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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 282 149 422
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.56% 18.67% 18.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.91% 47.45% 49.01%
Number of salaries quoted 175 121 359
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,750 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £79,336 £71,250 £71,620
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,250 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £59,738 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.93% +8.61% -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 764 314 861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.60% 39.35% 36.91%
Number of salaries quoted 537 257 716
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,450 £33,875
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% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,334
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -5.98%

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 13 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 (3.19%) IIS
2 6 (2.13%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.42%) Apache
5 3 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.71%) Confluence
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.19%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 86 (30.50%) AWS
2 44 (15.60%) GCP
3 38 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (12.41%) Power Platform
5 23 (8.16%) Azure AI
6 20 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (6.38%) Serverless
8 15 (5.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (5.32%) GitHub
9 13 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (3.90%) Entra ID
11 10 (3.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (3.55%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.48%) OCI
13 7 (2.48%) PowerApps
14 6 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.13%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.16%) DHCP
1 23 (8.16%) DNS
2 18 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 17 (6.03%) LAN
4 16 (5.67%) WAN
5 14 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (4.61%) Firewall
7 8 (2.84%) VPN
8 6 (2.13%) Internet
8 6 (2.13%) NAS
8 6 (2.13%) SAN
8 6 (2.13%) VLAN
9 5 (1.77%) NGFW
9 5 (1.77%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.77%) Wireshark
10 3 (1.06%) HTTP
10 3 (1.06%) VoIP
11 2 (0.71%) BGP
11 2 (0.71%) OSPF
11 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.93%) Power BI
2 19 (6.74%) Tableau
3 14 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.55%) BigQuery
4 10 (3.55%) Metadata
5 9 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.19%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.84%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.48%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.13%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.13%) MySQL
8 6 (2.13%) Spark SQL
9 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.06%) Amazon QuickSight
10 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.71%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (5.32%) Git
2 9 (3.19%) GitLab
3 8 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.71%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.71%) ERwin
4 2 (0.71%) JIRA
4 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 113 (40.07%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.12%) Finance
3 26 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.84%) Legal
6 6 (2.13%) Multimedia
7 5 (1.77%) Agriculture
7 5 (1.77%) Automotive
7 5 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Law
10 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (15.60%) Lead
2 43 (15.25%) Senior
3 38 (13.48%) Analyst
4 36 (12.77%) Architect
5 32 (11.35%) Junior
5 32 (11.35%) Junior Analyst
6 25 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (8.16%) Developer
8 19 (6.74%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.38%) Software Engineer
10 17 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (5.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 16 (5.67%) Data Analyst
11 16 (5.67%) Junior Data Analyst
11 16 (5.67%) Junior Security Analyst
11 16 (5.67%) Security Analyst
12 15 (5.32%) Ethical Hacker
13 13 (4.61%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.61%) Lead Architect
13 13 (4.61%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.22%) React
2 14 (4.96%) AngularJS
3 13 (4.61%) Node.js
4 11 (3.90%) Vue
5 10 (3.55%) RESTful
6 9 (3.19%) PySpark
7 8 (2.84%) .NET
7 8 (2.84%) REST
7 8 (2.84%) Web Services
8 6 (2.13%) CSS
8 6 (2.13%) HTML
9 5 (1.77%) Middleware
9 5 (1.77%) XBRL
9 5 (1.77%) XML
10 3 (1.06%) .NET Core
10 3 (1.06%) ARM Templates
10 3 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (1.06%) JSON
10 3 (1.06%) MACH
11 2 (0.71%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.80%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.32%) Cyberattack
3 13 (4.61%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.48%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.13%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.77%) PKI
8 4 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.42%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.06%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.71%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.70%) Windows
2 25 (8.87%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.42%) Linux
5 4 (1.42%) Unix
6 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.98%) Mentoring
2 61 (21.63%) Agile
3 51 (18.09%) DevOps
4 48 (17.02%) CI/CD
5 45 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (13.12%) AI
8 33 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 32 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (8.87%) Coaching
11 25 (8.87%) Software Engineering
12 24 (8.51%) Data Modelling
12 24 (8.51%) Technical Leadership
13 23 (8.16%) Microservices
13 23 (8.16%) Migration
13 23 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (7.80%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (7.09%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.47%) SQL
2 68 (24.11%) Python
3 44 (15.60%) JavaScript
4 30 (10.64%) TypeScript
5 26 (9.22%) C#
6 23 (8.16%) Java
7 13 (4.61%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.48%) PHP
9 5 (1.77%) Bash
10 4 (1.42%) Bicep
10 4 (1.42%) Scala
11 3 (1.06%) Go
11 3 (1.06%) R
11 3 (1.06%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 77 (27.30%) Azure Certification
2 19 (6.74%) AWS Certification
3 17 (6.03%) Degree
4 16 (5.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 16 (5.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (5.32%) CEH
6 13 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.90%) Security Cleared
8 9 (3.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 9 (3.19%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.48%) CCNA
11 6 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.77%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.35%) IIBA
14 1 (0.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.84%) QA
3 7 (2.48%) GDPR
4 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.42%) SLA
6 3 (1.06%) PMO
7 2 (0.71%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.35%) HL7
8 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.32%) Hyper-V
3 12 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.90%) Docker
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (10.64%) Terraform
2 16 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.55%) Ansible
4 9 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.13%) VxRail
5 6 (2.13%) WSUS
6 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.06%) Argo
6 3 (1.06%) Grafana
6 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.71%) Autotask
7 2 (0.71%) Kibana
7 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 133 (47.16%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.12%) ForeScout
3 26 (9.22%) VMware
4 18 (6.38%) Databricks
5 15 (5.32%) Cisco
6 13 (4.61%) SAP
7 11 (3.90%) Google
8 9 (3.19%) Veeam
9 8 (2.84%) Citrix
10 6 (2.13%) Commvault
10 6 (2.13%) Dell
10 6 (2.13%) HP
10 6 (2.13%) Meraki
10 6 (2.13%) Tenable
10 6 (2.13%) Zerto
11 5 (1.77%) Arista
11 5 (1.77%) Aruba
11 5 (1.77%) NetScout
12 3 (1.06%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.71%) CyberArk