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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 309 132 381
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 12.68% 17.03% 18.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.60% 40.00% 46.69%
Number of salaries quoted 194 110 331
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,425 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,125 £43,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £79,013 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,525 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year - -0.31% -8.05%

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 761 330 816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 31.24% 42.58% 39.33%
Number of salaries quoted 518 267 688
10th Percentile £28,925 £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 £81,000 £78,750 £71,791
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,101
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 6 May 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 (2.91%) Apache Spark
1 9 (2.91%) IIS
2 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.97%) Apache
4 3 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.97%) Confluence
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 13 (4.21%) SAP ERP
2 7 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (37.22%) AWS
2 48 (15.53%) GCP
3 38 (12.30%) Power Platform
4 37 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (11.00%) Serverless
6 33 (10.68%) GitHub
7 27 (8.74%) Azure AI
8 24 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (3.24%) Amazon EventBridge
12 10 (3.24%) Amazon S3
12 10 (3.24%) Amazon SQS
12 10 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (3.24%) AWS Step Functions
12 10 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.09%) DNS
2 23 (7.44%) DHCP
3 19 (6.15%) TCP/IP
4 18 (5.83%) LAN
5 17 (5.50%) WAN
6 15 (4.85%) Internet
7 14 (4.53%) Firewall
8 13 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.94%) VPN
10 5 (1.62%) NAS
10 5 (1.62%) NGFW
10 5 (1.62%) SAN
10 5 (1.62%) VXLAN
10 5 (1.62%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.29%) VLAN
11 4 (1.29%) VoIP
12 2 (0.65%) BGP
12 2 (0.65%) OSPF
12 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.36%) Power BI
2 24 (7.77%) Tableau
3 16 (5.18%) Metadata
4 15 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.53%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.53%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (3.24%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.91%) MySQL
8 8 (2.59%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.27%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.94%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.94%) Spark SQL
11 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.29%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
14 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (10.68%) Git
2 12 (3.88%) GitLab
3 6 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.65%) JIRA
4 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 151 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.03%) Finance
3 26 (8.41%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.85%) Multimedia
6 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.94%) Legal
7 5 (1.62%) Agriculture
7 5 (1.62%) Automotive
8 4 (1.29%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.65%) Law
9 2 (0.65%) Retail
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (16.50%) Analyst
2 45 (14.56%) Lead
3 43 (13.92%) Junior
4 42 (13.59%) Junior Analyst
5 41 (13.27%) Senior
6 39 (12.62%) Developer
7 38 (12.30%) Architect
8 24 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 21 (6.80%) Data Analyst
9 21 (6.80%) Junior Data Analyst
9 21 (6.80%) Junior Security Analyst
9 21 (6.80%) Security Analyst
10 20 (6.47%) Data Engineer
11 16 (5.18%) IT Support
12 15 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.85%) Ethical Hacker
12 15 (4.85%) Trainee
13 14 (4.53%) Software Engineer
14 11 (3.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.65%) React
2 15 (4.85%) AngularJS
2 15 (4.85%) CSS
2 15 (4.85%) HTML
2 15 (4.85%) RESTful
3 14 (4.53%) .NET
4 12 (3.88%) .NET Core
5 11 (3.56%) Node.js
5 11 (3.56%) PySpark
5 11 (3.56%) Vue
6 10 (3.24%) ASP.NET
6 10 (3.24%) ASP.NET Core
6 10 (3.24%) AWS CDK
6 10 (3.24%) Blazor
7 9 (2.91%) REST
8 6 (1.94%) Web Services
8 6 (1.94%) XML
9 5 (1.62%) XBRL
10 4 (1.29%) Middleware
10 4 (1.29%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.36%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.85%) Cyberattack
4 14 (4.53%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.94%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.62%) PKI
6 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.29%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.97%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.97%) Replication
9 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.71%) Windows
2 27 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.29%) Linux
5 4 (1.29%) Unix
6 3 (0.97%) Android
6 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (36.57%) Mentoring
2 73 (23.62%) Agile
3 65 (21.04%) DevOps
4 61 (19.74%) CI/CD
5 54 (17.48%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (12.94%) AI
8 39 (12.62%) Microservices
9 38 (12.30%) Data Modelling
10 35 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (10.03%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (9.71%) Migration
15 29 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (8.09%) Application Security
17 23 (7.44%) ERP
18 22 (7.12%) Computer Science
18 22 (7.12%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 91 (29.45%) Python
2 84 (27.18%) SQL
3 58 (18.77%) JavaScript
4 37 (11.97%) TypeScript
5 32 (10.36%) C#
6 26 (8.41%) Java
7 13 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.91%) PHP
8 9 (2.91%) R
9 5 (1.62%) Bash
9 5 (1.62%) Scala
10 4 (1.29%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.97%) Go
12 2 (0.65%) Bicep
12 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 42 (13.59%) AWS Certification
3 35 (11.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (7.44%) Degree
5 21 (6.80%) CompTIA CySA+
5 21 (6.80%) CompTIA Security+
6 19 (6.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.85%) CEH
9 14 (4.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.53%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (3.24%) Security Cleared
11 8 (2.59%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.59%) SC Cleared
12 7 (2.27%) CCNA
13 6 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.29%) SAP Certification
15 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.80%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.91%) QA
3 7 (2.27%) GDPR
4 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.65%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 23 (7.44%) Docker
3 18 (5.83%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (12.94%) Terraform
2 20 (6.47%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.21%) Ansible
4 6 (1.94%) Grafana
4 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.94%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.62%) VxRail
5 5 (1.62%) WSUS
6 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.97%) Argo
7 2 (0.65%) Kibana
7 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.59%) ForeScout
3 29 (9.39%) VMware
4 20 (6.47%) SAP
5 17 (5.50%) Databricks
6 14 (4.53%) Cisco
7 11 (3.56%) Google
7 11 (3.56%) Veeam
8 9 (2.91%) Citrix
9 5 (1.62%) Arista
9 5 (1.62%) Aruba
9 5 (1.62%) Commvault
9 5 (1.62%) Dell
9 5 (1.62%) HP
9 5 (1.62%) Meraki
9 5 (1.62%) NetScout
9 5 (1.62%) Oracle
9 5 (1.62%) Tenable
9 5 (1.62%) Zerto
10 3 (0.97%) Palantir