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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 14 4
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 137 56 109
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 15.14% 11.99% 13.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.59% 27.32% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 37 72
10th Percentile £313 £263 £351
25th Percentile £424 £325 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £596
90th Percentile £691 £570 £664
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £52.00 - -

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 355 205 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 39.23% 43.90% 30.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 134 173
10th Percentile £313 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £630 £600 £674
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile - £31.59 -
25th Percentile - £31.76 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £91.69 -
Median % change year-on-year -84.46% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 -
90th Percentile £75.80 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £62.40 £15.00
% change year-on-year -77.16% +316.00% -72.22%

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 16 May 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 (7.30%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.38%) Confluence
4 2 (1.46%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.73%) Apache
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.73%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.46%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.73%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.73%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (40.88%) AWS
2 21 (15.33%) GCP
2 21 (15.33%) GitHub
2 21 (15.33%) GitHub Actions
3 20 (14.60%) Power Platform
4 17 (12.41%) Entra ID
4 17 (12.41%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (12.41%) PaaS
5 16 (11.68%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (11.68%) Serverless
6 15 (10.95%) SaaS
7 13 (9.49%) PowerApps
8 11 (8.03%) Azure AKS
9 9 (6.57%) Azure Functions
10 8 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (5.84%) IaaS
10 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (5.84%) Power Automate
11 6 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.65%) DNS
1 5 (3.65%) Firewall
1 5 (3.65%) IPsec
1 5 (3.65%) Kerberos
1 5 (3.65%) SSL
1 5 (3.65%) WAN
1 5 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.92%) LAN
2 4 (2.92%) Network Security
2 4 (2.92%) Unified Communications
3 3 (2.19%) PSTN
3 3 (2.19%) VPN
4 1 (0.73%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.73%) Internet
4 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.73%) VoIP
4 1 (0.73%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.03%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.11%) Power BI
5 6 (4.38%) Metadata
6 5 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.92%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.73%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (13.87%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.49%) Git
2 13 (9.49%) JIRA
3 7 (5.11%) Gatling
4 4 (2.92%) Artifactory
4 4 (2.92%) Maven
5 3 (2.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.73%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.73%) Spinnaker
General
1 27 (19.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.33%) Finance
3 20 (14.60%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.92%) Banking
7 3 (2.19%) Health Technology
7 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Law
7 3 (2.19%) Military
8 2 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.46%) Legal
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
8 2 (1.46%) Social Science
9 1 (0.73%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 33 (24.09%) Senior
2 28 (20.44%) Architect
3 20 (14.60%) Developer
4 12 (8.76%) Analyst
5 11 (8.03%) Lead
6 10 (7.30%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (7.30%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.84%) Data Analyst
7 8 (5.84%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Architect
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Manager
7 8 (5.84%) Technical Architect
8 7 (5.11%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 7 (5.11%) Data Modeller
9 6 (4.38%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
9 6 (4.38%) Senior Delivery Manager
9 6 (4.38%) Senior Technical Architect
9 6 (4.38%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.76%) .NET
2 11 (8.03%) REST
3 10 (7.30%) Web Services
4 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (5.11%) OAuth
4 7 (5.11%) OpenID
4 7 (5.11%) Playwright
4 7 (5.11%) React
5 6 (4.38%) OAuth2
5 6 (4.38%) SAML
6 5 (3.65%) RESTful
6 5 (3.65%) XACML
7 4 (2.92%) FHIR
7 4 (2.92%) JSP
7 4 (2.92%) Node.js
8 3 (2.19%) CSS
8 3 (2.19%) HTML
8 3 (2.19%) LDAP
8 3 (2.19%) SOAP
8 3 (2.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.49%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.11%) NHS
4 6 (4.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.19%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.19%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.19%) IoT
6 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.46%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.46%) Replication
7 2 (1.46%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.49%) Windows
2 8 (5.84%) Linux
3 2 (1.46%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.73%) Unix
4 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (40.15%) DevOps
2 54 (39.42%) Agile
3 52 (37.96%) CI/CD
4 32 (23.36%) Roadmaps
5 22 (16.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (14.60%) Data Modelling
7 19 (13.87%) Migration
7 19 (13.87%) Software Engineering
8 17 (12.41%) Analytics
8 17 (12.41%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (12.41%) Platform Engineering
9 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (10.22%) AI
11 14 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (10.22%) Observability
12 13 (9.49%) Data Architecture
12 13 (9.49%) Microservices
13 12 (8.76%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (8.76%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.44%) Python
2 22 (16.06%) SQL
3 18 (13.14%) PowerShell
4 14 (10.22%) C#
4 14 (10.22%) Java
5 8 (5.84%) Bash
5 8 (5.84%) JavaScript
6 7 (5.11%) Scala
7 4 (2.92%) Bicep
8 3 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (2.19%) PHP
9 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.73%) ABAP
10 1 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.73%) Go
10 1 (0.73%) Groovy
10 1 (0.73%) Ruby
10 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (18.25%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.65%) Degree
5 3 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.46%) CISM
6 2 (1.46%) CISSP
6 2 (1.46%) CRISC
6 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.92%) HL7
1 4 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.19%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.19%) NIST
2 3 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.46%) GRC
3 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.73%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.73%) NCSC
4 1 (0.73%) PMO
4 1 (0.73%) QA
4 1 (0.73%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (13.87%) Docker
2 12 (8.76%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.65%) RACF
4 3 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.73%) NFS
6 1 (0.73%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (20.44%) Terraform
2 22 (16.06%) Kubernetes
3 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (5.84%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (5.11%) HAProxy
5 7 (5.11%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.92%) Ansible
6 4 (2.92%) Istio
7 2 (1.46%) Grafana
8 1 (0.73%) Podman
8 1 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.73%) SELinux
8 1 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (51.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.76%) Google
3 10 (7.30%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.84%) Oracle
5 7 (5.11%) Databricks
6 6 (4.38%) Brio
7 4 (2.92%) Okta
7 4 (2.92%) SAP
8 3 (2.19%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.19%) Foundry
9 2 (1.46%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.46%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.46%) IBM
9 2 (1.46%) Nexthink
9 2 (1.46%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.46%) Splunk
9 2 (1.46%) VMware
10 1 (0.73%) Adobe
10 1 (0.73%) Ariba
10 1 (0.73%) Qualys