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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 245 184 294
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 7.85% 19.68% 18.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.19% 53.49% 50.09%
Number of salaries quoted 170 154 223
10th Percentile £39,750 £31,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £47,313 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,607 £65,000 £55,430
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% +17.27% +0.78%
75th Percentile £88,148 £72,688 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £84,750
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 677 344 587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 21.70% 36.79% 36.35%
Number of salaries quoted 481 280 425
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% +8.33% -
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 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% +1.74%

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 1 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 12 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.27%) IIS
3 6 (2.45%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.22%) CMS
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.82%) Apache
5 2 (0.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.22%) Shopify
3 2 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 67 (27.35%) AWS
2 46 (18.78%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (15.92%) GCP
4 29 (11.84%) Power Platform
5 24 (9.80%) Entra ID
6 20 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (8.16%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (6.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (6.12%) Azure AI
9 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (4.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (4.08%) SaaS
13 9 (3.67%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (3.67%) PaaS
13 9 (3.67%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.86%) Azure Databricks
14 7 (2.86%) PowerApps
15 6 (2.45%) Azure Machine Learning
15 6 (2.45%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.12%) LAN
2 14 (5.71%) WAN
3 9 (3.67%) DHCP
3 9 (3.67%) DNS
4 8 (3.27%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.86%) Firewall
5 7 (2.86%) VPN
6 6 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.04%) NAS
7 5 (2.04%) SAN
7 5 (2.04%) VLAN
8 3 (1.22%) HTTP
8 3 (1.22%) Internet
8 3 (1.22%) Wireless
9 2 (0.82%) BGP
9 2 (0.82%) Network Security
9 2 (0.82%) OSPF
9 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.57%) Power BI
2 17 (6.94%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.90%) Metadata
5 10 (4.08%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.67%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.86%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.45%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.45%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (2.45%) Spark SQL
9 5 (2.04%) Tableau
10 4 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.63%) MySQL
10 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.22%) Redis
11 3 (1.22%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.82%) Delta Lake
13 1 (0.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (7.76%) Git
2 10 (4.08%) GitLab
3 7 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.82%) ERwin
5 2 (0.82%) JIRA
5 2 (0.82%) MLflow
General
1 58 (23.67%) Finance
2 57 (23.27%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.02%) Public Sector
4 26 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.08%) Legal
6 9 (3.67%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.86%) Retail
8 5 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.22%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.22%) Automotive
9 3 (1.22%) Law
10 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Marketing
11 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (22.86%) Lead
2 48 (19.59%) Architect
3 44 (17.96%) Senior
4 29 (11.84%) Azure Engineer
5 27 (11.02%) Solutions Architect
6 21 (8.57%) Data Engineer
7 20 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (6.94%) Developer
9 16 (6.53%) Lead Architect
9 16 (6.53%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 15 (6.12%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (5.71%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 14 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (5.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.90%) Software Engineer
13 11 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (4.08%) Account Manager
14 10 (4.08%) Analyst
15 9 (3.67%) Data Architect
15 9 (3.67%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.39%) Terraform
2 17 (6.94%) .NET
3 13 (5.31%) React
4 12 (4.90%) Node.js
5 9 (3.67%) RESTful
6 8 (3.27%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.27%) Middleware
6 8 (3.27%) PySpark
6 8 (3.27%) REST
7 6 (2.45%) Entity Framework
8 5 (2.04%) Vue
8 5 (2.04%) Web Services
9 4 (1.63%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.63%) CSS
9 4 (1.63%) HTML
9 4 (1.63%) Spring
9 4 (1.63%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.63%) XML
10 3 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.12%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.45%) AI Agents
4 5 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.04%) Low-Code
4 5 (2.04%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.63%) Cyberattack
5 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.22%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.22%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.61%) Windows
2 11 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.27%) Linux
4 5 (2.04%) Unix
4 5 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (24.49%) Mentoring
2 53 (21.63%) Agile
3 50 (20.41%) CI/CD
4 46 (18.78%) DevOps
5 44 (17.96%) AI
6 39 (15.92%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (13.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (11.02%) Software Engineering
11 27 (11.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (10.61%) Coaching
13 24 (9.80%) Decision-Making
13 24 (9.80%) Migration
14 23 (9.39%) Analytics
15 22 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (8.98%) Platform Engineering
16 21 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.45%) SQL
2 42 (17.14%) Python
3 26 (10.61%) C#
4 21 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.76%) Java
6 14 (5.71%) PowerShell
7 13 (5.31%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.86%) Scala
9 5 (2.04%) Bicep
9 5 (2.04%) PHP
10 3 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.22%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.82%) Bash
11 2 (0.82%) Go
11 2 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.41%) C++
12 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (10.20%) Azure Certification
2 13 (5.31%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.49%) Degree
4 10 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
4 10 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
4 10 (4.08%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.04%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.63%) CCNA
8 4 (1.63%) CEH
8 4 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.82%) CISA
10 2 (0.82%) CISSP
10 2 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.80%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.27%) GDPR
4 7 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.04%) QA
6 4 (1.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.82%) GRC
7 2 (0.82%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.82%) PMO
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) HL7
8 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.27%) Docker
2 8 (3.27%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.22%) vSphere
4 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (7.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.04%) Ansible
4 4 (1.63%) VxRail
4 4 (1.63%) WSUS
5 3 (1.22%) Argo
5 3 (1.22%) Autotask
5 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.22%) Puppet
6 2 (0.82%) Kibana
7 1 (0.41%) Avamar
Vendors
1 120 (48.98%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.80%) Databricks
3 16 (6.53%) Cisco
4 13 (5.31%) VMware
5 12 (4.90%) ForeScout
6 10 (4.08%) Foundry
7 9 (3.67%) Google
8 5 (2.04%) Dell
8 5 (2.04%) SAP
8 5 (2.04%) Veeam
8 5 (2.04%) Zerto
9 4 (1.63%) Commvault
9 4 (1.63%) HP
9 4 (1.63%) Meraki
9 4 (1.63%) Oracle
9 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.63%) Tenable
10 3 (1.22%) Adobe
10 3 (1.22%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.22%) Remedy