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

 6 months to
7 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 169 100 111
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.11% 15.04% 16.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.76% 32.26% 36.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 58 81
10th Percentile £350 £364 £400
25th Percentile £410 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £594
90th Percentile £689 £679 £655
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -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 436 310 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 41.56% 46.62% 44.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 195 225
10th Percentile £363 £350 £335
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £567
90th Percentile £638 £606 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.54%
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 £19.90
% change year-on-year -82.50% +905.03% -67.90%

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 7 October 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 9 (5.33%) Confluence
1 9 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.55%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (44.97%) AWS
2 42 (24.85%) GCP
3 36 (21.30%) GitHub
4 34 (20.12%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (18.34%) Power Platform
6 28 (16.57%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (10.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 16 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (8.88%) Entra ID
9 15 (8.88%) PowerApps
10 12 (7.10%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (7.10%) Copilot Studio
11 8 (4.73%) Azure AI
11 8 (4.73%) SaaS
12 7 (4.14%) Azure AKS
12 7 (4.14%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (4.14%) Power Automate
13 6 (3.55%) Serverless
14 5 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (2.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.92%) Firewall
2 5 (2.96%) DNS
3 4 (2.37%) VPN
4 3 (1.78%) BGP
4 3 (1.78%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.78%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (1.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.78%) Network Security
4 3 (1.78%) OSPF
4 3 (1.78%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.78%) VXLAN
4 3 (1.78%) WAN
4 3 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.78%) WLAN
5 1 (0.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (5.33%) Metadata
2 9 (5.33%) Power BI
2 9 (5.33%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.96%) Tableau
4 4 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.37%) Delta Lake
4 4 (2.37%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.78%) Big Data
5 3 (1.78%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.18%) Parquet
6 2 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.59%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.59%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.59%) MySQL
7 1 (0.59%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 21 (12.43%) Jenkins
1 21 (12.43%) JIRA
2 18 (10.65%) Git
3 9 (5.33%) GitLab
3 9 (5.33%) Selenium
4 8 (4.73%) JMeter
5 7 (4.14%) Gatling
6 6 (3.55%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.96%) LoadRunner
7 5 (2.96%) Postman
7 5 (2.96%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.78%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.78%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.78%) Maven
9 2 (1.18%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.59%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.59%) MLflow
10 1 (0.59%) Mockito
10 1 (0.59%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.59%) WebDriver
General
1 52 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.08%) Finance
3 17 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.92%) Banking
6 7 (4.14%) Law
7 6 (3.55%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.96%) Retail
9 4 (2.37%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.37%) Military
9 4 (2.37%) Social Science
10 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
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 (21.89%) Senior
2 35 (20.71%) Architect
3 19 (11.24%) Lead
4 15 (8.88%) Developer
5 12 (7.10%) Delivery Manager
5 12 (7.10%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (6.51%) Data Engineer
6 11 (6.51%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (6.51%) Technical Architect
7 10 (5.92%) Analyst
8 9 (5.33%) Data Architect
9 8 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.14%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.14%) Tester
11 6 (3.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 6 (3.55%) Palantir Engineer
11 6 (3.55%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.55%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (2.96%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (26.63%) Terraform
2 14 (8.28%) REST
3 11 (6.51%) Kafka
3 11 (6.51%) React
4 9 (5.33%) Playwright
4 9 (5.33%) YAML
5 8 (4.73%) PySpark
6 7 (4.14%) .NET
7 6 (3.55%) Middleware
8 5 (2.96%) Node.js
8 5 (2.96%) SOAP
9 4 (2.37%) .NET Core
9 4 (2.37%) Jest
9 4 (2.37%) RESTful
9 4 (2.37%) SAP Basis
9 4 (2.37%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (2.37%) SAPUI5
10 3 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.78%) SailPoint
10 3 (1.78%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.98%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.92%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.33%) AI Agents
4 9 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.14%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.55%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.78%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.78%) NHS
10 2 (1.18%) Digital Wallet
10 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.18%) Replication
11 1 (0.59%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.59%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.55%) Linux
2 3 (1.78%) Windows
3 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (47.34%) CI/CD
2 73 (43.20%) DevOps
3 62 (36.69%) Agile
4 42 (24.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (23.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (22.49%) AI
7 29 (17.16%) Roadmaps
8 28 (16.57%) Observability
9 27 (15.98%) Test Automation
10 24 (14.20%) Migration
11 20 (11.83%) Software Engineering
12 18 (10.65%) Data Engineering
13 17 (10.06%) Analytics
13 17 (10.06%) Data Modelling
13 17 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (9.47%) Containerisation
14 16 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (9.47%) Sprint Planning
15 15 (8.88%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.08%) Python
2 15 (8.88%) Java
2 15 (8.88%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.92%) JavaScript
3 10 (5.92%) SQL
4 9 (5.33%) TypeScript
5 7 (4.14%) Bash
6 6 (3.55%) Bicep
6 6 (3.55%) C#
7 5 (2.96%) Scala
8 4 (2.37%) ABAP
9 2 (1.18%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.18%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 46 (27.22%) Security Cleared
2 37 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.55%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.78%) Degree
7 2 (1.18%) CISM
7 2 (1.18%) CISSP
7 2 (1.18%) CRISC
7 2 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.18%) PMP
8 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.28%) QA
2 10 (5.92%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.73%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.73%) GDPR
4 6 (3.55%) WCAG
5 5 (2.96%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 3 (1.78%) GxP
8 2 (1.18%) GRC
8 2 (1.18%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.18%) NIST
8 2 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (14.20%) Docker
2 11 (6.51%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.59%) NFS
5 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (20.12%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.33%) Grafana
3 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.55%) Ansible
5 5 (2.96%) HAProxy
5 5 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.18%) Podman
8 1 (0.59%) SELinux
8 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (31.36%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.47%) Databricks
3 14 (8.28%) Foundry
3 14 (8.28%) Google
4 13 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.51%) Dynatrace
6 7 (4.14%) IBM
6 7 (4.14%) SAP
7 6 (3.55%) Palantir
7 6 (3.55%) Splunk
8 5 (2.96%) New Relic
9 4 (2.37%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.78%) Arista
10 3 (1.78%) Aruba
10 3 (1.78%) F5
10 3 (1.78%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.78%) Workday
11 2 (1.18%) Okta
11 2 (1.18%) OneLogin
11 2 (1.18%) OpenAI
197 Azure jobs in Leeds