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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 304 135 386
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 12.12% 17.40% 18.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.84% 41.41% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 186 109 332
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,563 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £79,277 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,700 £82,543
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,173
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.22% -8.05%

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 763 326 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 30.42% 42.01% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 519 260 690
10th Percentile £30,950 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,563 £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 £80,000 £80,000 £71,606
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,923
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -6.78%

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 15 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 10 (3.29%) IIS
2 9 (2.96%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.30%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.32%) Apache
5 4 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.33%) Confluence
6 1 (0.33%) SAS
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.33%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (4.61%) SAP ERP
2 6 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 105 (34.54%) AWS
2 48 (15.79%) GCP
3 40 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (12.83%) Power Platform
5 29 (9.54%) Serverless
6 27 (8.88%) Azure AI
6 27 (8.88%) GitHub
7 22 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (4.61%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (3.29%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (2.96%) Amazon EventBridge
12 9 (2.96%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.96%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.96%) AWS Step Functions
12 9 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.55%) DNS
2 24 (7.89%) DHCP
3 20 (6.58%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.25%) LAN
5 18 (5.92%) WAN
6 14 (4.61%) Firewall
7 13 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (3.62%) Internet
9 6 (1.97%) NAS
9 6 (1.97%) SAN
9 6 (1.97%) VPN
10 5 (1.64%) NGFW
10 5 (1.64%) VXLAN
10 5 (1.64%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.32%) VLAN
11 4 (1.32%) VoIP
12 2 (0.66%) BGP
12 2 (0.66%) OSPF
12 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.86%) Power BI
2 25 (8.22%) Tableau
3 15 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.61%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.28%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.95%) Metadata
7 9 (2.96%) BigQuery
7 9 (2.96%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.96%) MySQL
8 8 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (2.63%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.97%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.97%) Spark SQL
10 5 (1.64%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.32%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
13 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (9.54%) Git
2 10 (3.29%) GitLab
3 6 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 140 (46.05%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.20%) Finance
3 26 (8.55%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.62%) Multimedia
6 8 (2.63%) Legal
7 6 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.64%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.64%) Automotive
8 5 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.66%) Law
9 2 (0.66%) Retail
10 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 49 (16.12%) Analyst
2 45 (14.80%) Lead
3 43 (14.14%) Junior
3 43 (14.14%) Senior
4 42 (13.82%) Junior Analyst
5 35 (11.51%) Architect
6 34 (11.18%) Developer
7 26 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 21 (6.91%) Data Analyst
8 21 (6.91%) Junior Data Analyst
8 21 (6.91%) Junior Security Analyst
8 21 (6.91%) Security Analyst
9 18 (5.92%) Data Engineer
10 16 (5.26%) IT Support
10 16 (5.26%) Software Engineer
11 15 (4.93%) Ethical Hacker
12 13 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.62%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.18%) React
2 15 (4.93%) RESTful
3 14 (4.61%) AngularJS
4 13 (4.28%) .NET
5 12 (3.95%) Node.js
6 11 (3.62%) CSS
6 11 (3.62%) HTML
6 11 (3.62%) Vue
7 10 (3.29%) .NET Core
8 9 (2.96%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.96%) ASP.NET Core
8 9 (2.96%) AWS CDK
8 9 (2.96%) Blazor
8 9 (2.96%) PySpark
8 9 (2.96%) REST
9 6 (1.97%) Web Services
9 6 (1.97%) XML
10 5 (1.64%) Middleware
10 5 (1.64%) XBRL
11 4 (1.32%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.87%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.93%) Cyberattack
2 15 (4.93%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (1.97%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.64%) PKI
6 4 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.32%) Taxonomies
7 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.99%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.99%) Replication
7 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.18%) Windows
2 28 (9.21%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.32%) Linux
5 4 (1.32%) Unix
6 3 (0.99%) Android
6 3 (0.99%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.99%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (34.87%) Mentoring
2 70 (23.03%) Agile
3 60 (19.74%) DevOps
4 57 (18.75%) CI/CD
5 55 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (13.49%) AI
8 35 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
8 35 (11.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 35 (11.51%) Microservices
9 31 (10.20%) Data Modelling
10 30 (9.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (8.22%) Migration
14 23 (7.57%) Coaching
15 21 (6.91%) Software Engineering
16 20 (6.58%) Data Governance
16 20 (6.58%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 84 (27.63%) SQL
2 81 (26.64%) Python
3 51 (16.78%) JavaScript
4 32 (10.53%) TypeScript
5 28 (9.21%) C#
6 26 (8.55%) Java
7 14 (4.61%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.96%) PHP
9 7 (2.30%) R
10 5 (1.64%) Bash
10 5 (1.64%) Scala
11 3 (0.99%) Go
11 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.66%) Bicep
12 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 95 (31.25%) Azure Certification
2 33 (10.86%) AWS Certification
3 26 (8.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (6.91%) CompTIA CySA+
4 21 (6.91%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (5.59%) Degree
6 15 (4.93%) CEH
7 14 (4.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 13 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.29%) Security Cleared
9 10 (3.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.63%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.30%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (2.30%) CCNA
12 6 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.64%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.96%) QA
3 8 (2.63%) GDPR
4 5 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.66%) SLA
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (8.88%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.58%) Docker
3 18 (5.92%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (12.17%) Terraform
2 17 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.62%) Ansible
4 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.97%) VxRail
5 6 (1.97%) WSUS
6 4 (1.32%) Grafana
6 4 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.99%) Argo
8 2 (0.66%) Kibana
8 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 143 (47.04%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.82%) ForeScout
3 29 (9.54%) VMware
4 19 (6.25%) SAP
5 15 (4.93%) Cisco
5 15 (4.93%) Databricks
6 12 (3.95%) Veeam
7 11 (3.62%) Google
8 9 (2.96%) Citrix
9 6 (1.97%) Commvault
9 6 (1.97%) Dell
9 6 (1.97%) HP
9 6 (1.97%) Meraki
9 6 (1.97%) Tenable
9 6 (1.97%) Zerto
10 5 (1.64%) Arista
10 5 (1.64%) Aruba
10 5 (1.64%) NetScout
11 4 (1.32%) Oracle
12 2 (0.66%) IBM