Azure Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 11 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 299 563 735
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.34% 17.47% 14.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.11% 51.09% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 404 571
10th Percentile £306 £313 £350
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £545 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.48 £32.50
Median hourly rate £19.95 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.50% -14.29% +61.22%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £63.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% +32.63% -13.64%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 710 1,102 1,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.56% 34.20% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 784 1,215
10th Percentile £192 £213 £198
25th Percentile £319 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £579 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 29
10th Percentile - £14.76 £13.13
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £16.05
Median hourly rate £21.23 £23.25 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% +20.78% +28.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £27.05 £23.75
90th Percentile £32.00 £50.00 £26.08
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the Midlands

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -8 209 £550 +5.77% 239
East Midlands -4 90 £463 +8.82% 151
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 33 (11.04%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.00%) CMS
3 3 (1.00%) Drupal
4 2 (0.67%) Confluence
4 2 (0.67%) IIS
4 2 (0.67%) WordPress
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.67%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (25.75%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (20.40%) AWS
3 51 (17.06%) Power Platform
4 45 (15.05%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (10.37%) Entra ID
6 19 (6.35%) Power Automate
7 18 (6.02%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (6.02%) PowerApps
7 18 (6.02%) SaaS
8 17 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (5.35%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (5.02%) OneDrive
10 15 (5.02%) Serverless
11 14 (4.68%) Azure Functions
12 13 (4.35%) GCP
12 13 (4.35%) PaaS
13 10 (3.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (3.01%) dbt
15 8 (2.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.03%) DNS
2 23 (7.69%) Firewall
3 15 (5.02%) VPN
4 12 (4.01%) Network Security
5 11 (3.68%) SAN
6 9 (3.01%) WAN
7 8 (2.68%) LAN
7 8 (2.68%) NetScaler
8 6 (2.01%) Unified Communications
9 5 (1.67%) SSL
10 4 (1.34%) VLAN
11 3 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (1.00%) NAS
11 3 (1.00%) VoIP
11 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.00%) Wireless
12 2 (0.67%) DHCP
12 2 (0.67%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.67%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.33%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.05%) Power BI
1 42 (14.05%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.68%) Data Lake
4 10 (3.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.68%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (2.68%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.34%) Tableau
7 6 (2.01%) MySQL
7 6 (2.01%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.67%) DB2
8 5 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.34%) Star Schema
10 3 (1.00%) Big Data
10 3 (1.00%) OLAP
11 2 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (4.01%) Git
2 8 (2.68%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.34%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.34%) JIRA
4 6 (2.01%) Selenium
5 4 (1.34%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.00%) Hudson
6 3 (1.00%) NUnit
6 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.00%) Subversion
7 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.67%) Moq
7 2 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.33%) GitLab
8 1 (0.33%) Postman
8 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 73 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.73%) Finance
3 26 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.68%) Banking
6 10 (3.34%) Legal
7 8 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.68%) Retail
8 7 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.01%) Law
10 4 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.00%) Billing
11 3 (1.00%) German Language
11 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.67%) Automotive
12 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.67%) Marketing
13 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 59 (19.73%) Architect
2 46 (15.38%) Developer
3 35 (11.71%) Analyst
4 25 (8.36%) Solutions Architect
5 24 (8.03%) Senior
6 21 (7.02%) Data Engineer
7 16 (5.35%) Azure Architect
8 15 (5.02%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (4.68%) Consultant
10 11 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.68%) IT Manager
10 11 (3.68%) Lead
10 11 (3.68%) Test Analyst
11 10 (3.34%) Administrator
11 10 (3.34%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.01%) Business Analyst
12 9 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (3.01%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 9 (3.01%) Service Manager
13 8 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.37%) .NET
2 13 (4.35%) OAuth
3 12 (4.01%) SAML
4 11 (3.68%) React
5 9 (3.01%) .NET Framework
5 9 (3.01%) RESTful
6 8 (2.68%) Web Services
7 7 (2.34%) XML
8 6 (2.01%) Entity Framework
8 6 (2.01%) HTML
9 5 (1.67%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.67%) CSS
9 5 (1.67%) JSON
9 5 (1.67%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.34%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.34%) LDAP
10 4 (1.34%) Redux
10 4 (1.34%) SailPoint
10 4 (1.34%) SOAP
10 4 (1.34%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.02%) Public Cloud
2 16 (5.35%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.34%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.01%) Digital Signage
4 6 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.01%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.01%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.01%) PKI
5 5 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.67%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.67%) Mainframe
5 5 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.67%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.34%) Clustering
6 4 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (1.34%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.34%) Replication
7 3 (1.00%) NHS
7 3 (1.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.74%) Windows
2 32 (10.70%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.02%) Windows 10
4 14 (4.68%) Apple iOS
4 14 (4.68%) Linux
5 12 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.68%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.34%) Android
9 6 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.34%) VMS
11 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.67%) Unix
12 1 (0.33%) AIX
12 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (26.42%) DevOps
2 63 (21.07%) Agile
3 47 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (13.38%) Migration
5 33 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
6 25 (8.36%) CI/CD
6 25 (8.36%) ITIL
7 22 (7.36%) Analytics
8 21 (7.02%) Computer Science
9 20 (6.69%) Change Management
9 20 (6.69%) Roadmaps
9 20 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (6.35%) Data Modelling
11 18 (6.02%) Decision-Making
11 18 (6.02%) Machine Learning
11 18 (6.02%) Microservices
12 17 (5.69%) Customer Service
12 17 (5.69%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (5.69%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (19.73%) SQL
2 43 (14.38%) PowerShell
3 31 (10.37%) C#
4 20 (6.69%) Python
5 11 (3.68%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.68%) Bicep
6 8 (2.68%) Swift
7 7 (2.34%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.01%) Bash
8 6 (2.01%) Java
9 5 (1.67%) C
10 4 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) HiveQL
12 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.33%) Rust
12 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (9.70%) Degree
2 28 (9.36%) Security Cleared
3 20 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.34%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.01%) CISSP
8 5 (1.67%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.67%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.34%) ISEB
9 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.34%) PMP
10 3 (1.00%) CCNA
10 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.67%) CEH
11 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.69%) QA
2 4 (1.34%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.34%) SLA
3 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.00%) NIST
4 2 (0.67%) GDPR
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.33%) GRC
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 58 (19.40%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (5.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.01%) Docker
4 12 (4.01%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 8 (2.68%) XenApp
6 8 (2.68%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.34%) vSphere
8 1 (0.33%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 26 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.69%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (6.69%) Terraform
3 12 (4.01%) SCCM
4 11 (3.68%) Ansible
5 9 (3.01%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.67%) SysTrack
7 3 (1.00%) Autotask
7 3 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.00%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.67%) Kibana
8 2 (0.67%) logstash
8 2 (0.67%) SCOM
9 1 (0.33%) linkerd
9 1 (0.33%) PowerBroker
9 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.33%) Puppet
9 1 (0.33%) Rancher
9 1 (0.33%) SELinux
Vendors
1 115 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.03%) VMware
3 16 (5.35%) Citrix
4 15 (5.02%) Oracle
5 14 (4.68%) Databricks
6 11 (3.68%) Okta
7 10 (3.34%) NetApp
8 9 (3.01%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.68%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.01%) Cisco
11 5 (1.67%) Google
11 5 (1.67%) New Relic
11 5 (1.67%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.34%) Apple
12 4 (1.34%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.34%) F5
12 4 (1.34%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.34%) SAP
13 3 (1.00%) Veeam
13 3 (1.00%) Workday