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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 250 145 377
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 14.87% 18.35% 20.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.58% 39.73% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 177 111 324
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £38,792
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,500 £71,435
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £82,534
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.08% -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 616 365 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 36.64% 46.20% 43.08%
Number of salaries quoted 436 266 647
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £33,600
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,938 £72,433
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.82% - -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 3 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 9 (3.60%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.80%) Confluence
3 7 (2.80%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.60%) IIS
5 3 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.20%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.80%) Apache
7 1 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) FileNet
7 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.40%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.60%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.60%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.80%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (51.20%) AWS
2 50 (20.00%) Serverless
3 44 (17.60%) GitHub
4 36 (14.40%) GCP
5 29 (11.60%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (8.80%) Power Platform
8 21 (8.40%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (6.80%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (5.60%) Amazon S3
11 13 (5.20%) Amazon EventBridge
11 13 (5.20%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (5.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (5.20%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (4.40%) Azure AI
13 10 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (4.00%) SaaS
14 9 (3.60%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (3.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.80%) Internet
2 21 (8.40%) DNS
3 19 (7.60%) DHCP
4 18 (7.20%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.00%) Firewall
6 12 (4.80%) WAN
7 11 (4.40%) LAN
7 11 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.20%) VPN
9 5 (2.00%) NGFW
9 5 (2.00%) VXLAN
9 5 (2.00%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.60%) Network Security
10 4 (1.60%) VoIP
11 2 (0.80%) NAS
11 2 (0.80%) SAN
11 2 (0.80%) VLAN
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.40%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.60%) Power BI
2 18 (7.20%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (6.80%) NoSQL
3 17 (6.80%) SQL Server
4 15 (6.00%) Metadata
5 14 (5.60%) DynamoDB
5 14 (5.60%) Tableau
6 9 (3.60%) MySQL
7 7 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.80%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.60%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.60%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 48 (19.20%) Git
2 8 (3.20%) GitLab
3 6 (2.40%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.40%) JIRA
4 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.40%) Snyk
General
1 128 (51.20%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.80%) Public Sector
3 22 (8.80%) Multimedia
4 21 (8.40%) Finance
5 19 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.00%) Legal
7 6 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.00%) Retail
9 3 (1.20%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Billing
10 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (21.20%) Developer
2 40 (16.00%) Architect
3 32 (12.80%) Analyst
4 28 (11.20%) Lead
5 27 (10.80%) Senior
6 25 (10.00%) Junior
7 22 (8.80%) Junior Analyst
7 22 (8.80%) Trainee
8 19 (7.60%) IT Support
9 16 (6.40%) .NET Developer
9 16 (6.40%) Data Engineer
10 13 (5.20%) Applications Architect
11 12 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.80%) Software Developer
12 11 (4.40%) Data Analyst
12 11 (4.40%) Junior Data Analyst
12 11 (4.40%) Security Analyst
12 11 (4.40%) Software Architect
12 11 (4.40%) Trainee Developer
12 11 (4.40%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.80%) React
2 31 (12.40%) .NET
3 25 (10.00%) CSS
3 25 (10.00%) HTML
4 16 (6.40%) RESTful
5 15 (6.00%) .NET Core
5 15 (6.00%) Blazor
6 13 (5.20%) ASP.NET
6 13 (5.20%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (5.20%) AWS CDK
7 11 (4.40%) Node.js
8 10 (4.00%) AngularJS
8 10 (4.00%) PySpark
9 8 (3.20%) REST
10 7 (2.80%) Web Services
11 6 (2.40%) Spring
11 6 (2.40%) Spring Boot
12 3 (1.20%) Apache Camel
12 3 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (1.20%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.40%) Cloud Native
2 27 (10.80%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.00%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.80%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.40%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.00%) Cyberattack
7 5 (2.00%) PKI
8 4 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.20%) Replication
9 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.20%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.80%) Windows
2 21 (8.40%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.60%) Android
5 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.80%) Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (47.20%) Mentoring
2 70 (28.00%) DevOps
3 67 (26.80%) Agile
4 63 (25.20%) CI/CD
5 58 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (21.60%) Microservices
7 45 (18.00%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (16.40%) Data Modelling
9 40 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (15.60%) Migration
11 37 (14.80%) Application Security
12 33 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (13.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (12.40%) Architectural Patterns
14 30 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (11.60%) Containerisation
16 28 (11.20%) Enterprise Architecture
17 26 (10.40%) Computer Science
18 24 (9.60%) ERP
18 24 (9.60%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 91 (36.40%) Python
2 71 (28.40%) JavaScript
3 67 (26.80%) SQL
4 45 (18.00%) C#
5 37 (14.80%) Java
5 37 (14.80%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.20%) R
7 8 (3.20%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.00%) PHP
8 5 (2.00%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.60%) Scala
10 3 (1.20%) Bash
10 3 (1.20%) Go
11 2 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.40%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 79 (31.60%) Azure Certification
2 61 (24.40%) AWS Certification
3 51 (20.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (14.00%) Degree
5 27 (10.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 25 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (9.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (9.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.40%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (4.40%) CompTIA CySA+
8 11 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (2.40%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.40%) Security Cleared
11 5 (2.00%) CEH
12 1 (0.40%) CCNA
12 1 (0.40%) CCNP
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.40%) CISSP
12 1 (0.40%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.40%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.40%) QA
2 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
3 1 (0.40%) GRC
3 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (12.80%) Docker
2 24 (9.60%) Active Directory
3 21 (8.40%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (15.60%) Terraform
2 27 (10.80%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.60%) Ansible
4 7 (2.80%) Grafana
4 7 (2.80%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.80%) VxRail
7 2 (0.80%) WSUS
8 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 118 (47.20%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.80%) VMware
3 17 (6.80%) SAP
4 16 (6.40%) Databricks
4 16 (6.40%) ForeScout
5 13 (5.20%) Google
6 8 (3.20%) Citrix
6 8 (3.20%) Veeam
7 5 (2.00%) Adobe
7 5 (2.00%) Arista
7 5 (2.00%) Aruba
7 5 (2.00%) NetScout
8 4 (1.60%) Oracle
8 4 (1.60%) Palantir
9 3 (1.20%) Cisco
9 3 (1.20%) Informatica
9 3 (1.20%) Pega
9 3 (1.20%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.20%) WSO2
10 2 (0.80%) Meraki