Azure Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Azure
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 241 208 292
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 17.66% 20.47% 21.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.47% 47.27% 45.06%
Number of salaries quoted 177 154 237
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,150 £38,834
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,500 £75,875 £84,056
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 530 440 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 38.83% 43.31% 46.96%
Number of salaries quoted 372 306 518
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,938 £35,869
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,563 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -7.97% +3.94%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £76,375
90th Percentile £89,750 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Azure job vacancy trend in Leeds

Azure
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Leeds over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Leeds

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 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.15%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.90%) Confluence
4 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.24%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.83%) Apache
6 2 (0.83%) IIS
7 1 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) FileNet
Applications
1 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.41%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (5.81%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 126 (52.28%) AWS
2 47 (19.50%) GitHub
2 47 (19.50%) Serverless
3 36 (14.94%) GCP
4 28 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (8.30%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (6.64%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (5.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (5.81%) Amazon S3
9 14 (5.81%) Power Platform
10 13 (5.39%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (5.39%) AWS Step Functions
10 13 (5.39%) Entra ID
10 13 (5.39%) SaaS
11 9 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.96%) Internet
2 18 (7.47%) Firewall
3 14 (5.81%) DNS
4 13 (5.39%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.56%) DHCP
6 10 (4.15%) VLAN
7 9 (3.73%) VoIP
8 7 (2.90%) SAN
8 7 (2.90%) VPN
9 6 (2.49%) WAN
10 5 (2.07%) LAN
11 4 (1.66%) Network Security
11 4 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.41%) BGP
12 1 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.88%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.64%) Metadata
4 15 (6.22%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.81%) DynamoDB
6 12 (4.98%) Power BI
7 10 (4.15%) MySQL
8 8 (3.32%) MongoDB
8 8 (3.32%) Tableau
9 6 (2.49%) Data Vault
9 6 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.49%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.07%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.24%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.24%) Spark SQL
12 3 (1.24%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 51 (21.16%) Git
2 11 (4.56%) GitLab
3 8 (3.32%) JIRA
4 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) Appium
5 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) Postman
5 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) Snyk
5 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.96%) Multimedia
3 18 (7.47%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.64%) Finance
5 13 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.15%) Retail
7 8 (3.32%) Legal
8 6 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Marketing
10 2 (0.83%) Law
10 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Billing
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (23.24%) Developer
2 44 (18.26%) Architect
3 34 (14.11%) Lead
4 32 (13.28%) Senior
5 24 (9.96%) Trainee
6 21 (8.71%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.05%) .NET Developer
7 17 (7.05%) Analyst
7 17 (7.05%) IT Support
8 16 (6.64%) Software Developer
9 14 (5.81%) Applications Architect
9 14 (5.81%) Support Technician
10 13 (5.39%) Junior
11 12 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Software Architect
11 12 (4.98%) Trainee Developer
11 12 (4.98%) Trainee Software Developer
12 11 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) IT Support Technician
13 10 (4.15%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.69%) .NET
2 28 (11.62%) CSS
2 28 (11.62%) HTML
3 27 (11.20%) React
4 18 (7.47%) RESTful
5 16 (6.64%) Blazor
6 15 (6.22%) .NET Core
7 13 (5.39%) ASP.NET
7 13 (5.39%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (5.39%) AWS CDK
8 11 (4.56%) PySpark
9 10 (4.15%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.90%) Node.js
11 6 (2.49%) Spring
11 6 (2.49%) Spring Boot
12 5 (2.07%) REST
13 3 (1.24%) Apache Camel
13 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (1.24%) Vue
13 3 (1.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.77%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.79%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.73%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.90%) Clustering
4 7 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.66%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.24%) Replication
7 3 (1.24%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) IoT
8 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.20%) Windows
2 14 (5.81%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.39%) Linux
4 9 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (3.32%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.66%) Android
7 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (43.15%) Mentoring
2 79 (32.78%) DevOps
3 75 (31.12%) Agile
4 74 (30.71%) CI/CD
5 51 (21.16%) Microservices
5 51 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (19.50%) Data Modelling
7 41 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 38 (15.77%) Application Security
9 35 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (14.52%) Migration
10 34 (14.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (12.86%) Architectural Patterns
11 31 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (12.03%) Computer Science
13 28 (11.62%) Enterprise Architecture
14 26 (10.79%) Containerisation
15 25 (10.37%) TOGAF
16 24 (9.96%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 97 (40.25%) Python
2 68 (28.22%) JavaScript
3 67 (27.80%) SQL
4 47 (19.50%) C#
5 37 (15.35%) Java
6 34 (14.11%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.81%) R
8 8 (3.32%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.07%) Scala
9 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.66%) PHP
11 3 (1.24%) Bash
12 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Bicep
13 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 65 (26.97%) Azure Certification
2 64 (26.56%) AWS Certification
3 61 (25.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (16.18%) Degree
5 29 (12.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (9.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (9.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.56%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (4.56%) Security Cleared
9 10 (4.15%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.90%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (2.07%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.41%) CISSP
12 1 (0.41%) MCITP
12 1 (0.41%) MCSE
12 1 (0.41%) OSCP
12 1 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.39%) QA
2 8 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.41%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) GRC
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (14.94%) Docker
2 24 (9.96%) Hyper-V
3 17 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.81%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.83%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (16.18%) Terraform
2 27 (11.20%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.81%) Ansible
4 12 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.15%) Grafana
5 10 (4.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (44.40%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.79%) Databricks
3 24 (9.96%) VMware
4 17 (7.05%) SAP
5 10 (4.15%) Google
6 8 (3.32%) SonicWALL
7 7 (2.90%) Dell
7 7 (2.90%) HP
7 7 (2.90%) Supermicro
8 6 (2.49%) Oracle
9 5 (2.07%) Adobe
9 5 (2.07%) Citrix
9 5 (2.07%) ForeScout
9 5 (2.07%) Palantir
9 5 (2.07%) Veeam
10 3 (1.24%) Informatica
10 3 (1.24%) Pega
10 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.24%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.24%) WSO2