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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 267 183 315
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.92% 19.22% 16.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.53% 54.79% 48.39%
Number of salaries quoted 181 154 262
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £34,075
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £88,148 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £83,625
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,430
% change year-on-year +8.70% +3.74% +0.78%

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 731 334 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 24.43% 35.08% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 528 277 525
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,570
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +9.24% -0.83%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 19 August 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 10 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.37%) IIS
3 5 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.12%) CMS
4 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.75%) Apache
5 2 (0.75%) Confluence
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.12%) Shopify
3 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (22.10%) AWS
2 44 (16.48%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (14.23%) Power Platform
4 36 (13.48%) GCP
5 23 (8.61%) Entra ID
6 22 (8.24%) Azure AI
7 21 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (6.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (4.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (3.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (3.75%) SaaS
13 9 (3.37%) Power Automate
14 8 (3.00%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (3.00%) GitHub
15 7 (2.62%) PaaS
16 6 (2.25%) Azure Machine Learning
16 6 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (2.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.62%) LAN
2 14 (5.24%) WAN
3 11 (4.12%) DHCP
3 11 (4.12%) DNS
4 10 (3.75%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.62%) Firewall
5 7 (2.62%) VPN
6 6 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.87%) NAS
7 5 (1.87%) SAN
7 5 (1.87%) VLAN
8 3 (1.12%) HTTP
8 3 (1.12%) Wireless
9 2 (0.75%) BGP
9 2 (0.75%) Internet
9 2 (0.75%) Network Security
9 2 (0.75%) OSPF
9 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.24%) Power BI
2 16 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (5.99%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.49%) Tableau
4 11 (4.12%) BigQuery
4 11 (4.12%) Metadata
5 9 (3.37%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.25%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.87%) Spark SQL
8 4 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.50%) MySQL
8 4 (1.50%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.12%) Redis
10 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.75%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.37%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (5.24%) Git
2 8 (3.00%) GitLab
3 7 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.75%) ERwin
5 2 (0.75%) JIRA
5 2 (0.75%) MLflow
General
1 82 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.72%) Finance
3 20 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.74%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.75%) Legal
6 9 (3.37%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.25%) Retail
8 5 (1.87%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.87%) Automotive
8 5 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.75%) Law
9 2 (0.75%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (20.97%) Lead
2 44 (16.48%) Architect
3 42 (15.73%) Senior
4 25 (9.36%) Analyst
4 25 (9.36%) Azure Engineer
4 25 (9.36%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (8.24%) Junior
5 22 (8.24%) Junior Analyst
6 21 (7.87%) Data Engineer
7 20 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (6.74%) Developer
9 16 (5.99%) Lead Architect
9 16 (5.99%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 16 (5.99%) Software Engineer
10 15 (5.62%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (5.24%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.49%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.49%) Data Analyst
12 12 (4.49%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.49%) React
2 13 (4.87%) .NET
2 13 (4.87%) Node.js
3 12 (4.49%) AngularJS
4 9 (3.37%) PySpark
4 9 (3.37%) Vue
5 8 (3.00%) RESTful
6 7 (2.62%) Middleware
7 6 (2.25%) CSS
7 6 (2.25%) HTML
7 6 (2.25%) REST
7 6 (2.25%) Web Services
8 5 (1.87%) XBRL
8 5 (1.87%) XML
9 3 (1.12%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.12%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.12%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (1.12%) JSON
9 3 (1.12%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.62%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.49%) Cyberattack
3 8 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.62%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.62%) Low-Code
5 6 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.50%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.12%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.12%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.36%) Windows
2 12 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.12%) Linux
4 3 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (26.59%) Mentoring
2 52 (19.48%) AI
3 51 (19.10%) Agile
4 43 (16.10%) CI/CD
4 43 (16.10%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (15.73%) DevOps
6 37 (13.86%) Technical Leadership
7 31 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (11.24%) Software Engineering
8 30 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 25 (9.36%) Migration
10 25 (9.36%) Roadmaps
11 23 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (8.24%) Analytics
12 22 (8.24%) Decision-Making
13 21 (7.87%) Coaching
13 21 (7.87%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 69 (25.84%) SQL
2 57 (21.35%) Python
3 29 (10.86%) JavaScript
4 28 (10.49%) C#
5 19 (7.12%) TypeScript
6 18 (6.74%) Java
7 16 (5.99%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.62%) PHP
8 7 (2.62%) Scala
9 5 (1.87%) Bicep
10 4 (1.50%) Bash
10 4 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.75%) Go
11 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.75%) R
12 1 (0.37%) C++
12 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (20.22%) Azure Certification
2 14 (5.24%) CompTIA CySA+
2 14 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (4.49%) CEH
4 11 (4.12%) Degree
5 9 (3.37%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.62%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.25%) CCNA
8 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.25%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.87%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.87%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.37%) CCSP
11 1 (0.37%) CRISC
11 1 (0.37%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.24%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.00%) GDPR
4 5 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.87%) SLA
5 4 (1.50%) QA
6 3 (1.12%) PMO
7 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) HL7
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.00%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.25%) Docker
4 3 (1.12%) vSphere
5 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (9.36%) Terraform
2 17 (6.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.49%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.50%) Ansible
4 4 (1.50%) VxRail
4 4 (1.50%) WSUS
5 3 (1.12%) Argo
5 3 (1.12%) Autotask
6 2 (0.75%) Kibana
6 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.75%) Puppet
7 1 (0.37%) Avamar
Vendors
1 132 (49.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.86%) ForeScout
3 26 (9.74%) Databricks
4 17 (6.37%) Cisco
4 17 (6.37%) VMware
5 6 (2.25%) Foundry
6 5 (1.87%) Dell
6 5 (1.87%) Google
6 5 (1.87%) SAP
6 5 (1.87%) Veeam
6 5 (1.87%) Zerto
7 4 (1.50%) Commvault
7 4 (1.50%) HP
7 4 (1.50%) Meraki
7 4 (1.50%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.50%) Tenable
8 3 (1.12%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.12%) Remedy
9 2 (0.75%) Adobe
9 2 (0.75%) Citrix