Azure Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Azure
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 275 170 369
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.19% 18.56% 17.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.09% 51.20% 47.55%
Number of salaries quoted 180 140 318
10th Percentile £29,675 £31,013 £34,525
25th Percentile £45,953 £45,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £81,438 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,750 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 762 332 776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.24% 36.24% 36.16%
Number of salaries quoted 562 275 644
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,191 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £84,568
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -6.38%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Leeds

Azure
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Leeds over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Leeds

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 11 (4.00%) IIS
2 9 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) Apache
5 3 (1.09%) CMS
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.73%) Confluence
7 1 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.09%) Shopify
4 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 71 (25.82%) AWS
2 41 (14.91%) GCP
3 39 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (13.82%) Power Platform
5 26 (9.45%) Azure AI
6 22 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (8.00%) Entra ID
7 17 (6.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (4.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (4.00%) Power Automate
10 11 (4.00%) Serverless
11 10 (3.64%) GitHub
12 8 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.91%) PowerApps
12 8 (2.91%) SaaS
13 7 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (2.18%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.18%) LAN
2 16 (5.82%) DHCP
2 16 (5.82%) DNS
2 16 (5.82%) WAN
3 14 (5.09%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.00%) Firewall
5 10 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.55%) NAS
6 7 (2.55%) SAN
6 7 (2.55%) VPN
7 5 (1.82%) VLAN
8 3 (1.09%) HTTP
8 3 (1.09%) NGFW
8 3 (1.09%) VXLAN
8 3 (1.09%) Wireless
8 3 (1.09%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.73%) BGP
9 2 (0.73%) Internet
9 2 (0.73%) OSPF
9 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.91%) Power BI
2 18 (6.55%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (6.18%) Tableau
4 12 (4.36%) BigQuery
4 12 (4.36%) SQL Server
5 11 (4.00%) Metadata
6 10 (3.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.91%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.55%) MySQL
9 6 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.18%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.18%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.18%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.82%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.09%) Redis
11 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.09%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.73%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.45%) Git
2 9 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.55%) GitLab
4 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.73%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.73%) ERwin
5 2 (0.73%) JIRA
5 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 98 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 45 (16.36%) Finance
3 26 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.73%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.27%) Legal
6 5 (1.82%) Agriculture
6 5 (1.82%) Automotive
6 5 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.73%) Law
7 2 (0.73%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.36%) Marketing
8 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (18.18%) Lead
2 44 (16.00%) Senior
3 36 (13.09%) Analyst
4 35 (12.73%) Architect
5 30 (10.91%) Junior
5 30 (10.91%) Junior Analyst
6 24 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (8.00%) Developer
8 20 (7.27%) Software Engineer
9 19 (6.91%) Data Engineer
9 19 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.82%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.82%) Data Analyst
11 15 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 15 (5.45%) Ethical Hacker
11 15 (5.45%) Junior Data Analyst
11 15 (5.45%) Junior Security Analyst
11 15 (5.45%) Security Analyst
12 13 (4.73%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.73%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.18%) React
2 17 (6.18%) Node.js
3 14 (5.09%) AngularJS
4 11 (4.00%) .NET
4 11 (4.00%) Vue
5 9 (3.27%) PySpark
5 9 (3.27%) REST
5 9 (3.27%) RESTful
5 9 (3.27%) Web Services
6 6 (2.18%) CSS
6 6 (2.18%) HTML
7 5 (1.82%) Middleware
7 5 (1.82%) XBRL
7 5 (1.82%) XML
8 3 (1.09%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.09%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.09%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.09%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.55%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.45%) Cyberattack
3 10 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.64%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.55%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.55%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.45%) PKI
8 3 (1.09%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.09%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.09%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.09%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.18%) Windows
2 17 (6.18%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.45%) Linux
3 4 (1.45%) Unix
3 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.55%) Mentoring
2 53 (19.27%) Agile
3 46 (16.73%) AI
4 43 (15.64%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (15.64%) DevOps
5 40 (14.55%) CI/CD
6 39 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (12.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 32 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (11.64%) Technical Leadership
9 31 (11.27%) Software Engineering
10 29 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (9.45%) Coaching
13 25 (9.09%) Roadmaps
14 23 (8.36%) Migration
15 22 (8.00%) ETL
16 21 (7.64%) Analytics
16 21 (7.64%) Data Engineering
16 21 (7.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (28.00%) SQL
2 63 (22.91%) Python
3 39 (14.18%) JavaScript
4 26 (9.45%) C#
5 25 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 19 (6.91%) Java
6 19 (6.91%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.91%) PHP
8 6 (2.18%) Bash
8 6 (2.18%) Scala
9 4 (1.45%) Bicep
9 4 (1.45%) Go
10 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.73%) R
12 1 (0.36%) C++
12 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 65 (23.64%) Azure Certification
2 16 (5.82%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (5.82%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (5.45%) CEH
4 11 (4.00%) Degree
5 10 (3.64%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.91%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.55%) CCNA
7 7 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.82%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.36%) CCNP
11 1 (0.36%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (2.91%) GDPR
3 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.82%) SLA
4 3 (1.09%) PMO
4 3 (1.09%) QA
5 2 (0.73%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) HL7
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (7.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.55%) Docker
5 3 (1.09%) vSphere
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (9.45%) Terraform
2 15 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.18%) Ansible
4 6 (2.18%) VxRail
4 6 (2.18%) WSUS
5 3 (1.09%) Argo
5 3 (1.09%) Autotask
6 2 (0.73%) Kibana
6 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.36%) Avamar
7 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 128 (46.55%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.09%) ForeScout
3 22 (8.00%) Databricks
4 20 (7.27%) VMware
5 19 (6.91%) Cisco
6 7 (2.55%) Dell
6 7 (2.55%) Veeam
6 7 (2.55%) Zerto
7 6 (2.18%) Commvault
7 6 (2.18%) Foundry
7 6 (2.18%) HP
7 6 (2.18%) Meraki
7 6 (2.18%) Tenable
8 5 (1.82%) Google
8 5 (1.82%) SAP
9 4 (1.45%) Citrix
9 4 (1.45%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.09%) Arista
10 3 (1.09%) Aruba
10 3 (1.09%) CyberArk