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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 243 189 277
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 7.88% 19.48% 18.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.76% 52.07% 50.09%
Number of salaries quoted 170 156 208
10th Percentile £46,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,803 £65,000 £55,215
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% +17.72% +0.39%
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 661 363 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 21.43% 37.42% 36.72%
Number of salaries quoted 454 297 397
10th Percentile £36,400 £29,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,231
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 £63,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.83% +4.35% -3.40%

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 14 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 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.88%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.47%) IIS
4 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.23%) CMS
5 3 (1.23%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.82%) Apache
6 2 (0.82%) Confluence
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.23%) Shopify
2 2 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 65 (26.75%) AWS
2 42 (17.28%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (16.05%) GCP
4 29 (11.93%) Power Platform
5 24 (9.88%) Entra ID
6 22 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (7.00%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (6.58%) Azure AI
9 16 (6.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (4.12%) PaaS
12 10 (4.12%) Power Automate
12 10 (4.12%) SaaS
13 9 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.88%) Azure Databricks
15 7 (2.88%) OneDrive
15 7 (2.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.35%) LAN
2 12 (4.94%) WAN
3 7 (2.88%) DHCP
3 7 (2.88%) DNS
3 7 (2.88%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.47%) Firewall
4 6 (2.47%) VPN
4 6 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.65%) NAS
5 4 (1.65%) SAN
5 4 (1.65%) VLAN
6 3 (1.23%) HTTP
6 3 (1.23%) Internet
6 3 (1.23%) Wireless
7 2 (0.82%) BGP
7 2 (0.82%) Network Security
7 2 (0.82%) OSPF
7 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.05%) Power BI
2 17 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (6.58%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.35%) Metadata
5 10 (4.12%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.88%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.88%) Spark SQL
8 5 (2.06%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.06%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.65%) MySQL
10 3 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.23%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.23%) Redis
10 3 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (1.23%) Tableau
11 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.82%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 18 (7.41%) Git
2 10 (4.12%) GitLab
3 5 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.23%) 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 60 (24.69%) Finance
2 51 (20.99%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.93%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.12%) Legal
6 7 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.88%) Retail
7 4 (1.65%) Banking
7 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.23%) Law
8 3 (1.23%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.82%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.82%) Automotive
9 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 60 (24.69%) Lead
2 49 (20.16%) Senior
3 47 (19.34%) Architect
4 34 (13.99%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (11.52%) Solutions Architect
6 27 (11.11%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (6.58%) Lead Architect
8 16 (6.58%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 15 (6.17%) Developer
9 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Engineer
9 15 (6.17%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (5.76%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 14 (5.76%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (5.35%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) Lead Data Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) Senior Data Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.05%) .NET
1 22 (9.05%) Terraform
2 12 (4.94%) Node.js
3 9 (3.70%) PySpark
3 9 (3.70%) React
4 7 (2.88%) RESTful
5 6 (2.47%) Entity Framework
5 6 (2.47%) Middleware
5 6 (2.47%) REST
6 4 (1.65%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.65%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.65%) CSS
6 4 (1.65%) HTML
6 4 (1.65%) Kafka
6 4 (1.65%) XML
7 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.23%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.23%) JSON
7 3 (1.23%) Web Services
7 3 (1.23%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.17%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.29%) AI Agents
2 8 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.06%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.23%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.23%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.47%) Windows
2 9 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.88%) Linux
4 4 (1.65%) Unix
4 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.05%) Mentoring
2 54 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 49 (20.16%) Agile
3 49 (20.16%) DevOps
4 46 (18.93%) AI
5 41 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (16.05%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (13.17%) Software Engineering
9 31 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 30 (12.35%) Decision-Making
11 29 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (11.52%) Analytics
12 28 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (10.70%) Coaching
13 26 (10.70%) Platform Engineering
14 23 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (9.47%) Migration
14 23 (9.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.75%) SQL
2 45 (18.52%) Python
3 27 (11.11%) C#
4 21 (8.64%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.41%) Java
6 14 (5.76%) PowerShell
7 13 (5.35%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.88%) Scala
9 6 (2.47%) Bicep
10 4 (1.65%) Go
10 4 (1.65%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.23%) PHP
11 3 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.82%) Bash
12 2 (0.82%) Rust
13 1 (0.41%) C++
13 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (7.00%) Azure Certification
2 14 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.94%) Degree
3 12 (4.94%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.29%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (3.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.65%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.23%) CISSP
7 3 (1.23%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.82%) CCNA
8 2 (0.82%) CEH
8 2 (0.82%) CISA
8 2 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.88%) GDPR
4 7 (2.88%) QA
5 3 (1.23%) GRC
5 3 (1.23%) SLA
6 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.82%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.82%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.88%) Docker
2 7 (2.88%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.23%) vSphere
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.23%) Ansible
3 3 (1.23%) Autotask
3 3 (1.23%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.23%) Puppet
3 3 (1.23%) VxRail
3 3 (1.23%) WSUS
4 2 (0.82%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) Avamar
Vendors
1 127 (52.26%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.88%) Databricks
3 16 (6.58%) Foundry
4 13 (5.35%) Cisco
5 12 (4.94%) Google
6 11 (4.53%) VMware
7 6 (2.47%) ForeScout
8 4 (1.65%) Dell
8 4 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.65%) Veeam
8 4 (1.65%) Zerto
9 3 (1.23%) Adobe
9 3 (1.23%) Commvault
9 3 (1.23%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.23%) HP
9 3 (1.23%) Meraki
9 3 (1.23%) Palantir
9 3 (1.23%) Remedy
9 3 (1.23%) SAP
9 3 (1.23%) Tenable