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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 269 163 386
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.04% 17.60% 17.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.68% 48.80% 47.71%
Number of salaries quoted 174 134 333
10th Percentile £29,225 £29,588 £34,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £82,375 £71,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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 754 334 809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.13% 36.07% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 553 275 673
10th Percentile £33,350 £33,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £51,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £65,000 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +17.81% -7.68%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £84,685
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -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 15 July 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 (3.35%) IIS
2 8 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.74%) Confluence
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.49%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (26.02%) AWS
2 41 (15.24%) GCP
3 38 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (14.13%) Power Platform
4 27 (10.04%) Azure AI
5 21 (7.81%) Entra ID
6 20 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (5.20%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (4.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (4.09%) Power Automate
11 10 (3.72%) GitHub
11 10 (3.72%) Serverless
12 8 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.97%) PowerApps
13 7 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (2.60%) SaaS
14 6 (2.23%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (2.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.32%) LAN
2 16 (5.95%) DHCP
2 16 (5.95%) DNS
2 16 (5.95%) WAN
3 13 (4.83%) TCP/IP
4 12 (4.46%) Firewall
5 11 (4.09%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.97%) VPN
7 6 (2.23%) NAS
7 6 (2.23%) SAN
7 6 (2.23%) VLAN
8 4 (1.49%) NGFW
8 4 (1.49%) VXLAN
8 4 (1.49%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.12%) HTTP
10 2 (0.74%) BGP
10 2 (0.74%) Internet
10 2 (0.74%) OSPF
10 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.15%) Power BI
2 18 (6.69%) Tableau
3 17 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.46%) BigQuery
5 10 (3.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (3.35%) Metadata
6 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.97%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.60%) MySQL
9 6 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.23%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.86%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.86%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.86%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.12%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.09%) Git
2 9 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.23%) GitLab
4 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.74%) ERwin
4 2 (0.74%) JIRA
4 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.36%) Finance
3 27 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.92%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.97%) Legal
6 5 (1.86%) Agriculture
6 5 (1.86%) Automotive
6 5 (1.86%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.74%) Law
8 2 (0.74%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.37%) Marketing
9 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (18.59%) Lead
2 42 (15.61%) Senior
3 38 (14.13%) Analyst
4 32 (11.90%) Architect
4 32 (11.90%) Junior
4 32 (11.90%) Junior Analyst
5 23 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.43%) Software Engineer
7 19 (7.06%) Data Engineer
7 19 (7.06%) Developer
8 18 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (6.32%) Data Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Junior Data Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Junior Security Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Security Analyst
11 15 (5.58%) Ethical Hacker
12 13 (4.83%) Lead Architect
12 13 (4.83%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.29%) React
2 14 (5.20%) AngularJS
2 14 (5.20%) Node.js
3 11 (4.09%) Vue
4 9 (3.35%) PySpark
4 9 (3.35%) Web Services
5 8 (2.97%) .NET
5 8 (2.97%) REST
5 8 (2.97%) RESTful
6 5 (1.86%) Middleware
6 5 (1.86%) XBRL
6 5 (1.86%) XML
7 3 (1.12%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.12%) CSS
7 3 (1.12%) HTML
7 3 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.12%) JSON
8 2 (0.74%) MACH
8 2 (0.74%) NestJS
8 2 (0.74%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.69%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.58%) Cyberattack
3 11 (4.09%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.60%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.60%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.86%) PKI
8 4 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.12%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.04%) Windows
2 16 (5.95%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.49%) Linux
4 4 (1.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.23%) Mentoring
2 49 (18.22%) Agile
3 44 (16.36%) AI
3 44 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (14.87%) DevOps
5 38 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (13.75%) CI/CD
7 32 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (11.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (11.52%) Technical Leadership
9 30 (11.15%) Software Engineering
10 28 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (9.67%) Coaching
13 23 (8.55%) Roadmaps
14 22 (8.18%) Migration
15 21 (7.81%) Data Engineering
15 21 (7.81%) ETL
16 20 (7.43%) Data Pipeline
16 20 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.51%) SQL
2 63 (23.42%) Python
3 36 (13.38%) JavaScript
4 24 (8.92%) TypeScript
5 23 (8.55%) C#
6 19 (7.06%) Java
7 16 (5.95%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.97%) PHP
9 6 (2.23%) Bash
9 6 (2.23%) Scala
10 4 (1.49%) Bicep
10 4 (1.49%) Go
11 3 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.37%) C++
13 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 66 (24.54%) Azure Certification
2 16 (5.95%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (5.95%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (5.58%) CEH
4 11 (4.09%) Degree
5 9 (3.35%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.60%) CCNA
7 7 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.60%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.86%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.86%) SAP Certification
10 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.37%) CCNP
12 1 (0.37%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.55%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (2.97%) GDPR
3 5 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.86%) SLA
4 3 (1.12%) PMO
5 2 (0.74%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.74%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) HL7
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 20 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.72%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.23%) Docker
5 3 (1.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (9.67%) Terraform
2 14 (5.20%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.23%) Ansible
4 6 (2.23%) VxRail
4 6 (2.23%) WSUS
5 3 (1.12%) Argo
5 3 (1.12%) Autotask
6 2 (0.74%) Kibana
6 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 124 (46.10%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.75%) ForeScout
3 20 (7.43%) Databricks
4 18 (6.69%) VMware
5 17 (6.32%) Cisco
6 7 (2.60%) Veeam
7 6 (2.23%) Commvault
7 6 (2.23%) Dell
7 6 (2.23%) HP
7 6 (2.23%) Meraki
7 6 (2.23%) Tenable
7 6 (2.23%) Zerto
8 5 (1.86%) Foundry
8 5 (1.86%) Google
8 5 (1.86%) SAP
9 4 (1.49%) Arista
9 4 (1.49%) Aruba
9 4 (1.49%) Citrix
9 4 (1.49%) NetScout
9 4 (1.49%) ServiceNow