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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 269 134 386
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 14.32% 17.77% 19.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.09% 39.41% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 185 110 330
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £38,876
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,322
90th Percentile £83,650 £85,475 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year - -7.08% -5.83%

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 671 340 807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 35.73% 45.09% 40.49%
Number of salaries quoted 472 276 666
10th Percentile £28,775 £32,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £44,688 £42,938 £42,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,788 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -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 26 March 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 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.60%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.23%) Confluence
4 5 (1.86%) IIS
5 3 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.12%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.74%) Apache
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.37%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.20%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.49%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.74%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 126 (46.84%) AWS
2 44 (16.36%) Serverless
3 41 (15.24%) GitHub
4 38 (14.13%) GCP
5 28 (10.41%) Power Platform
6 25 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (7.06%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (6.32%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (6.32%) Azure AI
9 14 (5.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (5.20%) Amazon S3
10 13 (4.83%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (4.83%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (4.83%) AWS Step Functions
11 11 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (3.72%) SaaS
13 9 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (3.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.55%) Internet
2 22 (8.18%) DNS
3 20 (7.43%) DHCP
4 18 (6.69%) TCP/IP
5 15 (5.58%) Firewall
6 12 (4.46%) WAN
7 11 (4.09%) LAN
7 11 (4.09%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.60%) VPN
9 5 (1.86%) NGFW
9 5 (1.86%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.86%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.49%) Network Security
10 4 (1.49%) VoIP
11 2 (0.74%) NAS
11 2 (0.74%) SAN
11 2 (0.74%) VLAN
12 1 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.29%) Power BI
2 19 (7.06%) Tableau
3 18 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.69%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.95%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.20%) DynamoDB
6 13 (4.83%) Metadata
7 9 (3.35%) MySQL
8 8 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.23%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.23%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.86%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.49%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.49%) Spark SQL
11 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.12%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.12%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 47 (17.47%) Git
2 8 (2.97%) GitLab
3 6 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.86%) JIRA
5 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 139 (51.67%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.29%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.55%) Multimedia
4 22 (8.18%) Finance
5 20 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.97%) Legal
7 6 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.86%) Retail
9 2 (0.74%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.74%) Automotive
9 2 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.37%) Billing
10 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (20.07%) Developer
2 42 (15.61%) Analyst
3 35 (13.01%) Junior
4 33 (12.27%) Architect
5 32 (11.90%) Junior Analyst
6 31 (11.52%) Lead
7 30 (11.15%) Senior
8 23 (8.55%) Trainee
9 20 (7.43%) Data Engineer
9 20 (7.43%) IT Support
10 16 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Data Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Junior Data Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Junior Security Analyst
10 16 (5.95%) Security Analyst
11 15 (5.58%) .NET Developer
11 15 (5.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (4.83%) Software Developer
13 11 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.01%) React
2 26 (9.67%) CSS
2 26 (9.67%) HTML
3 25 (9.29%) .NET
4 15 (5.58%) .NET Core
4 15 (5.58%) Blazor
4 15 (5.58%) RESTful
5 13 (4.83%) ASP.NET
5 13 (4.83%) ASP.NET Core
5 13 (4.83%) AWS CDK
6 12 (4.46%) AngularJS
6 12 (4.46%) Node.js
6 12 (4.46%) PySpark
7 8 (2.97%) REST
8 7 (2.60%) Web Services
9 6 (2.23%) Spring
9 6 (2.23%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.23%) Vue
10 3 (1.12%) Apache Camel
10 3 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.64%) Cloud Native
2 22 (8.18%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (5.58%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.72%) Cyberattack
5 9 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.60%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.86%) PKI
8 4 (1.49%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.12%) Replication
9 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.12%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.74%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.18%) Windows
1 22 (8.18%) Windows Server
2 5 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.12%) Android
3 3 (1.12%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.12%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.37%) Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (46.47%) Mentoring
2 71 (26.39%) Agile
3 64 (23.79%) DevOps
4 56 (20.82%) CI/CD
5 55 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (19.33%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (17.47%) Microservices
8 38 (14.13%) Data Modelling
9 36 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (12.27%) AI
11 33 (12.27%) Application Security
11 33 (12.27%) Migration
12 31 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (10.41%) Containerisation
13 28 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (10.04%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (9.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (8.92%) Architectural Patterns
16 24 (8.92%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 94 (34.94%) Python
2 75 (27.88%) SQL
3 71 (26.39%) JavaScript
4 40 (14.87%) C#
5 36 (13.38%) TypeScript
6 31 (11.52%) Java
7 14 (5.20%) R
8 9 (3.35%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.60%) PHP
10 5 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.49%) Bash
11 4 (1.49%) Scala
12 3 (1.12%) Go
13 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 92 (34.20%) Azure Certification
2 58 (21.56%) AWS Certification
3 49 (18.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (11.15%) Degree
5 28 (10.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 20 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (7.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (7.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 16 (5.95%) CompTIA CySA+
8 16 (5.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 11 (4.09%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (3.72%) CEH
11 7 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (2.23%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.23%) Security Cleared
13 2 (0.74%) CCNA
13 2 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.37%) CCNP
14 1 (0.37%) CISSP
14 1 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.72%) QA
3 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.37%) GDPR
4 1 (0.37%) NIST
4 1 (0.37%) PMO
4 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (10.78%) Docker
2 25 (9.29%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.81%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (14.87%) Terraform
2 26 (9.67%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.20%) Ansible
4 7 (2.60%) Grafana
4 7 (2.60%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.74%) VxRail
7 2 (0.74%) WSUS
8 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 133 (49.44%) Microsoft
2 31 (11.52%) VMware
3 27 (10.04%) ForeScout
4 19 (7.06%) Databricks
5 17 (6.32%) SAP
6 12 (4.46%) Google
7 9 (3.35%) Citrix
8 8 (2.97%) Veeam
9 5 (1.86%) Adobe
9 5 (1.86%) Arista
9 5 (1.86%) Aruba
9 5 (1.86%) NetScout
10 4 (1.49%) Cisco
10 4 (1.49%) Oracle
10 4 (1.49%) Palantir
11 3 (1.12%) Informatica
11 3 (1.12%) Pega
11 3 (1.12%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.12%) WSO2
12 2 (0.74%) Meraki