Azure Engineer Contracts

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 162 159
Rank change year-on-year -45 -3 -19
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 503 907 1,543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.63% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.73% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 711 1,120
10th Percentile £405 £425 £413
25th Percentile £463 £481 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £650
90th Percentile £688 £715 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £52.95 -
25th Percentile £90.00 £55.88 -
Median hourly rate £110.00 £61.00 £78.75
Median % change year-on-year +80.33% -22.54% +215.00%
75th Percentile £130.00 £66.38 -
90th Percentile - £69.45 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the UK 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
England -47 447 £525 -5.41% 138
London -18 294 £550 -4.35% 57
Work from Home -40 179 £525 -4.55% 80
UK excluding London -61 139 £500 -5.88% 87
North of England -13 49 £500 -9.09% 15
South East -1 43 £575 +9.52% 31
North West -19 30 £500 -4.76% 12
South West -21 22 £525 -12.50% 12
Yorkshire +5 18 £488 -18.75% 2
Midlands -5 15 £425 -15.00% 18
West Midlands -8 12 £425 -19.05% 11
Scotland +30 5 £440 -2.22% 6
East of England -6 5 £450 -5.26% 1
East Midlands +10 3 £431 -4.17% 7
Wales +19 2 £425 -20.00% 3
North East +10 1 £500 -16.67% 1

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 503 (100.00%) Azure
2 236 (46.92%) DevOps
3 158 (31.41%) Azure DevOps
4 148 (29.42%) Python
5 147 (29.22%) SQL
6 140 (27.83%) CI/CD
7 137 (27.24%) Microsoft
8 127 (25.25%) Terraform
9 111 (22.07%) Kubernetes
10 105 (20.87%) PowerShell
11 97 (19.28%) Infrastructure as Code
12 94 (18.69%) Databricks
13 93 (18.49%) Finance
14 91 (18.09%) Azure Data Factory
15 87 (17.30%) Agile
16 84 (16.70%) Social Skills
17 75 (14.91%) Active Directory
17 75 (14.91%) Docker
18 72 (14.31%) Analytics
18 72 (14.31%) Windows
19 62 (12.33%) ETL
20 58 (11.53%) Security Cleared
20 58 (11.53%) Data Lake
21 57 (11.33%) Data Pipeline
22 56 (11.13%) Entra ID
22 56 (11.13%) Linux
22 56 (11.13%) C#
23 54 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
24 53 (10.54%) Data Engineering
25 52 (10.34%) Business Intelligence

