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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 257 136 389
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 14.14% 17.59% 19.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.35% 39.53% 48.56%
Number of salaries quoted 179 110 331
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £42,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £83,550 £85,475 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,750 £56,500
% change year-on-year -0.47% -6.64% -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 637 344 801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 35.06% 44.50% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 450 273 657
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,400 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,063 £42,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -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 20 March 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 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.72%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.33%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) IIS
5 3 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.17%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.78%) Apache
7 1 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.39%) SAS
7 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.45%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.56%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 124 (48.25%) AWS
2 44 (17.12%) Serverless
3 41 (15.95%) GitHub
4 36 (14.01%) GCP
5 25 (9.73%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (9.73%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (9.73%) Power Platform
6 19 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (5.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 14 (5.45%) Amazon S3
8 14 (5.45%) Azure AI
9 13 (5.06%) Amazon EventBridge
9 13 (5.06%) Amazon SQS
9 13 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (5.06%) AWS Step Functions
10 11 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (3.89%) SaaS
12 9 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.95%) Internet
2 22 (8.56%) DNS
3 20 (7.78%) DHCP
4 19 (7.39%) TCP/IP
5 15 (5.84%) Firewall
6 12 (4.67%) WAN
7 11 (4.28%) LAN
7 11 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.11%) VPN
9 5 (1.95%) NGFW
9 5 (1.95%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.95%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.56%) Network Security
10 4 (1.56%) VoIP
11 2 (0.78%) NAS
11 2 (0.78%) SAN
11 2 (0.78%) VLAN
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.56%) Power BI
2 18 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.00%) SQL Server
3 17 (6.61%) Tableau
4 15 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.45%) DynamoDB
6 13 (5.06%) Metadata
7 9 (3.50%) MySQL
8 8 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.72%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.33%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.56%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.56%) Spark SQL
11 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.17%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 47 (18.29%) Git
2 8 (3.11%) GitLab
3 6 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.95%) JIRA
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.39%) Snyk
General
1 130 (50.58%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.73%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.95%) Finance
3 23 (8.95%) Multimedia
4 19 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.11%) Legal
6 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.95%) Retail
8 2 (0.78%) Law
9 1 (0.39%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.39%) Automotive
9 1 (0.39%) Billing
9 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (20.62%) Developer
2 38 (14.79%) Analyst
3 33 (12.84%) Architect
4 31 (12.06%) Junior
5 30 (11.67%) Lead
6 28 (10.89%) Junior Analyst
6 28 (10.89%) Senior
7 23 (8.95%) Trainee
8 20 (7.78%) IT Support
9 19 (7.39%) Data Engineer
10 15 (5.84%) .NET Developer
11 14 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (5.45%) Data Analyst
11 14 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (5.45%) Junior Data Analyst
11 14 (5.45%) Junior Security Analyst
11 14 (5.45%) Security Analyst
12 13 (5.06%) Software Developer
13 11 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (4.28%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.45%) React
2 27 (10.51%) .NET
3 26 (10.12%) CSS
3 26 (10.12%) HTML
4 15 (5.84%) .NET Core
4 15 (5.84%) Blazor
4 15 (5.84%) RESTful
5 13 (5.06%) ASP.NET
5 13 (5.06%) ASP.NET Core
5 13 (5.06%) AWS CDK
6 12 (4.67%) Node.js
6 12 (4.67%) PySpark
7 10 (3.89%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.11%) REST
9 7 (2.72%) Web Services
10 6 (2.33%) Spring
10 6 (2.33%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.56%) Vue
12 3 (1.17%) Apache Camel
12 3 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.23%) Cloud Native
2 22 (8.56%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (5.84%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.11%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.72%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.95%) PKI
7 5 (1.95%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.17%) Replication
9 3 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.17%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.56%) Windows
1 22 (8.56%) Windows Server
2 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.17%) Android
3 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.17%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.39%) Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (47.08%) Mentoring
2 69 (26.85%) Agile
3 63 (24.51%) DevOps
4 58 (22.57%) CI/CD
5 55 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (18.68%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (18.29%) Microservices
8 38 (14.79%) Data Modelling
9 35 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (12.84%) Application Security
11 33 (12.84%) Migration
12 31 (12.06%) Infrastructure as Code
13 29 (11.28%) AI
14 28 (10.89%) Containerisation
14 28 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (9.34%) Architectural Patterns
15 24 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
15 24 (9.34%) ERP
15 24 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 89 (34.63%) Python
2 72 (28.02%) SQL
3 69 (26.85%) JavaScript
4 38 (14.79%) C#
5 33 (12.84%) TypeScript
6 31 (12.06%) Java
7 14 (5.45%) R
8 9 (3.50%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.72%) PHP
10 5 (1.95%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.56%) Bash
11 4 (1.56%) Scala
12 3 (1.17%) Go
13 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 84 (32.68%) Azure Certification
2 58 (22.57%) AWS Certification
3 49 (19.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (11.28%) Degree
5 28 (10.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 19 (7.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 19 (7.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (7.39%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (5.45%) CompTIA CySA+
7 14 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (4.28%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (3.11%) CEH
10 7 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.33%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.33%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.39%) CCNA
12 1 (0.39%) CCNP
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.39%) CISSP
12 1 (0.39%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.28%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.89%) QA
3 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.39%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) GRC
4 1 (0.39%) NIST
4 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (11.28%) Docker
2 25 (9.73%) Active Directory
3 21 (8.17%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (15.56%) Terraform
2 26 (10.12%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.45%) Ansible
4 7 (2.72%) Grafana
4 7 (2.72%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.78%) VxRail
7 2 (0.78%) WSUS
8 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.39%) Kibana
Vendors
1 126 (49.03%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.67%) VMware
3 22 (8.56%) ForeScout
4 18 (7.00%) Databricks
5 17 (6.61%) SAP
6 12 (4.67%) Google
7 9 (3.50%) Citrix
8 8 (3.11%) Veeam
9 5 (1.95%) Adobe
9 5 (1.95%) Arista
9 5 (1.95%) Aruba
9 5 (1.95%) NetScout
10 4 (1.56%) Oracle
10 4 (1.56%) Palantir
11 3 (1.17%) Cisco
11 3 (1.17%) Informatica
11 3 (1.17%) Pega
11 3 (1.17%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.17%) WSO2
12 2 (0.78%) Meraki