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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 247 170 362
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 15.78% 19.27% 20.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.94% 41.36% 47.76%
Number of salaries quoted 177 120 308
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,450 £38,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,087
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.70% -8.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,500 £82,514
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -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 589 411 758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 37.64% 46.60% 43.29%
Number of salaries quoted 415 275 627
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £33,600
25th Percentile £42,455 £42,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,011 £86,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 17 February 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 (3.64%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.83%) Confluence
3 7 (2.83%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.62%) IIS
5 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.21%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.81%) Apache
7 1 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) FileNet
7 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.40%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.67%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.81%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (53.04%) AWS
2 49 (19.84%) Serverless
3 46 (18.62%) GitHub
4 34 (13.77%) GCP
5 30 (12.15%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (8.50%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (8.10%) Power Platform
9 17 (6.88%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (5.67%) Amazon S3
10 14 (5.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (5.26%) Amazon EventBridge
11 13 (5.26%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (5.26%) AWS Step Functions
12 10 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (4.05%) SaaS
13 9 (3.64%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (3.64%) Azure AI
13 9 (3.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.72%) Internet
2 19 (7.69%) DNS
3 17 (6.88%) DHCP
4 16 (6.48%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.07%) Firewall
6 12 (4.86%) WAN
7 11 (4.45%) LAN
7 11 (4.45%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.24%) VPN
9 5 (2.02%) NGFW
9 5 (2.02%) VXLAN
9 5 (2.02%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.62%) Network Security
10 4 (1.62%) VoIP
11 2 (0.81%) NAS
11 2 (0.81%) SAN
11 2 (0.81%) VLAN
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.40%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (6.88%) Metadata
2 17 (6.88%) NoSQL
2 17 (6.88%) Power BI
2 17 (6.88%) SQL Server
3 14 (5.67%) DynamoDB
4 12 (4.86%) Tableau
5 9 (3.64%) MySQL
6 7 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.83%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.43%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.02%) Data Vault
9 4 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.62%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.62%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.62%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 51 (20.65%) Git
2 8 (3.24%) GitLab
3 6 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.43%) JIRA
4 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.40%) Snyk
General
1 125 (50.61%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.93%) Public Sector
3 24 (9.72%) Multimedia
4 19 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.69%) Finance
5 10 (4.05%) Legal
6 6 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.02%) Retail
8 3 (1.21%) Law
9 1 (0.40%) Billing
9 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (21.86%) Developer
2 43 (17.41%) Architect
3 27 (10.93%) Lead
4 26 (10.53%) Analyst
5 25 (10.12%) Senior
6 24 (9.72%) Trainee
7 21 (8.50%) Junior
8 18 (7.29%) Junior Analyst
9 17 (6.88%) IT Support
10 16 (6.48%) .NET Developer
10 16 (6.48%) Data Engineer
11 14 (5.67%) Applications Architect
12 13 (5.26%) Software Developer
13 12 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (4.86%) Trainee Developer
13 12 (4.86%) Trainee Software Developer
14 11 (4.45%) Software Architect
15 10 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
16 9 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 9 (3.64%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.96%) .NET
2 31 (12.55%) React
3 27 (10.93%) CSS
3 27 (10.93%) HTML
4 16 (6.48%) RESTful
5 15 (6.07%) .NET Core
5 15 (6.07%) Blazor
6 13 (5.26%) ASP.NET
6 13 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
6 13 (5.26%) AWS CDK
7 11 (4.45%) AngularJS
8 10 (4.05%) PySpark
9 9 (3.64%) Node.js
10 7 (2.83%) REST
11 6 (2.43%) Spring
11 6 (2.43%) Spring Boot
12 5 (2.02%) Web Services
13 4 (1.62%) Vue
14 3 (1.21%) Apache Camel
14 3 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.17%) Cloud Native
2 28 (11.34%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.07%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.45%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.83%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.43%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.02%) PKI
8 4 (1.62%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.21%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.21%) Replication
9 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.21%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.91%) Windows
2 19 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.02%) Mac OS
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.62%) Android
4 4 (1.62%) Linux
5 3 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (47.77%) Mentoring
2 70 (28.34%) DevOps
3 69 (27.94%) Agile
4 63 (25.51%) CI/CD
5 58 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (21.46%) Microservices
7 45 (18.22%) Data Modelling
8 43 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
9 41 (16.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (15.38%) Application Security
10 38 (15.38%) Migration
11 33 (13.36%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (12.96%) Architectural Patterns
12 32 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (11.74%) Computer Science
14 29 (11.74%) Enterprise Architecture
15 27 (10.93%) Containerisation
16 25 (10.12%) TOGAF
17 24 (9.72%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 95 (38.46%) Python
2 73 (29.55%) JavaScript
3 66 (26.72%) SQL
4 47 (19.03%) C#
5 38 (15.38%) Java
6 37 (14.98%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.67%) R
8 9 (3.64%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.02%) PHP
9 5 (2.02%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.62%) Bash
10 4 (1.62%) Scala
11 3 (1.21%) Go
12 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.40%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 76 (30.77%) Azure Certification
2 64 (25.91%) AWS Certification
3 54 (21.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (15.38%) Degree
5 29 (11.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (9.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (9.72%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.45%) AWS Certified Developer
9 9 (3.64%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (3.64%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.83%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.43%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.43%) Security Cleared
12 3 (1.21%) CEH
13 1 (0.40%) CCNA
13 1 (0.40%) CCNP
13 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.40%) CISSP
13 1 (0.40%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.45%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.45%) QA
2 3 (1.21%) 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 30 (12.15%) Docker
2 22 (8.91%) Active Directory
3 21 (8.50%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (15.79%) Terraform
2 25 (10.12%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.67%) Ansible
4 7 (2.83%) Grafana
4 7 (2.83%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.81%) VxRail
7 2 (0.81%) WSUS
8 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 114 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.12%) VMware
3 20 (8.10%) Databricks
4 17 (6.88%) SAP
5 13 (5.26%) Google
6 12 (4.86%) ForeScout
7 8 (3.24%) Veeam
8 6 (2.43%) Citrix
9 5 (2.02%) Adobe
9 5 (2.02%) Arista
9 5 (2.02%) Aruba
9 5 (2.02%) NetScout
10 4 (1.62%) Oracle
10 4 (1.62%) Palantir
11 3 (1.21%) Cisco
11 3 (1.21%) Informatica
11 3 (1.21%) Pega
11 3 (1.21%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.21%) WSO2
12 2 (0.81%) ServiceNow