Azure Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Azure
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 162 81 100
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 15.52% 13.92% 13.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.33% 29.67% 37.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 50 69
10th Percentile £363 £324 £400
25th Percentile £413 £378 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% -3.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £594
90th Percentile £700 £608 £645
West Yorkshire median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -9.09%

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 contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 434 273 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 41.57% 46.91% 37.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 180 191
10th Percentile £363 £325 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £550
90th Percentile £641 £621 £638
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £26.38 £37.07 -
25th Percentile - £45.03 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.91% - -
75th Percentile - £82.53 -
90th Percentile - £92.15 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £62.40 -
% change year-on-year -43.91% - -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Azure job vacancy trend in Leeds

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Leeds over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Leeds

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure

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 13 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.79%) Confluence
3 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.23%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (1.23%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.62%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.62%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (35.80%) AWS
2 41 (25.31%) Power Platform
3 29 (17.90%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (17.90%) GCP
3 29 (17.90%) GitHub
4 24 (14.81%) GitHub Actions
4 24 (14.81%) PowerApps
5 20 (12.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 19 (11.73%) Entra ID
7 18 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (8.64%) Copilot Studio
9 12 (7.41%) Power Automate
10 11 (6.79%) Azure AI
11 10 (6.17%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (6.17%) SaaS
11 10 (6.17%) Serverless
12 9 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (4.94%) PaaS
14 7 (4.32%) Azure Functions
15 6 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.09%) Firewall
1 5 (3.09%) WAN
1 5 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.47%) DNS
2 4 (2.47%) VPN
3 3 (1.85%) BGP
3 3 (1.85%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.85%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.85%) OSPF
3 3 (1.85%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.85%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.85%) WLAN
4 2 (1.23%) LAN
4 2 (1.23%) Network Security
4 2 (1.23%) PSTN
4 2 (1.23%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.64%) Power BI
2 13 (8.02%) SQL Server
3 11 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.56%) Metadata
5 8 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.47%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.85%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.85%) Tableau
8 2 (1.23%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.23%) Parquet
8 2 (1.23%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.62%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (14.20%) JIRA
2 15 (9.26%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.79%) Git
4 8 (4.94%) Gatling
5 6 (3.70%) GitLab
6 4 (2.47%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.47%) Maven
7 3 (1.85%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.62%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.62%) JMeter
9 1 (0.62%) LoadRunner
General
1 39 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.75%) Finance
3 18 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.94%) Law
6 6 (3.70%) Social Science
6 6 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.09%) Retail
8 4 (2.47%) Banking
8 4 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.85%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Legal
10 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.62%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 28 (17.28%) Architect
1 28 (17.28%) Senior
2 22 (13.58%) Developer
3 15 (9.26%) Analyst
4 14 (8.64%) Lead
5 13 (8.02%) Delivery Manager
5 13 (8.02%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (6.17%) Data Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 8 (4.94%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.32%) Data Architect
8 7 (4.32%) Data Modeller
8 7 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Consultant
9 6 (3.70%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 6 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.02%) REST
2 10 (6.17%) Playwright
3 9 (5.56%) .NET
4 8 (4.94%) React
5 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (3.70%) YAML
7 5 (3.09%) SOAP
8 4 (2.47%) JSP
8 4 (2.47%) Node.js
8 4 (2.47%) PySpark
8 4 (2.47%) RESTful
8 4 (2.47%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (2.47%) SAPUI5
8 4 (2.47%) Web Services
9 3 (1.85%) Jest
9 3 (1.85%) Kafka
9 3 (1.85%) OAuth
9 3 (1.85%) OpenID
9 3 (1.85%) SailPoint
9 3 (1.85%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.96%) Product Ownership
2 16 (9.88%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.32%) AI Agents
4 5 (3.09%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.09%) NHS
4 5 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.23%) IoT
7 2 (1.23%) Replication
7 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.62%) FMCG
8 1 (0.62%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.62%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.94%) Linux
2 7 (4.32%) Windows
3 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (41.98%) DevOps
2 62 (38.27%) CI/CD
3 58 (35.80%) Agile
4 38 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (21.60%) Infrastructure as Code
6 34 (20.99%) AI
6 34 (20.99%) Roadmaps
7 22 (13.58%) Observability
8 21 (12.96%) Data Modelling
9 20 (12.35%) Analytics
9 20 (12.35%) Migration
10 19 (11.73%) Data Engineering
10 19 (11.73%) Software Engineering
11 17 (10.49%) Sprint Planning
11 17 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (9.88%) User Experience
13 15 (9.26%) Data Governance
13 15 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (8.64%) Integration Patterns
14 14 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.81%) Python
2 19 (11.73%) PowerShell
3 13 (8.02%) C#
3 13 (8.02%) Java
4 10 (6.17%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.56%) SQL
6 7 (4.32%) Scala
7 6 (3.70%) Bash
7 6 (3.70%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.09%) Bicep
9 4 (2.47%) ABAP
10 3 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.23%) Groovy
12 1 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 36 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 25 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.47%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.47%) Degree
5 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.23%) CISM
5 2 (1.23%) CISSP
5 2 (1.23%) CRISC
5 2 (1.23%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.23%) PMP
6 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 6 (3.70%) QA
3 6 (3.70%) WCAG
4 5 (3.09%) GDPR
4 5 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.85%) GxP
5 3 (1.85%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.85%) NIST
5 3 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.62%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (9.88%) Docker
2 13 (8.02%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.62%) NFS
5 1 (0.62%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 40 (24.69%) Terraform
2 21 (12.96%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.94%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.32%) HAProxy
5 5 (3.09%) Ansible
6 2 (1.23%) Grafana
6 2 (1.23%) Podman
6 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.62%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.62%) SELinux
7 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (43.83%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.64%) Google
3 13 (8.02%) Foundry
4 12 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 10 (6.17%) Databricks
6 8 (4.94%) SAP
7 7 (4.32%) Oracle
8 4 (2.47%) Brio
9 3 (1.85%) Arista
9 3 (1.85%) Aruba
9 3 (1.85%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.85%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.85%) F5
9 3 (1.85%) IBM
9 3 (1.85%) Okta
9 3 (1.85%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.85%) Workday
10 2 (1.23%) ForgeRock
10 2 (1.23%) Palantir
10 2 (1.23%) Splunk