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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 136 89 135
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.66% 18.16% 14.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.59% 38.36% 43.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 63 88
10th Percentile £290 £355 £371
25th Percentile £372 £403 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% -
75th Percentile £538 £556 £600
90th Percentile £649 £615 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £518
% change year-on-year +2.63% -8.21% -5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £62.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £80.00 - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +90.77%

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 327 232 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 42.47% 47.35% 34.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 154 229
10th Percentile £313 £283 £296
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £572 £600
90th Percentile £606 £713 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 1
10th Percentile - £28.86 -
25th Percentile - £33.73 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £65.71 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.31% +5.98% +14.81%
75th Percentile £74.00 £100.66 -
90th Percentile £75.20 £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.88 £32.81 £15.00
% change year-on-year -36.38% +118.73% -63.64%

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 4 February 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 13 (9.56%) Confluence
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.15%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.21%) Apache
4 3 (2.21%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.21%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.21%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (46.32%) AWS
2 47 (34.56%) GCP
3 21 (15.44%) GitHub
4 20 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (13.24%) GitHub Actions
5 18 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (12.50%) Serverless
7 15 (11.03%) Entra ID
8 13 (9.56%) Azure AKS
9 12 (8.82%) PaaS
10 11 (8.09%) SaaS
11 8 (5.88%) Azure Functions
11 8 (5.88%) Azure Storage
12 7 (5.15%) IaaS
12 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
13 5 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (2.94%) Figma
14 4 (2.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 4 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.03%) Firewall
2 7 (5.15%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.41%) LAN
3 6 (4.41%) Network Security
3 6 (4.41%) WAN
4 5 (3.68%) DNS
5 4 (2.94%) IPsec
5 4 (2.94%) Kerberos
5 4 (2.94%) SSL
5 4 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.94%) VoIP
6 3 (2.21%) DHCP
7 2 (1.47%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.47%) VLAN
8 1 (0.74%) BGP
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.74%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.74%) PSTN
8 1 (0.74%) VPN
8 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) NoSQL
1 10 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (3.68%) Power BI
2 5 (3.68%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.94%) Redis
4 3 (2.21%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.47%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.47%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (1.47%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.47%) Power Query
5 2 (1.47%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.47%) Tableau
6 1 (0.74%) Big Data
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.74%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (15.44%) Jenkins
2 14 (10.29%) JIRA
3 13 (9.56%) Git
4 5 (3.68%) CircleCI
5 4 (2.94%) Mocha
6 3 (2.21%) GitLab
6 3 (2.21%) Maven
6 3 (2.21%) Storybook
7 2 (1.47%) Gradle
7 2 (1.47%) JUnit
7 2 (1.47%) Log4j
7 2 (1.47%) Mockito
7 2 (1.47%) MSI
7 2 (1.47%) Subversion
8 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.74%) JMeter
8 1 (0.74%) Selenium
8 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 39 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.38%) Public Sector
3 17 (12.50%) Finance
4 12 (8.82%) Banking
5 7 (5.15%) Legal
6 6 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.68%) Health Technology
7 5 (3.68%) Retail
8 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Law
9 1 (0.74%) Local Government
9 1 (0.74%) Military
9 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (23.53%) Senior
2 23 (16.91%) Architect
3 16 (11.76%) Developer
4 11 (8.09%) Software Engineer
5 10 (7.35%) Analyst
5 10 (7.35%) Lead
6 9 (6.62%) Senior Architect
6 9 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) .NET Software Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) NetBackup Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Tester
10 5 (3.68%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.68%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.68%) Senior Technical Architect
10 5 (3.68%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.18%) React
2 16 (11.76%) RESTful
3 13 (9.56%) .NET
3 13 (9.56%) Node.js
4 12 (8.82%) CSS
4 12 (8.82%) HTML
4 12 (8.82%) OAuth
5 10 (7.35%) SAML
6 8 (5.88%) FHIR
7 7 (5.15%) JWT
7 7 (5.15%) Web Services
8 6 (4.41%) AngularJS
8 6 (4.41%) Express.js
8 6 (4.41%) Jest
8 6 (4.41%) REST
9 5 (3.68%) CSS3
9 5 (3.68%) HTML5
9 5 (3.68%) OAuth2
9 5 (3.68%) OpenID
10 4 (2.94%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.97%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.29%) NHS
3 8 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.41%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.94%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.21%) iPhone
8 3 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.47%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.47%) CMDB
9 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.47%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.97%) Windows
2 13 (9.56%) Linux
3 4 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.21%) Android
4 3 (2.21%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.47%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.03%) CI/CD
2 46 (33.82%) DevOps
3 37 (27.21%) Agile
4 26 (19.12%) Microservices
5 25 (18.38%) Containerisation
5 25 (18.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (15.44%) Roadmaps
7 18 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (13.24%) Software Engineering
8 16 (11.76%) Cloud Security
8 16 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (10.29%) Clean Code
9 14 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (9.56%) ITIL
10 13 (9.56%) Mentoring
10 13 (9.56%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (8.82%) DevSecOps
11 12 (8.82%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (26.47%) Python
2 29 (21.32%) SQL
3 20 (14.71%) JavaScript
3 20 (14.71%) PowerShell
4 15 (11.03%) Bash
5 12 (8.82%) C#
5 12 (8.82%) TypeScript
6 10 (7.35%) Java
7 5 (3.68%) Bicep
8 3 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.21%) PHP
8 3 (2.21%) Rust
9 2 (1.47%) Go
9 2 (1.47%) Solidity
10 1 (0.74%) Groovy
10 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (9.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.68%) CISSP
4 4 (2.94%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.94%) Degree
5 3 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.21%) CCSP
6 2 (1.47%) CCNA
6 2 (1.47%) CCSK
6 2 (1.47%) CEH
6 2 (1.47%) CISA
6 2 (1.47%) CISM
6 2 (1.47%) OSCP
7 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.74%) CSPO
7 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.41%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.41%) GDPR
2 6 (4.41%) HL7
3 5 (3.68%) NIST
3 5 (3.68%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.94%) QA
4 4 (2.94%) WCAG
5 3 (2.21%) PSD2
6 2 (1.47%) COBIT
6 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.47%) GRC
6 2 (1.47%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.74%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (22.79%) Docker
2 15 (11.03%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.94%) RACF
5 2 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (21.32%) Terraform
2 28 (20.59%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.88%) Grafana
3 8 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (5.15%) Ansible
4 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.41%) NetBackup
5 6 (4.41%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.94%) Istio
7 2 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 1 (0.74%) SCCM
8 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.03%) Google
3 11 (8.09%) Oracle
4 9 (6.62%) VMware
5 8 (5.88%) Splunk
6 7 (5.15%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.15%) HP
6 7 (5.15%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.41%) Veritas
8 5 (3.68%) Apple
8 5 (3.68%) Databricks
8 5 (3.68%) MobileIron
9 4 (2.94%) Brio
9 4 (2.94%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.94%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.47%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.47%) Cisco
10 2 (1.47%) Dell
10 2 (1.47%) F5
10 2 (1.47%) SAP