Azure Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 6 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 171 78 128
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 15.89% 15.03% 12.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.62% 35.62% 43.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 54 83
10th Percentile £290 £263 £351
25th Percentile £400 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -13.27% -10.91%
75th Percentile £588 £497 £598
90th Percentile £682 £550 £669
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £456
% change year-on-year +17.65% -6.85% -15.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £62.75 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 421 219 294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 39.13% 42.20% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 150 201
10th Percentile £313 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £564 £550 £595
90th Percentile £625 £698 £669
Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 4
10th Percentile - £29.90 -
25th Percentile - £31.69 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £65.71 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.31% +338.05% -72.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £99.42 -
90th Percentile £75.80 £102.00 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £65.71 £15.00
% change year-on-year -14.01% +338.05% -65.32%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in West Yorkshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds +4 137 £480 +12.94% 94
Bradford 0 15 £668 -0.37% 6
Huddersfield +1 10 £513 +60.16% 4
Wakefield - 4 £463 - 4
Halifax -5 2 £325 -40.91% 1
Castleford - 1 £400 -
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (6.43%) Confluence
2 9 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.17%) Apache
4 2 (1.17%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.58%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.58%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 11 (6.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.75%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.58%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (38.60%) AWS
2 31 (18.13%) GCP
3 25 (14.62%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (12.28%) Entra ID
5 21 (12.28%) Power Platform
6 20 (11.70%) GitHub
7 18 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (10.53%) PaaS
7 18 (10.53%) Serverless
8 15 (8.77%) SaaS
9 12 (7.02%) Azure AKS
9 12 (7.02%) PowerApps
10 11 (6.43%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (5.85%) Azure Functions
11 10 (5.85%) Azure Storage
12 9 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (4.68%) IaaS
14 7 (4.09%) Power Automate
15 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.09%) LAN
1 7 (4.09%) WAN
2 6 (3.51%) DNS
2 6 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.92%) Firewall
3 5 (2.92%) IPsec
3 5 (2.92%) Kerberos
3 5 (2.92%) SSL
4 4 (2.34%) Network Security
4 4 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.34%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.34%) VoIP
5 3 (1.75%) DHCP
5 3 (1.75%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.43%) Power BI
2 10 (5.85%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.51%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.34%) Metadata
7 3 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.17%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.17%) Cloud Spanner
8 2 (1.17%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.58%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.58%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 18 (10.53%) JIRA
3 12 (7.02%) Git
4 4 (2.34%) Gatling
5 3 (1.75%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.75%) Maven
6 2 (1.17%) GitLab
6 2 (1.17%) MSI
7 1 (0.58%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.58%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.58%) Vite
7 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 43 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 22 (12.87%) Finance
4 12 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.51%) Legal
6 5 (2.92%) Health Technology
6 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.75%) Law
7 3 (1.75%) Military
8 2 (1.17%) Banking
8 2 (1.17%) Retail
8 2 (1.17%) Social Science
9 1 (0.58%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (18.13%) Senior
2 29 (16.96%) Architect
3 18 (10.53%) Developer
4 15 (8.77%) Analyst
5 14 (8.19%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (5.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 9 (5.26%) Lead
8 8 (4.68%) Data Engineer
8 8 (4.68%) Senior Architect
8 8 (4.68%) Software Engineer
8 8 (4.68%) Technical Architect
9 7 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.51%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.51%) Data Analyst
10 6 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.51%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.51%) Senior Technical Architect
11 5 (2.92%) Data Modeller
11 5 (2.92%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.77%) .NET
1 15 (8.77%) OAuth
2 12 (7.02%) REST
2 12 (7.02%) SAML
3 11 (6.43%) React
4 9 (5.26%) Web Services
5 8 (4.68%) OAuth2
5 8 (4.68%) RESTful
6 7 (4.09%) FHIR
6 7 (4.09%) JWT
6 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (4.09%) OpenID
7 5 (2.92%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.92%) Node.js
7 5 (2.92%) SOAP
7 5 (2.92%) XACML
8 4 (2.34%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.34%) CSS
8 4 (2.34%) HTML
8 4 (2.34%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.19%) NHS
3 12 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.85%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (2.92%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (2.92%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.34%) IoT
7 4 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.75%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.75%) iPhone
8 3 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.17%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.17%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.17%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.28%) Windows
2 8 (4.68%) Linux
3 5 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.75%) Android
4 3 (1.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.17%) Unix
6 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (37.43%) CI/CD
2 62 (36.26%) DevOps
3 51 (29.82%) Agile
4 29 (16.96%) Migration
5 27 (15.79%) Roadmaps
6 26 (15.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (14.62%) Platform Engineering
7 25 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (11.11%) Software Engineering
10 18 (10.53%) Analytics
10 18 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 18 (10.53%) Microservices
11 17 (9.94%) AI
11 17 (9.94%) Data Modelling
12 15 (8.77%) Data Engineering
13 14 (8.19%) Collaborative Working
13 14 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (8.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (19.30%) Python
2 26 (15.20%) SQL
3 20 (11.70%) PowerShell
4 16 (9.36%) JavaScript
5 15 (8.77%) C#
6 12 (7.02%) Java
7 7 (4.09%) Bash
8 6 (3.51%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.34%) Scala
10 3 (1.75%) Bicep
10 3 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.75%) PHP
11 2 (1.17%) Rust
11 2 (1.17%) Solidity
12 1 (0.58%) ABAP
12 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.58%) Go
12 1 (0.58%) Groovy
12 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.92%) CISSP
3 5 (2.92%) Degree
4 4 (2.34%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (1.75%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.75%) CCSP
6 2 (1.17%) CCSK
6 2 (1.17%) CEH
6 2 (1.17%) CISA
6 2 (1.17%) CISM
6 2 (1.17%) OSCP
6 2 (1.17%) PMP
7 1 (0.58%) CCNA
7 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.58%) CSPO
7 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.26%) QA
3 6 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.51%) GDPR
3 6 (3.51%) HL7
3 6 (3.51%) NIST
4 5 (2.92%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.75%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.75%) PSD2
7 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.17%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.58%) NCSC
8 1 (0.58%) PMO
8 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (12.87%) Docker
2 17 (9.94%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.92%) RACF
4 2 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (16.37%) Terraform
2 24 (14.04%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (5.85%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.92%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.34%) Grafana
5 4 (2.34%) HAProxy
5 4 (2.34%) Istio
6 3 (1.75%) Ansible
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (41.52%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.02%) Google
3 11 (6.43%) SAP
4 9 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.26%) Splunk
5 8 (4.68%) Brio
6 7 (4.09%) Oracle
7 6 (3.51%) Databricks
8 5 (2.92%) Foundry
9 4 (2.34%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.34%) ESRI
10 2 (1.17%) Apple
10 2 (1.17%) Cribl.io
10 2 (1.17%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.17%) HP
10 2 (1.17%) IBM
10 2 (1.17%) MobileIron
10 2 (1.17%) Nexthink
10 2 (1.17%) Okta
10 2 (1.17%) OpenAI