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

 6 months to
25 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 170 86 117
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 15.68% 13.94% 16.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.55% 29.45% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 49 87
10th Percentile £349 £374 £400
25th Percentile £413 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £592 £550 £581
90th Percentile £700 £688 £652
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 441 292 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 40.68% 47.33% 44.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 186 230
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £549 £561
90th Percentile £644 £606 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £26.38 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £200.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -82.50% +627.27% -

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 25 September 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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 9 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.53%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (43.53%) AWS
2 40 (23.53%) GCP
3 37 (21.76%) Power Platform
4 34 (20.00%) GitHub
5 32 (18.82%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (15.88%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 20 (11.76%) PowerApps
8 16 (9.41%) Entra ID
9 15 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (8.24%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (6.47%) Azure AI
12 10 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (5.29%) Power Automate
13 9 (5.29%) SaaS
14 8 (4.71%) Serverless
15 6 (3.53%) Azure Key Vault
15 6 (3.53%) PaaS
16 5 (2.94%) Azure Functions
16 5 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.29%) Firewall
2 4 (2.35%) DNS
2 4 (2.35%) VPN
2 4 (2.35%) WAN
2 4 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.76%) BGP
3 3 (1.76%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.76%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.76%) OSPF
3 3 (1.76%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.76%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.76%) WLAN
4 2 (1.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.59%) Internet
5 1 (0.59%) LAN
5 1 (0.59%) PSTN
5 1 (0.59%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.88%) Metadata
3 10 (5.88%) Power BI
4 5 (2.94%) Tableau
5 4 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.35%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.35%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.76%) Big Data
6 3 (1.76%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.18%) Parquet
7 2 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.59%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.59%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.59%) MySQL
8 1 (0.59%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (12.94%) JIRA
2 18 (10.59%) Git
2 18 (10.59%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.29%) GitLab
4 7 (4.12%) Gatling
5 5 (2.94%) JMeter
5 5 (2.94%) LoadRunner
6 4 (2.35%) Selenium
7 3 (1.76%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.76%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.76%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.76%) Maven
8 2 (1.18%) eggPlant
8 2 (1.18%) Postman
8 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.59%) JUnit
9 1 (0.59%) MLflow
9 1 (0.59%) Mockito
9 1 (0.59%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.59%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.12%) Finance
3 19 (11.18%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.88%) Banking
6 8 (4.71%) Law
7 6 (3.53%) Retail
7 6 (3.53%) Social Science
7 6 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.35%) Military
10 3 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Legal
11 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.59%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.59%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.59%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 37 (21.76%) Senior
2 33 (19.41%) Architect
3 18 (10.59%) Developer
4 17 (10.00%) Lead
5 14 (8.24%) Data Engineer
6 13 (7.65%) Delivery Manager
7 12 (7.06%) Analyst
8 11 (6.47%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (5.88%) Technical Architect
10 9 (5.29%) Data Architect
11 8 (4.71%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 7 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (4.12%) Senior Manager
13 6 (3.53%) Business Analyst
13 6 (3.53%) Microsoft 365 Architect
13 6 (3.53%) Palantir Engineer
13 6 (3.53%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
13 6 (3.53%) Senior Delivery Manager
13 6 (3.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (26.47%) Terraform
2 14 (8.24%) REST
3 10 (5.88%) Kafka
3 10 (5.88%) React
4 8 (4.71%) .NET
4 8 (4.71%) Playwright
4 8 (4.71%) PySpark
4 8 (4.71%) YAML
5 5 (2.94%) Middleware
5 5 (2.94%) SOAP
6 4 (2.35%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.35%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.35%) Node.js
6 4 (2.35%) RESTful
6 4 (2.35%) SAP Basis
6 4 (2.35%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (2.35%) SAPUI5
7 3 (1.76%) Jest
7 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (1.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.71%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.88%) AI Agents
4 8 (4.71%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.12%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.94%) NHS
8 3 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.18%) Replication
10 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.59%) FMCG
10 1 (0.59%) PKI
10 1 (0.59%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.59%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.29%) Linux
2 6 (3.53%) Windows
3 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.59%) Unix
3 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (44.71%) CI/CD
2 68 (40.00%) DevOps
3 62 (36.47%) Agile
4 40 (23.53%) AI
4 40 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (22.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (18.82%) Roadmaps
7 27 (15.88%) Observability
8 22 (12.94%) Migration
9 21 (12.35%) Data Engineering
9 21 (12.35%) Test Automation
10 20 (11.76%) Data Modelling
11 19 (11.18%) Analytics
11 19 (11.18%) Software Engineering
12 18 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
14 16 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (9.41%) User Experience
15 15 (8.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.00%) Python
2 17 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.06%) Java
3 12 (7.06%) JavaScript
4 10 (5.88%) SQL
5 9 (5.29%) C#
6 8 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.12%) Bash
8 6 (3.53%) Bicep
9 5 (2.94%) Scala
10 4 (2.35%) ABAP
11 2 (1.18%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.18%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 42 (24.71%) Security Cleared
2 33 (19.41%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.53%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.35%) Degree
6 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.18%) CISM
6 2 (1.18%) CISSP
6 2 (1.18%) CRISC
6 2 (1.18%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.18%) PMP
7 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.65%) QA
2 11 (6.47%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.71%) GDPR
4 7 (4.12%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 6 (3.53%) WCAG
6 5 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.76%) GxP
7 3 (1.76%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.18%) GRC
8 2 (1.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (12.35%) Docker
2 13 (7.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.59%) NFS
5 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (16.47%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.12%) Grafana
4 6 (3.53%) Ansible
4 6 (3.53%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (2.94%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.18%) Podman
6 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.59%) SELinux
7 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.00%) Foundry
3 16 (9.41%) Databricks
3 16 (9.41%) Google
4 14 (8.24%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.47%) Dynatrace
6 7 (4.12%) SAP
7 6 (3.53%) IBM
7 6 (3.53%) Palantir
7 6 (3.53%) Splunk
8 5 (2.94%) New Relic
8 5 (2.94%) Oracle
9 4 (2.35%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.76%) Arista
10 3 (1.76%) Aruba
10 3 (1.76%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.76%) F5
10 3 (1.76%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.76%) Workday
11 2 (1.18%) ForgeRock
183 Azure jobs in Leeds