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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 135 83 127
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.62% 19.08% 14.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.28% 40.10% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 56 80
10th Percentile £290 £319 £349
25th Percentile £389 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £554 £553 £600
90th Percentile £648 £574 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -10.00%
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 327 207 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 42.69% 47.59% 34.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 135 209
10th Percentile £313 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £600
90th Percentile £623 £725 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
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% -7.46%
75th Percentile £74.00 £100.66 -
90th Percentile £75.20 £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £32.81 £15.00
% change year-on-year -56.57% +118.73% -72.22%

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 March 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 12 (8.89%) Confluence
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.96%) Apache
3 4 (2.96%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (44.44%) AWS
2 41 (30.37%) GCP
3 22 (16.30%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (16.30%) GitHub
3 22 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (14.07%) Entra ID
4 19 (14.07%) GitHub Actions
5 16 (11.85%) PaaS
5 16 (11.85%) Serverless
6 13 (9.63%) SaaS
7 12 (8.89%) Azure AKS
8 9 (6.67%) Azure Functions
8 9 (6.67%) IaaS
9 8 (5.93%) Azure Storage
9 8 (5.93%) Power Platform
10 6 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.70%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.96%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.41%) Firewall
2 7 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.44%) LAN
3 6 (4.44%) Network Security
3 6 (4.44%) WAN
4 5 (3.70%) DNS
4 5 (3.70%) IPsec
4 5 (3.70%) Kerberos
4 5 (3.70%) SSL
5 4 (2.96%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.96%) VoIP
6 3 (2.22%) DHCP
7 2 (1.48%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.48%) 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 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.44%) Power BI
3 4 (2.96%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.96%) Redis
4 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.48%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.48%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (1.48%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.48%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.74%) Big Data
6 1 (0.74%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.74%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.74%) Metadata
6 1 (0.74%) Parquet
6 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (13.33%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.63%) JIRA
3 12 (8.89%) Git
4 4 (2.96%) CircleCI
4 4 (2.96%) Mocha
5 3 (2.22%) Maven
6 2 (1.48%) GitLab
6 2 (1.48%) Gradle
6 2 (1.48%) JUnit
6 2 (1.48%) Log4j
6 2 (1.48%) Mockito
6 2 (1.48%) MSI
6 2 (1.48%) Subversion
7 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.74%) JMeter
7 1 (0.74%) Selenium
7 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.74%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 37 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.26%) Public Sector
3 15 (11.11%) Finance
4 8 (5.93%) Banking
5 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.44%) Legal
7 5 (3.70%) Health Technology
8 4 (2.96%) 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
9 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (23.70%) Senior
2 27 (20.00%) Architect
3 16 (11.85%) Developer
4 11 (8.15%) Analyst
5 10 (7.41%) Senior Architect
5 10 (7.41%) Software Engineer
5 10 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (5.93%) Lead
7 7 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) Senior Technical Architect
8 6 (4.44%) Technical Architect
8 6 (4.44%) Tester
9 5 (3.70%) .NET Software Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.70%) Support Analyst
10 4 (2.96%) AWS Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.59%) React
2 13 (9.63%) .NET
2 13 (9.63%) OAuth
2 13 (9.63%) RESTful
3 11 (8.15%) SAML
3 11 (8.15%) Web Services
4 10 (7.41%) Node.js
5 9 (6.67%) CSS
5 9 (6.67%) HTML
5 9 (6.67%) REST
6 8 (5.93%) FHIR
7 6 (4.44%) Jest
7 6 (4.44%) JWT
7 6 (4.44%) OAuth2
7 6 (4.44%) OpenID
8 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (3.70%) XACML
9 4 (2.96%) AngularJS
9 4 (2.96%) Kafka
9 4 (2.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.59%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.37%) NHS
3 10 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.93%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 6 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.44%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.96%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.22%) iPhone
7 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.48%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.48%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.48%) CMDB
8 2 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.48%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.48%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.48%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.33%) Windows
2 7 (5.19%) Linux
3 4 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.22%) Android
4 3 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (37.78%) CI/CD
2 50 (37.04%) DevOps
3 40 (29.63%) Agile
4 27 (20.00%) Microservices
5 24 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (16.30%) Roadmaps
7 19 (14.07%) Containerisation
8 18 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (12.59%) Software Engineering
10 16 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.11%) Cloud Security
11 15 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (10.37%) Analytics
13 13 (9.63%) Clean Code
13 13 (9.63%) Mentoring
14 12 (8.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 12 (8.89%) Migration
14 12 (8.89%) Observability
14 12 (8.89%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (23.70%) Python
2 28 (20.74%) SQL
3 20 (14.81%) JavaScript
4 19 (14.07%) PowerShell
5 14 (10.37%) C#
6 12 (8.89%) TypeScript
7 10 (7.41%) Bash
8 9 (6.67%) Java
9 4 (2.96%) Bicep
10 3 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (2.22%) PHP
10 3 (2.22%) Rust
11 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.48%) Go
11 2 (1.48%) Solidity
12 1 (0.74%) Groovy
12 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.70%) CISSP
4 4 (2.96%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.96%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.96%) Degree
5 3 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.22%) CCSP
6 2 (1.48%) CCNA
6 2 (1.48%) CCSK
6 2 (1.48%) CEH
6 2 (1.48%) CISA
6 2 (1.48%) CISM
6 2 (1.48%) 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%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.44%) GDPR
2 6 (4.44%) HL7
2 6 (4.44%) NIST
3 5 (3.70%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.96%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.96%) QA
4 4 (2.96%) WCAG
5 3 (2.22%) PSD2
6 2 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.48%) GRC
6 2 (1.48%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.74%) COBIT
7 1 (0.74%) NCSC
7 1 (0.74%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (17.78%) Docker
2 16 (11.85%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.70%) RACF
4 4 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (18.52%) Kubernetes
1 25 (18.52%) Terraform
2 10 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.44%) Grafana
5 5 (3.70%) Ansible
6 4 (2.96%) Istio
6 4 (2.96%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.48%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.48%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.74%) SCCM
9 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (30.37%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.15%) Google
3 8 (5.93%) Splunk
4 7 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.44%) Brio
5 6 (4.44%) HP
6 5 (3.70%) Apple
6 5 (3.70%) Databricks
6 5 (3.70%) MobileIron
6 5 (3.70%) Oracle
6 5 (3.70%) VMware
7 3 (2.22%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.22%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.48%) Cisco
8 2 (1.48%) Cribl.io
8 2 (1.48%) Nexthink
8 2 (1.48%) Okta
8 2 (1.48%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.48%) SAP
8 2 (1.48%) Veritas