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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 242 182 283
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 7.87% 19.14% 18.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.50% 52.30% 49.91%
Number of salaries quoted 167 151 211
10th Percentile £45,300 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,430
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +17.27% +0.78%
75th Percentile £88,148 £73,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +8.33% +8.18% +0.85%

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 663 348 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 21.56% 36.59% 36.53%
Number of salaries quoted 452 286 403
10th Percentile £33,425 £30,000 £31,650
25th Percentile £46,403 £48,375 £46,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £63,867 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.52% +6.44% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -2.15%

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 10 October 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 13 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.89%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.89%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) CMS
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.24%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.83%) Apache
4 2 (0.83%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.24%) Shopify
2 2 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 64 (26.45%) AWS
2 41 (16.94%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (16.12%) GCP
4 29 (11.98%) Power Platform
5 22 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 21 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.44%) Azure AI
7 18 (7.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (6.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (4.13%) Power Automate
11 10 (4.13%) SaaS
12 9 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (3.72%) PaaS
13 7 (2.89%) Azure Databricks
13 7 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.89%) PowerApps
14 6 (2.48%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.37%) LAN
2 12 (4.96%) WAN
3 7 (2.89%) DHCP
3 7 (2.89%) DNS
3 7 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.48%) Firewall
4 6 (2.48%) VPN
4 6 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.65%) NAS
5 4 (1.65%) SAN
5 4 (1.65%) VLAN
6 3 (1.24%) HTTP
6 3 (1.24%) Internet
6 3 (1.24%) Wireless
7 2 (0.83%) BGP
7 2 (0.83%) Network Security
7 2 (0.83%) OSPF
7 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.09%) Power BI
2 16 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (6.20%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.37%) Metadata
5 10 (4.13%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.89%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.89%) Spark SQL
8 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.65%) MySQL
9 4 (1.65%) Tableau
10 3 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.24%) Redis
10 3 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.83%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 18 (7.44%) Git
2 10 (4.13%) GitLab
3 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.83%) ERwin
5 2 (0.83%) JIRA
5 2 (0.83%) MLflow
General
1 58 (23.97%) Finance
2 54 (22.31%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.13%) Legal
6 7 (2.89%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.89%) Retail
7 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.24%) Banking
8 3 (1.24%) Law
9 2 (0.83%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.83%) Automotive
9 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.83%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (24.38%) Lead
2 45 (18.60%) Architect
2 45 (18.60%) Senior
3 34 (14.05%) Azure Engineer
4 27 (11.16%) Solutions Architect
5 26 (10.74%) Data Engineer
6 17 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (6.61%) Lead Architect
7 16 (6.61%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 15 (6.20%) Developer
8 15 (6.20%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (5.79%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 14 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (5.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Engineer
10 12 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.55%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 10 (4.13%) Lead Data Engineer
13 9 (3.72%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.09%) Terraform
2 19 (7.85%) .NET
3 12 (4.96%) Node.js
4 9 (3.72%) PySpark
4 9 (3.72%) React
5 7 (2.89%) RESTful
6 6 (2.48%) Entity Framework
6 6 (2.48%) Middleware
7 5 (2.07%) REST
8 4 (1.65%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.65%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.65%) CSS
8 4 (1.65%) HTML
8 4 (1.65%) Kafka
8 4 (1.65%) XML
9 3 (1.24%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.24%) JSON
9 3 (1.24%) Web Services
9 3 (1.24%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.20%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.31%) AI Agents
2 8 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.07%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.24%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.24%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.24%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.24%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.50%) Windows
2 9 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.89%) Linux
4 4 (1.65%) Unix
4 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.14%) Mentoring
2 53 (21.90%) CI/CD
3 49 (20.25%) Agile
4 47 (19.42%) DevOps
5 46 (19.01%) AI
6 38 (15.70%) Technical Leadership
7 37 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (12.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (11.98%) Software Engineering
11 28 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (11.57%) Decision-Making
12 27 (11.16%) Analytics
12 27 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (10.33%) Coaching
13 25 (10.33%) Platform Engineering
14 23 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
15 22 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.66%) SQL
2 44 (18.18%) Python
3 25 (10.33%) C#
4 21 (8.68%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.02%) Java
6 13 (5.37%) PowerShell
7 12 (4.96%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.89%) Scala
9 5 (2.07%) Bicep
10 4 (1.65%) PHP
11 3 (1.24%) Go
11 3 (1.24%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.24%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.83%) Bash
13 1 (0.41%) C++
13 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) R
13 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (8.68%) Azure Certification
2 13 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.96%) Degree
4 11 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.72%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (3.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.65%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.24%) CCNA
10 3 (1.24%) CEH
10 3 (1.24%) CISSP
10 3 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.24%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.83%) CISA
11 2 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.83%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.50%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.48%) GDPR
4 6 (2.48%) QA
5 4 (1.65%) SLA
6 3 (1.24%) GRC
7 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.83%) PMO
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.41%) NIST
8 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (4.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.89%) Docker
2 7 (2.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.24%) vSphere
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.24%) Ansible
3 3 (1.24%) Autotask
3 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.24%) Puppet
3 3 (1.24%) VxRail
3 3 (1.24%) WSUS
4 2 (0.83%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) Avamar
Vendors
1 125 (51.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.92%) Databricks
3 16 (6.61%) Foundry
4 14 (5.79%) Cisco
5 11 (4.55%) Google
5 11 (4.55%) VMware
6 9 (3.72%) ForeScout
7 4 (1.65%) Dell
7 4 (1.65%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.65%) Veeam
7 4 (1.65%) Zerto
8 3 (1.24%) Adobe
8 3 (1.24%) Commvault
8 3 (1.24%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.24%) HP
8 3 (1.24%) Meraki
8 3 (1.24%) Palantir
8 3 (1.24%) Remedy
8 3 (1.24%) SAP
8 3 (1.24%) Tenable