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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 228 234 296
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 19.47% 18.78% 21.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.01% 47.56% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 184 177 245
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,278 £39,150
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £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 £77,700 £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 485 492 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 41.42% 39.49% 49.42%
Number of salaries quoted 379 352 546
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 £70,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,500
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 3 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 (5.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.95%) Apache Spark
3 7 (3.07%) Confluence
4 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.32%) 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 6 (2.63%) 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 (1.32%) SAP ERP
1 3 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.88%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 117 (51.32%) AWS
2 37 (16.23%) GitHub
3 32 (14.04%) GCP
4 31 (13.60%) Serverless
5 24 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (9.21%) Entra ID
8 14 (6.14%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (5.70%) SaaS
10 11 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (4.39%) Power Platform
12 8 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (3.51%) Amazon S3
12 8 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (3.07%) Amazon EventBridge
13 7 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (3.07%) AWS Step Functions
14 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (2.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.40%) Firewall
2 19 (8.33%) Internet
2 19 (8.33%) VLAN
3 13 (5.70%) SAN
3 13 (5.70%) VoIP
4 12 (5.26%) VPN
5 11 (4.82%) DNS
6 10 (4.39%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.51%) DHCP
7 8 (3.51%) 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 20 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.58%) Metadata
2 15 (6.58%) MongoDB
2 15 (6.58%) NoSQL
2 15 (6.58%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.95%) MySQL
3 9 (3.95%) Power BI
4 8 (3.51%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.63%) Data Vault
5 6 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.19%) Delta Lake
6 5 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.19%) Tableau
7 4 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.32%) TIBCO EBX
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 39 (17.11%) Git
2 10 (4.39%) JIRA
3 8 (3.51%) GitLab
4 5 (2.19%) 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 (37.28%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.33%) Multimedia
3 18 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.46%) Finance
5 13 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.82%) Retail
7 7 (3.07%) Legal
8 4 (1.75%) Marketing
9 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.88%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Billing
11 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (24.56%) Developer
2 42 (18.42%) Lead
3 40 (17.54%) Architect
4 32 (14.04%) Senior
5 23 (10.09%) Software Developer
6 20 (8.77%) Data Engineer
7 19 (8.33%) Trainee
8 17 (7.46%) Support Technician
9 16 (7.02%) Lead Developer
10 12 (5.26%) Analyst
10 12 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.82%) .NET Developer
11 11 (4.82%) Engineering Manager
12 10 (4.39%) Applications Architect
12 10 (4.39%) Data Architect
12 10 (4.39%) IT Support
12 10 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
12 10 (4.39%) IT Technician
12 10 (4.39%) Lead Software Developer
12 10 (4.39%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.23%) .NET
2 24 (10.53%) CSS
2 24 (10.53%) HTML
3 21 (9.21%) React
4 14 (6.14%) AngularJS
4 14 (6.14%) RESTful
5 12 (5.26%) .NET Core
5 12 (5.26%) Node.js
6 10 (4.39%) Blazor
7 9 (3.95%) PySpark
8 8 (3.51%) ASP.NET
9 7 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (3.07%) AWS CDK
10 6 (2.63%) Spring
10 6 (2.63%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.32%) Apache Camel
11 3 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.32%) REST
11 3 (1.32%) Vue
11 3 (1.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.47%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.46%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.70%) Clustering
4 11 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.95%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.51%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.19%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.32%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.32%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) IoT
11 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.28%) Windows
2 20 (8.77%) Linux
3 16 (7.02%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.63%) 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 95 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 66 (28.95%) DevOps
3 64 (28.07%) CI/CD
4 58 (25.44%) Agile
5 42 (18.42%) Data Modelling
6 41 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (16.23%) Microservices
8 34 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (13.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 30 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (11.84%) Roadmaps
12 26 (11.40%) Data Engineering
12 26 (11.40%) Data Pipeline
13 25 (10.96%) Architectural Patterns
13 25 (10.96%) Migration
14 24 (10.53%) Analytics
14 24 (10.53%) Data Governance
14 24 (10.53%) Software Engineering
15 23 (10.09%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 89 (39.04%) Python
2 71 (31.14%) SQL
3 60 (26.32%) JavaScript
4 47 (20.61%) C#
5 34 (14.91%) Java
6 25 (10.96%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.82%) R
8 7 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.63%) Bash
10 5 (2.19%) Scala
10 5 (2.19%) 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 54 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (20.18%) Azure Certification
3 45 (19.74%) AWS Certification
4 38 (16.67%) Degree
5 21 (9.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 18 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (7.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (7.02%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (5.26%) Security Cleared
9 11 (4.82%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.07%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.88%) CCSA
13 2 (0.88%) 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 13 (5.70%) QA
2 7 (3.07%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.75%) 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 (13.16%) Docker
2 24 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.51%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (14.47%) Terraform
2 26 (11.40%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (5.26%) Ansible
5 10 (4.39%) Grafana
5 10 (4.39%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.75%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.44%) Kibana
7 1 (0.44%) Nmap
7 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 90 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.60%) Databricks
3 14 (6.14%) Dell
4 13 (5.70%) HP
4 13 (5.70%) SonicWALL
4 13 (5.70%) Supermicro
5 10 (4.39%) VMware
6 6 (2.63%) Oracle
6 6 (2.63%) SAP
7 5 (2.19%) Adobe
7 5 (2.19%) Google
7 5 (2.19%) Palantir
8 3 (1.32%) ForeScout
8 3 (1.32%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.32%) Informatica
8 3 (1.32%) Pega
8 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.32%) TIBCO
8 3 (1.32%) WSO2