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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 294 143 412
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.05% 18.26% 18.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.13% 45.40% 48.82%
Number of salaries quoted 178 113 351
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,178 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £79,277 £70,000 £72,212
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,050 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -7.60%

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 771 315 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.97% 40.23% 37.63%
Number of salaries quoted 533 248 704
10th Percentile £32,550 £35,875 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -5.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,950
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 4 June 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 (3.06%) IIS
2 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.04%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.36%) Apache
6 3 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.68%) Confluence
8 1 (0.34%) SAS
8 1 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.08%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.36%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 93 (31.63%) AWS
2 46 (15.65%) GCP
3 40 (13.61%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (12.59%) Power Platform
5 25 (8.50%) Serverless
6 24 (8.16%) Azure AI
7 23 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.80%) GitHub
9 15 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (3.74%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (3.74%) Entra ID
12 10 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.40%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.38%) OCI
14 7 (2.38%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.50%) DNS
2 24 (8.16%) DHCP
3 21 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.46%) LAN
5 18 (6.12%) WAN
6 14 (4.76%) Firewall
6 14 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.38%) Internet
8 6 (2.04%) NAS
8 6 (2.04%) SAN
8 6 (2.04%) VPN
9 5 (1.70%) NGFW
9 5 (1.70%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.70%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.36%) VLAN
10 4 (1.36%) VoIP
11 3 (1.02%) HTTP
12 2 (0.68%) BGP
12 2 (0.68%) OSPF
12 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.20%) Power BI
2 21 (7.14%) Tableau
3 14 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (4.08%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.08%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.40%) BigQuery
6 10 (3.40%) Metadata
7 8 (2.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.72%) MySQL
8 7 (2.38%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.04%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.04%) DynamoDB
9 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.04%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (7.14%) Git
2 10 (3.40%) GitLab
3 8 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.68%) ERwin
4 2 (0.68%) JIRA
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 123 (41.84%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.90%) Finance
3 26 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.72%) Legal
6 7 (2.38%) Multimedia
7 5 (1.70%) Agriculture
7 5 (1.70%) Automotive
7 5 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.70%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.34%) Law
9 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (14.97%) Lead
2 43 (14.63%) Analyst
2 43 (14.63%) Senior
3 36 (12.24%) Architect
3 36 (12.24%) Junior
3 36 (12.24%) Junior Analyst
4 29 (9.86%) Developer
5 26 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (6.46%) Data Engineer
7 18 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 18 (6.12%) Data Analyst
7 18 (6.12%) Junior Data Analyst
7 18 (6.12%) Junior Security Analyst
7 18 (6.12%) Security Analyst
8 17 (5.78%) IT Support
8 17 (5.78%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (5.10%) Ethical Hacker
11 12 (4.08%) Lead Architect
11 12 (4.08%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.54%) React
2 14 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 14 (4.76%) RESTful
3 13 (4.42%) Node.js
4 12 (4.08%) .NET
5 11 (3.74%) Vue
6 10 (3.40%) REST
7 9 (3.06%) PySpark
8 7 (2.38%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.38%) CSS
8 7 (2.38%) HTML
9 6 (2.04%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (2.04%) AWS CDK
9 6 (2.04%) Blazor
9 6 (2.04%) Web Services
10 5 (1.70%) Middleware
10 5 (1.70%) XBRL
10 5 (1.70%) XML
11 4 (1.36%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.84%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.10%) Cyberattack
2 15 (5.10%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.04%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.70%) PKI
7 4 (1.36%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.36%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.02%) Replication
8 3 (1.02%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.90%) Windows
2 29 (9.86%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.36%) Linux
5 4 (1.36%) Unix
6 3 (1.02%) Android
6 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (32.99%) Mentoring
2 69 (23.47%) Agile
3 57 (19.39%) DevOps
4 53 (18.03%) CI/CD
5 48 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (12.59%) AI
8 34 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 30 (10.20%) Microservices
11 26 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (8.50%) Coaching
12 25 (8.50%) Data Modelling
12 25 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 24 (8.16%) Migration
14 23 (7.82%) Software Engineering
14 23 (7.82%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (6.46%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 74 (25.17%) SQL
2 71 (24.15%) Python
3 48 (16.33%) JavaScript
4 33 (11.22%) TypeScript
5 26 (8.84%) C#
6 24 (8.16%) Java
7 14 (4.76%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.72%) PHP
9 5 (1.70%) Bash
10 4 (1.36%) Bicep
10 4 (1.36%) R
10 4 (1.36%) Scala
11 3 (1.02%) Go
11 3 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.34%) C++
13 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 83 (28.23%) Azure Certification
2 24 (8.16%) AWS Certification
3 18 (6.12%) CompTIA CySA+
3 18 (6.12%) CompTIA Security+
3 18 (6.12%) Degree
3 18 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (5.10%) CEH
5 14 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.74%) Security Cleared
7 10 (3.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 9 (3.06%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.38%) CCNA
10 7 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.70%) SAP Certification
13 4 (1.36%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.06%) QA
3 7 (2.38%) GDPR
4 5 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.02%) PMO
6 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) HL7
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 15 (5.10%) Docker
4 14 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (11.90%) Terraform
2 16 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.40%) Ansible
3 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.04%) VxRail
4 6 (2.04%) WSUS
5 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.02%) Argo
5 3 (1.02%) Grafana
5 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.68%) Kibana
6 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (46.60%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.27%) ForeScout
3 30 (10.20%) VMware
4 16 (5.44%) Databricks
4 16 (5.44%) SAP
5 15 (5.10%) Cisco
6 12 (4.08%) Veeam
7 11 (3.74%) Google
8 9 (3.06%) Citrix
9 6 (2.04%) Commvault
9 6 (2.04%) Dell
9 6 (2.04%) HP
9 6 (2.04%) Meraki
9 6 (2.04%) Tenable
9 6 (2.04%) Zerto
10 5 (1.70%) Arista
10 5 (1.70%) Aruba
10 5 (1.70%) NetScout
11 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.68%) WatchGuard