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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 241 175 356
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 15.99% 18.96% 20.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.28% 41.97% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 173 123 303
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,250 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% -5.00%

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 570 417 759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 37.82% 45.18% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 398 276 629
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £33,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,411 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 7 February 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 (3.32%) Apache Spark
1 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.90%) Confluence
2 7 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) FileNet
Applications
1 12 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.41%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.81%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 127 (52.70%) AWS
2 47 (19.50%) GitHub
2 47 (19.50%) Serverless
3 31 (12.86%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (12.45%) GCP
5 23 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (8.71%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (7.47%) Power Platform
8 17 (7.05%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (5.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (5.81%) Amazon S3
11 13 (5.39%) Amazon EventBridge
11 13 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (5.39%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (4.56%) SaaS
13 10 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (3.73%) Entra ID
15 8 (3.32%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.96%) Internet
2 17 (7.05%) DNS
3 16 (6.64%) Firewall
4 15 (6.22%) DHCP
5 14 (5.81%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.56%) WAN
6 11 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.15%) LAN
8 8 (3.32%) VPN
9 5 (2.07%) NGFW
9 5 (2.07%) VXLAN
9 5 (2.07%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.66%) Network Security
10 4 (1.66%) VoIP
11 3 (1.24%) VLAN
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.41%) HTTP
12 1 (0.41%) NAS
12 1 (0.41%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.47%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.05%) Metadata
3 16 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.22%) NoSQL
4 15 (6.22%) Power BI
5 14 (5.81%) DynamoDB
6 10 (4.15%) Tableau
7 7 (2.90%) MySQL
7 7 (2.90%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.49%) Data Vault
8 6 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.07%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.66%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.66%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.24%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.24%) TIBCO EBX
12 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 52 (21.58%) Git
2 8 (3.32%) GitLab
3 7 (2.90%) JIRA
4 6 (2.49%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.41%) Snyk
General
1 122 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.37%) Public Sector
3 24 (9.96%) Multimedia
4 18 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.47%) Finance
5 10 (4.15%) Legal
6 6 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.07%) Retail
8 3 (1.24%) Law
9 1 (0.41%) Billing
9 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (22.82%) Developer
2 43 (17.84%) Architect
3 26 (10.79%) Lead
4 24 (9.96%) Senior
4 24 (9.96%) Trainee
5 23 (9.54%) Analyst
6 19 (7.88%) Junior
7 17 (7.05%) Data Engineer
8 16 (6.64%) .NET Developer
8 16 (6.64%) IT Support
8 16 (6.64%) Junior Analyst
9 14 (5.81%) Applications Architect
10 13 (5.39%) Software Developer
11 12 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Trainee Developer
11 12 (4.98%) Trainee Software Developer
12 11 (4.56%) Software Architect
13 10 (4.15%) Data Architect
13 10 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.69%) .NET
2 30 (12.45%) React
3 27 (11.20%) CSS
3 27 (11.20%) HTML
4 15 (6.22%) .NET Core
4 15 (6.22%) Blazor
5 14 (5.81%) RESTful
6 13 (5.39%) ASP.NET
6 13 (5.39%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (5.39%) AWS CDK
7 12 (4.98%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.56%) PySpark
9 7 (2.90%) Node.js
10 6 (2.49%) REST
10 6 (2.49%) Spring
10 6 (2.49%) Spring Boot
11 5 (2.07%) Vue
12 4 (1.66%) Web Services
13 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (1.24%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.28%) Cloud Native
2 28 (11.62%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.22%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.07%) PKI
6 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.24%) Replication
8 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.24%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.83%) IoT
9 2 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.13%) Windows
2 18 (7.47%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.07%) Mac OS
3 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.66%) Android
4 4 (1.66%) Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (46.47%) Mentoring
2 73 (30.29%) DevOps
3 65 (26.97%) Agile
4 64 (26.56%) CI/CD
5 58 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (20.33%) Microservices
7 46 (19.09%) Data Modelling
8 41 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 40 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
10 38 (15.77%) Application Security
11 37 (15.35%) Migration
12 33 (13.69%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (13.28%) Architectural Patterns
14 31 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (12.03%) Computer Science
16 29 (12.03%) Enterprise Architecture
17 26 (10.79%) Containerisation
18 25 (10.37%) TOGAF
19 24 (9.96%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 95 (39.42%) Python
2 72 (29.88%) JavaScript
3 65 (26.97%) SQL
4 48 (19.92%) C#
5 36 (14.94%) TypeScript
6 35 (14.52%) Java
7 14 (5.81%) R
8 9 (3.73%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.07%) PHP
9 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.66%) Bash
10 4 (1.66%) Scala
11 3 (1.24%) Go
12 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 72 (29.88%) Azure Certification
2 64 (26.56%) AWS Certification
3 54 (22.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (16.18%) Degree
5 29 (12.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (9.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (9.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.56%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (3.32%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.90%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.90%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.90%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.41%) CCNA
11 1 (0.41%) CCNP
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.41%) CISSP
11 1 (0.41%) MCITP
11 1 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.98%) QA
2 10 (4.15%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.41%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) GRC
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (12.03%) Docker
2 20 (8.30%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.30%) Hyper-V
3 17 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (16.60%) Terraform
2 24 (9.96%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.81%) Ansible
4 7 (2.90%) Grafana
4 7 (2.90%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.41%) Kibana
8 1 (0.41%) VxRail
8 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 109 (45.23%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.96%) VMware
3 23 (9.54%) Databricks
4 17 (7.05%) SAP
5 12 (4.98%) Google
6 9 (3.73%) ForeScout
7 7 (2.90%) Veeam
8 5 (2.07%) Adobe
8 5 (2.07%) Arista
8 5 (2.07%) Aruba
8 5 (2.07%) Citrix
8 5 (2.07%) NetScout
9 4 (1.66%) Oracle
9 4 (1.66%) Palantir
10 3 (1.24%) Informatica
10 3 (1.24%) Pega
10 3 (1.24%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.24%) WSO2
11 2 (0.83%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow