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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 229 236 295
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 19.52% 18.97% 21.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.73% 47.58% 43.83%
Number of salaries quoted 184 179 245
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,400 £39,150
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,375 £46,250
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 £83,500 £77,600 £82,529
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -3.40%

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 490 496 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 41.77% 39.87% 49.49%
Number of salaries quoted 380 356 544
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,586 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -5.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,430 £57,750
% change year-on-year +8.25% -4.02% +5.00%

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 5 December 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 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.93%) Apache Spark
3 7 (3.06%) Confluence
4 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.31%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.44%) Apache
7 1 (0.44%) CMS
7 1 (0.44%) FileNet
7 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.44%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.31%) SAP ERP
1 3 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 116 (50.66%) AWS
2 38 (16.59%) GitHub
3 32 (13.97%) GCP
3 32 (13.97%) Serverless
4 25 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (9.17%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.55%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (5.68%) SaaS
9 11 (4.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (4.80%) Power Platform
10 8 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (3.49%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (3.06%) Amazon EventBridge
11 7 (3.06%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (3.06%) AWS Step Functions
11 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.35%) Firewall
2 19 (8.30%) Internet
2 19 (8.30%) VLAN
3 13 (5.68%) SAN
3 13 (5.68%) VoIP
4 12 (5.24%) VPN
5 11 (4.80%) DNS
6 10 (4.37%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.49%) DHCP
7 8 (3.49%) Network Security
8 1 (0.44%) BGP
8 1 (0.44%) HTTP
8 1 (0.44%) Junos
8 1 (0.44%) WAN
8 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.30%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.99%) Metadata
3 15 (6.55%) SQL Server
4 14 (6.11%) MongoDB
4 14 (6.11%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.93%) MySQL
5 9 (3.93%) Power BI
6 8 (3.49%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.62%) Data Vault
7 6 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.18%) Delta Lake
8 5 (2.18%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.18%) Tableau
9 4 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.31%) TIBCO EBX
11 2 (0.87%) Big Data
11 2 (0.87%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (17.03%) Git
2 9 (3.93%) JIRA
3 8 (3.49%) GitLab
4 5 (2.18%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.87%) 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 87 (37.99%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.30%) Multimedia
2 19 (8.30%) Public Sector
3 17 (7.42%) Finance
4 13 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.80%) Retail
6 7 (3.06%) Legal
7 4 (1.75%) Marketing
8 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Law
10 1 (0.44%) Billing
10 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (24.02%) Developer
2 42 (18.34%) Architect
2 42 (18.34%) Lead
3 32 (13.97%) Senior
4 22 (9.61%) Software Developer
5 21 (9.17%) Data Engineer
6 19 (8.30%) Trainee
7 17 (7.42%) Support Technician
8 15 (6.55%) Lead Developer
9 12 (5.24%) Analyst
9 12 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.80%) .NET Developer
10 11 (4.80%) Applications Architect
10 11 (4.80%) Engineering Manager
11 10 (4.37%) Data Architect
11 10 (4.37%) IT Support
11 10 (4.37%) IT Support Technician
11 10 (4.37%) IT Technician
11 10 (4.37%) Trainee Developer
11 10 (4.37%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.16%) .NET
2 24 (10.48%) CSS
2 24 (10.48%) HTML
3 21 (9.17%) React
4 14 (6.11%) AngularJS
4 14 (6.11%) RESTful
5 12 (5.24%) .NET Core
6 11 (4.80%) Node.js
7 10 (4.37%) Blazor
7 10 (4.37%) PySpark
8 8 (3.49%) ASP.NET
9 7 (3.06%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (3.06%) AWS CDK
10 6 (2.62%) Spring
10 6 (2.62%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.31%) Apache Camel
11 3 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.31%) REST
11 3 (1.31%) Vue
11 3 (1.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.85%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.86%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.68%) Clustering
4 11 (4.80%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.93%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.18%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.31%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.87%) IoT
11 1 (0.44%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.23%) Windows
2 20 (8.73%) Linux
3 16 (6.99%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.62%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.87%) Check Point GAiA
6 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.44%) Android
7 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (41.48%) Mentoring
2 68 (29.69%) DevOps
3 65 (28.38%) CI/CD
4 58 (25.33%) Agile
5 43 (18.78%) Data Modelling
6 41 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (16.59%) Microservices
8 34 (14.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (13.54%) Infrastructure as Code
10 30 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (12.66%) Roadmaps
12 27 (11.79%) Data Engineering
12 27 (11.79%) Migration
13 26 (11.35%) Architectural Patterns
13 26 (11.35%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (10.92%) Analytics
14 25 (10.92%) Data Governance
15 24 (10.48%) Application Security
15 24 (10.48%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 90 (39.30%) Python
2 70 (30.57%) SQL
3 60 (26.20%) JavaScript
4 48 (20.96%) C#
5 34 (14.85%) Java
6 26 (11.35%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.80%) R
8 7 (3.06%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.62%) Bash
10 5 (2.18%) Scala
10 5 (2.18%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.87%) PHP
12 1 (0.44%) Bicep
12 1 (0.44%) Go
Qualifications
1 55 (24.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 47 (20.52%) Azure Certification
3 46 (20.09%) AWS Certification
4 38 (16.59%) Degree
5 21 (9.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 19 (8.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (7.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (7.42%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.80%) Security Cleared
9 10 (4.37%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.06%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.31%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.87%) CCSA
13 2 (0.87%) CCSE
14 1 (0.44%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.44%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.44%) MCITP
14 1 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.24%) QA
2 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) GDPR
4 1 (0.44%) GRC
4 1 (0.44%) NIST
4 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (13.10%) Docker
2 24 (10.48%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.49%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (14.41%) Terraform
2 26 (11.35%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (5.24%) Ansible
5 10 (4.37%) Grafana
5 10 (4.37%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.75%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.44%) Kibana
7 1 (0.44%) Nmap
7 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 93 (40.61%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.54%) Databricks
3 14 (6.11%) Dell
4 13 (5.68%) HP
4 13 (5.68%) SonicWALL
4 13 (5.68%) Supermicro
5 10 (4.37%) VMware
6 6 (2.62%) Oracle
6 6 (2.62%) SAP
7 5 (2.18%) Adobe
7 5 (2.18%) Google
7 5 (2.18%) Palantir
8 3 (1.31%) ForeScout
8 3 (1.31%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.31%) Informatica
8 3 (1.31%) Pega
8 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.31%) TIBCO
8 3 (1.31%) WSO2