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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 140 118 143
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 19.66% 17.88% 14.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.30% 37.34% 42.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 81 104
10th Percentile £290 £375 £391
25th Percentile £400 £406 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £556 £567 £600
90th Percentile £678 £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 339 316 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 47.61% 47.88% 34.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 221 254
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £600
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £29.10 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £33.38 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £41.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -33.87% +188.37%
75th Percentile £28.75 £69.07 -
90th Percentile - £85.61 -
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 18 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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.57%) Apache
4 5 (3.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (2.14%) CMS
6 2 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.14%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.71%) Magento
2 1 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (48.57%) AWS
2 49 (35.00%) GCP
3 26 (18.57%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (12.86%) GitHub
5 15 (10.71%) Serverless
6 14 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (9.29%) Power Platform
8 12 (8.57%) Entra ID
8 12 (8.57%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (7.14%) PaaS
10 8 (5.71%) Azure Functions
11 6 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (4.29%) PowerApps
12 5 (3.57%) Azure Storage
12 5 (3.57%) Power Automate
13 4 (2.86%) Azure AKS
13 4 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.43%) Firewall
2 6 (4.29%) Network Security
3 5 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.86%) LAN
4 4 (2.86%) WAN
5 3 (2.14%) DHCP
5 3 (2.14%) DNS
5 3 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.14%) VoIP
6 2 (1.43%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.43%) VLAN
6 2 (1.43%) VPN
7 1 (0.71%) BGP
7 1 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.71%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.71%) OSPF
7 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.57%) NoSQL
2 11 (7.86%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.43%) Power BI
4 6 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.29%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.57%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.86%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.86%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.86%) MySQL
6 4 (2.86%) Redis
6 4 (2.86%) Tableau
7 3 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.14%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.43%) Cloud Spanner
8 2 (1.43%) Power Query
8 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.71%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 18 (12.86%) Jenkins
2 14 (10.00%) Git
3 13 (9.29%) JIRA
4 6 (4.29%) GitLab
4 6 (4.29%) SonarQube
5 5 (3.57%) CircleCI
6 4 (2.86%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.86%) Maven
6 4 (2.86%) Mocha
6 4 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.14%) Selenium
7 3 (2.14%) Storybook
8 2 (1.43%) Gradle
8 2 (1.43%) JMeter
8 2 (1.43%) JUnit
8 2 (1.43%) Log4j
8 2 (1.43%) Mockito
8 2 (1.43%) MSI
8 2 (1.43%) Subversion
9 1 (0.71%) SpecFlow
General
1 44 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 15 (10.71%) Finance
4 12 (8.57%) Banking
5 10 (7.14%) Legal
6 8 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.00%) Retail
8 6 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.43%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.43%) Local Government
9 2 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.71%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (15.71%) Architect
2 19 (13.57%) Developer
2 19 (13.57%) Senior
3 14 (10.00%) Lead
4 11 (7.86%) Analyst
4 11 (7.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 11 (7.86%) Software Engineer
5 10 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (6.43%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (5.71%) .NET Software Engineer
8 7 (5.00%) AWS DevOps
8 7 (5.00%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.00%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.00%) NetBackup Engineer
8 7 (5.00%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.29%) Tester
10 5 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) IT Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.57%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.57%) React
2 18 (12.86%) .NET
3 15 (10.71%) Node.js
3 15 (10.71%) RESTful
4 9 (6.43%) CSS
4 9 (6.43%) HTML
5 8 (5.71%) OAuth
6 7 (5.00%) FHIR
6 7 (5.00%) JWT
7 6 (4.29%) AngularJS
7 6 (4.29%) Express.js
7 6 (4.29%) Jest
7 6 (4.29%) SAML
8 5 (3.57%) CSS3
8 5 (3.57%) HTML5
8 5 (3.57%) Spring
8 5 (3.57%) Spring Boot
9 4 (2.86%) .NET Core
9 4 (2.86%) ARM Templates
9 4 (2.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.43%) Cloud Native
2 16 (11.43%) NHS
3 11 (7.86%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.43%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.29%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.14%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.14%) iPhone
9 2 (1.43%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.43%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.43%) CMDB
9 2 (1.43%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.43%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.71%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.00%) Linux
1 14 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.14%) Android
3 3 (2.14%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.14%) DevOps
2 42 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 32 (22.86%) Agile
4 24 (17.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 24 (17.14%) Microservices
5 22 (15.71%) Containerisation
6 18 (12.86%) Cloud Security
6 18 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (12.14%) Test Automation
8 16 (11.43%) Translating Business Requirements
9 15 (10.71%) Analytics
9 15 (10.71%) Software Engineering
10 14 (10.00%) ITIL
10 14 (10.00%) Roadmaps
11 13 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (8.57%) Data Engineering
12 12 (8.57%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.29%) Python
2 30 (21.43%) SQL
3 23 (16.43%) JavaScript
4 18 (12.86%) PowerShell
5 16 (11.43%) C#
6 15 (10.71%) Java
7 13 (9.29%) Bash
8 12 (8.57%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.29%) Bicep
10 3 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.14%) Rust
11 2 (1.43%) Solidity
12 1 (0.71%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.71%) Go
12 1 (0.71%) Scala
12 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.71%) VB
12 1 (0.71%) VB6
Qualifications
1 20 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.57%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.57%) CISSP
4 3 (2.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (2.14%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.14%) CCSP
5 2 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.43%) CCNA
5 2 (1.43%) CCSK
5 2 (1.43%) CEH
5 2 (1.43%) CISA
5 2 (1.43%) CISM
5 2 (1.43%) Degree
5 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.43%) OSCP
6 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.71%) GDPR
3 7 (5.00%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.29%) NIST
4 6 (4.29%) QA
5 5 (3.57%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.86%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.86%) WCAG
7 3 (2.14%) HL7
7 3 (2.14%) NCSC
7 3 (2.14%) PSD2
8 2 (1.43%) COBIT
8 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.43%) GRC
8 2 (1.43%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (21.43%) Docker
2 14 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (25.00%) Terraform
2 21 (15.00%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.71%) Grafana
3 8 (5.71%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.00%) Ansible
4 7 (5.00%) NetBackup
4 7 (5.00%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.43%) SCCM
7 1 (0.71%) Control-M
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.71%) Puppet
7 1 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (26.43%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.29%) Google
3 11 (7.86%) Databricks
3 11 (7.86%) Oracle
4 10 (7.14%) VMware
5 8 (5.71%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.00%) HP
6 7 (5.00%) Splunk
6 7 (5.00%) Veritas
7 6 (4.29%) Salesforce
7 6 (4.29%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.57%) Apple
8 5 (3.57%) Brio
8 5 (3.57%) MobileIron
9 4 (2.86%) Cisco
10 3 (2.14%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.43%) Citrix
11 2 (1.43%) Dell
11 2 (1.43%) F5
11 2 (1.43%) MuleSoft