Azure AI Job Trends

Azure AI Platform
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 646 774
Rank change year-on-year +446 +128 +236
Permanent jobs citing Azure AI 827 25 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.12% 0.057% 0.069%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.44% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 49 12 30
10th Percentile £39,750 - £45,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £93,500 £78,375 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -44.21% +72.73%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure AI 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,032 16,252 31,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.42% 37.26% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 12,945 10,996 25,693
10th Percentile £29,212 £32,500 £30,009
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Azure AI
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure AI job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure AI
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure AI

Azure AI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AI over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure AI in the UK

Azure AI
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +387 735 £55,000 +3.77% 140
England +392 714 £76,250 +22.00% 163
North of England - 206 £71,250 - 36
Midlands - 146 £65,000 - 19
South East +115 139 £42,500 -19.81% 37
Yorkshire - 118 £40,000 - 13
South West +55 89 £55,000 -8.33% 13
London +82 87 £90,000 +28.57% 51
East Midlands - 78 - - 9
West Midlands - 68 £65,000 - 10
North West - 60 £77,500 - 15
East of England - 56 £57,500 - 19
Scotland - 55 £90,000 - 9
Wales - 41 £47,500 - 9
Work from Home +51 29 £57,500 -12.21% 68
North East - 28 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 1

Azure AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 12 (1.45%) Appian
2 4 (0.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 718 (86.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.60%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 827 (100.00%) Azure
2 737 (89.12%) Power Platform
3 29 (3.51%) AWS
4 27 (3.26%) Power Automate
5 23 (2.78%) Vertex AI
6 21 (2.54%) Amazon SageMaker
7 20 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 15 (1.81%) Anthropic Claude
8 15 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (1.69%) Azure Machine Learning
10 11 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.33%) GitHub
11 10 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (0.97%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.85%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (0.85%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (0.60%) GCP
15 4 (0.48%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 727 (87.91%) Power BI
2 716 (86.58%) Tableau
3 16 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.45%) Pinecone
6 8 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.12%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.12%) Metabase
9 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.12%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (2.78%) MLflow
2 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.12%) Git
General
1 755 (91.29%) Social Skills
2 44 (5.32%) Finance
3 24 (2.90%) Marketing
4 22 (2.66%) Banking
5 21 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
5 21 (2.54%) Retail
6 6 (0.73%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (0.48%) Advertising
7 4 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.24%) Law
8 2 (0.24%) Legal
8 2 (0.24%) Local Government
8 2 (0.24%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.12%) Back Office
9 1 (0.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 716 (86.58%) Analyst
1 716 (86.58%) Data Analyst
1 716 (86.58%) Junior
1 716 (86.58%) Junior Analyst
1 716 (86.58%) Junior Data Analyst
2 30 (3.63%) Developer
3 27 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 27 (3.26%) Lead
4 20 (2.42%) Senior
5 13 (1.57%) .NET Developer
6 12 (1.45%) Automation Engineer
7 10 (1.21%) Consultant
7 10 (1.21%) Senior Developer
8 8 (0.97%) Azure Developer
8 8 (0.97%) Python Developer
8 8 (0.97%) Senior Consultant
8 8 (0.97%) Senior Python Developer
9 7 (0.85%) Architect
10 6 (0.73%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
11 5 (0.60%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.42%) RESTful
2 19 (2.30%) PyTorch
2 19 (2.30%) TensorFlow
3 17 (2.06%) .NET
3 17 (2.06%) Pandas
3 17 (2.06%) scikit-learn
4 15 (1.81%) React
4 15 (1.81%) REST
5 13 (1.57%) Django
5 13 (1.57%) FastAPI
5 13 (1.57%) Hugging Face
5 13 (1.57%) OAuth
6 12 (1.45%) ASP.NET
6 12 (1.45%) CSS
6 12 (1.45%) Faiss
6 12 (1.45%) ML.NET
6 12 (1.45%) NumPy
6 12 (1.45%) OpenAPI
6 12 (1.45%) pytest
6 12 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.54%) Life Science
1 21 (2.54%) Pharmacovigilance
2 14 (1.69%) Low-Code
3 12 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (1.33%) AI Agents
5 7 (0.85%) Cloud Native
6 4 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (0.48%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.48%) Social Network
7 3 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.36%) Social Media
8 2 (0.24%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.24%) Digital TV
8 2 (0.24%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.24%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.24%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.12%) Autonomous Agent
9 1 (0.12%) iPhone
9 1 (0.12%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.12%) Android
2 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 827 (100.00%) AI
2 727 (87.91%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (8.34%) Machine Learning
4 38 (4.59%) Data Science
5 33 (3.99%) LLM
6 31 (3.75%) Analytics
7 30 (3.63%) Computer Science
8 27 (3.26%) Conversational UI
9 26 (3.14%) AI Transformation
9 26 (3.14%) CI/CD
9 26 (3.14%) Presales
9 26 (3.14%) Use Case
10 25 (3.02%) Collaborative Working
10 25 (3.02%) Conversational AI
11 24 (2.90%) Intelligent Automation
11 24 (2.90%) MLOps
12 23 (2.78%) Co-Creation
12 23 (2.78%) Customer Engagement
12 23 (2.78%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
12 23 (2.78%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 761 (92.02%) Python
2 756 (91.41%) SQL
3 19 (2.30%) C#
4 15 (1.81%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.73%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.60%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.48%) R
8 1 (0.12%) Bicep
8 1 (0.12%) Java
8 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 726 (87.79%) Azure Certification
2 30 (3.63%) Degree
3 26 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (2.78%) Master's Degree
5 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.24%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.24%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.78%) GDPR
2 21 (2.54%) EU AI Act
2 21 (2.54%) HIPAA
2 21 (2.54%) PSD2
2 21 (2.54%) Solvency II
3 14 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 28 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.36%) Terraform
3 2 (0.24%) Ansible
Vendors
1 778 (94.07%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.23%) OpenAI
3 27 (3.26%) Google
4 18 (2.18%) Foundry
5 14 (1.69%) Databricks
6 13 (1.57%) UiPath
7 12 (1.45%) Automation Anywhere
8 4 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.48%) Fortinet
8 4 (0.48%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.36%) Facebook
9 3 (0.36%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.24%) Aderant
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe
10 2 (0.24%) iManage
10 2 (0.24%) Intapp
10 2 (0.24%) Palantir
11 1 (0.12%) Apple
11 1 (0.12%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.12%) Sony