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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 226 244 310
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 19.43% 18.54% 21.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.18% 48.13% 44.80%
Number of salaries quoted 185 186 247
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,273 £38,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £44,133 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,100 £81,500 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

All Cloud 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 479 507 692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 41.19% 38.53% 49.08%
Number of salaries quoted 378 363 549
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,869 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,818 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,700
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.60% +4.55%

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 29 November 2025.

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 13 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.98%) Apache Spark
3 7 (3.10%) Confluence
4 5 (2.21%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.33%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.44%) Apache
7 1 (0.44%) CMS
7 1 (0.44%) FileNet
7 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.44%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) SAP ERP
1 3 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.88%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 115 (50.88%) AWS
2 35 (15.49%) GitHub
3 31 (13.72%) GCP
3 31 (13.72%) Serverless
4 25 (11.06%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (9.73%) Entra ID
7 14 (6.19%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (5.75%) SaaS
9 11 (4.87%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (3.98%) Power Platform
11 8 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.54%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (3.10%) Amazon EventBridge
12 7 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (3.10%) AWS Step Functions
13 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (11.95%) Firewall
2 20 (8.85%) VLAN
3 17 (7.52%) Internet
4 13 (5.75%) SAN
4 13 (5.75%) VoIP
4 13 (5.75%) VPN
5 11 (4.87%) DNS
5 11 (4.87%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.98%) DHCP
6 9 (3.98%) Network Security
7 1 (0.44%) BGP
7 1 (0.44%) HTTP
7 1 (0.44%) Junos
7 1 (0.44%) WAN
7 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.85%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.64%) MongoDB
2 15 (6.64%) NoSQL
2 15 (6.64%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.19%) Metadata
4 9 (3.98%) MySQL
5 8 (3.54%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.54%) Power BI
6 6 (2.65%) Data Vault
6 6 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.21%) Delta Lake
7 5 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.77%) Tableau
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.88%) Big Data
9 2 (0.88%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (15.93%) Git
2 10 (4.42%) JIRA
3 7 (3.10%) GitLab
4 5 (2.21%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.88%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.44%) Appium
6 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.44%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.44%) Postman
6 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) Snyk
6 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
General
1 85 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.96%) Public Sector
3 17 (7.52%) Finance
3 17 (7.52%) Multimedia
4 14 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.87%) Retail
6 7 (3.10%) Legal
7 4 (1.77%) Marketing
8 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.88%) Law
10 1 (0.44%) Billing
10 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (24.34%) Developer
2 41 (18.14%) Lead
3 39 (17.26%) Architect
4 32 (14.16%) Senior
5 22 (9.73%) Software Developer
6 20 (8.85%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.52%) Support Technician
7 17 (7.52%) Trainee
8 16 (7.08%) Lead Developer
9 13 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Engineering Manager
11 11 (4.87%) .NET Developer
11 11 (4.87%) Analyst
11 11 (4.87%) Lead DevOps
11 11 (4.87%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 10 (4.42%) Applications Architect
12 10 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (4.42%) Data Architect
12 10 (4.42%) IT Support Technician
12 10 (4.42%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.37%) .NET
2 22 (9.73%) CSS
2 22 (9.73%) HTML
3 21 (9.29%) React
4 14 (6.19%) AngularJS
4 14 (6.19%) RESTful
5 12 (5.31%) .NET Core
5 12 (5.31%) Node.js
6 10 (4.42%) Blazor
7 9 (3.98%) PySpark
8 8 (3.54%) ASP.NET
9 7 (3.10%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (3.10%) AWS CDK
10 6 (2.65%) Spring
10 6 (2.65%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.33%) Apache Camel
11 3 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.33%) REST
11 3 (1.33%) Vue
11 3 (1.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.60%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.52%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.75%) Clustering
4 11 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.98%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.98%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.21%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.21%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.77%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.77%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.33%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) IoT
9 2 (0.88%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.72%) Windows
2 20 (8.85%) Linux
3 17 (7.52%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.10%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.88%) Check Point GAiA
6 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.44%) Android
7 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (40.71%) Mentoring
2 67 (29.65%) DevOps
3 65 (28.76%) CI/CD
4 57 (25.22%) Agile
5 42 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (18.14%) Data Modelling
7 37 (16.37%) Microservices
8 34 (15.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (13.72%) Infrastructure as Code
10 30 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (11.95%) Data Engineering
11 27 (11.95%) Data Pipeline
11 27 (11.95%) Roadmaps
12 25 (11.06%) Architectural Patterns
12 25 (11.06%) Migration
13 24 (10.62%) Analytics
13 24 (10.62%) Data Governance
13 24 (10.62%) Software Engineering
14 23 (10.18%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 87 (38.50%) Python
2 71 (31.42%) SQL
3 58 (25.66%) JavaScript
4 47 (20.80%) C#
5 34 (15.04%) Java
6 25 (11.06%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.42%) R
8 7 (3.10%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.65%) Bash
10 5 (2.21%) Scala
10 5 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.88%) PHP
12 1 (0.44%) Bicep
12 1 (0.44%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (23.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 43 (19.03%) AWS Certification
3 42 (18.58%) Azure Certification
4 39 (17.26%) Degree
5 19 (8.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 18 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (7.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (7.08%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (5.31%) Security Cleared
9 11 (4.87%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.10%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.88%) CCSA
12 2 (0.88%) CCSE
12 2 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.44%) CREST Certified
13 1 (0.44%) OSCE
13 1 (0.44%) OSCP
13 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.75%) QA
2 6 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.88%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
5 1 (0.44%) GRC
5 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (13.27%) Docker
2 25 (11.06%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (14.16%) Terraform
2 26 (11.50%) Kubernetes
3 21 (9.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (5.31%) Ansible
5 10 (4.42%) Grafana
5 10 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.77%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.44%) Kibana
7 1 (0.44%) Nmap
7 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (38.94%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.16%) Databricks
3 14 (6.19%) Dell
4 13 (5.75%) HP
4 13 (5.75%) SonicWALL
4 13 (5.75%) Supermicro
5 10 (4.42%) VMware
6 6 (2.65%) Oracle
6 6 (2.65%) SAP
7 5 (2.21%) Adobe
7 5 (2.21%) Google
7 5 (2.21%) Palantir
8 3 (1.33%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.33%) Pega
8 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.33%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.33%) WSO2
9 2 (0.88%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.88%) Informatica
9 2 (0.88%) TIBCO