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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 181 305 384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 19.87% 17.69% 23.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.08% 48.64% 48.85%
Number of salaries quoted 152 239 302
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,950 £31,775
25th Percentile £47,938 £45,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,867 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.12% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,275 £80,750 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Cloud 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 341 627 786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 37.43% 36.37% 48.58%
Number of salaries quoted 279 472 620
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,480 £33,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £85,000 £88,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.74% +4.55%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Azure 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 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in Leeds

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.31%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.10%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) FileNet
5 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 77 (42.54%) AWS
2 32 (17.68%) GCP
3 26 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (12.15%) Entra ID
5 20 (11.05%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (7.73%) GitHub
7 10 (5.52%) Serverless
8 9 (4.97%) SaaS
9 8 (4.42%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.87%) OCI
11 5 (2.76%) OneDrive
12 4 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.21%) Azure Stack
13 3 (1.66%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.66%) AWS Fargate
13 3 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (1.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (16.02%) Firewall
2 27 (14.92%) VLAN
3 15 (8.29%) VPN
4 13 (7.18%) SAN
4 13 (7.18%) TCP/IP
4 13 (7.18%) VoIP
5 11 (6.08%) Network Security
6 9 (4.97%) DNS
7 7 (3.87%) BGP
8 6 (3.31%) DHCP
8 6 (3.31%) OSPF
9 3 (1.66%) Internet
10 1 (0.55%) Junos
10 1 (0.55%) MQTT
10 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.55%) WAN
10 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.84%) MongoDB
1 16 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.18%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (6.08%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.97%) MySQL
5 6 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.76%) Power BI
7 3 (1.66%) Data Vault
7 3 (1.66%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.66%) Metadata
8 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.10%) Big Data
8 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.10%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.10%) Power Query
8 2 (1.10%) Redis
9 1 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.63%) JIRA
2 11 (6.08%) Git
3 5 (2.76%) GitLab
4 4 (2.21%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.10%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.10%) Postman
6 1 (0.55%) Appium
6 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.55%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.55%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.55%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.55%) Selenium
6 1 (0.55%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (4.97%) Finance
3 9 (4.97%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.42%) Retail
5 5 (2.76%) Legal
5 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.21%) Marketing
7 3 (1.66%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.66%) Law
7 3 (1.66%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.10%) Banking
9 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (22.10%) Lead
2 37 (20.44%) Developer
3 32 (17.68%) Senior
4 22 (12.15%) Architect
5 15 (8.29%) Engineering Manager
5 15 (8.29%) Software Developer
6 14 (7.73%) Lead Developer
7 13 (7.18%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (7.18%) Support Technician
8 12 (6.63%) Data Manager
9 11 (6.08%) Data Engineer
9 11 (6.08%) Lead Software Developer
10 10 (5.52%) SQL Developer
11 9 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) Lead DevOps
11 9 (4.97%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.42%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.42%) Senior Data Engineer
13 7 (3.87%) Senior Support Technician
13 7 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.60%) .NET
2 11 (6.08%) Node.js
3 10 (5.52%) AngularJS
3 10 (5.52%) React
4 8 (4.42%) RESTful
5 5 (2.76%) CSS
5 5 (2.76%) HTML
5 5 (2.76%) Vue
6 4 (2.21%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.66%) Kafka
8 2 (1.10%) Express.js
8 2 (1.10%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (1.10%) Redux
9 1 (0.55%) Bootstrap
9 1 (0.55%) Flutter
9 1 (0.55%) MERN Stack
9 1 (0.55%) Next.js
9 1 (0.55%) PySpark
9 1 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.18%) Clustering
3 8 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.21%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (2.21%) NHS
7 3 (1.66%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.55%) IoT
9 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (19.34%) Windows
2 20 (11.05%) Linux
3 18 (9.94%) Windows 10
4 13 (7.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (4.42%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.10%) Check Point GAiA
6 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.55%) Android
7 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (29.83%) DevOps
2 52 (28.73%) CI/CD
3 50 (27.62%) Mentoring
4 41 (22.65%) Agile
5 38 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (14.36%) Roadmaps
7 24 (13.26%) Data Engineering
7 24 (13.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (12.71%) Data Modelling
9 22 (12.15%) Data Pipeline
10 19 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.50%) Data Governance
10 19 (10.50%) Software Engineering
11 17 (9.39%) Coaching
12 16 (8.84%) Collaborative Culture
13 15 (8.29%) Computer Science
13 15 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (7.73%) Analytics
14 14 (7.73%) People Management
15 12 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 67 (37.02%) SQL
2 57 (31.49%) Python
3 28 (15.47%) JavaScript
4 24 (13.26%) C#
5 15 (8.29%) Java
6 13 (7.18%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.52%) T-SQL
8 7 (3.87%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.31%) Bash
10 4 (2.21%) Go
11 3 (1.66%) Scala
12 2 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.10%) Bicep
12 2 (1.10%) R
12 2 (1.10%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 26 (14.36%) Degree
2 25 (13.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (8.29%) Security Cleared
4 14 (7.73%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.52%) Azure Certification
5 10 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.52%) DBS Check
6 7 (3.87%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.10%) CCSA
8 2 (1.10%) CCSE
9 1 (0.55%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.55%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.55%) MCITP
9 1 (0.55%) OSCE
9 1 (0.55%) OSCP
9 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.63%) QA
2 5 (2.76%) NIST
3 3 (1.66%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (10.50%) Hyper-V
2 18 (9.94%) Docker
3 14 (7.73%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.55%) NFS
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (11.60%) Terraform
2 20 (11.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (9.39%) Kubernetes
4 13 (7.18%) Ansible
5 9 (4.97%) Grafana
5 9 (4.97%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.66%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.55%) Nmap
7 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (33.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.57%) Databricks
3 14 (7.73%) Dell
4 13 (7.18%) HP
4 13 (7.18%) SonicWALL
4 13 (7.18%) Supermicro
5 4 (2.21%) Oracle
6 3 (1.66%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.66%) Google
6 3 (1.66%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.66%) Palantir
6 3 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.66%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.66%) VMware
7 2 (1.10%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.10%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.10%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.55%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.55%) Meraki
8 1 (0.55%) MuleSoft