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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 241 184 289
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 7.77% 19.37% 18.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.13% 52.72% 50.35%
Number of salaries quoted 169 153 215
10th Percentile £45,000 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,430
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +17.27% +0.78%
75th Percentile £88,148 £72,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £84,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +8.33% +8.18% +0.85%

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 667 349 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 21.51% 36.74% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 462 285 408
10th Percentile £33,425 £30,000 £31,713
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £62,500 £59,375
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Leeds

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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 13 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.90%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.90%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) CMS
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.24%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.83%) Apache
4 2 (0.83%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.24%) Shopify
3 2 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 65 (26.97%) AWS
2 43 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (15.77%) GCP
4 29 (12.03%) Power Platform
5 24 (9.96%) Entra ID
6 21 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.47%) Azure AI
7 18 (7.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (6.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (4.15%) Power Automate
11 10 (4.15%) SaaS
12 9 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (3.73%) PaaS
13 8 (3.32%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.90%) Azure Databricks
14 7 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (2.49%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.81%) LAN
2 13 (5.39%) WAN
3 8 (3.32%) DHCP
3 8 (3.32%) DNS
4 7 (2.90%) Firewall
4 7 (2.90%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.90%) VPN
5 6 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.07%) VLAN
7 4 (1.66%) NAS
7 4 (1.66%) SAN
8 3 (1.24%) HTTP
8 3 (1.24%) Internet
8 3 (1.24%) Wireless
9 2 (0.83%) BGP
9 2 (0.83%) Network Security
9 2 (0.83%) OSPF
9 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.71%) Power BI
2 16 (6.64%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.22%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (5.39%) Metadata
5 10 (4.15%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.73%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.90%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.90%) Spark SQL
8 6 (2.49%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.66%) MySQL
10 4 (1.66%) Tableau
11 3 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.24%) Redis
11 3 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (0.83%) Delta Lake
13 1 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
13 1 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 18 (7.47%) Git
2 11 (4.56%) GitLab
3 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.83%) ERwin
5 2 (0.83%) JIRA
5 2 (0.83%) MLflow
General
1 58 (24.07%) Finance
2 53 (21.99%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.20%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.15%) Legal
5 8 (3.32%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.90%) Retail
7 4 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.24%) Law
9 2 (0.83%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.83%) Automotive
9 2 (0.83%) Banking
9 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.83%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 58 (24.07%) Lead
2 46 (19.09%) Architect
3 45 (18.67%) Senior
4 34 (14.11%) Azure Engineer
5 27 (11.20%) Solutions Architect
6 26 (10.79%) Data Engineer
7 18 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (6.64%) Lead Architect
8 16 (6.64%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 15 (6.22%) Developer
9 15 (6.22%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (5.81%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 14 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 14 (5.81%) Microsoft Engineer
11 13 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (4.56%) Software Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) Lead Data Engineer
14 9 (3.73%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.13%) Terraform
2 18 (7.47%) .NET
3 12 (4.98%) Node.js
4 9 (3.73%) PySpark
5 8 (3.32%) React
6 7 (2.90%) Middleware
7 6 (2.49%) Entity Framework
7 6 (2.49%) RESTful
8 5 (2.07%) REST
9 4 (1.66%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.66%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.66%) CSS
9 4 (1.66%) HTML
9 4 (1.66%) Kafka
9 4 (1.66%) XML
10 3 (1.24%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET
10 3 (1.24%) JSON
10 3 (1.24%) Web Services
10 3 (1.24%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.90%) AI Agents
4 5 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.07%) Low-Code
4 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.24%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.24%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.24%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.24%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.37%) Windows
2 10 (4.15%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.32%) Linux
4 5 (2.07%) Unix
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.65%) Mentoring
2 51 (21.16%) CI/CD
3 50 (20.75%) Agile
4 46 (19.09%) DevOps
5 44 (18.26%) AI
6 38 (15.77%) Technical Leadership
7 35 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (11.62%) Software Engineering
11 27 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (10.79%) Analytics
12 26 (10.79%) Coaching
12 26 (10.79%) Decision-Making
13 24 (9.96%) Platform Engineering
14 22 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
14 22 (9.13%) Migration
14 22 (9.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.75%) SQL
2 41 (17.01%) Python
3 25 (10.37%) C#
4 20 (8.30%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.47%) Java
6 13 (5.39%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.56%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.90%) Scala
9 5 (2.07%) Bicep
9 5 (2.07%) PHP
10 3 (1.24%) Go
10 3 (1.24%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.83%) Bash
11 2 (0.83%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.41%) C++
12 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (8.71%) Azure Certification
2 11 (4.56%) Degree
2 11 (4.56%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.73%) CompTIA CySA+
4 9 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (3.73%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.66%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.66%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.24%) CCNA
8 3 (1.24%) CEH
8 3 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.83%) CISA
9 2 (0.83%) CISSP
9 2 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.83%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (2.90%) GDPR
3 7 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.07%) QA
5 4 (1.66%) SLA
6 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.83%) GRC
6 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.83%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.90%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.49%) Docker
4 3 (1.24%) vSphere
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (7.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.24%) Ansible
3 3 (1.24%) Argo
3 3 (1.24%) Autotask
3 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.24%) Puppet
3 3 (1.24%) VxRail
3 3 (1.24%) WSUS
4 1 (0.41%) Avamar
Vendors
1 124 (51.45%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.96%) Databricks
3 16 (6.64%) Foundry
4 14 (5.81%) Cisco
5 11 (4.56%) VMware
6 10 (4.15%) Google
7 9 (3.73%) ForeScout
8 4 (1.66%) Dell
8 4 (1.66%) SAP
8 4 (1.66%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.66%) Veeam
8 4 (1.66%) Zerto
9 3 (1.24%) Adobe
9 3 (1.24%) Commvault
9 3 (1.24%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.24%) HP
9 3 (1.24%) Meraki
9 3 (1.24%) Palantir
9 3 (1.24%) Remedy
9 3 (1.24%) Tenable