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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 238 190 278
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 7.73% 19.59% 18.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.45% 51.91% 50.18%
Number of salaries quoted 171 157 209
10th Percentile £46,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £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 £73,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,430
% change year-on-year +8.33% +8.25% +0.78%

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 653 366 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 21.20% 37.73% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 451 300 397
10th Percentile £36,750 £29,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% +2.56% -1.72%

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 16 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 15 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.52%) IIS
4 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.26%) CMS
5 3 (1.26%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.84%) Apache
6 2 (0.84%) Confluence
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.26%) Shopify
1 3 (1.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.42%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 64 (26.89%) AWS
2 42 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (16.39%) GCP
4 29 (12.18%) Power Platform
5 24 (10.08%) Entra ID
6 23 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (6.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 15 (6.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (5.88%) Azure AI
12 12 (5.04%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (4.62%) PaaS
14 10 (4.20%) Power Automate
15 9 (3.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (3.78%) SaaS
16 8 (3.36%) Azure Databricks
16 8 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (2.94%) GitHub
17 7 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.04%) LAN
2 11 (4.62%) WAN
3 6 (2.52%) DHCP
3 6 (2.52%) DNS
3 6 (2.52%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.10%) Firewall
4 5 (2.10%) VPN
4 5 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.68%) NAS
5 4 (1.68%) SAN
5 4 (1.68%) VLAN
6 3 (1.26%) HTTP
6 3 (1.26%) Internet
6 3 (1.26%) Wireless
7 1 (0.42%) BGP
7 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.42%) Network Security
7 1 (0.42%) OSPF
7 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.24%) Power BI
2 17 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (6.72%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.62%) Metadata
5 10 (4.20%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.78%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (3.36%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.94%) Spark SQL
9 5 (2.10%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.10%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.68%) MySQL
11 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.26%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.26%) Redis
11 3 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (0.84%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.84%) Power Query
12 2 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (7.56%) Git
2 10 (4.20%) GitLab
3 5 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.26%) JIRA
4 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.84%) ERwin
5 2 (0.84%) MLflow
6 1 (0.42%) TestRail
6 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (25.21%) Finance
2 46 (19.33%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (12.18%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.20%) Legal
6 7 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.94%) Retail
7 4 (1.68%) Banking
7 4 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.26%) Law
8 3 (1.26%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.42%) Automotive
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 60 (25.21%) Lead
2 50 (21.01%) Senior
3 46 (19.33%) Architect
4 34 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
5 27 (11.34%) Data Engineer
5 27 (11.34%) Solutions Architect
6 17 (7.14%) Developer
6 17 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (6.30%) Lead Architect
7 15 (6.30%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 15 (6.30%) Microsoft Engineer
7 15 (6.30%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (5.88%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 14 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (5.88%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 13 (5.46%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.04%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Lead Data Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Senior Data Engineer
12 9 (3.78%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.08%) .NET
2 22 (9.24%) Terraform
3 12 (5.04%) Node.js
4 9 (3.78%) PySpark
4 9 (3.78%) React
5 8 (3.36%) RESTful
6 6 (2.52%) Entity Framework
6 6 (2.52%) Middleware
6 6 (2.52%) REST
7 4 (1.68%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.68%) CSS
7 4 (1.68%) HTML
7 4 (1.68%) Kafka
8 3 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.26%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.26%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.26%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.26%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.26%) Playwright
8 3 (1.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.36%) AI Agents
2 8 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.10%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.26%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.26%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.26%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.84%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.66%) Windows
2 9 (3.78%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.94%) Linux
4 4 (1.68%) Unix
4 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.95%) CI/CD
2 56 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 52 (21.85%) DevOps
4 51 (21.43%) Agile
5 45 (18.91%) AI
6 42 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (16.81%) Technical Leadership
8 36 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (13.03%) Decision-Making
10 31 (13.03%) Software Engineering
11 30 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 29 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (11.76%) Analytics
14 27 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (10.92%) Coaching
15 26 (10.92%) Platform Engineering
16 24 (10.08%) Roadmaps
17 23 (9.66%) Migration
17 23 (9.66%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.33%) SQL
2 43 (18.07%) Python
3 28 (11.76%) C#
4 20 (8.40%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.56%) Java
6 14 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 13 (5.46%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.94%) Scala
9 5 (2.10%) Bicep
10 4 (1.68%) Go
10 4 (1.68%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.26%) PHP
11 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.84%) Bash
12 2 (0.84%) Rust
13 1 (0.42%) C++
13 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (6.30%) Security Cleared
2 13 (5.46%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.04%) Azure Certification
3 12 (5.04%) Degree
4 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.94%) CompTIA CySA+
6 7 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.26%) CISSP
8 3 (1.26%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.84%) CISA
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.84%) SSCP
10 1 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.08%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.36%) QA
4 7 (2.94%) GDPR
5 4 (1.68%) GRC
6 3 (1.26%) SLA
7 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.84%) NIST
7 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.84%) PMO
8 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.42%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.94%) Docker
2 7 (2.94%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.26%) vSphere
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.26%) Ansible
3 3 (1.26%) Autotask
3 3 (1.26%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.26%) Puppet
3 3 (1.26%) VxRail
3 3 (1.26%) WSUS
4 2 (0.84%) Argo
5 1 (0.42%) Avamar
Vendors
1 124 (52.10%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.08%) Databricks
3 16 (6.72%) Foundry
4 12 (5.04%) Google
5 11 (4.62%) Cisco
5 11 (4.62%) VMware
6 4 (1.68%) Dell
6 4 (1.68%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.68%) Veeam
6 4 (1.68%) Zerto
7 3 (1.26%) Adobe
7 3 (1.26%) Commvault
7 3 (1.26%) ConnectWise
7 3 (1.26%) ForeScout
7 3 (1.26%) HP
7 3 (1.26%) Meraki
7 3 (1.26%) Palantir
7 3 (1.26%) Remedy
7 3 (1.26%) SAP
7 3 (1.26%) Sparx