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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 177 110 113
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.83% 16.20% 16.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.86% 34.92% 36.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 63 82
10th Percentile £361 £354 £400
25th Percentile £412 £406 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £553 £582
90th Percentile £689 £671 £655
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.00% -2.44% -6.82%

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 444 315 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 42.21% 46.39% 45.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 196 227
10th Percentile £363 £344 £340
25th Percentile £420 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £565
90th Percentile £638 £625 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £26.38 - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -55.65%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £113.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -69.23% +313.64% -55.65%

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 15 October 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 10 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.08%) Confluence
3 6 (3.39%) Palantir Foundry
4 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (42.37%) AWS
2 46 (25.99%) GCP
3 42 (23.73%) GitHub
4 38 (21.47%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (18.64%) Power Platform
6 30 (16.95%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (10.73%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (9.60%) PowerApps
10 15 (8.47%) Entra ID
11 14 (7.91%) Copilot Studio
12 13 (7.34%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (5.65%) Azure AI
14 9 (5.08%) Power Automate
15 8 (4.52%) Azure AKS
15 8 (4.52%) SaaS
15 8 (4.52%) Serverless
16 7 (3.95%) Azure Key Vault
17 6 (3.39%) PaaS
18 5 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.21%) Firewall
2 5 (2.82%) DNS
3 4 (2.26%) VPN
4 3 (1.69%) BGP
4 3 (1.69%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.69%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.69%) Network Security
4 3 (1.69%) OSPF
4 3 (1.69%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.69%) VXLAN
4 3 (1.69%) WAN
4 3 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.69%) WLAN
5 1 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.34%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.21%) Power BI
2 11 (6.21%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.08%) Metadata
4 5 (2.82%) Tableau
5 4 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.26%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.26%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.69%) Big Data
6 3 (1.69%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.13%) JanusGraph
7 2 (1.13%) Neo4j
7 2 (1.13%) Parquet
7 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.13%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.13%) TigerGraph
8 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.56%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 20 (11.30%) Jenkins
2 18 (10.17%) Git
2 18 (10.17%) JIRA
3 11 (6.21%) Selenium
4 8 (4.52%) GitLab
4 8 (4.52%) JMeter
5 7 (3.95%) Gatling
6 6 (3.39%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.82%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.82%) LoadRunner
7 5 (2.82%) Postman
7 5 (2.82%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.69%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.69%) Maven
9 2 (1.13%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.56%) MLflow
10 1 (0.56%) Mockito
10 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.56%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 47 (26.55%) Finance
3 18 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.34%) Banking
5 12 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.95%) Law
7 6 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.82%) Retail
9 4 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.26%) Social Science
10 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Military
11 2 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.56%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.56%) Legal
12 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (20.34%) Architect
1 36 (20.34%) Senior
2 20 (11.30%) Lead
3 17 (9.60%) Developer
4 13 (7.34%) Data Engineer
4 13 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (6.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (6.21%) Technical Architect
6 9 (5.08%) Analyst
6 9 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (5.08%) Data Architect
7 8 (4.52%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (3.95%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.95%) Tester
9 6 (3.39%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.39%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 6 (3.39%) Palantir Engineer
9 6 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (2.82%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (25.99%) Terraform
2 18 (10.17%) REST
3 15 (8.47%) React
4 12 (6.78%) .NET
5 11 (6.21%) Kafka
5 11 (6.21%) Playwright
6 9 (5.08%) YAML
7 8 (4.52%) PySpark
8 7 (3.95%) Node.js
8 7 (3.95%) RESTful
9 6 (3.39%) .NET Core
9 6 (3.39%) Jest
9 6 (3.39%) Middleware
10 5 (2.82%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.82%) SOAP
11 4 (2.26%) .NET Framework
11 4 (2.26%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (2.26%) Entity Framework
11 4 (2.26%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (2.26%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.69%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.91%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (7.91%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.65%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.08%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.95%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.26%) NHS
8 3 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.13%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (1.13%) Replication
10 1 (0.56%) PKI
10 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.26%) Linux
2 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.56%) Unix
2 1 (0.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (47.46%) CI/CD
2 78 (44.07%) DevOps
3 64 (36.16%) Agile
4 48 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (24.86%) AI
6 40 (22.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (16.95%) Observability
7 30 (16.95%) Roadmaps
8 29 (16.38%) Test Automation
9 22 (12.43%) Migration
10 18 (10.17%) Analytics
10 18 (10.17%) Containerisation
11 17 (9.60%) Data Engineering
11 17 (9.60%) Data Modelling
11 17 (9.60%) Deployment Automation
11 17 (9.60%) Software Engineering
12 16 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (9.04%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (8.47%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 41 (23.16%) Python
2 16 (9.04%) JavaScript
2 16 (9.04%) SQL
3 15 (8.47%) TypeScript
4 14 (7.91%) Java
5 13 (7.34%) PowerShell
6 11 (6.21%) C#
7 6 (3.39%) Bicep
8 5 (2.82%) Bash
8 5 (2.82%) Scala
9 4 (2.26%) ABAP
10 2 (1.13%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.13%) Gremlin
10 2 (1.13%) Groovy
11 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 46 (25.99%) Security Cleared
2 37 (20.90%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.52%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.26%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.26%) Degree
6 2 (1.13%) CISM
6 2 (1.13%) CISSP
6 2 (1.13%) CRISC
6 2 (1.13%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.13%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.13%) PMP
7 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.60%) QA
2 10 (5.65%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.08%) GDPR
4 8 (4.52%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.39%) WCAG
6 5 (2.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 3 (1.69%) GxP
9 2 (1.13%) GRC
9 2 (1.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (13.56%) Docker
2 10 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.56%) NFS
5 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (20.34%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.08%) Grafana
3 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.39%) Ansible
5 5 (2.82%) HAProxy
5 5 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.26%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.13%) Podman
8 1 (0.56%) SELinux
8 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.04%) Databricks
3 15 (8.47%) Dynatrace
4 14 (7.91%) Foundry
4 14 (7.91%) Google
5 11 (6.21%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.95%) IBM
6 7 (3.95%) SAP
6 7 (3.95%) Splunk
7 6 (3.39%) Palantir
8 5 (2.82%) New Relic
9 4 (2.26%) OpenAI
9 4 (2.26%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.69%) Arista
10 3 (1.69%) Aruba
10 3 (1.69%) F5
10 3 (1.69%) Fujitsu
10 3 (1.69%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.69%) Workday
11 2 (1.13%) OneLogin