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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 313 134 394
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.30% 17.59% 18.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.92% 40.48% 47.07%
Number of salaries quoted 197 112 339
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -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 765 331 837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 32.51% 43.44% 39.69%
Number of salaries quoted 523 269 699
10th Percentile £28,800 £32,500 £33,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £71,991
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 26 April 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 (2.88%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.56%) IIS
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.28%) Confluence
5 3 (0.96%) Apache
5 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (7.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 13 (4.15%) SAP ERP
2 7 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.28%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 122 (38.98%) AWS
2 48 (15.34%) GCP
3 39 (12.46%) GitHub
4 38 (12.14%) Power Platform
4 38 (12.14%) Serverless
5 34 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (8.63%) Azure AI
6 27 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (6.07%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (4.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (4.47%) Amazon S3
10 13 (4.15%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (4.15%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (4.15%) AWS Step Functions
11 11 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.88%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.88%) SaaS
13 8 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.99%) DNS
2 23 (7.35%) DHCP
3 19 (6.07%) TCP/IP
4 17 (5.43%) Internet
4 17 (5.43%) LAN
4 17 (5.43%) WAN
5 16 (5.11%) Firewall
6 13 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.56%) VPN
8 5 (1.60%) NGFW
8 5 (1.60%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.60%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.28%) NAS
9 4 (1.28%) SAN
9 4 (1.28%) VLAN
9 4 (1.28%) VoIP
10 2 (0.64%) BGP
10 2 (0.64%) Network Security
10 2 (0.64%) OSPF
10 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.54%) Power BI
2 24 (7.67%) Tableau
3 19 (6.07%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (5.43%) Metadata
5 17 (5.43%) NoSQL
6 14 (4.47%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.88%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.88%) MySQL
8 6 (1.92%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.60%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.60%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.96%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 37 (11.82%) Git
2 11 (3.51%) GitLab
3 5 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.96%) JIRA
5 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 155 (49.52%) Social Skills
2 33 (10.54%) Finance
3 26 (8.31%) Public Sector
4 25 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.43%) Multimedia
6 7 (2.24%) Legal
7 6 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.28%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.28%) Automotive
8 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.64%) Law
9 2 (0.64%) Retail
10 1 (0.32%) Billing
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (16.93%) Analyst
2 47 (15.02%) Developer
3 44 (14.06%) Junior
4 42 (13.42%) Junior Analyst
4 42 (13.42%) Lead
5 38 (12.14%) Senior
6 37 (11.82%) Architect
7 23 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (6.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Data Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Junior Data Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Junior Security Analyst
8 21 (6.71%) Security Analyst
9 20 (6.39%) Data Engineer
10 17 (5.43%) IT Support
10 17 (5.43%) Trainee
11 15 (4.79%) Ethical Hacker
12 14 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.83%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.83%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.82%) React
2 19 (6.07%) .NET
3 18 (5.75%) RESTful
4 17 (5.43%) CSS
4 17 (5.43%) HTML
5 16 (5.11%) .NET Core
6 14 (4.47%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.15%) ASP.NET
7 13 (4.15%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (4.15%) AWS CDK
7 13 (4.15%) Blazor
8 11 (3.51%) PySpark
9 10 (3.19%) Node.js
10 9 (2.88%) Vue
11 8 (2.56%) REST
12 6 (1.92%) Web Services
12 6 (1.92%) XML
13 5 (1.60%) XBRL
14 4 (1.28%) Middleware
14 4 (1.28%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.82%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.79%) Cyberattack
4 14 (4.47%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.92%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.92%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.60%) PKI
6 5 (1.60%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.28%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.96%) Replication
8 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.27%) Windows
2 26 (8.31%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.28%) Linux
5 4 (1.28%) Unix
6 3 (0.96%) Android
6 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (36.74%) Mentoring
2 73 (23.32%) Agile
3 68 (21.73%) DevOps
4 64 (20.45%) CI/CD
5 56 (17.89%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (13.42%) Microservices
8 41 (13.10%) AI
9 40 (12.78%) Data Modelling
10 35 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (11.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (10.22%) Migration
13 31 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (8.95%) Application Security
16 26 (8.31%) Containerisation
17 23 (7.35%) Analytics
17 23 (7.35%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 93 (29.71%) Python
2 87 (27.80%) SQL
3 58 (18.53%) JavaScript
4 34 (10.86%) C#
4 34 (10.86%) TypeScript
5 26 (8.31%) Java
6 12 (3.83%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.19%) R
8 8 (2.56%) PHP
9 5 (1.60%) Scala
10 4 (1.28%) Bash
10 4 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.96%) Go
12 2 (0.64%) Bicep
12 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (33.55%) Azure Certification
2 47 (15.02%) AWS Certification
3 37 (11.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (8.31%) Degree
5 21 (6.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 21 (6.71%) CompTIA CySA+
5 21 (6.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 17 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (4.79%) CEH
8 14 (4.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (3.51%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (3.19%) Security Cleared
11 8 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.56%) SC Cleared
12 7 (2.24%) CCNA
13 6 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.28%) SAP Certification
15 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.39%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.19%) QA
3 7 (2.24%) GDPR
4 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.64%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (8.31%) Active Directory
1 26 (8.31%) Docker
2 19 (6.07%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (14.38%) Terraform
2 22 (7.03%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.15%) Ansible
4 7 (2.24%) Grafana
4 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.24%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.28%) VxRail
5 4 (1.28%) WSUS
6 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.96%) Argo
6 3 (0.96%) Kibana
7 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 148 (47.28%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.42%) ForeScout
3 30 (9.58%) VMware
4 20 (6.39%) SAP
5 18 (5.75%) Databricks
6 13 (4.15%) Cisco
7 11 (3.51%) Google
8 10 (3.19%) Veeam
9 9 (2.88%) Citrix
10 6 (1.92%) Oracle
11 5 (1.60%) Arista
11 5 (1.60%) Aruba
11 5 (1.60%) NetScout
12 4 (1.28%) Commvault
12 4 (1.28%) Dell
12 4 (1.28%) HP
12 4 (1.28%) Meraki
12 4 (1.28%) Palantir
12 4 (1.28%) Tenable
12 4 (1.28%) Zerto