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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 262 188 315
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.66% 20.24% 17.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.85% 55.46% 48.61%
Number of salaries quoted 183 157 250
10th Percentile £30,050 £31,250 £34,975
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,000 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,607 £62,500 £55,215
Median % change year-on-year +11.37% +13.19% +0.39%
75th Percentile £88,148 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £82,625
West Yorkshire median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% +9.09% -

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 711 339 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 23.51% 36.49% 35.14%
Number of salaries quoted 514 276 506
10th Percentile £36,975 £31,250 £35,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,938 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,867 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% +6.44% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,875 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +2.56% +1.74%

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 September 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 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.05%) IIS
3 5 (1.91%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.15%) CMS
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.76%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Confluence
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.15%) Shopify
3 2 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 63 (24.05%) AWS
2 44 (16.79%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (14.50%) GCP
4 36 (13.74%) Power Platform
5 23 (8.78%) Entra ID
6 20 (7.63%) Azure AI
6 20 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (6.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (4.20%) SaaS
10 9 (3.44%) PaaS
10 9 (3.44%) Power Automate
11 8 (3.05%) Azure Databricks
11 8 (3.05%) GitHub
12 7 (2.67%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.67%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.73%) LAN
2 14 (5.34%) WAN
3 10 (3.82%) DHCP
3 10 (3.82%) DNS
4 9 (3.44%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.67%) Firewall
5 7 (2.67%) VPN
6 6 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.91%) NAS
7 5 (1.91%) SAN
7 5 (1.91%) VLAN
8 3 (1.15%) HTTP
8 3 (1.15%) Wireless
9 2 (0.76%) BGP
9 2 (0.76%) Internet
9 2 (0.76%) Network Security
9 2 (0.76%) OSPF
9 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.69%) Power BI
2 16 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.73%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.58%) Metadata
5 11 (4.20%) BigQuery
6 10 (3.82%) Tableau
7 9 (3.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.29%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (2.29%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.91%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.91%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.53%) MySQL
11 3 (1.15%) Redis
12 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.76%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 14 (5.34%) Git
2 8 (3.05%) GitLab
3 7 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.76%) ERwin
5 2 (0.76%) JIRA
5 2 (0.76%) MLflow
General
1 75 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.90%) Finance
3 22 (8.40%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.82%) Legal
6 9 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.29%) Retail
8 5 (1.91%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.91%) Automotive
8 5 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.76%) Law
9 2 (0.76%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 59 (22.52%) Lead
2 49 (18.70%) Architect
3 44 (16.79%) Senior
4 28 (10.69%) Solutions Architect
5 27 (10.31%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (8.02%) Data Engineer
6 21 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (7.63%) Analyst
8 18 (6.87%) Junior
8 18 (6.87%) Junior Analyst
8 18 (6.87%) Lead Architect
8 18 (6.87%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 17 (6.49%) Developer
10 16 (6.11%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (6.11%) Software Engineer
11 15 (5.73%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (5.34%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 14 (5.34%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 10 (3.82%) Account Manager
13 10 (3.82%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.78%) Terraform
2 19 (7.25%) React
3 13 (4.96%) .NET
4 12 (4.58%) AngularJS
4 12 (4.58%) Node.js
5 9 (3.44%) PySpark
5 9 (3.44%) Vue
6 8 (3.05%) Middleware
6 8 (3.05%) RESTful
7 6 (2.29%) CSS
7 6 (2.29%) HTML
7 6 (2.29%) REST
7 6 (2.29%) XML
8 5 (1.91%) Web Services
8 5 (1.91%) XBRL
9 4 (1.53%) JSON
10 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET
10 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (1.15%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.15%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.11%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.44%) Cyberattack
3 8 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.67%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.29%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.53%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.15%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.15%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.92%) Windows
2 11 (4.20%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.91%) Linux
3 5 (1.91%) Unix
3 5 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.72%) Mentoring
2 55 (20.99%) Agile
3 52 (19.85%) AI
4 44 (16.79%) CI/CD
5 42 (16.03%) DevOps
6 39 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (14.89%) Technical Leadership
7 30 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (11.45%) Software Engineering
8 29 (11.07%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (9.54%) Coaching
10 25 (9.54%) Roadmaps
11 24 (9.16%) Migration
11 24 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (8.78%) Analytics
12 23 (8.78%) Decision-Making
13 21 (8.02%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.19%) SQL
2 53 (20.23%) Python
3 28 (10.69%) C#
4 27 (10.31%) JavaScript
5 18 (6.87%) Java
5 18 (6.87%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.34%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.67%) PHP
7 7 (2.67%) Scala
8 5 (1.91%) Bicep
9 4 (1.53%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.76%) Bash
10 2 (0.76%) Go
10 2 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.76%) R
11 1 (0.38%) C++
11 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 47 (17.94%) Azure Certification
2 13 (4.96%) CompTIA CySA+
2 13 (4.96%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (4.20%) Degree
4 9 (3.44%) CEH
4 9 (3.44%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.67%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.29%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.29%) CCNA
7 6 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.91%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.38%) CRISC
10 1 (0.38%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.78%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.05%) GDPR
4 5 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.53%) QA
5 4 (1.53%) SLA
6 3 (1.15%) PMO
7 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.05%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.53%) Docker
4 3 (1.15%) vSphere
5 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.53%) Ansible
3 4 (1.53%) VxRail
3 4 (1.53%) WSUS
4 3 (1.15%) Argo
4 3 (1.15%) Autotask
5 2 (0.76%) Kibana
5 2 (0.76%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.76%) Puppet
6 1 (0.38%) Avamar
Vendors
1 123 (46.95%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.69%) Databricks
3 24 (9.16%) ForeScout
4 17 (6.49%) Cisco
5 15 (5.73%) VMware
6 7 (2.67%) Google
7 6 (2.29%) Foundry
8 5 (1.91%) Dell
8 5 (1.91%) SAP
8 5 (1.91%) Veeam
8 5 (1.91%) Zerto
9 4 (1.53%) Commvault
9 4 (1.53%) HP
9 4 (1.53%) Meraki
9 4 (1.53%) Oracle
9 4 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.53%) Tenable
10 3 (1.15%) Adobe
10 3 (1.15%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.15%) Remedy