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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 4
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 156 64 113
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.25% 12.90% 13.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.20% 27.95% 42.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 38 79
10th Percentile £313 £294 £395
25th Percentile £413 £374 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £600
90th Percentile £740 £623 £654
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 - -

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 398 229 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 41.46% 46.17% 32.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 146 198
10th Percentile £325 £311 £288
25th Percentile £413 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £480
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +0.26% -12.73%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £595
90th Percentile £630 £650 £656
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.16% - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £17.05 £31.53 -
25th Percentile - £31.62 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £66.51 -
90th Percentile £75.20 £85.74 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £32.96 £15.00
% change year-on-year +6.19% +119.73% -65.32%

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 17 June 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 14 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.49%) Confluence
4 2 (1.28%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (1.28%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.64%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.64%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.64%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (38.46%) AWS
2 30 (19.23%) Power Platform
3 28 (17.95%) GitHub
3 28 (17.95%) GitHub Actions
4 27 (17.31%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (13.46%) Entra ID
7 20 (12.82%) PowerApps
8 18 (11.54%) Serverless
9 17 (10.90%) GCP
10 16 (10.26%) SaaS
11 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (9.62%) PaaS
12 12 (7.69%) Power Automate
13 10 (6.41%) Azure Functions
14 9 (5.77%) Azure AKS
14 9 (5.77%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (5.77%) Copilot Studio
15 8 (5.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.49%) WAN
1 7 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (3.85%) Firewall
3 5 (3.21%) IPsec
3 5 (3.21%) Kerberos
3 5 (3.21%) SSL
4 4 (2.56%) DNS
4 4 (2.56%) LAN
4 4 (2.56%) Network Security
4 4 (2.56%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.92%) BGP
5 3 (1.92%) BIG-IP
5 3 (1.92%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (1.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.92%) OSPF
5 3 (1.92%) PSTN
5 3 (1.92%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.92%) VPN
5 3 (1.92%) VXLAN
5 3 (1.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.05%) Power BI
3 9 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (5.13%) Metadata
5 5 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.92%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.28%) Parquet
9 1 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.64%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (10.90%) Jenkins
2 14 (8.97%) JIRA
3 10 (6.41%) Git
4 7 (4.49%) Gatling
5 6 (3.85%) GitLab
6 4 (2.56%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.56%) Maven
General
1 30 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.74%) Finance
3 21 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.49%) Law
6 5 (3.21%) Social Science
7 4 (2.56%) Military
8 3 (1.92%) Banking
8 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.28%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Legal
9 2 (1.28%) Retail
10 1 (0.64%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (24.36%) Senior
2 36 (23.08%) Architect
3 21 (13.46%) Developer
4 14 (8.97%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (8.33%) Analyst
6 11 (7.05%) Delivery Manager
6 11 (7.05%) Lead
7 10 (6.41%) Data Engineer
8 9 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.13%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 8 (5.13%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.13%) Data Architect
9 8 (5.13%) Senior Architect
9 8 (5.13%) Technical Architect
10 7 (4.49%) Data Modeller
10 7 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.49%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 6 (3.85%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.85%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.33%) REST
2 10 (6.41%) .NET
2 10 (6.41%) Web Services
3 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (5.13%) OAuth
4 8 (5.13%) OpenID
5 7 (4.49%) Playwright
5 7 (4.49%) SAML
6 6 (3.85%) OAuth2
6 6 (3.85%) React
7 5 (3.21%) PySpark
7 5 (3.21%) XACML
7 5 (3.21%) YAML
8 4 (2.56%) JSP
9 3 (1.92%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.92%) CSS
9 3 (1.92%) HTML
9 3 (1.92%) LDAP
9 3 (1.92%) RESTful
9 3 (1.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.97%) Product Ownership
2 12 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.49%) NHS
4 6 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.92%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.92%) IoT
6 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.92%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.28%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.28%) Replication
7 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.64%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.05%) Windows
2 7 (4.49%) Linux
3 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (42.95%) DevOps
2 62 (39.74%) CI/CD
3 57 (36.54%) Agile
4 37 (23.72%) Roadmaps
5 30 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (12.82%) AI
7 20 (12.82%) Data Modelling
8 19 (12.18%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (12.18%) Migration
9 18 (11.54%) Analytics
9 18 (11.54%) Observability
10 17 (10.90%) Software Engineering
11 16 (10.26%) Platform Engineering
12 15 (9.62%) Data Governance
13 14 (8.97%) Data Architecture
13 14 (8.97%) Data Engineering
13 14 (8.97%) Enterprise Architecture
13 14 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.87%) Python
2 21 (13.46%) SQL
3 20 (12.82%) PowerShell
4 13 (8.33%) Java
5 12 (7.69%) C#
6 8 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.49%) Scala
8 6 (3.85%) Bash
9 4 (2.56%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.92%) Bicep
10 3 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.28%) PHP
12 1 (0.64%) ABAP
12 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.64%) Groovy
12 1 (0.64%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (19.87%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.92%) Degree
5 2 (1.28%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.28%) CISM
5 2 (1.28%) CISSP
5 2 (1.28%) CRISC
5 2 (1.28%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.28%) PMP
6 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.21%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.21%) GDPR
2 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 5 (3.21%) WCAG
3 3 (1.92%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.92%) NIST
3 3 (1.92%) QA
3 3 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.28%) GRC
4 2 (1.28%) HL7
5 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.97%) Docker
3 5 (3.21%) RACF
3 5 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.64%) NFS
6 1 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 38 (24.36%) Terraform
2 18 (11.54%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (6.41%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (4.49%) HAProxy
7 5 (3.21%) Ansible
8 3 (1.92%) Istio
9 1 (0.64%) Grafana
9 1 (0.64%) Podman
9 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.64%) SELinux
9 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (50.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.33%) Google
3 10 (6.41%) Databricks
3 10 (6.41%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.13%) Foundry
5 7 (4.49%) Oracle
6 5 (3.21%) Brio
7 4 (2.56%) Okta
7 4 (2.56%) SAP
8 3 (1.92%) Arista
8 3 (1.92%) Aruba
8 3 (1.92%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.92%) F5
8 3 (1.92%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.28%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.28%) IBM
9 2 (1.28%) Palantir
9 2 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.28%) VMware
9 2 (1.28%) Workday