Azure Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 10 2
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure 436 178 546
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 13.18% 14.22% 19.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.86% 36.93% 49.50%
Number of salaries quoted 240 153 478
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year - -0.31% -8.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £92,750 £87,500 £84,101
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 994 482 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 30.04% 38.50% 38.99%
Number of salaries quoted 605 352 933
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,964
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Azure
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in West Yorkshire

Azure
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds +1 306 £57,500 +4.55% 83
Bradford +9 85 £40,000 -29.52% 3
Wakefield +2 13 £40,000 -24.53% 6
Huddersfield -3 9 £115,000 +150.00% 2
Dewsbury - 6 £32,500 -
Batley +4 4 £32,500 -2.99%
Brighouse - 2 £42,500 -
Castleford - 2 £40,000 -
Halifax +9 1 £55,000 -35.49% 1
Ossett - 1 £37,500 - 1
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 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.06%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.06%) IIS
3 4 (0.92%) Apache
3 4 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.46%) WordPress
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.23%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (3.21%) SAP ERP
2 8 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.92%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Magento
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 119 (27.29%) AWS
2 77 (17.66%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (15.37%) Power Platform
4 55 (12.61%) Azure AI
5 51 (11.70%) GCP
6 35 (8.03%) GitHub
7 32 (7.34%) Serverless
8 26 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.98%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (2.29%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.29%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.29%) AWS Step Functions
13 10 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (2.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.26%) DNS
2 34 (7.80%) DHCP
3 30 (6.88%) TCP/IP
4 20 (4.59%) LAN
5 19 (4.36%) WAN
6 16 (3.67%) Firewall
7 15 (3.44%) Internet
8 13 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.83%) VPN
10 6 (1.38%) VLAN
11 5 (1.15%) NAS
11 5 (1.15%) NGFW
11 5 (1.15%) SAN
11 5 (1.15%) VXLAN
11 5 (1.15%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.92%) VoIP
13 2 (0.46%) BGP
13 2 (0.46%) OSPF
13 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.23%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.53%) Power BI
2 46 (10.55%) Tableau
3 16 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.67%) Metadata
3 16 (3.67%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.21%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.29%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.83%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.83%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.83%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.83%) MySQL
8 7 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.38%) Spark SQL
10 5 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.92%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.92%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (7.80%) Git
2 11 (2.52%) GitLab
3 6 (1.38%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.23%) JIRA
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 235 (53.90%) Social Skills
2 35 (8.03%) Finance
3 28 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.19%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.44%) Multimedia
6 12 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.06%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.61%) Legal
9 5 (1.15%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.15%) Automotive
9 5 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.92%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.69%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.46%) Advertising
12 2 (0.46%) Law
12 2 (0.46%) Retail
13 1 (0.23%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.23%) Local Government
13 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (21.10%) Analyst
2 85 (19.50%) Junior
3 84 (19.27%) Junior Analyst
4 45 (10.32%) Developer
4 45 (10.32%) Lead
5 42 (9.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 42 (9.63%) Data Analyst
5 42 (9.63%) Junior Data Analyst
5 42 (9.63%) Junior Security Analyst
5 42 (9.63%) Security Analyst
5 42 (9.63%) Senior
6 40 (9.17%) Architect
7 30 (6.88%) Ethical Hacker
8 29 (6.65%) IT Support
9 28 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (5.28%) Data Engineer
11 15 (3.44%) Trainee
12 14 (3.21%) .NET Developer
12 14 (3.21%) Account Manager
12 14 (3.21%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.26%) React
2 20 (4.59%) .NET
3 18 (4.13%) AngularJS
4 17 (3.90%) .NET Core
4 17 (3.90%) HTML
4 17 (3.90%) RESTful
5 16 (3.67%) CSS
6 14 (3.21%) ASP.NET
6 14 (3.21%) ASP.NET Core
6 14 (3.21%) Vue
7 12 (2.75%) Node.js
8 11 (2.52%) PySpark
8 11 (2.52%) REST
9 10 (2.29%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.29%) Blazor
10 6 (1.38%) Web Services
10 6 (1.38%) XML
11 5 (1.15%) Middleware
11 5 (1.15%) XBRL
12 4 (0.92%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.80%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.88%) Cyberattack
3 15 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.38%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.15%) PKI
8 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.92%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.92%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.69%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.69%) Replication
10 3 (0.69%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.09%) Windows
2 38 (8.72%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.15%) Linux
4 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.92%) Unix
5 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.69%) Android
6 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (31.88%) Mentoring
2 108 (24.77%) Cybersecurity
3 78 (17.89%) Agile
4 77 (17.66%) DevOps
5 69 (15.83%) AI
6 66 (15.14%) CI/CD
7 64 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
8 59 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (9.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 39 (8.94%) Data Modelling
11 39 (8.94%) Microservices
12 36 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 32 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
15 30 (6.88%) ERP
15 30 (6.88%) Ethical Hacking
15 30 (6.88%) Migration
16 28 (6.42%) ITIL
17 24 (5.50%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 117 (26.83%) Python
2 115 (26.38%) SQL
3 57 (13.07%) JavaScript
4 37 (8.49%) TypeScript
5 36 (8.26%) C#
6 25 (5.73%) Java
7 17 (3.90%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.06%) PHP
8 9 (2.06%) R
9 6 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.15%) Bash
11 4 (0.92%) Scala
12 3 (0.69%) Go
13 2 (0.46%) Bicep
13 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 169 (38.76%) Azure Certification
2 42 (9.63%) CompTIA CySA+
2 42 (9.63%) CompTIA Security+
3 39 (8.94%) AWS Certification
4 32 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (6.88%) CEH
6 27 (6.19%) Degree
7 20 (4.59%) Security Cleared
8 18 (4.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 18 (4.13%) SC Cleared
9 16 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.98%) CCNA
12 12 (2.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (1.15%) SAP Certification
15 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.96%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.29%) QA
3 9 (2.06%) GDPR
4 8 (1.83%) SLA
5 5 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.46%) PMO
9 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.23%) HL7
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (9.40%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.28%) Docker
3 18 (4.13%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (9.40%) Terraform
2 20 (4.59%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.75%) Ansible
5 5 (1.15%) Grafana
5 5 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.15%) VxRail
5 5 (1.15%) WSUS
6 3 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.69%) Argo
7 2 (0.46%) Kibana
7 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 251 (57.57%) Microsoft
2 84 (19.27%) ForeScout
3 38 (8.72%) VMware
4 21 (4.82%) SAP
5 20 (4.59%) Cisco
6 19 (4.36%) Citrix
7 18 (4.13%) Databricks
8 12 (2.75%) Google
9 11 (2.52%) Veeam
10 6 (1.38%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.15%) Arista
11 5 (1.15%) Aruba
11 5 (1.15%) Commvault
11 5 (1.15%) Dell
11 5 (1.15%) HP
11 5 (1.15%) Meraki
11 5 (1.15%) NetScout
11 5 (1.15%) Tenable
11 5 (1.15%) Zerto
12 4 (0.92%) Oracle