Azure Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 5,040 7,643 11,662
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 13.55% 16.24% 16.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.37% 44.77% 43.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,709 5,642 8,690
10th Percentile £350 £381 £388
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 69 41
10th Percentile £17.80 £18.75 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £26.48 £35.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £63.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +32.63% -13.64%
75th Percentile £61.19 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £86.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £61.85 £54.00
% change year-on-year -43.41% +14.54% +4.85%

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,895 17,073 26,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.98% 36.27% 38.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,522 12,525 20,003
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 281 315
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.02 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.44 £70.00 £44.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £37.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.28% +69.32% +0.64%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in England

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure in England

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in England

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in England

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in England

Azure
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
London 0 2,981 £550 -8.33% 1,101
South East -3 587 £550 -4.35% 423
North of England -5 532 £500 -4.76% 668
South West -2 362 £500 -9.09% 307
North West -7 300 £500 - 377
Midlands -8 299 £550 +14.58% 389
West Midlands -8 209 £550 +5.77% 236
Yorkshire +2 200 £500 -9.09% 224
East Midlands -4 90 £463 +8.82% 151
East of England -32 79 £450 - 130
North East -2 39 £533 -11.25% 69
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 322 (6.39%) SharePoint
2 218 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 139 (2.76%) Confluence
4 136 (2.70%) Apache
5 96 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
6 94 (1.87%) Apache Spark
7 42 (0.83%) CMS
8 40 (0.79%) IIS
9 28 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
10 14 (0.28%) nginx
11 12 (0.24%) Tomcat
11 12 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 11 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
13 9 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
13 9 (0.18%) SAS
14 8 (0.16%) Anypoint
14 8 (0.16%) ArcGIS
14 8 (0.16%) Site Server
15 7 (0.14%) JBoss
15 7 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 96 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.060%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.020%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.020%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.020%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 122 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
3 21 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 17 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 16 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (0.28%) Endur
7 12 (0.24%) Temenos T24
8 10 (0.20%) Shopify
8 10 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 9 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
10 8 (0.16%) Aladdin
10 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
10 8 (0.16%) Teamcenter
11 7 (0.14%) SimCorp Dimension
12 6 (0.12%) SAP GRC
13 5 (0.099%) OpenLink RightAngle
14 4 (0.079%) NetSuite
14 4 (0.079%) SAP HR
15 3 (0.060%) BusinessWorks
15 3 (0.060%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,296 (25.71%) AWS
2 1,041 (20.65%) Azure DevOps
3 611 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 592 (11.75%) Power Platform
5 587 (11.65%) GCP
6 548 (10.87%) Entra ID
7 298 (5.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 265 (5.26%) Serverless
9 262 (5.20%) Dynamics 365
10 212 (4.21%) PaaS
11 198 (3.93%) Azure Service Bus
12 197 (3.91%) GitHub
13 178 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 178 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
14 176 (3.49%) PowerApps
15 174 (3.45%) Azure Functions
16 171 (3.39%) IaaS
17 168 (3.33%) SaaS
18 162 (3.21%) Power Automate
19 158 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 348 (6.90%) Firewall
2 212 (4.21%) DNS
3 134 (2.66%) VPN
4 101 (2.00%) WAN
5 88 (1.75%) Network Security
6 87 (1.73%) DHCP
7 86 (1.71%) LAN
8 68 (1.35%) SAN
9 66 (1.31%) TCP/IP
10 63 (1.25%) BGP
11 59 (1.17%) SSL
12 43 (0.85%) Wireless
13 42 (0.83%) MPLS
13 42 (0.83%) OSPF
14 38 (0.75%) HTTP
