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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 288 136 386
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.99% 17.80% 19.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.89% 39.77% 47.02%
Number of salaries quoted 191 114 334
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,150 £37,575
25th Percentile £33,125 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.84% -8.05%
75th Percentile £77,424 £68,063 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,675 £82,534
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £53,250 £56,500
% change year-on-year -1.41% -5.75% -5.83%

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 722 342 821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 35.07% 44.76% 40.42%
Number of salaries quoted 501 282 685
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,826 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.41% +5.14% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -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 April 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 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.43%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.08%) IIS
4 4 (1.39%) Confluence
5 3 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.04%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.69%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.35%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (4.86%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.39%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (43.40%) AWS
2 44 (15.28%) Serverless
3 42 (14.58%) GCP
4 41 (14.24%) GitHub
5 30 (10.42%) Power Platform
6 28 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (7.99%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (7.29%) Azure AI
9 19 (6.60%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (6.60%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (4.86%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.51%) Amazon EventBridge
11 13 (4.51%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (4.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (4.51%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (3.82%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (3.47%) SaaS
14 9 (3.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.99%) DNS
2 21 (7.29%) DHCP
2 21 (7.29%) Internet
3 19 (6.60%) TCP/IP
4 15 (5.21%) Firewall
5 13 (4.51%) WAN
6 12 (4.17%) LAN
7 11 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.43%) VPN
9 5 (1.74%) NGFW
9 5 (1.74%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.74%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.39%) Network Security
10 4 (1.39%) VoIP
11 3 (1.04%) NAS
11 3 (1.04%) SAN
12 2 (0.69%) VLAN
13 1 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.38%) Power BI
2 21 (7.29%) Tableau
3 18 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (5.90%) NoSQL
4 17 (5.90%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.86%) DynamoDB
5 14 (4.86%) Metadata
6 9 (3.13%) MySQL
7 8 (2.78%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.08%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.74%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.39%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.04%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.04%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.04%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 45 (15.63%) Git
2 8 (2.78%) GitLab
2 8 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.04%) JIRA
4 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 145 (50.35%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.72%) Public Sector
3 24 (8.33%) Finance
4 21 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.29%) Multimedia
5 8 (2.78%) Legal
6 6 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.39%) Retail
8 3 (1.04%) Agriculture
8 3 (1.04%) Automotive
9 2 (0.69%) Law
10 1 (0.35%) Billing
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (18.06%) Developer
2 47 (16.32%) Analyst
3 39 (13.54%) Junior
4 36 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
5 35 (12.15%) Architect
6 34 (11.81%) Lead
6 34 (11.81%) Senior
7 21 (7.29%) Trainee
8 20 (6.94%) IT Support
9 19 (6.60%) Data Engineer
10 18 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 18 (6.25%) Data Analyst
10 18 (6.25%) Junior Data Analyst
10 18 (6.25%) Junior Security Analyst
10 18 (6.25%) Security Analyst
11 17 (5.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) .NET Developer
13 12 (4.17%) Ethical Hacker
13 12 (4.17%) Software Developer
13 12 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.19%) React
2 23 (7.99%) CSS
2 23 (7.99%) HTML
3 22 (7.64%) .NET
4 18 (6.25%) RESTful
5 15 (5.21%) .NET Core
5 15 (5.21%) AngularJS
5 15 (5.21%) Blazor
6 13 (4.51%) ASP.NET
6 13 (4.51%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.51%) AWS CDK
7 11 (3.82%) Node.js
7 11 (3.82%) PySpark
7 11 (3.82%) REST
8 9 (3.13%) Web Services
9 8 (2.78%) Spring
9 8 (2.78%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.78%) Vue
10 5 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.04%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.94%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.17%) Cyberattack
5 10 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.43%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.74%) PKI
8 5 (1.74%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.74%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.39%) Taxonomies
10 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.04%) Replication
10 3 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.69%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.69%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.99%) Windows
1 23 (7.99%) Windows Server
2 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.04%) Android
3 3 (1.04%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.04%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.35%) Linux
4 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (42.01%) Mentoring
2 74 (25.69%) Agile
3 65 (22.57%) DevOps
4 58 (20.14%) CI/CD
5 55 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (15.97%) Microservices
8 37 (12.85%) AI
8 37 (12.85%) Data Modelling
9 34 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (11.81%) Migration
10 33 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 31 (10.76%) Application Security
13 29 (10.07%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (9.38%) Containerisation
14 27 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 24 (8.33%) ERP
16 22 (7.64%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 94 (32.64%) Python
2 79 (27.43%) SQL
3 68 (23.61%) JavaScript
4 37 (12.85%) C#
4 37 (12.85%) TypeScript
5 30 (10.42%) Java
6 13 (4.51%) R
7 11 (3.82%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.43%) PHP
9 6 (2.08%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.39%) Bash
10 4 (1.39%) Scala
11 3 (1.04%) Go
12 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (34.03%) Azure Certification
2 54 (18.75%) AWS Certification
3 45 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (10.07%) Degree
5 26 (9.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 18 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
6 18 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (5.90%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (4.17%) CEH
9 11 (3.82%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (3.13%) Security Cleared
11 8 (2.78%) SC Cleared
12 7 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.39%) CCNA
13 4 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.35%) IIBA
15 1 (0.35%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.47%) QA
3 2 (0.69%) GDPR
3 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.35%) HL7
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) PMO
4 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (10.42%) Docker
2 26 (9.03%) Active Directory
3 22 (7.64%) Hyper-V
4 18 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (15.28%) Terraform
2 27 (9.38%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.56%) Ansible
4 7 (2.43%) Grafana
4 7 (2.43%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.04%) Kibana
6 3 (1.04%) VxRail
6 3 (1.04%) WSUS
7 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 140 (48.61%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.46%) ForeScout
2 33 (11.46%) VMware
3 19 (6.60%) Databricks
4 18 (6.25%) SAP
5 12 (4.17%) Google
6 9 (3.13%) Citrix
6 9 (3.13%) Veeam
7 7 (2.43%) Cisco
8 6 (2.08%) Oracle
9 5 (1.74%) Adobe
9 5 (1.74%) Arista
9 5 (1.74%) Aruba
9 5 (1.74%) NetScout
10 4 (1.39%) Palantir
11 3 (1.04%) Commvault
11 3 (1.04%) Informatica
11 3 (1.04%) Pega
11 3 (1.04%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.04%) WSO2