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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,680 2,540 4,505
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.46% 19.23% 20.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.58% 43.69% 45.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 1,960 3,862
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,688 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.24% -8.46%

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 6,604 5,814 9,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 38.09% 44.01% 44.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,268 4,124 8,121
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,182 £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 £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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +1 626 £77,500 +3.33% 318
West London +11 71 £67,059 +36.86% 49
South London +28 36 £70,000 +16.67% 25
East London -7 27 £31,250 -63.24% 40
North London +17 15 £72,500 +70.59% 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
1 186 (6.94%) SharePoint
2 149 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 37 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (0.93%) Confluence
6 15 (0.56%) Appian
6 15 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
7 13 (0.49%) Apache
7 13 (0.49%) WordPress
8 11 (0.41%) IIS
9 9 (0.34%) CMS
10 8 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.22%) Camunda
11 6 (0.22%) Moodle
12 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
13 4 (0.15%) SAS
13 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 49 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.075%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.037%) Maya
Business Applications
1 46 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.86%) Endur
3 8 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.30%) Shopify
4 7 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
5 6 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.19%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.15%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.075%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.075%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.075%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.075%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.075%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.037%) Aladdin
10 1 (0.037%) Oracle BPM
10 1 (0.037%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.037%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.037%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 948 (35.37%) AWS
2 539 (20.11%) GCP
3 487 (18.17%) Microsoft 365
4 423 (15.78%) Power Platform
5 325 (12.13%) Azure DevOps
6 303 (11.31%) Entra ID
7 197 (7.35%) GitHub
8 195 (7.28%) SaaS
9 157 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 131 (4.89%) Power Automate
11 128 (4.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 118 (4.40%) PaaS
13 103 (3.84%) PowerApps
14 102 (3.81%) Serverless
15 101 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
16 99 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
17 98 (3.66%) Azure AI
18 81 (3.02%) Snowflake
19 70 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
20 66 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 296 (11.04%) Firewall
2 171 (6.38%) VPN
3 160 (5.97%) DNS
4 156 (5.82%) WAN
5 137 (5.11%) DHCP
6 121 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
7 107 (3.99%) TCP/IP
8 98 (3.66%) LAN
9 84 (3.13%) SD-WAN
10 80 (2.99%) Network Security
11 62 (2.31%) Internet
12 50 (1.87%) VLAN
13 38 (1.42%) SAN
14 36 (1.34%) VoIP
14 36 (1.34%) Wireless
15 27 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
16 26 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
17 22 (0.82%) BGP
17 22 (0.82%) Broadband
18 21 (0.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 307 (11.46%) Power BI
2 268 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 164 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 152 (5.67%) Data Lake
5 103 (3.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 78 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
7 76 (2.84%) NoSQL
8 62 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
9 60 (2.24%) Metadata
10 54 (2.01%) MongoDB
10 54 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 54 (2.01%) Tableau
11 53 (1.98%) BigQuery
12 52 (1.94%) Relational Database
13 49 (1.83%) Big Data
14 30 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 29 (1.08%) MySQL
16 28 (1.04%) Delta Lake
17 23 (0.86%) Pinecone
18 22 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 189 (7.05%) Git
2 88 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.06%) JIRA
4 59 (2.20%) GitLab
5 45 (1.68%) MLflow
6 39 (1.46%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.16%) Postman
8 21 (0.78%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 19 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (0.60%) Selenium
12 14 (0.52%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.52%) Chocolatey
12 14 (0.52%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.49%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 10 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.34%) SpecFlow
16 8 (0.30%) JMeter
16 8 (0.30%) Vite
General
1 806 (30.07%) Finance
2 777 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 280 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 224 (8.36%) Banking
5 187 (6.98%) Law
6 121 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 112 (4.18%) Retail
8 101 (3.77%) Public Sector
9 100 (3.73%) Legal
10 68 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
11 63 (2.35%) Marketing
12 62 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
13 54 (2.01%) Financial Institution
14 51 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
16 43 (1.60%) Multimedia
17 38 (1.42%) Telecoms
18 37 (1.38%) Front Office
19 33 (1.23%) Retail Banking
20 26 (0.97%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 529 (19.74%) Senior
2 352 (13.13%) Lead
3 348 (12.99%) Architect
4 289 (10.78%) Developer
5 214 (7.99%) Analyst
6 200 (7.46%) Azure Engineer
7 173 (6.46%) Data Engineer
8 128 (4.78%) Support Engineer
9 124 (4.63%) Software Engineer
10 119 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 114 (4.25%) Cloud Engineer
12 105 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
13 103 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
14 92 (3.43%) IT Support
14 92 (3.43%) Security Engineer
