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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 239 188 343
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 16.29% 19.18% 20.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.99% 43.02% 46.35%
Number of salaries quoted 173 132 290
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £38,650
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £73,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £84,056
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,233 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.42% -4.35% -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 556 437 740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 37.90% 44.59% 44.42%
Number of salaries quoted 387 291 611
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,822 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%

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 31 January 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 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.93%) Confluence
3 7 (2.93%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.26%) IIS
4 3 (1.26%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) FileNet
Applications
1 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.42%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (5.86%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.84%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 124 (51.88%) AWS
2 47 (19.67%) Serverless
3 46 (19.25%) GitHub
4 28 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (11.30%) GCP
6 26 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (7.95%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (7.11%) Power Platform
9 16 (6.69%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (6.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (5.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (5.86%) Amazon S3
12 13 (5.44%) Amazon EventBridge
12 13 (5.44%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (5.44%) AWS Step Functions
13 12 (5.02%) Entra ID
14 10 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (4.18%) SaaS
15 8 (3.35%) Google Workspace
16 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.04%) Internet
2 19 (7.95%) Firewall
3 17 (7.11%) DNS
4 15 (6.28%) DHCP
5 14 (5.86%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.60%) WAN
6 11 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.18%) LAN
8 8 (3.35%) VPN
9 7 (2.93%) VoIP
10 6 (2.51%) VLAN
11 5 (2.09%) NGFW
11 5 (2.09%) VXLAN
11 5 (2.09%) Wireshark
12 4 (1.67%) Network Security
12 4 (1.67%) SAN
13 1 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
13 1 (0.42%) HTTP
13 1 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.11%) Metadata
3 16 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.28%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.86%) DynamoDB
5 14 (5.86%) Power BI
6 9 (3.77%) Tableau
7 6 (2.51%) Data Vault
7 6 (2.51%) MySQL
7 6 (2.51%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.09%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.67%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.26%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.26%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.26%) TIBCO EBX
11 2 (0.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (21.76%) Git
2 9 (3.77%) GitLab
3 7 (2.93%) JIRA
4 4 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.42%) Snyk
6 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
General
1 117 (48.95%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.46%) Public Sector
3 24 (10.04%) Multimedia
4 17 (7.11%) Finance
5 15 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.18%) Legal
7 6 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.09%) Retail
9 3 (1.26%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Billing
10 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (23.01%) Developer
2 43 (17.99%) Architect
3 28 (11.72%) Lead
4 26 (10.88%) Senior
5 24 (10.04%) Trainee
6 20 (8.37%) Analyst
7 17 (7.11%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.11%) IT Support
7 17 (7.11%) Junior
8 16 (6.69%) .NET Developer
9 14 (5.86%) Applications Architect
9 14 (5.86%) Junior Analyst
10 13 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.44%) Software Developer
11 12 (5.02%) Trainee Developer
11 12 (5.02%) Trainee Software Developer
12 11 (4.60%) Software Architect
13 10 (4.18%) Data Architect
13 10 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (4.18%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.39%) .NET
2 28 (11.72%) CSS
2 28 (11.72%) HTML
2 28 (11.72%) React
3 15 (6.28%) .NET Core
3 15 (6.28%) Blazor
3 15 (6.28%) RESTful
4 13 (5.44%) ASP.NET
4 13 (5.44%) ASP.NET Core
4 13 (5.44%) AWS CDK
5 11 (4.60%) AngularJS
5 11 (4.60%) PySpark
6 7 (2.93%) Node.js
7 6 (2.51%) Spring
7 6 (2.51%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.09%) REST
9 4 (1.67%) Vue
10 3 (1.26%) Apache Camel
10 3 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.97%) Cloud Native
2 28 (11.72%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.28%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.93%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.93%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.09%) PKI
6 5 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.26%) Clustering
8 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.26%) Replication
8 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.26%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.46%) Windows
2 17 (7.11%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (2.93%) Linux
5 6 (2.51%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.09%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.67%) Android
8 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (46.44%) Mentoring
2 72 (30.13%) DevOps
3 66 (27.62%) Agile
4 64 (26.78%) CI/CD
5 55 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (20.08%) Microservices
7 45 (18.83%) Data Modelling
8 39 (16.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 38 (15.90%) Application Security
9 38 (15.90%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (15.06%) Migration
11 32 (13.39%) Architectural Patterns
11 32 (13.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 31 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (12.13%) Computer Science
14 29 (12.13%) Enterprise Architecture
15 25 (10.46%) TOGAF
16 24 (10.04%) Containerisation
16 24 (10.04%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 94 (39.33%) Python
2 68 (28.45%) JavaScript
3 64 (26.78%) SQL
4 47 (19.67%) C#
5 35 (14.64%) Java
5 35 (14.64%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.86%) R
7 10 (4.18%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.09%) Bash
8 5 (2.09%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.67%) PHP
9 4 (1.67%) Scala
10 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) Bicep
11 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (28.87%) Azure Certification
2 64 (26.78%) AWS Certification
3 57 (23.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (16.32%) Degree
5 29 (12.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (10.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (10.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (10.04%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.60%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (3.35%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.35%) Security Cleared
10 7 (2.93%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (2.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.93%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CCNA
11 1 (0.42%) CCNP
11 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CISSP
11 1 (0.42%) OSCP
11 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.02%) QA
2 10 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) GRC
4 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (12.97%) Docker
2 24 (10.04%) Hyper-V
3 20 (8.37%) Active Directory
4 18 (7.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (17.15%) Terraform
2 25 (10.46%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.69%) Ansible
4 8 (3.35%) Grafana
4 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.35%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.42%) Kibana
7 1 (0.42%) VxRail
7 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (46.03%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.46%) VMware
3 24 (10.04%) Databricks
4 17 (7.11%) SAP
5 12 (5.02%) Google
6 7 (2.93%) ForeScout
6 7 (2.93%) Veeam
7 5 (2.09%) Adobe
7 5 (2.09%) Arista
7 5 (2.09%) Aruba
7 5 (2.09%) Citrix
7 5 (2.09%) NetScout
7 5 (2.09%) SonicWALL
8 4 (1.67%) Dell
8 4 (1.67%) HP
8 4 (1.67%) Oracle
8 4 (1.67%) Palantir
9 3 (1.26%) Supermicro
9 3 (1.26%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.26%) WSO2