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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 309 133 384
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 12.83% 17.21% 18.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.55% 40.18% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 194 111 333
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,188 £43,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £79,013 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year -4.55% -0.31% -8.05%

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 762 331 816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 31.63% 42.82% 39.17%
Number of salaries quoted 519 268 687
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £83,750
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 3 May 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 10 (3.24%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.91%) IIS
3 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.97%) Apache
5 3 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.97%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 13 (4.21%) SAP ERP
2 7 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 118 (38.19%) AWS
2 47 (15.21%) GCP
3 38 (12.30%) Power Platform
4 37 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (11.33%) GitHub
5 35 (11.33%) Serverless
6 27 (8.74%) Azure AI
7 25 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (3.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (3.56%) Amazon EventBridge
10 11 (3.56%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.56%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (3.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (3.56%) AWS Step Functions
11 10 (3.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.91%) Entra ID
13 8 (2.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.41%) DNS
2 24 (7.77%) DHCP
3 20 (6.47%) TCP/IP
4 18 (5.83%) LAN
4 18 (5.83%) WAN
5 16 (5.18%) Firewall
5 16 (5.18%) Internet
6 13 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.59%) VPN
8 5 (1.62%) NAS
8 5 (1.62%) NGFW
8 5 (1.62%) SAN
8 5 (1.62%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.62%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.29%) VLAN
9 4 (1.29%) VoIP
10 2 (0.65%) BGP
10 2 (0.65%) Network Security
10 2 (0.65%) OSPF
10 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.36%) Power BI
2 24 (7.77%) Tableau
3 16 (5.18%) Metadata
3 16 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (4.85%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.85%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.56%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.91%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.91%) MySQL
7 6 (1.94%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.94%) Spark SQL
8 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.62%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.97%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
11 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (11.33%) Git
2 12 (3.88%) GitLab
3 6 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.65%) JIRA
4 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 151 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.71%) Finance
3 27 (8.74%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.18%) Multimedia
6 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.94%) Legal
7 4 (1.29%) Agriculture
7 4 (1.29%) Automotive
7 4 (1.29%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.65%) Law
8 2 (0.65%) Retail
9 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (16.50%) Analyst
2 44 (14.24%) Junior
2 44 (14.24%) Lead
3 42 (13.59%) Developer
3 42 (13.59%) Junior Analyst
4 39 (12.62%) Senior
5 37 (11.97%) Architect
6 24 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 21 (6.80%) Data Analyst
7 21 (6.80%) Junior Data Analyst
7 21 (6.80%) Junior Security Analyst
7 21 (6.80%) Security Analyst
8 20 (6.47%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.50%) IT Support
10 16 (5.18%) Trainee
11 15 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.85%) Ethical Hacker
12 11 (3.56%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.00%) React
2 16 (5.18%) CSS
2 16 (5.18%) HTML
2 16 (5.18%) RESTful
3 15 (4.85%) .NET
4 13 (4.21%) .NET Core
4 13 (4.21%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.56%) ASP.NET
5 11 (3.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 11 (3.56%) AWS CDK
5 11 (3.56%) Blazor
5 11 (3.56%) PySpark
6 10 (3.24%) Node.js
7 9 (2.91%) Vue
8 8 (2.59%) REST
9 6 (1.94%) Web Services
9 6 (1.94%) XML
10 5 (1.62%) XBRL
11 4 (1.29%) Middleware
12 3 (0.97%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.68%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.85%) Cyberattack
3 15 (4.85%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.94%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.94%) Taxonomies
5 5 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.62%) PKI
5 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.29%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.29%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.97%) Replication
8 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.71%) Windows
2 27 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.29%) Linux
5 4 (1.29%) Unix
6 3 (0.97%) Android
6 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (36.25%) Mentoring
2 70 (22.65%) Agile
3 66 (21.36%) DevOps
4 62 (20.06%) CI/CD
5 55 (17.80%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (12.94%) AI
8 39 (12.62%) Microservices
9 38 (12.30%) Data Modelling
10 35 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (10.68%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (10.03%) Migration
14 31 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (8.41%) Application Security
17 24 (7.77%) Containerisation
18 23 (7.44%) ERP
19 22 (7.12%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 92 (29.77%) Python
2 83 (26.86%) SQL
3 56 (18.12%) JavaScript
4 34 (11.00%) TypeScript
5 32 (10.36%) C#
6 25 (8.09%) Java
7 13 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.24%) R
9 8 (2.59%) PHP
10 5 (1.62%) Bash
10 5 (1.62%) Scala
11 4 (1.29%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.97%) Go
13 2 (0.65%) Bicep
13 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (33.66%) Azure Certification
2 44 (14.24%) AWS Certification
3 36 (11.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (7.77%) Degree
5 21 (6.80%) CompTIA CySA+
5 21 (6.80%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (6.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.85%) CEH
9 14 (4.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.53%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (3.24%) Security Cleared
11 9 (2.91%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.59%) SC Cleared
13 7 (2.27%) CCNA
14 6 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.29%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.91%) QA
3 7 (2.27%) GDPR
4 3 (0.97%) 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%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (8.74%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.77%) 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 42 (13.59%) Terraform
2 21 (6.80%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.21%) Ansible
4 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.94%) Grafana
5 6 (1.94%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.62%) VxRail
6 5 (1.62%) WSUS
7 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.97%) Argo
7 3 (0.97%) Kibana
8 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 150 (48.54%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.59%) ForeScout
3 31 (10.03%) VMware
4 20 (6.47%) SAP
5 18 (5.83%) Databricks
6 14 (4.53%) Cisco
7 11 (3.56%) Google
7 11 (3.56%) Veeam
8 9 (2.91%) Citrix
9 6 (1.94%) Oracle
10 5 (1.62%) Arista
10 5 (1.62%) Aruba
10 5 (1.62%) Commvault
10 5 (1.62%) Dell
10 5 (1.62%) HP
10 5 (1.62%) Meraki
10 5 (1.62%) NetScout
10 5 (1.62%) Tenable
10 5 (1.62%) Zerto
11 4 (1.29%) Palantir