15 36 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
16 35 (0.69%) VLAN
17 34 (0.67%) Internet
18 33 (0.65%) SD-WAN
19 23 (0.46%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 619 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 453 (8.99%) Power BI
3 281 (5.58%) Data Lake
4 252 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
5 232 (4.60%) NoSQL
6 199 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
7 187 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 144 (2.86%) Big Data
9 118 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 95 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 90 (1.79%) Tableau
12 85 (1.69%) MySQL
13 78 (1.55%) MongoDB
14 68 (1.35%) Apache Ignite
15 47 (0.93%) Redis
16 46 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 38 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 34 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
19 31 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
19 31 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 364 (7.22%) Git
2 244 (4.84%) JIRA
3 175 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 134 (2.66%) GitLab
5 110 (2.18%) Selenium
6 85 (1.69%) Visual Studio
7 79 (1.57%) Cypress.io
8 58 (1.15%) SpecFlow
9 47 (0.93%) SonarQube
10 41 (0.81%) Postman
11 35 (0.69%) Maven
12 34 (0.67%) JMeter
13 33 (0.65%) Cucumber
14 29 (0.58%) TeamCity
15 28 (0.56%) Bitbucket
16 24 (0.48%) CircleCI
17 19 (0.38%) Artifactory
17 19 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
18 18 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 18 (0.36%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,148 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 1,074 (21.31%) Finance
3 482 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
4 472 (9.37%) Public Sector
5 345 (6.85%) Banking
6 200 (3.97%) Front Office
7 120 (2.38%) Retail
8 110 (2.18%) Marketing
9 80 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 77 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
10 77 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 75 (1.49%) Legal
12 70 (1.39%) Back Office
13 65 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 55 (1.09%) Law
15 52 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 48 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 47 (0.93%) Investment Banking
18 42 (0.83%) Electronics
19 41 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,017 (20.18%) Developer
2 838 (16.63%) Architect
3 531 (10.54%) Senior
4 447 (8.87%) Azure Engineer
5 353 (7.00%) Analyst
6 326 (6.47%) Data Engineer
7 286 (5.67%) Lead
8 259 (5.14%) Consultant
9 249 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
10 233 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 222 (4.40%) Software Engineer
12 196 (3.89%) Senior Developer
13 183 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 180 (3.57%) .NET Developer
15 159 (3.15%) Full Stack Developer
16 157 (3.12%) Azure Developer
17 156 (3.10%) Python Developer
18 150 (2.98%) Azure Architect
19 141 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
20 133 (2.64%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 709 (14.07%) .NET
2 311 (6.17%) React
3 212 (4.21%) HTML
4 211 (4.19%) XML
5 208 (4.13%) .NET Core
6 192 (3.81%) REST
7 185 (3.67%) .NET Framework
8 166 (3.29%) CSS
9 159 (3.15%) AngularJS
10 156 (3.10%) Kafka
11 150 (2.98%) Web Services
12 131 (2.60%) PySpark
13 125 (2.48%) ASP.NET
14 118 (2.34%) RESTful
15 116 (2.30%) JSON
16 110 (2.18%) ARM Templates
17 107 (2.12%) Node.js
18 101 (2.00%) Redux
19 90 (1.79%) gRPC
20 81 (1.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 212 (4.21%) Product Ownership
2 145 (2.88%) Public Cloud
3 129 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 119 (2.36%) Hedge funds
4 119 (2.36%) PKI
5 115 (2.28%) Fixed Income
6 109 (2.16%) Cloud Native
7 99 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 85 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 80 (1.59%) Equities
10 79 (1.57%) Management Information System
11 77 (1.53%) Derivative
12 72 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
13 65 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
14 57 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
15 53 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
16 48 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
17 47 (0.93%) Private Cloud
17 47 (0.93%) Security Posture
18 46 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 707 (14.03%) Windows
2 389 (7.72%) Linux
3 276 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 151 (3.00%) Windows 10
5 90 (1.79%) Unix
6 76 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 69 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 60 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 59 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 41 (0.81%) Mac OS
