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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 270 156 416
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.14% 17.87% 18.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.62% 47.13% 49.00%
Number of salaries quoted 173 129 358
10th Percentile £29,150 £28,600 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £81,200 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +4.55% -4.35%

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 758 331 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.45% 37.92% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 554 274 708
10th Percentile £33,250 £35,000 £33,925
25th Percentile £45,125 £51,250 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,087
Median % change year-on-year - +18.00% -8.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £84,974
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.86%

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 1 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 9 (3.33%) IIS
2 8 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.22%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.48%) Apache
5 3 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.74%) Confluence
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.48%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.11%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (27.04%) AWS
2 42 (15.56%) GCP
3 39 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (14.07%) Power Platform
5 27 (10.00%) Azure AI
6 20 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.30%) Entra ID
8 16 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (4.07%) Power Automate
12 10 (3.70%) GitHub
12 10 (3.70%) Serverless
13 8 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.96%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.59%) OCI
15 6 (2.22%) Azure Machine Learning
15 6 (2.22%) Copilot Studio
15 6 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.41%) DHCP
1 20 (7.41%) DNS
2 18 (6.67%) LAN
3 17 (6.30%) WAN
4 14 (5.19%) TCP/IP
4 14 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (4.81%) Firewall
6 9 (3.33%) VPN
7 7 (2.59%) VLAN
8 6 (2.22%) NAS
8 6 (2.22%) SAN
9 5 (1.85%) NGFW
9 5 (1.85%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.85%) Wireshark
10 3 (1.11%) HTTP
10 3 (1.11%) VoIP
11 2 (0.74%) BGP
11 2 (0.74%) Internet
11 2 (0.74%) OSPF
11 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.11%) Power BI
2 19 (7.04%) Tableau
3 17 (6.30%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.44%) BigQuery
5 10 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (3.70%) Metadata
6 9 (3.33%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.96%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.59%) MySQL
9 6 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.22%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.22%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.85%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.11%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.11%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.07%) Git
2 9 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.22%) GitLab
4 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.74%) ERwin
4 2 (0.74%) JIRA
4 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 41 (15.19%) Finance
3 28 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.96%) Legal
6 5 (1.85%) Agriculture
6 5 (1.85%) Automotive
6 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.74%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.37%) Law
9 1 (0.37%) Marketing
9 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (16.67%) Lead
2 43 (15.93%) Senior
3 38 (14.07%) Analyst
4 32 (11.85%) Architect
4 32 (11.85%) Junior
4 32 (11.85%) Junior Analyst
5 23 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.41%) Software Engineer
7 19 (7.04%) Data Engineer
7 19 (7.04%) Developer
8 18 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (6.30%) Data Analyst
10 16 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 16 (5.93%) Junior Data Analyst
10 16 (5.93%) Junior Security Analyst
10 16 (5.93%) Security Analyst
11 15 (5.56%) Ethical Hacker
12 14 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.81%) Lead Architect
13 13 (4.81%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.26%) React
2 14 (5.19%) AngularJS
2 14 (5.19%) Node.js
3 11 (4.07%) Vue
4 9 (3.33%) Web Services
5 8 (2.96%) .NET
5 8 (2.96%) PySpark
5 8 (2.96%) REST
5 8 (2.96%) RESTful
6 5 (1.85%) Middleware
6 5 (1.85%) XBRL
6 5 (1.85%) XML
7 3 (1.11%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.11%) CSS
7 3 (1.11%) HTML
7 3 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.11%) JSON
8 2 (0.74%) MACH
8 2 (0.74%) NestJS
8 2 (0.74%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 12 (4.44%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.59%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.59%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.85%) PKI
8 4 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.48%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.11%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.11%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.11%) Windows
2 20 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.48%) Linux
5 4 (1.48%) Unix
6 3 (1.11%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.11%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.48%) Mentoring
2 52 (19.26%) Agile
3 44 (16.30%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (15.93%) AI
5 42 (15.56%) DevOps
6 41 (15.19%) CI/CD
6 41 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (10.74%) Software Engineering
8 29 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (10.74%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (9.63%) Coaching
10 22 (8.15%) Roadmaps
11 21 (7.78%) Data Governance
11 21 (7.78%) Migration
12 20 (7.41%) Data Engineering
12 20 (7.41%) ETL
12 20 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (26.67%) SQL
2 63 (23.33%) Python
3 36 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 24 (8.89%) TypeScript
5 23 (8.52%) C#
6 19 (7.04%) Java
7 14 (5.19%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.96%) PHP
9 5 (1.85%) Bash
9 5 (1.85%) Scala
10 4 (1.48%) Bicep
10 4 (1.48%) Go
11 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.37%) C++
13 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 66 (24.44%) Azure Certification
2 16 (5.93%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (5.93%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (5.56%) CEH
4 11 (4.07%) Degree
5 9 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.59%) CCNA
7 7 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.59%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.85%) SAP Certification
10 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.37%) CCNP
12 1 (0.37%) CISSP
12 1 (0.37%) IIBA
12 1 (0.37%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.52%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.96%) GDPR
3 7 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.85%) SLA
6 4 (1.48%) QA
7 3 (1.11%) PMO
8 2 (0.74%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (8.52%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.81%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.22%) Docker
5 3 (1.11%) vSphere
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (10.00%) Terraform
2 14 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.59%) Ansible
5 6 (2.22%) VxRail
5 6 (2.22%) WSUS
6 3 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.11%) Argo
6 3 (1.11%) Autotask
7 2 (0.74%) Kibana
7 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 126 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.70%) ForeScout
3 20 (7.41%) Databricks
3 20 (7.41%) VMware
4 16 (5.93%) Cisco
5 10 (3.70%) Google
6 8 (2.96%) Veeam
7 7 (2.59%) SAP
8 6 (2.22%) Commvault
8 6 (2.22%) Dell
8 6 (2.22%) HP
8 6 (2.22%) Meraki
8 6 (2.22%) Tenable
8 6 (2.22%) Zerto
9 5 (1.85%) Arista
9 5 (1.85%) Aruba
9 5 (1.85%) Citrix
9 5 (1.85%) Foundry
9 5 (1.85%) NetScout
10 4 (1.48%) ServiceNow