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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 137 105 132
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 18.77% 17.36% 14.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.90% 35.96% 43.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 75 90
10th Percentile £297 £363 £387
25th Percentile £400 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £547 £567 £600
90th Percentile £648 £660 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £490 £516
% change year-on-year +2.04% -5.08% -6.14%
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 335 292 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 45.89% 48.26% 33.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 200 226
10th Percentile £350 £348 £313
25th Percentile £413 £406 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £546 £567 £600
90th Percentile £602 £713 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile - £31.95 -
25th Percentile - £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £90.42 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -84.24% +45.83% +166.67%
75th Percentile - £102.00 -
90th Percentile £22.95 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £41.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -65.24% -33.87% +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 December 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 (7.30%) Confluence
2 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.38%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.65%) Apache
5 4 (2.92%) Apache Spark
6 3 (2.19%) CMS
7 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (45.99%) AWS
2 49 (35.77%) GCP
3 24 (17.52%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (14.60%) GitHub
5 16 (11.68%) Serverless
6 15 (10.95%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (10.22%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (9.49%) Entra ID
9 10 (7.30%) Azure Functions
9 10 (7.30%) PaaS
10 9 (6.57%) Power Platform
11 7 (5.11%) Azure AKS
12 6 (4.38%) Azure Storage
13 5 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (2.92%) Figma
14 4 (2.92%) PowerApps
14 4 (2.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.41%) Firewall
2 6 (4.38%) Network Security
3 5 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.92%) DNS
4 4 (2.92%) LAN
4 4 (2.92%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.92%) WAN
5 3 (2.19%) DHCP
5 3 (2.19%) VoIP
6 2 (1.46%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.46%) VLAN
6 2 (1.46%) VPN
7 1 (0.73%) BGP
7 1 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.73%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.73%) OSPF
7 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.03%) NoSQL
1 11 (8.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.84%) Power BI
3 5 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.65%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.92%) Redis
4 4 (2.92%) Tableau
5 3 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.19%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.19%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.46%) Cloud Spanner
6 2 (1.46%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.46%) Power Query
6 2 (1.46%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.73%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.73%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (11.68%) Jenkins
2 12 (8.76%) Git
2 12 (8.76%) JIRA
3 6 (4.38%) CircleCI
4 4 (2.92%) Mocha
5 3 (2.19%) GitLab
5 3 (2.19%) Maven
5 3 (2.19%) Storybook
6 2 (1.46%) Gradle
6 2 (1.46%) JMeter
6 2 (1.46%) JUnit
6 2 (1.46%) Log4j
6 2 (1.46%) Mockito
6 2 (1.46%) MSI
6 2 (1.46%) Selenium
6 2 (1.46%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.46%) Subversion
7 1 (0.73%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 46 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.17%) Public Sector
3 18 (13.14%) Finance
4 13 (9.49%) Banking
5 10 (7.30%) Legal
6 7 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.65%) Health Technology
7 5 (3.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.46%) Local Government
8 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.73%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Law
9 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (16.06%) Senior
2 17 (12.41%) Architect
3 16 (11.68%) Developer
4 14 (10.22%) Software Engineer
5 13 (9.49%) Lead
6 11 (8.03%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (7.30%) Analyst
8 9 (6.57%) .NET Software Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.11%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (5.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) NetBackup Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) Security Architect
11 6 (4.38%) Data Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Tester
12 5 (3.65%) IT Engineer
12 5 (3.65%) Senior Developer
12 5 (3.65%) Support Analyst
13 4 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (17.52%) React
2 18 (13.14%) .NET
3 16 (11.68%) RESTful
4 14 (10.22%) Node.js
5 10 (7.30%) CSS
5 10 (7.30%) HTML
6 9 (6.57%) FHIR
7 8 (5.84%) OAuth
8 7 (5.11%) AngularJS
8 7 (5.11%) JWT
9 6 (4.38%) Express.js
9 6 (4.38%) Jest
9 6 (4.38%) SAML
10 5 (3.65%) .NET Core
10 5 (3.65%) CSS3
10 5 (3.65%) HTML5
11 4 (2.92%) ARM Templates
11 4 (2.92%) Kafka
11 4 (2.92%) Spring
11 4 (2.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.33%) Cloud Native
2 18 (13.14%) NHS
3 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.84%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.38%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.92%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.19%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.19%) iPhone
6 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.46%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.46%) Blockchain
7 2 (1.46%) CMDB
8 1 (0.73%) IoT
8 1 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.68%) Windows
2 15 (10.95%) Linux
3 5 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.19%) Android
4 3 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.46%) Unix
6 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.73%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.39%) DevOps
2 40 (29.20%) CI/CD
3 33 (24.09%) Agile
4 27 (19.71%) Containerisation
4 27 (19.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (16.79%) Microservices
6 18 (13.14%) Cloud Security
6 18 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (13.14%) Software Engineering
7 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (10.95%) Clean Code
8 15 (10.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (10.95%) ITIL
8 15 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (10.95%) Roadmaps
9 13 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (9.49%) DevSecOps
9 13 (9.49%) Translating Business Requirements
10 12 (8.76%) Analytics
10 12 (8.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.82%) Python
2 26 (18.98%) SQL
3 20 (14.60%) PowerShell
4 19 (13.87%) JavaScript
5 18 (13.14%) C#
6 15 (10.95%) Bash
7 14 (10.22%) TypeScript
8 11 (8.03%) Java
9 7 (5.11%) Bicep
10 3 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.19%) Rust
11 2 (1.46%) Go
11 2 (1.46%) Solidity
12 1 (0.73%) PHP
12 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.73%) VB
12 1 (0.73%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (10.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.76%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.65%) CISSP
4 4 (2.92%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.92%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.92%) Degree
5 3 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.19%) CCSP
6 2 (1.46%) CCNA
6 2 (1.46%) CCSK
6 2 (1.46%) CEH
6 2 (1.46%) CISA
6 2 (1.46%) CISM
6 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.46%) OSCP
7 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.73%) CSPO
7 1 (0.73%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.11%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.38%) GDPR
3 6 (4.38%) HL7
3 6 (4.38%) NIST
4 5 (3.65%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.92%) QA
5 4 (2.92%) WCAG
6 3 (2.19%) PSD2
7 2 (1.46%) COBIT
7 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.46%) GRC
7 2 (1.46%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.73%) NCSC
8 1 (0.73%) PMO
8 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.73%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (25.55%) Docker
2 15 (10.95%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (25.55%) Terraform
2 25 (18.25%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.57%) Grafana
4 8 (5.84%) Ansible
4 8 (5.84%) Prometheus
5 7 (5.11%) NetBackup
5 7 (5.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.46%) SCCM
9 1 (0.73%) Istio
9 1 (0.73%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.73%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.73%) Puppet
9 1 (0.73%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.41%) Google
3 12 (8.76%) Oracle
4 10 (7.30%) VMware
5 9 (6.57%) Databricks
6 8 (5.84%) CyberArk
6 8 (5.84%) Splunk
7 7 (5.11%) HP
7 7 (5.11%) ServiceNow
7 7 (5.11%) Veritas
8 5 (3.65%) Apple
8 5 (3.65%) Brio
8 5 (3.65%) MobileIron
9 4 (2.92%) Cisco
9 4 (2.92%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.92%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.19%) SAP
11 2 (1.46%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.46%) Citrix
11 2 (1.46%) Dell