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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 311 135 394
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.30% 17.74% 18.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.71% 40.54% 47.02%
Number of salaries quoted 195 113 339
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -0.31% -5.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,259 £80,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% -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 764 333 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 32.68% 43.76% 39.75%
Number of salaries quoted 521 271 699
10th Percentile £28,750 £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 £80,000 £77,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,928
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 25 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 (2.57%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.57%) IIS
1 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.29%) Confluence
4 3 (0.96%) Apache
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (8.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 13 (4.18%) SAP ERP
2 6 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (39.55%) AWS
2 47 (15.11%) GCP
3 41 (13.18%) GitHub
4 38 (12.22%) Power Platform
4 38 (12.22%) Serverless
5 33 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (8.68%) Azure AI
6 27 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.43%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (6.11%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (4.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (4.50%) Amazon S3
10 13 (4.18%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (4.18%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (4.18%) AWS Step Functions
11 10 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.89%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.89%) SaaS
13 8 (2.57%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.04%) DNS
2 23 (7.40%) DHCP
3 19 (6.11%) Internet
3 19 (6.11%) TCP/IP
4 17 (5.47%) LAN
4 17 (5.47%) WAN
5 16 (5.14%) Firewall
6 13 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.57%) VPN
8 5 (1.61%) NGFW
8 5 (1.61%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.61%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.29%) NAS
9 4 (1.29%) SAN
9 4 (1.29%) VLAN
9 4 (1.29%) VoIP
10 2 (0.64%) BGP
10 2 (0.64%) Network Security
10 2 (0.64%) OSPF
10 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.61%) Power BI
2 24 (7.72%) Tableau
3 19 (6.11%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (5.47%) Metadata
5 17 (5.47%) NoSQL
6 14 (4.50%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.89%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.89%) MySQL
8 6 (1.93%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.29%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 39 (12.54%) Git
2 11 (3.54%) GitLab
3 5 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.96%) JIRA
5 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 155 (49.84%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.29%) Finance
3 26 (8.36%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.11%) Multimedia
6 7 (2.25%) Legal
7 6 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.29%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.29%) Automotive
9 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.64%) Law
10 2 (0.64%) Retail
11 1 (0.32%) Billing
11 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (17.04%) Analyst
2 48 (15.43%) Developer
3 44 (14.15%) Junior
4 42 (13.50%) Junior Analyst
5 41 (13.18%) Lead
6 38 (12.22%) Senior
7 36 (11.58%) Architect
8 22 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Data Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Junior Data Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Junior Security Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Security Analyst
10 19 (6.11%) Data Engineer
10 19 (6.11%) Trainee
11 17 (5.47%) IT Support
12 15 (4.82%) Ethical Hacker
13 14 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.18%) Software Developer
15 12 (3.86%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.90%) React
2 19 (6.11%) .NET
2 19 (6.11%) CSS
2 19 (6.11%) HTML
3 18 (5.79%) RESTful
4 16 (5.14%) .NET Core
5 14 (4.50%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.18%) ASP.NET
6 13 (4.18%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.18%) AWS CDK
6 13 (4.18%) Blazor
7 10 (3.22%) Node.js
7 10 (3.22%) PySpark
8 9 (2.89%) Vue
9 8 (2.57%) REST
10 6 (1.93%) Web Services
10 6 (1.93%) XML
11 5 (1.61%) XBRL
12 4 (1.29%) Spring
12 4 (1.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.82%) Cyberattack
4 14 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.93%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.93%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.61%) PKI
6 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.29%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.96%) Replication
8 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.32%) Windows
2 26 (8.36%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.29%) Linux
5 4 (1.29%) Unix
6 3 (0.96%) Android
6 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (37.62%) Mentoring
2 73 (23.47%) Agile
3 67 (21.54%) DevOps
4 63 (20.26%) CI/CD
5 58 (18.65%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (13.50%) Microservices
8 41 (13.18%) AI
9 39 (12.54%) Data Modelling
10 35 (11.25%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (10.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 31 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (9.97%) Migration
14 30 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (9.00%) Application Security
16 26 (8.36%) Containerisation
17 23 (7.40%) Analytics
17 23 (7.40%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 94 (30.23%) Python
2 86 (27.65%) SQL
3 60 (19.29%) JavaScript
4 34 (10.93%) C#
4 34 (10.93%) TypeScript
5 26 (8.36%) Java
6 12 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.54%) R
8 8 (2.57%) PHP
9 5 (1.61%) Scala
10 4 (1.29%) Bash
10 4 (1.29%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.96%) Go
12 2 (0.64%) Bicep
12 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (34.41%) Azure Certification
2 49 (15.76%) AWS Certification
3 39 (12.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (8.36%) Degree
5 23 (7.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (6.75%) CompTIA CySA+
6 21 (6.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.82%) CEH
9 14 (4.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (3.54%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (3.22%) Security Cleared
12 8 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.57%) SC Cleared
13 7 (2.25%) CCNA
14 6 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.96%) SAP Certification
17 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.11%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.22%) QA
3 6 (1.93%) GDPR
4 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.64%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (8.36%) Active Directory
1 26 (8.36%) Docker
2 19 (6.11%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (14.47%) Terraform
2 22 (7.07%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.18%) Ansible
4 7 (2.25%) Grafana
4 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.25%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.29%) VxRail
5 4 (1.29%) WSUS
6 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.96%) Argo
6 3 (0.96%) Kibana
7 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 149 (47.91%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.50%) ForeScout
3 30 (9.65%) VMware
4 19 (6.11%) SAP
5 17 (5.47%) Databricks
6 13 (4.18%) Cisco
7 11 (3.54%) Google
8 10 (3.22%) Veeam
9 9 (2.89%) Citrix
10 6 (1.93%) Oracle
11 5 (1.61%) Arista
11 5 (1.61%) Aruba
11 5 (1.61%) NetScout
12 4 (1.29%) Commvault
12 4 (1.29%) Dell
12 4 (1.29%) HP
12 4 (1.29%) Meraki
12 4 (1.29%) Palantir
12 4 (1.29%) Tenable
12 4 (1.29%) Zerto