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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 313 136 388
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.56% 17.89% 18.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.76% 40.60% 46.97%
Number of salaries quoted 198 114 334
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,475 £35,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,364 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% -3.28% -4.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £88,704 £80,000 £82,500
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 768 335 826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 33.28% 44.08% 39.54%
Number of salaries quoted 527 274 687
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £77,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,217
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £59,738 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.62% +8.61% -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 22 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 (2.56%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.56%) IIS
1 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.28%) 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 (7.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 13 (4.15%) SAP ERP
2 6 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.28%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (39.30%) AWS
2 47 (15.02%) GCP
3 41 (13.10%) GitHub
4 39 (12.46%) Serverless
5 38 (12.14%) Power Platform
6 33 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (8.63%) Azure AI
8 26 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (6.07%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (4.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (4.47%) Amazon S3
12 13 (4.15%) Amazon EventBridge
12 13 (4.15%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (4.15%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (4.15%) AWS Step Functions
13 11 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (3.19%) Entra ID
15 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (2.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.31%) DNS
2 24 (7.67%) DHCP
3 20 (6.39%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.07%) Internet
5 17 (5.43%) Firewall
5 17 (5.43%) LAN
5 17 (5.43%) WAN
6 13 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (2.88%) VPN
8 5 (1.60%) NGFW
8 5 (1.60%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.60%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.28%) NAS
9 4 (1.28%) SAN
9 4 (1.28%) VLAN
9 4 (1.28%) VoIP
10 3 (0.96%) Network Security
11 2 (0.64%) BGP
11 2 (0.64%) OSPF
11 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.54%) Power BI
2 24 (7.67%) Tableau
3 19 (6.07%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.75%) Metadata
5 17 (5.43%) NoSQL
5 17 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.47%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.88%) MySQL
8 8 (2.56%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.92%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.60%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.28%) Spark SQL
11 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 39 (12.46%) Git
2 10 (3.19%) GitLab
3 5 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.96%) JIRA
5 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 157 (50.16%) Social Skills
2 31 (9.90%) Finance
3 26 (8.31%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.07%) Multimedia
6 7 (2.24%) Legal
7 6 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.28%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.28%) 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 (16.93%) Analyst
2 48 (15.34%) Developer
3 44 (14.06%) Junior
4 42 (13.42%) Junior Analyst
5 40 (12.78%) Lead
6 37 (11.82%) Architect
6 37 (11.82%) Senior
7 22 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (6.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Data Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Junior Data Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Junior Security Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Security Analyst
9 20 (6.39%) Data Engineer
10 19 (6.07%) Trainee
11 18 (5.75%) IT Support
12 15 (4.79%) Ethical Hacker
13 13 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.15%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.83%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.82%) React
2 19 (6.07%) .NET
2 19 (6.07%) CSS
2 19 (6.07%) HTML
3 18 (5.75%) RESTful
4 16 (5.11%) .NET Core
5 14 (4.47%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.15%) ASP.NET
6 13 (4.15%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.15%) AWS CDK
6 13 (4.15%) Blazor
7 11 (3.51%) PySpark
8 9 (2.88%) Node.js
8 9 (2.88%) Vue
9 8 (2.56%) REST
10 6 (1.92%) Web Services
10 6 (1.92%) XML
11 5 (1.60%) XBRL
12 4 (1.28%) Spring
12 4 (1.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.82%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.75%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.79%) Cyberattack
3 15 (4.79%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.92%) Taxonomies
5 5 (1.60%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.60%) PKI
5 5 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.96%) Replication
7 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.95%) Windows
2 26 (8.31%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.96%) Android
5 3 (0.96%) Linux
5 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.96%) Unix
5 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (38.02%) Mentoring
2 72 (23.00%) Agile
3 66 (21.09%) DevOps
4 62 (19.81%) CI/CD
5 58 (18.53%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (13.42%) AI
7 42 (13.42%) Microservices
8 40 (12.78%) Data Modelling
9 35 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (10.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (10.54%) Migration
12 31 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (9.27%) Application Security
14 27 (8.63%) Containerisation
15 24 (7.67%) Analytics
16 23 (7.35%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 96 (30.67%) Python
2 88 (28.12%) SQL
3 61 (19.49%) JavaScript
4 36 (11.50%) C#
5 35 (11.18%) TypeScript
6 26 (8.31%) Java
7 12 (3.83%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.51%) R
9 9 (2.88%) PHP
10 5 (1.60%) Scala
10 5 (1.60%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.28%) Bash
12 3 (0.96%) Go
13 2 (0.64%) Bicep
13 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (34.50%) Azure Certification
2 50 (15.97%) AWS Certification
3 40 (12.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (8.95%) Degree
5 23 (7.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (6.71%) CompTIA CySA+
6 21 (6.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 18 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.79%) CEH
8 15 (4.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (3.51%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (3.19%) Security Cleared
11 8 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.56%) SC Cleared
12 7 (2.24%) CCNA
13 6 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.96%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.07%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.19%) QA
3 6 (1.92%) GDPR
4 4 (1.28%) 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 27 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 26 (8.31%) Docker
3 20 (6.39%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (14.06%) Terraform
2 23 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.15%) Ansible
4 7 (2.24%) Grafana
4 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.24%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.28%) VxRail
5 4 (1.28%) WSUS
6 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.96%) Kibana
7 2 (0.64%) Argo
7 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 152 (48.56%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.42%) ForeScout
3 31 (9.90%) VMware
4 19 (6.07%) SAP
5 18 (5.75%) Databricks
6 13 (4.15%) Cisco
7 11 (3.51%) Google
8 10 (3.19%) Veeam
9 9 (2.88%) Citrix
10 6 (1.92%) Oracle
11 5 (1.60%) Arista
11 5 (1.60%) Aruba
11 5 (1.60%) NetScout
12 4 (1.28%) Commvault
12 4 (1.28%) Dell
12 4 (1.28%) HP
12 4 (1.28%) Meraki
12 4 (1.28%) Palantir
12 4 (1.28%) Tenable
12 4 (1.28%) Zerto