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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,823 2,537 4,594
As % of all permanent jobs in London 14.98% 19.69% 20.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.39% 44.68% 45.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,010 1,957 3,855
10th Percentile £44,938 £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 6,989 5,678 10,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 37.09% 44.07% 44.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,499 4,126 8,207
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,451 £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 11 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 11 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 +1 636 £80,000 +6.67% 319
West London +10 80 £65,000 +32.65% 45
South London +21 46 £80,000 +33.33% 22
East London -12 25 £31,250 -63.24% 40
North London +6 12 £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
1 178 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 143 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 51 (1.81%) 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 (0.43%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.42%) 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 39 (1.38%) 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
1 996 (35.28%) AWS
2 564 (19.98%) GCP
3 493 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
4 424 (15.02%) Power Platform
5 328 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
6 318 (11.26%) Entra ID
7 195 (6.91%) GitHub
8 182 (6.45%) SaaS
9 163 (5.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 156 (5.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 133 (4.71%) Azure AI
12 123 (4.36%) Power Automate
13 116 (4.11%) PaaS
14 110 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 110 (3.90%) Serverless
15 103 (3.65%) Snowflake
16 100 (3.54%) PowerApps
17 99 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
18 76 (2.69%) Azure Machine Learning
18 76 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 309 (10.95%) Firewall
2 173 (6.13%) DNS
2 173 (6.13%) VPN
3 153 (5.42%) WAN
4 148 (5.24%) DHCP
5 128 (4.53%) Wi-Fi
6 108 (3.83%) TCP/IP
7 96 (3.40%) LAN
8 95 (3.37%) Network Security
9 84 (2.98%) SD-WAN
10 56 (1.98%) Internet
10 56 (1.98%) VLAN
11 44 (1.56%) SAN
12 36 (1.28%) Wireless
13 32 (1.13%) VoIP
14 25 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
15 24 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
16 23 (0.81%) Broadband
16 23 (0.81%) WLAN
17 22 (0.78%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 296 (10.49%) Power BI
2 276 (9.78%) SQL Server
3 151 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
4 147 (5.21%) Data Lake
5 91 (3.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 72 (2.55%) NoSQL
7 71 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
8 64 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
9 61 (2.16%) Tableau
10 58 (2.05%) BigQuery
11 54 (1.91%) Metadata
12 50 (1.77%) Big Data
13 49 (1.74%) Relational Database
14 48 (1.70%) MongoDB
14 48 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 37 (1.31%) Delta Lake
16 28 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (0.96%) Pinecone
18 25 (0.89%) MySQL
19 24 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 192 (6.80%) Git
2 95 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.80%) JIRA
4 63 (2.23%) GitLab
5 52 (1.84%) 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
11 16 (0.57%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 14 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (0.46%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.43%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.43%) 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
1 840 (29.76%) Finance
2 793 (28.09%) Social Skills
3 284 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 239 (8.47%) Banking
5 188 (6.66%) Law
6 123 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 111 (3.93%) Legal
8 107 (3.79%) Retail
9 106 (3.75%) Public Sector
10 66 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
12 61 (2.16%) Marketing
13 51 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 49 (1.74%) 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 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 547 (19.38%) Senior
2 380 (13.46%) Lead
3 378 (13.39%) Architect
4 294 (10.41%) Developer
5 241 (8.54%) Azure Engineer
6 211 (7.47%) Analyst
7 175 (6.20%) Data Engineer
8 130 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
9 128 (4.53%) Software Engineer
9 128 (4.53%) Support Engineer
10 116 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 114 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
12 99 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 97 (3.44%) Security Engineer
14 93 (3.29%) Azure Architect
15 90 (3.19%) Consultant
