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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 242 215 275
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 18.29% 19.82% 20.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.72% 46.74% 43.44%
Number of salaries quoted 179 162 220
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,630 £39,975
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £46,063
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 £83,550 £75,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% -7.83% -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 518 460 633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 39.15% 42.40% 48.03%
Number of salaries quoted 370 322 503
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £88,300
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £54,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.09% -5.22% -

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 29 December 2025.

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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.72%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.89%) Confluence
4 3 (1.24%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.83%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) FileNet
Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.41%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.13%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 127 (52.48%) AWS
2 47 (19.42%) GitHub
3 45 (18.60%) Serverless
4 36 (14.88%) GCP
5 28 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (8.26%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (6.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (5.79%) Amazon S3
9 14 (5.79%) SaaS
10 13 (5.37%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (5.37%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (5.37%) AWS Step Functions
10 13 (5.37%) Entra ID
10 13 (5.37%) Power Platform
11 8 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.92%) Internet
2 18 (7.44%) Firewall
3 11 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.13%) DNS
4 10 (4.13%) VLAN
5 9 (3.72%) VoIP
6 8 (3.31%) SAN
7 7 (2.89%) DHCP
8 6 (2.48%) VPN
9 4 (1.65%) Network Security
9 4 (1.65%) WAN
10 3 (1.24%) LAN
10 3 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.41%) BGP
11 1 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.44%) SQL Server
3 17 (7.02%) NoSQL
4 16 (6.61%) Metadata
5 14 (5.79%) DynamoDB
6 11 (4.55%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.55%) MySQL
6 11 (4.55%) Power BI
7 7 (2.89%) Tableau
8 6 (2.48%) Data Vault
8 6 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.48%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.07%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.24%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.24%) TIBCO EBX
12 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (21.07%) Git
2 11 (4.55%) GitLab
3 8 (3.31%) JIRA
4 5 (2.07%) 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
1 102 (42.15%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.92%) Multimedia
3 18 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.61%) Finance
5 13 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.96%) Retail
7 7 (2.89%) Legal
8 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.65%) Marketing
9 2 (0.83%) Law
9 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Billing
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (24.79%) Developer
2 45 (18.60%) Architect
3 38 (15.70%) Lead
4 34 (14.05%) Senior
5 24 (9.92%) Trainee
6 21 (8.68%) Data Engineer
7 20 (8.26%) Software Developer
8 17 (7.02%) .NET Developer
8 17 (7.02%) Analyst
9 15 (6.20%) Support Technician
10 14 (5.79%) IT Support
11 13 (5.37%) Applications Architect
11 13 (5.37%) Junior
12 12 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.96%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.96%) Trainee Developer
12 12 (4.96%) Trainee Software Developer
13 11 (4.55%) Software Architect
14 10 (4.13%) Data Architect
14 10 (4.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (14.88%) .NET
2 29 (11.98%) CSS
2 29 (11.98%) HTML
3 28 (11.57%) React
4 20 (8.26%) RESTful
5 16 (6.61%) Blazor
6 15 (6.20%) .NET Core
7 13 (5.37%) ASP.NET
7 13 (5.37%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (5.37%) AWS CDK
8 12 (4.96%) AngularJS
9 11 (4.55%) PySpark
10 9 (3.72%) Node.js
11 6 (2.48%) Spring
11 6 (2.48%) Spring Boot
12 5 (2.07%) REST
13 3 (1.24%) Apache Camel
13 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (1.24%) Vue
13 3 (1.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.53%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.92%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.72%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.31%) Clustering
5 7 (2.89%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.24%) Replication
8 3 (1.24%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) IoT
9 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.92%) Windows
2 14 (5.79%) Linux
3 10 (4.13%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.31%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.65%) Android
6 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (43.39%) Mentoring
2 77 (31.82%) DevOps
3 75 (30.99%) CI/CD
4 72 (29.75%) Agile
5 51 (21.07%) Microservices
6 48 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (19.42%) Data Modelling
8 38 (15.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 35 (14.46%) Application Security
9 35 (14.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (13.22%) Migration
13 29 (11.98%) Architectural Patterns
14 28 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (11.16%) Computer Science
15 27 (11.16%) Containerisation
16 26 (10.74%) Enterprise Architecture
16 26 (10.74%) Roadmaps
17 25 (10.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 98 (40.50%) Python
2 72 (29.75%) SQL
3 68 (28.10%) JavaScript
4 47 (19.42%) C#
5 36 (14.88%) Java
6 33 (13.64%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.79%) R
8 8 (3.31%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.07%) Scala
9 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.65%) PHP
11 3 (1.24%) Bash
12 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Bicep
13 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (25.62%) Azure Certification
2 61 (25.21%) AWS Certification
3 59 (24.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (15.29%) Degree
5 28 (11.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 24 (9.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.55%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (4.55%) Security Cleared
9 10 (4.13%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.89%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (2.07%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.41%) MCITP
12 1 (0.41%) MCSE
12 1 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.96%) QA
2 7 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.83%) 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
System Software
1 37 (15.29%) Docker
2 22 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 15 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.13%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (16.53%) Terraform
2 27 (11.16%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.79%) Ansible
4 12 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.55%) Grafana
5 11 (4.55%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 101 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.57%) Databricks
3 20 (8.26%) VMware
4 13 (5.37%) SAP
5 9 (3.72%) Dell
6 8 (3.31%) HP
6 8 (3.31%) SonicWALL
6 8 (3.31%) Supermicro
7 7 (2.89%) Google
8 6 (2.48%) Oracle
9 5 (2.07%) Adobe
9 5 (2.07%) ForeScout
9 5 (2.07%) Palantir
10 4 (1.65%) Veeam
11 3 (1.24%) Citrix
11 3 (1.24%) Informatica
11 3 (1.24%) Pega
11 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.24%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.24%) WSO2