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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 265 185 318
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.80% 19.49% 16.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.86% 54.57% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 182 155 259
10th Percentile £29,900 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,607 £60,000 £55,430
Median % change year-on-year +16.01% +8.25% +0.78%
75th Percentile £88,148 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £80,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +6.82% -

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 719 339 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 23.89% 35.72% 34.77%
Number of salaries quoted 521 280 525
10th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £34,180
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,617 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.79% +4.36% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,750 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 24 August 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 10 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.40%) IIS
3 5 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.13%) CMS
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.75%) Apache
5 2 (0.75%) Confluence
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.13%) Shopify
3 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (22.26%) AWS
2 44 (16.60%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (13.96%) Power Platform
4 36 (13.58%) GCP
5 23 (8.68%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.92%) Azure AI
6 21 (7.92%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (6.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (4.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (3.77%) SaaS
12 9 (3.40%) Power Automate
13 8 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (3.02%) GitHub
13 8 (3.02%) PaaS
14 6 (2.26%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (2.26%) PowerApps
14 6 (2.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.66%) LAN
2 14 (5.28%) WAN
3 11 (4.15%) DHCP
3 11 (4.15%) DNS
4 10 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.64%) Firewall
5 7 (2.64%) VPN
6 6 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.89%) NAS
7 5 (1.89%) SAN
7 5 (1.89%) VLAN
8 3 (1.13%) HTTP
8 3 (1.13%) Wireless
9 2 (0.75%) BGP
9 2 (0.75%) Internet
9 2 (0.75%) Network Security
9 2 (0.75%) OSPF
9 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.94%) Power BI
2 16 (6.04%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (6.04%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.15%) BigQuery
3 11 (4.15%) Metadata
3 11 (4.15%) Tableau
4 9 (3.40%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (2.26%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.89%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.89%) Spark SQL
7 4 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.51%) MySQL
7 4 (1.51%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.13%) Redis
9 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.75%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.28%) Git
2 8 (3.02%) GitLab
3 7 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.75%) ERwin
5 2 (0.75%) JIRA
5 2 (0.75%) MLflow
General
1 79 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.64%) Finance
3 20 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.77%) Legal
6 9 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.26%) Retail
8 5 (1.89%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.89%) Automotive
8 5 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.75%) Law
9 2 (0.75%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (21.89%) Lead
2 45 (16.98%) Architect
3 41 (15.47%) Senior
4 26 (9.81%) Azure Engineer
4 26 (9.81%) Solutions Architect
5 23 (8.68%) Analyst
6 21 (7.92%) Data Engineer
7 20 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (7.55%) Junior
7 20 (7.55%) Junior Analyst
8 18 (6.79%) Developer
9 17 (6.42%) Lead Architect
9 17 (6.42%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 16 (6.04%) Software Engineer
11 15 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.91%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 11 (4.15%) Data Analyst
13 11 (4.15%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.06%) Terraform
2 20 (7.55%) React
3 13 (4.91%) .NET
3 13 (4.91%) Node.js
4 12 (4.53%) AngularJS
5 9 (3.40%) PySpark
5 9 (3.40%) Vue
6 8 (3.02%) RESTful
7 7 (2.64%) Middleware
8 6 (2.26%) CSS
8 6 (2.26%) HTML
8 6 (2.26%) REST
8 6 (2.26%) Web Services
9 5 (1.89%) XBRL
9 5 (1.89%) XML
10 3 (1.13%) ASP.NET
10 3 (1.13%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.13%) JSON
10 3 (1.13%) Spring
10 3 (1.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.15%) Cyberattack
3 8 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.64%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.64%) Low-Code
5 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.51%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.13%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.13%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.13%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.43%) Windows
2 12 (4.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.13%) Linux
4 3 (1.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.42%) Mentoring
2 51 (19.25%) Agile
2 51 (19.25%) AI
3 42 (15.85%) CI/CD
4 41 (15.47%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (15.47%) DevOps
5 37 (13.96%) Technical Leadership
6 30 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (11.32%) Software Engineering
6 30 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (9.43%) Migration
9 25 (9.43%) Roadmaps
10 23 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (8.30%) Analytics
11 22 (8.30%) Decision-Making
12 21 (7.92%) Coaching
12 21 (7.92%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 68 (25.66%) SQL
2 55 (20.75%) Python
3 29 (10.94%) JavaScript
4 28 (10.57%) C#
5 19 (7.17%) TypeScript
6 18 (6.79%) Java
7 15 (5.66%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.64%) PHP
8 7 (2.64%) Scala
9 5 (1.89%) Bicep
10 4 (1.51%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.13%) Bash
12 2 (0.75%) Go
12 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.75%) R
13 1 (0.38%) C++
13 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 51 (19.25%) Azure Certification
2 13 (4.91%) CompTIA CySA+
2 13 (4.91%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (4.15%) CEH
3 11 (4.15%) Degree
4 9 (3.40%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.64%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.26%) CCNA
7 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.89%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.38%) CRISC
10 1 (0.38%) IIBA
10 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.02%) GDPR
4 5 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.89%) SLA
5 4 (1.51%) QA
6 3 (1.13%) PMO
7 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.02%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.89%) Docker
4 3 (1.13%) vSphere
5 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (6.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.15%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.51%) Ansible
3 4 (1.51%) VxRail
3 4 (1.51%) WSUS
4 3 (1.13%) Argo
4 3 (1.13%) Autotask
5 2 (0.75%) Kibana
5 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.75%) Puppet
6 1 (0.38%) Avamar
Vendors
1 128 (48.30%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.19%) Databricks
2 27 (10.19%) ForeScout
3 17 (6.42%) Cisco
3 17 (6.42%) VMware
4 6 (2.26%) Foundry
5 5 (1.89%) Dell
5 5 (1.89%) Google
5 5 (1.89%) SAP
5 5 (1.89%) Veeam
5 5 (1.89%) Zerto
6 4 (1.51%) Commvault
6 4 (1.51%) HP
6 4 (1.51%) Meraki
6 4 (1.51%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.51%) Tenable
7 3 (1.13%) ConnectWise
7 3 (1.13%) Remedy
8 2 (0.75%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.75%) BiZZdesign