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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 263 137 390
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 14.43% 17.59% 20.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.40% 39.37% 48.81%
Number of salaries quoted 184 111 333
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £38,778
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.38% -8.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 651 348 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 35.71% 44.67% 41.00%
Number of salaries quoted 462 276 657
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% +2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,639 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -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 17 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 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.66%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.28%) Confluence
4 5 (1.90%) IIS
5 3 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.14%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.76%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.38%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.32%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.52%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.76%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 126 (47.91%) AWS
2 46 (17.49%) Serverless
3 42 (15.97%) GitHub
4 36 (13.69%) GCP
5 26 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (9.89%) Power Platform
6 25 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (7.60%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (6.46%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (5.32%) Amazon S3
9 14 (5.32%) Azure AI
10 13 (4.94%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (4.94%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.94%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (4.94%) AWS Step Functions
11 12 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (4.18%) SaaS
13 9 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (3.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.75%) Internet
2 22 (8.37%) DNS
3 20 (7.60%) DHCP
4 19 (7.22%) TCP/IP
5 15 (5.70%) Firewall
6 12 (4.56%) WAN
7 11 (4.18%) LAN
7 11 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.04%) VPN
9 5 (1.90%) NGFW
9 5 (1.90%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.90%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.52%) Network Security
10 4 (1.52%) VoIP
11 2 (0.76%) NAS
11 2 (0.76%) SAN
11 2 (0.76%) VLAN
12 1 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.75%) Power BI
2 18 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 17 (6.46%) Tableau
4 15 (5.70%) Metadata
4 15 (5.70%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.32%) DynamoDB
6 9 (3.42%) MySQL
7 8 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.28%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.52%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.52%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.52%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.14%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 47 (17.87%) Git
2 8 (3.04%) GitLab
3 6 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.90%) JIRA
5 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.38%) Snyk
General
1 135 (51.33%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.89%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.75%) Finance
3 23 (8.75%) Multimedia
4 19 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.04%) Legal
6 6 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.90%) Retail
8 2 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.38%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.38%) Automotive
9 1 (0.38%) Billing
9 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (20.91%) Developer
2 38 (14.45%) Analyst
3 37 (14.07%) Architect
4 31 (11.79%) Junior
4 31 (11.79%) Lead
5 28 (10.65%) Junior Analyst
5 28 (10.65%) Senior
6 23 (8.75%) Trainee
7 20 (7.60%) Data Engineer
7 20 (7.60%) IT Support
8 15 (5.70%) .NET Developer
9 14 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 14 (5.32%) Data Analyst
9 14 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.32%) Junior Data Analyst
9 14 (5.32%) Junior Security Analyst
9 14 (5.32%) Security Analyst
10 13 (4.94%) Software Developer
11 11 (4.18%) Applications Architect
11 11 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.55%) React
2 28 (10.65%) .NET
3 26 (9.89%) CSS
3 26 (9.89%) HTML
4 16 (6.08%) RESTful
5 15 (5.70%) .NET Core
5 15 (5.70%) Blazor
6 13 (4.94%) ASP.NET
6 13 (4.94%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (4.94%) AWS CDK
6 13 (4.94%) PySpark
7 12 (4.56%) Node.js
8 10 (3.80%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.04%) REST
10 7 (2.66%) Web Services
11 6 (2.28%) Spring
11 6 (2.28%) Spring Boot
12 4 (1.52%) Vue
13 3 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (1.14%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.31%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.13%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (5.70%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.04%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.66%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.66%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.28%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.90%) PKI
9 4 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.14%) Replication
10 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.14%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.76%) IoT
11 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.76%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.37%) Windows
1 22 (8.37%) Windows Server
2 5 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (1.52%) Android
4 3 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.14%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (47.53%) Mentoring
2 70 (26.62%) Agile
3 64 (24.33%) DevOps
4 58 (22.05%) CI/CD
5 55 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (19.01%) Microservices
7 49 (18.63%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (15.59%) Data Modelling
9 38 (14.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 36 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (13.69%) Migration
11 35 (13.31%) Application Security
12 31 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (11.41%) AI
14 29 (11.03%) Containerisation
14 29 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (10.27%) Architectural Patterns
16 25 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
17 24 (9.13%) Enterprise Architecture
17 24 (9.13%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 93 (35.36%) Python
2 74 (28.14%) SQL
3 71 (27.00%) JavaScript
4 42 (15.97%) C#
5 35 (13.31%) TypeScript
6 33 (12.55%) Java
7 14 (5.32%) R
8 9 (3.42%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.66%) PHP
10 6 (2.28%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.52%) Bash
11 4 (1.52%) Scala
12 3 (1.14%) Go
13 2 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 87 (33.08%) Azure Certification
2 60 (22.81%) AWS Certification
3 51 (19.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (11.79%) Degree
5 28 (10.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (7.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (7.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (5.32%) CompTIA CySA+
7 14 (5.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (4.18%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (3.04%) CEH
10 7 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.28%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.28%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.38%) CCNP
12 1 (0.38%) MCITP
12 1 (0.38%) MCSE
12 1 (0.38%) OSCP
12 1 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.80%) QA
3 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.38%) GDPR
4 1 (0.38%) GRC
4 1 (0.38%) NIST
4 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (11.41%) Docker
2 25 (9.51%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.98%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (14.83%) Terraform
2 27 (10.27%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.32%) Ansible
4 7 (2.66%) Grafana
4 7 (2.66%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.76%) VxRail
7 2 (0.76%) WSUS
8 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.38%) Kibana
Vendors
1 130 (49.43%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.41%) VMware
3 22 (8.37%) ForeScout
4 20 (7.60%) Databricks
5 17 (6.46%) SAP
6 12 (4.56%) Google
7 9 (3.42%) Citrix
8 8 (3.04%) Veeam
9 5 (1.90%) Adobe
9 5 (1.90%) Arista
9 5 (1.90%) Aruba
9 5 (1.90%) NetScout
10 4 (1.52%) Oracle
10 4 (1.52%) Palantir
11 3 (1.14%) Cisco
11 3 (1.14%) Informatica
11 3 (1.14%) Pega
11 3 (1.14%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.14%) WSO2
12 2 (0.76%) Salesforce