL
15 31 (1.27%) Hadoop
16 24 (0.98%) Pinecone
17 22 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 21 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 196 (8.02%) Git
2 93 (3.81%) JIRA
3 75 (3.07%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.84%) Visual Studio
5 40 (1.64%) GitLab
6 36 (1.47%) MLflow
7 32 (1.31%) Postman
8 22 (0.90%) Selenium
9 20 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.74%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.65%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.65%) Eclipse
12 13 (0.53%) JMeter
13 10 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.37%) Chocolatey
15 8 (0.33%) SpecFlow
16 7 (0.29%) Artifactory
16 7 (0.29%) CircleCI
16 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.29%) Vite
General
1 745 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 741 (30.32%) Finance
3 294 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 200 (8.18%) Law
5 187 (7.65%) Banking
6 126 (5.16%) Legal
7 120 (4.91%) Retail
8 119 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 92 (3.76%) Public Sector
10 75 (3.07%) Marketing
11 64 (2.62%) Financial Institution
12 55 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 52 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
15 44 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
17 36 (1.47%) Multimedia
18 35 (1.43%) Retail Banking
19 30 (1.23%) Manufacturing
20 27 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 468 (19.15%) Senior
2 318 (13.01%) Developer
3 300 (12.27%) Architect
4 281 (11.50%) Lead
5 192 (7.86%) Analyst
6 182 (7.45%) Data Engineer
7 175 (7.16%) Azure Engineer
8 126 (5.16%) Support Engineer
9 117 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 103 (4.21%) Software Engineer
11 91 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
12 89 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
13 88 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
14 77 (3.15%) Data Architect
15 72 (2.95%) IT Support
15 72 (2.95%) Network Engineer
15 72 (2.95%) Senior Developer
16 71 (2.91%) Support Analyst
17 70 (2.86%) IT Engineer
18 68 (2.78%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (10.11%) .NET
2 155 (6.34%) REST
3 151 (6.18%) React
4 108 (4.42%) HTML
5 102 (4.17%) CSS
6 101 (4.13%) RESTful
7 82 (3.36%) .NET Core
8 80 (3.27%) Node.js
9 75 (3.07%) OAuth
10 74 (3.03%) AngularJS
11 65 (2.66%) Kafka
12 54 (2.21%) Vue
13 50 (2.05%) ASP.NET
13 50 (2.05%) Web Services
14 49 (2.00%) SOAP
15 48 (1.96%) PySpark
15 48 (1.96%) PyTorch
16 47 (1.92%) LangChain
17 44 (1.80%) Django
18 43 (1.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.02%) Cloud Native
2 106 (4.34%) Hybrid Cloud
3 98 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 88 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
6 77 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
7 76 (3.11%) Security Posture
8 67 (2.74%) AI Agents
9 66 (2.70%) Low-Code
10 57 (2.33%) Onboarding
11 56 (2.29%) Data Centre
12 52 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
13 50 (2.05%) Data Structures
14 47 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
15 45 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.55%) Public Cloud
17 37 (1.51%) Algorithms
18 33 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
19 31 (1.27%) Virtual Team
20 29 (1.19%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 376 (15.38%) Windows
2 177 (7.24%) Windows Server
3 150 (6.14%) Linux
4 74 (3.03%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.76%) Mac OS
6 42 (1.72%) Unix
7 35 (1.43%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.35%) VMS
9 30 (1.23%) Android
10 29 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.16%) CentOS
16 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) SUSE
17 2 (0.082%) Kali Linux
18 1 (0.041%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 690 (28.23%) DevOps
2 617 (25.25%) CI/CD
3 547 (22.38%) Agile
4 542 (22.18%) AI
5 489 (20.01%) Problem-Solving
6 431 (17.64%) Analytics
7 311 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
8 303 (12.40%) Mentoring
8 303 (12.40%) Roadmaps
9 301 (12.32%) Computer Science
9 301 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 279 (11.42%) Data Modelling
11 278 (11.37%) Business Intelligence
12 274 (11.21%) Infrastructure as Code
13 267 (10.92%) Microservices
14 257 (10.52%) Machine Learning
15 237 (9.70%) ETL
15 237 (9.70%) Software Engineering
16 231 (9.45%) Data Pipeline
17 217 (8.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 645 (26.39%) Python
2 581 (23.77%) SQL
3 299 (12.23%) PowerShell
4 270 (11.05%) C#
5 255 (10.43%) JavaScript
6 126 (5.16%) TypeScript
7 123 (5.03%) Java
8 76 (3.11%) Bash
9 58 (2.37%) Bicep
10 43 (1.76%) T-SQL
11 37 (1.51%) Go
12 36 (1.47%) R
13 35 (1.43%) Scala
14 30 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 29 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
16 20 (0.82%) C++
17 15 (0.61%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.57%) Rust
19 12 (0.49%) PHP
20 10 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 433 (17.72%) Degree
2 224 (9.17%) Azure Certification
3 217 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 149 (6.10%) Security Cleared
5 139 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 110 (4.50%) AWS Certification
7 102 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 99 (4.05%) CISSP
8 99 (4.05%) Master's Degree
9 56 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
10 43 (1.76%) CISM
11 39 (1.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 39 (1.60%) DV Cleared
12 38 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 37 (1.51%) CCNP
14 36 (1.47%) PMI Certification
15 28 (1.15%) PMP
16 27 (1.10%) CEH
17 26 (1.06%) ISTQB
18 25 (1.02%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 187 (7.65%) GDPR
3 146 (5.97%) NIST
4 137 (5.61%) Data Quality
5 89 (3.64%) QA
6 56 (2.29%) SLA
7 40 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (1.39%) NCSC
9 30 (1.23%) PCI DSS
10 28 (1.15%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.15%) EU AI Act
11 25 (1.02%) HIPAA
12 23 (0.94%) PSD2
13 22 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (0.90%) Solvency II
14 21 (0.86%) SOC 2
15 14 (0.57%) PMO
16 13 (0.53%) ISO 22301
17 11 (0.45%) GRC
18 8 (0.33%) EMIR
System Software
1 351 (14.36%) Active Directory
2 243 (9.94%) Docker
3 86 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.65%) vSphere
8 15 (0.61%) Firmware
9 12 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.33%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.12%) ISA Server
13 3 (0.12%) NFS
13 3 (0.12%) XenApp
14 2 (0.082%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.082%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
15 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 307 (12.56%) Terraform
2 273 (11.17%) Kubernetes
3 221 (9.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 115 (4.71%) Ansible
5 59 (2.41%) SCCM
6 54 (2.21%) Grafana
7 49 (2.00%) Prometheus
8 39 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (0.98%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.78%) Argo
11 16 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (0.65%) CASB
12 8 (0.33%) SCOM
13 7 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.29%) Kibana
13 7 (0.29%) Rancher
14 6 (0.25%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.25%) VxRail
15 5 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,002 (41.00%) Microsoft
2 193 (7.90%) Databricks
3 168 (6.87%) VMware
4 118 (4.83%) Cisco
5 107 (4.38%) Google
6 78 (3.19%) Oracle
7 73 (2.99%) ServiceNow
8 71 (2.91%) Palo Alto
9 57 (2.33%) Fortinet
10 56 (2.29%) OpenAI
11 49 (2.00%) SAP
12 45 (1.84%) Salesforce
13 40 (1.64%) Meraki
14 36 (1.47%) SolarWinds
15 34 (1.39%) CheckPoint
16 33 (1.35%) Informatica
17 28 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
17 28 (1.15%) Dynatrace
18 27 (1.10%) Citrix
19 26 (1.06%) Dell