Azure Engineer Skill Set
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 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.78%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.19%) Apache
4 10 (1.99%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.39%) IIS
6 4 (0.80%) Confluence
6 4 (0.80%) Luigi
7 3 (0.60%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.40%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) JBoss
9 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.80%) Trello
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 503 (100.00%) Azure
2 158 (31.41%) Azure DevOps
3 91 (18.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 56 (11.13%) Entra ID
5 44 (8.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 41 (8.15%) Power Platform
7 37 (7.36%) PaaS
8 36 (7.16%) AWS
8 36 (7.16%) Azure AKS
9 33 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (5.57%) Azure Monitor
11 26 (5.17%) IaaS
12 25 (4.97%) GitHub
13 23 (4.57%) Serverless
14 19 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (3.58%) Azure Logic Apps
16 17 (3.38%) Azure Storage
16 17 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
17 16 (3.18%) Azure Functions
18 15 (2.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 46 (9.15%) Firewall
2 34 (6.76%) DNS
3 14 (2.78%) VPN
4 12 (2.39%) Network Security
5 8 (1.59%) DHCP
6 6 (1.19%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.99%) BGP
7 5 (0.99%) HTTP
7 5 (0.99%) MPLS
7 5 (0.99%) OSPF
7 5 (0.99%) WAN
8 4 (0.80%) Internet
8 4 (0.80%) IPv4
8 4 (0.80%) SSH
9 2 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.40%) VRRP
9 2 (0.40%) Wireless
10 1 (0.20%) IPsec
10 1 (0.20%) MQTT
10 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (11.53%) Data Lake
2 54 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 41 (8.15%) SQL Server
4 37 (7.36%) Power BI
5 30 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (4.77%) NoSQL
7 19 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.58%) Big Data
9 10 (1.99%) Delta Lake
9 10 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.79%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.39%) Flink
11 7 (1.39%) Redis
12 6 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.19%) Spark SQL
12 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.99%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.99%) Power Query
14 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (6.76%) Git
2 25 (4.97%) GitLab
2 25 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.79%) Selenium
4 7 (1.39%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.19%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.19%) JIRA
6 5 (0.99%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.80%) Postman
7 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.60%) NUnit
8 3 (0.60%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.40%) Deequ
9 2 (0.40%) MLflow
9 2 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.40%) Snyk
9 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 93 (18.49%) Finance
2 84 (16.70%) Social Skills
3 47 (9.34%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.36%) Banking
5 20 (3.98%) Marketing
6 18 (3.58%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (2.58%) Electronics
8 13 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.39%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.80%) Law
11 4 (0.80%) Legal
11 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.80%) Retail
12 3 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.40%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.54%) .NET
2 47 (9.34%) PySpark
3 41 (8.15%) ARM Templates
4 27 (5.37%) Kafka
5 21 (4.17%) YAML
6 18 (3.58%) JSON
7 13 (2.58%) .NET Core
8 12 (2.39%) Node.js
9 11 (2.19%) HTML
10 10 (1.99%) React
11 8 (1.59%) CSS
11 8 (1.59%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.39%) LangChain
12 7 (1.39%) PyTorch
13 6 (1.19%) HTML5
13 6 (1.19%) pytest
13 6 (1.19%) XML
14 5 (0.99%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.99%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.99%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (1.59%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.39%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.39%) PKI
5 6 (1.19%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.19%) Public Cloud
6 5 (0.99%) NHS
6 5 (0.99%) Smart Meter
7 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.60%) Tandem
9 2 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.40%) Life Science
9 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 72 (14.31%) Windows
2 56 (11.13%) Linux
3 32 (6.36%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.19%) Unix
5 10 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.39%) Windows 7
7 7 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.99%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.80%) VMS
9 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.60%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (46.92%) DevOps
2 140 (27.83%) CI/CD
3 97 (19.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 87 (17.30%) Agile
5 72 (14.31%) Analytics
6 62 (12.33%) ETL
7 57 (11.33%) Data Pipeline
8 53 (10.54%) Data Engineering
9 52 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
10 50 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (9.15%) Data Modelling
12 43 (8.55%) Migration
13 42 (8.35%) Software Engineering
14 36 (7.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 32 (6.36%) Continuous Integration
15 32 (6.36%) Platform Engineering
16 28 (5.57%) Containerisation
17 26 (5.17%) Computer Science
18 25 (4.97%) Scrum
19 23 (4.57%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 148 (29.42%) Python
2 147 (29.22%) SQL
3 105 (20.87%) PowerShell
4 56 (11.13%) C#
5 35 (6.96%) Bicep
6 27 (5.37%) Bash
7 22 (4.37%) Java
8 15 (2.98%) T-SQL
9 13 (2.58%) Scala
10 12 (2.39%) JavaScript
11 10 (1.99%) Go
12 9 (1.79%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.39%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.39%) VB
15 6 (1.19%) C++
15 6 (1.19%) VBScript
16 5 (0.99%) Perl
17 3 (0.60%) C
17 3 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (11.53%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.94%) Azure Certification
3 49 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 42 (8.35%) Degree
5 18 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 17 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.80%) CISSP
10 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.20%) CEH
12 1 (0.20%) CISA
12 1 (0.20%) CISM
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.58%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.79%) GDPR
3 7 (1.39%) QA
4 6 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.60%) NIST
5 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 75 (14.91%) Active Directory
1 75 (14.91%) Docker
2 24 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (3.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.99%) vSphere
6 3 (0.60%) Firmware
6 3 (0.60%) NFS
Systems Management
1 127 (25.25%) Terraform
2 111 (22.07%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.37%) Ansible
4 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (3.98%) SCCM
5 15 (2.98%) Grafana
6 13 (2.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (2.39%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.19%) Puppet
8 11 (2.19%) SCOM
9 7 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.39%) WSUS
10 4 (0.80%) Argo
10 4 (0.80%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.40%) Graylog
11 2 (0.40%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.40%) Nessus
11 2 (0.40%) Netcool
11 2 (0.40%) Podman
11 2 (0.40%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 137 (27.24%) Microsoft
2 94 (18.69%) Databricks
3 14 (2.78%) VMware
4 13 (2.58%) SAP
4 13 (2.58%) Splunk
5 7 (1.39%) F5
6 6 (1.19%) Oracle
7 5 (0.99%) Ab Initio
7 5 (0.99%) CA
7 5 (0.99%) Checkmarx
7 5 (0.99%) Cisco
7 5 (0.99%) Dynatrace
7 5 (0.99%) HP
7 5 (0.99%) Veracode
8 4 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.60%) Citrix
9 3 (0.60%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.60%) Informatica
9 3 (0.60%) New Relic
9 3 (0.60%) Qualys