15 85 (3.17%) Network Engineer
16 84 (3.13%) IT Engineer
17 81 (3.02%) Data Architect
18 76 (2.84%) Consultant
18 76 (2.84%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (9.22%) .NET
2 159 (5.93%) React
3 130 (4.85%) REST
4 109 (4.07%) CSS
5 103 (3.84%) HTML
5 103 (3.84%) RESTful
6 93 (3.47%) Kafka
7 88 (3.28%) OAuth
8 87 (3.25%) Node.js
9 72 (2.69%) .NET Core
10 53 (1.98%) Django
11 51 (1.90%) PySpark
12 50 (1.87%) LangChain
13 48 (1.79%) SAML
14 47 (1.75%) PyTorch
15 46 (1.72%) TensorFlow
16 44 (1.64%) SOAP
17 40 (1.49%) AngularJS
18 37 (1.38%) Swagger
18 37 (1.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 235 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 105 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 103 (3.84%) Product Ownership
4 95 (3.54%) Security Posture
5 81 (3.02%) Management Information System
6 79 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
7 72 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 70 (2.61%) Data Structures
9 61 (2.28%) AI Agents
10 59 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
11 57 (2.13%) Data Centre
12 56 (2.09%) Low-Code
13 53 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
13 53 (1.98%) Public Cloud
14 50 (1.87%) Onboarding
15 49 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
16 45 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
17 40 (1.49%) Algorithms
18 35 (1.31%) Cyberattack
19 32 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 413 (15.41%) Windows
2 180 (6.72%) Windows Server
3 163 (6.08%) Linux
4 90 (3.36%) Windows 10
5 52 (1.94%) Unix
6 46 (1.72%) Mac OS
7 35 (1.31%) VMS
8 32 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 31 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 31 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 28 (1.04%) Android
11 19 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.37%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.34%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.26%) CentOS
16 4 (0.15%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.15%) SUSE
17 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
18 2 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (27.50%) DevOps
2 647 (24.14%) CI/CD
3 557 (20.78%) Agile
4 555 (20.71%) AI
5 460 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
6 440 (16.42%) Analytics
7 384 (14.33%) Mentoring
8 345 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 334 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
10 328 (12.24%) Roadmaps
11 316 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 313 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
13 312 (11.64%) Computer Science
14 284 (10.60%) Data Modelling
15 274 (10.22%) Software Engineering
16 261 (9.74%) Microservices
17 252 (9.40%) Machine Learning
18 239 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
19 235 (8.77%) ITIL
20 226 (8.43%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 708 (26.42%) Python
2 619 (23.10%) SQL
3 322 (12.01%) PowerShell
4 251 (9.37%) C#
5 248 (9.25%) JavaScript
6 137 (5.11%) Java
7 126 (4.70%) TypeScript
8 100 (3.73%) Bash
9 53 (1.98%) Bicep
10 52 (1.94%) Go
11 45 (1.68%) R
12 39 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
13 37 (1.38%) T-SQL
14 22 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 20 (0.75%) C++
16 19 (0.71%) Scala
17 14 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 14 (0.52%) Rust
18 13 (0.49%) VB.NET
19 12 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 417 (15.56%) Degree
2 265 (9.89%) Azure Certification
3 238 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 178 (6.64%) Security Cleared
5 144 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 124 (4.63%) SC Cleared
7 113 (4.22%) CISSP
8 109 (4.07%) AWS Certification
9 81 (3.02%) Master's Degree
10 69 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
11 50 (1.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 49 (1.83%) CEH
13 45 (1.68%) DV Cleared
14 44 (1.64%) CISM
15 40 (1.49%) CCNP
16 33 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
16 33 (1.23%) PMI Certification
17 32 (1.19%) CCNA
17 32 (1.19%) PMP
18 30 (1.12%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (7.05%) GDPR
1 189 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (6.27%) NIST
3 137 (5.11%) Data Quality
4 85 (3.17%) QA
5 76 (2.84%) SLA
6 41 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 39 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 35 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 35 (1.31%) NCSC
9 33 (1.23%) SOC 2
10 29 (1.08%) EU AI Act
11 26 (0.97%) Solvency II
12 24 (0.90%) GRC
12 24 (0.90%) HIPAA
13 23 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 23 (0.86%) PSD2
14 19 (0.71%) PMO
15 17 (0.63%) ISO 22301
16 15 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 381 (14.22%) Active Directory
2 256 (9.55%) Docker
3 89 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 59 (2.20%) Hyper-V
5 42 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (0.97%) vSphere
8 14 (0.52%) Firmware
9 9 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.19%) KVM
10 5 (0.19%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.15%) Postfix
12 2 (0.075%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.037%) NLBS
13 1 (0.037%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.037%) Xen
13 1 (0.037%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 330 (12.31%) Terraform
2 302 (11.27%) Kubernetes
3 239 (8.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (4.78%) Ansible
5 65 (2.43%) SCCM
6 60 (2.24%) Grafana
7 53 (1.98%) Prometheus
8 41 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (1.01%) FortiGate
10 26 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (0.63%) Argo
12 13 (0.49%) Istio
13 12 (0.45%) CASB
14 9 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.30%) Kibana
15 8 (0.30%) VxRail
16 6 (0.22%) Cisco Prime
16 6 (0.22%) Control-M
16 6 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
17 5 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,063 (39.66%) Microsoft
2 234 (8.73%) Databricks
3 184 (6.87%) VMware
4 151 (5.63%) Google
5 130 (4.85%) Cisco
6 86 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 79 (2.95%) Palo Alto
8 64 (2.39%) Oracle
9 62 (2.31%) OpenAI
10 60 (2.24%) Fortinet
11 49 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
12 45 (1.68%) Meraki
12 45 (1.68%) Salesforce
13 43 (1.60%) Dell
13 43 (1.60%) SAP
14 36 (1.34%) Splunk
15 35 (1.31%) CheckPoint
15 35 (1.31%) SolarWinds
16 33 (1.23%) CyberArk
16 33 (1.23%) Foundry