16 89 (3.15%) IT Engineer
17 87 (3.08%) Data Architect
17 87 (3.08%) IT Support
17 87 (3.08%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (9.35%) .NET
2 163 (5.77%) React
3 131 (4.64%) REST
4 105 (3.72%) CSS
5 101 (3.58%) Kafka
5 101 (3.58%) RESTful
6 98 (3.47%) HTML
7 91 (3.22%) OAuth
8 83 (2.94%) Node.js
9 62 (2.20%) .NET Core
9 62 (2.20%) LangChain
10 59 (2.09%) PyTorch
11 58 (2.05%) TensorFlow
12 56 (1.98%) PySpark
13 53 (1.88%) Django
14 49 (1.74%) SAML
15 40 (1.42%) SOAP
16 39 (1.38%) OpenID
17 38 (1.35%) scikit-learn
18 37 (1.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 261 (9.25%) Cloud Native
2 118 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 96 (3.40%) Security Posture
4 94 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 82 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 81 (2.87%) Management Information System
7 71 (2.52%) Data Structures
8 68 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
9 67 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 65 (2.30%) Data Centre
11 62 (2.20%) AI Agents
12 59 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
12 59 (2.09%) Low-Code
13 52 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
14 51 (1.81%) Onboarding
15 45 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
16 43 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
17 40 (1.42%) Algorithms
17 40 (1.42%) Cyberattack
18 32 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 412 (14.59%) Windows
2 170 (6.02%) Linux
3 168 (5.95%) Windows Server
4 82 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 46 (1.63%) Unix
6 44 (1.56%) Mac OS
7 36 (1.28%) 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
1 769 (27.24%) DevOps
2 651 (23.06%) CI/CD
3 599 (21.22%) AI
4 573 (20.30%) Agile
5 463 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (15.80%) Analytics
7 393 (13.92%) Mentoring
8 384 (13.60%) Roadmaps
9 369 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 351 (12.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 339 (12.01%) Cybersecurity
12 312 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
13 301 (10.66%) Computer Science
14 294 (10.41%) Machine Learning
15 278 (9.85%) Data Modelling
15 278 (9.85%) Software Engineering
16 271 (9.60%) Data Engineering
17 250 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 248 (8.78%) Migration
19 245 (8.68%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 730 (25.86%) Python
2 637 (22.56%) SQL
3 330 (11.69%) PowerShell
4 271 (9.60%) C#
5 248 (8.78%) JavaScript
6 157 (5.56%) Java
7 138 (4.89%) TypeScript
8 103 (3.65%) 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 (0.43%) C
18 12 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 410 (14.52%) Degree
2 289 (10.24%) Azure Certification
3 228 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 190 (6.73%) Security Cleared
5 138 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 130 (4.61%) SC Cleared
7 119 (4.22%) CISSP
8 99 (3.51%) AWS Certification
9 77 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
10 74 (2.62%) Master's Degree
11 53 (1.88%) CEH
12 48 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 48 (1.70%) CISM
13 46 (1.63%) DV Cleared
14 44 (1.56%) CCNP
15 39 (1.38%) CCNA
16 37 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
17 30 (1.06%) PMI Certification
18 29 (1.03%) PMP
19 27 (0.96%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (7.01%) GDPR
2 188 (6.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 168 (5.95%) NIST
4 141 (4.99%) Data Quality
5 83 (2.94%) QA
6 82 (2.90%) SLA
7 43 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 41 (1.45%) PCI DSS
9 40 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 36 (1.28%) NCSC
11 33 (1.17%) SOC 2
12 29 (1.03%) EU AI Act
12 29 (1.03%) GRC
13 27 (0.96%) HIPAA
13 27 (0.96%) Solvency II
14 22 (0.78%) PMO
14 22 (0.78%) PSD2
15 21 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 21 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 18 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 386 (13.67%) Active Directory
2 246 (8.71%) Docker
3 94 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 68 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 55 (1.95%) 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
1 355 (12.58%) Terraform
2 310 (10.98%) Kubernetes
3 242 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 127 (4.50%) Ansible
5 60 (2.13%) Grafana
5 60 (2.13%) SCCM
6 50 (1.77%) Prometheus
7 46 (1.63%) 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 1,144 (40.52%) Microsoft
2 275 (9.74%) Databricks
3 190 (6.73%) VMware
4 158 (5.60%) Google
5 129 (4.57%) Cisco
6 84 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 78 (2.76%) Palo Alto
8 73 (2.59%) OpenAI
9 64 (2.27%) Oracle
10 62 (2.20%) Fortinet
11 51 (1.81%) 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 (1.28%) CyberArk
17 36 (1.28%) iManage
18 35 (1.24%) Foundry