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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 300 140 406
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.40% 18.02% 18.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.76% 44.73% 48.39%
Number of salaries quoted 182 109 345
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,712 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £79,834 £69,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -7.97%

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 774 313 839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 29.41% 40.28% 38.14%
Number of salaries quoted 535 245 699
10th Percentile £31,990 £36,750 £33,600
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% -6.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,928
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.86%

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 30 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 9 (3.00%) IIS
2 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.00%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.33%) Apache
6 3 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.67%) Confluence
8 1 (0.33%) SAS
8 1 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.00%) SAP ERP
2 5 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.33%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.33%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 97 (32.33%) AWS
2 47 (15.67%) GCP
3 41 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (12.67%) Power Platform
5 26 (8.67%) Serverless
6 24 (8.00%) Azure AI
7 23 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (7.33%) GitHub
9 15 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (3.67%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (3.33%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.33%) OCI
14 7 (2.33%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.67%) DNS
2 24 (8.00%) DHCP
3 21 (7.00%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.33%) LAN
5 18 (6.00%) WAN
6 14 (4.67%) Firewall
6 14 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (3.00%) Internet
8 6 (2.00%) NAS
8 6 (2.00%) SAN
8 6 (2.00%) VPN
9 5 (1.67%) NGFW
9 5 (1.67%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.67%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.33%) VLAN
10 4 (1.33%) VoIP
11 3 (1.00%) HTTP
12 2 (0.67%) BGP
12 2 (0.67%) OSPF
12 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.00%) Power BI
2 21 (7.00%) Tableau
3 14 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (4.00%) Metadata
5 12 (4.00%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.00%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.33%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.67%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.67%) MySQL
8 7 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.00%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.00%) DynamoDB
9 6 (2.00%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.00%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.33%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.00%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 24 (8.00%) Git
2 11 (3.67%) GitLab
3 8 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.67%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.67%) ERwin
4 2 (0.67%) JIRA
4 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 126 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.67%) Finance
3 26 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.00%) Multimedia
6 8 (2.67%) Legal
7 6 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.67%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.67%) Automotive
8 5 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.33%) Law
11 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (15.67%) Lead
2 43 (14.33%) Analyst
2 43 (14.33%) Senior
3 39 (13.00%) Architect
4 36 (12.00%) Junior
4 36 (12.00%) Junior Analyst
5 30 (10.00%) Developer
6 27 (9.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (6.67%) Data Engineer
8 18 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 18 (6.00%) Data Analyst
8 18 (6.00%) Junior Data Analyst
8 18 (6.00%) Junior Security Analyst
8 18 (6.00%) Security Analyst
9 17 (5.67%) IT Support
9 17 (5.67%) Software Engineer
10 16 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (5.00%) Ethical Hacker
12 13 (4.33%) Lead Architect
13 12 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.33%) React
2 14 (4.67%) AngularJS
2 14 (4.67%) RESTful
3 13 (4.33%) Node.js
4 12 (4.00%) .NET
5 11 (3.67%) Vue
6 10 (3.33%) PySpark
6 10 (3.33%) REST
7 9 (3.00%) CSS
7 9 (3.00%) HTML
8 7 (2.33%) .NET Core
9 6 (2.00%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.00%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (2.00%) AWS CDK
9 6 (2.00%) Blazor
9 6 (2.00%) Web Services
10 5 (1.67%) Middleware
10 5 (1.67%) XBRL
10 5 (1.67%) XML
11 4 (1.33%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.00%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.00%) Cyberattack
2 15 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.00%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.67%) PKI
7 4 (1.33%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.33%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.33%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.33%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.00%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.00%) Replication
9 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.67%) Windows
2 29 (9.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.33%) Linux
5 4 (1.33%) Unix
6 3 (1.00%) Android
6 3 (1.00%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (33.67%) Mentoring
2 70 (23.33%) Agile
3 58 (19.33%) DevOps
4 53 (17.67%) CI/CD
5 51 (17.00%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (12.67%) AI
8 35 (11.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 31 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
10 31 (10.33%) Microservices
11 30 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (9.33%) Data Modelling
13 26 (8.67%) Coaching
13 26 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
14 25 (8.33%) Migration
15 24 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
16 23 (7.67%) Software Engineering
17 21 (7.00%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.00%) SQL
2 74 (24.67%) Python
3 51 (17.00%) JavaScript
4 34 (11.33%) TypeScript
5 27 (9.00%) C#
6 25 (8.33%) Java
7 13 (4.33%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.67%) PHP
9 5 (1.67%) Bash
9 5 (1.67%) R
10 4 (1.33%) Scala
11 3 (1.00%) Bicep
11 3 (1.00%) Go
11 3 (1.00%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.33%) C++
13 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 86 (28.67%) Azure Certification
2 27 (9.00%) AWS Certification
3 21 (7.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (6.33%) Degree
5 18 (6.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 18 (6.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (5.00%) CEH
6 15 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (4.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 11 (3.67%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.00%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (2.33%) CCNA
12 6 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.67%) SAP Certification
14 4 (1.33%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.33%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.00%) QA
3 7 (2.33%) GDPR
4 5 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.00%) PMO
6 2 (0.67%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.67%) SLA
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.00%) Hyper-V
3 15 (5.00%) Docker
4 14 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (11.67%) Terraform
2 16 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.33%) Ansible
3 10 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.00%) VxRail
4 6 (2.00%) WSUS
5 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.00%) Argo
5 3 (1.00%) Grafana
5 3 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.67%) Kibana
6 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 142 (47.33%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.00%) ForeScout
3 29 (9.67%) VMware
4 17 (5.67%) Databricks
5 16 (5.33%) SAP
6 15 (5.00%) Cisco
7 12 (4.00%) Veeam
8 11 (3.67%) Google
9 9 (3.00%) Citrix
10 6 (2.00%) Commvault
10 6 (2.00%) Dell
10 6 (2.00%) HP
10 6 (2.00%) Meraki
10 6 (2.00%) Tenable
10 6 (2.00%) Zerto
11 5 (1.67%) Arista
11 5 (1.67%) Aruba
11 5 (1.67%) NetScout
12 3 (1.00%) Sparx
13 2 (0.67%) Datto