11 39 (0.77%) Android
12 35 (0.69%) Apple iOS
13 34 (0.67%) VMS
14 17 (0.34%) Windows XP
15 14 (0.28%) Solaris
16 13 (0.26%) Ubuntu
16 13 (0.26%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.22%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.099%) Alpine Linux
18 5 (0.099%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,731 (34.35%) DevOps
2 1,393 (27.64%) Agile
3 797 (15.81%) CI/CD
4 665 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
5 586 (11.63%) Migration
6 497 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
7 476 (9.44%) Software Engineering
8 463 (9.19%) Analytics
9 413 (8.19%) Scrum
10 375 (7.44%) Data Modelling
11 364 (7.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 312 (6.19%) ETL
13 300 (5.95%) Microservices
14 293 (5.81%) Computer Science
15 290 (5.75%) Full Stack Development
16 279 (5.54%) ITIL
17 278 (5.52%) Test Automation
18 277 (5.50%) Stakeholder Management
19 252 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 247 (4.90%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1,016 (20.16%) SQL
2 924 (18.33%) Python
3 761 (15.10%) C#
4 689 (13.67%) PowerShell
5 368 (7.30%) JavaScript
6 329 (6.53%) Java
7 250 (4.96%) TypeScript
8 168 (3.33%) Bicep
9 141 (2.80%) Bash
10 100 (1.98%) T-SQL
11 55 (1.09%) C++
12 54 (1.07%) Go
13 53 (1.05%) Scala
14 52 (1.03%) C
15 36 (0.71%) R
15 36 (0.71%) VBScript
16 35 (0.69%) PL/SQL
17 32 (0.63%) Shell Script
18 31 (0.62%) VB
19 28 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 757 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 563 (11.17%) SC Cleared
3 536 (10.63%) Degree
4 247 (4.90%) DV Cleared
5 194 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 172 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 101 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 81 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
9 76 (1.51%) CISSP
10 66 (1.31%) Master's Degree
11 57 (1.13%) AWS Certification
12 52 (1.03%) CCNA
13 47 (0.93%) CCNP
14 44 (0.87%) CISM
15 36 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
16 22 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 21 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
18 18 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 18 (0.36%) PMP
19 17 (0.34%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (4.21%) QA
2 138 (2.74%) Data Quality
3 83 (1.65%) GDPR
4 78 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 71 (1.41%) NIST
6 67 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 58 (1.15%) Accessibility
8 47 (0.93%) SLA
9 31 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
10 26 (0.52%) WCAG
11 19 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 19 (0.38%) NCSC
11 19 (0.38%) PMO
12 15 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.24%) COBIT
13 12 (0.24%) GRC
14 9 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 8 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.16%) SOC 2
16 7 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 830 (16.47%) Active Directory
2 378 (7.50%) Docker
3 191 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 120 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
5 113 (2.24%) Hyper-V
6 84 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 37 (0.73%) vSphere
8 34 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 18 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 15 (0.30%) XenApp
11 13 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (0.22%) Firmware
12 11 (0.22%) XenDesktop
13 9 (0.18%) BitLocker
13 9 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 8 (0.16%) ACF2
14 8 (0.16%) IAG
14 8 (0.16%) RACF
15 7 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
16 6 (0.12%) KVM
Systems Management
1 517 (10.26%) Terraform
2 485 (9.62%) Kubernetes
3 263 (5.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 214 (4.25%) Ansible
5 154 (3.06%) SCCM
6 108 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
7 74 (1.47%) SCOM
8 70 (1.39%) Grafana
9 58 (1.15%) Puppet
10 54 (1.07%) Prometheus
11 51 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 46 (0.91%) WSUS
13 39 (0.77%) Progress Chef
14 27 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
15 23 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
15 23 (0.46%) Kibana
15 23 (0.46%) vCenter Server
16 21 (0.42%) Podman
17 20 (0.40%) logstash
18 19 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1,675 (33.23%) Microsoft
2 307 (6.09%) Databricks
3 296 (5.87%) VMware
4 281 (5.58%) Oracle
5 235 (4.66%) Google
6 149 (2.96%) SAP
7 131 (2.60%) Cisco
8 114 (2.26%) ServiceNow
9 87 (1.73%) Citrix
10 86 (1.71%) Splunk
11 79 (1.57%) CyberArk
12 71 (1.41%) Salesforce
13 69 (1.37%) Palo Alto
14 66 (1.31%) F5
15 48 (0.95%) Veeam
16 47 (0.93%) Atlassian
17 44 (0.87%) Informatica
18 43 (0.85%) Dell
18 43 (0.85%) Okta
19 38 (0.75%) Juniper