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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 308 133 388
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 12.56% 16.96% 18.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.47% 40.18% 47.09%
Number of salaries quoted 193 109 334
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £43,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £79,336 £68,250 £71,991
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,050 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year - -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 761 331 824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 31.02% 42.22% 39.31%
Number of salaries quoted 520 265 693
10th Percentile £29,000 £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 £80,063 £80,000 £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 10 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 9 (2.92%) Apache Spark
1 9 (2.92%) IIS
2 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.30%) Apache
4 4 (1.30%) 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 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (4.55%) SAP ERP
2 8 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 111 (36.04%) AWS
2 48 (15.58%) GCP
3 39 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (12.66%) Power Platform
4 32 (10.39%) Serverless
5 31 (10.06%) GitHub
6 27 (8.77%) Azure AI
7 24 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (4.87%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (3.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (3.25%) Amazon EventBridge
11 10 (3.25%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
11 10 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (3.25%) AWS Step Functions
11 10 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.92%) Entra ID
13 8 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.12%) DNS
2 23 (7.47%) DHCP
3 19 (6.17%) TCP/IP
4 18 (5.84%) LAN
5 17 (5.52%) WAN
6 14 (4.55%) Firewall
7 13 (4.22%) Internet
7 13 (4.22%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.95%) VPN
9 5 (1.62%) NAS
9 5 (1.62%) NGFW
9 5 (1.62%) SAN
9 5 (1.62%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.62%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.30%) VLAN
10 4 (1.30%) VoIP
11 2 (0.65%) BGP
11 2 (0.65%) OSPF
11 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.71%) Power BI
2 25 (8.12%) Tableau
3 15 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.55%) Metadata
4 14 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (3.25%) DynamoDB
7 8 (2.60%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.60%) MySQL
8 7 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.27%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.95%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.95%) Spark SQL
10 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.62%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.30%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
13 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (10.06%) Git
2 11 (3.57%) GitLab
3 6 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.65%) JIRA
4 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 148 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.39%) Finance
3 25 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.12%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.22%) Multimedia
5 8 (2.60%) Legal
6 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.62%) Agriculture
7 5 (1.62%) Automotive
7 5 (1.62%) 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 (16.56%) Analyst
2 44 (14.29%) Lead
3 43 (13.96%) Junior
4 42 (13.64%) Junior Analyst
5 41 (13.31%) Senior
6 38 (12.34%) Developer
7 35 (11.36%) Architect
8 25 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 21 (6.82%) Data Analyst
9 21 (6.82%) Junior Data Analyst
9 21 (6.82%) Junior Security Analyst
9 21 (6.82%) Security Analyst
10 20 (6.49%) Data Engineer
11 16 (5.19%) IT Support
12 15 (4.87%) Ethical Hacker
13 14 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.55%) Software Engineer
14 13 (4.22%) Trainee
15 10 (3.25%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.69%) React
2 15 (4.87%) AngularJS
2 15 (4.87%) RESTful
3 14 (4.55%) .NET
4 13 (4.22%) CSS
4 13 (4.22%) HTML
5 12 (3.90%) .NET Core
6 11 (3.57%) Node.js
6 11 (3.57%) PySpark
6 11 (3.57%) Vue
7 10 (3.25%) ASP.NET
7 10 (3.25%) ASP.NET Core
7 10 (3.25%) AWS CDK
7 10 (3.25%) Blazor
8 9 (2.92%) REST
9 6 (1.95%) Web Services
9 6 (1.95%) XML
10 5 (1.62%) Middleware
10 5 (1.62%) XBRL
11 4 (1.30%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.71%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.87%) Cyberattack
2 15 (4.87%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.95%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.62%) PKI
5 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.30%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.30%) Taxonomies
7 3 (0.97%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.97%) Replication
7 3 (0.97%) Security Posture
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 32 (10.39%) Windows
2 27 (8.77%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.30%) Linux
5 4 (1.30%) 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
1 109 (35.39%) Mentoring
2 73 (23.70%) Agile
3 64 (20.78%) DevOps
4 60 (19.48%) CI/CD
5 56 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (13.64%) AI
8 37 (12.01%) Microservices
9 35 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (11.36%) Data Modelling
9 35 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 32 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 30 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
11 30 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (9.42%) Migration
13 23 (7.47%) Application Security
14 22 (7.14%) Containerisation
14 22 (7.14%) ERP
14 22 (7.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 87 (28.25%) Python
2 84 (27.27%) SQL
3 54 (17.53%) JavaScript
4 35 (11.36%) TypeScript
5 30 (9.74%) C#
6 25 (8.12%) Java
7 13 (4.22%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.92%) PHP
9 8 (2.60%) R
10 5 (1.62%) Bash
11 4 (1.30%) Scala
11 4 (1.30%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.97%) Go
13 2 (0.65%) Bicep
13 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (32.14%) Azure Certification
2 38 (12.34%) AWS Certification
3 31 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (6.82%) CompTIA CySA+
4 21 (6.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 21 (6.82%) Degree
5 17 (5.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 15 (4.87%) CEH
6 15 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (3.25%) Security Cleared
9 8 (2.60%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.60%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.27%) CCNA
11 6 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.62%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.82%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.92%) QA
3 8 (2.60%) GDPR
4 4 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.65%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) HL7
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.14%) Docker
3 18 (5.84%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (12.66%) Terraform
2 19 (6.17%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.90%) Ansible
4 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.62%) Grafana
5 5 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.62%) VxRail
5 5 (1.62%) WSUS
6 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.97%) Argo
7 2 (0.65%) Kibana
7 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 146 (47.40%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.64%) ForeScout
3 29 (9.42%) VMware
4 21 (6.82%) SAP
5 16 (5.19%) Databricks
6 14 (4.55%) Cisco
7 12 (3.90%) Google
8 11 (3.57%) Veeam
9 9 (2.92%) Citrix
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 (1.30%) Oracle
12 2 (0.65%) IBM