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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 238 192 335
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 16.48% 19.14% 20.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.27% 43.34% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 173 137 283
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,233 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.42% -4.35% -4.17%

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 550 443 725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 38.09% 44.17% 44.48%
Number of salaries quoted 383 298 598
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,000 £44,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £56,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% -1.74% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,371 £87,500
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 28 January 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 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.78%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.94%) Confluence
4 5 (2.10%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.26%) IIS
5 3 (1.26%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) CMS
7 1 (0.42%) FileNet
Applications
1 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) FrameMaker
2 1 (0.42%) MadCap Flare
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (5.88%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.84%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 125 (52.52%) AWS
2 47 (19.75%) Serverless
3 46 (19.33%) GitHub
4 29 (12.18%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (12.18%) GCP
5 26 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (7.98%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (6.72%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (6.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (5.88%) Amazon S3
9 14 (5.88%) Power Platform
10 13 (5.46%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (5.46%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (5.46%) AWS Step Functions
11 12 (5.04%) Entra ID
12 10 (4.20%) SaaS
13 8 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (3.36%) Google Workspace
14 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.08%) Internet
2 19 (7.98%) Firewall
3 17 (7.14%) DNS
4 15 (6.30%) DHCP
5 14 (5.88%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.62%) WAN
7 10 (4.20%) LAN
7 10 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.36%) VPN
9 7 (2.94%) VLAN
9 7 (2.94%) VoIP
10 4 (1.68%) Network Security
10 4 (1.68%) NGFW
10 4 (1.68%) SAN
10 4 (1.68%) VXLAN
10 4 (1.68%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.42%) HTTP
11 1 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.14%) Metadata
3 16 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.30%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.88%) DynamoDB
6 11 (4.62%) Power BI
7 8 (3.36%) Tableau
8 7 (2.94%) MySQL
9 6 (2.52%) Data Vault
9 6 (2.52%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.10%) Delta Lake
10 5 (2.10%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.26%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.26%) Spark SQL
12 3 (1.26%) TIBCO EBX
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 52 (21.85%) Git
2 9 (3.78%) GitLab
3 8 (3.36%) JIRA
4 4 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.42%) Snyk
5 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (47.90%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.50%) Public Sector
3 24 (10.08%) Multimedia
4 16 (6.72%) Finance
5 15 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.36%) Legal
7 6 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.10%) Retail
9 3 (1.26%) Law
10 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Billing
11 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (22.27%) Developer
2 43 (18.07%) Architect
3 28 (11.76%) Lead
3 28 (11.76%) Senior
4 24 (10.08%) Trainee
5 19 (7.98%) Analyst
6 18 (7.56%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.14%) IT Support
8 16 (6.72%) .NET Developer
9 15 (6.30%) Junior
10 14 (5.88%) Applications Architect
10 14 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.46%) Software Developer
12 12 (5.04%) Junior Analyst
12 12 (5.04%) Trainee Developer
12 12 (5.04%) Trainee Software Developer
13 11 (4.62%) Software Architect
14 10 (4.20%) Data Architect
14 10 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (4.20%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.45%) .NET
2 28 (11.76%) CSS
2 28 (11.76%) HTML
2 28 (11.76%) React
3 15 (6.30%) .NET Core
3 15 (6.30%) Blazor
3 15 (6.30%) RESTful
4 13 (5.46%) ASP.NET
4 13 (5.46%) ASP.NET Core
4 13 (5.46%) AWS CDK
5 11 (4.62%) AngularJS
5 11 (4.62%) PySpark
6 7 (2.94%) Node.js
7 6 (2.52%) Spring
7 6 (2.52%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.10%) REST
9 4 (1.68%) Vue
10 3 (1.26%) Apache Camel
10 3 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.45%) Cloud Native
2 28 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.30%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.94%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.10%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.68%) PKI
7 4 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.26%) Clustering
8 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.26%) Replication
8 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.26%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.84%) IoT
9 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.34%) Windows
2 18 (7.56%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.78%) Linux
4 8 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.10%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.68%) Android
8 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (44.96%) Mentoring
2 73 (30.67%) DevOps
3 67 (28.15%) Agile
4 65 (27.31%) CI/CD
5 55 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (20.17%) Microservices
7 45 (18.91%) Data Modelling
8 40 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 38 (15.97%) Application Security
10 37 (15.55%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (15.13%) Migration
12 33 (13.87%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (13.45%) Architectural Patterns
14 31 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (12.18%) Computer Science
16 29 (12.18%) Enterprise Architecture
17 25 (10.50%) TOGAF
18 24 (10.08%) Containerisation
18 24 (10.08%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 94 (39.50%) Python
2 68 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 64 (26.89%) SQL
4 47 (19.75%) C#
5 35 (14.71%) Java
5 35 (14.71%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.88%) R
7 11 (4.62%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.10%) Bash
8 5 (2.10%) Scala
8 5 (2.10%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.68%) PHP
10 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) Bicep
11 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 67 (28.15%) Azure Certification
2 64 (26.89%) AWS Certification
3 57 (23.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (16.39%) Degree
5 29 (12.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (10.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (10.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (10.08%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.62%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (3.36%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.36%) Security Cleared
10 7 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.52%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.42%) CCNA
12 1 (0.42%) CCNP
12 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.42%) CISSP
12 1 (0.42%) OSCP
12 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.04%) QA
2 8 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) GRC
4 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (13.03%) Docker
2 24 (10.08%) Hyper-V
3 20 (8.40%) Active Directory
4 19 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (17.23%) Terraform
2 25 (10.50%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.72%) Ansible
4 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.36%) Grafana
5 8 (3.36%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.42%) Kibana
8 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.42%) VxRail
8 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (46.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.92%) VMware
3 25 (10.50%) Databricks
4 17 (7.14%) SAP
5 12 (5.04%) Google
6 7 (2.94%) Veeam
7 6 (2.52%) ForeScout
8 5 (2.10%) Adobe
8 5 (2.10%) Citrix
8 5 (2.10%) Oracle
8 5 (2.10%) Palantir
8 5 (2.10%) SonicWALL
9 4 (1.68%) Arista
9 4 (1.68%) Aruba
9 4 (1.68%) Dell
9 4 (1.68%) HP
9 4 (1.68%) NetScout
10 3 (1.26%) Pega
10 3 (1.26%) Supermicro
10 3 (1.26%) WSO2