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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 136 114 144
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 19.37% 17.65% 14.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.72% 38.26% 42.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 79 105
10th Percentile £290 £373 £385
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £550 £570 £600
90th Percentile £683 £655 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £62.00

All Cloud 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 334 298 337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 47.58% 46.13% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 210 255
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £650 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -8.75% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £27.68 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £29.81 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £34.25 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% -44.76% +188.37%
75th Percentile £28.75 £38.31 -
90th Percentile - £40.23 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £113.75 £27.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +313.64% -55.65% +175.56%

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 11 November 2025.

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 (7.35%) Confluence
2 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.41%) Apache Spark
4 5 (3.68%) Apache
4 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (2.21%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.21%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.74%) Magento
2 1 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (47.79%) AWS
2 49 (36.03%) GCP
3 25 (18.38%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (11.76%) GitHub
5 14 (10.29%) Serverless
6 13 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (8.82%) Power Platform
8 11 (8.09%) Entra ID
9 10 (7.35%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (7.35%) PaaS
10 8 (5.88%) Azure Functions
11 6 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (3.68%) Azure Storage
12 5 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.68%) PowerApps
13 4 (2.94%) Azure AKS
13 4 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (2.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.76%) Firewall
2 6 (4.41%) Network Security
3 5 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.94%) LAN
4 4 (2.94%) WAN
5 3 (2.21%) DHCP
5 3 (2.21%) DNS
5 3 (2.21%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.21%) VoIP
6 2 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.47%) VLAN
6 2 (1.47%) VPN
7 1 (0.74%) BGP
7 1 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.74%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.74%) OSPF
7 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.82%) NoSQL
2 11 (8.09%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.88%) Power BI
4 7 (5.15%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.68%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.94%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.94%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.94%) MySQL
7 4 (2.94%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.94%) Redis
7 4 (2.94%) Tableau
8 3 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.47%) Bigtable
9 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.47%) Power Query
9 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (13.24%) Jenkins
2 15 (11.03%) Git
3 14 (10.29%) JIRA
4 6 (4.41%) GitLab
4 6 (4.41%) SonarQube
5 5 (3.68%) CircleCI
6 4 (2.94%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.94%) Maven
6 4 (2.94%) Mocha
6 4 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.21%) Selenium
7 3 (2.21%) Storybook
8 2 (1.47%) Gradle
8 2 (1.47%) JMeter
8 2 (1.47%) JUnit
8 2 (1.47%) Log4j
8 2 (1.47%) Mockito
8 2 (1.47%) MSI
8 2 (1.47%) Subversion
9 1 (0.74%) SpecFlow
General
1 42 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.85%) Public Sector
3 15 (11.03%) Finance
4 12 (8.82%) Banking
5 9 (6.62%) Legal
6 8 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.15%) Retail
8 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.47%) Local Government
9 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (16.91%) Architect
2 19 (13.97%) Developer
3 18 (13.24%) Senior
4 12 (8.82%) Lead
5 11 (8.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (8.09%) Software Engineer
6 10 (7.35%) Analyst
6 10 (7.35%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (6.62%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) .NET Software Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) AWS DevOps
9 7 (5.15%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Data Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) NetBackup Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Security Architect
10 6 (4.41%) Tester
11 5 (3.68%) IT Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.68%) Support Analyst
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.97%) .NET
2 18 (13.24%) React
3 14 (10.29%) Node.js
3 14 (10.29%) RESTful
4 9 (6.62%) CSS
4 9 (6.62%) HTML
5 6 (4.41%) Express.js
5 6 (4.41%) FHIR
5 6 (4.41%) Jest
5 6 (4.41%) JWT
5 6 (4.41%) OAuth
5 6 (4.41%) SAML
6 5 (3.68%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.68%) CSS3
6 5 (3.68%) HTML5
6 5 (3.68%) Kafka
7 4 (2.94%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.94%) Next.js
7 4 (2.94%) Spring
7 4 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.44%) Cloud Native
2 15 (11.03%) NHS
3 10 (7.35%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.15%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.41%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.21%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.21%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.21%) iPhone
9 2 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.47%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.47%) CMDB
9 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.47%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.29%) Linux
1 14 (10.29%) Windows
2 5 (3.68%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.21%) Android
3 3 (2.21%) Unix
3 3 (2.21%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.62%) DevOps
2 40 (29.41%) CI/CD
3 30 (22.06%) Agile
4 23 (16.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (16.18%) Containerisation
5 22 (16.18%) Microservices
6 17 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 17 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
8 15 (11.03%) Roadmaps
8 15 (11.03%) Software Engineering
9 14 (10.29%) ITIL
9 14 (10.29%) Test Automation
10 13 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (8.82%) Analytics
11 12 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (8.09%) Data Engineering
12 11 (8.09%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.00%) Python
2 30 (22.06%) SQL
3 23 (16.91%) JavaScript
4 17 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 16 (11.76%) C#
6 15 (11.03%) Java
7 13 (9.56%) Bash
8 12 (8.82%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.68%) Bicep
10 3 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.21%) Rust
11 2 (1.47%) ANSI SQL
11 2 (1.47%) Scala
11 2 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.47%) Solidity
12 1 (0.74%) Go
12 1 (0.74%) VB
12 1 (0.74%) VB6
Qualifications
1 19 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.03%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.68%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.68%) CISSP
4 3 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (2.21%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.21%) CCSP
5 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.47%) CCNA
5 2 (1.47%) CCSK
5 2 (1.47%) CEH
5 2 (1.47%) CISA
5 2 (1.47%) CISM
5 2 (1.47%) Degree
5 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.47%) OSCP
6 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) GDPR
1 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.15%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.41%) NIST
4 5 (3.68%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.68%) QA
5 4 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.94%) WCAG
6 3 (2.21%) NCSC
6 3 (2.21%) PSD2
7 2 (1.47%) COBIT
7 2 (1.47%) GRC
7 2 (1.47%) HL7
7 2 (1.47%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (21.32%) Docker
2 14 (10.29%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.47%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (25.00%) Terraform
2 21 (15.44%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.88%) Grafana
3 8 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.15%) NetBackup
4 7 (5.15%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (4.41%) Ansible
6 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.47%) Control-M
7 2 (1.47%) SCCM
7 2 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.74%) Puppet
8 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.97%) Google
3 11 (8.09%) Databricks
3 11 (8.09%) Oracle
4 10 (7.35%) VMware
5 8 (5.88%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.15%) HP
6 7 (5.15%) Splunk
6 7 (5.15%) Veritas
7 6 (4.41%) Salesforce
7 6 (4.41%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.68%) Apple
8 5 (3.68%) Brio
8 5 (3.68%) MobileIron
9 4 (2.94%) Cisco
10 3 (2.21%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.47%) Citrix
11 2 (1.47%) Dell
11 2 (1.47%) F5
11 2 (1.47%) MuleSoft