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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 246 211 275
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 18.30% 20.35% 20.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.68% 46.78% 43.93%
Number of salaries quoted 182 158 218
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,350 £39,925
25th Percentile £34,063 £42,563 £45,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,500 £75,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 527 451 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 39.21% 43.49% 46.82%
Number of salaries quoted 372 313 493
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,375 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,750 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.45% -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 7 January 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 11 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.66%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.85%) Confluence
4 3 (1.22%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.81%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) FileNet
Applications
1 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.41%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (5.28%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.81%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 128 (52.03%) AWS
2 47 (19.11%) GitHub
2 47 (19.11%) Serverless
3 37 (15.04%) GCP
4 28 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (6.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (6.50%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (5.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 14 (5.69%) Amazon S3
8 14 (5.69%) SaaS
9 13 (5.28%) Amazon EventBridge
9 13 (5.28%) Amazon SQS
9 13 (5.28%) AWS Step Functions
9 13 (5.28%) Entra ID
9 13 (5.28%) Power Platform
10 8 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.76%) Internet
2 18 (7.32%) Firewall
3 13 (5.28%) TCP/IP
4 12 (4.88%) DNS
5 10 (4.07%) VLAN
6 9 (3.66%) DHCP
6 9 (3.66%) VoIP
7 8 (3.25%) SAN
8 6 (2.44%) VPN
9 4 (1.63%) Network Security
9 4 (1.63%) WAN
10 3 (1.22%) LAN
10 3 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.41%) BGP
11 1 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.32%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.50%) Metadata
3 16 (6.50%) NoSQL
4 14 (5.69%) DynamoDB
5 11 (4.47%) MySQL
5 11 (4.47%) Power BI
6 10 (4.07%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.85%) Tableau
8 6 (2.44%) Data Vault
8 6 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.44%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.03%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.22%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.22%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.22%) TIBCO EBX
12 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (20.73%) Git
2 12 (4.88%) GitLab
3 8 (3.25%) JIRA
4 5 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) Appium
5 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) Postman
5 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) Snyk
5 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 111 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.76%) Multimedia
3 18 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.50%) Finance
5 12 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.88%) Retail
6 8 (3.25%) Legal
7 6 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.63%) Marketing
9 2 (0.81%) Law
9 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Billing
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (23.98%) Developer
2 45 (18.29%) Architect
3 37 (15.04%) Lead
4 34 (13.82%) Senior
5 24 (9.76%) Trainee
6 21 (8.54%) Data Engineer
7 19 (7.72%) Software Developer
8 17 (6.91%) .NET Developer
8 17 (6.91%) Analyst
9 16 (6.50%) IT Support
10 15 (6.10%) Support Technician
11 14 (5.69%) Applications Architect
12 13 (5.28%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (5.28%) Junior
13 12 (4.88%) Software Architect
13 12 (4.88%) Trainee Developer
13 12 (4.88%) Trainee Software Developer
14 11 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.47%) Lead Developer
14 11 (4.47%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (14.63%) .NET
2 29 (11.79%) CSS
2 29 (11.79%) HTML
3 28 (11.38%) React
4 20 (8.13%) RESTful
5 16 (6.50%) Blazor
6 15 (6.10%) .NET Core
7 13 (5.28%) ASP.NET
7 13 (5.28%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (5.28%) AWS CDK
8 12 (4.88%) AngularJS
9 11 (4.47%) PySpark
10 8 (3.25%) Node.js
11 6 (2.44%) Spring
11 6 (2.44%) Spring Boot
12 5 (2.03%) REST
13 3 (1.22%) Apache Camel
13 3 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (1.22%) Vue
13 3 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.57%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.66%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.25%) Clustering
5 7 (2.85%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.63%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.22%) Replication
8 3 (1.22%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) IoT
9 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.57%) Windows
2 14 (5.69%) Linux
3 12 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.25%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.63%) Android
6 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (43.50%) Mentoring
2 81 (32.93%) DevOps
3 78 (31.71%) CI/CD
4 76 (30.89%) Agile
5 53 (21.54%) Microservices
6 49 (19.92%) Data Modelling
6 49 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 38 (15.45%) Application Security
9 36 (14.63%) Infrastructure as Code
10 35 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (13.82%) Migration
12 31 (12.60%) Architectural Patterns
12 31 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (11.79%) Computer Science
14 28 (11.38%) Enterprise Architecture
15 27 (10.98%) Containerisation
16 25 (10.16%) Roadmaps
16 25 (10.16%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 99 (40.24%) Python
2 70 (28.46%) SQL
3 69 (28.05%) JavaScript
4 49 (19.92%) C#
5 37 (15.04%) Java
6 35 (14.23%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.69%) R
8 8 (3.25%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.03%) Scala
9 5 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.63%) PHP
11 3 (1.22%) Bash
12 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Bicep
13 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 65 (26.42%) Azure Certification
2 64 (26.02%) AWS Certification
3 62 (25.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (15.85%) Degree
5 29 (11.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (9.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (9.76%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (4.88%) Security Cleared
9 11 (4.47%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (4.47%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.85%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (2.03%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.41%) CISSP
12 1 (0.41%) MCITP
12 1 (0.41%) MCSE
12 1 (0.41%) OSCP
12 1 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.69%) QA
2 7 (2.85%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.41%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) GRC
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (15.45%) Docker
2 23 (9.35%) Hyper-V
3 16 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.88%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (16.67%) Terraform
2 28 (11.38%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.10%) Ansible
4 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.47%) Grafana
5 11 (4.47%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (43.09%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.98%) Databricks
3 23 (9.35%) VMware
4 16 (6.50%) SAP
5 8 (3.25%) Dell
5 8 (3.25%) Google
5 8 (3.25%) HP
5 8 (3.25%) SonicWALL
5 8 (3.25%) Supermicro
6 6 (2.44%) Oracle
7 5 (2.03%) Adobe
7 5 (2.03%) Citrix
7 5 (2.03%) ForeScout
7 5 (2.03%) Palantir
8 4 (1.63%) Veeam
9 3 (1.22%) Informatica
9 3 (1.22%) Pega
9 3 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.22%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.22%) WSO2