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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 138 71 118
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.71% 16.67% 14.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.66% 37.77% 44.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 47 76
10th Percentile £282 £263 £378
25th Percentile £400 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £600
90th Percentile £645 £550 £672
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £80.00 - -

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 348 188 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 42.13% 44.13% 31.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 125 184
10th Percentile £313 £263 £277
25th Percentile £413 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £600
90th Percentile £600 £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 8 0
10th Percentile - £29.90 -
25th Percentile - £31.69 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £65.71 -
Median % change year-on-year -78.31% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £99.42 -
90th Percentile £75.20 £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £41.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -65.24% +173.33% -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 2 April 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 11 (7.97%) Confluence
2 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.52%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.17%) Apache
4 3 (2.17%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.45%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.72%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.72%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (38.41%) AWS
2 30 (21.74%) GCP
3 22 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (15.22%) GitHub
5 20 (14.49%) Entra ID
6 19 (13.77%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (13.04%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (11.59%) PaaS
8 16 (11.59%) Serverless
9 15 (10.87%) Power Platform
9 15 (10.87%) SaaS
10 11 (7.97%) Azure AKS
11 10 (7.25%) Azure Storage
11 10 (7.25%) PowerApps
12 8 (5.80%) Azure Functions
12 8 (5.80%) IaaS
13 7 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (4.35%) Power Automate
15 5 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.07%) LAN
1 7 (5.07%) WAN
2 6 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (3.62%) DNS
3 5 (3.62%) Firewall
3 5 (3.62%) IPsec
3 5 (3.62%) Kerberos
3 5 (3.62%) Network Security
3 5 (3.62%) SSL
4 4 (2.90%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.90%) VoIP
5 3 (2.17%) DHCP
5 3 (2.17%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.45%) PSTN
7 1 (0.72%) BGP
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.72%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.72%) OSPF
7 1 (0.72%) VPN
7 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.80%) NoSQL
2 7 (5.07%) Power BI
3 6 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.62%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.90%) Metadata
5 4 (2.90%) Redis
6 3 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.45%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.45%) Cloud Spanner
7 2 (1.45%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.72%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.72%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (12.32%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.42%) JIRA
3 9 (6.52%) Git
4 4 (2.90%) Mocha
5 2 (1.45%) Gatling
5 2 (1.45%) GitLab
5 2 (1.45%) MSI
6 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.72%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.72%) Maven
6 1 (0.72%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.72%) Vite
6 1 (0.72%) webpack
General
1 36 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 13 (9.42%) Finance
4 8 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.07%) Legal
6 6 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.62%) Banking
7 5 (3.62%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.17%) Law
9 2 (1.45%) Social Science
10 1 (0.72%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.72%) Military
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (21.01%) Architect
1 29 (21.01%) Senior
2 17 (12.32%) Developer
3 12 (8.70%) Analyst
4 10 (7.25%) Senior Architect
5 9 (6.52%) Platform Engineer
5 9 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (5.80%) Lead
6 8 (5.80%) Software Engineer
6 8 (5.80%) Technical Architect
7 7 (5.07%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Senior Technical Architect
9 5 (3.62%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.62%) IT Support
9 5 (3.62%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.62%) Tester
10 4 (2.90%) .NET Developer
10 4 (2.90%) Senior Developer
10 4 (2.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.87%) React
2 14 (10.14%) OAuth
3 12 (8.70%) .NET
3 12 (8.70%) SAML
4 10 (7.25%) Web Services
5 9 (6.52%) Node.js
5 9 (6.52%) REST
5 9 (6.52%) RESTful
6 8 (5.80%) CSS
6 8 (5.80%) HTML
7 7 (5.07%) FHIR
7 7 (5.07%) OAuth2
7 7 (5.07%) OpenID
8 6 (4.35%) JWT
8 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (3.62%) Jest
9 5 (3.62%) XACML
10 4 (2.90%) AngularJS
11 3 (2.17%) .NET Core
11 3 (2.17%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.14%) Cloud Native
2 13 (9.42%) Product Ownership
3 12 (8.70%) NHS
4 9 (6.52%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 6 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.35%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.90%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.17%) IoT
7 3 (2.17%) iPhone
7 3 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.45%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.45%) CMDB
8 2 (1.45%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.45%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.59%) Windows
2 5 (3.62%) Linux
2 5 (3.62%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.17%) Android
3 3 (2.17%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Unix
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.23%) CI/CD
2 48 (34.78%) DevOps
3 42 (30.43%) Agile
4 25 (18.12%) Roadmaps
5 23 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (15.94%) Microservices
7 19 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (13.04%) Analytics
8 18 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (10.87%) Containerisation
9 15 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (10.14%) AI
10 14 (10.14%) Data Modelling
10 14 (10.14%) Migration
10 14 (10.14%) Software Engineering
11 13 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (9.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 13 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
12 12 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
12 12 (8.70%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.84%) Python
1 26 (18.84%) SQL
2 20 (14.49%) JavaScript
3 18 (13.04%) PowerShell
4 14 (10.14%) C#
5 10 (7.25%) TypeScript
6 9 (6.52%) Java
7 5 (3.62%) Bash
8 3 (2.17%) Bicep
8 3 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (2.17%) PHP
9 2 (1.45%) Rust
9 2 (1.45%) Scala
9 2 (1.45%) Solidity
10 1 (0.72%) ABAP
10 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.72%) Go
10 1 (0.72%) Groovy
10 1 (0.72%) Ruby
10 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.62%) CISSP
4 4 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.90%) Degree
5 3 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.17%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.17%) CCSP
6 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.45%) CCSK
6 2 (1.45%) CEH
6 2 (1.45%) CISA
6 2 (1.45%) CISM
6 2 (1.45%) OSCP
7 1 (0.72%) CCNA
7 1 (0.72%) CCNP
7 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.35%) GDPR
2 6 (4.35%) HL7
2 6 (4.35%) NIST
3 5 (3.62%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.90%) WCAG
5 3 (2.17%) PSD2
5 3 (2.17%) QA
6 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.45%) GRC
6 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (1.45%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.72%) NCSC
7 1 (0.72%) PMO
7 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (16.67%) Docker
2 15 (10.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.62%) RACF
4 2 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (15.94%) Kubernetes
1 22 (15.94%) Terraform
2 10 (7.25%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.90%) Ansible
4 4 (2.90%) Grafana
4 4 (2.90%) Istio
4 4 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.45%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Identity Manager
6 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.72%) SCOM
6 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (42.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.14%) Google
3 9 (6.52%) Splunk
4 7 (5.07%) Brio
5 6 (4.35%) Oracle
6 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.90%) Databricks
7 4 (2.90%) SAP
8 3 (2.17%) Apple
8 3 (2.17%) Foundry
8 3 (2.17%) HP
8 3 (2.17%) MobileIron
9 2 (1.45%) Cribl.io
9 2 (1.45%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.45%) IBM
9 2 (1.45%) Nexthink
9 2 (1.45%) Okta
9 2 (1.45%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.72%) Adobe
10 1 (0.72%) Cisco