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

 6 months to
29 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 10 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 165 89 117
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 15.41% 14.33% 16.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.19% 29.97% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 51 87
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £605 £553 £581
90th Percentile £700 £688 £652
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -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 432 297 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 40.34% 47.83% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 190 229
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £556
90th Percentile £644 £610 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.77%
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 £27.50
% change year-on-year -82.50% +627.27% -

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 29 September 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 10 (6.06%) Confluence
1 10 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.64%) Palantir Foundry
3 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (46.06%) AWS
2 42 (25.45%) GCP
3 35 (21.21%) GitHub
4 33 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (20.00%) Power Platform
5 27 (16.36%) GitHub Actions
6 17 (10.30%) Microsoft Copilot
6 17 (10.30%) PowerApps
7 16 (9.70%) Entra ID
7 16 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (7.27%) Copilot Studio
9 10 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (5.45%) SaaS
11 8 (4.85%) Azure AI
11 8 (4.85%) Power Automate
12 7 (4.24%) Serverless
13 6 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (3.64%) PaaS
14 5 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (2.42%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.45%) Firewall
2 4 (2.42%) DNS
2 4 (2.42%) VPN
2 4 (2.42%) WAN
2 4 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.82%) BGP
3 3 (1.82%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.82%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.82%) OSPF
3 3 (1.82%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.82%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.82%) WLAN
4 2 (1.21%) Network Security
5 1 (0.61%) Internet
5 1 (0.61%) LAN
5 1 (0.61%) PSTN
5 1 (0.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.06%) Power BI
2 10 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.45%) Metadata
4 5 (3.03%) Tableau
5 4 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.42%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.42%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.82%) Big Data
6 3 (1.82%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.21%) Parquet
7 2 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.21%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.61%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.61%) MySQL
8 1 (0.61%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 23 (13.94%) JIRA
2 18 (10.91%) Git
2 18 (10.91%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.45%) GitLab
4 7 (4.24%) Gatling
5 6 (3.64%) JMeter
6 5 (3.03%) LoadRunner
6 5 (3.03%) Selenium
7 3 (1.82%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.82%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.82%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.82%) Maven
8 2 (1.21%) eggPlant
8 2 (1.21%) Postman
8 2 (1.21%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.61%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.61%) MLflow
9 1 (0.61%) Mockito
9 1 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.61%) WebDriver
General
1 48 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.64%) Finance
3 17 (10.30%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.06%) Banking
6 6 (3.64%) Law
6 6 (3.64%) Retail
6 6 (3.64%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.42%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.42%) Military
7 4 (2.42%) Social Science
8 3 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.61%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 39 (23.64%) Senior
2 35 (21.21%) Architect
3 18 (10.91%) Lead
4 15 (9.09%) Developer
5 13 (7.88%) Delivery Manager
6 12 (7.27%) Data Engineer
6 12 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (6.67%) Technical Architect
8 10 (6.06%) Analyst
8 10 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Data Architect
10 8 (4.85%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 7 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (4.24%) Business Analyst
11 7 (4.24%) Senior Manager
12 6 (3.64%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 6 (3.64%) Palantir Engineer
12 6 (3.64%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
12 6 (3.64%) Senior Delivery Manager
13 5 (3.03%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (26.67%) Terraform
2 14 (8.48%) REST
3 10 (6.06%) Kafka
3 10 (6.06%) React
4 8 (4.85%) Playwright
4 8 (4.85%) PySpark
4 8 (4.85%) YAML
5 7 (4.24%) .NET
6 5 (3.03%) Middleware
6 5 (3.03%) SOAP
7 4 (2.42%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.42%) Node.js
7 4 (2.42%) RESTful
7 4 (2.42%) SAP Basis
7 4 (2.42%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (2.42%) SAPUI5
8 3 (1.82%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.82%) Jest
8 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (1.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.55%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.48%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.45%) AI Agents
4 8 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.85%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.24%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.64%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.42%) NHS
8 3 (1.82%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.82%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.21%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.21%) Replication
10 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.85%) Linux
2 6 (3.64%) Windows
3 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.61%) Unix
3 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (45.45%) CI/CD
2 70 (42.42%) DevOps
3 59 (35.76%) Agile
4 40 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (23.64%) AI
6 37 (22.42%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (18.79%) Roadmaps
8 26 (15.76%) Observability
9 23 (13.94%) Migration
10 21 (12.73%) Test Automation
11 20 (12.12%) Software Engineering
12 19 (11.52%) Data Engineering
13 18 (10.91%) Data Modelling
13 18 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (10.30%) Analytics
14 17 (10.30%) Sprint Planning
15 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (9.09%) User Experience
16 14 (8.48%) Scrum
16 14 (8.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.21%) Python
2 17 (10.30%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.27%) Java
4 11 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 10 (6.06%) SQL
6 8 (4.85%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.24%) Bash
7 7 (4.24%) C#
8 6 (3.64%) Bicep
9 5 (3.03%) Scala
10 4 (2.42%) ABAP
11 2 (1.21%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 41 (24.85%) Security Cleared
2 32 (19.39%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.64%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.42%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.42%) Degree
6 2 (1.21%) CISM
6 2 (1.21%) CISSP
6 2 (1.21%) CRISC
6 2 (1.21%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.21%) PMP
7 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.48%) QA
2 10 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.85%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.85%) GDPR
4 6 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.64%) WCAG
5 5 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 3 (1.82%) GxP
7 3 (1.82%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.21%) GRC
8 2 (1.21%) NIST
9 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 20 (12.12%) Docker
2 13 (7.88%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.61%) NFS
5 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (16.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.24%) Grafana
4 6 (3.64%) Ansible
4 6 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (3.03%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.21%) Podman
6 2 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.61%) SELinux
7 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.70%) Databricks
3 14 (8.48%) Foundry
3 14 (8.48%) ServiceNow
4 13 (7.88%) Google
5 11 (6.67%) Dynatrace
6 7 (4.24%) SAP
7 6 (3.64%) IBM
7 6 (3.64%) Palantir
7 6 (3.64%) Splunk
8 5 (3.03%) New Relic
9 4 (2.42%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.82%) Arista
10 3 (1.82%) Aruba
10 3 (1.82%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.82%) F5
10 3 (1.82%) Oracle
10 3 (1.82%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.82%) Workday
11 2 (1.21%) OneLogin
159 Azure jobs in Leeds