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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 311 133 392
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.06% 17.27% 18.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.76% 40.18% 47.17%
Number of salaries quoted 196 111 338
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,838 £68,750 £72,322
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £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 763 331 831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 32.03% 42.99% 39.63%
Number of salaries quoted 520 267 697
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,063 £78,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,217
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.86%

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 1 May 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 (2.89%) Apache Spark
1 9 (2.89%) IIS
2 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.29%) Confluence
5 3 (0.96%) Apache
5 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 13 (4.18%) SAP ERP
2 7 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (38.26%) AWS
2 47 (15.11%) GCP
3 38 (12.22%) Power Platform
4 36 (11.58%) GitHub
4 36 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (11.25%) Serverless
6 27 (8.68%) Azure AI
7 26 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (3.54%) Amazon EventBridge
10 11 (3.54%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (3.54%) AWS Step Functions
11 9 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.89%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.89%) SaaS
12 8 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.36%) DNS
2 24 (7.72%) DHCP
3 20 (6.43%) TCP/IP
4 18 (5.79%) LAN
4 18 (5.79%) WAN
5 16 (5.14%) Firewall
5 16 (5.14%) Internet
6 13 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.57%) VPN
8 5 (1.61%) NAS
8 5 (1.61%) NGFW
8 5 (1.61%) SAN
8 5 (1.61%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.61%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.29%) VLAN
9 4 (1.29%) VoIP
10 2 (0.64%) BGP
10 2 (0.64%) Network Security
10 2 (0.64%) OSPF
10 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.29%) Power BI
2 24 (7.72%) Tableau
3 17 (5.47%) Metadata
4 16 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.82%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.82%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.54%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.89%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.89%) MySQL
8 6 (1.93%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.61%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
12 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (11.25%) Git
2 12 (3.86%) GitLab
3 6 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.96%) JIRA
5 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 152 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 31 (9.97%) Finance
3 27 (8.68%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.14%) Multimedia
6 7 (2.25%) Legal
7 6 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.29%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.29%) Automotive
8 4 (1.29%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.64%) Law
9 2 (0.64%) Retail
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (16.72%) Analyst
2 45 (14.47%) Lead
3 44 (14.15%) Junior
4 43 (13.83%) Developer
5 42 (13.50%) Junior Analyst
6 39 (12.54%) Senior
7 37 (11.90%) Architect
8 24 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Data Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Junior Data Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Junior Security Analyst
9 21 (6.75%) Security Analyst
10 20 (6.43%) Data Engineer
11 17 (5.47%) IT Support
12 16 (5.14%) Trainee
13 15 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (4.82%) Ethical Hacker
14 11 (3.54%) .NET Developer
14 11 (3.54%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.25%) React
2 16 (5.14%) .NET
2 16 (5.14%) CSS
2 16 (5.14%) HTML
2 16 (5.14%) RESTful
3 13 (4.18%) .NET Core
3 13 (4.18%) AngularJS
4 11 (3.54%) ASP.NET
4 11 (3.54%) ASP.NET Core
4 11 (3.54%) AWS CDK
4 11 (3.54%) Blazor
4 11 (3.54%) PySpark
5 10 (3.22%) Node.js
6 9 (2.89%) Vue
7 8 (2.57%) REST
8 6 (1.93%) Web Services
8 6 (1.93%) XML
9 5 (1.61%) XBRL
10 4 (1.29%) Middleware
11 3 (0.96%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.93%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.82%) Cyberattack
3 15 (4.82%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.93%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.61%) PKI
6 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.29%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.29%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.96%) Replication
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.65%) Windows
2 27 (8.68%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.29%) Linux
5 4 (1.29%) Unix
6 3 (0.96%) Android
6 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (36.33%) Mentoring
2 72 (23.15%) Agile
3 67 (21.54%) DevOps
4 63 (20.26%) CI/CD
5 55 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (13.18%) AI
8 40 (12.86%) Microservices
9 39 (12.54%) Data Modelling
10 35 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (10.93%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (10.29%) Migration
13 32 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 30 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (8.36%) Application Security
17 24 (7.72%) Containerisation
18 23 (7.40%) ERP
18 23 (7.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 92 (29.58%) Python
2 83 (26.69%) SQL
3 56 (18.01%) JavaScript
4 34 (10.93%) TypeScript
5 33 (10.61%) C#
6 25 (8.04%) Java
7 13 (4.18%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.22%) R
9 8 (2.57%) PHP
10 5 (1.61%) Bash
10 5 (1.61%) Scala
11 4 (1.29%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.96%) Go
13 2 (0.64%) Bicep
13 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (33.44%) Azure Certification
2 44 (14.15%) AWS Certification
3 36 (11.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (7.72%) Degree
5 21 (6.75%) CompTIA CySA+
5 21 (6.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (6.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.82%) CEH
9 14 (4.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (3.22%) Security Cleared
11 9 (2.89%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.57%) SC Cleared
13 7 (2.25%) CCNA
14 6 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.29%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.43%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.89%) QA
3 7 (2.25%) GDPR
4 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.64%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (8.68%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.72%) Docker
3 20 (6.43%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (13.50%) Terraform
2 21 (6.75%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.18%) Ansible
4 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.93%) Grafana
5 6 (1.93%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.61%) VxRail
6 5 (1.61%) WSUS
7 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.96%) Argo
7 3 (0.96%) Kibana
8 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 150 (48.23%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.50%) ForeScout
3 31 (9.97%) VMware
4 20 (6.43%) SAP
5 18 (5.79%) Databricks
6 14 (4.50%) Cisco
7 11 (3.54%) Google
7 11 (3.54%) Veeam
8 9 (2.89%) Citrix
9 6 (1.93%) Oracle
10 5 (1.61%) Arista
10 5 (1.61%) Aruba
10 5 (1.61%) Commvault
10 5 (1.61%) Dell
10 5 (1.61%) HP
10 5 (1.61%) Meraki
10 5 (1.61%) NetScout
10 5 (1.61%) Tenable
10 5 (1.61%) Zerto
11 4 (1.29%) Palantir