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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 309 138 390
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.75% 18.16% 18.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.77% 40.83% 46.76%
Number of salaries quoted 199 116 336
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,614 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year +5.28% -1.01% -6.49%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,450
90th Percentile £88,518 £80,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% -5.83%

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 758 338 834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 33.72% 44.47% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 524 275 692
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,200 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,959
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £59,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.52% +8.73% -4.35%

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 18 April 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 8 (2.59%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.59%) IIS
1 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.29%) Confluence
4 3 (0.97%) Apache
4 3 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (4.53%) SAP ERP
2 6 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (40.13%) AWS
2 47 (15.21%) GCP
3 40 (12.94%) Serverless
4 39 (12.62%) GitHub
5 36 (11.65%) Power Platform
6 32 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (8.09%) Azure AI
8 24 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (4.53%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.21%) Amazon EventBridge
11 13 (4.21%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (4.21%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (3.24%) Entra ID
13 10 (3.24%) SaaS
14 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.41%) DNS
2 24 (7.77%) DHCP
3 20 (6.47%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.15%) Internet
5 17 (5.50%) Firewall
5 17 (5.50%) LAN
5 17 (5.50%) WAN
6 13 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (2.91%) VPN
8 5 (1.62%) NGFW
8 5 (1.62%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.62%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.29%) NAS
9 4 (1.29%) SAN
9 4 (1.29%) VLAN
9 4 (1.29%) VoIP
10 3 (0.97%) Network Security
11 2 (0.65%) BGP
11 2 (0.65%) OSPF
11 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.36%) Power BI
2 23 (7.44%) Tableau
3 19 (6.15%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.83%) Metadata
5 17 (5.50%) NoSQL
6 16 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (4.53%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.91%) MySQL
9 7 (2.27%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.94%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.62%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.62%) Spark SQL
12 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.97%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 39 (12.62%) Git
2 9 (2.91%) GitLab
3 5 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.97%) JIRA
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 156 (50.49%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.03%) Finance
3 25 (8.09%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.15%) Multimedia
6 7 (2.27%) Legal
7 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.29%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.29%) Automotive
9 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.97%) Retail
10 2 (0.65%) Law
11 1 (0.32%) Billing
11 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (16.50%) Analyst
2 48 (15.53%) Developer
3 43 (13.92%) Junior
4 40 (12.94%) Junior Analyst
5 39 (12.62%) Lead
6 38 (12.30%) Architect
7 36 (11.65%) Senior
8 22 (7.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.80%) Data Engineer
10 20 (6.47%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 20 (6.47%) Data Analyst
10 20 (6.47%) Junior Data Analyst
10 20 (6.47%) Junior Security Analyst
10 20 (6.47%) Security Analyst
11 19 (6.15%) Trainee
12 18 (5.83%) IT Support
13 14 (4.53%) Ethical Hacker
14 13 (4.21%) .NET Developer
14 13 (4.21%) Software Developer
14 13 (4.21%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (12.30%) React
2 20 (6.47%) .NET
2 20 (6.47%) CSS
2 20 (6.47%) HTML
3 18 (5.83%) RESTful
4 15 (4.85%) .NET Core
5 14 (4.53%) Blazor
6 13 (4.21%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.21%) ASP.NET
6 13 (4.21%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.21%) AWS CDK
7 12 (3.88%) PySpark
8 9 (2.91%) Node.js
8 9 (2.91%) Vue
9 8 (2.59%) REST
10 6 (1.94%) Web Services
10 6 (1.94%) XML
11 5 (1.62%) XBRL
12 4 (1.29%) Spring
12 4 (1.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.97%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.85%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.53%) Cyberattack
5 6 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.94%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.62%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.62%) PKI
6 5 (1.62%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.97%) Replication
7 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.65%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.74%) Windows
2 26 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.97%) Android
5 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.65%) Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (38.19%) Mentoring
2 74 (23.95%) Agile
3 65 (21.04%) DevOps
4 60 (19.42%) CI/CD
5 56 (18.12%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (13.59%) Microservices
8 41 (13.27%) Data Modelling
9 39 (12.62%) AI
10 34 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (11.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (11.00%) Migration
11 33 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (9.71%) Application Security
14 26 (8.41%) Containerisation
15 25 (8.09%) Analytics
16 24 (7.77%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 96 (31.07%) Python
2 88 (28.48%) SQL
3 62 (20.06%) JavaScript
4 37 (11.97%) C#
4 37 (11.97%) TypeScript
5 27 (8.74%) Java
6 12 (3.88%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.56%) R
8 9 (2.91%) PHP
9 5 (1.62%) Scala
9 5 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.29%) Bash
11 3 (0.97%) Go
12 2 (0.65%) Bicep
12 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (33.66%) Azure Certification
2 51 (16.50%) AWS Certification
3 41 (13.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (9.06%) Degree
5 23 (7.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 20 (6.47%) CompTIA CySA+
6 20 (6.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (5.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.18%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (4.53%) CEH
10 11 (3.56%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (3.24%) Security Cleared
12 8 (2.59%) SC Cleared
13 7 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (1.94%) CCNA
15 5 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
16 3 (0.97%) SAP Certification
17 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.15%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.24%) QA
3 6 (1.94%) GDPR
4 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.65%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (8.74%) Active Directory
2 26 (8.41%) Docker
3 20 (6.47%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (13.92%) Terraform
2 22 (7.12%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.21%) Ansible
4 7 (2.27%) Grafana
4 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.27%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.29%) VxRail
5 4 (1.29%) WSUS
6 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.97%) Kibana
7 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.32%) Argo
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 148 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.62%) ForeScout
3 31 (10.03%) VMware
4 20 (6.47%) SAP
5 19 (6.15%) Databricks
6 12 (3.88%) Cisco
7 11 (3.56%) Google
8 10 (3.24%) Veeam
9 9 (2.91%) Citrix
10 6 (1.94%) Oracle
11 5 (1.62%) Arista
11 5 (1.62%) Aruba
11 5 (1.62%) NetScout
12 4 (1.29%) Commvault
12 4 (1.29%) Dell
12 4 (1.29%) HP
12 4 (1.29%) Meraki
12 4 (1.29%) Palantir
12 4 (1.29%) Tenable
12 4 (1.29%) Zerto