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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 135 88 132
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.81% 18.41% 14.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.03% 39.29% 42.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 62 85
10th Percentile £290 £355 £367
25th Percentile £375 £402 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -7.77% -6.36%
75th Percentile £540 £559 £600
90th Percentile £650 £598 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -9.09%
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 329 224 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 43.40% 46.86% 35.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 149 226
10th Percentile £313 £269 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £600
90th Percentile £611 £715 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
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% +14.81%
75th Percentile £74.00 £100.66 -
90th Percentile £75.20 £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.88 £32.81 £15.00
% change year-on-year -36.38% +118.73% -70.00%

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 11 February 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
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.96%) Apache
4 4 (2.96%) Apache Spark
5 3 (2.22%) CMS
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 3 (2.22%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 64 (47.41%) AWS
2 47 (34.81%) GCP
3 20 (14.81%) GitHub
4 18 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (12.59%) GitHub Actions
5 17 (12.59%) Serverless
6 15 (11.11%) Entra ID
7 13 (9.63%) Azure AKS
8 12 (8.89%) PaaS
8 12 (8.89%) SaaS
9 8 (5.93%) Azure Storage
9 8 (5.93%) IaaS
10 7 (5.19%) Azure Functions
10 7 (5.19%) Power Platform
11 6 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (2.96%) Figma
13 4 (2.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (2.22%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.37%) 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%) OSPF
8 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.74%) VPN
8 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 9 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.70%) Power BI
4 4 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.96%) Redis
4 4 (2.96%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.48%) Cloud Spanner
6 2 (1.48%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.48%) Power Query
6 2 (1.48%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.48%) Tableau
7 1 (0.74%) Big Data
7 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.74%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 21 (15.56%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.63%) Git
2 13 (9.63%) JIRA
3 5 (3.70%) CircleCI
4 4 (2.96%) Mocha
5 3 (2.22%) GitLab
5 3 (2.22%) Maven
5 3 (2.22%) Storybook
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%) Vite
7 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 39 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.78%) Public Sector
3 15 (11.11%) Finance
4 11 (8.15%) Banking
5 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.44%) Legal
7 5 (3.70%) Health Technology
8 4 (2.96%) Retail
9 3 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.74%) Military
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (24.44%) Senior
2 25 (18.52%) Architect
3 14 (10.37%) Developer
4 10 (7.41%) Analyst
4 10 (7.41%) Lead
4 10 (7.41%) Senior Architect
4 10 (7.41%) Software Engineer
5 9 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (5.93%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) NetBackup 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%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.70%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.70%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.81%) React
2 16 (11.85%) RESTful
3 13 (9.63%) Node.js
3 13 (9.63%) OAuth
4 12 (8.89%) CSS
4 12 (8.89%) HTML
5 11 (8.15%) SAML
6 10 (7.41%) .NET
7 8 (5.93%) FHIR
7 8 (5.93%) Web Services
8 7 (5.19%) JWT
9 6 (4.44%) Express.js
9 6 (4.44%) Jest
9 6 (4.44%) OAuth2
9 6 (4.44%) OpenID
9 6 (4.44%) REST
10 5 (3.70%) CSS3
10 5 (3.70%) HTML5
10 5 (3.70%) XACML
11 4 (2.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.37%) NHS
3 8 (5.93%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.19%) Product Ownership
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%) 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%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.48%) IoT
8 2 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.33%) Windows
2 13 (9.63%) Linux
3 4 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.22%) Android
4 3 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.48%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.48%) Unix
6 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.30%) CI/CD
2 46 (34.07%) DevOps
3 37 (27.41%) Agile
4 27 (20.00%) Microservices
5 24 (17.78%) Containerisation
5 24 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (16.30%) Roadmaps
7 18 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (12.59%) Software Engineering
9 16 (11.85%) Cloud Security
10 13 (9.63%) Analytics
10 13 (9.63%) Clean Code
10 13 (9.63%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (9.63%) Mentoring
10 13 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (8.89%) DevSecOps
11 12 (8.89%) ITIL
11 12 (8.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 37 (27.41%) Python
2 31 (22.96%) SQL
3 20 (14.81%) PowerShell
4 19 (14.07%) JavaScript
5 15 (11.11%) Bash
6 12 (8.89%) TypeScript
7 9 (6.67%) C#
7 9 (6.67%) Java
8 4 (2.96%) Bicep
8 4 (2.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.22%) PHP
9 3 (2.22%) Rust
10 2 (1.48%) Go
10 2 (1.48%) Solidity
11 1 (0.74%) Groovy
11 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (9.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.41%) 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%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) OCP
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.44%) GDPR
2 6 (4.44%) HL7
3 5 (3.70%) NIST
3 5 (3.70%) PCI DSS
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%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.48%) GRC
6 2 (1.48%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.74%) COBIT
7 1 (0.74%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (21.48%) Docker
2 15 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.70%) RACF
5 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 27 (20.00%) Terraform
2 9 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (5.93%) Grafana
4 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.44%) Ansible
5 6 (4.44%) NetBackup
5 6 (4.44%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (4.44%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.96%) Istio
7 2 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 1 (0.74%) SCCM
8 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.11%) Google
3 10 (7.41%) Oracle
4 9 (6.67%) VMware
5 8 (5.93%) Splunk
6 7 (5.19%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.19%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.44%) Databricks
7 6 (4.44%) HP
7 6 (4.44%) Veritas
8 5 (3.70%) Apple
8 5 (3.70%) MobileIron
9 4 (2.96%) Brio
10 3 (2.22%) Dynatrace
10 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.48%) Cisco
11 2 (1.48%) Cribl.io
11 2 (1.48%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.48%) SAP
12 1 (0.74%) Adobe