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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 169 72 103
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.33% 13.61% 13.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.30% 27.59% 38.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 48 75
10th Percentile £323 £311 £400
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -3.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £595
90th Percentile £726 £623 £648
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -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 430 261 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 41.55% 49.34% 34.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 172 196
10th Percentile £331 £313 £288
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £490 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% +5.95% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £617 £640
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +0.51% +2.63% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £29.83 £31.53 -
25th Percentile - £31.62 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% - -
75th Percentile £44.75 £66.51 -
90th Percentile £74.00 £85.74 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £32.96 £15.00
% change year-on-year +6.19% +119.73% -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 July 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 14 (8.28%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.92%) Confluence
3 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.18%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (1.18%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.59%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.59%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (38.46%) AWS
2 37 (21.89%) Power Platform
3 30 (17.75%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (17.16%) GitHub
5 27 (15.98%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (15.38%) GCP
7 25 (14.79%) PowerApps
8 22 (13.02%) Entra ID
9 21 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (11.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (9.47%) Serverless
12 15 (8.88%) SaaS
13 14 (8.28%) Copilot Studio
13 14 (8.28%) PaaS
14 12 (7.10%) Power Automate
15 11 (6.51%) Azure AI
16 10 (5.92%) Azure Monitor
17 9 (5.33%) Azure Functions
17 9 (5.33%) Azure Key Vault
18 7 (4.14%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.14%) WAN
1 7 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (3.55%) Firewall
3 5 (2.96%) DNS
4 4 (2.37%) IPsec
4 4 (2.37%) Kerberos
4 4 (2.37%) LAN
4 4 (2.37%) SSL
4 4 (2.37%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.37%) VPN
5 3 (1.78%) BGP
5 3 (1.78%) BIG-IP
5 3 (1.78%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (1.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.78%) OSPF
5 3 (1.78%) PSTN
5 3 (1.78%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.78%) VXLAN
5 3 (1.78%) WLAN
6 2 (1.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.10%) Power BI
3 9 (5.33%) Metadata
3 9 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.37%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.78%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.78%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.18%) Parquet
9 1 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.59%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 19 (11.24%) JIRA
2 18 (10.65%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.33%) Git
4 7 (4.14%) Gatling
5 6 (3.55%) GitLab
6 4 (2.37%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.37%) Maven
General
1 38 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.34%) Finance
3 20 (11.83%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.73%) Law
6 6 (3.55%) Social Science
7 5 (2.96%) Retail
7 5 (2.96%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.37%) Military
9 3 (1.78%) Banking
9 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.59%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.59%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.59%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 36 (21.30%) Senior
2 34 (20.12%) Architect
3 22 (13.02%) Developer
4 16 (9.47%) Analyst
5 13 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (7.10%) Lead
7 11 (6.51%) Delivery Manager
8 10 (5.92%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Technical Architect
9 9 (5.33%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 8 (4.73%) Data Analyst
10 8 (4.73%) Data Architect
10 8 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (4.14%) Data Modeller
11 7 (4.14%) Senior Manager
12 6 (3.55%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 6 (3.55%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
12 6 (3.55%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.28%) REST
2 10 (5.92%) .NET
3 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 9 (5.33%) Web Services
4 7 (4.14%) OAuth
4 7 (4.14%) OpenID
4 7 (4.14%) Playwright
5 6 (3.55%) SAML
5 6 (3.55%) YAML
6 5 (2.96%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.96%) PySpark
6 5 (2.96%) React
6 5 (2.96%) SOAP
7 4 (2.37%) JSP
7 4 (2.37%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (2.37%) SAPUI5
7 4 (2.37%) XACML
8 3 (1.78%) Flask
8 3 (1.78%) LDAP
8 3 (1.78%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.24%) Product Ownership
2 17 (10.06%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.14%) AI Agents
4 6 (3.55%) NHS
5 5 (2.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.37%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.78%) IoT
7 3 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.78%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.78%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.18%) Replication
8 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.92%) Windows
2 8 (4.73%) Linux
3 2 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (45.56%) DevOps
2 68 (40.24%) CI/CD
3 61 (36.09%) Agile
4 36 (21.30%) Roadmaps
5 34 (20.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (19.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (17.75%) AI
8 23 (13.61%) Observability
9 22 (13.02%) Software Engineering
10 21 (12.43%) Data Modelling
11 20 (11.83%) Analytics
11 20 (11.83%) Migration
12 18 (10.65%) Data Engineering
13 17 (10.06%) Identity Access Management
14 16 (9.47%) Enterprise Architecture
14 16 (9.47%) Platform Engineering
14 16 (9.47%) Sprint Planning
14 16 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (8.88%) Data Governance
16 14 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.75%) Python
2 22 (13.02%) PowerShell
3 17 (10.06%) SQL
4 13 (7.69%) C#
4 13 (7.69%) Java
5 8 (4.73%) Bash
6 7 (4.14%) Scala
7 6 (3.55%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.96%) Bicep
9 4 (2.37%) ABAP
10 3 (1.78%) Groovy
10 3 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.78%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.37%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.37%) Degree
5 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.18%) CISM
5 2 (1.18%) CISSP
5 2 (1.18%) CRISC
5 2 (1.18%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.18%) PMP
6 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.73%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 6 (3.55%) WCAG
4 5 (2.96%) GDPR
4 5 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.96%) QA
5 3 (1.78%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.78%) NIST
5 3 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.18%) GRC
7 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.59%) GxP
7 1 (0.59%) HL7
7 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (9.47%) Docker
2 14 (8.28%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.37%) RACF
4 4 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.59%) NFS
6 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 40 (23.67%) Terraform
2 21 (12.43%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.92%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (4.14%) HAProxy
5 7 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.96%) Ansible
7 2 (1.18%) Podman
8 1 (0.59%) Grafana
8 1 (0.59%) Istio
8 1 (0.59%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.59%) SELinux
8 1 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.28%) Google
3 13 (7.69%) Foundry
4 11 (6.51%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.92%) Databricks
6 7 (4.14%) Oracle
6 7 (4.14%) SAP
7 4 (2.37%) Brio
7 4 (2.37%) Okta
8 3 (1.78%) Arista
8 3 (1.78%) Aruba
8 3 (1.78%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.78%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.78%) F5
8 3 (1.78%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.18%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.18%) IBM
9 2 (1.18%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.18%) VMware