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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 250 188 302
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.05% 20.73% 17.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.46% 54.97% 48.40%
Number of salaries quoted 172 155 236
10th Percentile £40,375 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,500 £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 £90,000 £72,500 £69,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £81,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -

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 705 342 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 22.70% 37.71% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 498 277 470
10th Percentile £37,275 £31,250 £34,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 17 September 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 11 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.20%) IIS
3 5 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.20%) CMS
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.80%) Apache
5 2 (0.80%) Confluence
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.20%) Shopify
3 2 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.40%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 62 (24.80%) AWS
2 43 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (14.80%) GCP
4 33 (13.20%) Power Platform
5 23 (9.20%) Entra ID
6 20 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (7.20%) Azure AI
8 15 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (5.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (4.00%) SaaS
12 9 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (3.60%) PaaS
12 9 (3.60%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.80%) Azure Databricks
13 7 (2.80%) GitHub
13 7 (2.80%) PowerApps
14 6 (2.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.00%) LAN
2 14 (5.60%) WAN
3 9 (3.60%) DHCP
3 9 (3.60%) DNS
4 8 (3.20%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.80%) Firewall
5 7 (2.80%) VPN
6 6 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.00%) NAS
7 5 (2.00%) SAN
7 5 (2.00%) VLAN
8 3 (1.20%) HTTP
8 3 (1.20%) Wireless
9 2 (0.80%) BGP
9 2 (0.80%) Network Security
9 2 (0.80%) OSPF
9 2 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.00%) Power BI
2 17 (6.80%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.80%) Metadata
5 11 (4.40%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (3.20%) Tableau
8 6 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (2.40%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.00%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.60%) MySQL
10 4 (1.60%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.20%) Redis
12 2 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.80%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.80%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 13 (5.20%) Git
2 8 (3.20%) GitLab
3 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.80%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.80%) ERwin
5 2 (0.80%) JIRA
5 2 (0.80%) MLflow
General
1 68 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.00%) Finance
3 24 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.00%) Legal
6 9 (3.60%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.80%) Retail
8 5 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.60%) Agriculture
9 4 (1.60%) Automotive
10 3 (1.20%) Law
11 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
12 1 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (22.40%) Lead
2 51 (20.40%) Architect
3 44 (17.60%) Senior
4 29 (11.60%) Solutions Architect
5 27 (10.80%) Azure Engineer
6 20 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (7.20%) Lead Architect
7 18 (7.20%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 17 (6.80%) Data Engineer
9 16 (6.40%) Analyst
10 15 (6.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (6.00%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (5.60%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 14 (5.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 14 (5.60%) Developer
11 14 (5.60%) Junior
11 14 (5.60%) Junior Analyst
11 14 (5.60%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.00%) Account Manager
13 9 (3.60%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.80%) Terraform
2 16 (6.40%) React
3 14 (5.60%) .NET
4 12 (4.80%) Node.js
5 10 (4.00%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.20%) Middleware
6 8 (3.20%) RESTful
7 7 (2.80%) Vue
8 6 (2.40%) PySpark
8 6 (2.40%) REST
8 6 (2.40%) XML
9 5 (2.00%) Web Services
9 5 (2.00%) XBRL
10 4 (1.60%) CSS
10 4 (1.60%) HTML
10 4 (1.60%) JSON
11 3 (1.20%) ASP.NET
11 3 (1.20%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (1.20%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.80%) Cyberattack
3 7 (2.80%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.40%) AI Agents
4 6 (2.40%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.60%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.20%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.20%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.00%) Windows
2 10 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.00%) Linux
3 5 (2.00%) Unix
3 5 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.40%) Mentoring
2 52 (20.80%) Agile
3 50 (20.00%) AI
4 42 (16.80%) CI/CD
4 42 (16.80%) DevOps
5 39 (15.60%) Technical Leadership
6 36 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 27 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 27 (10.80%) Software Engineering
10 26 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (10.00%) Coaching
11 25 (10.00%) Migration
12 24 (9.60%) Decision-Making
12 24 (9.60%) Roadmaps
13 21 (8.40%) Analytics
14 19 (7.60%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 58 (23.20%) SQL
2 47 (18.80%) Python
3 25 (10.00%) C#
4 23 (9.20%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.20%) Java
6 16 (6.40%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.60%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.80%) Scala
9 5 (2.00%) Bicep
9 5 (2.00%) PHP
10 3 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.80%) Bash
11 2 (0.80%) Go
11 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.40%) C++
12 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (15.20%) Azure Certification
2 13 (5.20%) CompTIA CySA+
2 13 (5.20%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (4.40%) Degree
3 11 (4.40%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (3.20%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.80%) CEH
5 7 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.40%) CCNA
6 6 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.00%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.60%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.80%) SSCP
11 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.40%) CISM
11 1 (0.40%) CRISC
11 1 (0.40%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.20%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.20%) GDPR
4 5 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.00%) QA
5 4 (1.60%) SLA
6 3 (1.20%) PMO
7 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.20%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.60%) Docker
4 3 (1.20%) vSphere
5 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.60%) Ansible
3 4 (1.60%) VxRail
3 4 (1.60%) WSUS
4 3 (1.20%) Argo
4 3 (1.20%) Autotask
5 2 (0.80%) Kibana
5 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.80%) Puppet
6 1 (0.40%) Avamar
Vendors
1 118 (47.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.60%) Databricks
3 20 (8.00%) ForeScout
4 17 (6.80%) Cisco
5 13 (5.20%) VMware
6 6 (2.40%) Foundry
6 6 (2.40%) Google
7 5 (2.00%) Dell
7 5 (2.00%) SAP
7 5 (2.00%) Veeam
7 5 (2.00%) Zerto
8 4 (1.60%) Commvault
8 4 (1.60%) HP
8 4 (1.60%) Meraki
8 4 (1.60%) Oracle
8 4 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.60%) Tenable
9 3 (1.20%) Adobe
9 3 (1.20%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.20%) Remedy