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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 126 92 136
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.38% 17.97% 15.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.18% 37.86% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 65 89
10th Percentile £290 £356 £385
25th Percentile £383 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £485 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -11.82% -
75th Percentile £538 £563 £613
90th Percentile £647 £670 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £494 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +3.95% -11.63% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £62.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £80.00 - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +90.77%

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 306 243 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 42.21% 47.46% 35.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 165 234
10th Percentile £339 £287 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £600
90th Percentile £618 £713 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile - £28.86 -
25th Percentile - £33.73 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £65.71 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.31% +5.98% +14.81%
75th Percentile £21.50 £100.66 -
90th Percentile £49.25 £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £36.91 £15.00
% change year-on-year -61.39% +146.03% -47.83%

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 26 January 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 11 (8.73%) Confluence
2 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.97%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.38%) Apache
4 3 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.38%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.79%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (46.03%) AWS
2 45 (35.71%) GCP
3 20 (15.87%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (15.87%) GitHub
4 17 (13.49%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (10.32%) Serverless
7 12 (9.52%) Entra ID
8 11 (8.73%) Azure AKS
9 8 (6.35%) Azure Storage
10 7 (5.56%) Azure Functions
10 7 (5.56%) PaaS
11 6 (4.76%) Power Platform
12 5 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (3.97%) SaaS
13 4 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (3.17%) Figma
14 3 (2.38%) Power Automate
14 3 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.11%) Firewall
2 6 (4.76%) Network Security
3 5 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.17%) DNS
4 4 (3.17%) LAN
4 4 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.17%) WAN
5 3 (2.38%) DHCP
5 3 (2.38%) VoIP
6 2 (1.59%) VLAN
7 1 (0.79%) BGP
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.79%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.79%) IPsec
7 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.79%) OSPF
7 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.79%) SSL
7 1 (0.79%) VPN
7 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.94%) NoSQL
1 10 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (3.97%) Power BI
2 5 (3.97%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.17%) Redis
4 3 (2.38%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.59%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.59%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (1.59%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.59%) Power Query
5 2 (1.59%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.59%) Tableau
6 1 (0.79%) Big Data
6 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.79%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 20 (15.87%) Jenkins
2 13 (10.32%) Git
3 12 (9.52%) JIRA
4 6 (4.76%) CircleCI
5 4 (3.17%) Mocha
6 3 (2.38%) GitLab
6 3 (2.38%) Maven
6 3 (2.38%) Storybook
7 2 (1.59%) Gradle
7 2 (1.59%) JUnit
7 2 (1.59%) Log4j
7 2 (1.59%) Mockito
7 2 (1.59%) MSI
7 2 (1.59%) Subversion
8 1 (0.79%) JMeter
8 1 (0.79%) Selenium
8 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.79%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.79%) webpack
General
1 37 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 16 (12.70%) Finance
4 12 (9.52%) Banking
5 7 (5.56%) Legal
6 5 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.97%) Health Technology
6 5 (3.97%) Retail
7 4 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Law
8 1 (0.79%) Local Government
8 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (20.63%) Senior
2 18 (14.29%) Architect
3 16 (12.70%) Developer
4 10 (7.94%) Lead
4 10 (7.94%) Software Engineer
5 9 (7.14%) Analyst
6 8 (6.35%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) NetBackup Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Tester
8 5 (3.97%) AWS DevOps
8 5 (3.97%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.97%) Senior Architect
8 5 (3.97%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.97%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.46%) React
2 16 (12.70%) RESTful
3 14 (11.11%) .NET
4 13 (10.32%) Node.js
5 12 (9.52%) CSS
5 12 (9.52%) HTML
6 9 (7.14%) OAuth
7 8 (6.35%) FHIR
8 7 (5.56%) JWT
8 7 (5.56%) SAML
9 6 (4.76%) AngularJS
9 6 (4.76%) Express.js
9 6 (4.76%) Jest
10 5 (3.97%) CSS3
10 5 (3.97%) HTML5
10 5 (3.97%) REST
11 4 (3.17%) Kafka
11 4 (3.17%) Spring
11 4 (3.17%) Spring Boot
12 3 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.87%) Cloud Native
2 15 (11.90%) NHS
3 7 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.17%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.38%) iPhone
6 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.59%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.59%) Blockchain
7 2 (1.59%) CMDB
7 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.59%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.70%) Windows
2 14 (11.11%) Linux
3 4 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.38%) Android
4 3 (2.38%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.59%) Unix
6 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.92%) CI/CD
2 39 (30.95%) DevOps
3 31 (24.60%) Agile
4 24 (19.05%) Containerisation
4 24 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (17.46%) Microservices
6 17 (13.49%) Software Engineering
7 16 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (12.70%) Roadmaps
8 15 (11.90%) Cloud Security
8 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (11.11%) Clean Code
9 14 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (10.32%) ITIL
11 12 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.52%) DevSecOps
11 12 (9.52%) Migration
11 12 (9.52%) Test Automation
12 11 (8.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.40%) Python
2 25 (19.84%) SQL
3 20 (15.87%) JavaScript
4 17 (13.49%) PowerShell
5 14 (11.11%) Bash
6 12 (9.52%) C#
6 12 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 10 (7.94%) Java
8 5 (3.97%) Bicep
9 3 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.38%) PHP
9 3 (2.38%) Rust
10 2 (1.59%) Go
10 2 (1.59%) Solidity
11 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.97%) CISSP
4 4 (3.17%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.17%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.17%) Degree
5 3 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.38%) CCSP
6 2 (1.59%) CCNA
6 2 (1.59%) CCSK
6 2 (1.59%) CEH
6 2 (1.59%) CISA
6 2 (1.59%) CISM
6 2 (1.59%) OSCP
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) CSPO
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.76%) GDPR
2 6 (4.76%) HL7
3 5 (3.97%) NIST
3 5 (3.97%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.17%) QA
4 4 (3.17%) WCAG
5 3 (2.38%) PSD2
6 2 (1.59%) COBIT
6 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.59%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.59%) GRC
6 2 (1.59%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.79%) PMO
7 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (23.81%) Docker
2 15 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.79%) RACF
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (21.43%) Kubernetes
1 27 (21.43%) Terraform
2 9 (7.14%) Grafana
3 7 (5.56%) Ansible
3 7 (5.56%) Prometheus
4 6 (4.76%) NetBackup
4 6 (4.76%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.38%) Istio
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.79%) SCCM
7 1 (0.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.11%) Google
3 11 (8.73%) Oracle
4 9 (7.14%) VMware
5 8 (6.35%) Splunk
6 7 (5.56%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.56%) HP
7 6 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.76%) Veritas
8 5 (3.97%) Apple
8 5 (3.97%) Databricks
8 5 (3.97%) MobileIron
9 4 (3.17%) Brio
9 4 (3.17%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.38%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.59%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.59%) Cisco
11 2 (1.59%) Dell
11 2 (1.59%) F5
11 2 (1.59%) SAP