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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 168 105 114
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.12% 15.51% 16.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.80% 33.55% 36.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 60 83
10th Percentile £350 £349 £400
25th Percentile £410 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £589
90th Percentile £693 £676 £654
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.00% -2.44% -6.82%

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 433 313 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 41.55% 46.23% 45.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 196 227
10th Percentile £363 £344 £340
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £565
90th Percentile £638 £606 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £26.38 - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.65%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £200.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -82.50% +627.27% -55.65%

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 9 October 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 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.36%) Confluence
3 6 (3.57%) Palantir Foundry
4 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (42.86%) AWS
2 41 (24.40%) GCP
3 38 (22.62%) GitHub
4 36 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (19.05%) Power Platform
6 29 (17.26%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (10.71%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (9.52%) PowerApps
10 15 (8.93%) Entra ID
11 13 (7.74%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (7.74%) Copilot Studio
12 9 (5.36%) Azure AI
13 8 (4.76%) Azure AKS
13 8 (4.76%) Power Automate
13 8 (4.76%) SaaS
14 7 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (4.17%) Serverless
15 6 (3.57%) PaaS
16 5 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.55%) Firewall
2 5 (2.98%) DNS
3 4 (2.38%) VPN
4 3 (1.79%) BGP
4 3 (1.79%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.79%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.79%) Network Security
4 3 (1.79%) OSPF
4 3 (1.79%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.79%) VXLAN
4 3 (1.79%) WAN
4 3 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.79%) WLAN
5 1 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.95%) Power BI
2 10 (5.95%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.36%) Metadata
4 5 (2.98%) Tableau
5 4 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.38%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.38%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.79%) Big Data
6 3 (1.79%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.19%) Parquet
7 2 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.19%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.60%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.60%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.60%) MySQL
8 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Jenkins
2 17 (10.12%) JIRA
3 15 (8.93%) Git
4 9 (5.36%) Selenium
5 8 (4.76%) GitLab
5 8 (4.76%) JMeter
6 7 (4.17%) Gatling
7 6 (3.57%) Cucumber
8 5 (2.98%) LoadRunner
8 5 (2.98%) Postman
8 5 (2.98%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.79%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.79%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.79%) Maven
10 2 (1.19%) eggPlant
11 1 (0.60%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.60%) JUnit
11 1 (0.60%) Mockito
11 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 43 (25.60%) Finance
3 17 (10.12%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.55%) Banking
6 7 (4.17%) Law
7 6 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.98%) Retail
9 4 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.38%) Social Science
10 3 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.19%) Military
11 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.60%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.60%) Legal
12 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (20.83%) Architect
1 35 (20.83%) Senior
2 18 (10.71%) Lead
3 16 (9.52%) Developer
4 12 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (6.55%) Data Engineer
5 11 (6.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (6.55%) Technical Architect
6 9 (5.36%) Analyst
6 9 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (5.36%) Data Architect
7 8 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (4.17%) Tester
9 6 (3.57%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 6 (3.57%) Palantir Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) Senior Developer
10 5 (2.98%) Azure Architect
10 5 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (25.60%) Terraform
2 16 (9.52%) REST
3 12 (7.14%) React
4 11 (6.55%) Kafka
5 9 (5.36%) .NET
5 9 (5.36%) Playwright
5 9 (5.36%) YAML
6 8 (4.76%) PySpark
7 6 (3.57%) Middleware
8 5 (2.98%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.98%) Node.js
8 5 (2.98%) SOAP
9 4 (2.38%) ASP.NET
9 4 (2.38%) Jest
9 4 (2.38%) RESTful
9 4 (2.38%) SAP Basis
9 4 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (2.38%) SAPUI5
10 3 (1.79%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (1.79%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.88%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.55%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.95%) Public Cloud
5 9 (5.36%) AI Agents
6 7 (4.17%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.79%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.79%) NHS
10 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.19%) Digital Wallet
10 2 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.19%) Replication
11 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.98%) Linux
2 2 (1.19%) Windows
3 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (46.43%) CI/CD
2 72 (42.86%) DevOps
3 61 (36.31%) Agile
4 44 (26.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (23.21%) AI
6 38 (22.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (17.26%) Observability
8 28 (16.67%) Roadmaps
9 25 (14.88%) Test Automation
10 21 (12.50%) Migration
11 18 (10.71%) Analytics
12 17 (10.12%) Containerisation
12 17 (10.12%) Data Modelling
13 16 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (9.52%) Deployment Automation
13 16 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (9.52%) Software Engineering
14 15 (8.93%) Data Engineering
14 15 (8.93%) Enterprise Architecture
14 15 (8.93%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.62%) Python
2 15 (8.93%) Java
3 14 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.55%) SQL
5 11 (6.55%) TypeScript
6 8 (4.76%) C#
7 6 (3.57%) Bash
7 6 (3.57%) Bicep
8 5 (2.98%) Scala
9 4 (2.38%) ABAP
10 2 (1.19%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.19%) Groovy
11 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 46 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.02%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.38%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.38%) Degree
6 2 (1.19%) CISM
6 2 (1.19%) CISSP
6 2 (1.19%) CRISC
6 2 (1.19%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.19%) PMP
7 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.52%) QA
2 10 (5.95%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.36%) GDPR
4 8 (4.76%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.57%) WCAG
6 5 (2.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 3 (1.79%) GxP
9 2 (1.19%) GRC
9 2 (1.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (13.69%) Docker
2 11 (6.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.60%) NFS
5 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (20.24%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.36%) Grafana
3 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.57%) Ansible
5 5 (2.98%) HAProxy
5 5 (2.98%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.38%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.19%) Podman
8 1 (0.60%) SELinux
8 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.52%) Databricks
3 14 (8.33%) Foundry
3 14 (8.33%) Google
4 13 (7.74%) Dynatrace
5 9 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.17%) IBM
6 7 (4.17%) SAP
6 7 (4.17%) Splunk
7 6 (3.57%) Palantir
8 5 (2.98%) New Relic
9 4 (2.38%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.79%) Arista
10 3 (1.79%) Aruba
10 3 (1.79%) F5
10 3 (1.79%) Fujitsu
10 3 (1.79%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.79%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.79%) Workday
11 2 (1.19%) OneLogin