Azure Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft Azure
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 53 31 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 16.26% 15.66% 40.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 65.43% 44.29% 80.71%
Number of salaries quoted 40 22 108
10th Percentile £43,625 £38,750 £36,425
25th Percentile £45,938 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.30% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,938 £64,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,375 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £47,500 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 81 70 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 24.85% 35.35% 49.82%
Number of salaries quoted 66 43 133
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £45,188 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,350 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,688 £63,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,375 £76,100 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +11.11%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Leicester

Azure
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Leicester over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Leicester

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 3 (5.66%) IIS
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (9.43%) AWS
2 5 (9.43%) Azure AI
2 5 (9.43%) GitHub
2 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (5.66%) GCP
3 3 (5.66%) IaaS
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (5.66%) npm
3 3 (5.66%) NuGet
3 3 (5.66%) SonarCloud
4 2 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.89%) PaaS
5 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Firewall
2 2 (3.77%) DNS
3 1 (1.89%) Internet
3 1 (1.89%) LAN
3 1 (1.89%) Network Security
3 1 (1.89%) SAN
3 1 (1.89%) SSL
3 1 (1.89%) VLAN
3 1 (1.89%) WAN
3 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.75%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (13.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (13.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (11.32%) Data Lake
5 5 (9.43%) Power BI
5 5 (9.43%) Tableau
6 4 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (5.66%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) Katalon Studio
2 2 (3.77%) Selenium
3 1 (1.89%) Appium
3 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.89%) JMeter
3 1 (1.89%) JUnit
3 1 (1.89%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.89%) TestNG
General
1 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Finance
4 6 (11.32%) Law
5 4 (7.55%) Retail
6 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Back Office
7 1 (1.89%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Senior
2 12 (22.64%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) Analyst
3 10 (18.87%) Junior
3 10 (18.87%) Junior Analyst
4 8 (15.09%) DBA
5 7 (13.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Senior DevOps
5 7 (13.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) SQL DBA
6 6 (11.32%) Administrator
6 6 (11.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) Data Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) Developer
7 5 (9.43%) Junior Data Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) Junior Security Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) .NET
2 5 (9.43%) React
3 4 (7.55%) JSON
4 3 (5.66%) Node.js
4 3 (5.66%) YAML
5 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.77%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.89%) CSS
6 1 (1.89%) HTML
6 1 (1.89%) Middleware
6 1 (1.89%) Next.js
6 1 (1.89%) REST
6 1 (1.89%) RESTful
6 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Data Structures
2 5 (9.43%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 5 (9.43%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.89%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) DevOps
2 12 (22.64%) CI/CD
3 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (15.09%) Analytics
4 8 (15.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
5 7 (13.21%) Reverse Engineering
6 6 (11.32%) AI
6 6 (11.32%) Data Modelling
6 6 (11.32%) ETL
6 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (11.32%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (9.43%) Cloud Security
7 5 (9.43%) DevSecOps
7 5 (9.43%) ITIL
8 4 (7.55%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) SQL
2 10 (18.87%) C#
3 9 (16.98%) Python
4 7 (13.21%) T-SQL
5 5 (9.43%) JavaScript
5 5 (9.43%) PowerShell
6 3 (5.66%) Bash
7 2 (3.77%) Groovy
7 2 (3.77%) Java
8 1 (1.89%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Azure Certification
2 5 (9.43%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (9.43%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (7.55%) CISSP
4 2 (3.77%) CEH
4 2 (3.77%) CISM
4 2 (3.77%) CISMP
4 2 (3.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) GCIH
4 2 (3.77%) OSCP
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.55%) QA
3 3 (5.66%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.77%) GDPR
4 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (9.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.66%) Docker
3 3 (5.66%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (5.66%) vSphere
4 2 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Terraform
2 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Ansible
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (50.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) VMware
3 5 (9.43%) ForeScout
4 3 (5.66%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.77%) Veeam
6 1 (1.89%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.89%) Meraki