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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 274 182 328
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 9.61% 19.08% 17.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.63% 53.69% 48.74%
Number of salaries quoted 180 153 279
10th Percentile £29,675 £31,250 £34,600
25th Percentile £49,572 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £88,148 £71,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £80,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.58% +4.32% -

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 748 339 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 26.25% 35.53% 35.74%
Number of salaries quoted 546 284 550
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,625 £34,405
25th Percentile £46,276 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,617 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.79% +7.04% -2.50%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £84,967
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,788 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% +8.11% -6.76%

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 August 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 (3.65%) IIS
2 7 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.19%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.09%) Apache
4 3 (1.09%) CMS
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.73%) Confluence
6 1 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.09%) Shopify
2 3 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.36%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 64 (23.36%) AWS
2 41 (14.96%) GCP
2 41 (14.96%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (14.60%) Power Platform
4 25 (9.12%) Azure AI
5 21 (7.66%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.30%) Entra ID
7 17 (6.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (4.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (3.65%) Serverless
10 9 (3.28%) GitHub
10 9 (3.28%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (2.55%) SaaS
13 6 (2.19%) Azure Machine Learning
13 6 (2.19%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (2.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.11%) DHCP
1 14 (5.11%) DNS
1 14 (5.11%) LAN
2 13 (4.74%) TCP/IP
2 13 (4.74%) WAN
3 7 (2.55%) Firewall
3 7 (2.55%) VPN
4 6 (2.19%) NAS
4 6 (2.19%) SAN
4 6 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.82%) VLAN
6 3 (1.09%) HTTP
6 3 (1.09%) Wireless
7 2 (0.73%) BGP
7 2 (0.73%) Internet
7 2 (0.73%) Network Security
7 2 (0.73%) OSPF
7 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.68%) Power BI
2 18 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.84%) Tableau
4 13 (4.74%) BigQuery
4 13 (4.74%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.38%) Metadata
6 11 (4.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.92%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.55%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.19%) MySQL
9 6 (2.19%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.82%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.82%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.09%) Redis
12 2 (0.73%) Amazon QuickSight
12 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.73%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.73%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 13 (4.74%) Git
2 8 (2.92%) GitLab
2 8 (2.92%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.73%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.73%) ERwin
4 2 (0.73%) JIRA
4 2 (0.73%) MLflow
General
1 93 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.71%) Finance
3 22 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.92%) Legal
7 6 (2.19%) Retail
8 5 (1.82%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.82%) Automotive
8 5 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.73%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (20.44%) Lead
2 44 (16.06%) Senior
3 39 (14.23%) Architect
4 33 (12.04%) Analyst
5 28 (10.22%) Junior
5 28 (10.22%) Junior Analyst
6 21 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (7.66%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (7.30%) Data Engineer
8 18 (6.57%) Developer
8 18 (6.57%) Software Engineer
9 15 (5.47%) Data Analyst
10 14 (5.11%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.11%) Ethical Hacker
10 14 (5.11%) Junior Data Analyst
10 14 (5.11%) Junior Security Analyst
10 14 (5.11%) Lead Architect
10 14 (5.11%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 14 (5.11%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.76%) React
2 17 (6.20%) Node.js
3 12 (4.38%) AngularJS
4 11 (4.01%) .NET
5 10 (3.65%) RESTful
6 9 (3.28%) PySpark
6 9 (3.28%) Vue
7 8 (2.92%) REST
7 8 (2.92%) Web Services
8 6 (2.19%) CSS
8 6 (2.19%) HTML
9 5 (1.82%) Middleware
9 5 (1.82%) XBRL
9 5 (1.82%) XML
10 3 (1.09%) ASP.NET
10 3 (1.09%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.09%) Express.js
10 3 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (1.09%) JSON
10 3 (1.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.11%) Cyberattack
3 9 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.55%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.55%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.82%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.09%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.09%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.09%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.09%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.12%) Windows
2 14 (5.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.09%) Linux
3 3 (1.09%) Unix
3 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (29.20%) Mentoring
2 54 (19.71%) Agile
3 51 (18.61%) AI
4 44 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
5 43 (15.69%) CI/CD
5 43 (15.69%) DevOps
6 34 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
6 34 (12.41%) Technical Leadership
7 33 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (11.31%) Software Engineering
9 30 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (9.49%) Roadmaps
12 25 (9.12%) Migration
13 24 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (8.39%) Analytics
15 22 (8.03%) Coaching
15 22 (8.03%) Data Engineering
16 21 (7.66%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 73 (26.64%) SQL
2 60 (21.90%) Python
3 34 (12.41%) JavaScript
4 26 (9.49%) C#
5 23 (8.39%) TypeScript
6 21 (7.66%) Java
7 16 (5.84%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.55%) PHP
8 7 (2.55%) Scala
9 4 (1.46%) Bash
9 4 (1.46%) Bicep
10 3 (1.09%) Go
10 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.73%) R
12 1 (0.36%) C++
12 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 62 (22.63%) Azure Certification
2 17 (6.20%) CompTIA CySA+
2 17 (6.20%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (5.11%) CEH
4 11 (4.01%) Degree
5 10 (3.65%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.92%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.19%) CCNA
8 6 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.82%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.36%) CCSP
11 1 (0.36%) CRISC
11 1 (0.36%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.76%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (2.92%) GDPR
3 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.82%) SLA
4 4 (1.46%) QA
5 3 (1.09%) PMO
6 2 (0.73%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) HL7
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.28%) Hyper-V
2 9 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.92%) Docker
4 3 (1.09%) vSphere
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (8.76%) Terraform
2 15 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.82%) VxRail
4 5 (1.82%) WSUS
5 3 (1.09%) Ansible
5 3 (1.09%) Argo
5 3 (1.09%) Autotask
6 2 (0.73%) Kibana
7 1 (0.36%) Avamar
7 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 134 (48.91%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.41%) ForeScout
3 24 (8.76%) Databricks
4 19 (6.93%) VMware
5 17 (6.20%) Cisco
6 6 (2.19%) Dell
6 6 (2.19%) Foundry
6 6 (2.19%) Veeam
6 6 (2.19%) Zerto
7 5 (1.82%) Commvault
7 5 (1.82%) HP
7 5 (1.82%) Meraki
7 5 (1.82%) SAP
7 5 (1.82%) Tenable
8 4 (1.46%) Citrix
8 4 (1.46%) Google
8 4 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.09%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.09%) Remedy
10 2 (0.73%) BiZZdesign