Azure Cosmos DB Contracts

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Cosmos DB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Cosmos DB over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 447 500
Rank change year-on-year +61 +53 -108
Contract jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB 194 248 386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.44% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 1.21% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 162 295
10th Percentile £400 £444 £405
25th Percentile £500 £500 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +5.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £706 £638
90th Percentile £738 £800 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +19.05% +2.44% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.73
25th Percentile - £51.25 £25.44
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year - +60.31% -49.62%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £39.94
90th Percentile - - £43.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,969 20,420 33,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.44% 36.43% 38.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,924 14,777 24,579
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £746 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 332 392
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.06 £19.00 £15.47
Median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%
75th Percentile £42.50 £68.94 £54.00
90th Percentile £69.80 £78.00 £69.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £27.83 £19.25
% change year-on-year -36.04% +44.57% -3.75%

Azure Cosmos DB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Cosmos DB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +58 180 £600 +3.90% 52
London +82 124 £545 -9.17% 23
Work from Home +76 70 £544 -6.65% 39
UK excluding London +23 51 £625 +19.05% 25
South East +14 33 £625 -1.96% 5
Midlands +22 9 £550 +10.00% 5
West Midlands +18 8 £575 -17.86% 5
North West +17 4 £613 +16.67% 6
North of England +9 4 £613 +28.95% 9
Wales +19 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands +7 1 £310 -27.91%
South West +4 1 - - 1

Azure Cosmos DB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (7.73%) CMS
2 7 (3.61%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.61%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.55%) Apache
4 2 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.58%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 194 (100.00%) Azure
2 86 (44.33%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (37.11%) Azure Monitor
4 68 (35.05%) Azure Service Bus
5 60 (30.93%) Entra ID
6 55 (28.35%) Serverless
7 49 (25.26%) Azure Functions
8 45 (23.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (13.92%) PaaS
10 24 (12.37%) Azure Storage
11 23 (11.86%) Azure Key Vault
12 21 (10.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 18 (9.28%) Azure App Service
13 18 (9.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (7.73%) Azure API Management
15 14 (7.22%) Azure Pipelines
16 12 (6.19%) Power Platform
17 10 (5.15%) AWS
18 7 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
19 6 (3.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.64%) Firewall
2 4 (2.06%) VPN
3 2 (1.03%) HTTP
4 1 (0.52%) Network Security
4 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (39.69%) SQL Server
2 42 (21.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 32 (16.49%) NoSQL
4 19 (9.79%) MongoDB
5 12 (6.19%) Power BI
6 10 (5.15%) Data Lake
7 8 (4.12%) Big Data
8 6 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (3.09%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.58%) Delta Lake
10 4 (2.06%) Redis
11 3 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.55%) MariaDB
11 3 (1.55%) Spark SQL
12 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (1.03%) MySQL
12 2 (1.03%) Power Query
12 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 67 (34.54%) Git
2 17 (8.76%) Selenium
3 10 (5.15%) Postman
4 8 (4.12%) SpecFlow
5 5 (2.58%) Cypress.io
6 4 (2.06%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.55%) NUnit
8 2 (1.03%) JIRA
8 2 (1.03%) Moq
8 2 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.52%) Hudson
9 1 (0.52%) JMeter
9 1 (0.52%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.52%) MLflow
9 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (17.53%) Finance
2 28 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.40%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.31%) Back Office
5 18 (9.28%) Social Skills
6 11 (5.67%) Banking
7 9 (4.64%) Front Office
8 6 (3.09%) Marketing
9 5 (2.58%) German Language
10 4 (2.06%) Local Government
10 4 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.52%) Retail
12 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 116 (59.79%) Developer
2 50 (25.77%) Senior
3 40 (20.62%) Azure Developer
3 40 (20.62%) Senior Developer
4 35 (18.04%) Full Stack Developer
5 26 (13.40%) Backend Developer
6 22 (11.34%) Lead
7 21 (10.82%) Python Developer
8 18 (9.28%) Architect
9 16 (8.25%) Senior Backend Developer
10 15 (7.73%) .NET Developer
10 15 (7.73%) Data Engineer
10 15 (7.73%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 14 (7.22%) C# Developer
12 13 (6.70%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (6.70%) Software Engineer
13 11 (5.67%) Azure Architect
13 11 (5.67%) Full Stack Python Developer
13 11 (5.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 8 (4.12%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (50.00%) .NET
2 74 (38.14%) .NET Core
3 49 (25.26%) React
4 24 (12.37%) CSS
5 22 (11.34%) HTML
5 22 (11.34%) XML
6 20 (10.31%) ASP.NET
7 18 (9.28%) AngularJS
8 16 (8.25%) ASP.NET MVC
8 16 (8.25%) jQuery
9 14 (7.22%) Swagger
10 12 (6.19%) .NET Framework
10 12 (6.19%) Node.js
11 11 (5.67%) PySpark
11 11 (5.67%) Web Services
12 10 (5.15%) YAML
13 8 (4.12%) Blazor
14 7 (3.61%) REST
15 6 (3.09%) JSON
16 5 (2.58%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.01%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.64%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.64%) Mobile App
3 7 (3.61%) Derivative
4 6 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.03%) Social Media
8 1 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.52%) Clustering
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.52%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.52%) Replication
8 1 (0.52%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.52%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (61.86%) DevOps
2 108 (55.67%) Agile
3 85 (43.81%) CI/CD
4 57 (29.38%) API Management
4 57 (29.38%) TDD
5 49 (25.26%) Microservices
6 42 (21.65%) Full Stack Development
6 42 (21.65%) OO
7 40 (20.62%) OOD
8 36 (18.56%) Software Engineering
9 33 (17.01%) Clean Code
10 28 (14.43%) SDLC
11 27 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (13.40%) Scrum
13 25 (12.89%) Front End Development
14 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (10.82%) B2C
15 21 (10.82%) Test Automation
16 20 (10.31%) Analytics
16 20 (10.31%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 100 (51.55%) C#
2 71 (36.60%) SQL
3 62 (31.96%) Python
4 61 (31.44%) Bicep
5 34 (17.53%) JavaScript
6 27 (13.92%) TypeScript
7 25 (12.89%) PowerShell
8 21 (10.82%) Java
9 10 (5.15%) T-SQL
10 8 (4.12%) PL/SQL
10 8 (4.12%) Scala
11 7 (3.61%) C++
11 7 (3.61%) Go
12 4 (2.06%) C
13 2 (1.03%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.52%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.52%) PHP
14 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (5.67%) Degree
2 10 (5.15%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.03%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.25%) WCAG
2 15 (7.73%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.03%) QA
5 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 92 (47.42%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.15%) Docker
3 9 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (9.28%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.15%) Terraform
3 3 (1.55%) Ansible
4 2 (1.03%) Grafana
4 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.52%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 81 (41.75%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.79%) Databricks
3 9 (4.64%) Oracle
4 7 (3.61%) MuleSoft
5 4 (2.06%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.03%) Google
6 2 (1.03%) Informatica
6 2 (1.03%) New Relic