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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 171 84 115
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 15.76% 13.82% 16.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.78% 29.47% 37.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 47 85
10th Percentile £349 £373 £400
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £592 £544 £584
90th Percentile £715 £680 £653
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 441 285 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 40.65% 46.88% 43.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 182 225
10th Percentile £363 £350 £335
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 £544 £563
90th Percentile £649 £600 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.77%
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 23 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 (5.85%) Confluence
2 9 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.51%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (42.11%) AWS
2 39 (22.81%) Power Platform
3 38 (22.22%) GCP
4 33 (19.30%) GitHub
5 32 (18.71%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (15.79%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (11.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 20 (11.70%) PowerApps
8 17 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (9.36%) Entra ID
10 14 (8.19%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (6.43%) Azure AI
12 10 (5.85%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (5.26%) Power Automate
13 9 (5.26%) SaaS
14 8 (4.68%) Serverless
15 6 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
15 6 (3.51%) PaaS
16 5 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (2.92%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.26%) Firewall
2 4 (2.34%) DNS
2 4 (2.34%) VPN
2 4 (2.34%) WAN
2 4 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.75%) BGP
3 3 (1.75%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.75%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.75%) OSPF
3 3 (1.75%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.75%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.75%) WLAN
4 2 (1.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.58%) Internet
5 1 (0.58%) LAN
5 1 (0.58%) PSTN
5 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.60%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.02%) Power BI
3 11 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.26%) Metadata
5 6 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.92%) Tableau
7 4 (2.34%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.34%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.75%) Big Data
8 3 (1.75%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.75%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.17%) Parquet
9 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.17%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.58%) MySQL
10 1 (0.58%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 22 (12.87%) JIRA
2 18 (10.53%) Git
2 18 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.68%) GitLab
4 7 (4.09%) Gatling
5 5 (2.92%) JMeter
5 5 (2.92%) LoadRunner
6 4 (2.34%) Selenium
7 3 (1.75%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.75%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.75%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.75%) Maven
8 2 (1.17%) eggPlant
8 2 (1.17%) Postman
8 2 (1.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.58%) JUnit
9 1 (0.58%) MLflow
9 1 (0.58%) Mockito
9 1 (0.58%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.58%) WebDriver
General
1 48 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.98%) Finance
3 19 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.85%) Banking
6 8 (4.68%) Law
7 6 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.51%) Retail
7 6 (3.51%) Social Science
7 6 (3.51%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.34%) Military
9 3 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.17%) Legal
10 2 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 37 (21.64%) Senior
2 31 (18.13%) Architect
3 18 (10.53%) Developer
4 17 (9.94%) Lead
5 14 (8.19%) Data Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Analyst
6 13 (7.60%) Delivery Manager
7 11 (6.43%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.85%) Technical Architect
9 8 (4.68%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Data Architect
10 7 (4.09%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.51%) Business Analyst
11 6 (3.51%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.51%) Data Modeller
11 6 (3.51%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 6 (3.51%) Senior Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.51%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (26.32%) Terraform
2 14 (8.19%) REST
3 10 (5.85%) Kafka
3 10 (5.85%) React
4 8 (4.68%) .NET
4 8 (4.68%) Playwright
4 8 (4.68%) PySpark
4 8 (4.68%) YAML
5 5 (2.92%) Middleware
5 5 (2.92%) SOAP
6 4 (2.34%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.34%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.34%) Node.js
6 4 (2.34%) RESTful
6 4 (2.34%) SAP Basis
6 4 (2.34%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (2.34%) SAPUI5
7 3 (1.75%) Jest
7 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (1.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.62%) Cloud Native
2 17 (9.94%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.85%) AI Agents
4 7 (4.09%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (4.09%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.92%) NHS
7 3 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.75%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.17%) Replication
9 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.58%) FMCG
9 1 (0.58%) PKI
9 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.58%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.26%) Linux
2 6 (3.51%) Windows
3 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Unix
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (43.27%) CI/CD
2 66 (38.60%) DevOps
3 60 (35.09%) Agile
4 42 (24.56%) AI
5 41 (23.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (22.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (19.30%) Roadmaps
8 27 (15.79%) Observability
9 23 (13.45%) Migration
10 21 (12.28%) Data Engineering
10 21 (12.28%) Data Modelling
10 21 (12.28%) Test Automation
11 20 (11.70%) Analytics
12 19 (11.11%) Software Engineering
13 17 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (9.94%) Sprint Planning
13 17 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (9.36%) User Experience
15 15 (8.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.88%) Python
2 17 (9.94%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.02%) Java
3 12 (7.02%) JavaScript
3 12 (7.02%) SQL
4 9 (5.26%) C#
5 8 (4.68%) TypeScript
6 7 (4.09%) Bash
7 6 (3.51%) Bicep
8 5 (2.92%) Scala
9 4 (2.34%) ABAP
10 2 (1.17%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 41 (23.98%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.71%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.51%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.34%) Degree
6 2 (1.17%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.17%) CISM
6 2 (1.17%) CISSP
6 2 (1.17%) CRISC
6 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.17%) PMP
7 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.60%) QA
2 11 (6.43%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.68%) GDPR
4 7 (4.09%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 6 (3.51%) WCAG
6 5 (2.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.75%) GxP
7 3 (1.75%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.17%) GRC
8 2 (1.17%) NIST
9 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (12.28%) Docker
2 13 (7.60%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.58%) NFS
5 1 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (16.37%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.09%) Grafana
4 6 (3.51%) Ansible
4 6 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (2.92%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.17%) Podman
6 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.58%) SELinux
7 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (39.77%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.94%) Foundry
3 16 (9.36%) Databricks
3 16 (9.36%) Google
4 14 (8.19%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.43%) Dynatrace
6 7 (4.09%) SAP
7 6 (3.51%) IBM
7 6 (3.51%) Oracle
7 6 (3.51%) Palantir
7 6 (3.51%) Splunk
8 5 (2.92%) New Relic
9 4 (2.34%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.75%) Arista
10 3 (1.75%) Aruba
10 3 (1.75%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.75%) F5
10 3 (1.75%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.75%) Workday
11 2 (1.17%) ForgeRock